West Virginia finance groups plan state meetings
Representatives from local finance firms attend the West Virginia Consumer Finance Association meeting in Huntington September 18 to 20. Fayetteville Savings and Loan directors head to the Virginia Savings and Loan League in White Sulphur Springs September 6 to 8. U S Steel official Harry Stuhldreher and other leaders speak. Fayetteville hosts and local directors attend. Wanda Brown becomes Mount Hope W W Mac Five and Ten manager, replacing Dorothy Gray. U S Civil Service announces exams for fishery biologist dietitian and nutritionist positions with locations nationwide. Kindergarten classes for five-year-olds set for Pineville Presbyterian Church starting September 4. Lacy E. Warden named Woodrum Home Outfitting Co. general manager. Oak Hill bank parking lot to replace H B Clower home on Main Street.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
West Virginia Consumer Finance Association
Fredrick
Huntington
Alan Sussman
Sophia Finance Co
M. W. Powers
Beckley Loan Co
National Finance
Washington, D.C
Fayetteville
William C. Prather
United States Savings and Loan League
George R. Parker
Federal Home Loan Bank of Pittsburgh
John L. Hoselton
League
First Federal Savings and Loan Association
Parkersburg
K. Douglas Bowers
Beckley
C. R. Hill Jr
C. G. Janutolo
F. G. Janutolo
Dan H. Perdue
Charles F. Payne
Duval Schultz
Wanda Brown
Richlands
W. W. Mac
Mount Hope
Dorothy Gray
Buena Vista
Miss Brown
Sam Dorado
RNS
U. S. Civil Service Commission
Fishery and
Fish and Wildlife Service
Department of the Interior
Public Health Service
Department of Public Health
District of Columbia
St. Elizabeth's Hospital
Washington
D.C
U.S
Children’s Bureau
Department of Health, Education and Welfare
G. I. Kincaid
Board of
U. S. Civil Service Examiners
U. S.S. Civil Service Commission
Tyrian
Kanawha Commandery 4
Beni Kedem
Charleston Tennis Club
The
Baptist Temple
Second Reunion Set For Sand Knob School
The second annual reunion for former students of Mrs. Nanny Campbell at Sand Knob School near Flat Top will be held Sunday Sept. 9 near the Primitive Baptist Church. Vincent Hatcher of Pleasant Hills will organize and urges all who attended Mrs. Campbell’s school in 1905-1906 to attend the all day event.
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Nanny Campbell
Beckley
Sand Knob
Flat Top
Primitive Baptist Church
Vincent Hatcher
Pleasant Hills
Campbell
Citizens Band Radio Club Outing At Beckley
About 65 members families and guests attended the Beckley Citizens Band Radio Club wiener roast at the Glen Daniel Go-Kart Track Saturday. Roy McNeil urged all members to attend the next meeting on Sept. 4 at the Greenbrier Dairy.
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Beckley Citizens Band
Radio Club
Glen Daniel
Greenbrier
Roy McNeil
NSLI rights hinge on active duty inclusion debate
Veterans groups push to reopen National Service Life Insurance to ex service members while Congress weighs extending eligibility to those now on active duty. Key senators seek amendments to cover in service personnel, despite administration opposition over cost and survivor benefits.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
S. C. Collier JR
W. Va
Department of Veterans Affairs
Washington
House Veterans Affairs Committee
Senate Finance Committee
Administrator of Veterans Affairs
James Gleason
Olin Teague
House Veterans Committee
Congress
Russell Long
Senate
Gleason
NSLI
AF Signs 21 Men Enlisted at Beckley Station
Twenty one men enlisted in the Air Force at Beckley Delaware Army Terminal. Named are Millard Smith Lowell Watts Spencer Clark Mincks McCommack Holsteine Duncan Garland Brown Martin Goff McClure Smith Rizzuto Cantley Buckner Farley Surratt Hinkle Bradley. They are undergoing basic training at Lackland Air Force Base Illinois.
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Beckleyee Station
Deaton Millard Smith
Millard Smith
Beckley
Lowell Don Watts
Leonard Watts
Charleston
Richard Wayne Spencer
Tracy Spencer Jr
South Charleston
Charles David Clark
Colonel Clark
Saltville
Darrell Ellis Mincks
Mildred Chandler
Macksburg
Ohio
Virgil Wayne McCommack
Virgil McCommack
Raymond Gerald Holsteine II
Raymond Holsteine
St. Albans
James Milton Duncan
James Duncan
Cedar Grove
Ronald Austin Garland
Evelyn Coles
Stamford
Donald William Brown
Louise Brown
Hinton
Robert Alexander Martin
William Martin
Mount Hope
Bernard Evans Goff
Wilbert Goff
Jerry Hurston McClure
Odie McClure
James Lloyd Smith
James Smith
John Rizzuto
Joseph Rizzuto
Whitesville
Gary Dale Cantley
Roy Cantley
Bloom
Montroal
Lackland Air Force Base
Jll
Three Suffer Injuries In Separate Beckley Hospital Visit
Three people were treated at Beckley Hospital on Sunday. John Kelley, 30, of Princewick, injured his left eye while working for Norfolk and Western Railway at Mullens. Deloris Bolen, 13, of Pemberton, injured her right foot after stepping on a nail. Glen Harris, 20, of 201 Church Street, injured his right wrist in a parachute jump.
