Positions Open At Oak Hill Post Office
The Board of U.S. Civil Service Examiners announced an exam for future substitute clerk or carrier positions in the Oak Hill Post Office. No specific experience required. Applications due April 19. Starting salary $2.16 per hour. Oak Hill applicants within the delivery area receive consideration.
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Oak Hill
RNS
Board of
U.S. Civil Service Examiners
Post Office
Charleston
W. Va
H. B. Dews
McCarran Act bars citizenship for prior Communist ties
The rule states that no person can become a U S citizen under the McCarran Act if, in the ten years before applying for naturalization, they were a member of the Communist party or of organizations affiliated with that party.
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United States
McCarran
Communist Party
Theme For Observance Set By Churchwomen
World Day of Prayer worship services on March 9 at 7 30 p m in Pineville Presbyterian Church with the theme For God So Loved the World United Church Women from local churches sponsor the event General program chair is Mrs Thomas Booth Other participants include Mrs Casey Salome Mrs Joseph Williams Mrs Jamie Brooks Mrs E D Harley Mrs John B Thomas Jr Mrs Jack D Martin and Miss Ruby Lambert The Cook Memorial Baptist Church pianist is Mrs D D Elwell and the choir will include members from all four churches Boy Scout Troop 154 Pineville will take the offering and act as ushers.
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Pineville
Presbyterian Church, Pineville
United Church Women
Thomas Booth
The
Presbyterian Church
Casey Salome
Rockcastle Baptist Church
Joseph Williams
Jamie Brooks
Cook Memorial Baptist
E. D. Harley
John B. Thomas Jr
Jack D. Martin
Ruby Lambert
First Methodist Church
D. D. Elwell
Cook Memorial Baptist Church
Boy Scout Troop No
4-H Group Meets At Stephenson School
The Pioneer H Club of Stephenson met Friday at Stephenson Elementary School with Darlene Saunders presiding. Del la Saunders read scripture and led prayers and pledges while Cheryl Payne led group singing. Roscoe Plumley spoke on gardening and fertilizing with slides on soil deficiency, urging pre enrollment at the first April meeting.
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Mullens
RNS
Pioneers +H Club
Stephenson
Stephenson Elementary
Darlene Saunders
Della Saunders
Cheryl Payne
Roscoe Plumley
Plumley
Glen Fork Briefs Brings Scraps of Local Travel News
Miss Brenda Shafer returns to Arlington Virginia after a weekend visit with her parents Mr and Mrs Jim Shafer. Ronnie Hurley also returns to Arlington after five days with his parents Mr and Mrs Avener Hurley. Other Hurley visitors included Mr and Mrs Mare Hurley of Red Jacket.
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Glen Fork
Brenda Shafer
Arlington
Jim Shafer
Ronnie Hurley
Avener Hurley
Hurleys
Mare Hurley
Red Jacket
Demo Bid Made For Clerk's Post
Fayetteville The Democratic nomination bid for Circuit Clerk of Fayette County is led by Sam Lair, who on January 1 1957 became chief deputy sheriff and continues in that role. A Fayette native he worked for coal firms 1920 1935, later owned Paradise Inn at Lookout now run by his wife. He served as campaign manager in the last election and is Nutall district democratic committeeman and former county chairman.
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Fayetteville
RNS
Sam ‘Lair
Lookout
Fayette County
Paradise Inn
Nutall
Iroquois Stephenson PTA Meeting Hears Wyoming Attorney
D Grove Moler Wyoming County prosecuting attorney spoke on school dropouts and study programs at the Iroquois Stephenson Parent Teacher Association meeting. Audrey Conley presided, Mrs. Ray Ingle led devotion, and Robert Kuhn discussed school construction. Fourth grade Elliott and fifth grade Thompson won room count. refreshments by Middletown and Allen Junction committees.
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Robert Kuhn
E. S Elliott
Mary Lou Thompson
Middletown
Allen Junction
John Slavey
Ray Sheets
Hazel Roop
Louise Franklin
Burliss Lusk
Bernard Whitt
Ralph Campbell
Baptist Circle Installs Officers at Glen Fork
Mrs. L. C. Shrewsbury was installed as president of the Ladies Circle of Independent Baptist Church at a Friday night meeting in the home of Mrs. Clayton Acord. Officiating officers included Mrs. Jess Cook as vice president and Mrs. Harold Acord as secretary treasurer. The group also planned to support Boy Scout Troop 172 on March 17 for Awards Night and will meet next in April at the Acord home.
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Glen Fork
BNS
L. C. Shrewsbury
Ladies Circle of Independent Baptist Church
Clayton Acord
Shrewsbury
Jess Cook
Harold Acord
Flower Fund
Lester Blevins
Elwood Powers
Boy Scouts
Ellwood Powers
Ova Brown
Blast Pizzino
R. D. Powers
Roy Sanders
Everette Blevins
Creba Sanders
John Shumate
Lawrence Sanders
Benny Norman
Glen Sanders
Walter Norman
Reba Shrewsbury
Acord
Cook
Man's Death Ruled death by own action
Preston Eugene Plaster a 34 year old fireboss at a Wyoming County mine died after shooting himself in the head with a P 38 pistol at his home in Tralee. Authorities say domestic trouble preceded the incident and his 17 year old son borrowed the gun from a neighbor to shoot rats.
