Contact Lenses Topic Of Talk At West Virginia Optometric Meet
Dr. Harry Wachs of Pittsburgh spoke at Beckley opening of the West Virginia Optometric Association two day convention. About 30 state optometrists attended as he described lenses aiding myopia control and noted growing use by children athletes and teenagers. He urged more research and training while detailing his Pennsylvania Visions Institute work.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joe Parks
White Haines
Columbus
Beckley
West Virginia Optometric Assn
Harry Wachs
Pittsburgh
West Virginia Optometric Association
Wachs
Pennsylvania State College of Optometry
Pennsylvania Visions Institute
Opportunity Offered Area Sheep Shearers
Farmers who missed shearing due to heavy rains will have another chance to have their flocks shorn before shipment. Raleigh County growers may join Mercer County wool pool, with shipment from Princeton on June 10. Contact H B Thomas to arrange participation.
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H. B. Thomas
County Agricultural
Raleigh County
Mercer County
Princeton
Thomas
Area Nurses To Attend ANA Convention In Atlantic City
Two delegates from District 16 will attend the American Nurses Association first annual convention in Atlantic City from June 9 to 13. Betty Brown of Beckley and Elizabeth Coffman Hinton are listed among Beckley participants along with Katherine Jarrett Mary Lemon and Alice Flick from Beckley. District 10 includes Mercer Monroe Mc Dowell Raleigh Greenbrier Wyoming and Summers counties. Over 11 000 professionals from 48 states the District of Columbia and five territories will attend with visitors from other countries. Topics cover professional development the nurse in society and disaster nursing under the theme The Professional Nurse Practitioner and Citizen.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
American Nurses’ Association
Atlantic City
Betty Brown
Beckley
Elizabeth Coffman
Hinton
Mercer
Monroe
McDowell
Raleigh
Greenbrier
Wyoming
Summers
District of Columbia
Katherine Sarrett
Mary Lemon
Alice Flick
Virginia Beach Man to Receive Medical Degree in June
John Milton Miller Jr. of Virginia Beach and Beckley will earn a medical degree from the Medical College of Virginia Hospital in Richmond on June 3. He graduated Hampden-Sydney College in 1934 with a bachelor of science. Son of Mr and Mrs J Milton Miller of Virginia Beach and Mathers, he will intern at North Carolina Baptist Hospital in Winston-Salem.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Milton Miller Jr
Virginia Beach
Beckeley
Medical College of Virginia Hospital
Richmond
Miller
Hampden ~ Sydney College
J. Milton Miller
Virginia Beach and Mathers
North Carolina Baptist Hospital
Winston-Salem
N.C
Wiener Roast for Young Ambassadors Fellowship Held in Prosperity
Members of the Young Ambassadors Fellowship of the Fundamental Baptist Church in Prosperity held a wiener roast at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Harold Lilly on Friday. Games and a devotional led by Hayward Lough preceded a gathering of Jerry Stover Diana Stover Charlotte Kiser Jerry Tally Charlotte Carter Robert Lilly Rhoda Pipkin Karen Beukema and Philip Coley.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Young Ambassadors Fellowship
the Fundamental Baptist Church
Prosperity
Harold Lilly
Hayward Lough
Jerry Stover
Diana Stover
Charlotte Kiser
Jerry Tally
Charlotte Carter
Robert Lilly
Rhoda Pipkin
Karen Beukema
Philip Coley
Man Pays Fine In Police Court
Maxwell Hillman Wheeler twenty is fined fifty six dollars in Beckley Police Court for reckless driving after pleading guilty. He was charged with causing about one thousand dollars in damages to two parked cars on South Kanawha Street. Wheeler was lodged in Raleigh County Jail at 10 30 p m Wednesday night.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Maxwell Hillman
Beckley
Carols Gene Wheeler
Raleigh County
South Kanawha Street
Wheeler
Vecillio
Odd Fellows Set Dead Honor Ceremony In June
Grandmaster Maurice B. Kincell and Grand Secretary Robert Roller visited Greater Beckley Lodge No. 74 to discuss furthering fellowship in the state. The Odd Fellows Memorial Services are scheduled for Tuesday June 19 at 7 30 p m in the First Christian Church and are open to the public with all Odd Fellows to attend in proper regalia.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Maurice B. Kincell
Booth
Greater Beckley Lodge No. 74
Independent
Order of Odd Fellows
Robert A. Roller
Charleston
Kencell
B. E. Silverman
Odd Fellow
Silverman
Odd Fellows
Model Jet Display Built by Raleigh County Vocational Students
Ra leigh County vocational students created a model jet airplane for the Beckley Air Force Recruiting Station. The station will showcase the model in parades recruiting displays and special events. It was featured in an Armed Forces Day parade in Princeton.
