First Day Camp Successful Girl Scouts Camp Fitzpatrick
The first Girl Scout Day Camp Camp Fitzpatrick completed a week at Fitzpatrick Park led by director Mrs. Elizabeth Lewis Lester. Assistants included Mrs. Willie Mankins Beckley Miss Suzanne Banks and Mrs. Margaret Grisby. About 39 Brownies and Girl Scouts joined in swimming nature study leathercraft lashing cooking and firebuilding with Friday night performances for parents.
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Fitzpatrick
Fitzpatrick Park
Elizabeth Lewis
Lester
Lewis
Willie Mankins
Beckley
Suzanne Banks
Margaret’ Grisby
Gertrude Woods
Helen Blaney
Hilda Tanks
Green Valley Community Improvement Project Inc forms in Crab Orchard
A new non profit charity named Green Valley Community Improvement Project Inc organized and chartered by the secretary of state will improve the Green Valley section of Crab Orchard. The dues based group costs five dollars for a five month period and aims to enhance roads playgrounds signs street lights water service and fire protection with incorporators Ira Lee Hurt H M Whitecotton Nelson A Scarbro E F King of Crab Orchard and M K Nidav of Stotesbury.
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Green Valley Community Improvement Project Inc
Stevenen 2
Green Valley
Crab Orchard
Se Euity Project
Valley Addition
Ira Lee Hurt
H. M. Whitecotton
Nelson A. Scarbro
E. F. King
M. K. Nidav
Stotesbury
VFW Commander Heads to Morgantown Convention
Beckley VFW Post No. 4469 Commander John Taylor will attend the West Virginia VFW convention in Morgantown in June. Joel Howard of Beckley, a post member, will also join several convention meetings. Grants by the Rockefeller Foundation will support attendees.
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John Taylor
Beaver
Beckley Veterans of Foreign Wars
West Virginia
Morgantown
Joel Howard
Beckley
Rockefeller Foundation
U. S
John Quincy
Edward Smith
New York
Adams
Federalist
University of Ankara
Turkey
Three Beckley Wives Wounded In Fort Knox Crash
Three Beckley wives of National Guardsmen en route to visit their husbands at Fort Knox Kentucky survived a wreck that killed Ashland man Hansford McKenzie a Chesapeake and Ohio Railway employee. The crash occurred about two miles west of Morehead Kentucky when McKenzie’s car struck the rear of Mrs Wallace’s vehicle and swerved into a truck.
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Beckley
Fort Knox
Ashland
Kathleen Wallace
Joe Dance
Ann Lilly
Morehead
Hansford McKenzie
Sale Lick
Wallace
McKenzie
Chesapeake and Ohio Railway
District Foresters At Forestry Training School
Thirteen foresters from District Four attend the annual forestry training school at Camp Caes ar Webster County. Attendees include Jack Bibb and others from Fayette Greenbrier McDowell Mercer Monroe Raleigh and Wyoming counties and Richard Foley Carl Lucas Paul Smithson John Jameson and Francis Keiling. The theme is Cooperation with state and federal agencies. Warden M Lane will speak at the banquet for about 60 staff and 40 guests. The school closes Saturday.
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West Virginia Conservation Commission
Jack Bibb
Fayette County
Bentley Humphrey
Walker Wood
Greenbrier
Edwin Hall
McDowell County
Joe Lilly
Mercer County
Clem Wylie
Monroe County
Weir Covey
Roy Lawson
Raleigh County
Buzz Blankenship
Wyoming County
Richard Foley
Lewisburg
Francis Keiling
Beckley
Carl Lucas
Paul Smithson
Camp Creek State Forest
John Jameson
Greenbrier State Forest
Lester McClung
M. Lane
Newsboys Rewarded with Cincinnati Car Ride
Three Beckley newsboys received a two day trip to Cincinnati as a prize for a subscription contest. Warren Stoots Eccles Roger Law Calvin Morgan joined by Raleigh Register and Beckley Post-Herald carriers visited a major league baseball game toured the Cincinnati Zoo and spent an afternoon at Coney Island. Also along was D S B Roush, circulation promotion manager.