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Tralee
RNS
Preston Eugene Plaster
Plaster
Wyoming
Wyoming General Hospital
Mullens
Fred Deal
Douglas Grindstaff
Marvin Martin
Tommy Plaster
Owen Gillespie
John Meade
Maple Fork Visitors Report Social Visits
Maple Fork area residents share weekly visits with relatives and friends. Louisa Bailey and Tracy of Mahscott stopped by Carl Stover on Maple Fork Road. Dorothy Williams of Summersville visited her brother-in-law and sister Frank Mann Jr. and wife. J C Miller Jr. and Jerry of Smithers joined another Miller pair on Maple Fork Road to visit Sam McSpadden in Williamsport Virginia. Clarence Williams returned home after two weeks with Daymon Coots family in Cleveland Ohio.
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Maple Fork
Rns
Louisa Bailey
Tracy
Mahscott
Carl Stover
Maple Fork Road
Dorothy Williams
Summersville
Frank Mann Jr
J.C. Miller Jr
Jerry
Smithers
J. C. Miller
Sam McSpadden
Williamssburg
Clarence Williams
Daymon Coots
Cleveland
Ohio
Dirk Cline Feted At Birthday Party
Mullens Mr and Mrs Tommy Cline Moran Avenue honored their son Dirk with a birthday party at his home Saturday for his sixth birthday. Mrs Cline was assisted by sister Mrs Myrtle Gearheart. Games and prizes were awarded to Josephine Mullins Bobby Dodson David Monroe and Robert Lee Harrold among attendees Elizabeth Mullins O J Wood Debra Ann Arnold Boyd Sandra and Terry England David Cook and Reece Neely.
Brake failure blamed for tractor-trailer crash on Batoff Mountain
Beckley State Police said a tractor-trailer ran off the highway on Batoff Mountain around 8 p.m. Wednesday and struck a tree. The driver Henry Angland 33 of Georgia was not injured and the truck sustained about 5000 dollars in damage.
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Batoff Mountain
Beckley State
Henry Angland
Georgia
Wyoming Schools Support MOD Drive Dimes Drive
County schools contribute to MOD Drive totaling 4420.38 dollars. Fred Deal and Sheriff Lelan Phillips observe alongside George Nolley coordinating county participation in the drive.
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Wyoming
Fred Deal
Lelan Phillips
George
Nolley
Military Men In The News At Home And Overseas
Military personnel from West Virginia appear in postings across Germany and abroad. Pfc Ronald G Martin of Sullivan and other local servicemen including Bobby L Bobbitt of Beckley Ensign Kenneth R Culliss of Sophia Pvt James R Miller of Glen Daniel Pvt Donald D Shamblin of McAlpin Pvt Morris A Niday of Stotesbury Pvt Kenneth T Aliff of Beckley Sgt Ernest W Clark of Sullivan Pfc James C Pryor of Beckley and Specialist 4 James E Adams of Tams are listed with units across Kaiserslautern Karlsruhe Hochst and other sites, detailing enlistment dates school backgrounds and assignments in the late 1950s and early 1960s.
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Germany
Morris A. Niday
58Th Signal Company
Kaiserslautern
George B. Niday
Stotesbury
Mark Twain High School
Kenneth T. Aliff
Lula M. Aliff
Beckley
Kaisersautern
Army
Ft. Benning
Woodrow Wilson High School
Ernest W. Clark
A. C. Clark
Sullivan
25Th Signal Battalion
Stoco High School
Ft. Bliss
Tex
Joann
Karlsruhe
James C. Pryor
A. K. Pryor
10Th St
317Th Engineer
Hochst
James E. Adams
Howard R. Adams
Tams
46Th Artillery Group
18 Seek Work at Beckley Office of Employment Security
Eighteen people filed for work at the Beckley Office of Employment Security on Wednesday. openings include one spot welder two sales clerks one landscape gardener one motorman one service station attendant two general office clerks one waitress one stock clerk one secretary one department manager one section foreman one receptionist one maid one dump truck driver one machineman and one telephone operator. Out of area openings are available for general duty nurses and clerk stenographers.
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Beckley
Real estate deeds filed for Crab Orchard Beckley and more
A list of deed transfers recorded in the county clerk office detailing multiple property transactions across Crab Orchard Beckley Mabscott and Shady Spring Districts. Buyers include Lester Vaught Walter Waddell Elizabeth Tarackozy and James Brash among others with prices from 75 to 12 000 dollars.
