Sunrise Services Planned at Grandview Park Beckley
A Beckley Christian Youth Council committee met at First Baptist Church to plan Good Friday Sunrise Services at Grandview State Park for high school and college-age youths from all Beckley churches. Narrator Nancy Sparkes and reader Bob Artman will lead the program with scenes including The Last Supper and the Crucifixion. A motor caravan will meet at the Episcopal Church, followed by breakfast at the Methodist Temple.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Beckley Christian Youth Council
First Baptist Church
Grandview State Park
Betsy Roberts
Linda Kower
Flo Henkle
Ing
Louise Breck
Jeane Bardin
Tommy Ramieh
Beckley
Christ
Nancy Sparkes
Bob Artman
Episcopal Church
Methodist Temple
Uncle Sam's Dilemma Treasury Bets on Corp Buying Power
Washington report surveys Treasury borrowing pressures as the national debt nears 266 billion dollars. Lenders shun long trusts, forcing short term financing and heavy rollover risk while economists weigh corporate demand for securities and possible shifts in investor preference.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Treasury
Frank Cormier
Treasury Securities
Uncle Sam
Teiice
Stamford man convalesces after highway wreck on Tams Mountain
Boyd Baisden of the Chesapeake and Potomac Telephone Company spent 11 days in Raleigh General Hospital recovering from a Feb 18 crash on Tams Mountain. His truck skidded in fog and went over an embankment. he was trapped about 10 minutes before miners and a mine foreman helped free him and notify authorities. An ambulance transported him to the hospital.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stamford
Raleigh General Hospital
Boyd Baisden
Chesapeake and Potomac Telephone Company
Tams Mountain
Baisden
Fred Hill
Helen
Hill
Beckley
Keats request to Byrd library notes and nylon trade facts
A reader asks Sen. Byrd to obtain library material for a Keats life and works paper, the senator succeeds. A teen signatory warns electoral support contingent on action. Nylon usage figures recount upholstery needs and hosiery miles, noting 210 pairs of stockings could last 17 years.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Robert C. Byrd
D-Wva
Library of Congress
John Keats
Margie
Sen. Byrd
Milady
Sophia Youth Wins Third Weekly Comic Contest
Sophia youth Jimmy Jo Woodie, 14, a freshman at Sophia Junior High, wins third weekly teenage comic contest. He enjoys basketball, drawing, hunting, and church activities. James Marshall Shumate, 17, Sophia High senior, earns honorable mention for Buck Rogers drawing and helps run Sophia Theater projection, praising comics for entertaining, suspenseful reading.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jimmy Jo Woodie
Sophia
James Woodie
Jimmy Jo
Sophia Junior High School
Sophia Methodist Church
Dick Tracy
Steve Canyon
Dagwood
James Marshall Shumate
Sophia High School
Buck Rogers
J. C. Shumate
James
Raleigh County Vocational School
Sophia Theater
Retirement and Promotion At Appalachian Power Company
Beckley district manager BY JUNE CHIROS reports Leslie D. McGraw retires as line foreman March 1 after joining Appalachian in 1926 and progressing to foreman. Thomas A Dickenson is promoted to working foreman, born 1927 in Epperly with music interests, married to Patricia. Also notes union election at Benay Ross Baking Co and state clerical job openings under the merit system with deadlines.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. V. Mann
Beckley
Appalachian Power Company
Leslie D. McGraw
Thomas A Dickenson
McGraw
Pop Ot
Ramsey
Appalachian
McGraws
Crab Orchard
Dickenson
Epperly
Woodrow Wilson High School
Beckley Area
Patricia
Peregoy Set As Speaker At Kiwanis Friday
Woodrow Wilson High School principal G Peregoy will address Beckley Kiwanis at noon Friday at El Chico on the present school situation. C A Byus serves as program chairman.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cc. G. Peregoy
Woodrow Wilson High School
Beckley Kilvanis Club
el Chico
Peregoy
C. A. Byus
No Surgery Needed to Heal Swollen Pile Tissues
An ad touts Stamfest Pain with Stainless Pare as a three way treatment for piles. It claims instant pain and itching relief, reduced swelling and congestion, and promoted healing of inflamed tissues without surgery, with money back guarantee.
Cubs Award Ceremonies At Crescent Elementary School
The Webb Badge was awarded to Billy Cole and Ralph Amick at Pack 7 in Crescent Elementary School. Den awards and pins were presented to many scouts by Cub master Thomas C. Allen, Roy Cole, and Rex Johnson. The Cubs also held their second annual exhibit of crafts, handiwork, and collections.
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Webb
Crescent Elementary
Billy Cole
Roy E. Cole
Crescent Road
Ralph Amick
Ralph E. Amick
Westwood Drive
Thomas C. Allen
Rex Johnson
Den 1
M. V. McCollum
den Mather
Don Collier
Wayne Baker
Doff Daniel
John Doolittle
Westwood Holliday
Bobcat
Denner
Ronnie McCollum
Eddie Patton
Den 2
Roy Cole
Charles Cole
Roger Dickerson
Jerry Underwood
Slugger
Oar den
Tom Belton
Dge
Leroy Harvey
Phillip Jarrell
Gary Smith
Don Michael Stepp
Den 4
John E. Shumate
Randy Keiling
Darrell Maxey
Mike Murphy
Russell Murray
George Shumate
Johnny Shumate
Gary Sturgill
DEN
Stephen Allen
J. W. Berry Jr
Jimmy Cook
Andy Fox
Tom Knapp
Raymond Meyers
Alex George
Tom Carr
Mike Feazell
Mike George
Chuck Jarrell
Tom King
Bruce West
Cubs
Young Demos To Hold Skating Party March 11
Raleigh County Young Democratic Club sponsors a skating party on March 11 at the Stanaford rink. Public invited. Officers announced the event details.
