State Florists Name Officers at WV Unit 3 F Convention
The new state officers of the West Virginia Unit 3 F Florists Telegraph Delivery Association were named Tuesday during a luncheon and business meeting at the Beckley Hotel ballroom. Officers include Airs Hartle Mullens secretary treasurer Laura Spurlock Huntington vice chairman William Coombs Morgantown chairman and James Hartman Elkins district representative. The three day convention ended Tuesday night.
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West Virginia
3-F
Florists Telegraph Delivery Association
Beck
Gantown
James Hartman
Elkins
Maxwell Hill Group Starts Planning For Annual Fair
Maxwell Hill community plans its fall fair with Roy Heron and Mrs. Dale Dixon named co chairs. E. L. Fitzgerald is community park manager with Mrs. Turner as assistant manager. A boys 15 and older softball team was organized and will practice twice weekly. James Chambers chairs the education committee. Mrs. John J. Flanagan leads the home improvement committee. A welcome committee will greet new families moving in.
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Maxwell Hill
Country Life Program
Roy Heron
Dale Dixon
Hubert Turner
E. L. Fitzgerald
Wesley Herons
James Chambers
John J. Flanagan
Death Suit Names Sheriff and Policemen
Anthony Hill as administrator of William Gray Clark's estate filed a $20,000 damage suit in Raleigh County Circuit Court against Sheriff Okey A. Mills and Patrolmen Ted Starr and Jess Williams. Clark was found unconscious beside a railroad track by city officers last month and died later after hospitalization from a cerebral hemorrhage. Brown H. Payne represents the plaintiff. A second suit filed Tuesday names Craftsman Insurance Co. of Boston as defendant in a $1,000 suit by W. H. Ewing. Details unavailable.
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Anthony Hill
William Gray Clark
Sprague
Raleigh
Okey A. Mills
Ted Starr
Jess Willans
Clark
Brown H. Payne
Craftsman Insurance Co
Boston
Mass
W. H. Ewing
Aviation Activity At Raleigh County Airfields In June
Local flyers with Pilot licenses enjoy summer weather at Raleigh County Memorial Airport and Beckley Mount Hope Airport. Planes from Massey Coal from Richmond to Charleston and Brightwell from Roanoke visit, while a new hangar tenant, Robert Lacy Trump, 203 Marion St., parks a Cessna 172. Piedmont Airlines contract at Memorial Airport set to expire July 14 as manager Herb Alley explores options.
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Kay Allen
Raleigh County
Raleigh County Memorial
Beckley-Mount Hope
Raleigh County Memorial Airport
E. M. Massey
W. E. Brightwell
Massey
A. T. Massey Coal Company
Richmond
Charleston
Brightwell
Hayes, Seay, Mattern, and Mattern
Beckley
Roanoke
Robert Lacy Trump
Marion St
Herb Alley
Piedmont Airlines
Piedmont
Escapee Roy Lee Hilton Returned to Raleigh Jail
State Police nabbed escapee Roy Lee Hilton of Crab Orchard and returned him to the Raleigh County Jail at 7 p.m. Tuesday after deputies had pursued him since June 7 when he feigned an appendicitis attack to flee. Hilton is charged with stealing a pony worth 200 dollars from Thomas Joyland Shows and waived to the Raleigh County Grand Jury. He faced a six month jail sentence for breaking guard before Magistrate Cotton White.
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Roy Lee Hilton
Raleigh
Hilton
Okey Mills
Thomas Joyland
Cotton White
Youths Urged To Seek Forestry Scholarships
West Virginia boys aged 16 to under 21 are invited to apply for 30 scholarships to the West Virginia Forest Industries Boys Camp to be held August 10 to 16 at Algon Greenbrier. Applications, based on interest training and an essay, must be sent to Camp Director H P Berthy at West Virginia University Morgan town before July 10.
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West Virginia
West Virginia Forest Industries
Algon
Greenbrier
Ous
Joe F. Hamer
Kenova
West Virginia Forest Industries Committee
Forest Industries
H. P. Berthy
State Extension Forester
West Virginia University
Morgantown
Berthy
Stratton Registrar Works Tuesdays at High School
Stratton High School registrar Mrs. Thomas Evans will be at the school from 9 a.m. to noon each Tuesday in July per Principal William C. Reid. Anyone needing attendance records transcripts or recommendations should visit the school during those hours.
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Stratton High School
Thomas Evans
William C. Reid
Dawkins Starts Beckley Directory Survey for 1959
D. B. Dawkins of R. L. Polk Publishing Co Pittsburgh is in Beckley compiling data for the 1959 city directory. He plans a two month stay contacting business and professional people before a census crew conducts a door to door survey for directory information.
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R. L. Polk Publishing Co
Pittsburgh
Beckley
D. B. Dawkins
Dawkins
Ward Named To PZC To Fill Unexpired Term
John Ward was named by City Council to fill the unexpired term of H C Avis on the Planning and Zoning Commission after Avis missed three meetings. Mayor A K Minter proposed Ward for the vacancy and council discussed nearby issues including a blocked Eighth Street road and a by-pass commercial zoning request for Johnstown Road.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Ward
H.C. Avis
Planning and Zoning Commission
A. K. Minter
Ward
Avis
Eighth Street
East Park
Eunice Johnson
A. XK
Minter
Washington
Frank Withrow
Johnstown Road
Withrow
Clarence Bibb
Bibb
Warren A. Thornhill
Brown Services Thursday Funeral for Thomas L. Brown
Funeral services for 69 year old Thomas L. Brown of Beckley will be held Thursday at 2 p.m. at Welcome Baptist Church with Rev. Archie Johnson officiating. He died Sunday morning and was born in 1889 in Enonville Virginia, son of the late Mr and Mrs Woodson Brown. Surviving are his wife Mary five sisters Safrona Carter Minnie Gardner Mary Solomon Folra Brown and Lavernia Bolden. Burial Greenwood Memorial Park. Body to be moved from Ritchie and Johnson Funeral Parlors to the church at Span Thursday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thomas L. Brown
Scott Ave
Beckley
Welcome Baptist Church
Archie Johnson
Brown
Enonville
Woodson Brown
Mary Brown
Safrona Carter
Minnie Gardner
Pittsburgh
Mary Solomon
Mullens
Folra Brown
Washington, D. C
Lavernia Bolden
Greenwood Memorial Park
Ritchie and Johnson
Span
Recruiting Interview Today for Navy Nurse Corps in Beckley
Women in the Sewarey area interested in the U S Navy Nurse Corps should visit the Beckley Navy Recruiting Station today between 8 30 a m and 4 p m for an interview with Lieutenant Lina Murasheff. Registered nurses may enter as commissioned officers. Plus two tablespoons of pineapple syrup contains 95 calories.
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Sewarey Area
U. S. Navy Nurse Corps
Beckley Navy
Lina Murasheff
Nurse Corps
Editor Dilemma: Beach Picture Faces Methodist Criticism
Leland D. Case editor of TOGETHER magazine faces criticism from older Methodists over a beach scene on a July cover. Dr. Crane notes teens accept the image, argues editors balance views, and warns letters can influence church subscriptions.
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Leland D. Case
Together
The
Methodist Church
Case
Beach
Texas
Crane
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Bill
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Chesapeake and Ohio Railroad
Memorial Airport
Thurmond
Cleveland
Capital Airlines
Stratton
Dan
George W. Crane
Worry Clinic
America
Mr. Case
Dormeyer Appliances
INE
Webb Furn
Bates
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Beautiful Dixie
Stoneville
Prince ST
Yellow Cab
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