Blackburn-Janney Ford Replaces Bill Jones Agency
Blackburn-Janney Ford Inc at 501 Main St Oak Hill is the town’s newest auto dealer after purchasing the Bill Jones Ford agency for 25,000. Carl Blackburn H E Janney and Bill Janney form the incorporators with Blackburn a former sales manager at King Coal Chevrolet and Janney a longtime Oak Hill police chief.
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Blackburn
Janney Ford
Bill Jones
Oak Hill
Blackburn - Janney Ford Inc
Main St
Bill Jones Ford
Ford Company
Blackburn-Janney Ford, Inc
Jones Agency
Carl Blackburn
H. E. Janney
Bill Janney
King Coal Chevrolet
Force
Brown Chevrolet
ColonaID Promises Overnight Relief for Tense Nerves
A historic advertisement touts COLONAID laxative claiming three way action to stimulate colonic nerves, re bulking tense colon muscles, and moisturize for painless passage. It claims relief from chronic constipation overnight and gentle for expectant mothers with an introductory price of 43 cents.
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Auerbach
Colonaid
Memorial Baptist Church Pianos Drive Promises Growth
Memorial Baptist Church choir leads a stamp drive to fund a new sanctuary piano. In three weeks 111 books were donated and organizers aim for 400 by April 15. Donations welcome through Rev. Jim Franklin or choir members.
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Memorial Baptist Church
Jim Franklin
Gerry Crum
Memorial Baptist
Beckley
Beckley VA Office Processed 674 Jan Contacts
The Beckley field office of the West Virginia VA handled 674 contacts in January. Deputy director Basil R. Sweeney, who runs the Beckley office serving Fayette and Raleigh counties, reported $29,365.65 shad ten for veterans and survivors for the year ending this month from burial, insurance, retroactive pay, and monthly pension and compensation. Services included 456 telephone calls, 583 outgoing letters, and 170 total forms completed as the office maintains week staff and conducts regular outreach to aid and counsel veterans and dependents.
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Beckley
West Virginia
Sweeney
Memorial Building
Homeroom Mothers Plan School Dinner in Crab Orchard
Crab Orchard PTA notes include a ham supper planned for March 29 at the New Crab Orchard school. A thank you letter from music teacher Mrs. Sadie Wender for a tape recorder was read, with reports from the secretary treasurer and two principals. The "Crash" program workers reported on playground area cleanup. PTA meets tonight.
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Crab Orchard
RNS
Sadie Wender
PTA
Beckleyan's Brother Kills Wife And Self
Funeral services for Buford Bill Hobbs 47 of Bristol Tenn were set for 2 p m at Akard Funeral Home Chapel Bristol with Rev Howard Robinson officiating Burial in Susong Cemetery Bristol Police say Hobbs killed his wife Pat 27 then himself both with a .22 pistol The couple had been separated and a 14 month old baby Steven was orphaned Survivors include Hobbs brothers Hollie Dayton Ohio and Clarence Jacksonville Fla sisters Mrs Virginia Guvetts West Palm Beach Fla and Mrs Agnes Cox Jacksonville Fla and an uncle George Johnson Pax The body of Pat Hobbs will be shipped to Wichita Kan for services and burial later Elephants blaze and follow the best routes through mountains and forests.
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Buford
Bill) Hobbs
Bristol
Tenn
Fred Hobbs
Beckley
Akard Funeral Home
Howard Robinson
Susong
Hobbs
Pat
George Johnson
Pax
Steven Ae
Andrew Kristofek
Lawrence Hobbs
Eula Hobbs
Dayton
Ohio
Eccles
Hollie
Clarence
Jacksonville
Fla
Virginia Guvetts
West Palm Beach
Agnes Cox
Wichita
Kan
Beckley College reports record second semester enrollment
Beckley College announces its second semester enrollment reached a historic high with about 700 students. Registrations closed January 30 after the term began, as the college could not accept more. The president notes more daytime students and plans for a larger building to accommodate growth.
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Beckley College
D. K. Shroyer
West Virginia Educators Call Tax Support for Schools Declining
Dr John Montgomery of the West Virginia Education Association told the State Classroom Teachers Association conference that education needs are rising while the state tax dollar for education drops from 37 cents in 1952 to 31 cents in 1962. Leaders urged legislative action on transportation, instructional support, salaries, certification and retirement programs as they met state officials to discuss education issues.
