Fire Chief Urges Caution In Christmas Decorations
Beckley Fire Department officials warn of higher holiday fire risk as decorations that are not flame proof can ignite in offices schools churches and homes. Fire Chief Bernard Martin urges use of flame proof decorations and tested tree safety measures including trimming the tree and keeping it watered, along with flameproof sprays for fabrics and papers. He outlines a flame test using a flame held under material for 15 minutes and provides a flammability chemical mix of borax boric acid and water for treatments.
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Beckley
Bernard Martin
Raleigh
Martin
Christmas Parties Set For Employes' Children
Three of eight Christmas parties for children of Eastern Gas and Fuel Association employes are yet to be held. A schedule dubbed Amateur Night has been announced by EGFA featuring events at Ec cles on Dec. 27 Keystone on Dec. 29 for white children and Dec. 30 for Negro children at the UMW Hall. Guests are children who were campers at Camp Thomas E. Lightfoot or Camp Washington Carver last summer, camps run by Eastern for mine workers' children in West Virginia and Pennsylvania. Camp Lightfoot is owned by Eastern Gas and Fuel Recreation Camps, Inc. Camp Washington-Carver is leased from the West Virginia 4-H. Camp director Virgil M. Beckett will attend all parties. The council circle, an evening feature, will be enacted and refreshments served. Amateur Night introduces camper programs in costume with four Indian tribes competing: Cherokees, Delawares, Mingoes, Senecas. Parties already held include Wharton Nos. 1 and 2, Beards Fork and Page, Stotesbury, Helen, and Kopperston events in early December.
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Eastern Gas and Fuel Association
EGFA
Eccles
Youth Center
Keystone
United Mine Workers
UMW
West Virginia
Pennsylvania
Camp Lightfoot
Eastern Gas and Fuel Recreation Camps, Inc
Camp Washington
Wharton
Beards Fork
Page
Fayetteville
American Legion
Stotesbury
Helen
Helen School
Kopperston
Two Accidents In 15 Minutes In Beckley
Two automobile crashes within a 15 minute span Sunday night sent vehicles onto private lawns. James Bandy of Beckley was jailed for driving while intoxicated after his car struck a bank on East Prince Street and damaged a yard. Roland C. Benson, Army member at Prince, lost control on Mankin Avenue and damaged Samuel L. Allen’s lawn. restitution was arranged. A third 5:15 p.m. incident at Woodlawn and Park Avenues was not confirmed.
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Beckley
James Bandy
Raleigh County
East Prince St
Roland C. Benson
Prince
Mankin Ave
Samuel L. Allen
Benson
Allen
Woodlawn
Park Avenues
Four-Year Coma Continues For Stockton Nurse
Stockton nurse Abbie Selah Howland has remained unconscious for four years after a brain injury from an auto accident. Dr. Duane Deakins of San Joaquin County General Hospital says there is no hope for recovery but she may live indefinitely in her present condition. She is fed intravenously and cared for daily. her husband’s whereabouts are unknown and she is not believed to have children.
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Stockton
Calif
Abbie Selah Howland
Duane Deakins
San Joaquin County General Hospital
Deakins
Transport Workers Vote to Remain in AFL CIO
New York The executive body of the Transport Workers Union voted 37 to 7 to stay in the merged AFL CIO despite President Michael Quill opposing the merger. The union had been a CIO member and the decision now requires approval by the 120,000 members.
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New York
Transport Workers Union
Aflcio
Michael Quill
CIO
Quill
Fewer People Placed in Jail Over Weekend
Raleigh County jail records show twelve inmates admitted this past weekend, down from twenty three the prior weekend. Virginia Wykle of Midway was jailed Sunday for drunkenness and disturbing the peace by Toy Lusk, while Edward Thomas Wick of Wheeling was booked Saturday night for investigation by Sheriff John C. Ward.
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Raleigh County
Virginia Wykle
Midway
Sophia Patro Rnen Toy Lusk
Edward Thomas Wick
Wheeling
John C. Ward
Lions Sight Program to be explained at Mabscott PTA
Harry Comer and Dr. A Robert Koch will discuss the Beckley Lions Club sight conservation program at Mabscott Elementary School during the PTA meeting at 7:30 p.m. today.
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Harry Comer
A. Robert Koch
Beckley Lions Club
Mabscott
State Department Press Officer Henry Suydam Dies
Henry Suydam, 64, chief press officer at the State Department, died of a heart attack. He passed away Sunday, less than two months after his wife’s death. Secretary Dulles praised his great ability, kindly personality, and high sense of public duty.
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Washington
Henry Suydam
State Department
Dulles
Suydam
Norfolk man collects antique outboard motors fans 1907 Waterman
In Norfolk Virginia J L Strole Jr collects antique outboard motors one prized piece is a 1907 Waterman found in a junk heap He traded two newer models for it with the junkman cheerfully taking them in exchange.
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Old
Norfolk, Va
J. L. Strole Jr
Two Men Fined In Police Court
Two area men charged with driving while drunk were fined 100 dollars plus costs each after Judge C. Berkley Lilly found them guilty in Monday night court. Rudolph C. Beasley, 21, Beckley, received 100 dollar fine and 5 dollars costs with a six month license suspension. Claude E. Champion, Army member stationed at Prince, was fined 100 dollars plus 5 dollars costs with a six month driving ban. The session imposed 319 dollars in fines and forfeitures, including 100 dollars confiscated when intoxication charges were unresolved.
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C. Berkley Lilly
Rudolph C. Beasley
Prince
Champion
Lilly
Bible Institute President Leaves for West Indies
The Rev. Lester F. Pipkin president of the Appalachian Bible Institute Whitesville West Virginia departed Charleston on an Eastern Airlines flight for a month of speaking engagements in the West Indies He will address conferences in Haiti the Dominican Republic and Cuba His objectives are to bless missionaries and Christians and to gain a larger vision of foreign missions to share with Institute students A graduate now serves with the West Indies Mission in Haiti Staff and students gave him a farewell party and gifts prior to his departure.
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Lester FE. Pipkin
Appalachian Bible Institute
Whitesville
West Virginia
Eastern Airlines
Charleston
West Indies
Pipkin
Haiti
Cuba
Midway Woman Sentenced to Jail for Disorderly Conduct
Virginia Wykle of Midway was sentenced to 10 days in Raleigh County Jail and fined $10 plus costs after charges of intoxication and disturbing the peace. She was arraigned Monday before Mayor Sophia James Salyers and arrested Sunday by a Sophia Police Department officer.
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Raleigh
Virginia Wykle
Midway
Sophia
James Salyers
Sophia Police Department
Only One Legislator Attends Engineers Round Table
One of nine invited West Virginia lawmakers attended a Monday night round table with the Appalachian Chapter of the West Virginia Society of Professional Engineers. The meeting urged funding for University of West Virginia Engineering and Agriculture facilities, noting 1902 to 1920s buildings and enrollment growth.
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West Virginia Legislature
Appalachian
West Virginia Society of Professional Engineers
Colleges of Engineering and Agriculture
University
J. E
Jay’’ Blackburn
Blackburn
Board of Public Works
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Gates
National Council of Engineering
College of Agriculture
Irvin Stewart
Evansdale
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C. R. Bourland
Mount Hope
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