New Officers Installed at Beckley Underwriters Meet
Beckley State Insurance Commissioner Judson Pearson attended a Beckley Hotel ceremony where new officers of the Beckley Underwriters Association were installed. Ed Wolfe and Glen Morgan were pictured with Ed Richmond as first vice president and other officers.
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Judson Pearson
Charleston
Beckley
Beckley Underwriters Association
Beckley Hotel
Ed Wolfe
Glen Morgan
Seven Area Men Enlist in U S Air Force
The Beckley recruiting office of the United States Air Force enlisted seven men during the past week. Undergoing basic training at Lackland Air Force Base Texas are Billy R. McCormick Worth Leon A Beverly Davy Elmer G Ellison Rockview Ronald Louis Taylor Monaville Donald Curtis Taylor Monaville Donald Edward Blankenship Peach Creek and Albert F Lucion Hensley.
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United States Air Force
Beckiey
Lackland Air Force Base
Tex
Billy R. McCormick
Worth
Leon A. Beverly
Davy
Elmer G. Ellison
Rockview
Ronald Louis Taylor
Monaville
Donald Curtis Taylor
Donald Edward Blankenship
Peach Creek
Albert F. Lucion
Hensley
Many Spring Graduates Sign With Armed Forces
High school graduations have swelled enlisted ranks across Navy and Army. Twelve men enlisted in the Navy at the Post Office recruiting substation this past week, with names including Saplak, White, Robbins II, Rowe, Porterfield, Riffe, Meadows, Jones, Cooper, Carpenter, Smith, and Wall. Army enlistments listed Hensley, Caudell, Aliff, McCrary, Drake, Wilson, Waddy, Sopsher, Cameron, Blankenship, Cunningham, and Wad dy, from multiple towns such as Prichard, Sweetlands, Clear Fork, Charleston, Madison, Wolf Creek, Gary, War, Panther, and Ripley.
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Navy Training Center
Great Lakes
Paul Andrew Saplak
Charles Rocus Saplak
Glen White
William Robinson
Gladys Mae Robinson
Skelton
Carlton Henry Robbins II
Kathleen Robbins
Rainelle
James Ernest Rowe
Nora Ellen Rowe
Ronceverte
Bernard Lee Porterfield
Bernard Gray Porterfield
Stanaford
Teddy Wayne Riffe
Cecil Owen Riffe
Crab Orchard
Dennis Carter Meadows
L Garnet
JSON
Virginia Woodrum
Sweetlands
Rogers Lee Aliff
Elmer Aliff
Ewing H. Sopsher
Gary
James Ira Ca
June Is Speed Control Month Is Speed Control Month
Colonel Hazen B. Fair of the West Virginia State Police says accidents are often caused by unsafe acts rather than fate and urges drivers to slow down during June Speed Control Month. He notes weather road conditions and vehicle wear can require speeds well below posted limits and warns drivers they can be arrested for unsafe speeds.
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Hazen B. Fair
West Virginia State Police
Desk Memorializes H. U. Sloan At Raleigh Library
A birch curved desk with a memory plaque for Herbert A. Sloan is installed at the Raleigh County Public Library. Open house planned for June 19 to showcase the new addition and furniture, with $732 still needed in funds. donations urged.
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Herbert A. Sloan
Raleigh County Public Library
Sloan
Treas
Brarian
Graham
First Aid Classes Opened and Advanced Course Ends
The Raleigh County Chapter of the American Red Cross ran a 15 hour first aid course for the public. Cecil Poindexter taught a Friday class in the Central Baptist Church basement at 7 p.m. The Appalachian Power Company building hosted the advanced course led by C. A. Marshall with 15 graduates from Beckley Mount Hope Fairdale Glen Daniel Stanaford Beaver and others.
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Raleigh County
American Red Cross
Central Baptist Church
Cecil Poindexter
C. A. Marshall
Appalachian Power Company
Phyllis S. Phipps
Leonard Hewlett
Archie
Woodworking Main Industry In West Virginia
Nearly ten percent of the total manufacturing labor force in West Virginia works in lumber furniture fixtures and other wood products making woodworking the fourth largest manufacturing industry in the state.
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West Virginia
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Ed Richmond
Robert Taylor
Bell-Ans
Bell- Ans
Orangeburg
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A Mons
Tru
Cest
Neville ST
W. VA
Armed Forces
Armed Services
United States Navy
Navy
Imeron
Aubrey A. Cameron
War
Dencil Ray Blankenship
Moses Blankenship
Panther
Daniel Okey Cunningham
H. U. Sloan
S. West Va
Peoples Credit Store
Ata
Aaa
Dichmont
Riner
Everett R. Shafer
R. Michael Smiley
Harry Ellis
Ralph H. Jackson
Wilfred Woodell
Henry Watkins
Mount Hope
Qbhiin Davis
Kathleen Davis
Fairdale
Harvey H. Covey
Daphne Covey
Glen Daniel
John Fink
Wendell Thurman
Beaver
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