Two Security Wards Open at Pinecrest Sanitarium
Two security wards at Pinecrest Sanitarium will open this week, 40 beds for women and 43 for men, under a plan outlined by Health Director N H Dyer and Public Institutions Commissioner Harold E Neely. Recalcitrant patients may be moved from the Pinecrest security section if they agree to voluntary treatment, with Weston State Hospital as the prior option. The plan transfers few current Weston inmates, notes TB patients with mental illness, and aims to reduce home isolation by treating contagious cases within institutional care. West Virginia officials stress public welfare and highlight Tuberculosis Association support calling the program progressive.
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Pinecrest Sanitarium
N. H. Dyer
Public Institutions
Harold E. Neely
Neely
Pinecrest
West Virginia
Weston State Hospital
Weston
Dyer
Hopemont Sanitarium
Thomas A. Deveny Jr
The
West Virginia Tuberculosis and Health Assn
Police Court Finances Report Beckley No Contest Drunk Driving
Beckley Police Court collected 203.50 in fines and bond forfeitures Monday night. Gordon Hinte of Eccles pleaded no contest to driving while drunk and was fined 106.50 with a six month license revocation. James Meek forfeited 25 bond for speeding and red light. William Lear forfeited 5 cost on a traffic warrant. Four others forfeited a total 67 for drunk charges.
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Beckley
Gordon Hinte
Eccles
Edward P. Stansbury
James Meek
Ft. Main St
William Learmonth
Current Best Sellers List From Publishers Weekly
Nonfiction top titles include In America Golden Aku Aku and The Memoirs of Field Marshal Montgomery. Fiction includes Dr Zhivago by Pasternak Lolita by Nabokov and Exodus by Uris with Around the World with Auntie Mame and Women and Thomas Harrow among others.
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Publishers’ Weekly
America
Golden
Heyerdahl
the Viscount Montgomery OF
Alamein
Black Sheep
Boyington
Wedemeyer Reports
Survey Committee To Meet Tonight In Sophia High Gym
The Slab Fork District School Survey Committee will meet at 7:30 p.m. today in the Sophia High School gymnasium to discuss needed changes and facilities for district schools. Leighton C. Farley serves as committee chairman.
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Slab Fork
Sophia High School
Leighton C. Farley
Presbyterians Promote Egyptian Friendship Program
The United Presbyterian Women in Philadelphia announce a program to foster American Egyptian friendship. Three leading Egyptian women, including the so called mother of the year and her daughter, will visit America this spring for participation in local meetings nationwide.
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Philadelphia
United Presbyterian Church
America
United Presbyterian Women
Co D appoints S M Devores new radio technician
S M Devores will replace Creed O Russell as chief radio technician at Co D headquarters of the West Virginia State Police in Beckley. Devores, chief operator at the Capitol Radio Station, succeeds Russell who resigned January 6. Russell opens Alico Electronics at Glen Morgan, installing two way radio systems amid new state law allowing legitimate businesses to operate such systems. Also resignations announced include Trooper G T Morris from New Martinsville to Olin-Mathieson on January 8 and F J Farnsworth, department bookkeeper, effective January 31.
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S. M. Devores
Creed O. Russell
Radio Technican
Co. D
West Virginia
Col
Hazen H. Fair
G. T. Morris
Fayetteville
New Martinsville
Olin-Mathiegon Chemical Corp
F. J. Jack Farnsworth
Veteran Department
Door-to-Door Peddler Bolts in Clairemont District
A San Diego resident reports a bold door to door peddler in the Clairemont district attempted a sales pitch at a residence. Police urge residents to exercise caution and report suspicious approaches promptly.
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San Diego
Calif
Clairemont
Chamber Says Reduction Won't Hurt School Boards
The West Virginia Chamber of Commerce asserts that reserving five percent of state aid to local schools, ordered by the State Board of Public Works, will not harm most county school boards. A bulletin to members cites a statewide current expense balance of 6.41 million dollars on July 1, 1958, versus 2.59 million dollars of state aid reserved, with tabulations supporting the conclusion.
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West Virginia Chamber of Commerce
State Board of Public Works
West Virginia
Chamber
Board of Public Works
McDowell County
City Ice Rink To Be Enlarged In Beckley West Virginia
City officials plan to add 100 feet of steel to the new skating rink on the Woodrow Wilson High School Baseball Field. Clarence L. Bibb announced the enlargement at a Beckley Recreation Board meeting. A wall leak was repaired by city workers Monday. A Sylvia Elementary PTA committee led by Russell Neely urged the board to help establish a baseball field on school land behind the school, owned by the Board of Education. The board voted to spend up to 300 for a backstop and grading if use of the land is granted during summer. Neely will seek approval from the board of education to use the land and vows to seek playground access for the public. Heating issues at the Beckley Recreation Building were discussed, with proposals for ceiling fans or auxiliary gas heaters. Engineers from Amere Gay Utilities Co. and Appalachian Power Co. will be consulted. no action until costs and balances are reviewed.
