Okes Family Accepts Teaching Posts in Jackson County
Mr and Mrs Luther F Okes and their children Paula Suzette and Leon relocate to Jackson County where Okes will lead a new consolidated school at Fairplain and Mrs Okes will teach fourth and fifth grades at Gay Elementary School Paula, a Shady Spring High School freshman, is an honor student Suzette is a fifth grader in the fragment notes Beckley area civic and florist leadership praised with national recognition of Mrs Betty Jane Schulte highlighted for service and state beautification efforts with WV florists association leadership passing to a new chairman at Charleston during recent meeting events
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Jackson County
Luther F. Okes
Ghent
Paula
Suzette
Leon
Okes
Raleigh County
Blue Jay No. 6
Odd
Glade Creek
Maxwell Hill
Daniels
Fairplain
Slab Fork Elementary
the Gay
Shady Spring High School
Beckley
John
Betty Jane) Schulte
the Florist Telegraph
West Virginia
Elkins
Beckley to keep planning contract with Michael Baker firm
City will continue the comprehensive plan work under Michael Baker Jr. Inc., unless the State Department of Commerce changes the agreement. The city abandoned hiring a resident planner after a firm letter confirmed the August 14 meeting conclusions and justified the La Bastille termination. The Baker firm asserts it can meet contract terms while replacing La Bastille, with planning division meetings set for every third Tuesday.
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Beckley
Michael Baker
Baker
Department of Commerce
LaBastille
Baker Co
Baker Firm
Baker Company
City Planning
Beckley Planning and Zoning Commission
Michael Baker Co
State Department of Commerce
Two Suits Filed After Accident In Raleigh County
John L. Holliday of Park Wood Drive is named defendant in two of three suits filed in the Raleigh County Circuit Clerk's office yesterday. The two suits arise from an accident between Beckley and Mount Hope on March 18 where Holliday’s vehicle allegedly struck the car driven by Mary M. Law, who had just parked in front of a business. Law seeks damages totaling 10 000, with Wanda J. Rosick as a passenger in Law's car also claiming 10 000 in the second suit. T. E. Myles of Fayetteville represents both plaintiffs. The Diners Club of New York City filed suit against Ralph T. Fike of Beckley for 331.11. Samuel Solins of Welch represents the plaintiff.
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John L. Holliday
Park Wood Drive
Raleigh
Beckley
Mount Hope
Holliday
Mary M. Law
Wanda J. Rosick
Law Auto
T. E. Myles
Fayetteville
Diners’ Club
New York City
Ralph T. Fike
Samuel Solins
Welch
Beckley youth treated after fall injury
French Aurentz, 14, son of Mr and Mrs James Aurentz of Beckley, was treated at Beckley Hospital at 7:45 p.m. Thursday for injuries to his left arm from a fall. A caption notes a gigantic power shovel at a strip mine near Cadiz, Ohio lifting 100 tons per bite.
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Aurentz
James Aurentz
Beckley
Beckley Hospital
Cadiz
Ohio
Beckley Chamber Reports Tourism Gains and Plans
Beckley Raleigh County Chamber of Commerce touts tourist industry progress with 75 000 registered at the tourist booth and 400 plus Honey reservations while planning an Industrial Finance Department led by A K Minter. The club also expands Christmas lighting and hosts Detroit visitors Clifton Herr and family touring Grandview State Park and local attractions.
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Beckley-Raleigh County Chamber of Commerce
Fred F. Filler
Detroit
Glass House
Beckley
Clifton Herr
Mich
Grandview State Park
Chamber
Stotesbury
Beckley Exhibition Mine
Filler
A. K. Minter
Minter
Phil Payne
Mercantile Division
Paul Peabody
Chesapeake and Potomac Telephone Co
East Main Street
McManus Named Federal Mine Inspector in Morgantown
Merle W. McManus of Mac Arthur began an initial assignment as a federal mine inspector in the Morgantown office of the United States Bureau of Mines on Aug. 6. A permanent post in northern West Virginia is expected after six months. McManus has 17 years of area mine experience including foreman roles at Oakwood mine in Fayette County near Summerlee. He is married to Nina Johnson of Skelton. his stepdaughter Mary Ann Meadows plans to join in Morgantown within two months. He was born in Fayette County and served as a paratrooper with the 92nd Airborne Division in World War II.
