Ex-Beckley Woman Undergoes Surgery
Mrs. Lon Gapen, formerly Frances Higgins, undergoes surgery at Allegheny General Hospital Pittsburgh and will be confined about three weeks. The Gapens split summers in Morgantown and winters in Florida. she previously worked for Beckley Social Security. CLASS MEETS TODAY Eliza Hunter Home Department Class meets at Mrs. Annie Brown’s Lincoln Street home at 5 p.m.
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Lon Gapen
Beck- Hegan
Allegheny General Hospital
Pittsburgh
Gapen
Frances Higgins
Social Security Administration
Beckley
Mrs. Gapen
Morgantown
Florida
Eliza Hunter
Annie Brown
Lincale St
Fire sprinkler flood in San Diego apartment
Fire department reports Paul Protz man heated his apartment to dry clothes, triggering an automatic sprinkler. Water ran down into a photography studio and a beauty shop, soaking neighboring units.
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San Diego
Calif
Paul Protzman
Protzman
Beckley Embezzlement Trial Moves On Two Counts
In Raleigh County federal court Henderson faces two counts after one embezzlement charge was acquitted. The judge and defense argued over whether to elect charges for the jury while Henderson testified he did not intend to defraud the bank and that a prior bank balance discrepancy was caused by timing and daily balances.
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Southern District Federal Court
Pete” Henderson
Beckley
Henderson
Ben Moore
Davi Ashworth
Ashwortis
Moore
Raleigh County
Frend
Esso
Prince St
Raleigh
Elmer L. Davis
B, B. Chambers
E. Earl Bibb
Beckley F Hardware and Supply Co
Local Parks and Theatres Notice for Beckley Area
The listing covers baseball leagues at Slab Fork and War ren Williams League, Be c k le y area parks and amusements including Little Beaver Park with swimming boating dancing and picnicking off Route 21 near Daniels Grandview State Park with scenic New River Gorge views and caves miniature golf driving range archery near Beckley Mount Hope, Elite Bowling Neville Street, skating rinks Stamaford and MacArthur, and theatres in Beckley Crab Orchard Drive-In Glen Jean attractions and drive-ins showtime listings for titles like The Ten Commandments Two Grooms For A Bride Sierra Stranger That Certain Feeling Night Freight and Dream Expose.
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Elks
Woodrow Wilson High School
Little Beaver Park
Daniels
Grandview State Park
New River Gorge
Danels
Little Beaver Road
Beckley
Mount Hope
Neville St
Stamaford
MacArthur
Sierra Stranger
Crab Orchard Drive-In
Glen Jean
Pompey
Obey Signs Of Life Warns WV Superintendent
West Virginia State Police Superintendent Hazen J. Fair urges drivers to follow traffic signs and signals to reduce crashes. He notes over half of fatal accidents involve drivers violating at least one regulation, with speeding, improper passing, and ignoring signs as common causes.
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West Virginia
Hazen JH. Fair
A Fair
Fair
Applicants Still Accepted Miles Cable For UMWA Nursing School
Morehead State College opens Sept. 16 for a three year United Mine Workers Welfare and Becoming Cabling School program with 66,000 feet of outside cable to be deployed at Flat Top. Miss Irene Healy, director, says vacancies remain for the first class and applicants must be high school graduates ages 17 to 35. Men and women may apply and testing and interviews will be arranged at Hart Memorial Hospital and other Memorial Hospitals in Kentucky West Virginia and Virginia.
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School of Professional Nursing
Memorial Hospitals
Kentucky
West Virginia
Virginia
Beckley Memorial Hospital
Irene Healy
Morehead State College
Morehead
United Mine Workers
School of Professional
Nurs F of America
Odhe College
Healy
Hart School
Law Ky. Memorial Hospital
Memorial
Miners Memorial
Capital Assn
P. O. Box
William
Son
W. Va
Flat Top
A. W. Duprie
Chesapeake and Potomac Telephone Company
Fiat Top
Church Plans Baby and Parent Recognition Session
A special program at iFirst Assembly of God Church invites all parents with children under 3 to attend at 10 a.m. Sunday. The event features songs by beginner and primary choirs, free baby portraits by W H Hickman of Mount Hope, with one print given to parents and the other placed on the Cradle Bell board. The cradle roll is open to all, and Mrs P F Rhodes oversees the department. The church emphasizes child focused Sunday School and Sunday services with children’s church led by Linda Bennell Hazel Wray and Carol Brown, allowing parents to attend the adult service.
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iFirst Assembly of God
Valley Drive
W.H. Hickman
Mount Hope
Airs
P. Fh. Rhodes
Assembly of God
R. M. Waldron
Progres
Linda Bennell
Hazel Wray
Carol Brown
Coal output in Winding Gulf District rises last week
Production climbed by 214,786 tons in the Winding Gulf District for the week, exceeding the prior week by 4,201 tons and beating the same week last year by 50,147 tons. Year to date output reached 333 tons in the district.
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Winding Gulf
Winding Gulf District
Salem man finds old bills in attic of slated razing site
In Salem Virginia John K Tingler found a box of old U S currency behind walls while dismantling a house slated for demolition for a water plant expansion. He sold the bills for about 500 dollars after selling the property to the town for 125 dollars to clear the site.
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Salem
John KH. Tingler
Tingler
Jin
United States
Failure to Pay Fine Lands Woman In Jail
Alice Arbutus Maddy nineteen was lodged in Raleigh County Jail in lieu of a ten dollar fine plus costs. She was arraigned before Magistrate Catton White on charges of driving without an operator s license and intoxication. She was arrested on the charges at 3 34 am Sunday by State Police.
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Alice Arbutus “Maddy
Beck- Hey
Raleigh
Catton White
Deadline Extension Helps Disabled Individuals Under New Social Security Amendments
Stanley B. Ear of the SS Office Beckley says Congress and the President enacted amendments extending the filing deadline to June 30, 1958 for those disabled before 1955 to obtain a disability freeze. The changes allow full disability benefits alongside VA compensation, with an earnings freeze based on actual work history. Officials warn many may not have applied yet and remind affected veterans of offset rules.
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Stanley B. Ear
SS Office
Beckley
Congress
Veterans Administration
Earl
Ily
Social Security Administration
Men Hurt In Slate Fall Treated At Hospital
Two men employed by Wood Pocahontas Coal Co were released from Beckley Memorial Hospital after state fall injuries. Ralph Johnson, 27, suffered a back injury and Edward Shafer, 40, a right rib injury. Both are from Besoco.
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Wood- Pocahontas Coal Co
Beckley Memorial Hospital
Ralph Johnson
Edward Shafer
Besoco
Reverend Ost Serves Nation’s Largest Park Parish
The Rev Dr Warren Ost directs the National Council of Churches Christian Ministry in the National Parks overseeing a million acre parish across 24 national parks and monuments. He travels by jeep plane and horseback while about 12 college and seminary students conduct services for park visitors.
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New York
Warren Ost
National Council of Churches Christian Ministry
Ost
OK On Theater Tours in New York Restart
A State Supreme Court ruling allows theater tour agencies in New York to resume operations if proper controls are established. The city licensing department had previously barred approvals for ducats sales to Broadway shows, but the decision opens the revived business of arranging air theater tours for visitors.
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New York
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