Freedom Course Opens August Thirtieth in Beckley
A 16 hour course titled Freedom versus Communism starts at 7 30 p m on August 30 in the conference room of Chesapeake and Potomac Telephone at 109 East Main Street Beckley. The eight week program runs Thursdays through October 18 with topics including The Communist Challenge and What You Can Do About Communism. John C Ashworth is the instructor and enrollment is limited to about 20.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Beckley-Raleigh County Chamber of Commerce
Chesapeake and Potomac Telephone Co
E. Main St
John C. Ashworth
Beckley
Regis
Citizens Band Club Aids Toy Project Plan
After an address by E. J. Hodel editor of the Beckley Post Herald and Mac's Memorial Toy Fund chairman the Beckley Citizens Band Radio Club voted to help repair and paint toys for the fund next Christmas. About 40 members will attend a picnic at Grandview State Park Saturday.
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E. J. Hodel
Beckley Post- Herald
Mac’s Memorial Toy Fund
Beckley Citizens Band Radio Club
Grandview State Park
Warsaw Needle-Spired Palace of Culture and Science
A needle-spired Palace of Culture and Science dominates Warsaw today. The 30 story structure houses 2,300 rooms 3 theaters 2 cinema halls several museums and a swimming pool.
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Palace of Culture and Science
Warsaw
Poland
Idaho and Vermont Missing From Honey in the Rock Roster
The guest book for the Civil War drama Honey in the Rock omits Idaho and Vermont. Officials have mailed requests to Boise Idaho and Montpelier Vermont chambers of commerce for a resident from each state to attend postpaid before September 2. The production has drawn visitors from 15 countries, with audiences this season including Spain Germany Pakistan Scotland England Canada Greece Italy Sweden Austria Tahiti the Ukraine Puerto Rico South America Japan and the Panama Canal. Two more weeks of performances remain as the producers hope for a live Vermonter and an Idahoan to attend.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chambers of Commerce
Boise
Idaho
Montpelier
Spain
Germany
Pakistan
Scotland
England
Canada
Greece
Italy
Sweden
Austria
Tahiti
Ukraine
Puerto Rico
South America
Japan
Panama Canal
Beckley
West Virginia
Retiring 4-H Agent Honored By Club Leaders
Clar ence Wooten, retiring Raleigh County 4-H agent after 16 years, was honored by more than 50 local leaders at a Beckley banquet. The program supports 1,717 members in 58 clubs and the Raleigh County 4-H Camp near Little Beaver Lake, a major career highlight. Wooten’s 43 years in 4-H include leadership roles, state and national camps, and multiple scholarships and honors.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Raleigh County
Clarence Wooten
Beckley-Winn
Basil Anderson
Mabscott
Wooten
Little Beaver Lake
Summers
Mercer County
Kanawha County
Concord College
Duke
Cornell
West Virginia
Horace E. Moses
Sears Roebuck
National Assn
State Association of
Chicago
Oklahoma City
Hays Elected to Raleigh Tuberculosis Health Group
Mrs. Fred K Lucy Hays of Beckley was elected to the Raleigh County Tuberculosis and Health Association executive committee to replace the late Miss Topsy O'Dell whose term expires March 31 1963. Hays active in church and clubs holds multiple leadership roles including vice president of Beckley Woman's Club and of the Methodist Temple Women's Society.
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Raleigh County Tuberculosis and Health Association
Fred K
Lucy) Hays
Locust Drive
Beckley
Topsy O’dell
Hays
Woman’s Club of
Woman’s Society of Christian Service
The
Methodist Temple
Raleigh County
Red Cross
Salvation Army Board
Woman’‘s Club
County PZC Delays Meeting Awaiting Court Jurisdiction
James Lilly, chairman of Raleigh County Planning and Zoning Commission, said the new body will not meet until the county court designates areas under PZC jurisdiction. The court is expected to announce next Tuesday. No meeting occurred Monday as scheduled.
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James Lilly
Raleigh County Planning and Zoning Commission
PZC
Commission
Local Leaders Host Reception and Resignations Noted
Guests included Mr and Mrs Charles Maxwell of Charleston Miss Nancy Boyd Raleigh County Home Demonstration Agent whose resignation becomes effective Aug 31 and Mrs Wooten Maxwell is Kanawha County 4 H agent.
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Charles Maxwell
Charleston
Nancy Boyd
Raleigh County
Wooten
Maxwell
Kanawha County
Cline children named to share estate in Raleigh County
Floyd M. Sayre of Beckley named executor for E. R. Cline estate who died July 25 and posted a $50,000 bond. The 1961 will leaves one fourth undivided interest to each child Norval Cline of Greensboro North Carolina Nyal Cline of Lynchburg Virginia Mary Bea Cline and Quinton Cline both of Houston Texas. Probate dated January 22. Other estates recorded include Aubrey Goodall Martha Goodall Burk White Gladys May Saylor Eula Linkous and more with bonds ranging from $100 to $5,000 and multiple provisions for widow children and heirs.
