Walter Cooper Heads Medical Technologists
Walter Cooper of Beckley was elected president of the West Virginia State Society of American Medical Technologists at the group’s final Nov. 29 meeting in Clarksburg. Officers named include Betty Jane Shelby vice president, Margaret B. Lemon secretary, Neva Culley recording secretary, and Doris Murphy treasurer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Walter Cooper
Beckley
West Virginia
A. Robert Marks
Dr. Marks
Robert Winemiller
American Association of Blood Banks
Cincinnati
Civil Service Exams Announced For Raleigh County Posts
The U S Civil Service Board announces substitute clerks and carriers for multiple Raleigh County post offices including Crab Orchard Mabscott Sophia Sprague Affinity Beaver Coal City Eccles Edwight Glen Morgan Glen White Montreal Prosperity Raleigh Rhodell and Stamford No residence limit within delivery area required and no experience needed but a written test is required Applications due by January 24 1959 A Construction Analyst GS-9 and an Appraiser GS-11 exam are also announced for the Veterans Administration Regional Office Indianapolis No written test for these and rating based on experience Further details available from the examiner in charge at the local post office.
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Board of
U. S. Civil Service Examiners
Raleigh County
Crab Orchard
Mabscott
Sophia
Sprague
Affinity
Beaver
Coal City
Eccles
Edwight
Glen Morgan
Glen White
Montreal
Prosperity
Raleigh
Rhodell
Stamford
Post Office
Charleston
Veterans Administration
Indianapolis
Ind
Safety Sam Fair Warns December Traffic Death Toll Rises
West Virginia State Police Colonel Hazen H Fair releases safety advisories under the name Safety Sam stressing December as peak month for drunk driving fatalities. He cites a National Safety Council study showing 30 percent of 1957 fatal crashes involved a drinker and 55 percent during Christmas holidays. He warns social drinkers are the major highway danger.
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Hazen H. Fair
West Virginia
Sam
Colonel Fair
National Safety Council
Spray advised to fireproof Christmas trees
Beckley's Fire Chief Otis Lyons recommends spraying Christmas trees with a borax and boric acid solution to make them fireproof. He also suggests treating children's clothing after washing, and advises applying the solution to any child exposed to open fire heaters or fireplaces during winter months.
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Beckley
Otis Lyons
Lyons
West Virginian Elected National Education Secretary Leader
Phares E. Reeder of the West Virginia Education Association was named president of the National Association of State Secretaries of State Teachers Associations at the Salt Lake City convention. He is the first West Virginian to hold the top national post after serving as vice president and secretary. The organization includes secretaries of teachers groups from 49 states and U S territories, and members discussed financing education and modern public school issues.
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National Association of State Secretaries of State Teachers Associations
Phares E. Reeder
West Virginia Education Association
National Association
Salt Lake City
Reeder
U. S. Territories
Eight More Join Army Enlistees sent to Fort Jackson for training
Eight men enlisted at Beck ley Army Recruiting Station and were sent to Fort Jackson South Carolina for nine weeks of basic training. Names include George R. Levitt Jr Jimmie E Ramey Carlos J Hylton Norman R Baker Von P Powers James F Tickle Carl Dye Jr and James W Treadway.
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United States Army
Beckley
Fort Jackson
S. C
George R. Levitt Jr
George R. Levitt
Bluefield
Jimmie E. Ramey
Clarence C. Ramey
Hayg, Va
Carlos J. Hylton
Ester F. Hylton
Kimball
Norman R. Baker
Walter C. Baker
Bradshaw
von P. Powers
George M. Powers
Bee
James F. Tickle
Frank F. Tickle
Carl Dye Jr
Carl Dye
Abingdon
James W. Treadway
Fayetteville
Fractures Hip In Fall In Raleigh General Patient
Mrs. Ellen Bair aged 86 of 219 N. Kanawha Street is listed in fair condition at Raleigh General Hospital after a fall Friday evening. She was admitted Sunday at 7 p.m. for treatment of a hip fracture.
