Hanshaw Named Local Pastor in Beckley Methodist Church
West Virginia Methodist Conference announces Rev Edward Hanshaw will fill the Beckley First Methodist Church vacancy after Rev Glenn W Stewart retires. The conference, with about 580 ministerial appointments, ends a five day meeting at West Virginia Wesleyan College attended by 1,200, as long list of Beckley area changes is issued and two ministers gain full connection.
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First Methodist Church
Beckley
Glenn W. Stewart
Edward Hanshaw
Fred G. Holloway
Buckhannon
West Virginia
Ference
A. E. Wills
Coal City
Herman Hayess
Glen Daniel
R. L. Daviss
Herndon
Leslie Chippis
Hico
Carl Chapmans
Itman
Glen Rogers
Joel Rector
Oceana
J. R. Harshberger
Raleigh Parish
J. D. Shaffer
Summersville Memorial
Kenneth Watkins
The
Methodist Church
David Keith Clarke
Belle
Robert Edward Maynard
Logan
Edsel Aliff
Clear Fork
Kenneth Ambrose
Richwood
Richard Holliday
Brushfork
Graham Robertson
East River
Fred C. Cooks
Montcalm- McComas
William Daughertys
Roderfield
Bernard Skeenss
Sandlick
Hayward
Wilcoe-Thorpe
Ray Arthurs
Shady Spring FHA Girls Attend Leadership Conference
Two Shady Spring Future Homemakers of America members Mary Belle Maddy and Barbara Maxey travel to Cedar Lakes for a leadership conference running today through Friday. They will study parliamentary procedure, FHA work, and manners while participating in craft classes and a Styles Around the Clock fashion feature.
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Shady Spring
Future Homemakers of America
Cedar Lakes
Mary Belle Maddy
Barbara Maxey
Mary Belle
George S. Maddy
Beaver
Tri-Hi- Y
Methodist Youth Fellowship
Beaver Methodist Church
Ray R. Maxey
Barbara
FHA
Baptist Youth Fellowship
Mabscott Man Fatally Injured In One-Car Crash
Harold E. Adkins 40 of Mabscott died in a one car wreck on Scarbro Road near Oak Hill. State Police say he fell asleep at the wheel as the car zigzagged and plunged 20 feet into a creek bed, rolling onto its top. Coroner Dr. M G Hresan ruled death from a broken neck. Adkins was employed by Beckley Wrecking Co. and was alone.
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Mabscott
Fayette County
Scarbro
Oak Hill
Harold E. Adkins
M. G. Hresan
Adkins
Beckley Wrecking Co
Beckley
Reappointments Stir West Virginia School Leaders Network
The Lewisburg district announces reappointments of multiple district superintendents and officials across towns including Durbin Lewisburg John Hollister Lindside Woodrow Haughts Peterstown Richland Carpenter Pocahontas Marvin Freed Rainelle Richard Wright Richwood First Raymond Moore Talcott Olen Winfrees White Sulphur Springs Douglas Shepherd and others in the Pritchard circuit Lowell Leggs Salt Rock Mt Pisgah and nearby areas.
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Pritchard
Lowell Leggs
Salt Rock-Mt. Pisgah
John Greisers
Lewisburg
James C. Fisher
Durbin
Jack Miller
John W. Hollister
Lindside
Woodrow W. Haughts
Peterstown
Richard Carpenter
Pocahontas
Marvin Freed
Rainelle
Richard L. Wright
Richwood
Raymond L. Moore Jr
Talcott
Olen Winfrees
White Sulphur Springs
Douglas N. Shepherd
West Virginia DAV installs officers at Beckley convention
National Commander Peter Dye installed the new slate for the West Virginia Disabled American Veterans in Beckley. State Commander B T Hinkley was reelected. officers include Edward H. Reuter Roy St Clendenin Charles Schamp Dan Akers James F Thompson and C G White with Robert Elmore John Tincher and Wilson Baker named as key posts. The Beckley chapter hosted about 200 delegates.
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West Virginia
Disabled American Veterans
Beckley
D.A.V
Peter L. Dye
Denver
Colorado
B. T. Hinkley
Huntington
Edward H. Reuter
Point Pleasant
Roy St. Clendenin
South Charleston
Charles Schamp
Parkersburg
Dan Akers
Princeton
James F. Thompson
Hunt
Ington
C. G. White
French Creek
Robert R. Elmore
John B. Tincher
Wilson F. Baker
Hinkley
Dye
Beckley Organization
Disabled American Veterans Auxiliary
Sarah Croy
Washington, D. C
Luella Gibson
Lois Crook
Bonnie Wyat
Clarksburg
Faye Elmore
Grace Fitzpatrick
Peter
Blue Laws Defied by 3 Firms In West Virginia
Three discount stores in Beckley and other cities opened on Sunday as new Sunday closing laws took effect. Owners said business was normal or better, shoppers welcomed openings, and law officers issued warnings in some towns. No arrests reported as three stores filed suit challenging constitutionality.
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Beckley
Ernest Haddad
Leeds Discount Store
Pri-Way Shoe Mart
Grayson Plumley
Plumley
Pic-Way
M. W. McCollum
Pagoda
Charleston
Huntington
Wheeling
Bluefield
Parkersburg
Weirton
Wellsburg
Joe’s Bargain Fair, Inc
Kanawha County
Maier To Give Information On WAC Recruiting Visit
Capt Colleen Maier WAC procurement officer for West Virginia visits the U S Army Recruiting Main Station Fairmont to meet women college graduates seeking commissions in the Women’s Army Corps. She will answer questions on direct commissions housing duties posts pay travel and study abroad and counsels applicants on WAC opportunities.
