Narrow Bridge hazards prompt calls for widening
Drivers on the Mark Twain run report a hazardous narrow bridge over 40 years old on Route 3 percent below Mark Twain High and Elementary School. They cite limited clearance four inches, blocked doors, and risk from Norfolk and Western railroad traffic, urging widening or straightening to prevent derailments and improve mine access.
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Mark Twain High
Norfolk and Western
Fred Wills
Midway
Carl Poff
Sophia
Stotesbury Improvement Association
McAlpin
Tams
Twenty One Men Sign For Air Force Duty
Twenty men enlisted and one re enlisted in the Air Force at Beckley Recruiting Station. They were sent to Lackland AFB Texas for training. The names span Beckley Chapmanville Princeton Chesapeake Cedar Grove Exeter Va and Bristol Tenn with several parents listed. Community notes mention 4 H club activities, housing cleanups, and road improvements on Route 30 between Sophia and Tams.
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Air Force
Beckley
Lackland Afb
Tex
David
Joseph Grubbs
Joe Grubbs
Clifftop
Edward Ray Chambers
Burl Chambers
Chapmanville
William Kenneth Browning
Frank Browning
Marie, Va
Ernest Junior Spiva
Bertha Spiva
Abington
Kenneth Woody
Barbara Jean
Bluefield
James Oscar Blackshire
James Blackshire
Charleston
Raymond Milton Hamilton
Arlene Ageon
Cedar Grove
Wynn Young
Stanley Young
Robert Melvin Funk
Clifford Funk
Princeton
Joel Clayton Snodgrass
Clem Snodgrass
Chesapeake
Ronald Lee Moore
Everette Moore
Cannelton
Richard Tyrone Ferguson
Clifford Ferguson
Charles Clifford Reasley Jr
Lloyd Raymond Fridley
Claude Fridley
Nitro
Larry Edward Bradley
Henry Bradley
Bristol
Ten
Stotesbury Association
State Road Commission
Acme Construction Co
Sophia
Tams
Coach Helps Boys Fight Smoking Says Health Message
A high school coach is praised for promoting health and condemning smoking among players. He cites research on lung damage and diseases while urging athletes to stay nonsmokers, with Raleigh County Tuberculosis and Health Association backing the message.
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New World
Walter Raleigh
Raleigh
Cable offer to surrender by former German crown prince
On February 13, 1920 the former Crown Prince of Germany proposed to surrender for trial as a war criminal if Allied charges against 890 German leaders were dropped. The offer was refused. Separately a future telephone pole made from laminated glass fiber with resin is noted for durability, termite and fire resistance, lighter weight.
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Germany
Wilson
Daily Horoscope Forecast for Aries to Pisces 1963
Horoscope guidance outlines daily tips for all zodiac signs from Aries through Pisces. Advice covers focus, patience, broadened perspectives, cautious finance, career opportunities, optimism, and productivity with a closing note from Field Enterprises, Inc. dated 1963.
Decision Delayed Over Church Affiliation Rescheduled Meeting
The congregational meeting to decide if Sophia Friendship Baptist Church will affiliate with the Southern Baptist Association has been moved to March 9. Rev. W F Tolliver, pastor, says the session was formerly planned for this Saturday.
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Sophia Friendship Baptist Church
Southern Baptist Association
W. F. Tolliver
Seventh annual wild game supper menu sighted
Robinson Illinois UPI reports the Squint and Flinch Hunting Club held its seventh annual wild game supper on Sunday night. The menu featured Southern baked opposite tender young sweet over baked mallard duck breast of dove wild ring stair racoon rare hare saute rab bits and ground hog.
Readers Set New Record At Library
Raleigh County Library reports a January all time high in book circulation, with 6585 books checked out, up 1172 from last year. Adult and juvenile fiction and non fiction totals climbed, while reference requests numbered 446 and bookmobile totals fell due to weather and a missed Richmond District run.
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Raleigh
Raleigh County
C. H. Graham
Graham
Mildred Totten
Totten
Richmond
Wyoming reports flu like cases and county totals
Wyoming statewide week ending February 2 shows 4120 influenza like illness cases with Wyoming County at 48. Fayette and Raleigh counties report a few different conditions including syphilis and an animal bite. Wyoming County also records 12 chickenpox 18 German measles and 20 measles.
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Wyoming County
Fayette
Raleigh
Raleigh County
Public notice bids for Locust Guard Rail Posts in Wyoming County
The State Division of Purchases in Charleston WV will accept sealed bids until 1 30 PM 2 21 63 for 1000 untreated Locust Guard Rail Posts for Wyoming County. Bids must use Division forms. forms issued by 4 PM the day before opening. Specifications on request. Curtis S Wilson Director.
