Snyder Addresses County Horsemen
Bill Snyder, Beckley insurance executive, spoke at the Raleigh County Horseman's Association annual dinner at the Glass House. His address, labeled an expose, linked astrology to personality and habit, noting four signs and three temperaments while urging to make the most of one’s traits. West Virginia State Horseman's Association trophy winners were recognized, with Adolph Bair honored as Landers Award recipient. Nancy Tieche sang solos, and Christmas carols closed the event for about 70 guests.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bill Snyder
Beckley Insurance
Raleigh County Horseman's Association
Glass House
Snyder
West
Virginia State Horseman's Association
Charleston
Adolph Bair
Landers
Bair
The
Orae
Nancy Tieche
Albert Tieche
Don Boyd
Sorority Christmas Party Held by Epsilon Delta Omega
Epsilon Delta Omega Chapter of Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority hosted its annual Christmas Party Sunday at the New Pioneer Hotel on South Fayette Street. A prize was awarded during carol singing to a trio of Mrs. Raymond Green Mrs. Garland Robinson and Miss Rosetta Payne for best presentation. Mrs. Ethel Banks and Miss Lula Rogers aided Mrs. Howard Monroe as Santa. A gift exchange included Raymond Green convalescing at home and Mrs. Tanner Livisay for her new home. Hosts were Mrs. Aurelia B. Walker and Mrs. Tom Ashe with refreshments for members and guests including Mr. and Mrs. Jack Livisay Mr. and Mrs. Charles R. Jones Mr. and Mrs. Richard Banks Tom Ashe Mr. and Mrs. Howard Monroe Mrs Green Mrs. Adelaide Davis Mrs. Robinson Mr. and Mrs. Robert Harris Miss Deanna Rose Mr. and Mrs. Sherwood Tyree Miss Lula Rogers and Miss Payne.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tanner Livisay
Aurelia B. Walker
Tom Ashe
Jack Livisay
Charles R. Jones
Richard Banks
Howard Monroe
Green
Adelaide Davis
Robinson
Robert Harris
Deanna Rose
Forfeits bonds in Beckley court cases
Bond forfeitures totaled 200 for four defendants in Beckley Police Court. Robert W. Rosa mond, 21, forfeited 67.50 after reckless driving and no city operator’s permit. Otho Turner Jr., 23, forfeited 20 for speeding. W. R. Ward, 19, forfeited 15 for defective equipment. Four others forfeited bonds totaling 69 for being drunk.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert W. Rosamond
Beckley
Rosemond
Otho Turner Jr
W. R. Ward
PTA Meeting Set For Thursday At Fairdale
Beckley Rescue Squad members will attend the meeting to discuss and demonstrate the Civil Defense truck. Parents are reminded the Parent-Teachers Association gathering will start at 7 p.m. Thursday in the school, per president Ted Lacy, with other interested residents urged to attend.
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Fairdale
RNS
Parent-Teachers Association
Beckley Rescue Squad
Ted Lacy
Cyclist Injured in Becketley Hospital Incident
Gene Farley a 15 year old son of Mrs Winnie Farley of Jonben suffered injuries to his right eye and hand Monday in a bicycle accident He was treated at Beckley Hospital
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Gene Farley
Winnie Farley
Jonben
Beckley Hospital
County Cannery To Close Dec 22
The Cannery at Shady Spring operated by Raleigh County Vocational School will close for the season on December 22, three days before Christmas, Director William B. Connoley announced. It will operate Thursday according to fall schedule and be open Tuesday Wednesday and Thursday next week. Those needing canning or butchering must finish by the final day. The facility was not in operation Tuesday due to weather.
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Shady Spring
Raleigh County Vocational School
William B. Connoley
Connoley
50 year olds Get First Social Security Payments
Dwight Billings manager Beckley District Social Security office said area residents under 50 received their first insurance benefit checks. He noted disability benefits require five years of work under social security in the prior ten years. Benefits also go to dependents of disabled workers, with changes from the 1960 amendments.
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Dwight Billings
Beckley
Billings
Commodities To Be Given Out This Week
Commodities will be distributed from three locations this week on the following schedule. Stamford at Cather Gill distributor Wednesday from 9 am to 5 pm. Home of Percy Fountain in Skelton Wednesday and Thursday from 9 am to 5 pm. Mab E Scott Town Hall Thursday and Friday from 9 am to 5 pm. Everyone is to bring his own containers. Richard Basham, distributor.
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Stamford
Cather Gill
Percy Fountain
Skelton
Eveyone
Mabe Scott Town Hall
Pam P
Richard Basham
Distri
West Virginia to Train Food Managers in Beckley Program
A state wide food management training initiative begins in Beckley under the Southern Region Restaurant Association. Two 18 month courses and a 184 hour supervisory segment will prepare supervisors and kitchen staff at Raleigh County Vocational School with new equipment and phased classes for cooks bakers and inspectors.
