Annette Fashions to Open Dress Shop in Beckley
Annette Fashions, the new dress shop from Beckley resident Jacob Silverberg, will open at 307 Neville St with fashions from New York Chicago and St Louis plus California coats and millinery. The remodel includes a large display area and light interiors. Silverberg, a Polish immigrant who arrived in 1921, cites Beckley's growth and banks' expansion as inspiration.
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Annette
Howard Clothes
Beckley
Silverberg
Poland
Alhough
Annette Fashions
United States
New York City
Pickus Brothers Department Store
G. C. Murphy Co
Memoriam Gifts Add Eye Catching Volumes To Library
Raleigh County Library shelves gain many memoriam volumes funded or chosen to honor deceased residents and relatives. Librarian Mrs. C H Graham notes the program boosts book variety with fiction non fiction art psychology history and early America, including The Human Mind in memory of Dr Paul R Copeland and other works honoring local figures.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dallas Boothe
Raleigh County
C. H. Graham
Graham
Karl A. Menninger
Paul R
Area Men Sign For Army and Air Force Service
Sixteen men joined the Air Force here last week including Wetzel Lee Adair Avondale and Ernest Russell Rollins Duck Charleston Eugene Marshall Charr Gary John Wesley Clemons Tioga Dennis Randolph Wagner II Amonate Denver Carroll Sperry Whitman Randolph Reagan Hutchins Elsie Lea Jude Amherstdale Don Lee Castamore Charleston Robert Lee Criner Reedy Robert Shannon O'Dell Smithers Aden Duncan Cline Beckley Roy Edward Hunter Nolan Stanley William Cozzuli Hemp Hill and Samuel Evans Campbell Hemphill All were sent to Lackland Air Force Base Texas for basic training. Separate list shows Army enlistees to the Army Receiving Station Ft Jackson South Carolina including Edgar Lampkin Castlewood Warren Creighton Dunlap Clendenin Howard Wayne Borrer Fayetteville and Jerry Me.
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Air Force
Wetzel Lee Adair
Avondale
Ernest Russell Rollins
Duck
Robert Eugene Shaw
Charleston
Eugene Marshall Charr
Gary
John Wesley Clemons
Tioga
Dennis Randoph Wagner II
Amonate
Denver Carroll Sperry
Whitman
Randolph Reagan
Hutchinson
Elsie Lea Jude
Amherstdale
Don Lee Castamore
Robert Lee Criner
Reedy
Robert Shannon O'Dell
Smithers
Aden Duncan Cline
Beckley
Roy Edward Hunter
Nolan
Stanley William Cozzuli
Hemphill
Samuel Evans Campbell
Lackland Air Force Base
Tex
U. S. Army
Army
Ft. Jackson
S. C
Edgar Lampkin
Castlewood
Warren Creighton Dunlap
Clendenin
Howard Wayne Borrer
Fayetteville
Jerry Me
Winter Birds Feeders Help Through Snowy Months
With over a foot of snow, readers are urged to sweep a feeding area and assist feathered neighbors. Those who routinely feed birds note the joy of their company and the value of bird talk, justifying the cost of corn and other feed.
Mountain State News Roundup From Weirton to Ravenswood
Retirement announcements at Weirton Steel include O. J. Gescheider after 43 years and Thomas F. Cleary in quality control. The Monongalia Dental Assn backs fluoridation of Morgantown water. Sears-Roebuck funds aid James L. Miller’s education at West Virginia Wesleyan. Vienna Charter Board backs council manager government for Wood County. West Virginia Methodists launch a one day drive for funding Negro colleges and student center. Governor Underwood to speak at Ravenswood Chamber dinner.
