Fayette Women At Beckley Meet In Beckley Hotel Ballroom
Oak Hill Business and Professional Women’s Club members attended a dinner in Beckley Winn Hotel Ballroom Tuesday night. Beckley B and PW Club hosted the inter district gathering at 7 pm with guests from Whitesville Pineville and Laurel Club of Beckley District No 6. Mrs Virgil Sarrett welcomed attendees and introduced the program arranged by Mrs Edward Sanderson. Place cards were attached to candy canes and programs featured green and red felt bells crafted in flock by Edward Sanderson. Favors were small red and green felt bookmarks.
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Beckley B
PW Club
Whitesville
Pineville
Laurel Club of
Beckley
Virgil Sarrett
Edward Sanderson
Beckley Group
Brownie Getting Lots Of Fan Mail
Brownie the mongrel dog famous for 52 days entombed in an abandoned coal mine has attracted widespread fan mail. Richard Hatfield said letters and even some money arrived from several states after United Press International publicized Brownie’s ordeal. Brownie fell through a break in October and was discovered after 18 days by a hunter. Hatfield noted the dog lost 20 to 25 pounds but is recovering, with well wishers from Missouri Massachusetts New York Ohio Indiana Virginia sending support.
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Gilbert
UPI
Brownie
Richard Hatfield
West Virginia
United Press International
Hatfield
Missouri
Massa
New York
Ohio
Indiana
Virginia
Ringer control through lip tattoos gains favor in horse racing
In 1946 the Thoroughbred Racing Protective Bureau adopted lip tattoos for thoroughbreds after 22 ringers appeared in seven months on American tracks. By Aug 15 Yankee Dollar was tattooed at Saratoga, and 90,545 horses received year and registration numbers, with TRA reporting no ringer cases since. The Detroit Lions tout Les Bingaman as the heaviest coach in football at 330 pounds amid the 1960 season.
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New York
Thoroughbred Racing Protective Bureau
TRPB
Alfred C. Vanderbilt
Saratoga
Jockey Club
Thoroughbred Racing Assa
Detroit Lions
Les Bingaman
Lions
Holiday Travel Crowds Strain U S Transport System
United Press International reports a record-tying Christmas travel surge across rail air and bus networks. Weather delays, cancellations, and heavy bookings push systems toward peak capacity with major carriers expanding service and equipment to meet demand.
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United Press International
Chicago and North Western Railway
Minneapolis
Trailways Bus System
New York
Trans World Airlines
Los Angeles
United Air Lines
Chicago
Greyhound Lines
San Francisco
Eastern Air Lines
New York-Florida
Puerto Rico
Concord Faculty Votes Changes
Athens Concord College faculty adopts policy requiring formal admission to teacher education after proving academic ability in general education. Students apply in sophomore second semester with department reviews. New nine week mid semester warning for freshmen replaces six and twelve week grades, unofficial for counseling.
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Athens
Concord College
Department of Education
Theodore D. Lockwood
Plane death verdict awards $351000 to Pittsburgh widow
Federal Judge Wallace S. Gourley awarded $351,000 to Nadine Levin widow and Joy Ellen daughter of Jack Levin vice president of Swift Homes killed in the May 20 1958 collision of a Capital Airlines Viscount and an Air National jet trainer over Brunswick Maryland. The Mellon National Bank executor was assigned $6000. Dr Sidney L Johns Pittsburgh was awarded $76000 in a companion suit.