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Woodrow Wilson High
Clarence L. Bibb
Beckley Recreation Board
Sylvia Elementary School Parent- Teacher Association
Russell Neely
Neely
Board of Education
PTA
Amere Gay Utilities Co
Appalachian Power Co
Counter Espionage Agent To Speak At University
Boris Morris, a Russian born musician and FBI counter espionage agent, will address West Virginia University on February 2 about Matching Wits with the Kremlin. Morris led a double life from 1943 to 1955 after being invited to spy by Vasili Zubilin, then informed the FBI, serving as counter spy and film music director and producer.
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Boris Morris
The
FBI
West Virginia University
Morris
Kremlin
Vassili Zubilin
Morros
Deeds On File Raleigh County Transfers Listed
Deeds On File show transfers in Raleigh County including Park Heights Inc to Sylvia J Lilly Beck ley for about 1000 dollars. Luther M and Vada Painter to J C and Alva D Pack in Town District for about 500 dollars. North American Coal and Dock Co to James F and Velvie Coleman for about 1000 dollars. Mack Norris to Pearl Norris in Town District with no stated consideration. Hillie and Maggie Jarrell to Warren and Anna Lee Jarrell in Marsh Fork District for about 1000 dollars. Holt Coal Co Inc to Ernest W Burns in Trap Hill District with no stated consideration. Piney Coking Coal Land Co to Board of Education of Raleigh County in Slab Fork District for about 500 dollars.
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Raleigh County
Park Heights, Inc
Sylvia J. Lilly
Beckley
Luther M
Vada Painter
J. C
Alva D. Pack
North American Coal and Dock Co
James F
Velvie Coleman
Slab Fork
Mack Norris
Pearl Norris
Hillie
Maggie Jarrell
Warren
Anna Lee Jarrell
Marsh Fork
Holt Coal Co, Inc
Ernest W. Burns
Trap Hill
Piney Coking Coal Land Co
Board of Education
Endowment surpasses $100000 at West Virginia Univ Alumni fund
West Virginia University Alumni Association Loyalty Permanent Endowment Fund total rises to 100165.85. Dr Gary Hoge of Lewisburg, chair of the fund's trust committee, notes the $100,000 threshold was crossed at year end after six gifts in a 12 month period, including a $150 memorial from C V Feller of Mullens for Capt Charles H Feller, WWII Army pilot.
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West Virginia University Alumni Association
Gary Hoge
Lewisburg
Hogg
C. V. Feller
Mullens
Charles H. Feller
Pasteath Promise for Secure False Teeth
An advertisement urges denture wearers to sprinkle PASTEATH, an alkaline powder, on their dentures to prevent embarrassing slippage and odors. It claims teeth feel more secure and comfortable, with no souring, and directs readers to obtain FASTEETH at any drug store or coaster.
Easter Seal Plans To Be Aired Today
Plans for the 1959 Easter Seal drive in eight counties will be discussed at a 7:30 p m meeting at the Beckley Elks Club. Raleigh Fayette Greenbrier Monroe Mercer Wyom ing Boone and McDowell county chairmen and county Society for Crippled Children presidents join Robert Cox of the National Society for Crippled Children and Adults and Gary Dent to outline the campaign which starts February 7.
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Beckley Elks Club
Raleigh
Fayette
Greenbrier
Monroe
Mercer
Wyoming
Boone
McDowell
Crippled Children
Robert Cox
Chicago
National Society For Crippled Children and Adults
Gary Dent
Beckley
Martin
A. McLaughlin
Greenbrier - Monroe
James C Cain
Elbert Cook
W. L. Barevour
State Society
Orville Hawes
Food Distribution Commodities Distribution Schedule
Food distribution commodities will be distributed from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Tuesday and Wednesday at the Shack in Skelton.
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Shack
Skelton
Radios Donated to Pinecrest Sanitarium by Beckley Residents
Three radios were donated to Pinecrest Sanitarium by Beckley residents, with one anonymous donor and two from I. Goldstein, manager of the People's Finance Co. The drive also collected books, and about 50 radios are still needed. Donations can be left at Beckley Newspapers Corp. or given to Miss Virginia Tanner at the Sanitarium.
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Pinecrest
Beckley
I. Gold- Stein
People's Finance Co
Virginia Tanner
Beckley Newspapers Corp
Pineergst
Miss Tanner
Sanitarium
Two Women Treated After One-Car Crash Near Corinne
Accident victims Helen Hensley aged 42 of Worth and Dorothy Wade age 36 of McDowell were treated and released at Beckley Memorial Hospital Monday for injuries from a one car crash in Corinne Wyoming County. They were admitted to the hospital at 6 30 p.m.
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Helen Hensley
Worth
Dorothy Wade
McDowell
Beckley Memorial Hospital
Corinne
Wyoming County
Dristan Tablets Promise Quick Sinus Drainage Relief
A New York special reports a tablet that claims to drain clogged sinus cavities and relieve congestion and headaches. The medication works through the bloodstream to shrink swollen sinus doors, promoting drainage with speed and without discomfort. Dristan Tablets cost 98 cents per bottle of 24 and come with a full guarantee or refund.
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New York
N. Y
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