Beckley to Align City Clean-Up With State Plan
A Beckley committee and Mayor Cecil Miller travel to Charleston for a Governor led meeting on the statewide clean-up program. The move aims to improve city appearance, engage civic groups on the Beckley Beautiful Commission, and tie efforts to the 1963 West Virginia Centennial while enforcing ordinances to curb trash and derelict property.
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Beckley
Phill McDaniel
Isadore Wein
Dave Abrams
Beckley Beautiful Commission
Beckley Beautiful
Miller
JD. E. Warden
West Virginia
Panel Discussion at Crab Orchard PTA Meeting
The Crab Orchard Schools PTA discussed The Problems of Rearing Children with a panel including Miss Margaret Sullivan and Rev. Allen Herr. Haven C. Clay received Teacher of the Year honors, a blood typing program was planned for April 10, and a May Festival ads committee was formed. The group sent a telegram backing a proposed teacher pay bill and fourth to sixth graders earned $3 for attendance. The next meeting moved to April 10 due to Easter.
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Crab Orchard Schools
Parent-Teacher Association
Margaret Sullivan
Basil Wilcox
Wayne Sisk
Allen Herr
Robert Thomson Jr
Hubert Jackson
Haven C. Clay
Crab Orchard
Jack Basham
Jo Fleshman
Betty Wilkes
John Bailey
W. W. Rutherford
Larry Stone
James Kirk
PTA
District Governor Visit Planned for Beaver Lions Dinner
Dr James H Shelton district governor of District 29 N Lions International will visit the Beaver Lions Club for a 630 pm dinner meeting Thursday. He will speak on Lions administration and humanitarian service and offer advice to club officers.
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James H. Shelton
Oak Hill
Lions International
Beaver Lions Club
Shelton
Lions Administration
Piney View PTA to Host Evening Program at School
The Piney View Parent-Teacher Association meets Thursday at 7 30 p m in the Beanville School auditorium. Miss Lillian Martin will teach the Beanville School. Students listed include Ronald Garten Don Bailey Harold Arthur Kenneth Bobblett Charles Hudson Margaret George Garnet Scarborough Mildred Mann Mary Ann Bava Nadine Gwinn Rosie Gonzalez Rosemary Bobblett. Public invited per Mrs Audra Brogan publicity.
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Piney View
Beanville School
Lillian Martin
Ronald Garten
Don Bailey
Harold Arthur
Kenneth Bobblett
Charles Hudson
Margaret George
Garnet Scarborough
Mildred Mann
Mary Ann Bava
Nadine Gwinn
Rosie Gonzalez
Rosemary Bobblett
Audra Brogan
Sophia Mayor Attends Governor's Meet Today
Mayor James Salyers will represent the Sophia Council in Charleston to discuss the town clean up. He will meet with Governor W. W. Barron’s Clean-up Committee after a routine council meeting and outline plans for cleaner streets and improvements around Sophia. The mayor named Mrs. Fred X. Williams, Mrs. Daniel E. Polk, Leighton Farley, and J. W. Foster of Slab Fork to accompany him.
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Sophia
RNS
James Salyers
Sophia Council
Charleston
W. W. Barron
Salyers
Fred X. Williams
Daniel E. Polk
Leighton Farley
J. W. Foster
Slab Fork
The
Citizens Improvement League
Eighteen Seek Jobs at Beckley Employment Office
Eighteen persons filed applications for work at the Beckley office of Employment Security Tuesday. They include a one day worker two maids one glass cutter one cashier one shipping clerk one receiving clerk two stock boys one lineman apprentice one truck driver one oiler one bulldozer operator one construction laborer two coal loaders one coal cutting machine man and one mine brakeman.
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Beckley Office of Employment Security
Red Cross Directors To Meet Thursday
Austin Caperton of Raleigh County Chapter of American Red Cross announces a board of directors meeting at 3 p.m. Thursday in the bank of Raleigh room.
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Red Cross
Austin Caperton
Raleigh County
American Red Cross
Comah
Bank of Raeigh
Commodities Distribution At Local Church Today And Thursday
Commodities will be distributed at the Coal City Freewill Baptist Church from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. today and Thursday. Attendees are asked to bring their own containers.
