Prevention Emphasized By Beckley Parents League
The Raleigh County Parents League focused on prevention at a Tuesday meeting. Reports from elementary junior high and high school committees stressed preventing conditions seen in many cities. Rev Joseph Rickards presented a junior high questionnaire on dating and youth behavior, prompting suggestions for age group surveys and parent child outreach. The group approved July August break to prepare fall school questionnaires. next meeting is 8 p.m. September 21.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Raleigh County Parents League
Joseph Rickards
Boyd Humphrey
Rickards
Area teachers to attend NEA convention in New York
Six Raleigh County teachers and one from Wyoming and Fayette counties will attend the National Education Association convention in New York City from Sunday through Friday. Delegates include Beckley residents Rachel Williams Mary Scott Nelle Keefer Paul Vennari Froda Cantaberry and Margaret Covey Glen Daniel Acie B Stewart Pineville, plus Ross Dever Ansted from Fayette County. Main sessions at Madison Square Garden feature WVEA exhibit for its 100th anniversary and the Division 65 school improvement program. Special events include NEA Day at the World's Fair and Classroom Teachers Night at Lincoln Center with Kismet and a NY Philharmonic concert.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Raleigh County
Wyoming
Fayette Counties
National Education Association
New York City
Rachel Williams
Mary Scott
Nelle Keefer
Paul Vennari
Froda Cantaberry
Beckley
Margaret Covey
Glen Daniel Acie B. Stewart
Pineville
Wyoming County
Ross Dever
Ansted
Fayette County
Madison Square Garden
West Virginia Education Association
NEA
Lincoln Center For the Performing Arts
New York Philharmonic Symphony
WVEA
Mercantile Division Calls Special Meeting
Beckley Raleigh County Chamber of Commerce Mercantile Division schedules a special meeting for Thursday at 9 30 a m. The agenda covers selecting block captains and defining their duties. Coordinators Francis Berg and John W Kern of Beckley will organize the mercantile division and oversee notices to other businesses.
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Mercantile Division
Beckley- Raleigh County
Crouch Set To Become Worshipful Master at Beckley Lodge
Buford B. Crouch will be installed as Worshipful Master of Beckley Lodge 95 Ancient Free and Accepted Masons in a 7:30 p m Thursday ceremony at the Masonic Temple on Howe Street. He succeeds Sam R. Friend as 62nd Lodge post master. Crouch has Army service in Europe with Silver Star, attends First Christian Church, and works 14 years at Lewis Chevrolet. He and his wife Nellie M. Carper live at 100 Hartley Ave.
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Buford B. Crouch
Beckley Lodge
Masonic Temple
Howe Street
Crouch
Sam R. Friend
Alan K. Truman
Carroll L. Cooper
Charles C. Farmer
Walter L. Humphrey
William D. Price
Daniel Howard Warren
James Lee Maples
Howard Ware
Stewarts
Roy McVey
Charles E. Walker
W. D
Watts
Woodrow Wilson High School
First Christian Church
Royal Arch Masons
Veterans of Foreign Wars
Lewis Chevrolet
Nellie M. Carper
Hartley Ave
Rabies Vaccination Clinics Set for Thursday and Friday
County Assessor Steve Carpenter says deputies will run anti rabies clinics Thursday and Friday to issue dog tags as required by state law. The schedule lists multiple locations and time slots from 9 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. at sites including Midway Sofia Slab Fork Tams Ury Helen Amigo Rho dell Meade East Gulf Resoco Josephine and Mills Home at Odd.
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Steve Carpenter
Midway
Sophia
Company
Slab Fork
Tams
P.O
Ury
Helen
Amigo
Rhodell
Meade
East Gulf
Resoco
Josephine
Mills
Odd
Permit Issued For Fireworks Display Aug 14
A permit for a fireworks show at New River Park on August 14 was issued to Frank Albanese by Mayor John Smith. The Beckley Moose Lodge donates 50 dollars toward a moose display. other plans include Liberty, American Flag, and Niagara Falls pieces. The Sophia High School band performs at 8:30 p.m. with fireworks at 9:30 p.m. Albanese seeks donations to cover a 1300 dollar goal, noting a 35 dollar gift from Beckley Newspaper Corp. Contributions may be sent to his Heber Street shop or P O Box 585 Beckley.
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W. J
New River Park
Frank Albanese
John Smith
Beckley Moose Lodge
Niagara Falls
Sophia High School
Albanese
Mine Openings Create Twelve Jobs In West Virginia
Two planned mine openings were announced by the Beckley office of the West Virginia Department of Mines. The Reedy Coal Co. No 5 in Wyoming county plans eight jobs, Cecil Toney of Mt Hope listed as owner contact. Marlinton Coal Co. No 2 in Pocahontas county plans four jobs, Clayton Perry of Marlinton listed as owner contact.
