PTA Council Plans To Learn Views Of Board Candidates
The Raleigh County PTA Council will invite Board of Education candidates to present their views and face questions at its April 4 meeting. Open forum plans were finalized during Monday’s session at Fork High School. Each candidate will have five minutes for their program and five minutes for Q and A before the council splits into groups to discuss aims duties of home room reps and PTA leadership.
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PTA Council
Raleigh County
Parent- Teacher Association Council
Board of Education
O Fork High School
Mont
PTA
Council
Last Of The Forfeits Bond For Shoplifting
The last of three East Beckley women arrested in a December 1959 raid forfeited a $100 bond in Beckley Police Court. Other defendants forfeited $344 total on various charges. several individuals faced fines for fornication, fighting, traffic violations, and drunkenness.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Beckley
Mary Teets
East Beckley
Charlote Kincannon
Odessa Spinks
Teets
Harry Tipton Logans
Rocky Mount
Robert E. Rams
Summersville
Carl Edward Hill
Hill
Orlen R. Hall
Harper Heights
Frank C. Crook
South Fayette Street
Vernon Mays McDaniel
Piney View
Two Pay Fines Following Raid
The owner William Tate and an employee of the 1921 Club, Daniels, paid fines totaling 29 dollars after a Saturday night State Police raid. Tate faced multiple charges including operating a gambling table and possession of tax paid whisky for resale, plus selling beer without a license. Martha Allen of Beckley paid 50 dollars for reselling tax paid whisky. Both pleaded guilty before Magistrate J E Mays. Tate was already under a 5000 dollar bond on narcotics charges and will face Grand Jury action next.
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Daniels
J. E. Mays
William Tate
Tate
Martha Allen
Beckley
Mays
Cab Drivers End 17 Hour Strike With New Contract
Fred A. Box spoke for Beckley cab drivers from United Mine Workers Local 14806 District 50 as they returned to work at 4 p.m. after a 17 hour strike over wage. The pact set 80 cents an hour with drivers choosing 5 to 7 days. Radio Cab Co. offered base pay of 67.20 weekly with 30 percent commission previously. Ray Farrow of Radio Cab said drivers will now earn 80 cents hourly without commission under the new agreement.
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Fred A. Box
Beckley
United Mine Workers of America
District 50
C. R. Farrow
Radio Cab Co
Ray Farrow
Newspaper ads dwarf radio and TV spend in U S market
Four million U S retailers and other local advertisers invest about 2.4 billion dollars annually in daily newspapers. The figure shows newspapers attract six times more ad spend than radio and nine times more than television, underscoring print media’s dominance in local advertising.
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U. S
Public Service hearing on Beckley trash route amendment
Walter Hopkins doing business as Daily Trash & Garbage seeks amendment to certificate to operate as a common carrier by motor vehicle within Beckley and 15 miles, replacing 5 miles. Hearing scheduled February 9 1960 at 10:00 A M in Charleston. Also Raleigh County voting precinct changes ordered with detailed precinct boundaries and voting places including Stratton High School Second Baptist Church Grill Sylvia School.
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Capitol
Charleston
Public Service Commission of
West Virginia
P.S.C. M.C
Walter Hopkins
Daily Trash & Garbage Box
Beckley
Raleigh County
Stratton
Patch Street
Springdale
Fayette Street
E Street
Westmoreland Ave
Westirginia
Corporation Line
Stratton High School
Ginseng Branch
Corporation
Rhodes Street
Springdale Ave
Second Baptist Church Grill
7Th Street
Sylvia
South Kanawha Streets
Glen Morgan
Raleigh Coal and Coke Company
Piney River
Raleigh
Glen Morgan Addition
Raleigh Mine No
Raleigh Motor Sales
James P. White
Thomas W. Turner
City of
Kanawha Street
McArthur
McArthur Street
Koch and
Sylvia School
Precinct Abolished In Oswald And Boundaries Redrawn
Precinct No 33 Oswald is abolished for low voter registration and its area added to Precinct No 35 Bradley in Town District. Boundary changes extend through existing lines toward Cittsville Prosperity and Piney View, including Maple Fork, North Sand Branch, and Garden Ground Road areas.
