Scouts Receive God and Country Award at Temple
Robert O'Dell and Cody Heatherly, members of Raleigh Troop 80, received God and Country Scout awards at The Methodist Temple. The presentation was by Rev J B F Yoak Jr with other family members and leaders present including Rev Don Francis and Clifford Daniels as the ceremony highlighted a lineage from Au brey Mabry of Raleigh Troop 2, the first successful Boy Scout troop in West Virginia.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert O'Dell
Methodist Temple
Bobby
Aubrey Mabry
Raleigh
West Virginia
J. B. F. Yoak Jr
Cody Heatherly
Ray Daniels
Don Francis
Betty O’dell
G. E. Heatherly
Clifford Daniels
Troop 80
Beckley Council Delays Master Plan On Be BBDC Progress
Beckley City Council decided to wait on adopting a master plan for Beckley and Raleigh County until the Beckley Business Development Corporation's progress is clearer. A preliminary report by John H. Jones offered for $500, with a full plan costing about $29,000. Council plans to support BBDC via a resolution and consider stock shares at $10 each.
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Beckley
Beckley Business Development Corporation
Raleigh
Cecil L. Miller
John H. Jones
Fairmont
Jones
Miller
Federal Housing and Home Finance Agency
Truman Sayre
Council
A. A. Ross
Emery J. Smith
D. E. Warden
Ross
Officers Of BBDC To Organize Thursday
Beckley Business Development Corp plans a Thursday 4 p.m. meeting at Beckley National Bank to elect officers for the year. The Tuesday Raleigh County Courthouse session named 15 permanent board members and set the organizational framework with by laws and up to 21 directors. About 500 firms and individuals have subscribed nearly $75,000 of stock toward a $1 million goal.
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Beckley Business Development Corp
Beckley National Bank
Treasury
Raleigh County
Charles Hode
Beckley
Robert Sayre
BBDC
Wait-See Stance by Raleigh County Anti-Fluoridation Group
The Raleigh County Anti-Fluoridation Committee adopts a wait and see stance after arguments in Raleigh County Court. Attorney Clay S. Crouse says no action will occur until a move to add sodium fluoride to water is proposed again. Dr Gerald Guine cites health benefits of fluoridation and predicts 60 percent prevention of tooth decay, while Harold Hanks vows to oppose and may scatter literature door to door. County Engineer Robert Davis previews Steven's Branch Lake progress with drilling to 50 feet.
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Raleigh County Anti
Raleigh
Clay S. Crouse
Gerald RR. Guine
Charleston
State Department of Health
Guine
Harold Hanks
Circuit Court
Robert Davis
Steven's Branch Lake
Schools Raise 1262 Dollars for Polio Fund Drive
The New March of Dimes campaign received a boost as 41 elementary schools contributed a total of 1262.06 dollars. Listed donors include Crescent 62.65, East Park 28.80, Prospect 19.04, Mt View 249.83, Sophia Elementary 105.22, Sylvia 62.28, and many others across communities, totaling 1262.06 dollars.
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March of Dimes Drive
Crescent
Teel
Stamaford
Montroal - Stickney
East Park
Piney Oaks
Daniels
North Lester
Bragg
Farley Hill
Workman's Creek
Fairdale
Turner
Institute
McKinley
Mount Tabor
Tams
Dillion Creek
Glen Daniel
West Wickham
Soak Creek
Prosperity
Ghent
Colcord
Mt. View
Mabscott
Acord
Meadows
Bradley
Bacontwon
Jonben
Lewis Williams
Clear Creek
Sophia Elementary
Maxwell Hill
Harper Heights
Glen
Founders Day Program Planned by Byrd-Prillerman PTA
Byrd-Prillerman High School Parent-Teacher Association schedules Founders Day Thursday at 3 p.m. at the school. The program includes glee club selections and free movies for attendees.
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Byrd-Prillerman High School
Parent-Teacher Association
Glee Club
Group Hopes To Stir Pride Of Fellow Citizens
The Citizens Committee for the Improvement of Raleigh County campaigns to uplift county appearance through education, enforcement, and community projects. Dr. W B Lilly is president with H E Melton Jr, Mrs. Daniel E Polk, and John J Flanagan in leadership roles while plans include county workshops, clean-up campaigns, and school conservation education.
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Citizens Committee For
Raleigh County
W. B
Pete” Lilly
H. E. Melton Jr
Daniel E. Polk
John J. Flanagan
Sanitary Board
Conservation Commission
State Road Commission
Service members in Navy Army and Air Force across assignments
Listing of personnel stationed across the U S armed forces including Lt jg James J Roberts Bradley aboard USS Par sons Ken neth R Culliss in Navy flight training at Pensacola Fla Pvt Dale E Milam completing Fort Jackson basic training in S C four area men in Wiesbaden Germany with the Eighth Infantry Division Pfc Wayne C Lewis Pfc Charles M Pittman Specialist 4 Edwin E Whitt and Pfc Gilbert C Davis in 504th 505th 305th infantry units J W Underwood airborne early warning squadron at Patuxent River Md David L Hinte with 101st Airborne at Fort Campbell Ky Airman Daniel A Warren completing Lackland basic and slated for Kessler AFB Miss etc.
