Pinecrest Sanitarium Business Manager Roy Virden to Retire
Roy J. Virden, Pinecrest Sanitarium Beckley business manager since 1964, will retire February 1 after a long state service career. He helped modernize the facility with new equipment, kitchens, X-ray updates, a blood bank, and a renovated main entrance, leaving behind a well kept, efficient institution.
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Wirden
Eve Breck
Pinecrest Sanitarium
Beckley
Roy J. Virden
Pinecrest
St. Mary’s
Virden
Underwood
Hugh S. Edwards
Bnits
Board of Control
Grady Morgan
E. S. Pugh
Okey Mills
Raleigh County accidents higher than national rate says survey
Government data from the U S Public Health Service and the National Safety Council show Raleigh County had a fatal accident rate of 69 per 100 000 for the year ending January 1 1967, higher than the U S and regional averages. Motor vehicles caused 17 of the 46 fatalities locally, with costs estimated around 740000 in locality.
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Raleigh
U. S. Public Health Service
Vital Statistics Survey
National Safety Council
United States
Raleigh County
South Atlantic States
Robbers Loot Queen Elizabeth's Baker in England
In Ascot England three masked men robbed the queen's baker of jewelry and furs valued at 52800 dollars on Friday night authorities said Saturday.
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Ascot
England
UPI
Fatal floods wash jail in Manila with nine dead
Floods from Typhoon Nina swept through Manila washing away a jailhouse and killing nine prisoners, authorities reported Saturday. The disaster adds to mounting casualties from the storm as rescue teams searched for survivors.
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Manila
UPI
Christmas Stockings Planned for Beckley Foster Children
Memorial Baptist Church members in Raleigh County prepare 170 red and green stockings for a December 21 party. Donations from Beckley banks and merchants fund gifts for about 150 foster children and their parents, with a $1,000 goal and a $50 anonymous gift already received.
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Raleigh County
Memorial Baptist Church
Ralph
Louise) Withrow
General Mission Society of the Church
Wayne Daniels
Lydia Ormandy
Beckley
Carolyn Vernon
Lydia Ormany
Drawer AG
Welfare Department
Randall Wooten Named Marine Of The Month
Randall C. Wooten, 18, son of the Rev. and Mrs. Ben Wooten Jr. of Crab Orchard, has been selected Marine of the Month. He serves with Co R 3d Military Police Battalion, Force Logistic Command at Camp Brooks near Da Nang, Vietnam. He attended Woodrow Wilson High School and enlisted March 25. He completed basic training at Camp Pendleton and was assigned to Vietnam September 1.
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Pfe
Randall C. Wooten
Ben Wooten Jr
Crab Orchard
Co. R 3d Military Police Battalion
Force Logistic Command
Camp Brooks
da Nang
Vietnam
FLC
Marine Corps
Pfc. Wooten
L. F. Anderson
Woodrow Wilson High School
Camp Pendleton
San Diego
Calif
Fire leaves Crow family of seven homeless after Friday blaze
A fire at 2 a.m. Friday destroyed the home of Herman Perkins in Crow, leaving his wife and five children homeless. Perkins is a Pinecrest Sanitarium patient. The mother and children are staying with a neighbor while a new house is found. Red Cross requests coal heater, cooking stove, furniture, linens, silverware, clothing. Specific sizes provided for each child and mother. Red Cross contact via phone 253.
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Herman Perkins
Perkins
Pinecrest Sanitarium
Lois Thurmond
Red Cross
Red Cross Oe
Two Country Singing Acts In BFD's Show
The Beaver Volunteer Fire Department presents Home Town On Parade Show on February 28, 1969 at 8 p.m. in the Raleigh County Armory featuring two state country groups and 20 local acts. Sleepy Jeffers from Charleston and Mac Wiseman from Wheeling Saturday Night Jamboree join the bill. Adult advance tickets available by calling 252-8389. children admitted free with parents. Merchants in Beckley sponsor the fundraiser for the fire department.
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Beaver Volunteer Fire Department
Raleigh County
Jeffers
Charleston
Wheeling
Mac Wiseman
Fire Department
Beckley
Senior Sharon Stansbury Accepted to West Virginia Wesleyan
Sharon Stansbury, a senior, has been accepted for admission to West Virginia Wesleyan College. Daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Edward P. Stansbury, she plans to pursue a teaching career. She has been active in chorus, Latin club, Junior Historians, Eagle Dispatch staff, and participates in the annual and T.T.T. Sub Debub, and attends St Stephens Episcopal Church.
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Sharon Stansbury
Woodrow Wilson High School
West Virginia Wesleyan College
Edward P. Stansbury
Wesleyan
Miss Stansbury
Eagle Dispatch
St. Stephens Episcopal Church
Omark Industries Adopts Extended Vacation Plan
In Portland, Oregon, Omark Industries grants 25 years of service employees six weeks and 40 years nine weeks of vacation to ease retirement transition and prepare for loss of long-time staff, a spokesman said.
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Portland, Ore
UPI
Omark Industries
Squirrels populate all continents except Australia
A concise note states that squirrels inhabit every major continental land mass with the exception of Australia, highlighting their global distribution and absence on the Australian landmass.
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Australia
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Roy J. Warden
National Statistics
Raleigh Countians
Baker
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Randall C, Wooten
Crow
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R. D. Watts Insurance Agency, Inc
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