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Young Demos
Raleigh County
Scouters Meet Set On Friday
A combined meeting for Raleigh County District Boy Scout leaders and operating committee will be held at 7 30 p m Friday in the Appalachian auditorium. Roy L Smith district chairman says all institutional representatives scoutmasters and unit committee men are invited to attend. The meeting will review procedures and policies commissioner and operating committee jobs and plan to make district operation more effective to reach more boys.
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Raleigh County
Appalachian Auditorium
Roy L. Smith
Smith
4 H Projects Discussed At Flat Top Cherokee Club Meeting
Ronald Thompson led the devotional as the Flat Top Cherokee 4 H Club met at Flat Top Elementary School. Annie Doris Lilly chaired Our Projects with talks by Bennie Lilly Wood Finishing Paul Fink Fertilizer Danny Lilly Choosing the Family Cow George McBride A Place To Work and demonstrations by Jeanette Lilly Laralee Rose Janet McBride How to Thread A Needle Bernice Lilly How To Sew A Button On A Garment. Other members present included Mary Belle Lilly Bobby Nugen Sandra Calvert Mary Kat Rose Frances Fink Ina Hatcher Evelyn Hatcher Darrell McBride Tommy Clark Gene Archie Twila Walker Ronald Thompson Becky Wood Anthony Archie Willard Phillips.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ronald Thompson
Flat Top
Annie Doris Lilly
Bennie Lilly
Paul Fink
Danny Lilly
George McBride
Jeanette Lilly
Laralee Rose
Janet McBride
Bernice Lilly
Mary Belle Lilly
Bobby Nugen
Sandra Calvert
Mary Kat Rose
Frances Fink
Ina Hatcher
Evelyn Hatcher
Darrell McBride
Tommy Clark
Gene Archie
Twila Walker
Becky Wood
Anthony Archie
Willard Phillips
Teenage winner to receive theater ticket prize
The teen winner Jimmy Jo earns a local theater ticket as a prize. After four weeks his entry will be judged alongside weekly winners to select entries for the National Contest.
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Jimmy Jo
Lester Delegation Heads to Capitol for Southern Economy Talks
A three member delegation from Lester traveled to Washington DC last Saturday to attend a conference called by Senators Jennings Randolph and Robert Byrd. The meeting aimed to discuss local economic problems with representatives from eight southern counties. Attendees from Lester were Mrs Grady Miller Mrs Winfred Daniels and Everett Roberson.
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Lester
Washington, D. C
Jennings Randolph
Robert C. Byrd
Grady Miller
Winfred Daniels
Everett Robertson
Yates Lands Enoch Snow Role in Wesleyan Carousel
Richard Arlen Yates of 101 Fayette St. wins the part of Enoch Snow in West Virginia Wesleyan College's Carousel. The 1957 Woodrow Wilson High School graduate and sophomore music major performs March 12 and 13 with Wesleyan's Music Department. He also belongs to Sigma Theta Epsilon, A Cappella Choir, the Men's Glee Club, and Kappa Sigma Kappa Fraternity.
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Beckley
West Virginia Wesleyan College
Richard Arlen Yates
E. R. Yates
Fayette St
Enoch Snow
Woodrow Wilson High School
Yates
Wesleyan
Sigma Theta Epsilon
Kappa Sigma Kappa Fraternity
Ten Enlistees Train At Great Lakes From Beckley
Ten men who enlisted in the United States Navy at the Beckley Navy Recruiting Station through February are undergoing nine weeks basic training at Great Lakes Naval Training Center Illinois. They include Norman Meadows James Gilpin Phillip Morgan Ray Tallbott Charles Pittman Raymond Butler Herman Matheny Ronald Shiflett Norman Adkins David Pack and Charles Kidd with home towns listed as Oak Hill Glen Morgan Coal City Covington Duc Meadow Creek and Martinsburg.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States Navy
Beckley
Great Lakes Naval Training Center
Norman Dallas Meadows
Richard Meadows
Lockbridge
James Angus Gilpin
Martinsburg
Phillip Delano Morgan
Lester Morgan
Covington
Ray Eugene Tallbott
Oliver Tallbott
Duc
Charles Pittman
Glen White
Raymond Butler
John Oscar Butler
Oak Hill
Herman Miller Matheny
Ronald Shiflett
Thelma Shiflett
Norman Adkins
Mary Adkins
Meadow Creek
David Pack
Joseph Pack
Glen Morgan
Charles Kidd
Coal City
Food Distribution Commodities at Cranberry Store
Food distribution commodities will be handed out at the Cranberry commodity store on Thursday and Friday from 10 30 a m to 1 p m local time.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cranberry
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Benay Ross Baking Co
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Teamsters and Chaufiers Local Union 175
Charleston
Reid P. Davis
District 50
Beckley Employes
Bluefield
Grundy
Teamsters
Davis
Betsy Ross Company
Welch H Henritzey
Merit System
Tem
the Conservation Commission
California Avenue
Julia Buitoni
Italy
Neville St
Raleigh. Wyoming Mining Co
Glen Rogers
Chicago
Big Ben Coal Corporation
A. F. Matson
Raleigh Wyoming Company
Teleip DD McGraw
Ann Ritchie
Garfield Street
Thomas A. Dickenson
MR. West
Tomchin Furniture Company
Telephone
Mullens W. Va
Ralph
Capital
Richard Yates
Great Lakes
Hearing Center
First Ave
Robert R. Elmore
Keatley
National Forest
Prince ST
Keatley's
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