Mountain Laurel Girl Scout Directors Set First Council Meet
The Mountain Laurel Council will hold its first board meeting at 10 a.m. Tuesday in Beckley’s Host House. Mrs. Robert K. Bantz will lead as executive director, replacing Miss Ella Scott Powell who recently resigned. The enlarged council includes units across West Virginia and Virginia with service centers in Logan and Bluefield.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mountain Laurel Girl Scout
Robert K. Bantz
Ady
N. Y
Ella Scott Powell
Mountain Laurel Girl Scout Council
Charleston
Mountain Laurel Council
Casey
Cleveland
Schenectady
Mountain Laurel
Southern Appalachian
Lone Wolf
Bland
Giles
Tazewell
Virgina
Buchanan County
Logan
Bluefield
Robert Bantz
Ross Culpepper
R. A. Updike
Montgomery
Louis Cohen
Loren D. Shaffer
Sylvester
Howard Foglesong
Chapmanville
S. W. Tinsley Jr
F. B. Brown
J. M. Beamer
Welch
Ollie Blake
Oak Hill
W. E. Brewer
Edwin E. Brumfield
Dale Calhoun
W. C. Collison
South Charleston
George H. Carroll
Northfork
William Crawford
Mallory
Roy A. Cunningham
Beckley
P . C. Graney Jr
Mount Hope
Ervin Kampe
St. Albans
Clyde Madeira
Keystone
Tony Nieves
Dehue
J. E. Otto
H. F. Porterfield
K. F. Robbins
Cannelton
Leonard Scott
Mary Virginia Slack
Charles Staats
A. J. Walker
I. Wilbur Bays
Wm. F. Byrd
Madison
George Ogilvie
Dunbar
Rosemary Pendleton
Robert Ross
H. W. Stickland
Clyde
Woodman
Robert H. Webb Jr
State ASCS Officers Open 2 Day Workshop Here
State and area USDA ASCS officials opened a two day management training workshop in the Bank of Raleigh conference room. Charles M. Bose explained the aims of the revision to simplify directives and procedures and prepare county offices for the new handbook. Wade H. Robinson spoke on meeting and dealing with the public as Allen J. Miller moderated a panel on maintaining good working relationships. Norman V. DeLawder was to speak on four keys to able management with further sessions on training county office personnel and delegating workload. The attendees included Don E. Williams Roscoe Beall Richard J. McNeel and others from Area 4 5 and state offices.
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Usda Agricultural Stabilization and Conservation Ervice
Bank of Raleigh
Charles M. Bose
ASCS
Wade H. Robinson
Allen J. Miller
Norman V. Delawder
Miller
DeLawder
Usda Agricultural Stabilization and Conservation Service
Don E. Williams
Beckley
Morgantown
Washington
W. Va
Richard J. McNeel
Hillsboro
Roscoe Beall
Huntington
Social Security tax rate rise in 1963 clarified
The new rate for 1963 is three and five eighths percent for both employee and employer, a half percent rise. Self employed contributors pay seven tenths more, totaling 5.4 percent on net earnings up to the $4800 cap.
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Congress
Legislature Faces Tax Debate As Pay Hikes Off Table
Raleigh County lawmakers in 1963 consider keeping state salaries flat while debating tax reform. Opponents push a corporate net income tax to replace the three percent gross sales tax, with lawmakers weighing impact on industry and guaranteed state revenue. The suit over legislative reapportionment looms as session nears.
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Raleigh County
Board of Public Arks
A. David Abbrams
George C. Porter
Abrams
Senate
House
Barron
W. T .Brotherton Jr
D-Kanawha
Porter
Raleigh
Wyoming
Rock
Model A Club Plans Saturday Dinner
The Grandview Chapter of the West Virginia Model A Ford Club will celebrate 1962's season at a Saturday dinner meeting at Teel Elementary School at 7 p.m. Family guests may attend. Officers for 1963 will be elected. current officers are Austin Tucker president Earl Snyder Jr vice president and Emmett Foley secretary treasurer.
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Grandview
West Virginia
Self-employed social security tax rise in 1963
The social security tax rate for self employed persons increases in 1963 to 5.4 percent. This increase means you will pay 70 cents more on each $100 of net earnings from your business.
Regional Drama Contests Dates Set Across Tri County Area
Regional dates announced for the State High School Drama Festival and Forensic Tournament. March 28-30 at West Virginia University for the state meeting. Regional meets: March 23 at West Virginia Institute of Technology for Fayette and Raleigh. Region 6 on March 9 at Princeton High School for Mercer, Wyoming, and McDowell counties.
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West Virginia University
West Virginia Institute of Technology
Fayette and Raleigh
Wyoming
Princeton High School
Fayette
Nicholas
Raleigh
Webster
Mercer
McDowell
West Virginia
John Welden
Morgantown
University
St. Francis
Joe Ford
Lloyd W. Welden
Bair Re-Elected State Model A Ford Club Secretary-Treasurer
Bill Bair of Beckley was re elected secretary treasurer of the State Model A Ford Club Inc at a Charleston meeting to elect 1963 state officers. Officers named include Bill Craddock Nitro as president LeRoy Gates Jr Charleston as vice president Harold Graig Charleston as activities director and Dennis Sayre South Charleston as technical director. The group plans a Beckley Centennial parade June 27 and a multi chapter West Virginia tour tying into state centennial celebrations. The club newspaper The Rumble will be upgraded and the state club ends the year with 115 members.
