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Raleigh Register

Location

Beckley, West Virginia, United States of America

Date

Feb 03, 1961

Page

3

Delmer Davis Opens Fix It Shop In MacArthur

Delmer Davis opened Delmer's Fix It Shop at 206 James St MacArthur offering cash and carry pricing on delivered work through Feb 15. The shop repairs small electrical appliances power tools and includes radio television irons toasters coffee makers sweepers and drills. Davis previously worked at Mountain Electronics Wholesale Co in Charleston and served in WWII as a radio and radar repair tech. He is IOOF inspector and a West Virginia club member. Sophia Transfer adds parcel pickup delivery within 10 miles Beckley to serve individuals and businesses with daily and expedited options and a four state moving service from Midway.

Delmer MacArthur James St Delmer Davis Davis Mountain Louisville Norfolk West Virginia Independent Order of Odd Fellows IOOF Order Optimist Club Bethel Free Will Baptist Church Diane Beckley Junior High School

Mark Twain Pioneers Typewriting Manuscripts

The famous American writer Samuel Clemens, better known as Mark Twain, becomes the first American novelist to typewrite his own manuscripts marking a shift in literary production.

Mark Twain Samuel Clemens

Beckley Employment Office Seeks 43 Workers

Forty-three applicants filed for work at the Beckley office of Employment Security on Wednesday. Positions listed include clerks typist cashier nurse aide maids sales clerks mail clerk linotype operator shipping clerk packer electrical instrument repairman janitor mailman electrical repairmen machinist carpenter maintenance mechanics delivery bay coal loaders mine car repair man coal cutting machine helpers truck drivers pipe fitter mine foreman construction laborer painter helper route man and trailer truck driver.

Beckley Office of Employment Security

Bids due Feb 16 on Captain Meldahl Locks and Dam project

The U S Engineers district in Huntington announces bids due February 16 for the Captain Anthony Meldahl Locks and Dam on the Ohio River near Chile Ohio southeast of Cincinnati. Estimated cost is $10 million. A pre bid conference will be held February 9.

Huntington W. Va UPI U. S. Engineers Ohio River Chile Ohio Cincinnati Anthony Meldahl

University Library Seeks More West Virginia Manuscripts

Morgantown WV. West Virginia University Library seeks to expand its West Virginia Collection by acquiring manuscripts and published works to fill gaps in state history. Curator Charles W. Shetler notes three million items exist across archives, but diaries maps periodicals Civil War papers and family letters remain missing. The library aims to obtain copies of every state printed work and back issues of local newspapers. An all day meeting by the Third District Singing League is set at Simpson Street Church.

Morgantown West Virginia University Library West Virginia Charles W. Shetler West Shetler Simpson Street Third District Singing League Chamber of Commerce

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