Mountain State Folk Festival to Highlight Pioneer Craft
Becken Beckley hosts the Mountain State Folk Festival featuring Mrs. Paradyne Hatcher of Shady Spring spinning wool on a 50 year old spinning wheel once owned by Aunt Mary Wills. Exhibits include a Civil War violin loaned by J. L. Pitzer of Daniels, a wooden chair from 1894, a white peak basket, and an English chestnut table with a White House provenance. The festival runs June 29 to July 1 at Woodrow Wilson High School.
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Mary Wills
Fall Rock
Summers County
Paradyne Hatcher
Shady Spring
Mary
Chapman’s
Mountain State
Pitzer
White House
Daniels
Woodrow Wilson High School
White House Fine Arts Committee
J. L. Pitzer
Williams
England
Brown
America
Lexington
West Virginia
Beckley Folk Festival Seeks Pioneer Exhibits
The Mountain State Folk Festival in Beckley will feature spinning, fiddling, shaped note singing, and olden time entertainment. Woman's Club members seek exhibits of sadd irons, candle molds, quilts, musical instruments, kitchen gear, and other pioneer home items to create the state’s largest display. Dr. Patrick W. Gainer of West Virginia University directs the event and highlights handwork of yesterday. Committee members invite notices of items to display and pickup arrangements, with contact via Mrs. Thompson at CL 2-3565 or Box 1156 Beckley.
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Mountain State
Beckley
Woman’s Club of
Patrick W. Gainer
West Virginia University
Pioneers
Woman’s Club
Robert Thomson Jr
Fred Hays
Wayne Prince
D. D. Holliday
Paul Phipps
Thomson
Deeds On File Record Of Real Estate Actions
Real estate transfers filed with Raleigh County Clerk show Irene Williamson acquiring property in Brooklyn Richmond District for 500 dollars. W E Crawley and Eva convey to Percy B Stover and Matilda Stover property in Whitestick Addition Town District for 1300 dollars. Thomas and Pamella Keyser transfer to J G Lilly property in Beckley Town District for 1000 dollars. Walter W Williams and Ruby Mae Williams convey to Kennard and Mable Austin property in Sycamore Creek.
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Raleigh County Board of Education
Irene Williamson
Brooklyn
Richmond
W. E
Eva Crawley
Percy B
Matilda Stover
Whitestick Addition
Thomas and
Pamella Keyser
J. G. Lilly
Beckley
Walter W
Ruby Mae Williams
Kennard
Mable Austin
Sycamore Creek
Seventh Day Adventist Camp Meeting At Pine Forge
Preparations underway for a church camp meeting and summer Bible conference to be held at Pine Forge Pennsylvania from June 22 to July 2 with Pastor Louis R. Preston assisting. Also notes a property transfer in Shady Grove Farms Shady Spring District from Phillip and Jo Ann Mills to J B Thomas for 150 dollars.
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Seventh Day Adventist
Pine Forge
Louis R. Preston
East Beckley
Phillip and
Jo Ann Mills
J. B. Thomas
Shady Grove Farms
Shady Spring
Notice To Water Customers In Mabscott Hill And Nearby
Water service will be turned off Saturday June 17 between 1 and 5 p.m. to allow a change-over due to road construction. We regret the temporary inconvenience this progressive work may cause.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mabscott Hill
MacArthur
Carb Orchard
Sophia
Two New SS Staff Members at Beckley Office
John A. Darling claims representative and Mrs Edward E. Crawford claims stenographer join the Beckley District Office of Social Security. Darling, from Grand Rapids, attended Ann Arbor and Beck ley College, graduated Marshall University 1950, Navy veteran, married to Phillis Jean Hill, residing 306 S Pike St. Crawford, daughter of Gladys Surbaugh, is a Woodrow Wilson High School graduate, ex State Farm and General Adjustment Bureau employee, living with husband at MacArthur.
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Beckley District
Social Security
John A
Clyde Hill
Glen Morgan
S. Pike St
Crawford
Gladys Surbaugh
Beckley
Kay Surbaugh
Springdale
Woodrow Wilson High School
State Farm Mutual Auto Insurance Co
General Adjustment Bureau
MacArthur
Ash Accepts Bid As Committeeman
Harrison O Ash Cincinnati industrialist Fayette native has been chosen to advise the U S Department of Commerce on area redevelopment He wired acceptance to Secretary Hodges and will join a 25 member National Public Advisory Committee on Area Redevelopment The committee will meet June 22 in Washington and draw from labor management agriculture and government to address unemployment and economic redevelopment plans in Fayette and Raleigh counties
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Oak Hill
ANS
Harrison O. Ash
Fayette
Raleigh
U. S. Department of Commerce
Ash
Cincinnati
Kanawha Industrial Corp
Wagemaker Corp
Cadillac
Commerce
Luther Hodges
Beckley
U. S
Robert Byrd
Eral
Kanawha
Hodges
Commerce Department
Labor, Management
Agriculture
Washington
Science Circus Finds Prize Item In Coal City
The Science Circus collection of scientific and mechanical antiques expands from Beckley to Coal City with a 1924 Model T Ford kept by the Black family in Raleigh General Hospital improvements and debris from a fire at My Brother's Drive Inn. The project, led by Bob Brown and Miss Barbara Black, grew from a 1901 device and includes a steam engine, vintage gas engines, a 19th century washing machine, a juke box, and old dentist drill devices. The collection now houses at the Brown residence in Asheville with the Model T in Coal City, and Barbara Brown seeks additions by June 14.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Science Circus
Beckley
Coal City
Barbara Black
Nrs
Bob Brown
Miss Black
Raleigh Register
Brown
Bradley
Roanoke Times
George Titler
Titler
University of Tennessee Department of Engineering
Petersburg
Department of City Schools
A. A. Edwards
West Virginia
Asheville
N. C
Winston-Salem
Barbara
Coleci
Veterans urged to file claims for benefits through DAV
Disabled veterans do not receive automatic benefits. B T Hinkley of Disabled American Veterans says claims must be filed with evidence. DAV offers free assistance in pension, compensation, hospitalization, insurance, training, and home loans through the Huntington VA Regional Office.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Disabled American Veterans National Service
B. T. Hinkley
Hinkley
V.A
Huntington
DAV
Record heat peak in Death Valley 1913
The record high temperature in the United States stood at 134 degrees Fahrenheit, recorded in Death Valley California in 1913, a figure still cited as the nation’s hottest ever.
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United States
Death Valley
Calif
Three Men Granted Probation After Petit Larceny Case
In Raleigh County Criminal Court three men received a year’s probation on guilty pleas for petit larceny. William Miller 27 of Iroquois Lewis Simmons 18 and Harry Wolfe 49 of Rhodell were charged with breaking and entering the FBI Rancho Restaurant in Rhodell and stealing 25 dollars worth of gum cigarettes tobacco and cigars dated May 25 Wolfe’s probation includes paying court costs and restitution.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Raleigh County
William Miller
Iroquois
Lewis Simmons
Harry Wolfe
Rhodell
FBI Rancho
Claetta Helvey
Wolfe
Harold H. Smith
Simmons
Miller
Kermit Locke
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Vasileion Tis Ellados
Kingdom of
Hellas
Beckley Water Company
Krogers
Frank Watkins
Harold Bradford
S&h
SA Green
Eppy
Lea
Science Museum
D. Black
News For Veterans
G. D. Black
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