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Beckley
Cincinnati
Warren Stoots
Eccles
Raleigh Register
Roger Law
Oak Hill
Calvin Morgan
Marlington
Beckley Post-Herald
Register
Johnny Beavers
Dennis Mitchem
Whites-ville
Cincinnati Zoo
Coney Island
D. 5B
Roush
Forfeitures Totaling 395 In Beckley Police Court
Monday night session of Beckley Police Court saw 11 defendants forfeit 395 in cash bonds. Four defendants combined 66 on drunk charges. Roy Judson Vance failed to appear on a driving while drunk charge and forfeited 106. his license will be revoked for six months. Others forfeited 13, 35, 30, 13, 15, and 17 on speeding, improper registration, and license violations. The report notes fires in evergreen forests can spread up to 50 miles per hour.
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Beckley
Roy Judson Vance
Crab Orchard
Ray Smith
Rainelie
Bernard C. Hairston
William Browsky
John Bourgeois
MacArthur
Thomas Ward
East Beckley
Robert Perkins
Davin
How to tell children about the baby in the family
Dr. George W. Crane advises parents to tell factual, age appropriate truths about a new baby. He urges tact over bluntness, suggests simple terms like tummy or womb, and warns against the stork tale as confusing. The column includes a sample explanation and a call to request his booklet on sex questions from ages 2 to 20.
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Teresa J
Teresa
Stork
Mommy
Ruth
Masons Plan Beckley Meeting With Multiday Program
The 65th annual Grand Communication of the Free and Accepted Ancient York Masons begins Sunday at Stratton High School and the Home of the Heroines of Jericho. Mayor Minter delivers the welcome, with Joe A. Jones giving the lodge address, followed by four days of sessions, parades, memorial services, installations, and social events led by Grand Master C. O. Hill and Grand Most Ancient Matron Mrs. Hettie J. Trent.
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York
St. John
J. W. Coger
Queen Ester
Marie Carter
John L. Lewis
Montgomery
Beckley Mission
Central Baptist Church
Ebenezer Baptist Church
Crusaders
Grand Lodge
C. O. Hill
Heroines
Shriners
Iris
Beckley
Hettie J. Trent
Kanawha St
Meadows Clan Holds Reunion at Babcock State Park
RHODELL RNS The Meadows family and relatives gathered at Babcock State Park for a Sunday reunion after a Sunday school review. Attendees included L E Meadows Coalburg. C R Meadows Lillington NC. E H Meadows and son Michael Coal City. A J Lucas and daughters Ruth and Mary Layland. Rev Samuel M Meadows and family. Lacy A Meadows family. Estle Meadows and Wendell. Nathan Meadows and children Matthew and Mary Frances. Norris Simms and daughter Brenda, all of Rhodell or Cleveland Ohio.
City Spa Bath Lets Boy Beat Heat Shortage
A Jersey City AP brief notes a young boy, with three older sisters at home, can only bath after three sisters use the eye baths. With no hot water left, he pays 15 cents for a bath at the city run spa.
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Jersey City
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Eye Baths
County schools chief to discuss hiring at meeting
C. Trall, superintendent, chairs a 7:30 p.m. session to address hiring staff for the school system. Covey and Leeber, recently removed and reinstated from the board, are noted in the proceedings as part of ongoing county education affairs.
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Covey
Leeber
Vane Wilte Winedee
Raleigh Couman C. Trall
Y. H. Dale Covey
A. P. Leeber
West Vir
Virginia Supreme Court of Appeals Returns to Session Tonight
The Virginia Supreme Court of Appeals will participate in its first business session since February, resuming official duties after a gap. The session is expected to address pending cases and filings.
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Ginia Supreme Court of Appeals
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