Beckley Area Men Plan Coal Exhibit At Bluefield
Beckley area mining suppliers will join the Southern Appalachian Industrial Exhibit in Bluefield August 16 to 19. Exhibits include Long Super Mine Car piggyback conveyor and Wheat electric cap lamp with demonstrations of drills jibs and dust collectors. Representing firms include Long, Mabscott National Mine Service Company Anchor Sales Beckley Advance Machine and Manufacturing and Beckley officials. Early Patagonia note closes the preview.
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Beckley Area
Bluefield
Long Super Mine Car Company
Fayetteville
J. B. Lang
J. R. Long
Ollie Blake
Richard ¥Rye
James Hender
Mack Deck
National Mine Service Company
Mabscott
Beckley Oatend
Gordon MacBeam
R. H. Magee
E. J. Nicholls
Alfred Truman
J. J. Mahoney
R. H. Davis
W. R. Monk
A. R. Cooper
R. S. Quisberry
John Turner
K. F. Humphries
Ray Light
W. H. In Bactor
R. B. Yable
W. C. Campbell
N. R
C. E. Davis
J. H. Williams
J. B. Davis
Cecil Martin
Beckley’s Old Time Laws Put You On Notice
A humorous survey revisits Beckley city ordinances detailing odd rules from mossy statues to dogs kept by foreigners and caning hog pens. The piece notes penalties for speeding 15 mph, hitching animals in streets, and forbids slings as firearms while urging respect for civic codes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dan Donahue
Beckley
Baing
Reckle
Main Street
Scouts Begin Camp at Bluestone Dam Site
Last week opened a new 538 acre camp 18 miles above Bluestone Dam on New River at Shanklin's Ferry. Troops from Beckley Monteval Mt Tabor Kopperston Crab Orchard and Marfork join activities including axemanship signaling swimming and life saving with a three hour waterfront period and a flag ceremony at day's end.
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Bluestone Dam
Iday
New River
Shanklin's Ferry
Iways
Beckley
Monteval
Mt. Tabor
Kopperston
Crab Orchard
Marfork
Veterans GL Bill extensions for teachers doctors and hospitalized
Roy Smith of the Beckley WV Veterans Affairs Office outlines three GL Bill exceptions for continuing schooling. Eligible groups include school teachers who teach consecutive years, medical students with tentative graduate acceptance, and veterans with prolonged hospitalization for conditions like tuberculosis or rheumatic fever.
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Roy Smith
Beckley Office
West Virginia Department of Veterans Affairs
Smith
Army Air Force Enlist 12 at Buckley Station
Capt. Robert G. Wilson reports 12 enlistments over Friday and Saturday at Buckley Army and Air Force Recruiting Main Station. Rosy Nunn, 22, joins Women’s Army Corps for three years and basic training at Fort Lee. Nine men join Regular Army for Fort Knox armored division basic training. Two air force recruits sign four-year terms for Lackland Air Force Base. Master Sgt Ralph Liedee heads local reenlistment move to Baltimore.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
U. S Army
U. S. Air Force
Buckley
Robert G. Wilson
Ros Y Nunn
Oak Hill
Women’s Arms Corps
WAC
Fort Lee
Regular Army
Third Armored Division
Fort Knox
Edward Ivory
Beckley
Air Force
Freddie M . Ward
Chapmanville
Ercil Ayers
Harvey
Lackland Air Force Base
San Antonio
Tex
Capt. Wilson
Ralph
Baltinie
Mil
U.S. Army
Burma Missionary to Address Baptist Meet
The Rev. C. L. Conrad, Burma missionary among the two Karens, will be principal speaker at the 78th Raleigh Baptist Association session July 25 and 26 at Princewick Church. About 250 attendees are expected from county churches. officer elections and a missionary report by Rev. Robert Godfrey will highlight the two day event.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
C. L. Conrad
Burma
Raleigh Baptist Association
Princewick
G. R. Cooper
Conrad
American Baptist Foreign Missionary Society
Northern Baptist Convention
Rangoon
United States Office of War Information
Karachi
India
Carson Newman College
Newton Theological Institution
Jamshedpur
Bassein
Robert Godfrey
Beckley
Contagious Disease Cases Reported in County Health Update
The Raleigh County Health Department reported 34 contagious disease cases last week including 14 measles, 12 streptococcus infection, and 8 whooping cough cases. The figures were announced yesterday by an official.
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Raleish County
Revival Meeting at Assembly of God Church Begins Monday
An old fashioned revival meeting starts Monday night at the Assembly of God Church on Valley Drive and runs through next Sunday. Evangelist Marvin K. Smith of Mobile Alabama will be the special speaker. He graduated from Findlay University Findlay Ohio, studied at Southern Baptist Seminary Louisville and took further training at Indiana University.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Assembly of God Church
Valley Drive
Marvin K. Smith
Mobile
Ala
Findlay Bible College
Findlay, U
Southern Baptist Seminary
Louisville
University of Indiana
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Prevue
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Beckley Shrine Club
Shrine Crippled Children's Hospitals
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Owen
Circus Grounds
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House OF Hits
Glaudette Colbert
Bobby Ray Jarrell
Bill Hasting
Troop 87
Tommy Evans
Billy Joe Bartlett
Donald
Robert Agee
LG Sun
Jane Wyman
Dennis Morgan
Eve Arden
Robert Douglas
Wyoming
Eh Lee
Decarlo Ostiftn Beir
Russell
Sun
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Lal Tts
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Tues
Rioing Hige
Crab Orchard Drive-In
Crab Orchard Road
John Payne
Sonny Tufte
Eten Crew
Cartoon
Nara
Sothern
Crate Miranda
Ars
Charles Starraty
Smiley
Glen Jean
MT. Hope
Oak Hill Road
Salley Forest
Keete Brassatte
Leo Pean
Dorothy Adams
Dolores Davis
Wester “Rise
China
Army
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Red Canyon
Howard Dutt
Ana Blyth
New Valley Theatre
Rhodell
W. Va
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Randolpn Scott
Dorothy Malone
Plusid
Jou Barty - Baber
Spencer Tracy
Joan Bennett
Elizabeth Taylor
Bride Don Taylor
Billie Burke
Baptist Meet
Rev
Assembly of God
WCFC
Beckley Presbyterian Church
Ted Dale
Cincinnati
Philadelphia
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France
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House OF Delegates
Raleigh CounTy
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