Rehabilitation Class Openings Available
Openings are available for qualified persons to receive grants for a graduate course in training of rehabilitation counselors. West Virginia University offers a 42 hour Master of Science in rehabilitation counseling with a teaching grant and limited trainee ships to cover expenses. Ben Guy Jr. participates in the program. the University plans seminars in education psychology and social work.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William G. Winchell
Vocational Rehablitation Office
West Virginia University
Winchell
Ben Guy Jr
District 4 Department of Public Assistance
The
Col
School buses robbed at Raleigh County garage
Beckley police probe thefts from three parked buses at the Raleigh County School Bus Garage. Fire extinguishers and first aid supplies were reported missing after a Monday morning incident.
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Beckley
Raleigh County
Recruiter Joins Beckley Station
The Beckley Air Force Recruiting Station has expanded with S. Sgt. Pauline V. Veal of the Woman's Air Force. She will interview women interested in joining the Air Force at Beckley and southern West Virginia, after prior duty at Beach Air Base Florida and SHAPE Headquarters in Paris.
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Beckley Air Force
Pauline V. Veal
Woman’s Air Force
Veal
Air Force
West Virginia
Beckley
Beach Air Base
Florida
SHAPE
Paris
France
Capt Metz to Take Advanced Infantry Training
Capt. Clarence E. Metz leaves Beckley Army Reserve after two years as unit advisor and reports to Fort Benning on January 4. He will take the advanced course for infantry officers and then proceed to Korea to join the Eighth Army.
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Beckley Army Reserve
Clarence E. Metz
Fort Benning
Korea
Eighth Army
Deceased Elks Remembered in Rites at Beckley Lodge
Memorial services honored 162 members of Beckley Elks Lodge No. 1452. Rev. Father Leo B. Lydon led ritual prayers as Woodrow Wilson High School Glee Club performed. Exalted Ruler W. F. Watts presided with officers and drill team assisting in offering flowers for the departed brothers.
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Beckley Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks Lodge No. 1452
Leo B. Lydon
Woodrow Wilson High School Glee Club
Father Lydon
The
Elks
Lodge
W. F. Watts
Lawrence Pruett
Gene Foster
Ed Hedrick
New President Optimistic on West Virginia Epic Drama Plan
Kermit A. Locke, Raleigh County lawyer and new president of the West Virginia Historical Epic Drama Association, advocates an outdoor epic drama to boost Beckley tourism and local employment. He cites Berea Ky examples, notes funding and site acoustics challenges, and seeks a December board meeting to finalize a Turnpike-area site and hire North Carolina writer Kermit Hunter.
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Raleigh County
West Virginia Historical Drama Association
Kermit A. Locke
Berea
Locke
West Virginia
Beckley
Harper Road
Kermit Hunter
North Carolina University
Hunter
Milton
Cabell County
Berea College
West Virginia University
Raleigh County Bar Association
Beckley Shrine
Beckley Lions Club
American Legion Post
Taxes Account for Over Half Beckley Income in November
City receipts for November totalled 45 299 82 with tax collections from Raleigh County Sheriff John C Ward contributing 25 000 The next largest sums came from city driver licenses and a state government check for utilities taxes each 7 000 Parking meters generated 2 237 79 and fines 561 43 Police court fines 1 448 50 with other items including 102 97 store licenses 841 11 miscellaneous 50 dog and bike licenses and 49 building permit fees All figures are from City Recorder Emery J Smith and reflect November income distribution.
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Beckley
Raleigh
John C. Ward
Emery J. Smith
West Virginia
Prosperity Man Graduates at Roanoke
Robert Lilly, son of Mr and Mrs Euric Lilly of Prosperity, graduated from the Accountancy and Business Administration Course at National Business College in Roanoke Virginia on Friday.
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Woodrow Wilson High School
National Business College
Roanoke
Robert Lilly
Euric Lilly
Prosperity
Navy seaman held on desertion charge in Raleigh Jail
Jimmie F. Grose, a member of the U S Navy, is being held in the Raleigh County Jail pending return to naval authorities. He was jailed at 3 p m Monday on a charge of desertion.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jimmie F. Grose
Tams
U. S. Navy
Raleigh
First Aid Training For Slab Fork Company Employees
First aid training for all Slab Fork Coal Company employees began Monday at Sophia High School. The program runs day and evening sessions. Day instructors are Joe Mc Pherson and Delmer Darnell. Night instructors are Cecil Sturgill and Obert Whitt.
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Slab Fork Coal Company
Sophia High School
Joe McPherson
Delmer Darnell
Cecil Sturgill
Obert Whitt
Top Flight Grocery Salesman Opportunity in Cincinnati
Nationally known Premier Food Products seeks a high caliber salesman with retail and institutional grocery background. Territorial Beckley to be served from our modern Cincinnati warehouse. Age 28 to 49. Guaranteed drawing, commission, life insurance, hospital benefits for family. Car required. Apply to Francis H. Leggett & Co. Cincinnati.
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Beckley
Francis H. Leggett & Company
Cincinnati
Francis H. Leggett & Co
Ohio
Janet Davis Heads Mount Tabor 4-H Club
Janet Davis elected president of the Mount Tabor Mounties 4-H Club for 1956. Ronald Thompson is vice president. Danny Alderman secretary. Regina Thompson treasurer. Bill Patterson and Jimmy Brown song leaders. Donald Thompson and Janice Haynes game leaders. Carol Bayes reporter. About 32 members attended, with leaders Mrs. Helen Borrer and Mrs. Margaret Alderman and councilor Mrs. Thelma Beckelhimer also present.
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Mount Tabor Mounties
Janet Davis
Ronald Thompson
Danny Alderman
Regina Thompson
Bill Patterson
Jimmy Brown
Donald Thompson
Janice Haynes
Carol Bayes
Helen Borrer
Margaret Alderman
Thelma Beckelhimer
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Studebaker
Beckley Motor Co
First Ave
Russ Parsons
St.jossew
Beckley Station
Capt
Metz
Huntington
Washington, D. C
Bluefield
Chicago
Prince Street
Trailways Agency
Epic Drama Association
Prosperity Man
Mount Tabor
Pilgrim Holiness Church
Blue Jay
C. C. Tolbert
John E. Nester
C. and
O. Dam
Penney
Brentwood
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