Christmas Theme at Story Hour at Raleigh Library
A Christmas theme will be presented at Story Hour at 10:30 a.m. Saturday in the Raleigh County Public Library. Readers include Mrs John Dellinger civics department and Miss Lois Wood Senior Deb Club both of the Woman's Club of Beckley. Junior department helpers are Mrs Kyle Jarrell and Mrs Vernon Shulte.
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Raleigh County Public Library
John Dellinger
Civics Department
Lois Wood
Woman’s Club of
Beckley
Kyle Jarrell
Vernon Shulte
PTA Supper Planned at Fairdale Elementary
The Fairdale Elementary School PTA will serve a spaghetti supper Saturday from 5 to 7 p.m. Proceeds support school activities and student programs.
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PTA
Fairdale
School Advisory Group To Meet About Bond Issue
A 40 member committee will meet at 7 30 p m in the Raleigh County Courthouse Court Room to discuss a school building program and a proposed bond issue. Superintendent Sherman C Trail notes strong community demand for better facilities, overcrowding relief, and consolidation amid population shifts and economic conditions. Members are urged to speak frankly on their views and ideas.
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Raleigh County
Board of Education
Sherman C. Trail
Outpatients at Beckley Hospital Treated From Mine and Gas Work
Outpatients include Danny B. Pack, 36, Crab Orchard, with a knee injury at Winding Gulf Mine Allen Creek. Clyde Farmer, 59, 200 C St, treated for an eye injury at work for Eastern Gas and Fuel Associates, Helen.
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Beckley Hospital
Danny B. Pack
Crab Orchard
Winding Gulf
Allen Creek
Clyde Farmer
C. St
Eastern Gas and Fuel Associates
Helen
Candlelight Service Slated Sunday Night
The Jones Memorial Baptist Church hosts a candlelight service Sunday at 7 30 p m with 12 candles for the disciples and a large Christ candle. The service, sung without piano, begins a perpetual revival through December and January and invites pledges to pray for the minister and personal outreach.
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Jones Memorial Baptist Church
Christ
Roy S. Coe
Metalton Church Plans Sunday Services
Lead sermon by Rev. James Bailey at 11 a.m. followed by the Lord's Supper and foot washing. Sunday school is set for 10 a.m. at the Metalton Church of God.
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Metalton Church of God
James Bailey
City Police Charge Two With Speeding
Henry J. James of Beckley and Edward Thomas Shotwell of Glen Morgan were arrested for speeding. Shotwell was cited for speeding through a school zone at 40 mph. Both faces police court hearings Monday night.
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Henry J. James
Beckley
Edward Thomas Shotwell
Glen Morgan
Class Plans Benefit For Needy Children
The Holy Tabernacle Church of God in East Beckley will sponsor a program at 2 30 p m Sunday with Elder Ernest Stewart Lilly Brook speaking at 3 p m Proceeds go to the class project aiding needy children Churches from Lillybrook Eccles Glen Rogers and West Wickham were invited to participate
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Holy Tabernacle Church of God
East Beckley
Ernest Stewart
Lillybrook
Effie Mae Lewis
Eccles
Glen Rogers
West Wickham
Beckleyan Frances Wright Campbell
Mrs Frances Wright Campbell 87 of Beckley Place was admitted to Raleigh General Hospital about 10 p m Thursday with a fractured left hip. A family member said she was injured in a fall at her home. She is the widow of Everett H Bennett.
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Frances Wright Campbell
Beckley Place
Raleigh General Hospital
Mrs Peters 67 Dies After Long Illness
Mary Ann Peters born September 8 1892 in Poland died at age 67 after a five year illness in a local hospital. Survived by three daughters two stepchildren 17 grandchildren and four great grandchildren. Services set for 2 p.m. Sunday at Webb and Neal Funeral Home Chapel with Rev Carl Johnson. Burial in Sunset Memorial Park.
