Coal City Lions Club conducts community cleanup drive
Clean-Up Prince Lilly places a trash barrel at the Coal City Masonic Building basement quarters as Synths campaign places 20 litter barrels. 4H clubs assist by collecting litter along the main highway. Members vote to support the Dogwood Garden Club by cleaning and mowing Coal City Cemetery before Memorial Day and again last Saturday to improve visitor access.
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Prince Lilly
Coal City Lions Club
Coal City
Synth’s
Ampaign
Dogwood Garden Club
Sun Oil Promotes Beckley Native Harry G. Smith
Beckley native Harry G. Smith has been named manager of personnel services for Sun Oil Co. of Philadelphia effective August 1. A 1941 Salem College alumnus with a 1947 Penn Wharton master’s in labor relations, Smith has held multiple Sun roles since 1950 and led the Industrial Relations Department before becoming head of human resources for the Products Group in 1970. He is active in local church and civic groups, and is married with three children.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harry G. Smith
Beckleyan
Sun Oil Co
Philadelphia
Smith
Beckley
Clarksburg
Salem College
Bucknell University
Industrial Relations Department
Products Group
Industrial Relations Association of Philadelphia
Swarthmore, Pa
Presbyterian Church
Swarthmore
Rolling Green Golf Club
Springfield
Union League
Deborah Welsh
Lima, Pa
Locksley Road
Cheyney, Pa
Deeds On File Real Estate Transfers in Several Districts
Real estate transfers filed with the county clerk include West Virginia Highways taking 0.01 acres for APD 482 41 road work. transfers among the McGhees. Delia D. McGhee receiving shares from Goldie Brouse and Elsie Meador. Stover’s Branch and Prosperity areas noted. varying sums for lots and tracts in Town, Shady Spring, Slab Fork, and Stanaford Acres. Also London three ex doormen post a witty farewell ad about parking changes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fred
Blackburn
West
Virginia
Department of Highways
Rt. 19
Henry Bea McGhee Jr
Delia D. McGhee
Eccles
Goldie Carol
Dennis ‘Brouse
Elsie Meador
Arnold Deck
Stover
Crab Orchard
Alfred D. Painter
Jimmy J. Stover
Prosperity
Gary Shrewsbury
James H. Cole
Slab Fork
Anna
Clarence Hatcher
Herschel
Donna Rakes
E. D. Lilly
Shady Spring
Stanaford Acres, Inc
Walter E. Klingensmith
Stanaford
Guy Hunt
Rita Lynn Richards
Fairview
Grace Cook
Albert Weeks
George O
Karen Bragg
Wiley
Martha Ewing
Claude Richards
William C. White
Berry Sales Strong at Beckley Farmers Market
Porter Lewis manager reports 60 000 quarts of strawberries sold at Beckley Farmers Market in under three weeks. A shipment went on sale Thursday morning and sold out before 5 p m that afternoon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Porter Lewis
Beckley
Suit Seeks 193 866 For Strip Mine Damaged Land
A Raleigh County suit filed Wednesday seeks 193 866 in damages from Ogle bay Norton Co Mynn Coals Inc and Bethlehem Steel Corp for alleged strip mining damage to land in Acksville. Plaintiffs include Mary Combs Sherman Ratliff the Ratliffs and others with stakes in Packsville Freewill Baptist Church and various family parcels. Damages cited cover multiple parcels and acreages with totals spanning over five figures per claimant.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Raleigh County
Oglebay Norton Co
Mynn Coals Inc
Bethlehem Steel Corp
Acksville
Mary Combs
Sherman
Kathleen Ratliff
A. W
Emma Mae Stover
George
Virginia Lucas
Robert
Anna Mae Lucas
Wood Jarrell
Packsville Freewill Baptist Church
Hohn
Nata Bennett
Edgar Allen Pettry
County Court to decide Beckley recreation complex participation
Beckley city plans a 100 acre park and 75 acre site in Raleigh County for a comprehensive recreation complex. The county court may approve a $10 000 share for a master plan funded with federal and BOR matching grants. If the court declines BOR funds may back city site development.
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Raleigh County
Beckley
W. Va. 16
MacArthur
Raleigh County Court
Recreation Board
Gates Engineering
Paul Friedberg
New York
Frank Rodriguez
U. S. Bureau of Outdoor Recreation
BOR
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OUT the Door London
UPI
London
Times
Beckley National Bank
FDIC
ALL American Hell
West Virginia
Contemporary
Bassett
New River Supply
Hadi
Famous Bassett
Galina
Dag
Pavel Cusen
King Sire Capacions
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