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Beckley Hospital
John Kelley
Princewick
Norfolk and Western Railway
Mullens
Deloris Bolen
Jack Bolen
Pemberton
Glen Harris
Church St
Dunk A Lion Booth Raises 150 For Bradley Fund
Approximately 150 was raised in the Dunk A Bradley Lion project set up Saturday and Sunday in Bradley. The money will be added to the Bradley Community Building fund helping the community project.
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Bradley
Building Contract Basis For New Suit
A $2,500 lawsuit was filed in Raleigh County Circuit Clerk's office on Tuesday on behalf of E. E. and Freda Fender. Defendant is W. E. Underwood doing business as Underwood Lumber Co. of Shady Spring. The contract is alleged to have been signed August 4, 1961. Lynch and Henderson represent the plaintiffs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Reedie Bryant
Daniels
State Road Commission
Raleigh
Bays Buick, Inc
Beckley
E. E
Freda Fender
Raleigh County
W. E. Underwood
Underwood Lumber Co
Shady Spring
Lynch and Henderson
Elijah Murdock Kin Reunion Planned for Sept 2
The grandchildren of Elijah Murdock, a War of 1812 veteran, plan a Sunday reunion on September 2 at 10 a.m. in Lester Park. The Rev Clyde Murdock of Union Mission Charleston and L. L. Jeffery of Boone County will speak, with the Wilson Family of Boone County among singers attending.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elijah Murdock
Lester Park
Clyde Murdock
Union Mission
Charleston
L. L. Jeffery
Boone County
Wilson
Midget Football Opens in Beckley at Van Meter Stadium
The Beckley Civitan Club discussed the Midget Football League which will start its season with a 6:30 PM game tonight at Van Meter Stadium. Sponsored annually by the club, about 30 members attended the Thursday night meeting.
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Beckley Civitan
van Meter Stadium
Young Johnson Learned to Write at Courtship Start
A historical note recalls that President Andrew Johnson, then 17, learned writing skills from his wife during their courtship, highlighting a personal detail from their early relationship.
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Andrew Johnson
Dismissal of Two Raleigh County Suits
Judge Norman Knapp signed orders Monday dismissing two suits from the Raleigh County Circuit Court docket. Theodore Ferraro sued Jackie Bowyer and Jeff Adair Davis, and Beckley National Bank sued Bald Knob Ski Slopes Inc and Andrew L. Clark, with both actions removed from the calendar.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Raleigh County Circuit Court
Norman Knapp
Theodore Ferraro
Jackie Bowyer
Jeff Adair Davis
Beckley National Bank
Bald Knob Ski Slopes, Inc
Andrew L. Clark
Friendship Baptists Hold Homecoming at Sophia Church
The Sophia Friendship Baptist Church held its annual homecoming services on Sunday with Rev. Walter Tolliver leading morning worship and a noon basket lunch in the social room. Rev. Owen P. Lilly spoke in the afternoon, Madison Lowry shared the church history, and several soloists and a trio provided special music. Plans were led by Mrs. Saul Brown, Mrs. W. W. Withrow, and Madison Lowry.
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Sophia Friendship Baptist Church
Walter Tolliver
Owen P. Lilly
Madison Lowry
Dana Lynn Banker
Alice Jean Brown
Lina Ruth Lowry
Dan Banker
Sharon
Linda
Donna Cochran
Cordie Crouch
Glen View
Joyce Hatcher
Norma Foreman
Shirley Covey
Saul Brown
W. W
Jackie) Withrow
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Eve Breck
Finance, Savings and Loan Companies
Frank
Ford Arsenal
Philadelphia
G. Z. Kincaid
Board of U. S. Civil Service Examiners
Beckley Post Office
Presbyterian Church In
Pineville
Lillian Bailey
State Department of Education
Bailey
Miners National Bank
Oak Hill
H. B. Clower
Bill Murdock
Sand Knob School
Citizens Band Radio Club
News For Veterans
G. M. Powers
Main Street
Friendship Baptists
Myles Crowder
Thompson Drug Store
WWNR
Crowder
West Virginia
Ross Bakers
Betsy Ross
Lloyd de Feuchtenveré
Betsy Fossa Bakers
Betsy Ross Bakeries, Inc
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