American Legion celebrates 35th anniversary in Charleston
The American Legion plans a double celebration in Charleston on March 13 to mark its 35th anniversary and to host National Commander Arthur J. Connell on an official West Virginia visit. A banquet at the Hotel Ruffner will honor Connell with Legionnaires from across the state, followed by open houses and dancing at Post Homes Charleston.
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American Legion
Charleston
Arthur J. Connell
West Virginia
Connell
Middleport
P. E. Kercheval
Kingwood
Steele
C. G. Dawson
T. H. McGovran
Ed Brown
Cabin Creek
Robert B. Moran
St. Albans
Charles Booth
Huntington
John Brawley
Col Young
TB Association Advises About Family Elders
The Raleigh County Tuberculosis and Health Association notes most families have an elder living at home. Aging brings memory changes and slower brain function, yet older people offer wisdom. Regular medical care and family understanding improve later life and enjoyment together.
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TB Association
Raleigh County Tuberculosis and Health Association
Moonshine Case Leads to Fines and Jail Term
Mrs Laura Rodgers of Lego was fined 200 and sentenced to 60 days in jail in a liquor case after arraignment before Magistrate J K Cole Rhodell. Cole imposed 100 fine and 30 days for each charge. A hearing on two warrants for felonious assault and grand larceny will occur when the witness is available. Deputies jailed Rodgers at Raleigh County Jail after serving four warrants. The warrants, sworn by Charlie Patterson of Lego, said he bought moonshine from Rodgers. Patterson was later beaten and robbed of 35.
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Laura Rodgers
Lego
J. K. Cole
Rhodell
Cole
Rodgers
Raleigh
Sheriff's
Mason Farley
Zina French
Charlie Patterson
Engineers Name LaFon Delegate For Park Group
The Appalachian Chapter of the West Virginia Society of Professional Engineers named Waldo S. LaFon to the Beckley park master planning committee. Appointment by chapter president C. A. Corken comes as the committee plans a joint meeting with the Beckley Recreation Board and City Council on March 22.
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Appalachian
West Virginia Society of Professional Engineers
Beckley Park
Waldo S. LaFon
Appalachian Electric Power Co
C. A. Corken
LaFon
Beckley
Mullens
Mount Hoe
Oak Hill
Engineers
Leslie Gates
W. Va
National Society of Professional Engineers
Albuquerque
T. Shackelford
Rural Development Council
O. C. Hutchinson
GM Sales Highest For Private Firm In U. S. History
NEW YORK Ten billion dollars in sales and 1.9 billion in taxes anchor General Motors Corp 1953 results. Net income 598 million places GM as America's top money maker, though earnings per share slip to 6.71 after preferred-dividend allocations. The report credit material and labor cost rises and steel prices with profits taxed at record levels, noting 3.276 million U.S. and 484,000 overseas vehicle outputs as 1953 totals.
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New York
General Motors Corp
Standard Oil Co
N.J
Bell Telephone System
Harlow H. Curtice
Alfred P. Sloan Jr
United States
U.S
Doan's Pills Advertise Kidney Relief
Nagging backache loss of pep and energy may signal slowed kidney function. Doctors stress kidneys’ role in health. Stress and strain can slow function, causing discomfort and nighttime urination. Don’t neglect kidneys. try Doan’s Pills, a mild diuretic trusted for over 50 years and claimed to help flush waste from kidney tubes.
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Dean
Doan
Souder Elected New President of Sylvia PTA
Gordon Souder named president of the Sylvia Elementary School PTA for 1954 1955 term. Officers elected include W W Wheeling first vice president Paul Myers second vice president Mrs J R Robinson secretary and Mrs Juanita Tilley treasurer. Homeroom Mothers to refreshment March 24 Raleigh County Elementary Principals Association meeting at the school. Region 8 conference in Fayetteville discussed. PTA total membership 215. Seventh grade class led by Mrs R L Cawley won prize for most parents present. J E Hammer Appalachian Electric Power Co presented program and safety talk for kite season with assistance from W E Zopp. Rev P H McKlain gave invocation. PTA to pay for music records.
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Gordon Souder
Sylvia Elementary
Souder
W. W. Wheeling
Paul Myers
J. R. Robinson
Juanita Tilley
Raleigh County Elementary Principals Association
H. W Slack
West Virginia Congress of Parents and Teachers
Fayetteville
PTA
R. L. Cawley
J. E. Hammer
Appalachian Electric Power Co
W. E. Zopp
P. H. McKlain
St. Mary’s Methodist Church
Luther Greer
Pierce’ Fink
Air Squadron Auxiliary May Be Formed in Beckley
Local officers from the 167th Fighter Squadron West Virginia Air National Guard will answer questions Monday night about forming an auxiliary unit in Beckley. The open meeting is at 7 pm on the second floor of the Army and Air Force Recruiting Station on Prince Street.
