Sign on Pennsylvania highway hints at Rhodell ad scheme
Joe Bordell returning home to Shamo kin Pennsylvania noticed a roadside sign bearing RHODELL. A closer look revealed it advertised R H ODell Inc. Bordell photographed the sign and sent the image to Victor Augustine, manager of Rhodell State Liquor Store, while Burdell works in the Pennsylvania State Road Commission engineering department.
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Shamokin
Rhodell
Joe Bordell
Pennsylvania
R. H. Odell Inc
Burdell
Victor Augustine
Pennsylvania State Road Commission
Veterans Benefits Spur Likely Action by House Panel
Congress faces more than a score of proposals to aid 119000 reservists and guardsmen mobilized this fall and returning next fall. Bills seek education benefits for all post Korea veterans, expanded pensions, car assists, and service‑connected presumptions. Berlin crisis boosts backing for Cold War GI Bill though price may bring budget opposition.
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House Veterans Affairs Committee
Congress
Washington
House Committee
Berlin
Yarborough
Texas
Senate Labor and Public Welfare Committee
Senate
Veterans Administration
Korea
Icy Roads Cause Three minor Crashes in Area
Three Wednesday accidents blamed on slick streets left no injuries. Audrey Lloyd of Eccles pulled out and collided with James Stewart of Oceana. Lloyd was charged with failure to yield. A Car vs parked car on Church Street caused by ice, no charges. A 1959 convertible, Larry Bennett of Norfolk, turned on ice on the Turnpike near Milepost 41, destroyed.
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Eccles
Audrey F. Lloyd
James Ross Stewart
Oceana
Miss Lloyd
Church Street
Richard Lee Guy
Granville Ave
Steve Gingise
Church St
West Virginia Turnpike
Larry Bennett
Norfolk
Bennett
Twenty-three apply for work in Beckley office
Twenty-three persons filed applications for work at the Beckley office of Employment Security on Wednesday. The list includes one clerk typist, one credit clerk, one bookkeeper, one waitress, one maid, one sales clerk, one bellboy, one stock boy, one routeman, one road roller operator, one highway foreman, one carpenter, four truck drivers, three construction laborers, one painter, one tool dresser and two dump truck drivers.
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Beckley Office of Employment Security
New Year's Day Closing Planned By City Stores
New Year's Day Monday will be a holiday for Beckley Business Bureau members. Stores will be closed all day in observance but open Wednesday afternoon. The following week stores revert to usual hours and remain open Monday evenings while closing Wednesday afternoons. Non member stores and other offices are expected to close as well.
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Beckley Business Bureau
Military Men In The News At Home And Overseas
Several service members are featured, including Pfc Charles E Graham stationed with the Eighth Cavalry in Sanhofen Germany. his wife Phyllis resides at Hatcher. Other brief notes cover radar mechanic in Headquarters Troop at Lackland AFB Texas Airman Kenneth L Kelley, specialist four Billy R Hight with the 101st Airborne in Kentucky, Lance Corporal George R Maynard with Marine Attack Squadron 214 at Kaneohe Bay Hawaii, Specialist Gary E Payne in Verona Italy, Staff Sergeant Paul S Morgan in Karlsruhe Germany, Joseph L Williams completing anti submarine helicopter training in Norfolk Virginia, and Pvt Charles L Seabolt completing an eight week cooking course at Fort Lee Virginia. Backgrounds list birth years, schooling, and prior employers.
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Eighth Cavalry
Sanhofen
Germany
Charles E. Graham
Phyllis
Hatcher
Army
Ft. Knox
Hazel M. Graham
Oceana
Oceana High School
Chicago Stainless Steel Corp
Wayne Coulson Alma Meadows and Judy Wallace hold key posts
Wayne Coulson serves as vice president, Alma Meadows as treasurer, and Judy Wallace as secretary in the organization, detailing leadership roles and responsibilities within the group.
