Swedish Engineer Visits Here at Beckley Hospital
Swedish administrative engineer Walter Mattsson visited Beckley Memorial Hospital for a 14 day study tour to observe food service. He filmed methods of serving meals for use in Sweden and praised the hospital tray-veyor system while noting it would fit only in new buildings. He commended American hospitality and the quality of local vegetables.
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Walter Mattsson
Beckley Memorial Hospital
America
Stockholm
Sweden
Mattsson
Thomas R. Allen
Old Fashioned Bargain Days Promotion Planned Review
Beckley Business Bureau set a July 7 meeting at 7 30 p m in the County Courtroom to evaluate Old Fashioned Bargain Days. President Clarence Bibb said the event drew 2 500 to 5 000 people, with merchants issuing praise. future repeats depend on broad merchant support and wider representation.
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Beckley Business Bureau
Clarence Bibb
Bibb
Bureau
Improvement Set For Area Parks In Beckley Region
The Beckley area will receive a $227000 park improvement program under Governor Underwood's STEP plan. Plans cover Camp Creek Greenbrier State Park and Panther State Park with July 4 start. Allocations total $97000 Camp Creek $61000 Greenbrier $119000 Panther for labor materials and timber stand improvements to raise timber value. Concession building at Camp Creek and tent trailer camp at Greenbrier are planned along with trails grounds and roads work.
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Beckley
Underwood
Carl Lucas
John Marra
West Virginia
Camp Creek
Bluefield
Greenbrier State Park
McDowell County
Panther State Park
Marra
Panther
Greenbrier
Daniels Housewife Has Mumps for Second Time
Mrs. R. R. Freeman, 64, of Daniels on 4-H Road, is said to be experiencing a second mumps attack after having it as a child and nursing eight children. Her doctor ordered a week more in bed for recovery. Exposure source unknown. Also, Pete Deck of Valley Drive was treated at Beckley Hospital after a car roll over at Beckley Speedway causing head and left arm injuries.
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Daniels
Pete Deck
Valley Drive
Beckley Hospital
Beckley Speedway
J. H. Holt
Locust St
Holt
Combs St
Beckley
W. R. Lilly
Betty Greer
Pinder School of Dance
Key West
Fla
O. R. Lilly
Stanley St
J. L. Greer
Eisenhower Drive
Woodrow Wilson High School
Beckley College
Mount Hope
Geneva Pugh
Thurmond
Suzanne
Jimmy
Bolt Coal Co., Inc
West Virginia
Johnstown Road
Leonard Phillips
Manufacturing Milk Route Nears Reality
John Flanagan calls a special meeting in the Beckley Hotel General Beckley room at noon Wednesday for an interested group to discuss a proposed grade C milk manufacturing route. State Agriculture intends to hire a supervisor who will arrive Aug 1 for training, aiding the local effort to establish the industry. John Dearing of Dearing Brothers will list prospective milk producers at the meeting. The project is expected to boost the local economy and grow in value annually.
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Beckley
John Flanagan
Beckley Room
Beckley Hotel
State Department of Agriculture
Beckley Area
John Dearing
Dearing Brothers
More Rt. 16 Traffic Woes
Central Avenue blocks at Oakwood for several days while Beckley Water Co crews lay 10 inch main lines. Water pipes installed on Central Avenue include three valves without shutting water off, a first in Beckley or this region.
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Rt. 16
Central Avenue
Oakwood Avenue
Dennis Leary
Beckley Water Co
Water Company
City Avenue
Leary
Beckley
Amoco to open new North Oakwood service station
Amoco expects a new service station on North Oakwood Ave between Prince and Sisson streets to open Sept 1. John Fotos will operate the facility, renting from Amoco. Foley Construction Co. won a $35,000 contract for two pump islands and four 4,000 gallon tanks. The project sits on Kidd estate property with a 30 by 65 foot building and a parking area from Prince to Sisson.
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American Oil Co
Prince To
Sisson Streets
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