West Virginia Parks Offer 39.50 Vacation Package
The parks division announced a seven day lodging and meals package at three state parks for 39.50 per person. The offer runs Sept 6 to Oct 18 at Cacapon Watoga and Lost River. Other items include WVU faculty hires and a UN Week invitation for Eleanor Roosevelt.
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West Virginia
Parks Division
The
Conservation Department
Cacapon
Watoga
Lost River
White Sulphur Springs
West Virginia Automobile Dealers Assn
William M. Wilson
Clarksburg
Associated General Contractors
North Carolina
AGC
West Virginia University
Edwin W. Crooks Jr
Parkersburg
WVU
College of Commerce
Crooks
Harvard
Halle Brothers Co
Cleveland
George E. Schafer
Rochester
N. Y
School of Music
Robert Lee Johnson Jr
Baraboo
Wis
Schafer
Eastman School of Music
University of Arkansas
Johnson
Lamar College
Beaumont
Tex
University of Texas
William E. Crane
Charleston
Ruffner Memorial Presbyterian Church
Second Presbyterian Church
Knoxville
Tenn
John T. Copenhaver
Eleanor Roosevelt
United Nations
Weirton Steel Co
J. H
Gus) Swisher
West
Dominion News
Richard H. Ralston
Buckhannon Record
Robert W. Ferguson
Tri- City Broadcasting Co
Wheeling
Wtrf-Tv
Charles F. Wilmer
Pittsburgh Ad Agency
Ketchum
McCleod and
Gorve
Frances W. Nolde
Commerce Department
General Aviation Division
Morgantown
Business Mirror Recession Appears Halted but Upturn Delayed
New York reports the year long recession seems halted with cautious optimism. Bank loans slow and factory orders remain weak though consumer income stays high due to tax cuts and dividends. Autos and steel show weaker July output while executives warn September may bring improvement or stall. The near term outlook hinges on August and September signals.
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New York
Federal Reserve Board
E. T. Weir
National Steel
Woman Passported Without Fingerprints in Sacramento
Police Capt. Leslie Cox, who has fingerprinted about 50,000 people in 32 years, reported that a woman in Sacramento claimed she was born with almost perfectly smooth fingertips and lacked fingerprints.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sacramento
Calif
Leslie Cox
Hornet Nest Built Outside Kerr's Creek Home Window
Mr and Mrs Moore Harper of Kerr's Creek watch with fascination as a huge hornet s nest is built just outside a window of their Lexington Virginia home. The window remains closed and the nest poses no danger to the residents.
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Lexington
Moore Harper
Kerr's Creek
Levy Estimate for Lester West Virginia City 1954
The Lester West Virginia municipal council met August 2 1954 to estimate the current fiscal year levy. It details receipts from taxes permits and fines and outlines estimated expenditures including police fire streets jail and administration totaling 5367.00 with a net levy of 1812.76 and a total levy of 5867.00.
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West Virginia
Raleigh
Lester
W. Va
Glen P. Daniel
Oscar Wingate
Joe Bond
Robert Gray
Elige Craig
Carl Fain
State OF
Funeral Announcements From Beckley and Surrounding Areas
Obituary notices list Hager H Guy Curly 56 of 201 Church Street Beckley died Saturday at 7 30 p m The service Tuesday at 2 p m at Methodist Temple Rev J B F Yoak Jr officiating Burial in Highlawn Memorial Park Beckley Lodge 95 AF and AM to meet at 1 p m Active pallbearers named Flowerbearers from Sally McGinnis Sunday School Class Masonic rites at the cemetery Calfee Funeral Home for George Franklin Cook 46 of Baltimore formerly Beaver died Saturday The body remains at Calfee Funeral Home until funeral Tuesday at 2 p m Rev B C Jennings officiating Burial Beaver Cemetery Honorary pallbearers listed May Cooper McMahon 74 Raleigh Heights died at her daughter's home 113 Pine Street Funeral 2 p m Wednesday September 1 Beckley Presbyterian Church Burial Sunset Memorial Park Ladies Circle flowerbearers Funeral arrangements by Caffee Funeral Home Cards of Thanks from the Lilly family thanking friends for sympathy and flowers Myrtle Bryant and Vivian Groah.