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Beckley
West Virginia Air National Guard
Charleston
Army and Air Force Recruiting Station
Prince St
Postmaster Applicants Under Routine Beckley Checks
Post office inspectors in Beckley conduct routine investigations into applicants for the long vacant Beckley postmaster position. Acting postmaster Adrian Fray Lilly and others including Thomas E. Bazzare Peggy Kessinger Joseph Shankey Lilly and Charles Wayman Stanley Jr are examined on record experience character and reputation as reports go to the Civil Service Commission.
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Beckley
Adrian Fray Lilly
Thomas E. Bazzare
Peggy Kessinger
Joseph Shankey Lilly
Charles Wayman Stanley Jr
Civil Service Commission
Nixon Says U. S. Will Now Fight On Own Terms
Vice President Nixon told a Philadelphia Bulletin Forum audience that the United States has shifted to fighting on its own terms. He credited Eisenhower and the national security team for a visible shift as U.S. armed strength is reorganized. He warned that a Communist victory in Indochina would threaten all of Asia and Japan, stressing support for the Associated States in Southeast Asia.
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Philadelphia
Nixon
Philadelphia Bulletin Forum
United States
U.S
Eisenhower
National Security Council
John Foster Dulles
Defense Team
Defense
Charles E. Wilson
Army
Robert T. Stevens
Navy
Robert B. Anderson
Associated States
Indochina
Second Chance GIs Make Good at German Camp
Hundreds of young American soldiers convicted in European courts martial are at a U. S. Army rehabilitation center near Kaufbeuren Germany for retraining rather than prison or discharge. Eight of ten sent here return to normal duty with an average age of 21. Cases include absence without leave misappropriation of vehicles and insubordination. They live like other soldiers and undergo a tough program under Brig. Gen. J. P. Holland who stresses rehabilitation not pampering.
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Kaufbeuren
Germany
U. S. Army
Europe
U. S
J. P. Holland
Chicago
Ill
Congress Highlights Sparks GOP Senate Probes and Statehood Talk
Washington coverage notes Sen. McCarthy’s tactics face GOP criticism from Sen. Flanders while McCarthy pursues Red activity probes. Tax reform moves toward House passage, Alaska and Hawaii statehood are debated, and a nondiscrimination in employment bill advances in the Senate Labor Committee.
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McCarthy
Eisenhower
Sen
Flanders
Wisconsin
GOP
United States
Senate Republican Policy Committee
Nutley
N.J
Statehood
Long
Holland
Fla
Alaska
Hawaii
Senate
Senate Labor Committee
Shady Spring High selects Citizen of Month and notes new fire alarm
Shady Spring High School reports multiple events in The Panorama including February Citizen of the Month selections Patty Reed Connie Clark and Betty Clark with ties to Beta Camera Club 4-H and drama Miss Reed is a senior 17 Patty Reed and Bob Cole one junior finalist. a new manually operated fire alarm system is installed to warn on campus.
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Shady Spring High School
Panorama
Patty Reed
Shady Spring
Reed
FFA
Patty
Bob Cole
The
Bob
Betty Clark
Miss Clark
Daniels Lass
Shady High
Connie Clark
Connie
Camera Club
Vo-Ag
Board of Education
Tiger's
Beckley
Anna Louise Lilly
Richard Gravely
Burnice Bucklin
Shady Spring Tigers
Anna Louise
Richard
Burnice
Safe nose drops for children announced with Neo-Synephrine
An ad notes five new safe nose drop products for children containing Neo-Synephrine. Listings show 59 and 8 percent sizes, branded as St Joseph Nose Drops for Children, emphasizing pediatric use and dosage variation.
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ST. Joseph
Coffee Extenders Tested by Portland Drinkers
Portland readers sampled three brews by Nancy Morris to test extenders. Pot A was pure coffee and rated poorly by tasters who preferred Pot C two thirds coffee and one third cereal fig extender. Five chose Pot C as strongest, one picked Pot B, and all agreed the brewer’s effort was weak.
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Portland
Ore
The
Oregonian
Nancy Morris
Man Injured Eye From Metal Grinding Incident
Paul J. Blankenship, 42, of Beckley, was treated at Beckley Hospital at 11:05 am Monday after a foreign body embedded in his left eye during metal grinding Saturday about 3 pm.