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Hope Natural Gas Co
Clarksburg
Stanley H. Martin
West Virginia Utilty
West Virginia Foundation of Independent Colleges
Alderson-Broaddus
Salem
Davis and Elkins Colleges
Wesleyan
Martin
Foundation of Independent Colleges
West Virginia
John Montgomery
Lewisburg
West Virginia Education Association
State Classroom Teachers Association
Charleston
Montgomery
Paul Vennari Beckley
County Education Association
Ses
Sion
CTA
Beckley
Nelle Keefer
G. C. Peregoy
Lutherans To Open Church Bids For St Luke
Bids for construction of St Luke Lutheran Church on Maxwell Hill property will be opened at 2 p.m. Feb 26 at the home of Rev Charles L Delaney Jr 317 Crescent Rd Ground breaking for the first unit estimated at 70000 is tentatively set for April 1 Local labor will be employed as per drawings in the bidders hands per Rev Delaney.
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St. Luke Lutheran Church
Maxwell Hill
Charles L. Delaney Jr
Crescent Rd
Delaney
Seedling Orders Due For Spring Planting
Seedling orders for spring planting are due Feb. 15 per District IV forester Carl Lucas. Tulip poplar seedlings from the state nursery are infected with Powdery Mildew and unavailable. efforts are under way to obtain replacements. Scotch pine stock is larger this year and priced the same, but harder to plant due to advanced root systems. About 200,000 seedlings have been ordered in the Fourth District.
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Carl Lucas
Lucas
Beckley Considers Summer Stock Theater Venture
George Hodel and John McCulloch of Beckley Raleigh Chamber of Commerce discussed launching a summer stock program with Pittsburgh Playhouse officials in Pittsburgh. They plan to raise funds and determine scale while a Chamber meeting this week will decide whether to pursue a Beckley summer theater project with Curtain Callers and local officials backing it.
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Beckley
George Warren Hodel
John Howard McCulloch
Beckley-Raleigh County
Pittsburgh Playhouse
Hodel
Richard Hoover
Chamber of Commerce
Curtain Callers
Norman Fagan
Pittsburgh
Chamber
Robert Hamilton
Beckley Curtain Callers
William Snyder
Beckley Manufacturing Corp Lays Off About Half Its Staff
A Beckley plant reducing its workforce by about half with 150 to 200 employees laid off in recent weeks. The facility normally employs 350 to 400, but operations dip until March and April when activity typically rebounds.
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Beckley Manufacturing Corp
Snow and Ice Cleanup Costs Rise for Raleigh County
The city has spent about $5,000 this winter to remove snow and ice while the State Road Commission used $68,755.82 to keep Raleigh County roads passable. City Recorder Walter L. Humphrey notes material and labor are included. The Sprague SRC office reports $11,802.48 for scraping and salting. SRC Supervisor John R. Sweeney estimates road repairs could top $200,000.
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State Road Commission
Raleigh
Walter L. Humphrey
Sprague Src
SRC
John R. Sweeney
Centennial Quartet Contest Set March 1
The West Virginia Centennial Commission invites all male quartets to compete for official state harmony roles during the Centennial year. The event on March 1 at an unspecified location features open and youth divisions, with trophies for winners. Entrants must apply by February 8 to the commission in Charleston with a $4 entry fee per quartet.
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West Virginia
Charleston
West Virginia Centennial Commission
Kanoawha Blvd
East
Mid-Winter Band Concert Set Thursday at Wilson High
Woodrow Wilson High School Flying Eagle and Beckley Junior High bands perform on Thursday at 8 p.m. in the high school auditorium with about 280 musicians. Director Glenn Sallack notes it is the most ambitious mid-winter concert yet, featuring the senior band in an all-symphonic program including Schubert, Scheherazade, Die Fledermaus, Port au Prince, Spanish Rhapsody, a Buglers Holiday trumpet trio, and a Junior High program with In a Chinese Temple Garden Ballet Egyptien and Syncovated Clock.
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Woodrow Wilson High School
Flying Eagle
Beckley
Glenn Sallack
Port Au Prince
Ballet Egyptien
Twelve Seek Work at Beckley Office of Employment Security
Twelve applicants filed for work at the Beckley Office of Employment Security on Friday. The group includes two stenographers a waitress an assembler a shovel operator an ambulance driver a machinist an auto mechanic a meat cutter and three construction laborers.
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Beckley
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