Appalachian Employer Share Prizes Winners Named In Idea Contest
A total of 1700 dollars in prize money was shared by 11 winners across the Appalachian Electric Power System. The contest recognized innovative ideas from employees within the system and highlighted the top submissions. Names and exact prize amounts were distributed among regional offices.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Appalachian Electric Power System
Philip Spron
New Haven
Appalachian Power Company
Ohio Power Company
American Electric Power System
Forfeitures total $606 in Beckley police court
Judge George L. Ballard reported $606.25 in bond forfeitures on traffic charges. Names included William D. Anderson and George Toney each $20 for speeding, and Arnold Acord $20.50. Others faced varying sums for reckless driving, leaving the scene, and driveless licenses as the court adjourned.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Beckley
George L. Ballard
Ballard
William D. Anderson
Dry Hill Rd
George Toney
Piney View
Arnold H. Acord
Slab Fork
Bobby A. Moore
Seventh St
Dallas Ketchersid
Orchard Ave
Police jail Burgess after shooting incident
Bud Burgess of Fireco was jailed in Raleigh County Jail at 12:55 a.m. Monday after State Police charged him with felonious assault for shooting Edward Austin in the head following a Sunday argument. Authorities postponed a hearing because Burgess had not sobered up. Austin is in fair condition at Beckley Hospital.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bud Burgess
Fireco
Raleigh County
Edward Austin
Austin
Beckley Hospital
Speedy Ships Clipper Era Travel Time Highlight
Clipper ships developed mainly in the United States between 1830 and 1860 could sail from New York to San Francisco around South America in 89 days according to the Encyclopaedia Britannica.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
New York
San Francisco
South America
Encyclopaedia Britannica
Mills Wins Third Sheriff Turnover In Beckley
Okey A Mills took over the office of sheriff for the third time on Monday replacing C A Slim Thompson who held the post four years Mills ousted Circuit Clerk C Harold Hanks in the May 12 Democratic primary and C W Bill James in the general election to win the job He plans a statewide detective force and hopes a bill enacting it becomes law He discusses possible deputy distribution and notes the sheriff's office may be phased into a state agency The piece also covers a 1930 Beckley Church of God zoning case as detailed in James E Curry’s book Public Regulation of the Religious Use of Land noting traffic and parking issues and the court’s decision that a church is not an excluded use
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Okey A. Mills
C. A. (Slim) Thompson
Mills
C. Harold Hanks
C. W. (Bill) James
Beckley
Beckley First Church of God
James E. Curry
Valley Drive
State Supreme Court of Appeals
Curry
Applicants Seek 43 Jobs in West Virginia Listing
Forty three job openings were posted at the Beckley office of the West Virginia Department of Employment Security. The positions include two sales clerks three mobile service station attendants four dump truck drivers three light truck drivers five motormen and multiple roles in nursing office work manufacturing and construction such as practical nurse kitchen helper short order cook general office clerk doctor's office receptionist collector telephone operator toy assembler central office operator presser oiler electric truck operator heavy truck driver route man electric bridge crane operator construction foreman construction laborer connector carpenter helper punch press operator greaser power shovel operator mine car repair man loader operator machine man and fireboss.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Beckley
West Virginia
Department of Employment Security
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Appalachian
Garland Akers
Neville Street
W. A
Bill) Teubert
James Alexander Swart
Kanawha Ave
Charleston
Swart
R. E. Herndon
W. F. Chadwell
F. E. Titus
Sporn Plants Maintenance Department
Roanoke
Joe P. Gills
Sporn Plant
G. L. Evans
Glen Lyn
Glen L
L. C. Houchins
Clinch River Plant
Burgess
Church of God
C. A. Thompson
Business Mana
Pinecrest Sanitarium
The
Register
PSP
J. H. Holt Plumbing & Heating
W. Va
Xelistic
M, T
Lycra
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