Camp Segun Registration Opens for Raleigh County Girls
Registrations for Camp Segun the day camp for Intermediate Girl Scouts in Raleigh County must bear postmarks dated this weekend. Commissioner Mrs J R DePaulo announced volunteers are needed for counselors with a training session at 10 am. Camp Segan at Little Beaver Park runs July 11 15 from 10 am to 4 pm Monday through Friday. One night of primitive camping is planned for each unit. Mrs Finley Prewitt Blue Jay will direct. A special bus may pick up at 915 am daily at multiple pickup points including Calloway Heights Memorial Building Beckley Junior High Woodrow Wilson High Lincoln Elementary St Marys Church North Oakwood Neville Streets Pattons Market Atkinsons Grocery and Crescent School.
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Segun
Raleigh County
J. R. DePaulo
Loway Heights
the Memorial Building
Beckley
Woodrow Wilson High
Lincoln
St. Mary’s Church
North Oakwood
Neville Streets
Patton's Market
Atkinson's Grocery
Crescent School
No Sale Prompted Cotton Pickin' Machine Note
In Norman Oklahoma an AP report notes a stamp vending machine that often jammed provoked a sharp customer to attach a note reading You fight rain snow and hail why can't you whip this cotton pickin machine The scene underscores frustrations with public services and imperfect postal facilities.
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Norman, Okla
Attendance Now At 1 500 For Church Sessions
About 1500 delegates gathered in Beckley for Church of God meetings with Rev Robert J Johnson of Tucson delivering a hopeful message. The day featured Lee College president R L Platt and a Bible study by Rev R P Johnson. Afternoon focus on the Ladies Auxiliary Willing Worker Bands and reports from 113 auxiliaries.
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Robert J. Johnson
Tucson
Ariz
Beckley
State Convention of the
Churches of God
R. L. Platt
Lee College
Cleveland
Ralph E. Williams
G. L. Stilwell
Church of God
Speech Therapy Clinic Under Way
Miss Sue Smith leads a Raleigh County Speech and Hearing Clinic class at Memorial. The program offers daily sessions with many students, including Pete Carper Dennie Vipperman Rocky Smith and Don Poe. Director Mrs Viola St Clair invites new enrollees as refresher courses near completion.
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Sue Smith
Raleigh County
Memorial Building
Pete Carper
James Carper
Grandview
Dennie Vipperman
Earl Vipperman
Hager St
Rocky Smith
Russell Smith
Juniper St
Don Poe
Joe
Poe
Shady Spring
Viola St. Clair
Lost 15 Year Old Boston Bull Terrier Bambi
Bambi a 15 year old brown and white Boston Bull terrier nearly blind disappeared from the Bostic Avenue home of Mrs. Jack Litton while Mrs. Bonnie Bragg was away. Litton searched all night with sightings near Mallimar GMC Sales suggesting a return toward Maxwell. A reward is offered. contact CL 2-5462 before 3 pm or CL 2-7202 after 3 pm.
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Bambi
Bonnie Bragg
Bragg
Braggs
Bostic Avenue
Jack Litton
Litton
New Name for Bedloe's Island Approved in U S Bill
New York AP reports Liberty Island incor porates the abandoned Bedloe's Island name after a Senate bill approved by the 84th Congress and signed by President Eisenhower. In other news, two year old David Cook of Beckley is hospitalized in satisfactory condition at Beckley Hospital.
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New York
Liberty Island
Bedloe’s Island
Eisenhower
David Cook
George Cook
Beckley
Beckley Hospital
Local Youths At Church Camp At Peterkin Center
Two youths from St. Stephen's Episcopal Church attend the intermediate conference at Peterkin Conference Center near Romney. Four members returned from the Senior Conference last week. Lois Wills and David McKay were driven by church members. Carol Miller Shirley Puckett Louise Breck and Bill Pilkington were among 118 students over the past two weeks. Pilkington and Holliday groups transported attendees. Louise Wills won one of six Spirit of Peterkin awards from Bishop Wilburn Campbell.
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St. Stephen's Episcopal Church
Peterkin Conference Center
Romney
Lois Wills
Bob Wills
Monroe Ave
David McKay
John McKay
Vine St
Wills
Carol Miller
Charles E. Miller
Ridge Road
Shirley Puckett
G. T. Puckett
Skyline Drive
Louise Breck
Graham K. Breck
Northwestern Ave
Bill Pilkington
W. T. Pilkington
N. Kanawha St
Pilkington
D. D. Holliday
Louise
Spirit of Peterkin
Wilburn C. Campbell
West Virginia
Ship's Husband Defined as Port Agent and Repairer
The term ship's husband refers to an agent who provisions and maintains a vessel while it is in port, handling tasks such as supply orders, repairs, and general upkeep to ensure the ship remains seaworthy and ready for sailing.
Prosperity Church Celebrates 37th Anniversary Service
The First Baptist Church Prosperity will mark its 37th birthday with an old fashioned service at 7 30 p.m. on July 10. Attendees are invited to wear old fashion clothing and arrive by horse wagon bicycle or old model car or on foot per Rev. Donald A. Lowe.
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First Baptist Church
Prosperity
Donald A. Lowe
Dellinger’s Condition Listed Critical at Charlottesville Hospital
John O. Dellinger Jr., 106 Williams St., remains in critical condition at University Hospital Charlottesville Va after a week-long stay. He is a coal traffic agent at Chesapeake and Ohio Railway Beckley office. John T. Murphy of Covington Ky has been moved to Beckley office as assistant coal traffic agent.
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John O. Dellinger Jr
Williams St
University Hospital
Charlottesville
Dellinger
Chesapeake and Ohio Railway
Beckley
John T. Murphy
Covington
Meeting at New Hope Baptist Church Tonight
A business meeting is planned at New Hope Baptist Church East Beckley at 7 p.m. today according to Rev Henry Dubois. The fragment notes Libya in North Africa was declared independent by a United Nations decision on Christmas Eve 1951, marking its transition from Italian colonial rule.
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New Hope Baptist Church
East Beckley
Henry Dubois
Libya
North Africa
United Nations
Masonic Lodge Installs Officers at Beckley Lodge
T. T. Prince becomes worshipful master of Beckley Lodge No. 9 A F and A M alongside officers installed last week in the Masonic building. Ted T. Stacy R. P. Daniel Jr. C. B. Gulley L. B. Carper J. G. Parson Robert H. Shirey Rev. L. L. Reckart also took roles as junior warder senior warder stewards senior deacon junior deacon and chaplain respectively.
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T. T. Prince
Beckley Lodge No
Masonic Building
Ted T. Stacy
R. P. Daniel Jr
C. B. Gulley
L. B. Carper
J. G. Parson
Robert H. Shirey
L. L. Reckart
Beckley Sophomore on Dean's Honor List
Beckley sophomore Paul Chikos of 109 12 Fairview Ave. is named to Bethany College’s dean's honor list for the recently concluded semester. Announcement came from Dr. Bernal R. Weimer, vice president and dean of the faculty. Chikos will be a junior in the 1960 61 academic year starting September.
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Paul Chikos
Fairview Ave
Beckley
Bethany College
Bernal R. Weimer
Chikos
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Amelia
Saipan
Juliet Prowse
Rank Sinatra
Family Week
Rayons
Nygens
AOR
W. Neville St
Ammar
Leeve
Duster
Animar
Leather Bros
MT. Hope
Oak Hill
Rainelle and
Mullins
W. VA
Prosperity Church
Masonic Lodge
Mary Sue Hooker
Rhodell
Evinrude
H.P
Feather Croft
Keatley
Prince St
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