East Beckley Convalescent Home Gets $150 Donation
The Woman's Improvement League presented a $150 check to East Beckley Nursing and Convalescent Home at Mrs. Roscoe Mackins's home on West Moreland Street. Members discussed a project to obtain a mattress for blind youth Sam Wilson on Meadows Street and planned to attend the All Electric Appliance Round-up at Raleigh County Armory on Feb 26. A membership tea for American Legion Auxiliary Unit 70 was also invited.
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Woman's Improvement League
East Beckley
Roscoe Mackins
Westmoreland Street
Cora Harris
Sam Wilson
Meadows Street
All Electric Ap
Former Beckley Man Named Assistant Personnel Director
John R. Larew, a former Beckley resident, was named assistant personnel director of Appalachian Power Company in Roanoke Virginia. He currently serves as personnel supervisor for the Steubenville division of Ohio Power Company and his appointment is effective March 1.
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Beckley
John R. Larew
Appalachian Power Company
Roanoke
Larew
Steubenville
Ohio Power Company
Joe P. Gills
APC
Woodrow Wilson High School
West Virginia Institute of Technology
Montgomery
Appalachian Company
Navy
Atlantic
Pacific
Laren
American Electric Power Company System
Harvard Graduate School of Business Administration
System
Appalachian
Ohio Power Company System
Canton
Portsmouth
Ohio Power
Hodel Remains Critical After Stroke At Raleigh General
Charles Hodel 76 publisher of the Raleigh Register and Beckley Post Herald remains in critical condition at Raleigh General Hospital after a stroke at his home last Friday. His nurse said he is resting but unchanged, prompting ongoing concern about his recovery and status.
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Hodel
Charles Hodel
Raleigh Register
Beckley Post - Herald
Raleigh General Hospital
Five Arrested By City Police
City police arrested five men Thursday on various charges including three East Beckley juveniles accused of breaking into Stratton High School through a back window in the vocational shop. Two vending machines and a candy counter were damaged and money taken. Kenneth Kincaid of Beckley was cited for permitting a dog to run at large. El dred Louis Runkle, 21, Beckley, was arrested for speeding no registration card and running a stop sign and will appear in Beckley Police Court February 18.
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East Beckley
Stratton High School
Kenneth Kincaid
Beckley
Eldred Louis Runkle
Runkle
4-H Club Meets At Glen White
Glen White Junior High School 4-H Club the Glen White Go Getters discussed a Welcome to Glen White sign at the community entrance a short program included scripture by Sharon Stafford a Susie Pittman poem and the West Virginia Boys and Girls club song. Karen Lambert presided as president with a membership committee named Brenda Miller Artie Christian and Wayne Perkins who was elected song leader. Demonstrations on how to set a table were given by Sharon Stafford and Barbara Worley with comments by Emmet Parker.
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Glen White
Sharon Stafford
Susie Pittman
West Virginia Boys and Girls
Brenda Miller
Artie Christian
Wayne Perkins
Mabscott Council Plans Street Litter Cleanup
Mabscott Town Council met Thursday night to plan cleaning litter from the streets. Mayor B. S. Sisk said the trash problem would be erased soon, noting recent bad weather had delayed the work, but city workers would tackle it shortly.
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Mabscott
Mabscott Town
B. S. Sisk
Sisk
Draft call up Washington UPI report on April quota rise
Defense officials expect a sharp April draft call of about 14,000, up from roughly 7,900 planned for March, with March figures boosted by a 4,000 increase. The rise reflects fewer voluntary enlistments and a policy to call replacements further in advance.
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Washington
UPI
Rusk to Stay in Florida Over Weekend
Secretary of State Dean Rusk, ill with a lingering cold, is expected to remain in Florida through the weekend. Undersecretary George Ball filled in for the vacationing Rusk at a diplomatic dinner for foreign ambassadors Thursday night, hosted by Mrs. Rusk.