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Weirton Steel Co
O. J. Gescheider
Weirton Steel
Thomas F. Cleary
West Virginia Wesleyan
Sears-Roebuck Foundation
James L. Miller
Parkersburg
Miller
Sears Foundation
Vienna Charter Board
Wood County
West Virginia
Methodists
Methodist Church
Coal Industry Expands To Seek New Markets
The bituminous coal industry outlines plans to push into schools hospitals offices and processing plants. Barton R. Gebhart of Freeport chairs the National Coal Association s Bituminous Coal Institute Subcommittee and says the BCI will expand markets and persuade users of gas and oil to switch to coal.
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Florida
Midwest Coal Producers Institute
Barton R. Gebhardt
Freeage
National Coal Association
Bituminous Coal Institute
Gebhart
BCI
Association
Hospital News From Beckley and Raleigh General
Mrs Betty Ethrith of East Gulf is a Beckley Hospital patient recovering after surgery. Mrs Mary Harris of East Beckley is a Raleigh General Hospital patient. her son Drewery Jenkins of Charleston visited from Beckley Sunday. Mr and Mrs Otis Cooper of Lester travel to Anniston Alabama for the death of her father Elijah Craig. both funerals held Sunday. Mrs Patsy Hudson of Rice Street remains a Beckley Memorial Hospital patient. Addison Spencer, son of Mrs Willie Spencer Mackins of Westmoreland Street, went to Pittsburgh Pennsylvania Friday for new employment.
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Betty Ethrith
East Gulf
Beckley Hospital
Mary Harris
East Beckley
Raleigh General Hospital
Drewery Jenkins
Charleston
Beckley
Otis Cooper
Lester
Anniston
Ala
Elijah Craig
Coopers
Craigs
Patssy Hudson
Rice Street
Beckley Memorial Hospital
Addison Spencer
Willie Spencer Mackins
Westmoreland Street
Pittsburgh
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Malcolm
Sonia
Cleveland
Ohio
Temple Beth el
B'nai B'rith
the Elks
The
Masons
the Shrine
Heber and
Prince Streets
Yellow Cab Co
F. H. Carter
Cab
Erma Huttner
Ben Ashworth
Buck” Ross
Andy Farmer
Huttner
California
Ross
Christian Book
McCreery St
George Harrard
Appalachian Bible Institute
Bradley
James Tawney
Custom Electronics
Tawney
Capitol City
B. C. Jennings
South Heber St
Harrard
Bible Institute
Navy
Charles W. Jackson
Chesapeake and Potomac Telephone Co
Bell Telephone System
Jackson
G. W. Joseph
Thomas R. Ferguson
Truman Sayre
Beckley Club
Ferguson
D & R Pratt
J. W. Whit
Woodrow Wilson High School
West Virginia University
Miles & Gabrielsen
Mineral Kingdom
Richard Pearl
Rutherford Platt
Larry Keller
W. R
Bill” Fugitt
Executive Secondary Schools Activities
YU. S
Michael Kraus
U. S
Foster Dulles
Gisela Richter
Edison
Matthew Josephson
Lewis Winant
Ed Sharp
Duble Muscadine
Frances Garther
Ernest Hemingway
Leah Blankenship
David& Engle
Captain Cousteau
Jacques Cousteau
Grover Co
Ben Moore
John V. Mann
Westinghouse
Testinghouse
Ashworth & Sparks, Inc
Prince St., Beckley
Martyn's
Prince St
A. A. Farmer CO
Bolt, W. Va
Pagoda Shopping Center
Harper Road
A. W. Cox Dept
Hinton
W. Va
F. G. Lobban CO
Alderson, W. Va
the Valley CO
Lewisburg, W. Va
Superior Sterling Co., Distributors
Bluefield, W. Va
LY Izle
Mountain State Miscellany
Monongalia County Dental Assn
Morgantown
John J. Kraina
Weirton
Kraina
Underwood
Greater Ravenswoodee of Commerce
Cinnematcout
Audie Murphy
Joanne Dru Gilbert Roland
Jim Bockus
Cartoon Festival
Simon Peter OF
Galle
Yoming Mullens
Ak Douglas
CoGee
June Allyson
Jeff Chandler Tranger In
Si Mu Arms
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