New Officers And Angies Caught in the Act
A registrar photographer caught two members of the West Virginia Professional Photographers Association experimenting with bridal poses at the 26th annual convention. Mrs Opal Corley Beckley and Jim Hall Charleston try new shots of model Mrs Nancy Snyder Muntzing Mount Hope during a lecture and demonstration.
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West Virginia Professional Photographers Association
Opal Corley
Beckley
Jim Hall
Charleston
Nancy Snyder Muntzing
Mount Hope
Association
Virginia Professional Photographers Association
Charles Leith
Huntington
Board Approves Phillips Plan for Coal Buying
The Board of Education authorized the superintendent to buy coal from four firms Crew Coal Co Armco Steel Winding Gulf Coals and Slab Fork Coal with purchases to be stopped at the superintendent's discretion if service or quality is unsatisfactory The plan aims to save at least twenty thousand dollars annually and shifts to per need purchases no fixed contract The year’s coal cost totaled 67522 45 with heating plus freight at 77151 86 and last year’s price averaged 850 per ton plus 67 cents freight The district expects further savings from using four owned trucks for hauling and to discontinue bin retailing The plan includes monthly maintenance reports and potential purchase of an additional truck if needed
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Board of Education
O. A. Phillips
Superintendent of Schools
Crew Coal Co
Armco Steel Co
Winding Gulf Coals, Inc
Slab Fork Coal Co
G. G. Greene
Armco
Winding Gulf
Slab Fork
Beckley
Pocahontas
Phillips
Earl Riner
Riner
Sherman C. Train
Man loses $1000 on Phoenix bus keeps name secret
A man in downtown Phoenix asked police to help locate a paper sack with $1000 he said he saved for six years. He refused to reveal his name, saying his wife would not approve of the stash and would insist it be put in their joint account.
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Phoenix
Ariz
Rhodell installs Estle Meadows as new mayor
Estle W Meadows was appointed Tuesday night by the Rhodell Town Council to fill the unexpired term of Delbert Farley who resigned. Meadows, a teacher and principal at Helen Elementary, is the son of the late Matthew and Alice Meadows and was born in Rhodell on April 29 1916. He is married to Bertha Hatcher and his two sons Scheroll and Wendell serve in the Air Force.
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Rhodell
Helen
Meadows
Matthew
Alice Meadows
Stoco High School
Concord College
Athens
West Virginia University
Concord
Tommy Creek School
Tommy Ridge
Helen Elementary
Army Infantry
Bertha Hatcher
Scheroll
Wendell
Air Force
Bangor
Lincoln
Neb
Board Approves Trail's Job Recommendations
School Superintendent Sherman C. Trail wins board approval for a broad set of personnel actions. Lawrence Wiseman will become head basketball coach, replacing Jerome Van Meter who becomes Beckley Junior High principal. Numerous transfers, new teacher appointments, and resignations follow across Woodrow Wilson, Sophia, Marsh Fork, Shady Spring, Pettus, and other schools.
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Sherman C
Trail
Board of Education
Lawrence Wiseman
Woodrow Wilson High School
Jerome van Meter
van Meter
Beckley Junior High School
Sherman C. Trail
Linda Jo Harless
Sophia High
Mark Twain High
Muriel Kincaid
Stoco
Tuggle
Terry
Bula’ Beth Meadows
Odd
Julia Ann Dunn
Margaret Thornton Francis
Stoco Elementary
Herbert F. Thomasson Jr
Clear Fork High
Martha O'Neill
Sophia
Betty Neil Sheppard
Woodrow Wilson High
William F. Burleson
Shady Spring High
Eleanor Curry Franklin
Robert Crews
Agnes Smith
Stoco High
Elizabeth Humphrey
Pettus
Ethel Collins
Nancy Riggs
Lois Wardensky
Evelyn Blackburn
Mark Twain
Martha Joyce Hidalgo
Annie Davis
Margaret Burdiss
Frances Copley
Oakley Cole
Vivian Bartlett
Lois Leslie
Cameron Farley
Polio Fund Total Reaches 758 at Beckley Roadblocks
Beckley Jaycees and six Woodrow Wilson High School students raised 758.01 dollars for the Emergency Polio Fund by manning five roadblocks Sunday. Jaycees listed include George Massey Dillard Todd Tony Demaiori Lino Russo George D George Al Rohrer Eddie Withrow Leon Carper Tom McHugh Don Larrick John Ashworth. Woodrow students helping were Paulette Sparacino Margaret Mann Jack…
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Beckley Junior Chamber of Commerce
Woodrow Wilson High School
Jaycees
George Massey
Dillard Todd
Tony Demaiori
Lino Russo
George D. George
al Rohrer
Eddie Withrow
Leon Carper
Tom McHugh
Don Larrick
John Ashworth
Woodrow
Paulette Sparacino
Margaret Mann
Jack
Roadblocks on multiple roads near Skelton and Mabscott
Sioux Kyle, Frances Ann For sythe, Susan Daniel, and Sandy Casieno were involved as roadblocks were set up at Skelton Harper Road Stanaford Road Raleigh and Mabscott to deter traffic.
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Ie Sioux Kyle
Frances Ann Forsythe
Susan Daniel
Sandy Casieno
Skelton
Harper Road
Stanaford Road
Raleigh
Mabscott
Naval stores trade term origin explained
Naval stores refers to turpentine and resin used in maintaining wooden sailing ships. The term dates from when ships required these materials to lubricate rope and rigging for raising and lowering sails.
Alley Talk Over Public Alley Sparks City Debate
Beckley city council weighs exact alley location behind the Bair Building to serve a future parking lot for Mrs. Beulah Sydnor. Dr. S A Ford’s vehicle blocks the alley. a survey is proposed while the alley remains public.
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Dennis Leary
Beckley City
M. E. Tyree
E. Main St
E. Prince St
Bair
Beulah George Sydnor
Sydnor
S. A. Ford
Leary
Ford
E. Prince Street
E. Prince Street Area, Mrs. Sydnord
Council
James Kessinger
Recreation Board
Chesapeake and Ohio Railway
New River Park
Kessinger
Beckley
Whitby mine accident injures Rhodel Sand ers at Beckley Hospital
Coy Sanders of Rhodell was admitted to Beckley Hospital Tuesday with back and shoulder injuries after a slate fall of 6 by 10 by 14 inches while cleaning the mine to reset safety posts. Posts were knocked out by a blast as workers shot coal.
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Rhodell
Rns
Coy
Sanders
Beckley Hospital
Whitby
Names Don’t Fit at Sweetwater High School
In San Diego, California AP reports Sweetwater High School features Tom Large a small sophomore and Tom Small a 230 pound football player highlighting unusual name sizes and athletic roles at the school.
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San Diego
Calif
Sweetwater High School
Tom Large
Tom Small
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