Stoco High School Student Council Plans Projects
Stoco High School student council members from sophomore to senior classes discuss coming projects and upcoming meetings. Names mentioned include Corinne Bowling Norma Payne Mike Meadows Everette Martin Phyllis Farley Bonita Waddell Lacy Meadows Barbara Bucklin among others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stoco High School
Corinne Bowling
Norma Payne
Mike Meadows
Everette Martin
Phyllis Farley
Bonita Waddell
Lacy Meadows
Barbara Bucklin
Ex-Beckleyan To Develop Tourist Trade
A former Beckley resident and Woodrow Wilson High School graduate, Paul Skeeter of St. Albans was named director of tourist development for the West Virginia Industrial and Publicity Commission. He replaces Cole Potter as acting administrator assistant after Frohman Johnson resigned to work on Harold E. Neelys campaign for governor. Skeeter, Charleston native and Morris Harvey College attendee, has a background in promotional work and newspaper business offices in Casper, Wyoming.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Beckleyan
Woodrow Wilson High School
West Virginia Industrial and Publicity Commission
Paul Skeeter
St. Albans
Commission
Frohman Johnson
Public Institution
Harold E. Neely
Neely
Cole Potter
Buckhannon
Don Crislip
Skeeter
Charleston
Morris Harvey College
Potter
Casper, Wyo
Three Chancery Suits Instituted
Three suits in chancery were filed Monday in Raleigh County Circuit Clerk's office. John Doe estate administrators Fourney and Har grove sue former administrator Har grove and others including banks, trustees, and companies. Fees of 21.50 and 17.50 were paid for the suits. A third suit, by Buford Pugh, aims to partition property with Leo Birch as attorney.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Raleigh
Paul J. Fourney
Clay Hargrove
Lloyd Hargrove
Norman Hargrove
Thelma
Gladys
Henry Clay
Blanche
Wilhelmina
William Leonard Hargrove
C. D. Trent
Leo Birch
The
Beckley National Bank
S. A. Abram
James Timmons
K. D. Bowers
Pat H. Wheeler
Mary Elizabeth Davis
George
Thomas
John Floyd
Garrett Howland
Minnie
Nannie Edwards
Buford Pugh
Dewey Pittman
Florence J
J. L. Fitzpatrick
Otis
Clara Johnson
Dallas
Hazel Johnson
Annie Johnson
Fletcher
Hope Mann
Richard Pittman
C O predicts 1960 will bring higher revenues for rail line
Chesapeake and Ohio Railway announced in its flash annual report that 1959 ended stronger financially and physically, with net income of 46 million dollars and earnings of 5.60 a share. For 1960, the 175th anniversary year, executives Cyrus Eaton and Walter Tuohy forecast uninterrupted industrial activity boosting revenues and earnings, with improved working capital and sustained dividend.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chesapeake and Ohio Railway Today
Cyrus Eaton
Walter J. Tuohy
Eaton and
Tuohy
Out Of State Visitors Spend Holidays In City
Holiday guests include Irvin and Kathy Jones from New York City and Vivian Fitts of Philadelphia visiting the Fitts family at 505 Hunter Street. Other visitors travel from Brooklyn and Detroit to spend time with relatives in the area and travel plans include trips to Indianapolis. Sgt. Jerry O. Watson returns to Ft. Benning after holidays with his wife and children.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
V. C. Fitts
Hunter St
Irvin Jones
Kathy
New York City
Vivian Fitts
Philadelphia
Jerry O. Watson
Ft. Benning, Ga
Charlotte Wright
Jerry Jr
Yvette Marie
Adkins
Free Saturday Morning Movies for Raleigh County Kids
Beckley Theatre to host 10 week program inviting children to attend every Saturday at 10 a.m. The Mercantile Division of the Beckley Chamber of Commerce sponsors while parents shop. Tickets handed out in county elementary schools. Features are juvenile friendly with cartoons and a roughly two hour runtime.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Beckley Theatre
Raleigh County
G. C. Porter
Mercantile Division
The
Beckley
Porter
Mr. Palmer
McClure Street
Brown President
Web
Ohio Driver Cited After City Wreck
Aurelia Y. Flynn, 22, of Cleveland, was cited for failing to yield the right of way after a two car collision on City Avenue at 2 p.m. Monday. Damages were estimated at $80. The other driver was Jennings R. Campbell, 53, of Mount Hope.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cleveland