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Bill Bair
Beckley
Model A Ford Club Inc
Charleston
Bill Craddock
Nitro
LeRoy M. Gates Jr
Harold Graig
Dennis Sayre
South Charleston
Bair
West Virginia
Grandview
Kanawha County
Logan
Huntington
Kyowa Club
Ironton, Ohio
Antique Automobile Club of America
Rumble
Raleigh County
George B. Chambers
Vivian Garland
State Garden Club Council
Raleigh County Garden Council
Blackwater Falls State Park
West Virginia University Department of Biology
West Virginia Department of Natural Resources
Horseman's Association
Patrick W. Gainer
West Virginia University
Raleigh County Centennial Committee
Beckley Business and Professional Women's Club
Charles Hodel
Centennial
Sullivan
Kaiser Aluminum
Ravenswood
Wheeling
State Capitol
U. S. Army
Shawnee Park
Dunbar
Dear Kathy How to Make Friends and Attract a Date
The columnist advises a shy teen to drop a nose in the air attitude and build a social life through church and school activities. Start with the girls, join clubs, be friendly, and meet many boys to let them ask you out. Avoid trying to know everyone at once and let interest develop naturally.
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Kathy
S.S
S. S
Cassanovas
Returning Home From Beckley Hospital Care
W. H. Nelson of 216 Church Street retired compensation director of District 29 United Mine Workers of America is being discharged from Beckley Memorial Hospital today after admission on December 26.
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W. H. Nelson
Church St
United Mine Workers of America
Beckley Memorial Hospital
West Virginia Centennial Plans Hit 119 Events Nationwide
The state’s Centennial Commission released 119 planned events over 206 days across 69 cities in 55 counties. Highlights include a river showboat tour, eight railroad cars Exhibit Train, Green Bank Observatory programs, a Centennial Queen contest, and a slate of parades and festivals aimed at boosting tourism and state pride.
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West Virginia
Commission
Carl R. Sullivan
West
Union
Centennial Commission
Kanawha
Ohio
Monongahela
National Radio Astronomy Observatory
Green Bank
Charleston
Sandra Lee Ross
Dee Ann Moore
Jackson County
Barbara Ann Broadwater
Pleasants County
Peggy Catherine Tucker
Mercer County
Nancy Grace Conwell
Harrison County
Pasadena
Calif
Allegheny Mountains
Virginia
Richmond
Wheeling
Congress
Lincoln
Arthur I. Boreman
County Reverses State Highway Deaths Record in 1962
Raleigh County saw a 23 percent drop to 10 highway fatalities in 1962, reversing statewide trends. Beckley Detachment reports 1,977 road arrests, 1,283 accidents investigated with 131 reports, 929 warning tickets, and stolen property recoveries. Sgt. D W Lilly notes most accidents occur on weekends and Tuesdays are safest for travel.
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Raleigh
Beckley Detachment
West Virginia
D. W. Lilly
Beckley
Fayette
Wyoming
Mercer
Lilly
Leav es Hospital Discharge Joins Pine Lodge Nursing
W. L. Jeffries owner of Jeff's Shine Parlor on North Fayette Street is being discharged from Beckley Memorial Hospital today to enter Pine Lodge Nursing Home.
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W. L. Jeffries
Jeff's
North Fayette St
Beckley Memorial Hospital
Pine Lodge Nursing Home
Phillips Motor Co. Owner Discharged After Heart Attack
O A Phillips owner of Phillips Motor Co in Sophia was discharged Sunday from Beckley Hospital where he had been a patient since November 26 after suffering a heart attack.
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O. A. Phillips
Phillips Motor Co
Sophia
Beckley Hospital
Driver Charged After One Car Wreck In Price Hill
Clarence Duncan Jr. of Mount Hope, 20, was charged by State Police with driving without a state license after a 1956 car he operated skidded 500 feet and crashed into a clay embankment at Price Hill Sunny. He and his wife were treated for cuts and bruises at Beckley Hospital. Police cited excessive speed. damages estimated at $500. Duncan ordered to appear before Magistrate Joe Rodriguez within five days.
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Clarence Duncan Jr
Mount Hope
Price Hill Sunny
Duncan
Beckley Hospital
Joe Rodriguez
Commodities Distribution At Glen Daniel And Sprague Churches
Commodities will be distributed at Glen Daniel Methodist Church Tuesday 8 to 5 and Wednesday 8 to 4. Charlie Wilson in charge asks recipients to bring containers. At Sprague Freewill Baptist Church distribution runs Wednesday 8 to 4 and Thursday 8 to noon with Mrs Ora Mesias urging end users to bring their own containers.
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Glen Daniel Methodist Church
Charlie Wilson
Sprague Freewill Baptist Church
Ora Mesias
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