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Merle W. McManus
MacArthur
Morgantown
United States Bureau of Mines
West Virginia
McManus
Oakwood
New River Co
Fayette County
Summerlee
Nina Johnson
Skelton
Woman Warns Man as Pocketbook Catches Fire on Street
In Wytheville Virginia a woman friend told Frank Lindawood that his pocketbook was on fire after a cigarette ash ignited her straw handbag. The incident occurred on Tuesday as they walked the street. A note in the dispatch mentions the largest watermelon on record at 190 pounds grown in Arkansas.
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Wytheville, Va
UPI
Frank Lindawood
Arkansas
Ra leigh County Vocational Center graduates 14 practical nurses
A class of 14 practical nurses graduated from Raleigh County Vocational Technical Center at Thursday night ceremonies. In a photo, front row left to right shows Miss Joyce Bowles Skelton Miss Cora Sue Elswick Miss Barbara Kinser both of Dixie, and Mrs. Gertrude.
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Raleigh County Vocational Technical Center
Joyce Bowles
Skelton
Cora Sue Elswick
Barbara Kinser
Dixie
Gertrude
Four Groups Reserve Seats For Saturday
Four groups will fill about 385 seats at Grandview State Park Amphi theatre for Saturdays performance of Honey in the Rock as the show nears the end of its second season. FMC Corp of South Charleston plans a 160 seat block with management and wives. Beckley District Youth Fellowship accounts for 174. Belle Lions Club adds 20 and Mount Vernon Baptist Church 31. Five cast members will ride buses with FMC personnel to tour local sights before the play.
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Grandview State Park
FMC Corp
South Charleston
Beckley District Youth Fellowship
The
Methodist Church
Belle Lions Club
Mount Vernon Baptist Church
West Virginia
Chris Sarandon
David Selby
Richard Husson
Norman Arrington
Jim Ayers
FMC
Beckley Exhibition Mine
Beckley
California
Naval Ordnance
Harry L. Hall
Richard A. Simons
West Virginia Special Section in Times Magazine
The West Virginia Centennial will be highlighted in a January 20 1963 issue of The New York Times. The West Virginia Department of Commerce sponsors a full color advertising magazine dedicated to the state. It will feature articles photographs and ads about manufacturers and tourist attractions and promote state business opportunities.
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West Virginia
Mother Of 10 Earns Degree At Morris Harvey College
Oak Grove resident Mars. C. B. Minor received her education degree with a sociology major Friday at Morris Harvey College as five of her ten children congratulated her in person while five more sent telegrams. She marked her 30th wedding anniversary the day after. After starting at Beckley College in 1958 she taught in Ravenswood Raleigh County and Baltimore and studied at the University of Maryland and Marshall University. This year she will teach at Tams Elementary School and remains active in Oak Grove Church and Farm Women’s Club. Her children live in Baltimore Beckley Alexandria Va and at home. Her husband is a retired coal miner and two sisters attended the ceremony.
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Mars
C. B
Margaret) Minor
Oak Grove
Morris Harvey College
Minor
Beckley College
Ravenswood
Raleigh County
Baltimore
University of Maryland
Marshall University
Tams
John
Beckley
Jesse
Alexandria
Francis
James David
Jerry
James Kelch
Roanoke
Jean Starcher
Dry Hill
Musical Groups Named For Program At Raleigh County Memorial
The East Beckley Nursing and Convalescent Home will sponsor a music festival at 6 30 p m Saturday Sept 8 in the Raleigh County Memorial Building. Deacon John Thompson of Welcome Baptist Church leads the program on the nursing home board. Attending choirs include the Gospel Harmoneers Silvertone Quartet Long Branch Senior Choir Chris tene McCastle Singers Capital City Gospel Chorus and Maxwell Hill Senior Choir.
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East Beckley
Raleigh County Memorial Building
John Thompson
The
Welcome Baptist Church
Nursing Home Board of Directors
Gospel Harmoneers
Silvertone Quartet
Beckley
Long Branch
Christene McCastle Singers
Charleston
Capital City Gospel Chorus of
Maxwell Hill
Former City Attorney Ill in North Carolina
Harold H. Smith, a Beckley lawyer until he joined Hartsell Hartsell and Mills in Concord, is seriously ill at Cabarrus Memorial Hospital in Concord, North Carolina. A family communication says his condition is somewhat improved. His family and former White Oak home were in Concord after the school term ended in June.
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Harold H. Smith
Beckley
Cabarrus Memorial Hospital
Concord
N. C
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