Plans Started Toward Forming Americanism Classes
Thirteen natives of foreign lands became American citizens in Beckley while Archie Ellenbogen announced plans to offer citizenship preparation courses for others. The 1957 classes will run ten weeks from 7 am to 9 pm each Wednesday in the Raleigh County Circuit Courtroom, free of charge with books provided by the Beckley B'nai B'rith Lodge. The ceremony included many new Americans from Beckley and surrounding areas, with Judge Norman Knapp administering the oath.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Archie Ellenbogen
Beckley B'nai B'rith Lodge
United States
Ellenbogen
Enenbogen
Raleigh County Circuit Court
Norman Knapp
B'nai B'rith Lodge
Eifenbogen
U.S
America
U. S
Raleigh
Gertrude Mehalic
Beckley
Elsie Taylor Hornbeck
Sophia
Yascuko Ritchfe
Fayetteville
Ned Harmovitz
Pittsburgh
Judge Knapp
Bazaar Set Tonight at Dry Hill Prosperity Community Center
Plans for a Christmas bazaar set for 6 30 to 10 p m at the Dry Hill Prosperity Community Center followed Tuesday night by a meeting of the Country Life Group. Committee members were chosen for the decoration team as they also outlined an open house for December 22. The new building, near completion, will feature a full kitchen and bathrooms and a large recreation room with a fireplace to host barbecues dinners and yearly fairs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New
Dry Hill
Country Life Group
Mail Delivery Set Twice Daily During Yale Season
Beckley residents will receive mail twice daily after December. The post office plans extra part time workers, extended Wednesday hours through Christmas, and later added hours as needed to handle a 35 percent rise in volume. West Coast gifts should be mailed now, air mail advised for holiday delivery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Yale
Beckley
Beckley Business Bureau
Lilly
West
Howard K. Manning
Beckley Army
U.S. Army
New Solidiers
The
Army
Beckley Post Office
Community Singing Planned at Rhodell Church of God
Rhodell Church of God hosts a community singing at 7 p m Saturday led by master of ceremonies Dewey McKinney of Mullens with his Jubileers Quartet featured. Groups are urged to participate and support the church piano fund with a free will offering.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rhodell
RNS
Rhodell Church of God
Dewey McKinney
Mullens
Jubileers
Louis P. Beard
Children's Stamp Set for Dec. 17 Sale
A three cent commemorative children's stamp goes on sale December 17 at the Beckley Post Office following Washington ceremonies with President Eisenhower. A national design contest selected by students yielded winner Ronald Dias, 19, of Honolulu. Hawaii Postmaster General Arthur E. Summerfield calls the stamp a symbol of hopes for world peace and the future of American children.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Beckley Post Office
Washington
Eisenhower
United States
Ronald Dias
Honolulu
Hawaii
Arthur E. Summerfield
Mabscott hires Dennis Leary for paving project
Mabscott Town Council on Thursday night contracted D. M. Leary Jr. to study paving issues on South Hill Westley and Hudson streets. Paving likely to start next spring per town recorder W A Waybright. A Scouter Roundtable is set for 7 30 p m in the Appalachian Building to plan a Boy Scout circus. A Marsh Fork High School polio clinic vaccinated 200 people. Raleigh County Health Department sponsored the event.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
D. M. Leary Jr
Mabscott Town
Marsh Fork High School
Raleigh County Health Department
Civitans Plan Christmas Party In Beckley
Beckley Civitan Club reviews details for the annual Christmas party led by Dr. James Farris. Santa Claus will attend at the Beckley Elks Club on December 18 with gifts for children of Civitan members, a dinner, and community carol singing. J E Sharp reports about 2 700 pounds of fruit cake sold and 4 183 pounds bought to sell to six residents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Beckley Civitan Club
James Farris
Beckley Elks Club
Santa Claus
Cvitan
J. E. Sharp
Engineer Chapter to Hear Morris Harvey Professor
C E Roth will speak to members and guests of the Appalachian chapter of the West Virginia Society of Professional Engineers at a meeting Monday 7 p m in the Glass House. He is Morris Harvey College professor of political science and history and will discuss Affairs in the Near East.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
C.E. Roth
West Virginia Society of Professional Engineers
Glass House
Roth
Morris Harvey College
Near East
Marshall County
Marshall College
West Virginia
Columbia
Summers County
Morris Harvey
Exchange Club
Lious Club
West Virginia Education Association
United States Navy
Blue Creek
Robert Davis
Forty Men to Report for Preinduction Examinations