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Rusk
Washington
UPI
Dean Rusk
Florida
George Ball
Mrs. Rusk
Legislature Weighs Repeal of Absentee Voting Law
Charleston report notes lawmakers urged repeal of the 1963 liberal absentee voting measure allowing county residents away on election day to vote by absentee ballot. The move drew bipartisan support, alongside three zoning reform bills to boost intercounty cooperation and regional planning.
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Charleston
UPI
Senate
William A. Moreland
Monongalia
Chester R. Hubbard
Ohio
Area Seniors Win Concord Degrees in First Semester
Seventeen Concord College seniors from the area received baccalaureate degrees at semester end, led by Magna Cum Laude graduate Theodora Theresa Sinicrope. Degrees awarded include Bachelor of Science in Education to multiple graduates, Bachelor of Science in Music Education to Joseph Daniel Lilly, Home Economics to four, Science in Business Administration to Leon Blaine Lilly, and additional science degrees to several named graduates.
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Concord College
Joseph F Marsh
Theodora Theresa Sinicrope
Frank S. Sinicrope
Kimball
Sarah Marie Albanese
Beckley
Marilyn Darlene Allen
Oak Hill
Martha Elmore Cook
Mullens
Connie Phillips Gillooly
Linda Gail Gunter
Matheny
Robert Lee Moseley
Ravencliff
Sandra Penny Phillips
Buster Linton Williams Jr
Sandra Hawley Wright
Glen Daniel
Joseph Daniel Lilly
Ghent
Leon Blaine Lilly
Flat Top
State Government Job Needs Studied
Gov. Hulett Smith announced a broad survey of state government personnel needs and said only urgent vacancies will be filled until the study is finished. He noted vacancies are at a low level since his inauguration January 18 and urged qualified applicants to file applications despite expected delays.
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Charleston
Hulett Smith
Smith
Coal City PTA Hears Holiday Plans At Meeting
Dr. Westwood H Holiday of Beckley outlined a visual testing program for school children with parent involvement. Ten PTA women will train for testing. Beckley Lion's Club co-sponsors aid for glasses. A parcel post sale is planned for March. shrubbery purchase for the new addition set for April. folding chairs purchase discussed. Attendance gifts awarded to rooms of Lilly Hatcher Walker. 70 attended. Hostesses for March are Lynwin Road Section PTA members.
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Coal City
Parent - Teacher Association
Westwood H. Holiday
Beckley
Holiday
PTA
E Beckley Lion's Club
Carolyn Lilly
Sylvia Hatcher
Nettie Walker
Lynwin Road
Mrs Campbell Improves at Beckley Hospital
Betty Beckley Campbell, patient at Beckley Hospital, is improving with condition listed as fair. She had been termed poor since admission last Friday. Mrs Campbell is granddaughter of Alfred Beckley founder of Beckley and mother of Mrs M M Ralston of 117 Hillpark Drive.
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Campbell
Betty Beckley Campbell
Beckley Hospital
Alfred Beckley
Beckley
M. M. Ralston
Hillpark Drive
Job Corps Applicant Begins Training Program
Tommy Duran, the first Job Corps applicant from this area, took his oath on Wednesday before leaving for Maryland to begin training. Job Corps, under the Economic Opportunities Act of 1964, is a voluntary program for poor youth ages 16 to 21 to gain skills and improve chances for work or passing draft tests.
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Tommy Duran
Jo B Corps
A. Fray Lilly
Beckley
Maryland
Cecil Neal
Beckley Employment Security Office
Job Corps
Congress
Neal
Humane Committee To Visit Hospitals In Weekender Tour
West Virginia Legislature humane committee plans tours of Lakin Barboursville and Huntington State Hospitals this weekend with Raleigh County delegate Mrs W W Jackie Withrow as chair. A Pinecrest Sanitarium visit is scheduled for the near future.
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Humane Institution Committee
West Virginia
W. W
Jackie) Withrow
Raleigh County
Lakin
Barboursville
Huntington State Hospital
Pinecrest Sanitarium
Police Court Canceled in Beckley Briefing
Beckley police court did not meet on Thursday due to a single docketed case. Police Chief William A. Teubert said the court will convene at 7 30 p.m. Monday.
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Beckley City
William A. Teubert
Teubert
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