Conley High Students Plan Varied School Show Tonight
Conley High School Library Club presents a variety show at 7 30 p m in the Mul lens school auditorium with Mrs Gloria Jackson directing Proceeds aid school audio visual aids A Miss Variety contest will follow the show Founders Day events at West Wickham PTA begin Sunday afternoon with a guest speaker Mrs Hattie McDaniels at 1 30 p m at the Fireco Elementary school First Baptist and Second Baptist church programs raise funds for building and missions The week features church events engagements and community notices across Beckley and surrounding towns
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Conley High School Library Club
Mullens
Gloria Jacksons
Ward
Founders Day
West Wickham
Parent-Teacher Association
Hattie McDaniels
Fireco
North Beckley
J. W. Gowens
Second Baptist Church
Meas Club
Temple Builders
Church Building Fund
Obie Steve
Frank Terry
Tom Jones
Jim Neals
B. G. Hughes
Frank Haley
Clarence Cash
Lawrence Banks
Clarence Gilbert
June Carter
T. M. Jones
Mack Henry
Gladstone Cunningham
Millard Barrett
Tommy Jackson
W. M. Jackson
Huntington Store Executive Succumbs
John W. Long, 38, vice president and treasurer of the Anderson Newcomb Co., Huntington department store, died early Thursday of a heart attack after recently returning from a Florida vacation. A Chillicothe, Ohio native, World War I veteran, he attended Ohio Wesleyan College and the University of Chicago, where he worked with System Magazine before joining Anderson Newcomb in 198?. Long led civic affairs as president of the Guyan Country Club and is survived by his widow and two sons.
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Huntington
John W. Long
Anderson-Newcomb Co
Long
Florida
Seem
Ingly
Chillicothe
Ohio
Ohio Wesleyan College
University of Chicago
System Magazine
West Virginia Declares I Day For Insurance Agents
Gov. Mar land proclaims February 27 as I Day to highlight the business of writing insurance policies. About 300 agents and company employees will attend a Huntington meeting sponsored by the State Association of Insurance Agents and the Huntington Jop? ran a scheduled speaker to discuss insurance regulation.
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Charleston
Marland
West Virginia
Huntington
State Association of Insurance Agents
Huntington Joe
Thom
Heart Fund Drive Opens in Raleigh County with Displays
The Heart Fund Drive in Raleigh County opened Thursday featuring plastic heart containers in local stores. The Raleigh Business and Professional Women's Club plans a countywide direct appeal to businesses with letters urging contributions, supporting this year’s Heart Drive effort.
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Heart Fund
Raleigh County
Raleigh Business and Professional Women’s Club
$2,500 Suit Filed Against Bolts in Raleigh County
A 2500 dollar suit was filed Tuesday in the Raleigh County Circuit Clerk's office by Kelly Parnell naming Herbert and Opal Bolt as defendants. Details on the case were not available.
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Raleigh County Circuit Clerk's Office
Kelly Pannell
Herbert
Opal Bolt
Democrat Withdraws From Constable Race in Raleigh County
A Democratic candidate from Slab Fork District, P. Hatcher, withdrew his candidacy papers from the Raleigh County Circuit Clerk's office after completing the required forms and mailing them to the Circuit Clerk.
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Slab Fork
Raleigh
P. Hatcher
Odd
Hatcher
Fifteen Area Men Enlist in Armed Forces
Fifteen men joined services at the focal recruiting station on Tuesday. Fourteen chose the Air Force and one joined the Army. Those headed for Lackland AFB for basic training include Charles E. Gibson Clendenin Robert L. Kidd Howard T. Marks Charleston Arnold E. Burden Ikes Forks Jerome B. Taylor New Haven Conn Joe Sargent Rossmore Kenneth L. Ledford Jaeger James M. Oxley Powellion Mackie D. Bailey Bluefield Joseph E. Perry Tazewell Edgar Thompson Farrellsburg Carry Price McRoss David B. Cunningham Charlestown Robert E. Day Jr Renick Edwin W. McGinnis Beckley reporting to Ft Jackson SC for basic training.
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Armed Forces
Air Force
Army
Lackland Afb
Charles E. Gibson
Clendenin
Robert L. Kidd
Martin L. Kidd
Kimberly
Howard T. Marks
Charleston
Arnold E. Burden
Arnold Burden
Ikes Forks
Jerome B. Taylor
New Haven
Britain Cypriot Leaders Favor Home Rule Plan
In Nicosia informed sources say Britain and the Cypriot movement leader have agreed on a home rule plan for Cyprus. London officials acknowledged the offer but would not comment on reports that Archbishop Makarios has reportedly accepted the plan for the colony's status.
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Okeh Vicosia
Cyprus
Britain
Movement For Union
Greece
inLondon
Arios
Cypridot
Graveside Riles Held For William Galloway
Graveside services were held at Bresanoed Memorial Park at 1 p.m. Thursday for William Galloway. Survivors include two sisters Marine Yvonne and Flaster Patricia Ann. three brothers Gilbert Earl Y Thomas and Percy Lee Galloway III, all of Raleigh. Maternal grandmother Mrs. Ethel Standard of White Sulphur Springs and paternal grandparents Mr. and Mrs. Percy Lee Galloway of Alderson. C. D. Trent Funeral Home in charge.
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Bresanoed Memorial Park
Wil- Merend Be
Seer Tek
Raleigh County Sixth in Wholesale Trade Statewide
Raleigh County ranks sixth in the state in wholesale trade per the latest U S Census data. In 1964 Raleigh wholesale sales reached 21 863 dollars, up from 17 460 in 1948, a 25 percent gain year over year. Other Raleigh wholesale firms reported 16 594 in 1954 versus 11 250 in 1948, a 47.5 percent rise, with Kanawha Cabell Ohio Mercer and Harrison counties listed ahead.
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U. S. Department of Commerce
Raleigh
Kanawha
Cabell
Ohio
Mercer
Harrison
Army AWOL member held for return to authorities
Curtis R. Lee, an Army member with unknown address, was jailed in Raleigh County Jail at 10 p m Wednesday for absence without leave from his military station. He will be held for return to military authorities.
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Curtis R. Lee
Raleigh
Boss or Beloken at Broken Spur
In a mid night confrontation at Broken Spur Wayne Cameron and Lon plot to seize the town. Kerry fights back as Calder is killed and Lita dies from gunshots while Christie tends the wounded and Kerry prepares a risky strike to draw Cameron into the open. The scene ends with Kerry waging a desperate mental and physical stand.
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Mallory
Lon
Cameron
Wayne
Calder
Nesters
Gampbler
Lita
Death
Cottonwood Grove
Reb
Christie
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