Hospitalized Veterans Select Christmas Gifts For Loved Ones
The American Legion Auxiliary Department of West Virginia held its ninth annual Gift Shop at Beckley VA Hospital and Pinecrest Sanitarium, aiding about 45 auxiliary members and distributing around 600 no charge gifts for veterans’ families. Shown are volunteers and participants organizing gift wrapping and mailing as part of the program.
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American Legion Auxiliary Department of
West Virginia
Beckley Veterans Administration Hospital
S. C. Cappellari
M. Vecellio
Richard Presley
Beckley
J. B. Specht
Huntington VA Hospital
Pinecrest Sanitarium
Sue
Dora Ward, Beckley
American Legion Auxiliary No. 32
Melvin
Museum Progress Will Be Reviewed Tonight
Two items of business will claim the attention of Sojourner Truth W C T U members at 6 o'clock tonight at Ebenezer Baptist Church. They will plan the Christmas party for Pinecrest Sanitarium patients and hear the annual membership report. An open meeting at Stotesbury will review progress on establishing the town as the nation’s first coal town museum.
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Sojourner Truth Woman's Christian Temperance Union
Ebenezer Baptist Church
Emmett Hudson
Pinecrest Sanitarium
Committee On
Stotesbury
Leslie
Seal Sales Lag Behind Last Year's in 1961 Campaign
Raleigh County reports its 1961 Christmas Seal Drive is behind last year as the goal increases by 2000 dollars to 12000. Mrs C C Lewis executive director of the Tuberculosis and Health Association announced year’s collections total 4618.35, down from 4695.40 at the same point last year. The association expanded its work this year, explaining the higher goal.
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Raleigh County
C. C. Lewis
The
Tuberculosis and Health Association
Lewis
Three-Car Crash Causes $400 In Damages At Oakwood Intersection
At 10:35 am Monday, three cars collided at Oakwood and Ellison. Damages totaled about 400 with no injuries. Joe Herrera, 30, Maryland Avenue, stopped to discharge a passenger when a truck driven by George White, 55, Kentucky Avenue, rear-ended Herrera, pushing him into a parked Motor Car Supply Co. vehicle on Prince Street. No charges were filed.
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Oakwood
Ellison Avenues
Joe Herrera
Maryland Ave
George W. White
Kentucky Ave
Herrara
Motor Car Supply Co
Prince Street
Construction worker injures hand at rails site
David Lilly and Glen Morgan sustained a left hand injury Monday while lifting rails for Basil Meadows Construction Co. They received treatment at Beckley Hospital.
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David Lilly
Glen Morgan
Basil Meadows Construction Co
Beckley Hospital
Sadie Hatfield to receive life changing rehab aid in January
Sadie Hatfield, 24, daughter of Mrs. Margaret Archie of Crab Orchard, who is deaf, will get a chance at independence on January 17 after her application to attend rehabilitation classes was approved. Raleigh County Speech and Hearing Clinic aided her, with counselor George Mickel and district supervisor Linn Hardmann guiding the case since last summer.
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J. W. Melvin
Little Rock
Ark
Princeton
Arkansas
W. E. Melvin
Margaret Archie
Crab Orchard
Hatfield
Raleigh County
Speech and Hearing Clinic
Carolyn Wetzel
Linn Hardmann
George Mickel
Sadie
Speech
Beckley Press Club Holiday Ball Scheduled
The Beckley Press Club sets its first annual Holiday Ball for Saturday December 16 from 10 p.m. to 2 a.m. at the Beckley-Winn Hotel Ballroom with The Statesmen as entertainment. Ross Martin, chairman, says invitations will be issued to members and decorations provided locally.
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Beckley Press Club
Ross Martin
Beckley-Winn
Board of Governors
Beckley Newspapers Corp
Press Club
Martin
Commodity Point Changes At Naoma
Recipients who once collected commodities at Naoma must now pick up at William Blanken ship home Rock Creek near Mount View Junior High School starting this month. First pickup is 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. Thursday and Friday. Each person should collect their own food to allow Beckley office to recertify them. A burning chair at 117 Williams St. prompted Beckley Fire Department response at 3 30 p.m. Monday. Firefighters found a cigarette dropped into a chair causing total loss. Damaged estimated at 50 dollars.
