Barbed wire origin and zodiac forecasts in 1962 issue
A 1962 Field Enterprises column blends a note on Joseph Glidden's 1874 barbed wire invention with space-age musings and daily zodiac advice. It includes brief Aries to Pisces guidance, urging practical work, disciplined budgeting, and focused effort amid light commentary.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joseph F. Glidden
de Kalb
Ilinois
School Opening Satisfies Board to Start 1962-63 Term
Raleigh County Board of Education reports a good start for the 1962-63 term after receiving final preschool personnel recommendations from Superintendent John W. Saunders. Jimmie L. Pennington is named assistant director at the Raleigh County Vocational Technical Center. Alta Lee Osborne appointed speech therapist. Numerous resignations, transfers, leaves, and probationary appointments across high, elementary, and junior high schools are approved, along with janitors and secretaries. The board also approves coal purchases, a consolidation moving 7th and 8th grades from Glade Creek to Ghent, and public sale of obsolete machinery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Raleigh County Board of Education
John W. Saunders
Jimmie L. Pennington
Raleigh County Vocational Technical Center
William B. Connoley
James D. Robinson
Alta Lee Osborne
Mary Elizabeth Carper
Clear Fork
John R. Arnold
Shady Spring
Georgia
Arvon Price
Earl J. Gilbert
Sophia
Howard McKinney
Nelle Keefer
Mabscott Elementary
Beckley Junior High
Frances Cooke
Shady Spring High
Woodrow Wilson High
Ada Butler
Mark Twain Elementary
Mark Twain High
Emmette J. Hurt
Clear Fork High
H. L. Knapp Jr
Shirley Jarrell Godin
Marsh Fork High
Shirley Turner
Elizabeth Perry Avis
June Harper
Walter Crews
David Reitz
Richmond High
James Earl Richardson
Mark Twain
Mary House Wood
Maynard Daniel
Paul Cameron Burdette
Sophia High
Wilma Shumate
Adina Sang
Agnes Brunk
Cranberry
Anna Lee Stover
Dorothy
Wesley Reed
Rhodell
Lee C. Akers
Glade Creek
Ruth Blake
Glen White
Mary Bava
Piney View
Betty Wilson
Mabscott
Mary Bryson
Bradley
Institute
John W. Billups
Tams
Reeda Neff
Bacontown
Elbert Hartsog
Herman F. Garten
Prosperity
Ina Cooke
Juanita Larry
Amigo
Rubye Hayworth
Coal City
Midway
Reba J. Moye
Fairdale
Lillian S. Cooke
Helen
Margaret Minor
Judy Blankenship
Cecil
Goldie M. Lively
Violet Jane Worley
Fernia Mae Shrewsbury
Teresia Halsey
Joyce Cerrito
Stoco
Merle Meadows
Bernice McKinney
Nadine Wade
Helen Chapman
Whitby
Betty Mae Gunter
Maxine Waldron
Brooks Adair
Doris Fraley
Lower White Oak
la Betta Lilly
Kathleen H. Hoover
Mattie Jean Meadow
Mary Jane Kiss
Rose Harper Meadows
Evalene Margaret Maples
Elsie Bowman
Clarence Wooten
Robert Halstead
Daniels
Gorman H. Shultz
Maxwell Hill
Adrian A. Wolf
Roy Bowman
Fireco
Jack K. Covey
Earl Riner
Saunders
Epperly School
Princewick Elementary
Epperly
Dewey Bones
Princewick
Wells Elementary
Ken Wheeler
Washington
Department of Health, Education and Welfare
Supts
Mason Anderson
William Reid
Sherman C. Trail
John H. Glenn
Pears
Raleigh County precinct changes and consolidations approved
The County Court of Raleigh County WV approved consolidation and boundary changes affecting Town District Slab Fork Shady Spring districts and several precincts. Changes include moving Affinity to Pemberton and Farley Hill to Winding Gulf, with voting places at local elementary schools and new boundary lines to August 28, 1962 effects.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Raleigh County
Town
Slab Fork
Shady Spring
Countty Court
West Virginia
Court House
Maxwell Hill
New River Company
Maxwell Hill Road
Charles Hodel
Woodland Hills
Tench Park
Dry Hill
Little White Stick Creek
Tom Harper
Callaway
Maxwell Hill School
Dstrict
Pemberton
Affinity
W. Va
Farley Hill
Winding Gulf
Royal
Terry
Piney
New River
Mill Creek
Piney River
Norvel Or
Wright’s
Batoff Creek