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Ellen Bair
N. Kanawha St
Raleigh General Hospital
Carperton To Preside At First RC Meeting
The Raleigh County Chapter of the American Red Cross will hold its annual fall meeting Thursday at 4 p.m. in the Bair Building chapter office. New chairman S Caperton will preside, with important matters to be discussed as urged by publicity chairwoman Mrs Verne Tucker.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Raleigh County
The
American Red Cross
Bair
S. Caperton
Verne Tucker
Maben Resident Waives Extradition
Maben resident Jess Willard Thompson waived extradition after being taken from Raleigh County Jail by Ohio authorities. Thompson, jailed on a non support warrant, faces Ohio court action. Judge Norman Knapp presided while Judge McCreery is overseas.
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Jess Willard Thompson
Maben
Raleigh County
Ohio
Norman Knapp
Thompson
Knapp
Harry L. McCreery
Europe
Miner Dies in Beckley Hospital at 71
Fletcher Emmett O'Dell of Summersville died Sunday morning in a Beckley hospital after a long illness. A retired miner and Dixon Methodist Chapel member, he will be buried in the church cemetery after funeral services at 1 p.m. Tuesday in the Dixon Chapel conducted by Rev. G. Frank Plybon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fletcher Emmett O'Dell
Summersville
Beckley
Dixon Methodist Chapel
Bruce
Dixon Chapel
G. Frank Plybon
Church
Field Executive Speaks At Mabscott Den Meet
Rex Johnson of the Raleigh District of the Appalachian Council, Boy Scouts of America, spoke Friday night as Cub Scout Den 1 Pack 109 Mabscott awarded Bobcat Pins Wolf Badges. Cubs Richard Plummer Frank Neubert James Allen H E Melton III Sammy Chadwell Frankie Snuffer Gary and Danny Callione received pins and badges. Snuffer earned a Lion Badge and a silver honor point. Gary and Danny earned silver and gold honor points. Refreshments followed. Attendees included numerous families and den leaders.
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Rex Johnson
Raleigh
Appalachian Council
Boy Scouts of America
Cub Scout den
Mabscott
Richard Plummer
Frank Neubert
James Allen
H. E. Melton III
Sammy Chadwell
Frankie Snuffer
Gary
Danny Callione
Snuffer
Cee Allen Jr
J. C. Plummer
Frank Snuffer
Norma Snuffer
H. E. Melton Jr
Lolita
Barbara Melton
Austin Neubert
A. K. Chadwell
Susan
J. C. Calliope
Phyllis
John Bruce Calliope
Winter prep under way for Raleigh County roads
The Raleigh County division of the State Road Commission has stocked cinders and gained a new cinder spreader to aid crews. Minor Scott notes most equipment is ready but many pieces are old and prone to breakdowns. A surface treating job covers about three miles of the Dry Hill Dirtsville Road.
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Raleigh County
The
State Road Commission
Minor Scott
Scott
Dry Hill
Dirtsville
Beckley Plumber Loses Temporary Job Tax Claim
U S Tax Court ruled against Beckley resident Ivan D. Whitehead who argued 18 months at the Waverly atomic energy plant in Ohio counted as temporary. The case involved a $476 tax claim for 1954 as IRS disallowed a $1715 deduction for meals and lodging. The court noted the work ended after about a year and did not prove temporary employment. Whitehead had lived in Beckley most of three decades.
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U. S
Beckley
Ohio
Ivan D. Whitehead
Internal Revenue Service
Whitehead
Washington, D. C
Waverly
Rites Held for Franklin E Porter at Friendship Baptist
Final rites for Franklin Everett Porter 66 of Farley Hill were held Tuesday at Friendship Baptist Church Sophia. Burial followed in Coal City Cemetery with IOOF Sophia Lodge 369 conducting grave side rites. Porter died Saturday afternoon after a heart attack while on the way to a IOOF meeting. Pallbearers: Grove M Harvey Elgin Hall Weir Covey Frank Bowers Robert L Lefew Robert Reed Alvin D Phillips G W Mooney.