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Paul J. Blankenship
Beckley
Beckley Hospital
Harry H Kessel Rises To Be Held in Ripley
Funeral services for Harry H. Kessel aged 59 will be held in Ripley Thursday afternoon. A native of Jackson County he was a Charleston druggist before retirement and a World War I veteran. He died Tuesday at Beckley Veterans Hospital after a yearlong illness and is survived by brothers Wade and James Kessel of Ripley and sisters Mrs J W Dunn Meadville Pa and Mrs Russell Hutchinson Ripley. He was never married.
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Harry H. Kessel
Clark Kessel
Beckley
Ripley
Kessel
Beckley Veterans Hospital
Jackson County
Charleston
Florida
Wade
James Kessel
J. W. Dunn
Meadville
Russell Hutchinson
Deeds Recorded in Raleigh County Court Clerk’s Office
Eleven deeds filed Monday in Raleigh County include transfers in Beckley, Lester, and Shady Spring. Notable transfers include Katie Akers to Mattie Cobb for Lot 10 Center Street Beckley about $500 and Evelyn Minter Smith to Minter Fuel Company for Lot 3 Minter Addition Beckley about $7,000.
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Katie Akers
Mattie Dobbs
James H
Brook Harvey
Grace Pearl
Mattie Cobb
Center St
KF. L. Greer
Garland
Kathryn M. Blackburn
Lilly Land Co
Beckley
Acme Fuel Co
Franklin and Redith Adkins
Davis-Garrett
Lester
James and
Delilah Bailey
St. Ward
Sunnyside
H. Stansbury
S. J. Powers
Booker
Trap Hill
Kate Foster Stone
Glidia
H. W. Perkins
Oakgrove
Hubert
Blanche Turner
Billy Gene
Lenora’ Turner
Curtis
Maxwell Hill
Nina Lively
R. M
Kathleen Lively
Bailey
Edna Blanche Lilly Hamilton
T. L. Hamilton
Dora’ Ethel Thompson
Sunset Memorial Park
Red Cross Meeting Will Nominate Officer Slate
A nominating committee to report at Raleigh County Chapter American Red Cross annual meeting on June 10 will be named at the board of directors session Thursday afternoon. The meeting will cover county blood program phases and seek a chairman for the project. Fund Drive Chairman Earl C. Carter is expected to attend. Donations through Tuesday total $1,830.75. The meeting will be at 4 p.m. in Room 210, Bair Building.
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Raleigh
American Red Cross
Board of Directors
Fund Drive
Earl C. Carter
Bair
Rites Friday For Man Found Dead Near RR Bridge
Funeral services for George Burton Turner 74 of Grandview will be held at his home at 2 p.m. Friday. Turner was found dead beside a railroad bridge culvert near Terry with a broken neck, state police ruling out foul play and suggesting a fall from the bridge. He leaves a large family including a widow Mary Arthur and children in Ohio and New York, 11 grandchildren, and a history as a retired miner and Navy veteran. Burial will be in Covey Cemetery at Surveyor.
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George Burton Turner
Grandeview
Terry
B. B. Richmond
Charles Midkiff
Covey
Surveyor
Queensberry and Webb
Mary Arthur
William
Hamilton
Ohio
Leroy
Grandview
Lola Mae Morton
Waynesville
Kathleen Anderson
Poughkeepsie
N. Y
Faye Redden
Suzy
Edith
June Turner
Charles
John
Clifford
Jackson
Robert
Columbus
Stella Pletcher
Anna Crews
Chicago
Thelma Duran
Brooklyn N. Y
Vangie Duran
Philadelphia
UMW
Bellwood
Raleigh County
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Williamson
State Legion Executive
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H. Edward Steele
Bluefield
John J. Copenhaver
William C. Marland
Bias
Arbuckle
Confectioners
Sylvia Pta
City
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Japan
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Asia
Congress
Nounces
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Bible Club
Whic
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Wesley Rasmey
Barbara Phillips
Patricia Cooper
Phyllis Meadows
Carl Johnson
Mark Twain
Raleigh- Wyoming Press Association
Stoco
Sophia
Herndon
Jack Wills
Stoco High School
Amet
Mike Fourney
Patty Lilly
Betty Simpkins
Patricia Grabowski
LaBetta Bowling
Mary K. Green
Eloise Lilly
Anna Lilly
Margaret Lusk
Ruth Miles
Carol Plummer
Clara Redden
Richard Snead
Jean West
William Adkins
Anna Lee Burress
Bill Fourney
Sammy Gross
James Green
Charlotte Grimet
Jenny Smith
John Peters
Laurel Waddell
Pauline Wills
St.jose
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Robert C
Naoma M. McKinney
Red Cross Meeting
RR Bridge
Bourbon
National Distillers Prod. Corp
Chesapeake & Potomac Telephone Company
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