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Coal City Freewill Baptist Church
Milam Suffers Stroke In Beckley Hospitalized at 80
James Milam age 80 surveyor is in critical condition at Beckley Memorial Hospital after a stroke suffered at his home Thursday.
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Milam
James Milam
Beckley Memorial Hospital
Jurors Not Needed Until Monday A.M.
Jurors for the Raleigh County Circuit Court term are ordered to report at 9 a.m. Monday by Judge Knapp. The Monday start cancels prior orders requiring jurors to be on duty Thursday.
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Raleigh County Circuit Court
Knapp
High School Journalists Meet In Raleigh Newsroom
About 85 Raleigh and Wyoming county high school journalists visited The Raleigh Register for its monthly meeting. They toured the newsroom and plant, heard a report on a proposed Mullens High scholarship, and learned the Journalists of the Year will be chosen by Beckley Newspapers.
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Mullens
Mullens High School
Beckley Newspapers Corp
Wanda
Register
Raleigh
Wyoming Counties
Raleigh Register
Donald Meadows
Raleigh - Wyoming Scholastic Press Association
Marsh Fork
Shady
Stoco
Glen Rogers
Mark Twain
Conley
Sally Neil
Mullens Highlights
Mullens High
Press Associaton
Neil
Press Association
Glen Rogers High School
Beaver Methodist Men Hear of Annexation
Representatives of the Beckley Chamber of Commerce Expansion Committee met with the Beaver Methodist Church Men's Class to discuss annexation of the Beaver area by Beckley. J. R. Lowe and John Ashworth spoke, with Lowell Lilly noting strong reception. He said the group will coordinate with civic groups and schools to gauge public opinion as Beaver prospers Beckley.
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Beckley
Emblem Set For Drama Describes Civil War Ties
Two Beckley artists H. M. Eckler and Charles Davis designed an official emblem for Raleigh County historical drama Honey in the Rock. The blue and gray overlapping quadrangles symbolize North versus South tensions and divided families. The emblem debuts with the play at Grandview State Park on June 27 and will be used in association promotion and by local businesses in printed materials.
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Raleigh County
Association
West Virginia
H. M. Eckler
Charles Davis
Beckley
Grandview State Park
West Virginia Historical Drama Association
Dry Hill-Prosperity Officers Re-Elected
W S Stump was re elected president of the Dry Hill Prosperity Country Life Group at its Tuesday meeting. Officers include Walter James first vice president Basil Bailey second vice president Mrs James Dearing secretary and Mrs Janice DeGregory treasurer. Larry Stover co secretary. T N Thurmond named purchasing agent. The group spends about $10 000 yearly. A rodeo contract for July 24 was accepted. plans for youth softball a family night March 24 and building a new horse stable and cattle shed were discussed. Committee chairs for the August Fair Horse and Cattle Show will be named soon.
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W. S. Stump
Dry Hill Road
Dry Hill-Prosperity Country Life Group
Stump
Walter James
Basil Bailey
James Dearing
Janice DeGregory
Larry Stover
T. N. Thurmond
Second Alderson Man Charged With Robbery
A second Alderson man was arrested by Beckley State Police for February robbery of the White Oak Post Office. Robert S. Collins was jailed at Raleigh County Jail on charges of breaking and entering and parole violation after allegedly confessing involvement. He joins Mathew Junior McCutcheon in custody, who earlier confessed to the White Oak break-in and another at the Serena Post Office in Mercer County.
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Alderson
Beckley
White Oak
Robert S. Collins
Raleigh
Mathew Junior McCutcheon
McCutcheon
Serena
Mercer County
Beckley Council and PZC set 7:30 p.m. March 15 for plan hiring
A special Beckley City Council and Planning and Zoning Commission session is planned for 7:30 p.m. March 15 to discuss hiring Michael Baker Inc to draft a comprehensive city plan. A Tuesday PZC meeting was canceled due to quorum failure.
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Beckley
Lefty Ankle Injury Reported At Beckley Hospital
Charles Covelier and Glen White were treated at Beckley Hospital Tuesday for an injured left ankle sustained during a ball game.
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Hurts
Charles Covelier
Glen White
Beckley Hospital
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