Ohio
Beckley
City Avenue
Aurelia Y. Flynn
Jenning R. Campbell
Mount Hope
Professional Engineers Ladies Night in Beckley Hotel
The Appalachian Chapter West Virginia Society of Professional Engineers hosts a ladies night banquet at the Beckley Hotel ballroom Monday at 7 p m. Guest speaker is T W Patterson professor at Virginia Tech Institute.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Appalachian Chapter
West Virginia Society of Professional Engineers
Beckley Hotel
T. W. Patterson
Virginia Polytechnic Instite
Area Men Enlist in Army Navy Reinlist at Fort Knox
Area men from Virginia and nearby towns enlisted in the Army this week. Names include Oscar Headon Sizemore Lan dale Claude Kimple Price Gernie Lewis Frantz James Andrew Amberger Franklin Dee McNeely Jimmy Lee Martin David Harvey Brown William Wayne Neal George Lincoln Henderson Debbert Lee Patton Donald Lee Fox Billy Patte Lee Fox William Patteron Bragg Bobby Ray Laverty Iv ars Strals Mullens Robert Lee Ware James Malcolm Spears Clayton Caldwell Norman Gene Meador and others. All were sent to Fort Knox Kentucky. Two men re enlisted in the Navy James Preston Anderson and Kenneth Gray Sharp.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oscar Headon Sizemore
Landale
Claude Kimple Price
Saltville
Gernie
Lewis Frantz
Roanoke
James Andrew Amberger
Wytheville
Franklin Dee McNeely
Peach Creek
Jimmy Lee Martin
Craigsville
David Harvey Brown
Kenova
William Wayne Neal
George Lincoln Henderson
Charleston
Debbert Lee Patton
Fayetteville
Donald Lee Fox
Bradley
William Patte Lee Fox
William Patteron Bragg
Ansted
Bobby Ray Laverty
Saxon
Ivars Strals
Mullens
Robert Lee Ware
Marlinton
James Malcolm Spears
Man
Clayton Caldwell
Shawsville
Norman Gene Meador
Beckley
Fort Knox
Navy
James Preston Anderson
Prince
Kenneth Gray Sharp
Clover Lick
Thursday Rites Set For Slack in Pratt
Final rites for G. W. Slack of Minneapolis will be held at 2 30 p m Thursday at the Prior Funeral Home Pratt with burial in the Pratt family cemetery. Slack died from injuries after a fall in Noel Missouri while on a business trip. He was survived by his wife three daughters two sons and several siblings. A separate note mentions a survey by Eugene Gilbert and Co finding most teenagers read newspapers and a line about Mrs. Watson child of James Wright.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
G. W. Slack
Minneapolis
Minn
John Peters
East C St
Pratt
Hansford
Montgomery
Slack
Stella
Noel
R. =. Slack
South Kanawha Street
Biddie Slack
Bonna Elkins
Logan
June Radford
Washington, D. C
Glenna Warren
Miami
Fla
Carl
George Slack Jr
R. R. Slack
Grafton
Amere Gas Utilities seeks 50 year Beckley franchise
Amere Gas Utilities Company file a fifty year franchise application with Beckley Common Council Raleigh County West Virginia to lay pipes and operate natural gas services in city streets sidewalks alleys and public places for domestic industrial and commercial use. The notice invites public hearing after four weeks of publication and is signed by Vice President W P Dick.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Amere Gas Utilities Company
West Virginia
Common Council
Beckley
Raleigh County
Social Security tax rates rise under 1968 act
Social Security District Director Philipp L. Charles notes a rate increase under the Insurance Contributions Act. Employers and employees each pay 3 percent, totaling 6 percent for wages paid on or after January 1, 1960, with the first 4800 dollars of wages per employee annually still taxed. IRS publications with revised tax tables are available at IRS offices.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Internal Revenue Service
Daniels 4 Her Club Plans Friday Roller Skating Party
The Daniels community 4-H Club, at its annual meeting led by Paul Smith, decided to host a roller skating party on Friday. The meeting at Charles Smith house featured 4-H songs and pledges, readings by Becky Jett Joann Cochran and Nancy Smith, and notes on the next gathering set for February 1 at Mrs Petty’s home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Daniels Community
4-H Club
Paul Smith
Becky Jett
Joann Cochran
Nancy Smith
Charles Smith
Daniels
Paul Pettry
Public Service Commission Sets Fuel Clause Hearing in 1959 Case 5047
