Scout Camping Season Ends Tomorrow at Shanklin's Ferry
Audrey W. Biffe reports Appalachian Council ends five week summer camping at Shanklin’s Ferry Reservation on New River. Three troops, 335 Scouts and 30 adults participated with field trips and a Gold Rush finale. Junior counselors return home Monday. Camp director Harold Rife Sr. and staff oversee demobilization and property clean up.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Audrey W. Biffe
Appalachian Council
Shanklin's Ferry
New River
Harold Rife, Sr
William H. Gibson
Benny Rushford
Glen Rogers
Danny Duncan
Eccles
Alex’ McCarty
Stotesbury
Appalachian Boy Scouts
Gus F. Walker
Camp Wilderness
Daniels
Council
Raleigh
Summers
Wyoming
Joe McMahon, Jr
Beckley
Fred Doudy
Philmont
Cimarron
New Mexico
Rocky Mountains
Mother Nature
Balanced Rock
Region 4
West Virginia
Kentucky
Ohio
City Playgrounds Draw Big Crowds
During five weeks of Operation Beckley’s ten city playgrounds drew 25,505 people. James Snead reports the first week welcomed children and parents with tape jumping marbles softball volleyball and basketball. Weeks two and three featured safety and parental participation with First-Aid kits and rules. attendance across sites from June 11 to July 17 ranged from Lincoln 1860 Sprague 1550 Sylvia 2480 Central 3100 Temple 1869 Morton Reaves 3100 Stratton 3783 East Park 2635 City Park 2790.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Beckley
James Snead
Lincoln
Institute
Sprague
Sylvia
Central
Temple
Morton-Reaves
Stratton
East Park
City Park
Civil Service Examinations Open for Scientist Engineer Jobs
Examinations underway for junior scientist and engineer positions in Washington DC area. Henry Kent, secretary of the Board of U.S. Civil Service Examiners, announces openings for chemist physicist metallurgist engineer at 3100 to 3825 dollars yearly. Also mathematician electronic scientist at 3100, plus hospital administration intern at 1600 and training instructor posts at 33200 to 3825. Internships run 12 months in Veterans Administration hospitals. training roles at Scott Field Illinois.
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Washington, D.C
Henry Kent
U.S. Civil Service
Beckley Post Office
Veterans Administration
Scott Field Air Force Base
Six area men enlist in Army and Air Force
Captain Wratte J. Gay of the Beckley Army and Air Force Recruiting Station reports six area men have enlisted. Five join the Air Force for four years with destinations Langley or Lackland. one, Homer Evans, joins the Army for three years to Fort Meade. Names include Tom Haiiston Joe Berentes Charles Be Daniels Homer Rhees and George E Smith.
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Armed Services
Wratte J. Gay
Beckley
George E. Smith
Canada
Navy
Smith
Langley Air’ ‘Force Base
Hampton
Lackland ‘Air Force Base
San Antonio
Tex
Perkhins Evans
Cyclone
Wyoming County
Amy and
Will Aes
Fort George G. Meade
Twelve Area Men Named to Aid National Mine Contest
Twelve area men were selected with 16 others from across the state as committee members for the National First-Aid and Mine-Rescue Contest in Columbus Ohio October 2 to 4. West Virginia mines are expected to be well represented with teams from all branches of the mineral and allied industries. Trophies will be awarded. Committee members include Beckley George J Titler C E Jones H M Scott Hope S C Higgins Robert Calvert Joseph S Ferraro F J Furin Luther Lewallen John Matska E E Quenon Bluefield B B Housman Montgomery James Winning.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbus
United States Bureau of Mines
West Virginia
Bureau of Mines
State Departments of Mines
Mineral and Allied Industries
Beckley
Geroge J. Titler
C. E. Jones
H. M. Scott
Mr. Hope
S. C. Higgins
Robert Calvert
Joseph S. Ferraro
F. J. Furin
Luther Lewallen
John Matska
E. E. Quenon
Bluefield
B. B. Housman
Montgomery
James
McDonough Rites Set for Saturday
Funeral services for E. J. Mc Donough 54 a former Beckleyan will be held at the Secred Heart Church in Charleston with a Re quiem Mass at 10 a.m. Saturday Burial will be in a Charleston Cemetery. He headed a Charleston insurance firm and was active in civic affairs and in groups including the American Legion Knights of Columbus and the Catholic Church He died Thursday of a heart attack Survivors include his widow a daughter and four sisters and two brothers
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
E. J. McDonough
Beckleyan
Secred Heart Church
Charleston
McDonough
Charleston Insurance
Charleston Park and Recreation Commission
American Legion
Kanawha Players
Catholic Church
Knights of Columbus
Richmond
Beckley
Youth for Christ Rally Marks Beckley Anniversary
Beckley Youth for Christ sets 7 30 p m Saturday at Beckley Junior High auditorium to celebrate its third anniversary. Nathan Bond Los Angeles evangelist will speak. he leads a radio ministry and has founded three Christian day schools. Instrumental duets by Bill Stevens and a devotional period led by Carl G Johnson.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Beckley Youth For Christ
Beckley Junior High
Nathan Bond
Los Angeles
San Bernardino
Carl G. Johnson
Three Lots Bought In City for $1 000
L A Landers and wife purchase three Beckley lots and part of another from Matt Crook and wife for about $1 000, deed on file. The notice lists numerous other Beckley land transfers with prices ranging from about $300 to $4 600, including properties on N Kanawha Street and in Sunset Memorial Park. Multiple buyers and sellers named accompany details of tracts in Town District Marsh Fork Shady Spring and Hunter additions, with values cited.