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Mary Ann Peters
Piney View
Poland
Gerald Campbell
Pemberton
Bertha Gurack
Genevieve Piecowski
John Piecowski
Passaic
N. J
Walter Piecowski
Lanark
Webb and Neal Funeral Home
Carl Johnson
Sunset Memorial Park
Funeral
Benjamin Yates Taken By Death
Benjamin Harrison Yates a 71 year old retired miner died at 11 35 am Thursday in a Bluefield hospital He moved to the Oceana area about 12 years ago from Upland McDowell County Survivors include his wife Maggie and three sons John Gene and Don all of Itmann The body is at Robertson and Foglesong Funeral Home Arrangements are incomplete
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Umann
Benjamin Harrison Yates
Oceana
Upland
McDowell County
Bluefield
Maggie
John
Gene
Don
Itmann
Robertson and Foglesong
Freshman Choir to Lead Vesper at Randolph-Macon Woman’s College
Miss Claudeis Newman daughter of Dr and Mrs Ross Newman Buckley will direct the freshman choir for the Freshman Young Woman's Christian Association vesper service Sunday at Randolph Macon Woman's College. The program includes the drama Why The Chimes Rang and Christmas hymns.
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Claudeis
Chippy) Newman
Ross Newman
Buckley
Young Woman's Christian Association
Randolph-Macon Woman's College
Mrs Pauline Moose Admitted for Observation at Beckley Memorial
Mrs Pauline Moose was admitted to Beckley Memorial Hospital on Wednesday for observation and treatment. The report notes she is a patient under care at the facility.
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Rhodell
Pauline Moose
Beckley Memorial Hospital
Read The Small Print on Advance Fee Gyps Schemes
A feature on advance fee schemes shifting from property sales to loans. Explains how fast talking operators promise inflated values, charge upfront fees, and often avoid refunds. Advises using reputable banks, verifying loan sources, and consulting the BBB or Chamber of Commerce before investing.
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Bernard Gavzer
NEW York (Ap
John Burke
National
Better Business Bureau
Burke
NBBB
Chamber of Commerce
Beckley Jaycees Back Beckley Development Plan
Young Men Of Action will market BBDC stock to raise funds for Beckley economic growth. Jaycees project could create 100 factory jobs plus 70 home telephones and 170 cars, attracting four new businesses and boosting the city’s economy. Local leaders emphasize economic stability and growth as key to attracting large employers.
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Beckley
Barr
Jaycees
PSC Schedules Cross-Examination On Gas Subsidiaries
The PSC will resume hearings Jan 11 with cross examination of Columbia Gas System executive F H Crissman regarding a 6.75 percent return. Columbia subsidiaries United Fuel Gas Co Manufacturer Light and Heat Co and Amere Gas Utilities Co seek higher rates to fund construction for public service obligations.
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Charleston
Columbia Gas System
F. H. Crissman
Columbia
United Fuel Gas Co
Manufacturers Light and Heat Co
Amere Gas Utilities Co
Death Notice for Tom Rash 1890 1960 Rhodell WV
Thomas Clayton Rash known as Tom died at 5 35 a m in Wyoming General Hospital Mullens after long illness dating to 1937 retirement from mining. He was born June 18 1890 in Ash County North Carolina and resided in Rhodell for 30 years. He left a widow Jennie Rash five children and several relatives. Funeral home in Mullens awaiting arrangements.
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Rhodell
RNS
Thomas Clayton
Tom) Rash
Wyoming General Hospital
Mullens
Rash
Ash County
N. C
Vester
Martha Campbell Rash
Jennie Rash
Clarence Miller
Charles Vaught
Thorndale
Georgie Blankenship
San Francisco
Dallas
Amigo
Ambers Rash
Huntington
Roby Reed
Valley Station
Sarah Waycaster
Midway
Robertson and Foglesong
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Mrs. Peters
Benjamin Yates
Ballengee Furniture CO
Valley Drive
Action
Beckley Jaycees
BBDG
Beckley Junior Chamber of Commerce
Beckley Business Development Corporation
Rural Development Council
BBDC
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Jaycee
John Flanagan
Eddie Zopp
Kenan Chambers
Canterbury
Clarence Clay
Woodrow Wilson
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