Editorial Sparks Beckley City Manager Controversy
Beckley council weighs a move to adopt a city manager form of government as editorials draw sharp debate. Mayor Minter and Councilman Thornhill clash over a proposed special service fee to fund police and fire salaries and a push to change parking meters to a half hour in the business district.
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Beckley
Thornhill
Beckley Newspapers Corp
Orj
Charles Hodel
A. K. Minter
Ter Council
the Register
Princeton
A. R. England
Police and Fire Department
W. A. Thornhill
Bluefield
Aluafield
Rante
SIM
Minter
Clarence Bibb
Bibb
Council
Bibo
BH. P. Meadows
Council approves rezoning bids and street rename
City Council Tuesday approved two Planning and Zoning Commission recommendations. They rezoned Solon Valley Drive from residential to commercial and deferred action on South Kanawha and part of West Neville Streets until further study. The body also renamed Wood Street in the McLean Addition to Roberts Street to avoid confusion.
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Bibb
Meadows
Minter
Traffic Control Commission
Dennis Leary Jr
Herbert Ash
John Hammer
Lewis A. Nixon
Nixon
Council
Park Board
Planning and Zoning Commission
Solon Valley
Prince Land Co
South Kanawha
West Neville Sts
Margaret McLean
Wood St
McLean Addition
Robert Or Roberts St
Roberts
Wood
Beckley
Most Solemn Lenten Services Open Today in Beckley
Beckley area churches mark Ash Wednesday opening six week Lenten season observed with services at St. Francis de Sales Catholic Church and St. Stephen's Episcopal Church. Weekly prayer, adult instruction, and child programs planned through Holy Week with multiple Masses and midweek services by guest priests.
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Beckley Area
St. Francis de
Chil- Sales
Paul Helsley
O. Worth May
Bibb Services Slated Thursday
The body of Mrs. Clorah Charlotte Bibb 76 was taken to the Bradley home from Rose and Quesenberry Funeral Home today. Funeral services are set for 2 p.m. Thursday at Kilsyth Free Will Baptist Church with Revs. Raymond Markin and Elmer Baker officiating. Burial will follow in Odd Fellows Cemetery Oak Hill. Mrs Bibb died Monday at 4 30 p m at her home from a heart condition. She was born in Nicholas County April 10 1879 a daughter of Hiram and Barilla Walton both deceased.
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Clorah Charlotte Bibb
Bradley
Rose and Quesenberry Funeral Home
Kilsyth Free Will Baptist Church
Raymond Markin
Elmer Baker
Odd Fellows Cemetery
Oak Hill
Bibb
Bor
Nicholas County
Hiram and
Barilla McChing Walton
Army Signs Four Air Force Two Enlistees This Week
Six men enlisted at the local recruiting station with four choosing the Army and two selecting the Air Force. Those bound for basic training include Charles O. Butcher and three others headed to Fort Jackson. Eli J. Harrah Jr and De Yane R. Falk were assigned to Lackland Air Force Base.
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Army
Air Force
U. S. Armed Services
Ft. Jackson
D. C
Charles O. Butcher
Pansy Butcher
Wolf Creek
Charles A. Bennett
Andy Bennett
White Sulphur Springs
Richard L. Brown
Bramwell Brown
Seth
William L. McElwain I
Gervace McElwain
Renick
Lackland Air Force Base
Texas
Eli J. Harrah Jr
Ely J. Harrah
Minden
de- Yane R. Falk
Lenna G. Falk
Oak Hill
Forme of es or OT oned 1 votta or day today stress
An old time remedy ad promotes Dosa's Pills for mild bladder irritation and backache from drinking. It claims quick relief through pain soothing and kidney action. Warns against Dean's Pills and touts Dean's relief for 64 years with a call to get Dean's pills today.