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Josie R
M. O. Stevens
Lester and
Mary Vaught
Crab Orchard
Walter C
Florence Waddell
James C
Norma Faye Waddell
Elizabeth
Alex Taraczkozy
Beckley
French W
Garnett E. Hylton
Sprague Land Co., Inc
Maude Berry
Elanora Berry Persinger
W. D
Betty Lou Holliday
Pendleton
Slab Fork
Jack L
Patricia Lee McCullough
Clarence
Madeline O. Phalen
James Lilly, Inc
James Kenneth
Delores Marie Brash
North Hills
Chesapeake and Ohio Railway Co
West Virginia State Road Commission
Mabscott
Robert P
Mary Ida Deck
Pal Corp
Big Aoe
Shady Spring
Orville J
Ruby A. Canaday
Ralph M
Ruth V. Cole
Little Farms Addition
Ruff
Sophia Alice Smith
William Ward
Stanaford
Cecil Biggs
Wilma Biggs Sotak
Harper Road Addition
Trap Hill
Elizabeth Tarackozy
Alex Tarackozy
David Eugene
Mary Alice Lilly
Carl J
Bertha Mae Lilly
Blue Jay- Beaver Road
William R
Lottee Garnet Forbes
A. V
Bradie Marie Shrewsbury
Stanford
Lonnie R
Grace Wills
Edward T
Virginia A
Fayette Man Seeks Office In Non-Partisan Race
Fayetteville druggist E O Wiseman seeks a seat on the Fayette County Board of Education on the Non-Partisan ticket. Born in Fayetteville he is the son of Mr and Mrs W E Wiseman and a graduate of Fayetteville High School and the University of Kentucky College of Pharmacy. A church member and former Rotary president, he and his wife W Clarissa Winslow are parents of three children and he owns Wiseman Drug Co on Court Street.
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Fayetteville
RNS
Board of Education
Fayette County
E. O. Wiseman
Wiseman
W. E. Wiseman
Flu Like Illnesses Surge Across Counties This Week
State Health Department reports influenza like diseases over 450 percent higher than 1961. Raleigh County reports 57 flu like cases for the week, plus cases of streptococcal infection, measles, chicken pox and an animal bite. Wyoming County logs 112 flu like cases, with mumps, infectious hepatitis and syphilis also noted. Fayette County notes an animal bite and a gonorrhea case.
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State Department of Health
Raleigh County
Wyoming County
Fayette County
Alderson Scout Ray Fawcett Drowns in Creek
Alderson 12 year old Ray Fawcett, Scout with Troop 186, fell into Muddy Creek near a camp off Route 3 while washing his mess kit. He was found by Hinton Rescue Squad about 11 p.m. Saturday. Born in Alderson, he was the son of Ray and Nancy Payne Fawcett and a member of Johnson Memorial Methodist Church.
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Alderson
Ray Fawcett
Hinton
Muddy Creek
Boy Scout Troop 186
W. Va
Ray
Nancy Payne Fawcett
The
Johnson Memorial Methodist Church of
Social visits and hospital update from Beckley area
Pax PAX visitors Mrs. Sally Cook Long Branch received Mr. and Mrs Thurston Bergendah Beckley. Mrs Rosella Sutton Weirwood hosted daughter Patricia Man and Miss Geneva Payne Beckley. Carl Calvert Standard Kanawha County returned home after time with sister Mrs Irene Miller Sweeneysburg. J D Janney Weirwood improving after Beckley Memorial Hospital treatment. to report back Tuesday.
Ocean light reaches depths to two hundred feet
The encyclopedia Britannica states that upper ocean layers are illuminated by sunlight to depths as deep as 200 feet, revealing bright conditions below the surface.
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Oak Hill PO
Stephenson School
Wold Quak
OLD Quaker Distilling Co
Lawrenceburg, Ind
Sam
PTA Groun
Bureau of Advertising
ANPA
Audits and Surveys Co., Inc
Beckiey Post-Herald
Raleigh Register
Baptist Circle
Dirk Cline
John Wayne Whitman
Balin
Olan Persoff
Robert E. Kuhn
Jack Dick, Mullens
New March
Eighth Division
504Th Infantry
Mainz
Ronald G. Martin
Mary G. Treadway
Route 1
Ft. Bragg
N. C
Cone
Mediterranean
Bobby L. Bobbitt
H. M. Bobbitt
Highland St
New Iberia
Naval Auxiliary Air Station
Kenneth R. Culliss
Clarence A. Culliss
Sophia
Quonset Point
R. I. Naval Air Station
West Virginia University
Ft. Gordon
Pvt
James R. Miller
Pet Miller
Glen Daniel
Trap Hill High School
Ft. Jackson, S.C
Ft. Hood
Donald D. Shamblin
John W. Shamblin
McAlpin
58Th Infantry
Ft. Knox
K. R. Culliss
J. R. Miller
John Wayne Stewart Granger
Ernie Kovacs
Fabian
Fayette
Alderson Scout
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