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W. R. Hincklie
Noel Griffith
T T Prince
E. G. Larrick
C. C. Farmer
Irby Webb
T. R Venters
C. T Hughes
R. M. Simms
A. B. Cook
Ross P. Daniel
L. W. Thorne
Sally McGinnis
Methodist Temple
Beckley Lodge No
Dorsey Foster
Frank Lowe
Ray Akers
Mose Pitzer
W. H. Cunningham
L. M. “Lafon
Earl] Hatcher
Bill, Massie
Luke Mays
J. E. Mays
Bill Lilly
Earl Okes
Walter Rogers
Willie Fer Mont Pendleton
Bunyon Ily
A. E. Lilly
C. H. Costlow
Ross French
Shuck
Caffee
Myrtle Bryant Vivian Groah
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Robert K. Lee
Margaret
Daniel Richard
San Francisco
Gloria Croxton
Mrs. Lee
Associated Press
Nolde
America
Eddie Steele
Bluefield
Flat Top Mountain
Bluestone Gorge
Memorial Tunnel
Business Mirror
Ieee FE
Quesenberry & Webb Funeral Home
Vance Drive
Amos FE. Quesenberry
Barre
R.C. Egnor
Crab Orchard
Dial
Oak Hill
Logans
Stoco
Neville Street
Coal City
Montgomery Ward
Don_W_ Ford
W M Beaver
Harold Williams Sanders and
Edgers
Foster Hardware Co
Main St
W. E. Harvey
Marguerite’s
Permanent Permanents
Main_ St
Embees
Kut & Karl
Murphy's
Del-Mar
Thrifty Shop
Beckley College
Charles Hodes
William Chrisley
Edward Parrish
H. C Kinzer
Beckley
Main Street
B. E. Silverman
Raleigh County Bank
G. H Church
Just-Rite Furniture Co
Prince St ___ Dial
OAK Hill Electric CO
Central Ave
Halstead’s
Firestone TV Repair Dept
Dial Geo. Sparks
Kentile
Kenflex Free
Third Ave
RCA Victor
Zenith
John W. Eye
West Neville ST
McNiel
Wright
Frank
GMC
Sprague
Laurel Creek Methodist Church
Mountain State
W. James Dial
AAVON
Venetian Blind Cleaners
W. V. Dial
Cam Thompson
Cooper’s Manufacturing Co
South_ Fayette St
Dia
Sian Asta
Lewis Transfer CO
Valley Drive
Rescee
B. & R. Company
Hinton
Posey Rhodes
King Tut's Drive Inn
Sophia
Avon Cosmetics
Avon
Home Court
van Dyke
White Coal Company
Large Finance Corporation
Acme Loan Company
Fayette Street
Care
Beckley Newspapers
Standard Coffee Company
Willis Wood
Rose Hotel
Pineville
Hodges
Seidman
Price St
Clare
Galore
Ed Campbell
Bluefield Ave
Bluefield, W. VA
Edwards Cleaners
Portsmouth
Ohio
Care Beckley
Carl W. B. Jones
Willie L. Clay
Roy A. Jones
R. L
J. H. Stinson
East Beckley
Stenographers & Bookkeepers
Beckley Ice & Feed Co
Fred Mann
Bill Milam Fairdale
W.wa
Guernsey Milk
Bill Lewick
Glen Jean
Mt. Hope
Crosier Hatchery
E. Oak Hill
Hereford
Call Thurmond
J. E. Ward
Glen Morgan
Sullivan Road
New Turnpike
Alberta
Belle of Georgia
J. R. Keatley
Bozoo
Beaver
Neff Orchard
Links Grove
Harold Hanks
Calloway Heights
Electrolux
Westinghouse
Philco Radio-Phonograph
Rao
Bailey Avenue
John
Baston
Call Frankford
Eastman Kodak
Elkhart
Clarence G Miller Ballard
Glen Daniel
Philco
Whitestick
Chestnut St
Mabscott
Foley Construction Co
Ph. Mullens
Grandview Sand CO
Grandview
Sprague Dial
Prince & N. Kanawha
Wonder Jewelry Co
Neville St. Beckley
Rainelle
Wilson's Furn
S. Kanawha
Ashworth Firestone
C. C. Brown & Sons
P. O
Frankford
Lewisburg
J. W. Huddle
Clyde
Nash Campbell
KRAFT
General Tire
Tire, Inc
Neville St
Hager
Keyser Funeral Home
Calfee Funeral Home
FOTOS
Ambulance’ Service
Keyser
Douglas T. Bryant
Oakwood Ave
Billang
H. A
Beckley - Dial
South Fayet
Schoo
E’s Shoe Shop
Hoalvent
Boyd P. Carper
Crawford
Mill Work
Beckley Glass
North Oakwood
FORD
Johnstown
Beckley, W. Va
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