Annual Red Cross Drive Opens Across County
The Red Cross annual fund drive starts today with the theme Good Things Happen When You Help and runs through March. Col. Robert Thompson Jr. of the Raleigh County Chapter chairs the effort and urges countywide contact and contributions to sustain a strong RC chapter. Area volunteers include Mrs. W C Jones Amigo Mrs Wannie Brown Arnett and many others across communities with more chairmen to be named later.
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Red Cross
Col
Robert Thompson Jr
Raleigh County
Thomson
W. C. Jones
Amigo
Wannie Brown
Arnett
Robert Thomson Jr
American Red Cross Fund Drive
L. E. Maloney
E. Prince Sr
First Aid Equipment To Be Explained
Albert Allen Jr a Beckley Fire Department lieutenant will present a program on emergency first aid equipment for Beckley at the Central School Parent Teacher Association meeting at 7 30 p m today A classroom visitation period will be conducted prior to the program according to Dr W W McKinney president
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Albert Allen Jr
Beckley
Central School
Parent-Teacher Association
W. W. McKinney
Bicycle Victim Finley Summers Treated for Head Injuries
Finley Summers aged 60 of 423 Bailey Avenue was treated at Beckley Memorial Hospital at 6 15 p m Monday for head injuries after being struck by a bicycle.
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Finley Summers
Bailey Ave
Beckley Memorial Hospital
West Virginia's Big Local Payroll Customer
The speaker highlights a payroll near 25 million dollars annually, most spent locally, emphasizing the region as a major customer to West Virginia businesses.
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West Virginia
Choral Society of Beckley Organizes With 24 Present
The Choral Society of Beckley under William H. Cruser organized with 24 members in a Presbyterian Church meeting. Officers were elected: Mrs. John Hodel president, Doug Gilmer vice president, Mrs. B. K. Peter secretary treasurer, librarians Mrs. James A. Davis and Mrs. H. Whitley Perkins. Next meeting set for March 6 at 7:30 p.m.
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Choral Society
Beckley
William H. Cruser
Presbyterian Church
Cruser
Whhich
Critser
John Hodel
Doug Gilmer
B. K. Peter
James A. Davis
H. Whitley Perkins
Regional Forensic Tourney Slated at Beckley College
Four area high schools Collins Oak Hill Shady Spring Clear Fork and Woodrow Wilson will enter the Region V Forensic Tournament at Beckley College March 8 and 9 Debate on day one and speech on day two Williams Woodrow Wilson instructor and Miss Topsy O'Dell Beckley College arrange ballots and procedures Registration and rounds detailed for debates extemporaneous speaking and oral interpretation Judges names withheld until tourney end with regional winners advancing to Morgantown March 23 25 Sophomores Cappellari and Raines and Laqueur Garrison represented for Woodrow Wilson in American Legion Oratorical Contest debate actions held in Bluefield Friday
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Beckley College
Woodrow Wilson High School
Julian Williams
Clear Fork
Collins
Oak Hill
Shady Spring
Woodrow Wilson
Collins High
Shady Spring High
Fayette
Nicholas
Raleigh
Webster
Morgantown
Williams
Woodrow Wilson High
Topsy O'Dell
Miss O'Dell
Bluefield
American Legion
Mary Margaret Cappellari
Jane Raines
United Nations
Thomas Laqueur
Mary Lou Garrison
Driver Pleads On Defective Equipment Charge
Roger Allen Carr of Beckley pleaded guilty in Police Court to driving a vehicle with defective equipment and was fined 35 dollars before Judge Edward P. Stansbury. Nine other defendants forfeited a total of 311.05 in bonds. Bobby L. Short of Oak Hill forfeited 106.50 for drunk driving. Oretta Rollyson Beckley 100 for shoplifting. Otway F. Cook 30 for leaving the scene. Lloyd C. Stone Beckley 5 for going the wrong way. five others forfeited bonds totaling 70.50 on various charges.
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Roger Allen Carr
Beckley
Edward P. Stansbury
Bobby L. Short
Oak Hill
Oretta Rollyson
Otway F. Cook
Lloyd C. Stone
Job openings listed at Beckley Employment Security office
Twenty nine applicants filed for work at Beckley Employment Security. Jobs include one cashier one demonstrator four sales clerks one stock clerk one chef one packer one porter one ticket seller one bulldozer operator one carpenter one highway foreman three truck drivers three service station attendants one construction laborer three coal loaders two coal cutting machine operators two mine laborers and one mine brakeman. Out of area openings include one architect nurse instructor pharmacist clerk typist and clerk stenographer.
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Beckley Office of Employment Security
West Virginia University Students Earn Dean’s Honors
West Virginia University announces six area students earning dean’s honors across colleges. Beckley residents Janet Kay Woods and Phyllis Peregoy Dusi made the College of Education honor roll among 46 with grades 3.3 to 3.99. In Agriculture Forestry and Home Economics seniors John Burl Peters Cool Ridge Robert G. Brooks Fayetteville and Anthony Mollish Raleigh join honored seniors, with Margaret Rose Richmond Beckley among sophomores also recognized.
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West Virginia University
Janet Kay Woods
Beckley
Phyllis Peregoy Dusi
College of Education
College of Agriculture, Forestry and Home Economics
John Burl Peters
Cool Ridge
Robert G. Brooks
Fayetteville
Anthony Mollish
Raleigh
Margaret Rose Richmond
Mother Hospitalized and Son Also Being Treated
Mrs. Rufena O'Dell of Colonial Apartments was admitted to Raleigh General Hospital Sunday for observation and treatment and is in good condition. Her son O. A. O'Dell, recovering from a heart attack at home two weeks ago, is also in good condition. John Johnson of Scott Avenue sustained a back injury stepping from a car Monday and was treated at Beckley Hospital.
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Rufena O'Dell
Colonial Apartments
Raleigh General Hospital
O'Dell
O. A. O'Dell
John Johnson
Scott Avenue
Beckley Hospital
Missionary Schedules Three Talks This Week
The Rev. Herschel Cohn, missionary to Israel, will speak at Shady Spring Baptist Church at 7 p m Wednesday, at First Baptist Church Sophia at 11 a m Sunday, and at Calloway Heights Baptist Church at 7 30 p m Sunday, outlining his mission work and plans.
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Herschel Cohn
Israel
Shady Spring Baptist Church
First Baptist Church
Sophia
Calloway Heights
Mabscott PTA Meeting Tonight At School
The Mabscott Parent Teacher Association will meet at 7 30 this evening in the school. Principal Basil Anderson will explain the pupil grading process. Room visitation is scheduled for 7 p m.
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Mabscott Parent-Teacher Association
Basil Anderson
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