Raleigh County Selective Service Board orders forty men to report for preinduction examinations on December 19 at 9 a.m. at the local Recruiting Main Station. Notices list names and hometowns including Bowyer Beaver Dixon Branchland Snyder Lester Cadle Cleveland Egich Underwood Lillybrook Powers Beckley Rinehart Beckley Kosnoski Beckley Daniel Harper Vandervort Crab Orchard Jarrell Washington Ghent Eckle Beckley Pilzer Beckley Hornsby Carter Fairdale Cantley Edwight Jarrell Dry Creek Pennington Belcamp Sophia Burns Beckley Fruits Cleveland Beckley Pughy Beckley Merris Berman Naples Beckley Clay Glen Daniel Waller McAlpin Erskine Beckley Garrett Rhodell McAllister East Beckley Bennett Dickens Pine Knob Massey Dorothy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Raleigh
Raleigh County Selective Service Board
Keith Wayland Powers
Parkersburg
Beckley
Charles Edward Rinehart
Beekley
Robert Lee Kosnoski
Bobby Neal Daniel
Harper
Harold Warren Vandivort
Crab Orchard
Ronald Eugene Jarrell
Ameazle
James Lew Greene
Washington, D. C
Ghent
Fred Augustus Morrow Jr
McAlpin
Dexter Lee
Pugh
Eccles
Tommy Franklin Eckle
Pittsburgh
Roscoe Pilzer
Kenneth
Ray Hornsby
Josephine
Herbert Junior
Carter
Fairdale
Thomas Delano Cantley
Edwight
Robin iAdair Jarrell
Dry Creek
Odell Pennington
Belcamp
Sophia
Edward Brooks Burns
John Harold Fruits
Cleveland
Ohio
Mabscott
iGeorge
Ray Pughy Beckley
Milford Merris Berman
Naples
Fla
Berkeley League to Hear Julian Williams on Epic Drama
Julian Williams will be guest speaker at a Berkley League of Women Voters dinner meeting today. The event at the Glass House begins at 6 30 p.m. and is organized by president Mrs. Nancy Thorna.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Julian Williams
Berkley League of Women Voters
Glass House
Nancy Thorna
Police Court Records Show Fines and Forfeits Totaling $491
Beckley Police Court collected eight bonds forfeited and one fine paid totaling 492 on a Thursday night. Warden Fitzgerald and Daniels paid a $70 fine for reckless driving. Harold E. Logan, proprietor of the Acca Club, forfeited a $300 bond for sale and possession of tax raid liquor. John W. Sloan forfeited a $20 bond for speeding. Arnold Mack Mathes and others forfeited bonds on trespassing and drunken charges.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Beckley
Fitzgerald
Daniels
Harold E. Logan
Logan
Acca Club
South Fayette Street
John W. Sloan
Fhipper
Arnold
Mack’ Mathés
Wreck Victims Hospitalized As New GI Program Rolls Out
Four new injuries from separate automobile wrecks were hospitalized. Clarence Plumley of Mount Hope was moved from Raleigh General to Charleston General in critical condition, while Leonard Adkins of Marp Heights and James Gilbert Burleson of Fairdale, both injured in cab incidents, were listed in good condition at Beckley Hospital. Benny Matherly of Beaver remained in satisfactory condition at Raleigh General. Raleigh General and Beckley Hospitals implement a civilian hospital benefit program for dependents of active duty servicemen, with specifics on eligibility and cost shares.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clarence Plumiey
Rt. 1
Mount Hope
Axi
Melalton
Raleigh General Hospital
Charleston General Hospital
Yellow ‘Cab Co
Leonard — Adkins
Marpar ‘Heights
Beckley Hospital
James Gilbert Burleson
Fairdale
Benny Matherly
Beaver
Carlos Lee Lilly
Blue Jay
Cool Ridge
MUU . C
Drewry
West Virginia Hospital’ Association
Armed Services
American Hospital Assn
Focal
United States
Funeral services set for Mrs Lillie Baier of Charleston
Mrs Lillie Baier 67 of Charleston dies at home. Funeral services will be held Saturday at Emanuel Baptist Church Charleston with burial in St Albans cemetery. Survived by daughter Mrs Pete George and six more children, two sisters, three brothers, 17 grandchildren and two great grandchildren. Body at Snodgrass Funeral Home South Charleston.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lillie Baier
Charleston
Emanuel Baptist Church
St. Albans
Baier
Pan
Pete George
Vine St
Ematmuel/ Baptist Church
George
Allen
Carl
Cef Hand
Roane County
Don Ingram
Theodore Cavender
J.C. Bergerone
South Charleston
Philip’ Dunlap
Nellis
Earl Walker
Parkersburg
Elward
Ward ‘Walker
Committee to Meet Raleigh District Boy Scouts About Troop Plans
The Organization and Extension Committee of the Raleigh District Boy Scouts of America will meet at 5 p.m. today in the Veterans Affairs building office to plan expansion of scout troops in the county. The meeting follows local troop development efforts and is hosted by Memorial Building.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Southern Soil Conservation District
Beckley
Carroll Bond
Charleston
SCS
Bond
Raleigh
Boy’ Scouts of America
Department of Veterans Affairs
Memorial
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Yellow Cab Taxi Lot
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Daisy
AIR Rifles
Civitans
District Four Forestry Division
C, Fe, Roth
Dinty Moore
del Monte
Delsey
Bordens Milk
Maine
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Atkinson’s Shopping
Johnstown Road
Vance Drive
Raleigh General
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Baker’s Jewelry
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Sype
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Prince ST
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