Hi Y Elects New Officers at Sophia High School
Sophia High School Hi Y Club elected four new officers Harold Calhoun vice president Pete Hornbeck secretary Neal Lacy treasurer and Frank Mitchell sergeant at arms President Shelby Wayne McVey led the meeting which opened with a prayer A noon meeting schedule was set every other Monday A fund raising committee was formed with Calhoun as chair and members Hartsog Lacy Cochran Popcorn sales will be the first project with McComas and Hartsog in charge Basketball programs will be sold at the Beckley tournament March 3 5 Proceeds go to each clubs treasury A YMCA Charleston secretary sent a letter about preparing a Youth and Government bill for the Charleston conference in April A proposed club bill will be selected and submitted later A poem titled Answered Prayer was read to close the meeting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harold Calhoun
Bill Hartsog
Neal Lacy
Jerry Cochran
Rodney McComas
Beckley
Treasuries
Jim Billings
YMCA
Charleston
Youth and Government Legislature
Shelby
First Aid Training For Firemen And Police Men
Raleigh County Red Cross sponsors a first aid class for firemen and police at Beckley Fire Station. Instructors include Archie Riner and Frank Ubeda Jr. The program demonstrates new mouth to mouth resuscitation techniques. Twenty two students enrolled.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Raleigh County
The
American Red Cross
Beckley Fire Station
James Lipscomb
J. E. Williams Jr
Paul Dillon
Frank Ubeda Jr
Bear's Den social quiet amid snowbound week at Tech
The Women’s Athletic Association held a small social in the Men’s Lounge on Saturday night with few attendees who mostly watched the WWU VPI game. Area club members Phyllis Wiseman Prosperity Marlene Toler Clear Fork Susie Roberts Fayetteville and Marylu Walker Oak Hill helped host the event.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Women's Athletic Association
Wwuvpi
Phyllis Wiseman
Prosperity
Marlene Toler
Clear Fork
Susie Roberts
Fayetteville
Marylu Walker
Oak Hill
The Rains Come and Valley Quiet After Snow
A reflective note describes how rain replaces snow, bringing quiet to the valley. The speaker mentions a WVII friend named Mary Jane and ponders choices of farewell or action. The casual tone centers on weather, companionship, and a moment of decision.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mary Jane
Census 1960 to reveal veterans data and future benefits impact
The 1960 census will greatly affect veterans benefits as 160,000 enumerators begin April 1 to collect broad demographic data. A special questionnaire will be left at every fourth home to identify veterans and their wars served, guiding legislation for the next decade.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bureau of the Census
Skelton Driver Jailed and Fined
Carmen M. Lawhorn of Skelton was fined 100 dollars and costs, sentenced to two hours in Raleigh County Jail, and had his license revoked for six months by Magistate Cotton White. Arrested by City Police, he was jailed at 10:55 p m Monday for driving while drunk.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carmen M. Lawhorn
Skelton
Raleigh
Magistate Cotton White
Lawhorn
Utha Phares
Grant for Paraplegic and Blind Veterans Housing
The Veterans Administration offers up to 10000 in direct grants for special housing to veterans who are blind or have lost the use of both legs or total service connected disability. The program covers half the cost of building purchasing or remodeling a home with wheelchair friendly features. The rule changes remove previous cause-based limits and extend eligibility to more disabled veterans.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Veterans Administration
Reporting Household Wages for Social Security
When a household worker earns cash wages of $30 or more in a calendar quarter, she is covered by Social Security. The employer must file a Form accompanies wages and pay the Social Security tax. Cash payments count as wages. meals do not. Returns are due within one month after the quarter ends and should be filed with the District Director of Internal Revenue, Parkersburg.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Internal Revenue
Parkersburg
West Virginia news briefs span politics, education and infrastructure
