Teacher Takes Fling In Business World
The article profiles Thelma Alderman who quit sixth grade teaching at Mabscott to run a Beckley hat shop named The Banner on Main Street. Her venture, described with a Fifth Avenue feel, employs a small staff and focuses on millinery and fashion accessories for local customers.
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Raleigh Register
Beckley
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W. Va
Thesday Va
Thelma Alderman
Mabscott
The
Main Street
Fifth Avenue
Thelma
Milady
Bond Sale Push Amid VA Efforts and Local Store Opening
The Department of Veterans Affairs reports efforts to accelerate an early market for the Korean Veterans Bonus Bonds with meetings involving the Governor and officials. The article also profiles Thelma Alderman who opened a women’s hat shop named The Bonnet, backed by sisters Pauline and Wanda and decorator Gene Hedrick, aiming for a lasting business venture if sales stay strong.
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Department of Veterans Affairs
Lous VA
Pauline Alderman
Woodrow Wilson High School
Wanda Griffith
Eccles
Thelma
Gene Hedrick
Logan County
Pauline
Wanda
12 Scouts Leave For Jamboree
Raleigh County will be represented at the National Boy Scout Jamboree by 12 boys. They depart today for week long activities at Valley Forge Pennsylvania with stops at James Town Williamsburg and Yorktown and an overnight at Fort Meade Maryland. At Valley Forge they join scouts from all 48 states. The local group, Troop 3 Section 25, is led by F P Mooney of Koppereton and includes Eddie Kenney Dick Ashworth Crewe Maples Jr Mead Parsons Cameron Lewis Wayne Stafford Conley Wagner Larry Fielding Kenny Whitsell Garnett Hatcher Peter Lee Hornbeck and Thomas Leguer. GETS REMODELING PERMIT Herbert F Brown 229 Grave Ave received a remodeling permit from the City Recorder's Office for construction estimated at 500 with a 10 city fee.
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Raleigh County
Valley Forge
Jamestown
Williamsburg
Yorktown
Fort, Meade
F P. T. Mooney
Koppereton
Alcohol and driving hazards: NSC reports rise in drink influence
The National Safety Council finds over a quarter of fatally injured drivers and pedestrians had been drinking. Six of every 100 motorists in fatal crashes were intoxicated, with 40.6 percent of drivers in fatalities drinking. Tests in Delaware show alcohol impairs visual sharpness after drinking sessions.
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National Safety Council
Delaware
Samuel Davis Rites Slated Wednesday
Last services for Samuel Davis of Rhodell who died Sunday in a local hospital will be held at 2 p.m. Wednesday in Trent Chapel with Rev. S A Ford officiating. Burial follows at Greenwood Memorial Park. The body will remain at C D Trent Funeral Home until funeral time.
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Samuel Davis Af Rhodell
Trent Chapel
S A. Ford
Greenwood Memorial Park
C.D. Trent Funeral Home
Familiar Faces Dr T G McConnell Serves Stonecoal Area
Dr T G McConnell is the main medical supplier for Stonecoal residents with the Stonecoal Drug Co. as the sole pharmacy between Beckley and Mullens. It serves Lillybrook Odd Ghent and Flat Top areas and also attracts patients from Helen and Amigo. He began dispensing in Rhoded in 1929 in a rented building and now owns a modern building with stock.
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T. G.mcconnell
Stonecoal Area
Stonecoal Drug Co
McConnell
Beckley and
Mullens
Stonecoat
Lillybrook
Odd
Ghent
Flat Top
Helen
Amigo
Rhoded
Wednesday Rites For Mrs Carlisle
Final rites for Mrs. Hattle Dick Carlisle age 37 who died in a local hospital will be held Wednesday at 2 p.m. at the Rose and Quesenberry Chapel conducted by Rev. Curtis Whaley. Burial follows at Cooper Cemetery in Sandstone Summers County with body remaining at the funeral home until services.
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Hattle Dick Carlisle
Rose and Quesenberry Chapel
Curtis Whaley
Cooper Cemetery
Sandstone
Summers County
Rose and Quesenberry Funeral
Vennari Rites Set Wednesday
Funeral services for Joseph Vennari age 8 who died in Clarksburg will be held at the Catholic Church in Shinnston at 9 30 a m Wednesday Burial will be in Lumberport Vennari is the father of Paul Vennari of Beckley a basketball referee and a member of the House of Delegates from Raleigh County
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Joseph Vennari
Clarksburg
Shinnston
Lumberport
Vennari
Paul Vennari, Beckley
House of Delegates
Raleigh County
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