VPI Professor Addresses Engineers and Students at Dinner
Professor George Barnes of Virginia Tech spoke on engineering past present and future at Engineers Week dinner sponsored by the Appalachian Chapter of the West Virginia Society of Professional Engineers. He defined an engineer as a facts seeker who lowers costs and noted that the earth could support 500 million people without engineers. The talk highlighted global population share and production, with 65 attendees and slide rule awards to 22 area high schools in Raleigh Wyoming and Fayette counties to boost math and science interest.
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George Barnes
Virginia Polytechnic Institute
Appalachian Chapter
West Virginia Society of Professional Engineers
Barnes
Leslie Gates
Commissions Open for Women in Air Force Careers
The United States Air Force seeks qualified registered nurses dietitians and physical therapists through Sgt Dean Cooper at Beckley Air Force Recruiting Station Nurses may serve in military hospitals domestically or overseas Some may join Medical Specialist Corps as officers based on age education and experience Flight nurse and esthetist openings exist Also benefits include travel 30 days paid vacation uniforms laundry care and medical and dental coverage Direct commission inquiries should contact Sgt Cooper or Capt Ruth Conboy US Air Force Nurse Program Officer at the Old Post Office Building Pittsburgh PA.
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United States Air Force
Dean Cooper
Beckley Air Force
United States
Womeen
Air Force
Cooper
Ruth Conboy
USAF
Old Post
Pittsburgh
Evangelistic Services Continue at Beaver Church
Evangelistic services at the Church of God in Beaver will continue under Pastor Rev Beulah Pack following two weeks of meetings. Guest speaker Rev Lawrence Hern of Crab Orchard has spoken, and the church will host a chicken dinner Saturday from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m.
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Church of God
Beaver
Beulah Pack
Lawrence Hern
Crab Orchard
Suit Names Bandy in Court Dismissal
Damage suit naming Charles Bandy as defendant was dismissed last week in Raleigh County Circuit Court by Judge Norman Knapp. The case was brought by Lenwood Toler.
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Charles Bandy
Raleigh County
Norman Knapp
Bandy
Lenwood Toler
Mascot chosen for First Cavalry veterans group
EL PASO Texas AP reports 29 year old Big Red the retired cavalry mount has been elected as a mascot for the division veterans group. In Richmond Virginia ap story notes Glenwood Farms firemen burned an abandoned home multiple times to train volunteers. After several interior fires they extinguished the blazes and volunteers held a water fight.
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EL Paso
Tex
First Cavalry Division
Big Red
Army
Richmond, Va
Glenwood Farms
Swisher Shot at During Kiwanis Pan Cake Day Incident
Crown Point Indiana Charles Swisher was selling tickets for a Kiwanis Pan Cake Day when two sheriff deputies mistook him for a fugitive and fired several shots. He accepted apologies after selling them two tickets.
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Crown Point
Ind
Charles Swisher
Sheriff's Deputiea
Swisher
Some GIs Won't Get Dividends
Some 5,235,000 veterans are to receive a 256 million dividend this year but about 937,000 are excluded. Exclusions include Korean and post Korean NSLI policies, pre 1957 waivered V or K policies, extended term V and K series, and WWII disability NSLI policies issued before 1950.
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NSLI
USGLI
Countians Vote in West Virginia Burley Tobacco Referendum
Raleigh County joins 15 WV counties in a nationwide vote by burley tobacco growers to decide if marketing quotas should continue for three years. Agriculture leaders say county growth is negligible, but any burley producer statewide may vote with polling places open in each magisterial district.
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Raleigh
West Virginia
Burley Tobacco
Robert A. Flint
Kanawha County Agricultural Stabilization Committee
Burley
Flint
Relief aid total from Catholic Relief Services
The National Catholic Welfare Conference reports that Catholic Relief Services has sent 723 million dollars worth of supplies to needy people overseas over the last fifteen years.
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Washington, D.C
National Catholic Welfare Conference
Catholic Relief Services
Norfolk Woman Sees Confederate Money Exhibit
Evelyn Peebles visited a Norfolk exhibit of Confederate currency where one $10 bill bore her mother’s signature, reflecting her mother’s role as a Confederate treasury clerk in Richmond.
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Norfolk, Va
Evelyn Peebles
Richmond
Wraith Wreaks Writhed Wyrmlike Zealot Zephyr Zinnia Zither
A compact note lists scattered terms from Wraith to Zoological, showcasing varied nouns and abstract themes without a cohesive narrative or clear events.
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Wraith Wreak
Yeoman Zealot
Zephyr
Zinnia
Zither
Zoological
Underwood to Speak in Beckley Friday
Governor Cecil H. Underwood will be the main speaker at the Lincoln Day Dinner in Beckley Raleigh County Young Republicans sponsor. The dinner starts at 6 30 p m Friday at the Beckley Elks Club with Mrs Underwood present and John C Ashworth serving as toast master.
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Cecil H. Underwood
Raleigh County
Young Republicans
Beckley Elks Club
Robert N. Daniel
John C. Ashworth
Episcopal Church Pot Luck at St Stephen's
A parish family pot luck supper is planned for Wednesday at 6 p.m. in St Stephen's Episcopal Church. Members of the St Francis Guild will serve as hosts. The family parish service starts at 7 p.m.
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St. Stephen’s Episcopal Church
St. Francis Guild
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Trousseau
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Rva
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