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Pittsburgh
UPI
Wallace S. Gourley
Gourley
Nadine Y. Levin
Jack Levin
Swift Homes
Capital Airlines
Air Ao
Brunswick
Levin
Joy Ellen
Mellon National Bank & Trust Co
Deaths in New England and abroad noted in brief
Kenneth A. Robinson 70 professor emeritus of English at Dartmouth and authority on 20th century American fiction died Wednesday in Hanover New Hampshire. Douglas Jenkins 81 former U S consul to Berlin and London and ambassador to Bolivia died Monday in Augusta Georgia with funeral services held Wednesday in Adams Run South Carolina. Mrs Harry B Lewis 81 mother of Boyd Lewis NEA editor died Wednesday in Milford Massachusetts. Ankira Kazami 75 Socialist member of the Japanese House of Representatives died Wednesday, nine terms, twice cabinet minister before World War II. George…
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Hanover
N.H
UPI
Kenneth A. Robinson
Eemeritus
Dartmouth College
Adams Run
S.C
Douglas Jenkins
U.S
Berlin
London
Bolivia
Augusta
Milford
Mass
Harry B. Lewis
Boyd Lewis
Tthe Newspaper Enterprise Association
NEA
Tokyo
Ankira Kazami
House of Representatives
Ritter Named Georgia-Pacific Vice President
William M. Ritter II was elected vice president of Georgia-Pacific Corp. effective Jan 1, to head the Southern Division. He succeeds Frank R. Schuh whose retirement also takes effect Jan 1. Ritter, former president of W. M. Ritter Lumber Co., Roanoke, Va., has long been a key figure in southeastern forest products and natural resources.
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RED Jacket
William M. Ritter II
Georgia - Pacific Corp
Owen R. Cheatham
R. B. Pamplin
Ritter
Frank R. Schuh
Augusta
Schuh
United States
W. M. Ritter Lumber Co
Roanoke
Georgia - Pacific
Ritter Company
Red Jacket Coal Corp
National Lumber Manufacturers Association
National Hardwood Lumber Association
American Institute of Mining and Metallurgical Engineers
Columbus
Ohio
Princeton University
Moore, Reid & Co
Jackson
Mississippi
Georgia-Pacific
Southern
Tennessee
Louisiana
Georgia
Southern Hardwood Producers
Greenfield
Ark
University of Mississippi
Portland
Ore
New York
Southern Division
Christmas carol origin noted and Lindsay dies
The carol Hark The Herald Angels Sing is attributed to Charles Wesley in the 18th century. Nelson Lindsay, 73, father of U.S. Rep. John V. Lindsay and chair of the board at Swiss American Corp., an investment bank, died Tuesday.
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United Press International
Herald Angels
Charles Wesley
Nelson Lindsay
U.S
John V. Lindsay
Rn.y
Swiss American Corp
Kopf, West Germany minister president dies at 68
Goettingen Germany reports Heinrich Wilhelm Kopf aged 68 minister president governor of Lower Saxony died early Thursday UPI reports Kopf was a leading political figure in the state party and national politics until his death.
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Goettingen
Germany
UPI
Heinrich Wilhelm Kopf
Lower Saxony
Monster era lighter West Virginia news in 1961
Ed i tor s note reviews 1961 lighter West Virginia items from Braxton County monster sightings to Marion County claims a birth of twins in Morgantown, a near tragedy in Huntington with a refrigerator, Grady Crouse surviving with two dogs, car and piano smashing on college campuses, a WVU basketball “world record” and a uniform dressing dispute at Stonewall Jackson High School, plus a Wheeling sink theft report.
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Edijtor
West Virginia
Fred L. Ferris
Charleston
W. Va
UPI
Braxton County
Marion County
Banner’s Ridge
Worthington
Marion
Statehouse
Randolph County
Shirley Taylor
Elkins
Morgantown
Huntington
Henry Carter
Oak Hill
Grady Crouse
Grady
Morris Harvey
West Virginia University
WVU
Stonewall Jackson High School
George Steadman
Steadman
Wheeling
Mrs Scoleri Presents Program on Fine Arts
Pineville report from Fellowship Hall First Methodist Church shows Mrs John Scholeri chairing the Fine Arts program with Mrs Sam Lambert assistance. About 50 Christmas decorations displayed including unique items and a group carol sing lead by Marilyn McCoy.
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Mrs. Scoleri
Pineville
RNS
John Scholeri
Woman’s Club
Fellowship Hall
First Methodist Church
Sam Lambert
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