The article notes Raul Tunley may receive police protection for a Huntington speaking engagement on March 15. It reports W. K. Hawkins directing the Preston County Buckwheat Festival in Kingwood, plus Wheeling officials seeking an administrative assistant. Highlights include Hinton seniors in National Merit finals, WVU highway engineering exams, and plans for Parkersburg bridge projects. Ronald Keaton named Summers County’s outstanding young man, and National Weights and Measures Week begins March 2 1799 marks the first weights and measures law anniversary.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Saturday Evening Post
West Virginia
Huntington
R. M. Hoisington
Raul Tunley
Hinton
H. Richard Kennell
Harrisville man fined for chaining son in public streets
Magistrate H. R. Stanley fined a Harrisville man $50 and court costs after the man pleaded guilty to leading his 13 year old son around Harrisville streets with a metal dog chain fastened to his neck. The incident occurred on a Sunday when the boy delivered newspapers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
H. R. Stanley
Harrisville
Cabell Wayne Area Development Urges Sylvania Plant Broker
Huntington city council urged the Cabell Wayne Area Development Commission to find a broker for the former Sylvania plant as efforts moved to return the facility to operation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cabell - Wayne Area Development Commission
Huntington
Sylvania
WVU Hosts First Festival of Fine and Lively Arts
West Virginia University announces the first annual Festival of the Fine and Lively Arts opening Tuesday and running through April 3. The event spotlights light music drama and art across campus venues.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
West Virginia University
WVU
Maids and Matrons Club Celebrates 26th Anniversary
The Maids and Matrons Social Study Club marked its 26th anniversary with a Friday night party at Mrs. Marion C. Brown's Grant Street home. Games and prizes highlighted the event led by Mrs. Bernard Keaton with many members and guests in attendance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marion C. Brown
Grant Street
Bernard Keaton
West Virginia VA Offices Invite Details on Housing Switches
A fragment notes that switches must be included in new or remodeled houses to qualify and that anyone seeking more detailed information should contact any office of the West Virginia Department of Veterans Affairs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
West Virginia Department of Veterans Affairs
Lovely Flowers For All Occasions At Snow Thornton Florists
Potted plants such as orange lilies and Christmas cactus offered at reasonable prices by Snow Thornton Florists located at 319 Prince Street. Also includes a memorial note for Ramsay Cuthbert who passed away March 1, 1948, from Mr and Mrs Joe Cuthbert of Coal City West Virginia.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Snow Thornton Florists
Prince Street
Ramsay
Funeral Notices for Anna Reed and Susan King
Anna Mary Reed age 82 of 210 Edgewood Drive died at 6:30 a m Wednesday March 2 at home. Her body remains at Keyser Bryant Funeral Home awaiting funeral arrangements. Susan F King age 91 of Christiansburg Virginia died at 5 p m Tuesday March 1 at her niece’s home in Shady Springs after a long illness. Funeral services set for Friday March 4 at 2 p m at Wesley Chapel Church near Christiansburg with burial in Johnson Cemetery nearby.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Reed Reed
Anna Mary
Edgewood Drive
Keyser-Bryant Funeral Home
Johnstown Road
Printing industry seeks skilled Linotype and press operators
The Southern Institute of Graphic Arts offers complete courses in linotype and intertype, letterpress, offset cameras, pressmen, and platemaking. Courses welcome Korean veterans and non veterans, men and women. Includes address in Nashville Tennessee and contact details.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Southern Institute of Graphic Arts
South
P. O
Nashville 2
Tennessee
LS Ee
Funeral Services Set for Alice Martin of Lester
Alice Martin 42 of Lester died at 6 30 am Monday February 29 at home. Body remains at Melton Mortuary. Funeral service 2 pm Wednesday March 2 at Melton Mortuary Chapel with Rev Virgil Cook officiating. Burial in Webb Cemetery Maple Meadow. Pallbearers include Jack Worley Jack Webb Virgil Rakes Ernest Martin Dan Murdock Fleet Davis.
