Girl Scouts Observe Week in Beckley Observance
Pictured with Dr. S Roger Tyler are Sarah Huffman Starr Ramieh Louise Breck Shirley Puckett and Phyllis Basharah as Beckley Girl Scouts mark Girl Scout Week. Shirley Puckett attends Troop 5 at First Baptist while others are church sponsored. The observance preludes the 1912 Savannah founding anniversary.
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S. Roger Tyler
Episcopal Minis
Ter
St. Stephen's Church
Beckley
Sarah Huffman
Starr Ramieh
Louise Breck
Shirley Puckett
Phyllis Bsharah
Shirley
First Baptist Church
St. Stephen's
the Baptist Church
Parachutist Pvt Melvin C Anderson Graduates Jump School
Pvt Melvin C Anderson aged 18 completes the 82nd Airborne Division Jump School at Fort Bragg North Carolina He is the son of Mrs Sarah Q Anderson of Beckley West Virginia A 1959 graduate of Woodrow Wilson High School he entered the Army last May and finished basic training at Fort Jackson South Carolina The report also notes school attendance for two other individuals Cook Mullens High School Brown Oceana High.
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82Nd Airborne Division
Fort Bragg
N. C
Melvin C. Anderson
Sarah Q. Anderson
Bailey Ave
Beckley
Woodrow Wilson High School
Army
Fort Jackson
S. C
Recruit Sexton Completes Construction Machine Operator Course
Conley J. Sexton, 17, completed the construction machine operator course at Fort Leonard Wood Missouri. He is the son of Mrs. Mary H. Wilson of Coal City and entered the Army last July after attending Sophia High School and basic training at Fort Benning Georgia.
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Fort Leonard Wood
Conley J. Sexton
Mary H. Wilson
Coal City
Fort Benning
Sophia High
Cabaret Tax Ruling Ties Tax to Patron Entrance
In Germany M Sgt John Elmore and Ella Elmore accompany the 3rd Infantry Division at Hohenfels while two Camp Lejeune marines join the Sixth Marine Regiment for six months in the Mediterranean. Nathaniel Looker reaffirmed the cabaret tax applies to admission charges at roof gardens cabarets or similar venues with profits from performance. The tax, 20 percent since 1944, is charged to the recipient of the payments and applies to the full check if dance or floor show occurs.
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Sixth Marine Regiment
Camp Lejeune
N. C
Morehead City
Mediterranean
Guy C. Cox
Ruth Mason
Raymond K. Gilbert
John Gilbert
Killarney
Nathaniel Looker
Internal Revenue
Looker
Local Reservists Report for Duty at Cecil Field and Fort Knox
Serving with the Fighter Squadron ron 14 at Cecil Field Naval Air Station Jacksonville Roy E Farley airman apprentice son of Mr and Mrs Eugene D Farley Ghent Completing eight weeks of advanced individual armor training at Fort Knox Ky were Pvt Basil T Cook 17 son of Basil E Cook Mullens and Recruit Jack W Brown 17 son of Mr and Mrs Cecil O Brown Hatcher They entered the Army last July and completed basic train.
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Cecil Field Naval Air Station
Jacksonville
Fila
Roy E. Farley
Eugene D. Farley
Ghent
Fort Knox, Ky
Basil T. Cook
Basil E. Cook
Mullens
Jack W. Brown
Cecil O. Brown
Hatcher
Army
Soldier Robert E Tucker completes basic training at Fort Jackson
Receiving eight weeks of advanced individual training at The Artillery and Missile Center Fort Sill Oklahoma was Pvt. Robert E Tucker son of Mrs Mary E T Maddy 212 Main St Hinton The 19 year old soldier entered the Army last September and completed basic training at Fort Jackson South Carolina He attended Hinton High
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Artillery and Missile Center
Fort Sill
Okla
Robert E. Tucker
Mary E. T. Maddy
Main St
Hinton
Army
Fort Jackson
S. C
Hinton High School
Chamber Leaders to Attend Bluefield Workshop
Floyd M. Sayre Jr. of the Beckley Chamber of Commerce and board members will attend a U.S. Chamber of Commerce workshop in Bluefield on March 17. Sayre confirms the event.