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State Division of
Capitol Building
Charleston
West Virginia
Wyoming County
Division of Purchases
Ing
Curtis S
Wilson
Williams, Sneed and others listed in local death notices
J E Williams Sr age 69 of 102 Campbell Court dies Monday funeral 2 p m Wednesday First Baptist Church burial Sunset Memorial Park honorary pallbearers include G L Hash Dr Fred Richmond Dr John Daniel Dr J M Laing Dr Clark Kessell Chris Sarandon J W Walters Jr and Kiwanis Club arrangements by Melton Mortuary Sneed Phil age 61 of Ghent dies at 2 30 p m Wednesday Rose and Quesenberry Peace Chapel burial Blue Ridge Memorial Gardens body taken to residence 2 30 p m Tuesday Williams Armand Allen age 78 of Shady Spring funeral 1 p m Wednesday Rose and Quesenberry Peace Chapel burial Williams Cemetery White Oak Florists Valentine ads and thanks notes follow for family acknowledgments and memorials with references to Caffee Funeral Home Raleigh General Hospital Melton Mortuary and various family members and friends.
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The
Kiwanis Club
Melton Mortuary
Sneed
Phil
Ghent
Rose and Quesenberry Peace Chapel
Pearley Mills
Blue Ridge Memorial Gardens
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Mountaineer
New Crab Orchard Elementary School
Barbara Beckett
Lynne Stanley
Maxine Wills
Vicki Peery
Barbara Shumate
S. W. Moye
Salvation Army
Aries
Taurus
Leo
Sagittarius
Capricorn
Aquarius
Field Enterprises, Inc
Wyoming
Ohio
Miamisburg
Montgomery County
Cecil C. Lilly
Hopkins
Valley Drive South
Fuesday
Rose & Quesenberry Funeral Chapel
J. Paul Robertson
Caffee Funeral Home
Raleigh General Hospital
W. A. Griswold
Jim Franklin
Ollie Elizabeth Lloyd
Robert Swank
Donald Lloyd Vernon Lloyd
Pauline Gibson
Margaret Sliger
Memoriam
G. W. Plumley
Lena Plumley
Sechochoho
Cho
Choco Soo
Choco Webb & Neal Funeral Home Ambulance Service
R. H. Neal
Mer
Vance Drive
Edger
Todd’s Grocery and Hardware
I Beaver
Foster Hardware Co
Main St
W. Va
Callayetta Hill
Stamford
W. C. Rogers Plumbing & Heating
Temple St
Wright
TAY Guadd
ATS
Ashworth
John W. Eye Television
West
Neville St
Dial
Halstead
Sparks Radio and TV
Prince St
Williamson Heating Systems Free
Sprague
Willey Brothers
Hinton
Hinton iCheck
Jan Campbell Music Co
Land of Oz
Thompson's
Raleigh Insurance Agency
Beckley, Ph
Vice
N. Kanawha
Allie Kincaid
Coal City
Jean Radford
Beckley Beauty Salon
Avon
Bostick Ave
New York
Arista Employment Agcy
Dept. A
Jamaica
N.Y
Standard Coffee Company
Beckley Hotel
W. C. Mills
Neely Hotel
Lewisburg
Brown
President Hotel
Palace Barber Shop
Care Beckley Newspapers
Henry's Drive Inn
Valley Drive
North
O. H. Bennett
E. Beckley
R. L. Stinson
Myers Ave
Chihuahua
Nature Shop
Moe
Bill White
Fotos & Co
Poultry and Supplies
Pioneer Chain
Fayette Ph
Jack’s Trading Post
Alderson Feed Store
Foster Hardware, Inc
Main Street
Singer
Warren Meadows
Piney View
Sears, Roebuck & Co
Main St. H
Kelvinator
Wilson’s
S. Kanawha
Electrolux
Contact Electrolux Corp
Temple Street
BIG Savings
Toyland
New Raleigh Rd
S&h
Atkinson
Johnstown Rd
Ward Beckley
Rockford Keys
Robert L. Amick
Beckley Newspapers
Sam G. Foley
Lowell Foley
Earlie Huddle
Earl’s
Zella
Southern Institute of Graphic Arts
South
P. O. Box
Nashville 2
Tennessee
G. I. Loans
Mullins
Const. Co
Oak Hill
Care Beckley Newspapers Corp
Colors Means Lumber Co
Sisson St. Ph
Beckley Maytag
Maytag Spea
Maytag Auto
Usher
F.H.A
Quality Lumber & Supply Co
City Ave
Calljim Chambers
American Glass & Mirror Co. Inc
Mt. Hope Rd
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