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Raleigh County Vocational School
Southern West Virginia Restaurant Association
West Virginia
Beckley
Southern Region Restaurant Association
Raleigh County
Restaurant Association
Natalie Austin
Austin
William B. Connoley
Fred W. Eberle
D. D. Holliday
Sunbeam Bakery
150Th Armored Cavalry Regiment
Interstate Hosts, Inc
Kathryn Spencer
Beckley Memorial Hospital
Dietinie Association
Harry Awalt
Veterans Administration ‘Hospital
John McKay
McKay Enterprises
Connoley
Senior Flutists and Oboist Play Fantasy for Flute
Senior flutists and the oboist from Woodrow Wilson High School Flying Eagle Band will perform in the Christmas Concert tonight. They will present Fantasy for Flute with senior and junior flutists joined by the oboe and English horn. The program begins at 8 p.m. in the high school auditorium.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Woodrow Wilson High School
Flying Eagle
Holmes Safety Group Plans Meeting Tonight
Beckley council of Holmes Safety Association meets in Raleigh County Courthouse at 7 30 p m today. U S Bureau of Mines presents The Air We Breathe with demonstrations showing how contaminated air affects animals. Almont Hicks, president, invites the public.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Beckley Council of Holmes Safety Association
Raleigh County
U. S. Bureau of Mines
Almont Hicks
Stratton High Senior Confined With Pneumonia
Miss Joy Mae Thompson a Stratton High School senior remains homebound at Harper Heights with pneumonia Cleo Moore has returned home from Beckley Memorial Hospital after surgery and is reported to be making satisfactory improvement
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Joy Mae Thompson
Stratton High School
Harper Heights
Cleo Moore
Beckley Memorial Hospital
Eaglets 4H Club Meeting Plans In Dirtsville Home
Instruction of officers marked the 10 am Saturday gathering of the Eaglets 4H Club at Karen Smiths home in Dirtsville The next meeting is set for noon December 20 at Cirtsville Elementary School A separate report notes Charles Duncan of Coal City treated at Beckley Hospital for a right ear injury after being struck by a jack handle while working at Anchor Sales Co.
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Eaglets
Dirtsville
Karen Smith
Cirtsville
Charles Duncan
Coal City
Beckley Hospital
Anchor Sales Co
Casali Honored as West Virginia ROTC Junior of the Month
Anthony Blaine Casali, son of Mr and Mrs Odi Casali of 110 Lewis St, was named honor junior of the month in West Virginia University advanced ROTC. A junior chemical engineering major, he earned the West Virginia Society of the Sons of the American Revolution award for outstanding sophomore military proficiency in May. H G Farmer took the oath for Raleigh County Commissioner for a fourth term, the first to serve four terms after 18 years in office.
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Casali
Anthony Blaine Casali
Odi Casali
Lewis St
West Virginia University
West Virginia Society of the Sons of the American Revolution
H. G. Farmer
Raleigh County
Circuit Court
Norman Knapp
Farmer
Trap Hill
Five men enlist in Air Force at Beckley Station
Five men enlisted in the Air Force at Beckley Recruiting Station on Thursday. The new enlistees are James Curtis Puckett of Big Sandy. Nicklas Eugene Varney of Williamson. Robert Ernest McCoy of Chattaroy. Ronney Edward Ratcliff of McCarr. and Dewey Jean Stollings of Williamson. They will report to Lackland, Texas for basic training.
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Air Force
Beckley
James Curtis Puckett
Ethel M. Puckett
Big Sandy
Nicklas Eugene Varney
Demma L. Varney
Williamson
Robert Ernest McCoy
Robert A. McCoy
Chattaray
Ronney Edward Ratcliff
Lloyd Ratcliff
McCarr, Ky
Dewey Jean Stollings
James Y. Stollings
Lackland
Tex
Emmett Richardson Leads Tech Society for Advancement of Management
Emmett Richardson of Beckley, a West Virginia Tech student in Montgomery, is elected an officer in the college’s newly installed Society for the Advancement of Management chapter. The professional group, with over 200 chapters, is sponsored at Tech by faculty James Hunt and Joseph Thorson.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Emmett Richardson
Beckley
West Virginia Tech
Montgomery
Society For the Advancement of Management
America
Tech
James Hunt
Joseph Thorson
Fourteen Apply For Jobs In Beckley Office
Fourteen persons filed applications for work at the Beckley Office of Employment Security Tuesday. Job titles include one sales clerk, one mail sorter, one candy maker, one orderly, one stenographer, two truck drivers, four construction laborers, one driller, one painter, and one service station attendant.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Beckley Office of Employment Security
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Raleigh County Horseman’s Association
Richard Snuffer
Nancy Thorne
Sec
Bill Ormandy
L. A. Landers
Mountain State Hearing Aid Center
Main St
W.va
Robert R. Elmore
Earl W. Richmond
PTA
County
Sue Soto
Neva Wood
Betty Powers
Renn Grear
Louise Stanley
Harold Yoder
Adil Najar
Najar
St. Albans
Edmund Kinter
G. C. Murphy Co
Roy Gillespie
Ann Boley
Nabila Najar
Najar’s Drive In
Robert McCollum
Mary Kay James
Carol Ann Porterfield
Helen Peterson
Elaine Faull
Paulette Sparacino
Gloria Rahall
Gloria
Holmes Safety Group
United Press International
U.P.I
Raleigh S Register
Harry
Eric
Neville Street
Michael Stern
Stetson
Manhattan
Trifari Sey
Kuppenheimer
Don Richards
J. B. Stetson
Swank
Botany
Bates Shoes
Gates
Stieff and
Reed & Barton
Thomas J. Davis
W. A. Burke
Caspian Sea
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