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Colleen Maier
WAC
West Virginia
U. S. Army
Fairmont
Beckley
Women's Army Corps
Maier
Tunnelton
Fairmont Station
Tunnelton High School
Ft. Lee
Ft. Belvoir
Ashland
Frankfurt
Germany
Citizens Band Radio Group Plans Meetings
Raleigh-Fayette Citizens Band Radio Club president Harold Blake announces plans for two state meetings and a nationwide Citizens Band Round-Up. Local members join groups from Greenbrier Summers Clay Nicholas Webster Kanawha and Fayette counties at Summersville June 16 for a picnic round-up. The national meet runs June 28-30 in Kingsport Tennessee with Blake C A Carney W R Forbes Ernest Allenbaugh and Lloyd Walker attending. A FCC representative and CB radio manufacturers will address attendees. Changes in law 19 will be explained.
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Harold Blake
Raleigh-Fayette Citizens Band Radio Club
Citiens Band
Greenbrier
Summers
Clay
Nicholas
Webster
Kanawha
Fayette
Summersville
Kingsport
Tennessee
Raleigh-Fayette
Blake
C. A. Carney
W. R. Forbes
Ernest Allenbaugh
Lloyd Walker
Citizens Band
Federal Communications Commission
Citizens Band Clubs
FCC
Distribution of Commodities At Glen Daniel Church
Distribution will occur at the Glen Daniel Methodist church Tuesday noon to five and Wednesday eight to four. Agent Charlie Wilson requests recipients bring containers. The West Virginia Retailers Association failed to dismiss the suit in Judge Frank L. Taylor's court. The law restricts Sunday sales including golf balls only at golf courses, antiques allowed, real estate and house trailers forbidden, clothing banned, swimming and boating gear permitted.
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Glen Daniel Methodist Church
Charlie Wilson
West Virginia Retailers Association
Frank L. Taylor
Sixteen Apply for Work at Beckley Office
Sixteen persons filed applications for work at the Beckley Office of Employment Security Friday. They include three clerk typists two sales clerks one baby sitter one kitchen helper one baker one electric repairman one electrician foreman one spray painter one truck driver and five construction laborers.
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Beckley Office of Employment Security
Young gal finds robe to shade at beach, avoids sunburn
A lighthearted note suggests providing a robe to a young woman to wear at the shore. The garment offers coverage to prevent sunburn while she enjoys a day by the water.
Grand Jury Probes Three Murders In Raleigh County
The Raleigh County Grand Jury terms include murder charges against Romancelos Tunstalle for the March 11 death of Hudson Woodson, and Patrician Saunders for the March 17 killing of her husband James. Edward Evans faces a stabbing charge in a April 13 incident at Jones Billiard Parlor, plus a wide array of other indictments across larceny burglary arson assault and traffic offenses.
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Raleigh County
Romancelos Tunstalle
Lillybrook
Hudson Woodson
Tunstalle
Mattie Saunders Chambers
Seventh Street
James
Edward Junior Evans
Eddie Eastman
Homer Lee Jones
Jones Billiard Parlor
South Fayette Street
James Pryor
Sid Trump
Thomas Dewey Treadway
William Edward Omber Jr
Bill Henry Hyatt
Sterling Cook
Davy Dean Layne
Leonard Layne
Lewis McKinley
James Lewis Davis
Samuel Cottle
Jack Cottle
Virgil Ray White
Willie G. Fortner
William Lacy Daniel II
Ashby Green Hye
Frederick Lorenzo Harris
Donald Roger Gwinn
Stella Richmond
Roy Clemens
Okey Osborne
Paul Thomas Cook
Loretta Hilton
Julia Bailey
Dallas Ransom
Charles W. Brownlee Sr
Charles F. Kufahl
Delbert Warden
Lionel Caffee
William H. Bush
Benny Ray Williams
Cleo F. Cameron
Benny Lee Mann
Sam Berrilo
Fordie Bragg
Frank Alderson
Patricia Walsh
Evelyn Lee
Robert Matthews Jr
Ted Byrd
Toney Goss
Lester C. Searls
Roy G. Massey
Clarence Lawson
Romack Wins Rock City Women’s Open in Sudden Playoff
Barbara Romack sank a three-foot putt on the third hole of a sudden death playoff at Valley Brook Golf and Country Club to win $1,500 for first place after tying with Shirley Englehorn at 212 for three 18-hole rounds. Englehorn finished second with $1,250 after missing a shorter putt.
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Chattanooga
Tenn
Barbara Romack
Shirley Englehorn
Rock City
Valley Brook Golf and Country Club
Here
Miss Romack
Englehorn
Food distribution announced at Sprague church
Agent Ora Mesias said commodities will be distributed at Freewill Baptist Church in Sprague on Wednesday from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. and on Thursday from 8 a.m. to noon.
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Ora Mesias
Freewill Baptist Church
Sprague
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Lavalette and
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Mason
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Milton
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Omar Stirrat
Herman Ross
Peck’s Mill
J. Harry Bakers
Pleasant Valley
J. A. Earl
Pleasant Circuit
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Pleasant St. Paul’s
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Beckley Area
Neville Street
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Marvel Peach
Bennett's
L. Dye
Roy S. Clendenin
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National Board of Fire Underwriters
R. D. Watts Insurance
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