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Newspaper

Raleigh Register

Location

Beckley, West Virginia, United States of America

Date

Jun 28, 1960

Page

3

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.

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.

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.

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.

R. R. Freeman 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.

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.

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.

American Oil Co Prince To Sisson Streets

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Business Bureau John Kern G. C. Murphy Co A. G. Klutinoty Montgomery Ward and Co Bud Lavinder New River Supply Co Jim Underwood Clark Stores Dave Abrams Modern Furniture J. §. Larrick Beckley Ice and Feed Co Larry Hess W. T. Grant Raleigh County Beckley Hardware and Supply Co D. B. Stover Jr Prosperity Chester Roberts Raymond Shady Spring High School Richard Nugen Flat Top Richard Nugen Oakwood Webb Eve Breck State Tax Commissioner’s Office Nelson Dempsey Raleigh County Sheriff's Office Raleigh Hill Charles H. Meadows Arlene M. Meadows South Kanawha St Wayne W. Miller Beckley Ave M. A. C. Rental Cart and Sales Co., Inc Meadows Bolt Mining Co Stonewall Jackson Life Insurance Co Memorial Building Ken Sturgill Raleigh Fayette Nicholas Summers Mercer Monroe Atlas Main St Sturgill Lilly New York City Gerald Pinder Pinder Armed Forces The State Road Commission Appalachian Power Co W. C. McMahan L. B. Jennings MacArthur W. B. Quesenbury Oak Hill Garnett Plumb Barbara Crotty Shady Spring Brige Bryant Maxwell Hill Malcolm MacAulay Woodland Drive Chester L. Smith Smith Power Company U. S. Internal Revenue Service CPA Treasury Department Nataniel Looker Internal Revenue Service Parkersburg Washington D. C James Crow Kentucky Vim OLD Crow Distillery CO Frankfort, KY National Dist. Prod. CO Coca-Cola Mas Sherwin-Williams Sat Beckley Ice & Feed Prince St Nel Williamsburg Williamsburg Lodge Colonial Virginia Freedomland U.S. A C&oassenger New York Fox George Washington Georgetown Arlington National Cemetery Manger Annapolis Hotel Price Boston Cambridge Chessie Parker House Old North Church King’s Chapel Charles River Harvard I New England Chesapeake and Ohio Railway
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