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Floyd M. Sayre
Beckley
E. R. Cline
Cline
Norval Cline
Greensboro
N. C
Aubrey Goodall
Goodall
Martha Goodall
Effie White
Burk White
Margaret Kessler
Mount Hope
Gladys May Saylor
Saylor
Anna Craft
Edward Ernest Plumbley
Mickey Raymond Plumbley
Charles Frederick Saylor
L. A. Linkous
Shady Spring
Eula Linkous
Pearl Higgins
Sophia
Thomas Paul Higgins
Letha Gosnell
Coal City
G. B. Gosnell
Lida Clay Price
Tate S. Price
Price
Pearl Webb
Pineknob
Prince Webb
Mayme L. Tatum
Hubert O. Tatum
Josephine Goings
Winding Gulf
Howard Roy Goings
Lorraine Y. James
Holden
E. W. James
James
Lorrie Y. James
Little Beaver
Volga Geneva James Condon
Piney View Farms
Homer Homing
Sarah E. Snodgrass
Muriel Lane
H. T. Stovall
Mary Essie Blount Tash
Lloyd Charles Saylor
Myrtle Thompson
Maude Dessie Lilly
Emma Fears
Sam Fears
Thelma Miller
Leon Miller
Billie Beckelhimer
MacArthur
Woodrow Beckelhimer
J. A. Lares
Mamie Lares
George Branham
Sarah Branham
Ronald E. Jarrell
Charleston
Minnie A. Jarrell
van Jarrell
Ona Catherine Tolbert
George Stanley Tolbert
Tolbert
Ona
Gladys Angle, Beckley
W. G. Harris
Homecoming planned at Daniels Missionary Baptist Church
Annual homecoming services scheduled for Sunday at Daniels Missionary Baptist Church with Rev. Dewey Wilson as guest speaker. Special singing is listed.
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Daniels Missionary Baptist Church
Dewey Wilson
Beckley Considered Again for Shell Building
Appalachian Power Co plans a second survey to locate a shell building in Beckley as part of its Project Decision area development program. The first survey favored Abingdon, Virginia, which secured a building and tenant, while Beckley seeks a similar outcome.
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Appalachian Power Co
Beckley
W. C. McMahan
Apco
Abingdon
Appalachian
Washington County Industrial Foundation
APC
AFL-CIO Leader Miles Stanley to Speak in Beckley
Miles Stanley president of West Virginia Labor Federation AFL-CIO will address Beckley Area Labor Council's Woman's Activities Division at 7:30 PM on the West Virginia Centennial. He will outline how the group can assist the centennial celebration. A business session and candy sale plans follow. Elizabeth Bowling urges all area women to attend.
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Woman’s Activities Division
Beckley Area Labor Council
Afl-Cio
Miles Stanley
West
Elizabeth Bowling
Job openings listed at Beckley Employment Office
Sixteen seekers filed for work at the Beckley Employment Security Office. Available positions include shipping clerk, general office clerk, stock boys, stenographer, hauling machine operators, sales clerks, auto mechanic, painters, tipple repairman, ore welder, mine foreman, meat cutter, truck drivers, cashiers, machine man, waitresses, motor man and plumber helper.
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Beckley Office of Employment Security
Two People Treated at Beckley Hospital
Two individuals received treatment Monday at Beckley Hospital. Kitty Crews, 19, of 708 1 2 N Kanawha Street, sustained injuries to her left foot when a nail board fell at Beckley Manufacturing Co. Kadella Wallace, 38, of Josephine, suffered a right arm injury from a fall at home.
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Beckley Hospital
Kitty Crews
Kanawha St
Beckley Manufacturing Co
Kadella Wallace
Josephine
Pastor Finley Pruitt Featured With Noon Lunch
The Rev. Finley Pruitt will be featured and lunch will be served at noon.
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Finley Pruitt
Breckenridge Baptist Church Homecoming Planned
The Breckenridge Missionary Baptist Church will host a homecoming on Sunday August 26 with 10 am services featuring Dr. Asa Harris of Parkersburg director of Christian Education Baptist Association Lunch follows at noon The afternoon includes a fellowship meeting and singing Special speaker Rev BD Ellwells of Pineville will close the day at 7 30 pm The weekend Youth Revival runs from Friday August 24 to the homecoming service with Rev Ellwell again speaking
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Breckenridge Church
Breckenridge Baptist
Asa Harris
Parkersburg
Christian Education
Baptist Association
BD. D. Ellwells
Pineville
Breckenridge Missionary Baptist Church
Glenn Webb
Robert Dent
Dent
Ellwell
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Music Box Kid
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Joe Bond
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Shell Building
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