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Wiesbaden
Germany
Eighth Infantry Division
Wayne C. Lewis
Billie
Elkins St
Beckley
505Th Infantry
Fort Jackson
S. C
Kermit K. Lewis
Woodrow Wilson High School
Craver Advertising Co
Charles M. Pittman
Earl E. Pittman
Sprague
305Th Infantry
Edwin E. Whitt
Jones Ave
Oak Hill
504Th Infantry
Army
Fort Knox
Churchland High School
Gilbert C. Davis
Warden D. Davis
Midway
Fort Bragg
N. C
Providence
R. 1
Airborne
Naval Air Station
Patuxent River
J. W. Underwood
Wiliam H. Underwood
Beaver
Guantanamo Bay, A
Navy
Mount Hope High School
Fort Gordon, Ga
David L. Hinte
Charles Hinte
Sophia
101St Airborne Division
Fort Campbell, Ky
Sophia High School
Maryland
Air Force
Lackland Air Force Base
Tex
Daniel A. Warren
Thomas A. Warren
Mount Hope
Kessler Air Force Base
Miss
Warren
Court hears about dam materials from stone and earth
The speaker explains that rock and certain soils provide better dam material than cement due to flexibility. He notes sampling soil every five feet to assess underlying soil and stone types, as presented in court.
Lions Ladies Hear Governor Warren At Beckley Club
District 29 N Governor Warren of Lions International spoke to about 130 at the Beckley Lions Club dinner held at the Beckley Elks Club on ladies night. He praised the club’s past year and offered guidance on Lions administration and humanitarian service. The club received a Salvation Army Christmas Cheer award. Dusty Miller, Ohio publisher and convention speaker, was introduced by Lien Roy Millican.
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Co. O. Warren
Lions International
Lions Club
Beckley Club
Warren
Beckley Elks Club
Lions
Salvation Army
Dusty” Miller
Lien Roy Millican
Miller
Ohio
United States
PTA Meeting Set With Guest Speaker Thomas Evans
East Beck ley Elementary School PTA will host a Thursday night meeting featuring guest speaker Thomas Evans. President Naomi Turner said the program also includes a playlet and refreshments.
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PTA
Thomas Evans
East Beckley
Parent- Teacher Association
Naomi Turner
Rumors End as Child Found Safe at Grandmother’s
Four year old Richard Lam bert, rumored missing while his mother Goldie Lambert and Rush Roark faced murder charges in Beckley, was found at his grandmother’s yard after a photographer verified his location at the White Oak home. The couple, once in Cleveland, Ohio, where police reportedly arrested them, were brought back for prosecution along with Roy Richmond of Shady Spring for alleged involvement in Homer Richmond’s death and burial.
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Richard Lambert
Goldie Mae Lambert
Raleigh
White Oak
Lila Lambert
Richard
Goldie
Rush Roark
Cleveland
Ohio
Homer Richmond
Beckley
Roy Richmond
Shady Spring
Beckleyans Attend Je hovahs Witnesses Meet at Princeton
Ten Beckleyans attended a congregational session of Jehovahs Witnesses at Princeton over the weekend. The Friday session theme Walk as Wise Persons featured a ministry training school and a ministry development class. Saturday included field ministry a baptismal lecture and an immersion service. D J Thomas New York district minister spoke Sunday afternoon on Finding Peace in This Troubled World noting this is an age of misdirected effort and that peace talks and arms races have not produced peace. He said the world has many pleasure seekers on an assembly line and that perfect love casts out fear, the vital force producing peace.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Beckleyans
Jehovah’s Witnesses
Princeton
D. J. Thomas
New York
Thomas
Beckley Livestock Market Report Monday Prices
Beckley Livestock Market posted Monday sales with pigs by the head and hogs by the pound. Prices ranged from 8 to 22.50 cents per pound for various weight classes and cattle, heifers, cows, stock cattle, steers and veals sold within state ranges. Volume and demand were fair.
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Beckley
Spellers Compete in 1960 Champions Contest No. 18
Fayette Raleigh Wyoming stage the Words Of The Champions spelling bee with 1960 theme. Claustrophobia and clemency cited as clues while the clinical clique cloistered contestants amid a coagulate crowd. Coalesce of vowels and consonants tests fortitude, perseverance, and rapid recall.
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Words of the Champions
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Plumley Ave
Plumley Avenue
Beckley Water Company
Laura Cartwright
Terrill Street
Cecil Connor
Flint
Rosetta Flint
Park St
Warden
New River Park
E. S. Pugh
Okey Patteson
Charles Hodel
Sam Thomson
R. G.broaddus
E. E. Bibb
A. A.tieche
Hulett C. Smith
Alex George
Joe L. Smith
David Abrams
Elmer Davis
Leo Vecellio
Clarence Pantoplus
M. W. Powers
MGM
Glenn, Debbie Ford "Reynolds
Carl Reiner
Rowan
Simon Pltla
Fitcher
Abilene
Crabbe
America
Cameron Mich
By Peggy Kessinger
USS
Parsons
J. G
James J. Roberts
Annapolis
Kenneth Raymond Culliss
Clarence Culliss
Pensacola
Fla
West Virginia University
Naval Reserves
Washington, Ag
Sng
Pvt
Dale E. Milam
R. E. Milam
19Th Battalion
Fifth Training Regiment
K. R. Culliss
D. E. Milam
D. L. Hinte
D. A. Warren
By Larry Hurb
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Wyoming
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