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Revth-Sa
Steve Teva Magtta
Dean
Lille
Buckland Reinstated as Beckley Police Chief Plans
Beckley officials announce Buckland will rejoin the Beckley Police force after resigning last fall to pursue other employment. Police Chief James Poole and Mayor A. K. Minter say vacancy remains, with Carl Buckland returning and Gadd quitting after six months on the force. Examinations for the opening were held February 23, with five men taking tests but none qualifying.
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Beckley
Carl Dale Buckland
James Poole
A. K. Minter
Buckland
Poole
Dan Minter
Angel P. Ga
Maxwell Hill PTA Votes to Sponsor Girl Scout Troops
Maxwell Hill Parent-Teachers Association approved sponsoring two Girl Scout troops after a discussion led by Ann Hitze of Raleigh County Girl Scouts. Plans for forming troops at Maxwell Hill and Dry Hit will be announced soon.
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Maxwell Hill
Parent-Teachers Association
Ann Hitze
Raleigh County Girl Scouts
Glenna Legg
Mae Walker
Earl Halsey
East Gulf Social Guests Visit Area Families
Jack Wallen a West Virginia University student spent the weekend with his parents in EastGulf. Mrs Bert Collins hosted her daughter Tippy Charlestown as a guest. Harold Daniels, in the Navy aboard the USS Everglades at Norfolk, VA, and Jeanie Daniels a Concord College student visited the Daniels home in East Gulf. The East Gulf Baptist Church Ladies Auxiliary will meet Thursday night at Mrs Reed Daniels home.
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Jack Wallen
West Virginia University
Morgantown
A. J. Wallen
EastGulf
Bert Collins
East Gulf
Jhas
Tippy
Charleston
Reed Daniels
Harold
U.S. Navy
Uss Everglades
Norfolk
Jeanie
Concord College
Athens
The
East Gulf Baptist Church
Lanark Woman Frances Sauchuck Dies at 65
Frances Sauchuck of Lanark dies at 4 45 am in a local hospital after years of illness born in Poland March 9 1890 daughter of Joseph and Mary Potocki survived by husband Pete Sauchuck three daughters Rose Zamielia Mary Canterbury Anne Bryant four sons Frank M Set Paul Pete Protos ky John Lagos one brother Andy Potocki twenty grandchildren and two great grandchildren services set at St Frances de Sales Church with burial in Mount Calvary Addition Sunset Memorial Park rosary Friday at Rose and Quesenberry Funeral Home
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Frances Sauchuck
Lanark
Poland
Joseph and
Mary Potocki
S. Frances de Sales Catholic Church
Pete Sauchuck
Rose Zamielia
Mary Canterbury
Summerlee
Anne Bryant
Frank
Beckley
Rose and Quesenberry
Stanley Shrodo
Andy Kozar
Steve Kozar
Walter Rogar
Eddie Wher
Frank Toke
Tonnage Increase in Winding Gulf District Mines
The Winding Gulf District mines produced 154,238 tons the week ending February, up 41.8 percent from last year, with 91 percent operating time and 13,545 tons lost mainly to strike and car shortages. Accumulated tonnage reached 920,333 tons, a 30.7 percent rise over last year. Pocahontas Operators Association mines produced 503,849 tons, down 1.2 percent from 510,034 tons. Year to date tonnage totaled 2,668,714 tons, up 6.9 percent from 1955.
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Winding Gulf District
Winding Gulf
Pocahontas Operators Association
Fire damages home at 109 12 Smoot Street
A fire at 7:25 p.m. Tuesday damaged a house at 109 12 Smoot Street, with damages estimated at 150 dollars. The blaze started when a shoelace cloth toy touched an open heater while a little girl played nearby, igniting woodwork in Shirley Williams’s living room.
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Smoot St
Shirley Williams
Nine Raleigh County Women Earn Red Cross Home Nursing Awards
Nine Raleigh County women earned certificates in a Red Cross Home Nursing Class held at Clear Creek Presbyterian Church. Taught by Mrs. Jack Weller, the program noted daily water delivery from a student’s home and a student’s husband building fires for warmth, with three students walking a mile and a half to class.