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Naoma
William Blankenship
Rock Creek
Mount View Junior High School
Beckley
Beckley Fire Department
Williams St
Ivan Lowery
Newsboys to Boost Christmas Seal Drive in 1961
Newsboys for The Raleigh Register and Beckley Post Herald will promote the 1961 Christmas Seal Campaign to fight tuberculosis. Bill Bates pins a Health For All badge on Gary Thurman as Gary and Eddie Staf ford review the participation sheet. The program marks the 1907 penny avalanche origin, with praise for doctors and the small newsboy who led the effort.
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Raleigh Register
Beckley Post-Herald
Bill Bates
The
Register
Gary Thurman
Orchard Ave
Gary
Eddie Stafford
McGinnis St
C. C. Lewis
Raleigh County Tb and Health Association
Lewis
Commodities Approvals Hit 332 In Raleigh County
A total of 322 Raleigh Countians were approved for commodities Monday with 18 applications refused because of excess income. November distribution reached 17,608 residents. Goods will be handed out from 8:30 a.m. to 4 p.m. today and Wednesday.
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Raleigh
Nineteen Apply for Work at Beckley Office
Nineteen persons filed applications for work at the Beckley office of Employment Security Monday. They include one bookkeeper one rough carpenter one maid one cashier five waitresses one finish carpenter four truck drivers one service station attendant three construction laborers and one taxi driver.
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Beckley Office of Employment Security
Miss Ethel Yost Hurts Thumb At Beckley Plant
Miss Ethel Yost of Raleigh was treated at Beckley Hospital for an injury to her right thumb sustained while working on a coil winding machine at Beckley Manufacturing Corp.
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Ethel Yost
Raleigh
Beckley Hospital
Beckley Manufacturing Corp
Law Enforcement Campaign Opens
Black Diamond Lodge No. 81 of the Fraternal Order of Police launches a campaign to restore respect for law enforcement. The group seeks citizen cooperation in enforcing laws and endorses efforts to unite the community with police officers.
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Black Diamond Lodge No. 81
Order of Police
Bailes to Undergo Surgery at Raleigh General Hospital
W. W. Bailes of 111 Virginia Street was scheduled for surgery at Raleigh General Hospital today.
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W. W. Bailes
Virginia St
Raleigh General Hospital
100 Expected To Honor Trip
An estimated 100 persons are expected at a Wednesday night dinner in the Raleigh County Elks Club honoring three Raleigh County lawyers with more than 150 years in the profession. Leah Toney Trail, J W Maxwell, and Herbert Stansbury will be recognized at 7 pm. The Raleigh County Bar Association sponsors the affair with associates and wives, plus legal secretaries. Don Boyd will provide organ music. Oppie Hedrick, bar president, announced the event. Traveling from Winfield to honor her father, Judge Maxwell, Mrs Louise Barr and her husband attend, as does J R Carr, Bank of Raleigh exec vp and Ohio bar member, with his wife. A special program follows dinner.
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Raleigh
Leah Toney Trail
J. W. Maxwell
Herbert Stansbury
Elks Club
Raleigh County Bar Association
Legal Secretaries Association
Don Boyd
Oppie Hedrick
Raleigh County Bar Assa
Winfield
Maxwell
Louise Barr
Ohio
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Greenbrier County
Kiwanis
Fred Filler
Chesapeake and Potomac
Land-O-Hills
Kiwanis Club
Dry Hill Prosperity Community Center
E. M. Humphrey
Harvey
Arnold Ray Humphrey
Garland Buchannon
Auxiliary
Humphrey
Arrow Liqueurs Corp
Detroit
Mich
Montgomery Ward
Marx H. O
Piecegoods
Brach
Men’s Cotton & Rayon
Childrens
Seal
Sadie Hatfield
Jana
Elv. Presley
Hawaii
Walt Disney
Helewerd
Ormarer
Fred Astair
Debbie Reynolds
Tab Hunter
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