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Raleigh County Vocational School
Beckley Air Force Recruiting Station
Princeton
Laundries as Social Hubs for Homemakers
Do it yourself laundries have become social spots across the country where homemakers relax, chat, and swap ideas. Neighbors share advice on appliances and home equipment, with tips from someone who already owns a range, water heater, or clothes dryer.
Pemberton Executes Bond For City Court
Beckley man Cleo Alexander Pemberton Jr., 39, posted a $500 property bond to appear in Beckley Police Court on a moonshine charge after a Beckley Police arrest at 1:30 a.m. Sunday. Other inmates received various bonds for moonshine possession, driving offenses, and a five day sentence for driving while drunk.
Plans for Blue Jay School rebuild approved state
Raleigh County Board of Education urged teachers to plan early for fall term. A July 18 deadline to resign or apply for leaves was set to maintain good standing and ease replacements. The board also approved bus use for 4-H camp and other budget adjustments, plus summer attendance and vandalism guards.
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Raleigh County Boat of Education
TRE
Sherman C. Trail
Trail
Justine B. Flot
G. G. Greene
Transport Children Tor
Fayette County
Fred X. Williams
Ebennezer Baptist Church
Corey 0. Mitchell
Morton - Reaves
D. C
Basil H. Workman
W. P. Riffe
Byrd Heads Committee Reviewing U. S. Relations
West Virginia congressman Robert C. Byrd chairs the Subcommittee on Inter American Affairs as it opens a review of U S relations with Latin American Republics and Western Hemisphere policy. Hearings will be in executive session with a later publishable transcript planned.
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Subcommittee On
United States
West Virginia
Robert C. Byrd
Sion
Auto Mishaps In Beckley Cause Notable Damages
Police report two Saturday crashes in Beckley with $200 and $100 damage. The first on Prince Street at 9 am involved Larry Phillips 19 of Cool Ridge and Omar Kidd 43 of Slab Fork. The second on Second Street at Woodlawn Avenue at 5 am involved B D Corker 43 of Beckley and Ronald Miler 19 of MacArthur.
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Beckley
Prince Street
Larry Leo Phillips
Cool Ridge
Omar Oval Kidd
B. D. Corker
Bond Enforced in Moonshine Case In Bluefield
Josephine County man Jess Cole posted a 500 bond after waiving rights to federal court in Bluefield on a moonshine possession charge. He was arrested at Lillybrook by Alcohol and Tobacco Tax Division agents with one gallon of illicit whisky found. Ira L. Berkeley of Beaver pleaded guilty to hazardous driving before Magistrate Jack Holt in Hinton and paid 10 dollars plus costs after Monday arrest by state police.
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Josephine
Raleigh
U. S. Southern District
Bluefield
Jess Cole
U. S
W. A. Riffe
Alcohol and Tobacco Tax Division
U. S. Treasury Department
Lillybrook
Cole
GS Council To Meet In Raleigh County
The Raleigh County Girl Scout Council will meet at 10 30 a m Wednesday in the Scout office in the Bair Building. All members are urged to attend.
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Raleigh County
Girl Scout Council
Bair
Explosion and Fire At Prosperity House Injures Two Kopecs
Two Prosperity men, Mathew aged 36 and Roger aged 17, are at Beckley Hospital with second degree burns after an explosion at Chester Kopee's residence in Prosperity around 12:30 a m Sunday. The house was leveled by fire. Assistant State Fire Marshal M M Gladwell will investigate. Fire Chief Bernard Martin says the blast may be due to gas escaping after one of the Kopec men lit a cigarette while obtaining pipe fittings. Fire units responded at 2:20 am to the five room frame dwelling.