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L. A
Houchins Manufacturing Company
H. E. Anderson
Beckley
Edna B. Williamson
Fred G. Michael
Raleigh Coal and Coke Company
C. Berkley Lilly
Reed
A. M. Sizemore
Nancy Judith Sizemore
Patsy F. Billings
Lawrence IC. Namby
Willard E. Age
Thaddeus C. Bennett
James A. Thompson
North Bechler
George J. Titler
White Lane
Alfred Tolliver
van Hunter
Hunter
Marsh Fork
James Dewey Pack
Sadie V. Bragg
Shady
Spring
Ernest Large
Hubert Jarrett
Hollis Jarrett
J. M. Mannix
Robert G. Wooten
Shadyne
Five More Truckers Fined On Overloading Charges
Five more truckers were fined yesterday in magistrate courts for overloading after State Police weight checks. Vehicles belonged to Central Motor Lines of North Carolina and individuals including William A. Cox and W. E. Farrow of Shady Springs, each fined $25 plus costs by Magistrate T. N. Thurman. Robert H. Amos of Shay Spring also faced similar charges before Magistrate T. H. Wills.
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Central Motor Lines
North Carolina
William A. Cox
W. E. Farrow
Shady Springs
T. N. Thurman
Robert H. Amos
Shay Spring
T. Hy
Beckleyan Gives Guitar Recital at Cincinnati Conservatory
Harold Chris Williams of Beckley a Cincinnati Conservatory faculty member presented a recital Wednesday night. The program featured several classical selections by Williams and his students. Williams, 24, teaches guitar in his second year on the faculty and is the son of Mr and Mrs Dewey Williams of Beckley. He is a 1944 graduate of Woodrow Wilson High School and completed studies at the Cincinnati Conservatory in 1949.
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Beckleyan
Cincinnati
Harold Chris Williams
Beckley
Cinccinnati Conservatory of Music
Conservatory
Faclty
Williams
Dewey Williams
Fulton Avenue
Woodrow Wilson High School
Cincinnati Conservatory
Area Business Notes Highlights Regional Agency Achievements
Audrey W. Riffe reports on a string of recognitions and activities in area business. Ralph Hash of Mullens Union Furniture earns a trip to Erie for General Electric refrigerator sales, Lillian Rich of Oak Hill Floral attends a Richmond floristry design school, and James D. Rawn of Beaver joins a Farm Bureau convention in New York City with about 300 district managers. Lyndell Bennett of Beckley wins top Farm Bureau agent trophy, Judie and Julie Jones head to Chicago radio work with WLS and NBC National Barn Dance, and James W. Holsteine of Inter-Ocean Insurance is promoted to special writer in Beckley.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Audrey W. Riffe
General ‘Electric
Ralph Hash
Mullens Union Furniture Company
Erie
General Electric
James D. Rawn
Beaver
Farm, Bureau Insurance Companies
Commodore
New York City
Rawn
Lyndell B. Bennett
Combs Street
Beckley
Farm Bureau Insurance Companies
Bennett
Companes
Oak Hill
Rawn and
Farm Bureau Automobile Insurance Company
Farm Bureau Mutual Fire Insurance Company
Farm Bureau Life Insurance Company
Columbus, CO
Judie
Julie Jones
Chicago
WLS
NBC
James W. Holsteine
Inter-Ocean Insurance Company
Beckley Newspapers Corporation
Soe i Ee
Two Couples Seek Marriage Licenses at County Clerk Office
Two couples applied Wednesday for marriage licenses. Jean Paul Audet, 26, of Prince, son of Mr. Adjutor Audet, and Doris Rousseau, 20, of Manchester, N H, daughter of Mr. Andriew Rousseau. Harold Thomas Foster, 20, of Stanaford, son of Mr. Dillard Foster, and Arlene Mae Harris, 19, of Stanaford, daughter of Mr. Tom Harris.
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Jean Paul Audet
Prince
Adjutor Audet
Doris Rousseau
Manchester
N. H
Andriew Rousseau
Harold Thomas Foster
Stanaford
Dillard Foster
Arlene Mae Harris
Tom Harris
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Shirt Tail Canyon
Jay
Deadman's Gulch
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el Dorado
Bobby Hatther
Crab Orchard
Don Thompson
Jack Chapman
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Danny Marless
Paul Bunyon
Joe Ramsey
Jeff Holdaway
Dexter Chandler
Frederick Arthur
Jack W
Harold Riffe, Jr
Army
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Youth For Christ
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Beckley Music & Electric Co
S. Fayette
Lillian Rich
The
Oak Hill Floral Company
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