Barron urges max use of West Virginia worked-out coal mines
Governor W W Barron urged the federal government to boost use of West Virginia worked-out coal mines for defense production and to promote location of federal facilities in Beckley. He spoke at the Area Redevelopment Conference at Woodrow Wilson High School, urging joint state and federal support and focusing on long term community improvement driven by local people.
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W. W. Barron
West Virginia
Woodrow Wilson High School
Beckley
Ing
Barron
U. S. Secretary of Commerce
Johnf. Kennedy
Cecil Miller
Okey Patteson
Kenneth Bergen
Len Jennings Ranch
Bergen
Washington
Luther H. Hodges
David Humphrey
U.S. Department of Agriculture
West “Virginia
Humphrey
Department of Agriculture
Obituary notices for Mrs. Mattie White and William Fortner
Mrs. Mattie White 68 of Harvey dies after brief illness at home born in Cumberland County Virginia daughter of John and Ella Calloway member of Harvey Baptist Church and Missionary Society survivors include four daughters two sons three brothers a sister twelve grandchildren and eleven great grandchildren body at Ritchie and Johnson Funeral Parlor William Lenna Fortner 81 of Baileysville dies at home of a son in law and daughter born June 9 1880 at Sun Hill survived by Vida Ann Fortner three sons six or more daughters a brother and thirty six grandchildren one great grandchild body at Evans Funeral Home in Oceana
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Julia Ann Pittman
Calloway Heights
Maple Valley
Route 1
Mount Hope
Leslie Garten
C. H. Painter
Spiral Davis Cemetery
Maple Fork
Alex
Isabelle Craddock
Christian Church
Ruena Bowling
Obie Pittman
Shady Spring
Carl Pittman
Rt. 1
Mt. Hope
Lola Penning
Raleigh
James
William Craddock
Shelan
Wash
George
Alice Treadway
Webb and Neal
Methodist Church
Lawrence County
Ohio
Lillie Shope
Lucille Boley
Oak Hill
Willia Pittman
Whipple
Phyllis Asbury
Charleston
Adelaide Bryant
Fayetteville
Dreama James
Jennings
Scarbro
Russell
Harry James
Caroline Lambie Brodie
Mount Hope Presbyterian Church
Ray Hansen
Odd Fellows
Brodie
Andrew S. Rowan
Scotland
America
James Brodie
Elizabeth Brodie Stone
R. M. Lambie
Katherine Leishman
Columbus
Agnes Easton
Beckley
Elizabeth Cormack
Eccles
Odd Fellows Cemetery
Tyree
Cumberland
County Va
John and
Ella Calloway
Harvey Baptist Church
The
Baptist Missionary Society
Louise Robinson
Della Carrington
Harvey
Edna Carter
Lesser
Lillian DeBerry
William Watkins
Daniel Watkins
Lackawanna
N. Y
John Calloway
Washington
Washington, Pa., Percy Brown and Hessie Brown
New Canton, Va
Robbie Hensley
Lester
Ritchie and Johnson Funeral Parlor
William Lenna Fortner
Baileysville
Elbert Toler
Sun Hill
Vida Ann Bailey Fortner
Wonnie
Bess Travis
Matheny
Shirley Steele
Lynco
Louise Riffe
Ikes Fork
Jack Fortner
Verner
Evans Funeral Home
Oceana
Frank McKinley Perry dies after illness at 66
Frank McKinley Perry of Bald Knob, aged 66, died at 4 50 p m Thursday in Beckley Veterans Administration Hospital after a six month illness. The body is at Hunter and Hunter Funeral Home in Madison awaiting arrangements.
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Benjamin Harrison Rutledge
Lanark
Caffee Funeral Home
Frank McKinley Perry
Bald Knob
Beckley Veterans Administration Hospital
Hunter and Hunter Funeral Home
Madison
Witnesses Testify in Willis Water Suit in Raleigh Court
In Raleigh County Circuit Court this morning nine plaintiffs described water outages from May 18, 1957, to Jan. 22, 1958 in suits against George Willis of Willis Water Co. Prosecutor Clay S. Crouse led the case as witnesses testified they waited overnight for any water and had only air from meters when service briefly returned. Mrs Lucy Joyce said she believed they were getting air rather than water.
