Fire Prevention School Emphasizes Home Perils
Beckley hosts a two night fire prevention program led by state officials E Wade Thomas and John Samsell to boost home inspections. They warn most fires start in homes and urge drills, upkeep, and public relations to cut deaths and damages.
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E. Wade Thomas
Keyser
Beckley
Bank of Raleigh
Thomas
John P. Samsell
Morgantown
W. Va
Carl Weimer
Chicago
Boston
Mass
Samsell
United States
Paul B. McCoy
The
Hope Natural Gas Co
Capt
B. W. Ellis
Huntington Fire Prevention Bureau
Cecil L. Miller
Brief PTA Session Set
St. Francis de Sales PTA will hold a short business session in the cafeteria after the Lenten service to name a nominating committee. The school will be open for parents to observe the teachers and students may receive extra assignments to make up for lost work due to weather.
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St. Francis de Sales
Parent-Teacher Association
PTA
Good Grooming Contest Postponed in Raleigh County
The Raleigh County Good Grooming Contest planned for Saturday is postponed due to weather. Clarence Wooten, Raleigh County 4H agent, says it will be rescheduled at a leaders meeting Monday night at Prosperity School at 7 30 p.m. The Style Show date will be set at that meeting.
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Raleigh County
Clarence Wooten
Wooten
Snowstorm Injures Two Youths in Beckley Area
A winter storm sent two local youths to Beckley Hospital on Thursday. John Jackson, 15, Mabscott, injured his left hand while shoveling snow. Kirk Sterling, 11, Woodlawn Ave., cut his right cheek in a sled riding accident.
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Beckley Hospital
John Jackson
Mabscott
Kirk Sterling
Harold Sterling
Woodlawn Ave
Three Forfeit Bonds In Beckley Police Court
Three defendants forfeited bonds totaling 26.50 in Beckley Police Court Thursday night. Amon of White Avenue forfeited 5 on a charge of running a red light with a separate failing to stop charge dismissed. Highlander of Grove Avenue forfeited 5 on a charge of parking at a fire plug.
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Beckley
Richard J. Amon
White Avenue
R. W. Highlander
Grove Avenue
Bookmobile Routes To Resume Monday
The Raleigh County Bookmobile will resume normal operations Monday per librarian Mrs. Felix E. Fisher. She said the unit missed two days this week due to bad weather conditions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Raleigh County
Monay
Felix E. Fisher
Mannequin Earns Promotion at Cheyenne Base Exchange
At Warren Air Force Base in Cheyenne a store dummy promoted to captain. A shortage of first lieutenant bars followed a wave of new officers. A young lieutenant swapped bars with the dummy, trading for captain insignia, leaving the display with captain symbols.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cheyenne
Wyo
George
Warren Air Force Base
Episcopalians Cancel Tonight's Lenten Service
The 7:30 p.m. Lenten service at St. Stephen's Episcopal Church is canceled due to weather. Temporary rector Dr. S. Roger Tyler cannot travel from Huntington but expects to attend Sunday with services at 8, 9:15 and 11 a.m.
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St. Stephen's Episcopal Church
S. Roger Tyler
Huntington
Kanawha Boy Seeks Farm Life With Bakers
Sammy Arthur of Kanawha County writes Charleston paper seeking to live with Roy and Rosella Baker of Keymar Maryland. Roy Baker offered a WV boy, declined Eddie Atkins and Roy Hall. family faces financial strain as father is hospitalized. A Crab Orchard boy is also considered and awaiting parental consent after Baker letter.
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Sammy Arthur
Ward
Kanawha County
Roy Hall
Beaver
Baker
Maryland
Arthur
Charleston
Bakers
Roy Baker
Keymar
West Virginia
Eddie Atkins
Talcott
Saturday Evening Post
Eddie
Roy
William Arthur
Sammy
Raleigh County
Crab Orchard
Options Sought for Three Raleigh County Landfills
W B Hume sanitarian says sites for three county landfills at Coal City near Colcord and Shady Spring District require options before turning to the County Court. A prior three established last year at Metalton Glen White and near Arnett with a private site at Sweenysburg. A county clean up drive is scheduled May 1 to 14 preceded by an April 4 workshop to boost the campaign.
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Raleigh County
W. B. Hume
County Health Department
Coal City
Colcord
Shady Spring
Hume
State Health Department
Metalton
Glen White
Arnett
Sweenysburg
John Ward
Citizens Committee
What counts as income under new VA pension rules
The guide lists eight income exclusions for pension calculations effective July 1 1960. Excluded are VA compensation, donations from relief sources, government life insurance and servicemen indemnity payments, six months death gratuity, Social Security lump sum death payments, retirement or endowment plan payments up to the contributor’s amount, and proceeds of fire insurance. A widow or child may deduct burial and debts payments.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Veterans Administration
Two-Vehicle Collision Causes $200 Damage On Icy Bostic Ave
City police report a 3:16 p.m. Thursday crash on Bostic Avenue at Worley Road due to ice. Drivers were George A. Settle 45 and Ralph Burton Ellison 25 of 511 Worley Road. no injuries or charges.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bostic Avenue
Worley Road
George A. Settle
Daniels
Ralpbh Burton Ellison
Hospital Infections Conference Concludes at Beckley Party
A two day Miners Memorial Hospital Association conference on Hospital Infections ended Thursday at the Beckley Hotel. Thirty representatives from ten hospitals joined roundtable discussions and a panel in the ballroom. Attendees included Dr John Nedport Dr D Hugh Starkey and Steve J Soltis. The final remarks praised better understanding of institutional problems.
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Miners Memorial Hospital Association
Beckley
John Newdorp
Washington, D. C
MMHA
D. Hugh Starkey
Canada
Department of Veterans Af
Burned Worker Treated After Winding Gulf Accident
Bernard Shields of Crab Orchard received electrical burn treatment at Beckley Hospital on Thursday for injuries to his left hand sustained while working at the Winding Gulf Coals Co.
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Bernard Shields
Crab Orchard
Beckley Hospital
Winding Gulf Coals Co
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