The Public Service Commission of West Virginia in Charleston orders Appalachian Power Company to file revised tariff sheets including a fuel clause. The commission suspends current rates to May 30 1960 and schedules a hearing January 29 1960 at 10 a.m. in Charleston to consider the fuel clause impact on all customer classes and equitable cost application. The notice directs publication in eight counties and identifies cases, dates, and locations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Public Service Commission OF
West Virginia
Capitol
Charleston
Appalachian Power Company
P.s.c. W. Va
myrTy
Harry
Commission
Pone Compi Ee Company
Cabell
Kanawha
Logan
McDowell
Mason
Mercer
Mingo
Raleigh
Newspapers outsell passenger car registrations nationwide
More newspapers are sold daily than the total number of passenger cars registered in the United States, highlighting strong demand for print media amid a growing auto market.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
Funeral Announcements Reflect Local Losses in Beckley
In Beckley a string of notices records deaths of Ella Dixon 81 of Coal City Ellis Tolley 62 of Glen Daniel and Eugene Pankey 21 months son of Richard and Mary Pankey The services for Pankey are set for Tuesday at Wright and Anderson Funeral Home with burial at Wright Cemetery The other arrangements follow at Rose and Quesenberry Funeral Home and for all listings local florists and service providers are named The ads also promote job openings and training programs in printing real estate sales and insurance with multiple firms seeking workers through Beckley and surrounding areas
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dixon
Ella (Nee Bowman
Coal City
Margaret Smith
Route 1
Beckley
Rose and Quesenberry
Kanawha Street
Tolley Tolley
Ellis Callihill
Glen Daniel
Rose and Quesenberry Funeral Home
South
Rose & Quesenberry Funeral Home
Pankey Pankey
Eugene
Richard Pankey
Simpkins Street
Wright and Anderson Funeral Home
W. J. Carter
Wright
Wright & Anderson Funeral Home
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Stoco
Ronald Bolton
Stoco High
C&o
Oscar L. Tinsley
S. Fayette St
Walter Woodson
Brooklyn
N. Y
Matthew Scott
George Stockton
Grant St
Freddie Thomas
Dayton
William Fullen
Detroit
Mich
Mattie Fullen
Ervin Fullen
Fullens
William and
Bernard Banks
Alberta Singley
Indianapolis
Ind
Ramon Singley
Alesa
Andrew Fullen
Army
Eugene Gilbert and Co
Ameregas Utilities Company
W. P. Dick
Internal Revenue
Philipp L. Charles
Oakwood
Dias Foral CO
City Ave
Thornton Florists
Prince Street
John William Mohler
Junior
Wury
Mrs
Etta Mohler
Johnstown Rd
DIAL
Amos E. Quesenberry
Beckley Post Office
Beckley Newspapers
Robert L. Amick
Ep Newspapers
Call Brown
Lowell Foley
Todd’s Grocery and Hardware
Beaver
Buckley Photo Service
Church Street
Jimmy
House of Beauty
Main St. Ph
Earl R. Huddle
Earl’s
Main St
Delmas Elkins
Burgess Street
Southern Institute of Graphic Arts
P. O
Nashville
Tennessee Repair Service
James
Valley Dr. Ph. CL
Scott's Cabinet Shop
Kanawha St
W. C. Rogers Plumbing & Heating
Temple St
Wrights
Ashworth & Sparks, Inc
Prince St. Beckley
John W. Eye
West
Neville St
Lovitz Television
John W. Eye Radio
D. Conner
Orchard Ave
Lilly
Valley Drive
Piney Ave
Valley Dr
Connie Gillian
Lewis Transfer Co
Jan Campbell Music Co
Dial CL
Hinton
Hemlock Or
White Pine Gray Lumber Co
Crab Orchard
W.va
Wright’s
Jim Green
Raleigh Insurance Agency
Bath
New York
Dix Agency
West 34Th St
Dial CI
Rev. Moore
Long Island
Pardel
Broad St
Presner
Beckley, Mullens, and Vicinity
Magic Valley
W. Va
Sophia Finance Company
National Banker's Life Insurance Company
Bonifide
R. B. Pfaff
Gameety
Iaie
Young Lady
Roy A. Jones
R. L
J. H. Stinson
East Dial
Nature Shop
Shady Springs
Earl Mann
Singer Sewing Center
South Kanawha Streep
Maytag
Wilson's
S. Kanawha
Electrolux Corp
Best Furniture CO
South Fayette Street
Westinghouse
Emerson
Glen Ave
Baker Lumber Sales
Byus-Mankin Lumber Co
N. Kanawha St
Amana
Simpson
Mt. Hope
International
J. W. Huddle
Clyde Street
Ashworth Firestone
Ore
Sit Mills
Sophia
Zenith
Clothin
Vancers
K. M. Walker
Homelite
Dearing Bros
SEARS
Homart
Sears, Roebuck & Co
Fraser
Bishop Street
Remington
Klaus
McCreery St
McCulloch
Silver King
Atkins
Oregon
Basham
Rt. 3
Hinton-Beckley Road
White Oak
BNC Printing
W. Prince Street
Beckley, W. Va
County Beckley, W. Va
Raleigh Glass
City Ave. Ph
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