Beckley Planning and Zoning welcomes new members
Two new members J W Maxwell and R W Foster joined the Beckley Planning and Zoning Commission at their first meeting. They reviewed duties and powers while debating rezoning South Kanawha and Neville streets. A subcommittee urged tabling rezoning until off street parking rules are in place. The panel also addressed Rail road Avenue issues and tasked members Vecillio Foster Thornhill Leary and Mayor Minter to probe the situation and plan new commercial construction.
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Beckley
South Kanawha and
Neville St
South Kanawha St
Foster
Thi Commission
H. P. Meadows
W. A. Thornhill III
Dennis Leary
C. M. Johnson
Railroad Avenue
Valley Drive
Leary
Johnson
Leo_Vecillio
Thornhill Leary
A. K. Minter
Slab Fork Homemakers Elect Local Leaders
Mrs. Joe McElyea is elected head of the Slab Fork Homemakers Club with Mrs. D. R. Anderson as vice president and Mrs. James F. Miller as secretary treasurer. The Becket Beckley group taught lessons on updating furniture with new touches. Ten clubs in Raleigh County, totaling about 135 members under Miss Marion Essary, pursue home economics education and leadership development.
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Slab Fork Homemakers Club
Marion Essary
Raleigh County
Joe McElyea
D. R. Anderson
James F. Miller
New Farm Women's Club
William C. Foster
Beckley Homemakers Club
Miss Essary
Beckley Beautify Committee Urges Spring Cleanup
Beckley committee members note residents have begun removing leaves and debris from winter. Chair Guy Amato urges wider participation and plans tree and hedge planting at Wildwood Cemetery with cemetery trustees to set boundary lines.
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Beckley Beautiful
Beckley
Guy Amato
Wildwood Cemetery
Byrd Expects Release From Hospital Today
Congressman Robert Byrd, patient at Beckley Hospital since Tuesday morning, expects to be released today. He says kidney stones are the cause and hopes to return to Washington this weekend. Hospital staff report his condition as good and note no operation is needed.
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Robert C. Byrd
Sophia
Beckley Hospital
Byrd
Washington
Fire emergency blares as police seek underhouse man
In Virginia Beach a large blaze prompts emergency radio calls and evacuations. A man seen crawling under a house on 47th Street triggers fear among residents. A plumber’s worker recalls hearing shouts and waiting for responders.
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Verginia Beach
C. C. Barco
47Th Street
Baker
Nestene
Uni
Wrong Number Causes Phone Jingle In Old Cas-Cadle Area
The Albert Heemstra family in Grand Rapids had a phone number change during the switch to the new dialing system. The new number matched the old one at the State Police Rockford post, and the line rang constantly for a day. Heemstra noted neighbors mostly asked about road conditions.
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Grand Rapids, Michel
Albert Heemstra
Cascadle
State Police
Rockford
Heemstra
4-H Award Won By North Beckley Girl
A North Beckley girl Barbara and Brenda Jones and others earned a State 4-H award at the eighth annual program sponsored by the 4-H Leaders Assn at Morton Reaves School. The event featured songs by the Moving Moderners and a dance by Jo Ann Johnson.
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North Beckley
The
Moving Moderneers
Jo Ann Johnson
Barbaral
Brenda Jones
Ann Smith
Alden
Dennis Clay
Wesley Lynch
Herbert Buckley
Charlie Smith
Tanner J. Livisay
Assn
Morton Reaves
T. C. Glashen
Raleigh County
James Smith
Jo Ann Inge
Ann Grey
Dixie Dillard
Patricia Webb
Lucy Gibson
Joseph Adams
Gloria Walker
Elnora Manns
Dorothy Harris
Joyce Lewis
Gwinn Henry Jr
Annetta Monroe
Mary ‘Smith
Napoleon Epps
Rosita Foy
Edward Howard
Phillimenna Trench
Thomas Terry
Toney Calloway
Gerald Merchant
Jom’ B. Elliot Jr
Patricia Allen
Sixteen Area Youths Join Navy For Basic Training
The United States Navy recruited sixteen area youths in February to wear blue and train at Bainbridge Maryland. Enlistees include Shelby Kin ner of Mt Hope Carl Leon Payne of Mt Hope John Richard Delridge of Scarbro Jackie Raymond Hodges of Oak Hill James Edward Fredrick of Fayetteville Albert Lee Stevens of Fayetteville Floyd Thomas Ricketts Mildred Ricketts Coal Township Franklin E Pettinaro Layland Richard Elwood Wells Layland Edward Franklin Austin Ronceverte Joe Harold O Quinn Union Clarence Wetzel Patterson White Sulphur Springs Grover Homer Ayers Thayer Elizabeth Ann Yancey Hinton.
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United States Navy
Bainbridge
Shelby Kinner
Phyllis Jean Kinder
Mt. Hope
Carl Leon Payne
Ruth Payne
John Richard Delridge
John R. Delridge
Scarbro
Jackie Raymond Hodges
Raymond H. Hodges
Ginzer
Basil Singer
Ronceverte
Joe Harold O'Quinn
Orfille O'Quinn
Union
Clarence Wetzel Patterson
Homer
Patterson
White Sulphur Springs
Grover Homer Ayers
Thayer
Elizabeth Ann Yancey
OB. Yancey
Hinton
Crab Orchard man held on burglary warrant in Raleigh County
Ralph Péndry was lodged in the Raleigh County Jail at 3 10 p m Monday by State Police on Wyoming County issued warrant charging burglary. Dependents of dogs used on Byrd expedition accompanied Adm Richard Byrd on his latest voyage.
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Raleigh County
Wyoming County
Ralph Péndry
Richard Byrd
Public lake proposal moves forward in Raleigh County
County Clerk Harry E. Anderson, before leaving for a Florida vacation, outlined steps to pursue a large public lake. He plans petitions to reach about 300 interested residents, to gauge support and possibly call a mass meeting at the courthouse to discuss site options and legal steps.
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Raleigh
Harry E. Anderson
Florida
Anderson
Raleigh County
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West Virginia University
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Paul Berry
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