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Prosperity
Beckley Hospital
Chester Kopee
Bernard Martin
M. M. Gladwell
Beckley
Mathew
Roger Kopec
Koper
Roger
Otis Lyons
Lyons
Car Falls On Man In Flat Top Injury
George Mc Bride of Flat Top is treated at Raleigh General Hospital for a fractured spine and bruises after a car he was helping repair fell on him. He expects a hospital stay of at least two weeks and will likely remain in a cast for six months or longer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George McBride
Raleigh General Hospital
Donations Sought for Cemetery Clean Up in Coal City
Residents in Coal City cleared Bower's Cemetery across from Coal City Elementary School removing bushes and briars and mowing grass. Mrs. W. M. Booth notes families with relatives buried there take pride in the effort. Donations to cover costs may be sent to Mrs. W. I. M. Booth at 203 First Avenue or to D. B. Peters in Coal City.
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Coal City
W. M. Booth
W. IM. Booth
First Avenue
D. B. Peters
West Virginia Restocks All Trout Impoundments by May Thirty
State conservation fisheries personnel completed restocking of all major streams and trout impoundments by Decoration Day. Fish Chief Ed Kinney stated every trout impoundment in West Virginia and major trout streams are stocked with trout.
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Fish
Ed Kinhey
West Virginia
Umblemished Year for Mitchem Family at Princewick
Mr and Mrs J L Mitchem celebrate five eldest children earning perfect attendance certificates at Princewick Elementary and Stoco High. The group includes Ruby fifth grade John sixth grade Rachel second grade Flora ninth grade Minnle junior and Paul Floyd aged 1 year 10 months. Paul Floyd is held by Mrs Mitchem. Mitchem works as a coal miner and is currently unemployed.
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J. L. Mitchem
Princewick
Ruby
John
Rachel
Princewick Elementary School
Mitchem
Paul Floyd
Flora
Minnle
Stoco High
Young graduates to report for Air Force orientation
Miss Snyder and Miss McDonald, daughters of Welch residents, will report to Gunter Air Force Base Alabama on June 22 for a four week orientation school before beginning duty at Ellsworth Air Force Base South Dakota. Miss Snyder is a Welch High School graduate of 1954 and a 1957 Emory & Henry College alumna.
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Frank F. McDonald
Welch
Welch High School
Emory & Henry College
Snyder
McDonald
Gunter Air Force Base
Montgomery
Ala
Ellsworth Air Force Base
S. D
Beckley Memorial Hospital
United States ‘Air Force Nurse Corps
Gloria Mae Snyder
Lawrence C. Snyder
Shady Spring
Woodrow Wilson High School
St. Mary's School of Nursing
Eva Jane McDonald
Beckley
Three Cars Collide Damages Reach 500
A three car collision near Beaver Lake at 10 p m Saturday caused about 500 in damages. Drivers named are Leon B Carper Jr Lego Cecil E Huff man and Harold E Bragg. State Police seek driver who struck a parked car owned by George McGill.
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Little Beaver Lake
Leon B. Carper Jr
Lego
Cecil E. Huffman
Beckley
Harold E. Bragg
Wilmington
Del
Norman A. Wiley
Shady Spring
Rhodes Hatchery
Wiley
Jesse James Richmond
Oak Hill
George McGill
Lester
George P. Daniel
Glen Daniel
McGill
Weekly Disease Report for Raleigh County and Nearby Areas
Raleigh County reports four disease cases for the week ending May 24 per the West Virginia Health Department bulletin. Raleigh had three tuberculosis cases and one syphilis case. Fayette County reported measles 63, streptococcal infections 12, tuberculosis 2, syphilis 1, dog bites 2, coon bites 1. Wyoming County reported four chickenpox, six German measles, and 65 measles cases.
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Raleigh County
West Virginia
State Department of Health Disease Control
Raleigh
Fayette
Wyoming County
Graveside Rites Held For Infant Son of Gregory Family
Infant son of Mr and Mrs Samuel Gregory Glen White graveside rites were conducted today at Lester Cemetery by Rev C H Edwards The infant died Friday Survivors include four brothers Samuel Ivory Lloyd and James one sister Andra a stepbrother Randolph Hall of Abingdon Va and a stepsister Roberta Martin of Lester
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Samuel Gregory
Glen White
Lester
Ilaim
Pre Nursing Test Set at St Josephs School of Nursing
The pre nursing test for St Josephs School of Nursing Parkersburg is set for June 11. High school graduates seeking admission in September should arrange with the directors to take the test.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Joseph’s School of Nursing
Parkersburg
School of Nursing
Sophia Town Council Meeting Postponed to Friday
Sophia Mayor D B Winfrey announced the council meeting, originally set for today, is postponed to Friday at 7 30 p m in Town Hall due to several members being on vacations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sophia
D. B. Winfrey
Winfrey
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