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Oswald II
Oswald
West Virginia
Price Hill
Bradley
Raleigh and
Fayette
P. M. Snyder
F. F. Dixon
Tucker
F. M. Blake
Cittsville
Maple Fork
North Sand Branch
Prosperity
George Givens
Ridge
Appalachian Bible Institute
Sand Branch Road
Sand Branch
Oswald Tipple
Piney View
Loop Creek
Piney River
Garden Ground
Funeral district voting precincts and streets list
Raleigh County officials publish detailed electoral precinct boundaries and voting places for Cinct No 45 Price Hill Slab Fork District and Rich mond District plus Long Bottom and other precincts. The notice includes boundary descriptions from road lines to river forks and school sites, stating voting locations at Price Hill Elementary School Mark Twain High School Rhodell City Hall Meadows School Long Bottom Elementary School. The county court presides with listed commissioners. Funeral notices for Everett Worley and Hunter Phlegar follow.
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Terry
Fayette and
Raleigh
Bluestone
Price Hill
Bradley
Beckley
Band Mill
Corporation
City of
South Street
Limit Street
McArthur Street
MacArthur Street
Kanawha Street
Slab Fork
Stotesbury
McAlpin
Twain
Gulf
Set Stone
McAlpin Coal Company
Gulf Coal Company
Moore and Beckley
Stone No
Jagamacogne
Tams
Gulf Creek
Slate Dump
Said Hollow
Stone Coal Creek
Colored Church of Stotesbury
Koppers Coal Company
Chesapeake and Ohio
Virginian Railway
Sophia- Tams Mountain Road
Said
Said Road
Waters of Alderson Branch
Old Shop
Alderson Branch
Up Branch
Tams Mountain
Mark Twain High School
Richmond District
Pluto
Pinch Creek
Said Creek
Laurel Fork
George W. Smith
Farley
Laurel Branch
Fall Branch
Old Line
Freezeland Mountain
Summers
Shady Springs
Glade Creek
Meadows School
Long Bottom
Lewis Branch
New River
Obituaries From Bluefield Area Death Notices
Death notices for Hoadley Frank David 86 of Bluefield Sneed Maggie 57 of 119 Antonia Avenue Griffith Basil T 59 of 109 Lee Street with services in Arlington National Cemetery First Baptist Church and Sunset Memorial Park plus memorial verses for William Philmore wife Carrie Philmore and children capture local funeral notices with service details and pallbearer lists and florist ads included
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Phlegar Phlegar
Hunter
Piney View
Rose and Quesenberry Funeral Home
South Kanawha Street
Rose and Quesenberry Peace Chapel
J. I. Bowling
Kenna Lilly
Blue Ridge Memorial Gardens
Herb Moye
Kenneth Dove
James Wallin
Darvis Heath
Bobby Lester
Edward Redden
Kenneth Stanley
Grady Whitlock
Lee Burleson
Richard Starr
R. G. Broaddus
James Lewis
Curtis Richmond
Jessie Arthur
Jimmie Lewis
Ashton Rudd
F. J. van Arnam
Sidney Boswell
C. O. Stevens
Claude Buckles
Dr. Blake
Hoadley
Frank David
Bluefield
Rose and Quesenberry
Prince
Arlington National Cemetery
Arlington
Virginia
Sneed
Maggie
Antonia Avenue
Ritchie and Johnson
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Fourth Armored Division