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Franklin Everett Porter
Farley Hill
Friendship Baptist Church
Sophia
W. F. Tolliver
Jack Thomas
Coal City
Porter
Independent Order of Odd Fellows
Sophia Lodge
IOOF
Williams-Craven
Grove M. Harvey
Elgin Hall
Weir Covey
Frank Bowers
Robert L. Lefew
Robert Reed
Alvin D. Phillips
G. W. Mooney
Panel Discussion On Better Homes Slated By PTA
A panel discussion titled Better Homes will be held by the Sylvia Parent-Teachers Association on Tuesday at 7:30 p m in the school.
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Better Homes
Sylvia Parent- Teachers Association
Beckley College Club Receives Charter
Beckley College marks its new student club with a 19 member charter. Left to right are Phill A. Mc Daniel II Kiwanis president D K Shroyer Beckley College executive vice president Miss Topsy O Dell faculty sponsor Green B Horton instructor and George Hartmen dean of the college.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Phill A. McDaniel II
Beckley Kiwanis Club
D. K. Shroyer
Beckley College
Topsy O'Dell
Green B. Horton
George Hartmen
Beckley College Circle
el Chico
Ralph Bird
Picnic For The Birds As 35000 Pound Corn Truck Flips
A tractor-trailer carrying about 35,000 pounds of corn flipped on the West Virginia Turnpike near Mileposts 52 to 53 at 5:45 a.m after the driver fell asleep. The truck left the road, struck guard rails, and toppled but did not block the highway. Parks Kilby of North Wilksboro NC said he fell asleep at the wheel and was uninjured. The cargo will be picked up by a North Wilksboro firm, Anderson and Lovette. The wreck temporarily split open when a tow truck attempted to lift it.
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West Virginia
North Wilksboro
Kilby
Anderson and Lovette
Backstage Domesticity in Ulysses Play Nighttown Cast
Off Broadway show Ulysses in Nighttown features two actress wives in the cast. Kate Harkin and Nancy Fields, wives of Zero Mostel and Carroll O'Connor, join their husbands on stage.
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James Joyce
Kate Harkin
Nancy Fields
Zero Mostel
Carroll O'Connor
Final Rites for Johnny Taylor in Kimball Church
Final rites for Johnny Taylor of Chicago Illinois will be held Tuesday at 1 30 p m in the First Baptist Church Kimball conducted by Rev J W Coger Burial will be in Kimball He died Thursday in a Chicago hospital Survivors include his brother W L Taylor of Beckley and his parents Mr and Mrs J H Taylor of Kimball plus four brothers and one sister from various states and towns
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Johnny Taylor
Chicago
Ill
First Baptist Church
Kimball
J. W. Coger
Taylor
W. L. Taylor
Beckley
J. H. Taylor
Harry
Huntington
B. A. Taylor
Beaver Falls
Stanley
Ashtabla
Ohio
Boysie
Scotland Neck
N. C
Icleo Page
Piney View Man Charged After Collision
Carlos Jackson of Piney View was cited after a two car crash at 7 45 am injuring James E Mitchell 35 of Lanark bound over to Beckley Police Court on drunk driving and license charges Mitchell arrested after his car left the road struck a fence at 3 Prince Street taken to Raleigh General Hospital for treatment Police said Jackson failed to yield the right of way and was released Sunday Wesley Cheery 22 of Smoot Street held for court on a speeding charge after 1030 pm Sunday
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carlos Jackson
Piney View
James E. Mitchell
Lanark
Beckley
Mitchell
Prince Street
Raleigh General Hospital
Jackson
Robert McClung
Wesley Cheery
Smoot Street
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Mrs
Lacy L. Fleshman
Wildwood Ave
Santa Claus
Santa
Blood Bank Association
Carperton
Mabscott den Meet
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Singer Sewing Center
S. Kanawha St., Ph
the Singer Mfg. CO
F. E. Porter
Beckley College Club
Man of the
Matoaka
Leon Houchins
New York
Ulysses
Taylor Services
N. Y
Womens
Prarmcen
Mercury
Mercury Dealer
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