Planner outlines Beckley Raleigh County regional plan
A professional planner urged a regional plan to justify federal funds for Beckley and Raleigh County. He pegged total cost at 55 000 to 70 000 with half covered by federal grants. city would spend 30 000 and county 35 000 over three years. Officials noted money limits and questioned feasibility amid many competing projects and thin county funds.
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Beckley
Raleigh
Raleigh County
Board of Education
City Planning and Zoning Commission
John H. Jones
Fairmont
State Planning Board
Jones
State Economic Development Agency
Housing and Home Financing Agency
John C. Ward
Ward
Steven’s Branch Lake
Charles Hodel
Hodel
Retired Minister To Conduct Services at St Stephen’s Beckley
Dr. S. Roger Tyler, retired Episcopal minister, will conduct 8 morning prayer with lay reader, 9 15 and 11 a m services at St Stephen’s Church Beckley. A communion service is set for 11. Tyler, who served over 30 years as rector of Trinity Church Huntington, also writes a column titled Thoughts for the Charleston Gazette and Huntington Advertiser.
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S. Roger Tyler
St. Stephen’s Church
Beckley
Tyler
Trinity Church
Huntington
Charleston Gazette
Huntington Advertiser
Hulett Smith and Father Released From Hospital
Hulett C. Smith of Crestwood and his father Joe L. Smith of Woodlawn Avenue were discharged from Beckley Hospital after flu treatment. Hulett spent two weeks as a patient, his father one week.
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Hulett Smith
Hulett C. Smith
Crestwood
Harper Road
Joe L. Smith
Woodlawn Ave
Beckley Hospital
Health Center bids due at Raleigh County meeting
Raleigh County Court will open bids for the Raleigh County Health Center at its Tuesday session. The bid process seeks proposals from contractors and outlines the project scope, timelines, and funding details.
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Raleigh County Health Center
Raleigh County
4 H Club Plans Valentine Day Party At Meeting
4 H'ers plan a Valentine Day party for February 12 at the meeting Tuesday. Teel Troopers 4 H Club will be invited. Richard Warden, chairman, presented the program titled The Ten Commandments For Better Living.
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Teel Troopers 4-H Club
Coohane 4H Club
Richard Warden
Cairman
Littlejohn Seeks Delegate's Post in Primary Race
James E. Littlejohn of Beckley seeks the House of Delegates seat in the May 10 primary as a Democrat. He runs a local insurance agency, is a WWII Navy veteran, and formerly worked for New River Co. He is joined by other Raleigh County candidates filing Thursday, including for justice of the peace and local Republican and Democratic committee posts.
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House of Delegates
James E. Littlejohn
Hartley Ave
Littlejohn
Raleigh County
Thursday Littlejohn
Littlejohn Insurance Agency
Beckley
Fayette County
New River Co
Pacific
Pauline Scalise
Smithers
Charles Melvin
Falls Church
Teresa
Woodrow Wilson High School
Frank W. Pisegna
Sixth St
Young Democrat Club
Civitan Club
Sons of Italy Club
Pisegna
Hotcoal
Lincoln
Woodrow Wilson
Beckley College
Kenny Salter
Montceal
Marsh Fork
Clyde Murdock
Arnett
Archie Beverly
Artie
Clear Fork
Lois Harper
Russell L Shumate
Orchard Ave
D. B. Shumate
Reservoir Road
Dawson Williams
Beckley Firms Back Local Industry Drive With Stock Buyin
Beckley Ice and Feed Co and its workers commit to the Beckley Business Development Corporation by purchasing stock. Hands raised show Otis Lilly, Vincent Daniel, Mrs George Keith, Fred Cooper, Mrs Maxine Caffee, James Basham with four, one, two, one, one, five shares respectively. Executives Sid and Don Larrick hold five and two shares. William O Sheets, Donnie Daniel, Clayton Smith, Randolph Moore, John Ubeda, Edgar Hogan, Jacob Scott invest two or fewer shares. Florence Mohler serves as president with five shares and E R Mohler as vice president with five. The company now owns 94 shares total. Some employees pay over a year. all transactions occur at the company office. Larrick cites community spirit boosting location appeal.
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Beckley Business Development Corporation
Beckley Ice and Feed Co
Clayton Smith
Randolph Moore
John Ubeda
Edgar Hogan
Jacob Scott
Florence L. Mohler
E. R. Mohler
Wiley H Meadows Seeks JP Post In Slab Fork District
Wiley H Meadows of Coal City runs for Justice of the Peace in Slab Fork District. A retired maintenance man with 26 years at the Raleigh County Board of Education, he was a former mine superintendent. Born April 6 1889 at Winding Gulf, he is a Mason and Shriner, widowed, with one child and attends Baptist church.
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Wiley H. Meadows
Coal City
Slab Fork
Meadows
Raleigh County Board of Education
Winding Gulf
Ellen Cole Meadows
Raleigh
Baptist Church
Masons
Scottish Rite
Scottish Rite, and the Beni Kedem
Charleston
Ethel Rutledge
Jaycee President Plans To Resign
Beckley Jaycee president Ed Canterbury announced plans to resign as president citing other interests. He will inform the board later and suggest John J. Flanagan as the new president, with Flanagan currently first vice president. Canterbury noted Salvation Army events and Jaycee support for Beckley College games, plus upcoming state Jaycee meetings and junior champ programs in Fairmont and Morgantown.
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Ed Canterbury
Prosperity
Beckley Junior Chamber of Commerce
The
Jaycees
John J. Flanagan
Flanagan
Tom Mce- Hugh
Fairmont
Beckley
Mountaineer Field
Morgantown
Canterbury
Flenagan
West Virginia Methodist students in preministry group
Forty three young men from the West Virginia Methodist conference compose a large portion of the preministerial students at West Virginia Wesleyan College. The 108 ministry students include representations from Pennsylvania New York Massachusetts New Jersey Connecticut and several other states plus one Korean youth. Thirty members are pictured with names and hometowns listed. additional WV ministers not shown are named.
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West Virginia Methodist Conference
West Virginia Wesleyan College
Pennsylvania
New York
Massachusetts
New Jersey
Connecticut
Iowa
Vermont
Virginia
Indiana
Rhode Island
Maryland
West Virginia
John David Hardman
Reedy
Mack Denzil Boggs
Spencer
Route 1
Samuel Emerson Starling
Parkersburg
Dewey Momer
Stewart
Lorentz
Sub-District Meet Set For Ministers
A Raleigh Sub-District Methodist ministers meeting will be held at St. Mary's Church on South Kanawha Street at 1 p.m. Saturday. Rev. Jennings Fast district superintendent says these quarterly meetings discuss future church plans and review past events.
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Raleigh
St. Mary's Church
South Kanawha St
Jennings Fast
Fast
Commodities to Be Distributed at Union Hall Raleigh
Commodities will be handed out at Union Hall Raleigh from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. for four days including Today Monday Tuesday and Wednesday. Recipients are asked to bring their own containers.
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Union Hall
Raleigh
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