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Beckley
West Virginia Department of Mines
Reedy Coal Co
Wyoming
Cecil Toney
Mt. Hope
Marlinton Coal Co
Pocahontas
Clayton Perry
Marlinton
Beckley Police arrest nine on traffic violations
Beckley police arrested nine people Tuesday and early today on traffic charges. Names include William C. Baker cited for speeding and failing to stop at a sign. Larry J. M Hardbarger for permitting an unlicensed driver. William Anthony Harper for driving without a license. Robert Wayne Tolliver for reckless driving and driving without a license. Julius Marcum Jr. for night driving without lights or license. Isaac A. Nytton for one way street violation. Jennings Lawson for leaving the scene of an accident. Richard S. Honaker for defective vehicle equipment. William S. Carter for expired inspection. Other area cases involve drunken driving, absence from the armed forces, and various warrants and bond actions.
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Beckley
William C. Baker
Larry J. M Hardbarger
Sprague
Hardbarger
William Anthony Harper
Robert Wayne Tolliver
Raleigh County
Julius Marcum Jr
Crawford St
Lawson
Richard S. Honaker
Midway
Honaker
William S. Carter
Beaver
Verlin B. Ryan
Colonial
W. A. Burke
Ryan
Raleigh
William S. Hill Jr
Hanlin
N. Y
Beckley Native to Begin Medical Internship
Dr. Jack D. Williams son of Mrs. French Williams 215 Mercer Street will start a one year internship at Mary Hitchcock Memorial Hospital Hanover New Hampshire Saturday He is among 16 physicians in the program at the 275 bed regional health center He earned an AB from Duke in 1960 and is a Duke Medical School graduate this year His wife Mary K Smith holds a BS from Duke University School of Nursing.
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Jack D. Williams
French Williams
Mercer St
Mary Hitchcock Memorial Hospital
Hanover
N. H
Williams
Duke University
Durham
N. C
Duke University Medical School
Mary K. Smith
Duke University School of Nursing
City To Study Restrictions On Business Sales
A City Committee will study ordinances on going out of business sales following a 1952 Charleston model. Council also moved to pave Witherspoon Street at the junction with Northwestern Avenue, and tabled Worley Road paving after opposition. The meeting reviewed bids for an off street parking project and a new street sweeper, plus traffic noise complaints on Berry Street and possible muffler measures.
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Charleston
Witherspoon Street
Northwestern Avenue
Worley Road
Marty Selden
Marty
Prince St
Selden
E. M
Ned) Payne
Payne
Dennis Leery
Robert Elmore
Council
Witherspoon
Irving Bowman
Irving Bowman and Associates
Wipperman Construction Co
East Main
Prince Streets
Wipperman
Smith
Machinery, Inc
Charleston Tractor and Equipment Co
Mountaineer Euclid, Inc
Rish Equipment Co
A. A. Ross
al Ellison
H. E. Melton
D. E. Warden
Warden
Police Department
Ralph James
Westwood Drive
Old Mill Road
Cecil P. Connor
Hodge Street
Sunrise Avenue
Opal Ripley
Berry Street
C. E. Parsons
Parsons
Jim Lucas
Hyden Smith
Planning and Zoning Commission
L. E. Wilkes
City Sanitary Board
James Ferris
Dupont Evans
Isadore Wein
Human Rights Commission
Ray Martin
Beckley Exhibition Mine visits total 2864 to date
City Recreation Director Frank Rodriguez reported 2,864 visitors to Beckley's Exhibition Mine at New River Park to date, about the same as last year. Guests hailed from 37 states and 10 foreign countries, including Paraguay, Denmark, China and Canada, with several visitors living or studying in the United States.
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Frank Rodriguez
Beckley
New River Park
Rodriguez
China
India
Paraguay
Venezuela
England
Switzerland
Holland
Denmark
Canada
Montgomery
United States
Death Does Not End Debt Mortgage Insurance Ad
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Lester
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William E. Mahaffey
Mount Hope
W. E. Mahaggey
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Archie Curry
Paul McKinney
Church of God
George Alford
Center
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Cleveland
Tenn
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Cincinnati
Ohio
Alford
Drake
Eugene C. Garner
Washington
UPI
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Johnson
United Nations
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W.T. Grant CO
Neville St
Paul O. Burdette
West Virginia
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