Lavinder resigns as New River Supply manager in Beckley
R. M. Bud Lavinder resigns as manager of New River Supply Co. Prince Street store after two years in the role and eight years with the company. He will stay in Beckley, involved with local clubs and chambers. His successor not named. furniture and appliances departments assigned to Paul Haner and Don Heaberlin. Operations move to 337 Neville Street on Tuesday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
R. M
Bud” Lavinder
New River Supply Co
Prince Street
Lavinder
Beckley
Chamber of Commerce
The
Fayetteville High School
Delahanty Institute
New York City
New River Supply
Bell Telephone Laboratories
New River and Pocahontas Coal Co
Virginia Electric Co
Charleston
Paul Haner
Don Heaberlin
Neville Street
Countians to Attend Concord Conference in Athens
Raleigh County school staff and a dozen locals are invited to a regional economic development conference at Concord College in Athens on Thursday. Superintendent Sherman C. Trail and assistants Mason Anderson Dewey Bone and William Reid will attend with many invited delegates from state politics unions industry and business.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Raleigh County
Concord College
Athens
Sherman C. Trail
Mason Anderson
Dewey Bone
William C. Reid
Register and Post-Herald
Joseph F. Marsh
George Titler
United Mine Workers of America
George C. Porter
W. W. Withrow
C. Berkley Lilly
Roy Lee Harmon
House of Delegates
Jack A. Nuckols
Reid P. Davis
UMWA
M. F. Barksdale
S. F. Caseinone
Beckley Manufacturing Co
Floyd M. Sayre Jr
Beckley Chamber of Commerce
Hulett C. Smith
A. J. Walker
Slab Fork Coal Co
The
Appalachian Power Co
R. C Parrott
Industrial Development Department
Norfolk and Western Railway
West Virginia
Animals In News at Start of Year Revelations in Beckley
A two foot snake appeared on Crescent Road and was killed by Jerry Underwood and Slugger White. The boys are sons of L H Underwood and Cotton White. A pony belonging to Grady Whitlock was treated for shock after getting caught in a feed manger. Beckley Wrecking Co. freed it and Dr C F Hale tended it. The incident occurs as snakes are unusual for the season.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Beckley
Crescent Road
Jerry Underwood
White
L. H. Underwood
Cotton White
Grady Whitlock
Beckley Wrecking Co
C. F. Hale
Family grief spans towns for three deaths
MR. AND MRS. William Terry and family of Harper Heights left Wednesday to attend the funeral of her brother Eugene Hairston who died Christmas Day. They were accompanied by Mrs. Lillie Cousins. MRS. DORA SNYDER of East Beckley has learned of the death of her sister Mrs. Sallie Calloway in Roanoke Virginia.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William Terry
Harper Heights
Eugene Hairston
Lillie Cousins
Dora Snyder
East Beckley
Sallie Calloway
Roaoke
Holiday guest Tyree family in New York City
MISS MARJORIE F TYREE of New York City is a holiday guest of her parents Mr and Mrs James F Tyree. DINNER GUESTS Monday at Miss Carolyn Snyder Harper Heights included Miss Janice Muse Dayton Ohio Ian K Pearis Washington Dc Mrs Garnett Pearis Smithers and Lt and Mrs Roland Jones Fort Riley Kan
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marjorie F. Tyree
New York City
N. Y
James F. Tyree
Carolyn Snyder
Harper Heights
Janice Muse
Dayton
Ohio
Ian K. Pearis
Washington, D.C
Garnett Pearis
Smithers
Roland Jones
Fort Riley
Kan
New England Lowest Highway Death Rate. Mountain States Highest
Life insurance statisticians report the lowest highway accident death rate in New England states while the highest rate is observed in the Mountain States in the West.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New England States
West
Mountain States
Beckley First Baby Of Year Beats Charleston Infant
Vicki Yvonne Pugh, born at Beckley Memorial Hospital at 2 52 Sunday afternoon, was not the first baby of the year. A Charleston infant entered just after midnight won the honor, weighing 8 pounds 14 and 1/2 ounces. Vicki Yvonne is the seventh child of Mr. and Mrs. Russell Pugh of Lawton, whose father works at the Lawton mine.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Beckley
Charleston
Russell Pugh
Lawton
Beckley Memorial Hospital
Vicki Yvonne
Students and guests at Stratton High school affair
A senior Mary Ellen Moore and freshman Mark Skaggs led a guest list at an Alderson-Broaddus event hosted by Miss Lowe at 107 Travelers Lane. Attendees included Sandra Williams a Woodrow Wilson junior Donald Marchio a Mount Hope junior Mary Hutchinson Beckley College Button Lowe Woodrow Wilson senior Lois Arnott David Davies and Theresa Kidd all Alderson-Broaddus students.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mary Ellen Moore
Stratton High School
Mark Skaggs
Alderson- Broaddus
Sandra Williams
Woodrow Wilson High
Miss Lowe
B. F. Lowe
Travelers Lane
Donald Marchio
Mount Hope High School
Mary Hutchinson
Beckley College
Button Lowe
Woodrow Wilson
Lois Arnott
David Davies
Theresa Kidd
Alderson-Broaddus
Varney
Susan Lowe
Hornets Create Inside View At Beckley Home Nest
In 1960 readers learned how a hornet nest formed inside the Gorsica home window at Flat Top. The piece explains hornet biology, nest construction, seasonality, and colony structure, noting about 5 000 hornets per average nest and parasitic insects inside the nest soil. Also covered is Rev George McCune’s upcoming talk at Appalachian Bible Institute and his recent Africa mission experiences.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Opal Ripley
John Gorshas
Gorsicas
Gorsica
George McCune
Baptist Foreign Mission Society
Wheaton
Ill
Appalachian Bible Institute
Bradley
McCune
Republic of
Ivory Coast
Belgian Congo
Africa
Congo
Jordan
Italy
Portugal
Sophia High seniors work on yearbook projects early
Sophia High School seniors already begin graduation projects including the yearbook as the first semester nears its end. The school newspaper notes their early effort and teamwork shaping the yearbook and other senior projects.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sophia High School
Library to resume regular hours Tuesday
The Raleigh County Library will reopen Tuesday and continue its usual hours for the rest of the week. Tuesday evening hours from 6 to 8 30 are also observed as usual, per Mrs. C. H. Graham.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Raleigh County
C. H. Graham
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Pinto
del Monte
Armour
U.S. No
Concord
Terry
Vicki Yvonne Pugh
John Gorsia
Beckleyans
Viper
Sophia Sti
Margie Terry
Nan
Udent Council
Morton
Walker
Emanuel Gaziano
Joanne Kish
Jesse McElrath
Charles
Sophia
Nancy Morton
Nancy Bowman
Dreama Bauquess
Connie Barr
Bernard Cline
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