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Hi-Y
Archie Riner
Tech
Pr Mu Gamma Sorority
Jane Ellen Seagraves
Marlinton
Tony Bree
Marylda Waldron
National Phi Mu Gamma
Mary Helen Cobb
Fullbright
Scotland
C. S Collier Jr
W. Va
Department of Veterans Affairs
Census Bureau
United States
Veterans Organizations
Mountain State Miscellany
W. K
Kinks
James C. Boyd
Wheeling
Fred Newton
Franchal Weldon Boone
H. W. Speiden
WVU Department
State Road Commission
Marshall County
Wood County Planning Commission
Greater
Raymond Greene
M. K. Austin
R. F. Redd
Thomas Evans
Jesse Hodge
John Seay
D. D. Crawford Jr
William Beverly
Irvin Wright
Bernice Henry
Kenneth Brooks
Howard Monroe
Rufus Hawkins
Charles Jones
W. C. Reid
L. E. Armstead
Sherwood Tyree
DuPont Evans
Eunice White
E. L. Morton
Ada Robinson
Rosetta Payne
Hazel Garland
Frances Flippen
James Woodfolk
Charlottesville
Elkin
Roy T
Locust Drive
First Christian Church
A. H. Wilson
Sunset Memorial Park
Beckley American Legion Post No. 32
Tony Greco
Albert Bryson
Ray Sweeney
Richard Sweeney
Nat Lilly
Jesse Arthur
Ennis Hilbert
Dickie Lilly
American Legion Post No. 32
American Legion Auxiliary
Caffee Funeral Home
S. Oakwood
Memoriam
Mrs
Joe Cuthbert
Coal City, W. Va
Johnstown Rd
DIAL
CHOCO
Amos FE
Cuohonchohoohohohohoho Oooh
Beckley Newspapers
South Oakwood Avenue
Robert L. Amick
NEW American
Edger
Fabulon Foster Hardware Co
Main St
Sander
Todd's Grocery and Hardware
Beaver
Fossegraskers
Earl R. Huddle
Earl
Buckley Photo Service
Speedy Service Photographic Corprine
Church Street
Charlotte Stover
Lorene Smith
Beauticians Modern Beauty Shop
West Washington St
Lewisburg
Kidd’s
Oakwood Ave
Paint St
W. C. Rogers Plumbing & Heating
Temple St
Yle
Wrights
James TV
Valley DR. Ph
Scott's Cabinet Shop
No. Kanawha St
Neville St
Tims & Gift Shop
Powers Radio & TV CO
S. Kanawha CL
Ashworth & Sparks, Inc
Prince St. Beckley
Lovitz Television
John W. Eye
West
West Neville St
Foster Hardware CO
Wright
Price Brothen
City Ave
Lilly’s
Raines & Raines
Lewis Transfer Co
Chevrolet
Jan Campbell Mus Music Co
Ph. Hinton
White Pine Gray Lumber Co
Crab Orchard
S. Kanawha Ph
Furn
Bill Green
Main Street
Coshocton
Ohio
Will H. D. McKinley
Williams Street
Jim Green
Raleigh Insurance Agency
J.D. Lilly
St. Louis School of Musical Art
Jan Campbell’s Music Co
Neville
AVON
Greenbrier
Nicholas
Fayette
Woods Avenue
Avon Cosmetics
Montgomery Area
Beckley News
New York
Rev. Moore
Alma’'s
Bruna Street
Princeton
IBM
Island Creek Coal Co
Mabel
South Fayette Street
R. E
Roy A. Jones
Free
R. L. and
J. H Stinson
East Beckley
St. Bernard
Boston
Bud Lovell
Sophia
Westline
Bob Mann
Maple Fork
Mine Machinery Sales
Care Beckley Newspapers
Westinghouse
H.p. Scott
H. P
Hoover Sales and Service
Foster Hardone
Ford International
Dearing Bros
Ford Tractor
Crestone
S. Fayette
Remington
Klaus
McCreery
St. Dial
Lleeote
Doy’s
Dov Appliances
TV Valley Drive
Dearing Bros. Prosperity
J. W. Huddle
Clyde Street
Singer
Progress Tailoring Company
Sears, Roebuck & Co
International
Lone Star
Singer Sewing Center
Kanawha Street
Electrolux Corp
Tiffany
Best Furniture Company
Remington Rand
Dodge
Howard Marrs
Grady Whitlock
Ford
Fraser
Bishop Street
Ashwor Firestone
Dowdy
Kanawha
Beckley Post Office
Wilson’s
Ashworth Firestone
Jack's Trading Post
Sears First
Vps
Eee
Main St. Ph
McCulloch & Silver King
SER Basham
White Oak
Firestone
Firestone Nytire
H.p. Evinrude O. B
H.p
O. B
Zenith
Bestone
Prince St. CL
Jan Campbell Music Co
Martin
Whitesville
Whitesvile
John Vergis
Naoma
Alderson
Union
East Rainelle
Ansted
Aluminum
Raleigh Glass
Continental Coffee Company
St. Albans
Batclan
Beckley, W. Va
Bill Bates
Beckley Newspapers Corp
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