Beckley Recreation Building Debt Nearly Retired
Beckley’s new recreation building is nearly paid for says M A Johnson chair of the advisory council. The Merchants Fair and Friday dances helped reduce the debt with about 12 000 attendees over three days and 8000 on the final night. Merchants consider making the fair a yearly event.
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Beckley
M.A. Johnson
Recreation Board
Advisors Council
Beckley Business Bureau
Johnson
Gustine Leads All Star Third Baseman Poll
Gustine of the Pirates moves into the lead for starting third base in the National League all star game in St Louis on July 13. Pafko dips to second with 716,843 votes and Elliott of the Braves sits third with 677,252. Ted Williams, Stan Musial, and Joe DiMaggio surpass 1,000,000 votes each as voting continues until midnight Monday.
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Associated Press
Chicago
Frank Gustine
Pittsburgh Pirates
Chicago Cubs
Andy Pafko
St. Louis
Gustine
Patko
Bob Flliott
Boston Braves
Ted Williams
Boston Red Sox
Stan Musial
St. Louis Cardinals
Rotarians Hear of College Activities at Mullens Club
Mulllens Rotarians heard WVU President Irvin Stewart outline university activity and enrollment figures. He noted 6 615 students last fall double prewar highs and 236 from Wyoming County. Stewart endorsed the Strayer report on maintaining one effective state university. Grover C Worrell became club president, succeeding Fred T Kidon as 37 members and guests attended.
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Register
Mullens
West Virginia University
Irvin Stewart
Mullens Rotary Club
Stewart
Wyoming County
Strayer
West Virginia
Dr. Stewart
Grover C. Worrell
Fred T. Kingdon
Wrist Alarm Watch Brings Half Century Dream Realized
In La Chaux de Fonds Switzerland a watch factory reports producing a wrist watch with an alarm. The 25 second chirp is created by resonance drums and an acoustical antenna. Manufacturing cost exceeds that of a standard wristwatch.
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LA Chaux-De-Fonds
Switzerland
Episcopal Minister to Aid in Camp Direction
The Rev. Andrew B. Jones of St. Stephen's Beckley will assist as assistant director of a Beckley boys camp at the Peterkin Conference Center Romney from July 5 to 16. Two Beckley youths D Davis and L Rahal will serve as group leaders, with many local boys listed as campers. A girls camp runs July 19 to 31 with attendees from Beckley.
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Andrew B. Jones
St. Stephen's Episcopal Church of
Beckley
Peterkin Conference Center
Romney
Episcopal Diocese of
West Virginia
Jones
Nicholas D. Rahal
Mil Run
Potomac
Mary Liste Craft
Marion Jones
Agnes Raeder
Center
Ida Jane Meadows
Nancy Rahal
Judy Walz
Young People's Fellowship
N. W. Reese
Diocesan Altar Guild
Julie D. Secrest
St. Stephen's
Church Musicians
Christian Education Conference
Swing Band Spreads Doctrine for Mormons
Fourteen young Mormons travel in a First Missionary Swing band to spread Mormon doctrine in the Midwest and Great Lakes states. They tour in a Dreamboat Oakland and perform dances while canvassing house to house for converts. Leader Elder Mervin Sharp, 26, faces stage fright and legal oddities along the journey.
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Fress Correspondean
Waterloo
Mervin C. Sharp
Preston
Idaho
Grant Wilson
Driges
Cling
Oakland
Morris Young
Reno
Nev
Wisconsin
Dreamboat
Saints
Lansing
Mich Young A
Taffie Court
Sharp
Clinton
Singapore to get three 4 100 kilowatt radio transmitters
The Singapore Free Press reports work will soon begin on three 4 100 kilowatt radio transmitters to create Asia's most powerful station. The transmitters, valued at about one million dollars, will be built 39 miles north of Singapore Island in Johore for relay to the BBC Far Eastern Service. The project is backed by the British Far Eastern Broad Service under the Foreign Office.
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Singapore
Associated Press
Asia
Singapor Free Press
Singapore Island
Johore
Foreign Office
Aten
Aga Khan Funds New Educational Institute in East Africa
Nairobi report notes Aga Khan has donated 400,030 dollars toward a project valued at about one million dollars to establish a Moslem Educational Institute in East Africa. The funds are to be relayed from London and reported by The Free Press via the Associated Press.
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Ficial
Free Press
KHAN
Associated Press
London
Nairobi
East Africa
Agaa Khan
Mosiem
East Africa program links Moslem culture with technical education
The report notes a joint effort by Britain and Kenya to promote Moslem religion and culture alongside modern technical training for East Coast Arabs. The project, supported partly by the British and Kenyan governments, aims to advance education and cultural outreach in the region.
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Raleigh Register
Heckley
W. Na
al Mombasa
Kenya
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Zexe
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Beckley Theatre
Hotel Hill Bldg
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Cincinnati
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