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Raleigh County
Red Cross Home Nursing
Red Cross
Clear Creek
Jack Weller
Colcord
Clear Creek Presbyterian Church
Zada Matheney
Dallas ‘Stover
Louise Lilly
lEthel Stover
Cordie Williams
Artie
Annie Scarbro
Ethel Lawrence
Nancy Wil
Boosters Boost Equipment Fund For Sophia High School
Sophia High School boosters meet at Carnahan room to gift 584 dollars toward equipment including a new piano bought last spring and a wrestling mat costing about 234 dollars. The club already loaned funds for the piano and will finish paying for the mat. The concession stand profits support school athletic activities run by Mrs. W D McPherson Jr. and officers Leigh ton Farfey and J C Sha.
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Sophia High School
Joe Chub
Carnahan
O. B. Sturgill
W. D. McPherson Jr
Leighton Farfey
J. C. Sha
Eddie E. Vass Dies in Maryland
Eddie Elsworth Vass aged 36 formerly of Beckley died of a heart attack in Baltimore Maryland at 10 a.m. Tuesday He worked in Baltimore and his body will arrive at Caffee's Funeral Home at 7 30 a.m. Thursday Survivors include his wife Frances Bolt Vass and two children Janet Lee and Jennie of Baltimore Funeral arrangements are incomplete.
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Eddie Elsworth Vass
Beckley
Balttimore
Caffee
Frances Bolt Vass
Janet Lee
Jennie
Baltimore
Five Men Called For Draft Physical
Five area youths will undergo pre induction examinations on February 23 as ordered by the Beckley Selective Service Board. The called are Alvin Oliver Salmon of Harper Jack Herman Pack 112 Quarry Street Jesse Ray West of Jumping Branch Richard Lee Staats Beckley and Calvin Delacy Christian of Stanaford.
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Beckley
Rhodell Personal Notices Share Illnesses and Visits
Mr and Mrs Bill Shrewsberry travel from Detroit to Rhodell for the serious illness of B W Lilly at St Lukes Hospital Bluefield. Mrs Maudie Johns and Allen Johns visit relatives in Rhodell Baltimore Md links noted. Rev Newton Poling visits Bluefield St Lukes Hospital and Walter Whittaker Bluefield Sanitarium. Lilly Mack Shrewsberry visit Princeton Roy Hall home.
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Bill Shrewsberry
Rhodell
Detroit
Mich
B. W. Lilly
S J. Lukes Hospital
Bluefield
Mattie Powell
Princeton
G. D. Malcolm
L. E. Pennington
Charleston
C. B.grayhead
Maudie Johns
Baltimore
Rhodell Methodist Church
St. Lukes Hospital
Walter Whittaker
Bluefield Sanitarium
Walter Jr
Mack Shrewsberry
Josephine
Mrs
Roy E. Hall
Pure Oil Promotes Beckley Employees
Pure Oil announces promotions at its Beckley plant effective today. Thomas W. Greer rises from bulk plant superintendent to salesman, replacing Greer who becomes bulk plant superintendent. Clarence T. Cheetham advances from driver to bulk plant superintendent.
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Pure Oil
Beckley
Jack McCulloch
Thomas W. Greer
Ka ‘Nawha
Clarence T. Cheetham
Greer
Pure Oil Company
Stoco High School
Marshall College
U. S. Navy
Naval Reserve
Matilda Torrico
Cheetham
IM9
Woodrow Wilson High School
Beckley College
Army
Germany
Blaze damages car seat on North Kanawha Street
A fire blamed on a cigarette or cigar butt partially destroyed the front seat of a car on North Kanawha Street. Beckley Fire Department arrived quickly to extinguish the blaze while owner Clarence Hanson was at work. Damage estimated at $10.
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Kanawha Street
Beckley Fire Department
Clarence Hanson
Worms Close Library at University of Houston
Book worms forced University of Houston library to close as 133 000 volumes were fumigated. Officials announced a temporary shutdown while measures were taken to control the infestation and protect holdings.
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Houston
University of Houston
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