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Floyd M. Sayre Jr
Beckley Chamber of Commerce
Bluefield
U. S. Chamber of Commerce
Sayre
West Virginia Lawyer Pledges $2 Million for Harvard Scholars
William J. Maier Jr., a Huntington born West Virginia lawyer and businessman and Harvard alumnus, commits a $2 million fund for Sarah and Pauline Maier Scholarships at Harvard College. The endowment aims to aid qualified West Virginia and Ohio students with preference to West Virginians, supporting freshmen through college and including possible summer study abroad and graduate study at Harvard or partner universities. Maier rose from modest roots, attended Harvard on scholarship, earned a Rhodes Scholarship, and later built a career in natural gas and storage before funding the program.
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Harvard University
Harvard College
William J. Maier Jr
West Virginia
Maier
Ohio
Sarah
Pauline Maier
Harvard
Fortign
Oxford
Cambridge
England
Harvard Law School
Rhodes
Balliol College
Oxford University
Elkins
Wheeling and
Huntington
Huntington High School
Sarah Grant Maier
Charleston
Clarksburg
Columbus
Congress Weighs Water Problems in Federal Plan
Congress and allied bodies debate water policy amid pollution abatement flood control and irrigation projects. The Senate Select Committee on National Water Resources studies needs for 1980 and 2000 with hearings nationwide. The Outdoor Recreation Resources Review Commission weighs water use for recreation planning. A Council of Resource Act is proposed.
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U. S. Congress
National Wildlife Federation
Raleigh County Rod and Gun Club
West
Soil Conservation Service
Bureau of Reclamation
Congress
Senate Select
Outdoor Recreation Resources Review Commission
ORRRC
Veterans in West Virginia offered pension choice
About 18 317 veterans and dependents in West Virginia may choose between the old and new pension systems. They may keep current payments under the old law or switch to the new system, which cannot be reversed. No deadline exists and a pamphlet with details will be mailed with the next pension check.
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West Virginia
E. F. Gibbs
Beckley Veterans Hospital
Gibbs
Sig
Social Security Checks May Delayed by Unreported Addresses
Beckley district office manager Stanley Earl warns that some beneficiaries in the area may not receive checks this month due to moves without notifying the Social Security Administration. Beneficiaries should report address changes in advance to ensure regular delivery, using postcard forms or reporting directly to the district office at 110 Hove St.
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Stanley Earl
Beckley
Social Security Administration
Earl
Hove St
Forfeitures in Beckley Police Court Case
Nine defendants forfeited a total of $349.50 in bonds during Beckley Police Court. A $200 forfeit stemmed from alleged sale of untaxed whisky. James Saunders of Beckley forfeited a $290 bond. Henry Austin of Mount Hope paid $30 for driving in the highway center without a state license. John Henry Miller of Beckley paid $15 for improper registration. Six individuals forfeited $104 for drunkenness.
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Beckley
James Saunders
Henry Austin
Mount Hope
John Henry Miller
Council Plans for Water Development Guidance
A council and a Joint Congressional Committee on Resource and Conservation would coordinate water development planning. An annual report directed to the President would guide orderly water resource initiatives and landscape planning.
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Visers
Right Award Wrong Doctor Mixup at V A Hospital
Dr R C Jones received a certificate in advanced administrative training last week after a three week course at the Advanced Institute in Hospital Administration in Washington DC. The report credited Dr Ford instead of Dr Jones in the Raleigh Register Post Herald.
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R. C. Jones
Beckley Veterans Administration Hospital
Advanced Institute In Hospital Administration
Washington, D. C
R. C. Ford
Raleigh Register-Post Herald
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Banlon Cardigan
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News For Veterans
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