Piney View
Percy L Fountain Dies at 66 in Skelton
Percy L Fountain, 66, of Skelton, died Saturday in a local hospital. Funeral services were held Tuesday at 2 p.m. at Morning Star Baptist Church in Skelton with Rev. Elmer Day officiating. Burial followed at Greenwood Memorial Park. Body released from Ritchie and Johnson Funeral Parlor to residence Monday evening for viewing prior to the funeral.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fountain Fountain
Percy L
Skelton
Morning Star Baptist Church
Elmer Day
Greenwood Memorial Park
Ritchie and Johnson Funeral Parlor, Inc
Ritchie & Johnson Funeral Parlor, Inc
Help Wanted Listings Across Beckley and Nearby Areas
Two male positions seek year round work with weekly pay from $85 to $125, plus advancement. Includes barber job on commission at Hotel Hamilton Oceana. dishwashers and kitchen helpers provided room and board at The Homestead Hot Springs VA. Four experienced truck mechanics wanted in Oak Hill Fay-ette Motor Company. call or apply in person.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Beckley
Hickey
Seventh Avenue
South Charleston
W. Va
Barber
Homestead
Hot Springs
Virginia
Fayette Motor Company
Oak Hill
Retail Credit Co
Bluefield
W.va
H. T. Martin
P. O
Charleston
S. Second Street
Jan Campbell
Standard Coffee ‘Company
Greenbrier
Ronceverte
Astor
Mills
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SPS Tecile
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Field Enterprises, Inc
Prince Webb
Raleigh County Bank
West
Roy A. Cunningham
U. S
State Division
Capitol Building
FDR
Pinecrest Sanitarium
Curtis S. Wilson
Velo Velo
Mike
Eccles
Melton Mortuary Chapel
Sunset Memorial
Melton Mortuary
Dias Floral CO
City Avenue
Webb & Neal
Funeral Home Ambulance Service
Vance Drive
A R. H. Neal
Mgr
Barre
R. C. Egnor
Crab Orchard & Logan Dial Beckley
Todd’s Grocery and Hardware
Beaver
Foster Hardware Co
Main St
Dial
Ad. Beckley Newspapers
McCreery Street
Beckley National Bank
Silver Brand
Pineville
Whitesville
Schlumberger Well Surveying Corporation
Huntington, W. Va
Hamilton
En Saeed
Robert L. Amick
Beckley Newspapers
Sam G. Foley
Lowell Foley
Bank of Raleigh Beckley
F.d.1.c
Earl S. Huddle
Earls Studio
Main St. Dial
Little French Beauty Academy
East Cumberland
Damon
Southern Institute of Graphic Arts
South
P. O. Box
Nashville
Tennessee
Hazel Dancy
W. C. Rogers Plumbing & Heating
Temple St
Ashworth’s
Radio & TV Service
Gi. C. Ransom
Wright
Reg Z’ry
Ashworth
Call Crook
S. Kanawha St
Matt Crook, JR
Sparks
Prince St
John W. Eye Television
Neville St
Halstead
Williamson Furnaces
Sprague
Willey Brothers
Hinton
Ohio
Michigan
Lewis
Singer Sewing Machine Company
South Kanawha Street
Roy A. Jones
Care Beckley
Jan Campbell Music Co
Mary Ellen Wilburn
Ansted
William Wisen
Jim Green
A. B. Phillips
Macarthur
Raleigh Insurance Agency
My Brothers Drive Inn
Tuddle House
Carolyn Carson
ASCP
St. Luke's ‘Hospital
Tryon
N. cc
Nyra G. Mamm
Alderson
Bostick Avenue
Curb
Person
Town & Country Drive
H.p
R. E. Bare
O. H. Bennett
E. Beckley
STA
Guernsey
Fotos & Co
Grady Whitlock
Suddreth
Turkey Farm
Joe Hunt
Fairlawn Avenue
Montgomery Ward
FORD
Dowdy Sewing Center
S. Ka‘nawha
East Beckley
Glen Morgan
Ashworth's
Harper Road
On Hardware, Inc
Beckey
Wilson’s
S. Kanawha
Nathan Street
POLY
PACK
Fayette
Bowman
Matt
Matt Crook
Kanawha
Cook’s Music Shop
North Oakwood Avenue
McC
McCreery St
Singer
T Tit Vance
New
Raleigh Road
Remington
Slingerland
Gibson
Grandview
Electrolux
Rez
M. Walker
MacArthur Post Office
Zenith Television
Zenith
Ashworth Firestone
Dearing Bros. Prosperity
BPS Paints
Foster
Mainst
Singer Sewing Machine
Bob’s Sanitary Service
Sophia Ph
Singer Sewing Center
W. Prince Street
Beckley, W. Va
Pri
Crawford
F.H.A
Beckley Glass CO
Alex N. Breckinridge
City Ave
Hopkins
Brunswick
VaLley Drive South
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