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Wayne Coulson
Alma Meadows
Judy Wallace
Sorority Hears Report Of Meet At Bluefield
Delta Sigma Theta sorority held its December meeting led by Mrs. John B. Elliott with a report from Mrs. Carl T. Hazzard and Miss Laurietta Davis on an officers roundtable. The group donated to Mac's Toy Fund and a turkey dinner was served at the Pioneer Hotel to Beckley and area members. The next meeting is set for January 21.
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Carl T. Hazzard
Laurietta Davis
Bluefield
Delta Sigma Theta Sorority
John B. Elliott
Mac's Toy Fund
Pioneer Hotel
Helen Dobson
Vance Bland
Kenneth Brooks
D. D. Crawford
Dupont Evans
John Flippen
Hugo Payne
Louise Carter
Mary Lacey
Ethelbert Scott
Eddiena Laster
Elaine Moss
Kathleen Dobson
Freda Braxton Jones
Beckley
Edith Cousins
Mount Hope
Virginia Rozier
Alberta Terry
Hinton
Jeanne Alfen
Alderson
Army Enlists Three Men at Beckley Recruiting Station
Three men enlisted in the Army at Beckley Main Recruiting Station Rodney M. Jarrett of Charleston Joe L. Peoples of Bluefield and Gary D. Talbert of St. Albans were assigned to reception at Ft. Jackson South Carolina The note adds a Britannica fact about rock salt from dried ocean remains.
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Army
Beckley
Rodney M. Jarrett
Raymond E. Jarrett
Charleston
Joe L. Peoples
J. J. Peoples
Bluefield
Gary D. Talbert
Elmer D. Talbert
St. Albans
Ft. Jackson
S. C
IRS Publ 363 Explains Farm Rental Self-Employment Tax
Parkersburg IRS Director Nathaniel Looker announces IRS Publication No. 363 explaining how self-employment tax applies to farm rental income and how such income affects Social Security. It details material participation in farming arrangements and notes requests go to Paul Sherrard, Parkersburg administration chief.
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Nathaniel Looker
Parkersburg
U. S. Internal Revenue Service
IRS
Looker
Paul Sherrard
River Rhine’s Reach and Basin Size Described
Europe’s Rhine, a crucial commercial and historical waterway, runs over 700 miles and drains about 76,000 square miles, per Encyclopedia Britannica.
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Europe
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Pepe
News For Veterans
C. S. Collier Jr
W. Va
Department of Veterans Affairs
Lackland Air Force Base
Tex
Kenneth L. Kelley
Clovis C. Kelley
Glen White Road
Sophia
Sophia High School
Ft. Campbell
101St Airborne Division
Billy R. Hight
William L. Hight
Itmann
426Th Supply and Transport Company
Janeth
Clarksville
Tenn
Mullens High School
Smith Construction Co
Mullens
Marine Attack Squadron 214
Kaneohe Bay
Hawaii
Marine Corps Air Station
George R. Maynard
W. S. Maynard
Teel Road
Maynard
Rupert High School
Army European Engineer-Ordnance School
Murnau
Gary E. Payne
Billie
Charles H. Payne
Route 1
Scarbro
Verona
Italy
Ft. Riley
Kan
Kingston High School
Karlsruhe
78Th Engineer Battalion
Paul S. Morgan
Laura E. Morgan
Pineville
Ft. Bliss
Pineville High School
University of North Carolina
Margaret
Joseph L. Williams
J. L. Williams
Norfolk, Va
Naval Air Station
Quartermaster School
Ft. Lee
Charles L. Seabolt
Gladys M. Seabolt
Oak Hill
Ft. Jackison
K. L. Kelley
G. R. Maynard
Stoco
Stoco High School
Philip Damewood
Meet
Britannica
Byrd - Prillerman High School
Bradley Jackson
Leonard
Ee Super
Vtwr
Aort Sons
Domino
Franklin
America
Camay
Acme Thru
Spic & Span
ACME
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