Zirndorf
Germany
Donnie H. Worley
Posey T. Worley
Mullens
22Nd Artillery
Mullens High School
Ava
Augsburg
246Th Transportation Company
C. Edgar J. Crouch
Joseph Crouch
Glen Jean
Army
Laverne
Third Armored
Grafenwohr
Pic
Herbert E. Fralin
Samuel P. Fralin
S. Fayette St
36Th Infantry
Fort Hood
Tex
Fralin
Fort Jackson
S. C
Pvt
Bobby G. Simms
Alfred Marrion Simms
First Training Regiment
Eighth
16Th Infantry
Baumholder
Roger D. Davidson
James A. Davidson
Fort Riley
Kan
Trap Hill High School
24Th Infantry
Robert W. Hunt
James L. Hunt
Smoot Ave
Mth Armor
Fort Knox
Lakehurst, N.J. Naval Air Station
Robert G. Way
Cordell Way
Sprague
Lakehurst
Navy
Woodrow Wilson High School
Davio Niven
Tin
Plusi
M. C
City OF Beckley
Town
Richmond
Court House
H. G. Farmer
A. J. Lilly
John C. Ward
Rhodell
Frances
Tommy's Creek
New Corporation
Rhodell City Hall
Worley
Griffith
Keyser-Bryant Funeral Home
Snow Thornton Florists
Prince Street
Oakwood
Memoriam
William Philmore
Carrie Philmore
Johnstown RD
DIAL
Amos E. Quesenberry
Rose
Cecececececech
Robert L. Amick
Bocumy Newspapers
Todd's Grocery and Hardware
Beaver
Lander
Montgomery Ward
Earl R. Huddle
Earl
Main St
Buckley Photo Service
Iindustrial
Church Street
Charlotte Stover
Southern Institute of Graphic Arts
South
O. Box
Nashville
Tennessee
Professional Directory
H. C. Kinzer
Main _St
Foster's
Kidd’s
Oakwood Ave
Paint St
Wrights Radio Service
W. C. Rogers Plumbing & Heating
Temple St. James
Valley Dr. Ph
Bike Service
Ashworth Firestone
Prince St
Scott's Cabinet Shop
No. Kanawha St
Lovitz
John W. Eye Radio
Neville St
Ashworth & Sparks, Inc
Prince St. Beckley
John W. Eye
West Neville St
Frank
S. Kanawha
Wright's
Lilly’s
Lewis Transfer Co
Jan Campbell Music Co Co
Ph. Hinton
White Pine Gray Lumber Co
Crab Orchard
W. Va
Madeline Kerr Gration
Gration
Lena Kerr Yancey
Grove Street
Somerville
New Jersey
Jim Green
Raleigh Insurance Agency
Town & Country Drive Inn
Thompson Drug
Main Street
Bess Writz
Avon Cosmetics
Welch
Avon
Coalwood
Isaleslady
Singer Sewing Center
Kanawha St
New York
Dix Agency
West 34Th St
New York City
Rev Clower
Rev. Moore
Jimmy
Aetna
United States
South America
Quesenberry
Pontiac
Rupert
Nental Homes, Inc
Boones Mill
Minnesota Mining and Mfg. Co
P. O
Oak Hill
Montgomery
Madison
Buckhannon
Weston
Lewisburg
Rainelle
Covington
B. K. Thomas
Tropical Paint Company
Hill Hotel
Mr. Brown
Pioneer
Mon
Hotel Hill
Tues
President
Reeves Co
Attleboro
Mass
Lou Henri
Vaught
Pike Motel
Roy A. Jones
Beckley M
Maytag Gas Range
N2l
Maytag
Southern Cross
Iytag
R. L. and
J. H. Stinson
Bob Mann
Earl Mann
Jack's Trading Post
Electrolux Corp
Temple St
Joe D. Lilly
Ravencliff
Polith
Frank’s Plumbing & Heating
S. Kanawha Ph
Hoffman
Jake Silverberg
J. W. Huddle
Clyde Street
Wilson’s
NEW & Used
S. Kanawha St
Dial CL
Russell Stover
Colony Drug Inc
Troy
McCoy
Raleigh Glass & Mirror CO
City Ave
Beckley Newspapers Corp
Rateicn
Count. Beckley
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