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Consolidated
George Willis
Willis Water Co
Raleigh County
Willis
Clay S. Crouse
J. A. Maxwell
Lucy Joyce
Beckley Shows Stronger Business Vitality Index
Beckley’s census summary reports an average net income per household of $6,612 and an index of sales activity at 157, meaning 57 percent above the national average. The figures compare local buying power and population-adjusted vitality across communities.
Beckley Forum Highlights Area Redevelopment Act Outreach
Community leaders from across West Virginia, about 700 by noon, gathered at Woodrow Wilson High School to hear federal officials explain the Area Redevelopment Act. Secretary Hodges and Sen. Byrd led sessions on job creation, manpower training, and federal-state cooperation.
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Mountain State
Woodrow Wilson High School
Capitol Hill
Secretary of Commerce
Luther H. Hodges
Floyd Jones
War
McDowell County
Hodges
Beckley
North Carolina
Washington
U. S
Robert C.byrd
Sophia
Jennings Randolph
D-W. Va
Kenneth P. Bergen
Navy Department
Dignitaries at Beckley IOOF Convention Registration
Morning session at the Beckley Hotel for three Independent Order of Odd Fellows groups features Harold L. Scott Linn West Virginia Grand Patriarch Opal Glover Charleston Department Association Women Brigadier Gen R C Costilow Clarksburg department commander Maj Delmer Davis convention chairman and Lt Harold W Blake Beckley registration chairman at the registration table.
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Order of Odd Fellows
Beckley Hotel
Harold L. Scott
Linn
West Virginia
Opal Glover
Charleston
Department Association
R. C. Costilow
Clarksburg
Delmer Davis
Harold W. Blake
Beckley
City Official Explains About Parking Tickets
City Attorney Truman L. Sayre welcomed members of three Independent Order of Odd Fellows groups to Beckley for a joint state meeting at the Beckley Hotel. He outlined the city policy of “taking care” of parking tickets issued to visitors during their stay, instructing members to hand tickets to the convention chairman.
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City Hall
Grandview State Park
Davis
el Chico
William H. England
Syracuse
N. Y
Sovereign Grand Lodge
IOOF
England
New York State
O. D. Hall of
Kroger
Truman L. Sayre
Order of Odd Fellows
Beckley
Beckley Hotel
Department Council Patriarchs Militant
Department Association of Ladies
Patriarchs Militant
West Virginia
Mountain State
Sayre
West Virginia Calls for Area Redevelopment to Meet Tech Change
Hodges outlines the Area Redevelopment Program as essential to confront structural unemployment caused by automation. He argues national unity, private enterprise strength, and coordinated federal state local action are needed to modernize industry, save and create jobs, aid affected communities, and push the U.S. economy toward dynamic growth.
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Lyour
Communist Bloc
West Virginia
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Bostic Ave
Rose and Quesenberry Peace Chapel
Billy Waddell
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Jim Graw
Tommy Forren
Melvin Danberry
Bruce Anderson
Roy Childs
Virgil Ayers
Julia Pittman
C. W. Bud’ Shope
C. W
Bud) Shope
Thomas Funeral Home
R. J. Chenoweth
High Lawn Memorial Park
Shope
Benjamin H. Rutledge
Mrs
Caroline Brodie
Sears
Sears Monument Co
Harper Road
Mattie White
William L
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Defense Department
Community Industry Action Committee
Department of Defense
Department of Labor
J. Dewey Coates
Coates
State Department of Employment Security
Njames H. Pearson
Department of Health, Education and Welfare
Wnation
Gordon K. Ebersole
Department of the Interior
Washington, D. C
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Kentucky
Udall
Area Redevelopment Administration
General Services Administration Commission
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GSA
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Family Weekly
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