Temple Starts Bonds For Israel Program
Beckley temple hosts a Bonds for Israel drive after services Friday at 9 p.m. The program, sponsored by Bnai Brith Lodge 3360, features a film with commentary on the Israeli Bond Drive and refreshments by the temple Sisterhood. Attendance is open to all.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Israel
Flo- Beth el Temple
J.rida
R. Wein
Temple
Beckley
Wein
Beckley B'nai Brrith Lodge
Sisterhood of the Temple
Isreael
Three Enlist in AF From Local Recruiting Station
Three men enlisted in the United States Air Force at the local Recruiting Station Thursday and were assigned to Lackland Air Force Base San Antonio Texas for basic training. They are Rodney P Rag sland LaFrank James M Gill Prince and Raymond R Mullens Calvin. Commodities will be distributed today and Wednesday from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. at the Capone building near the Crab Orchard Post Office. Bring your own containers.
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United States Air Force
Lackland Air Force Base
San Antonio
Tex
Rodney P. Ragsland
LaFrank
James M.gill
Prince
Raymond R. Mullens
Calvin
Capone
Crab Orchard
Graveside Rites Today for Infant Brower Daughter
Graveside services for Rita Jo Brower six days old daughter of Lather and Sophia Brower will be held at 4 pm at Farley Cemetery Sophia with the Rev. Dewey Wilson officiating. The infant died in a local hospital Monday at 8 am. Surviving are the parents maternal grandparents Ralph Walters of MacAlpin and paternal grandmother Ethel Brewer of Sophia. The body will remain at Williams Funeral Home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rita Jo Brower
Lather
Be c it an Election Discussed At Beckley Civitan Meet
The Beckley Civitan Club will discuss nominating officers for the coming year at Thursday’s meeting. A nominating committee chaired by N R Coleman Basil Minter J E Sharp I Wilbur Bays and others previously presented recommendations. Postmaster A Fray Lilly urged earlier day mail deposits to speed deliveries and reduce jams and errors.
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Beckley Civitan Club
N. R. Coleman
Beckleyans
Cecil Miller
Basil Minter
J. E
Sharp
I. Wilbur Bays
Daily Mail
A. Fray Lilly
Berkley
Lilly and Ly
Edward Stansbury
Lilly
West Virginia Air National Guard marks 10th anniversary
Air Guard speakers included Donald J. Strait assistant secretary of the Air Force in Washington D C Maj. Gen. Winston P. Wilson chief of the Air Force Division National Guard Bureau and Governor Cecil Underwood at a formal dinner dance in the Ruffner Hotel Ballroom attended by about 65 officers and wives Area officers from Beckley and Pineville with their spouses were Capt. John G. Beard Jr Capt. William P. Hall Jr First Lt. Roy T. Elkin Jr and Capt. John Seoleri.
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Air Guard
Donald J. Strait
U.S. Air Force
Washington, D. C
West Virginia Air National Guard
Ruffner Hotel
Winston P. Wilson
Air Force Division
National Guard Bureau
Cecil Underwood
John G. Beard Jr
William P. Hall Jr
Roy T. Elkin Jr
Beckie
John Seoleri
Pineville
Two Departments Respond To Mabscott Grass Fire
A Monday afternoon grass fire near Mabscott was reported at 2:30 p.m. and fought by Mabscott volunteers before Beckley firemen arrived to find the blaze already out. The Beckley crew returned to station by 2:03 p.m. A guest speaker at Sophia Church of God Sunday at 7:30 p.m. was Rev. G. C. Hamby, state superintendent of Churches of God in West Virginia.
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Westwood Drive
Beckley Land
Mabscott
Beckley
Sophia Church of God
G. C. Hamby
Churches of God In
West Virginia
Health workers vaccinate 206 at Raleigh County office
Raleigh County Health Department nurses administered 206 injections at the courthouse basement office on Saturday. Among them 173 were Salk polio vaccine shots, 22 were typhoid, and 11 were combined shots for babies.
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Raleigh County Health Department
Fire squad aids heart attack victim at Sprague station
Rescue Squad from the weekley Fire Department responded to a first aid call at Lam bert's Service Station Sprague Monday afternoon. Burton Reynolds who lives above the station suffered a slight heart attack. A doctor was called and Reynolds was reported in fair condition. A separate item notes Glennis C. McKinney of 107 Huffman St receiving a building permit Saturday for remodeling including two rooms at an estimated cost of 2000 with a 10 fee paid to the city.
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Weekley Fire Department
Lambert
Sprague
Burton Reynolds
Reynolds
City Recorder's Office
Glennis C. McKinney
Huffman St
State Officers Attend Local Engineer Meeting
The National Society of Professional Engineers met Monday night at the Glass House with two state officers present. Ira A. Pitsenberger of Huntington, state president, and Ross B. Johnson of Charleston, state secretary, spoke briefly to the group. Dennis M. Leary updated attendees on Engineering Week observances as a movie titled The American Engineer showcased engineers from past to future.
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National Society of Professional Engineers
Glass House
Ira A. Pitsenberger
Huntington
Ross B. Johnson
Charleston
Dennis M. Leary
Mrs Franks Transferred To Parkersburg Social Security Office
Mrs Nora Franks, district manager of the Welch Social Security Office, is transferred to Parkersburg to assume duties starting Monday. She has served as district manager since July 1954 and is the only female Social Security manager in the state, with seven years at the federal agency.
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Ransferring
Beckley Toy
Parkersburg
Nora
Franks
Theffice. ‘ Social Security Administration
Welch
Methodist Conference May Consider Center as Special
The Beckley Methodist Temple may push Cranberry Child Care Center as a conference advance special. If approved at the General Conference in May, partial financing could proceed. Bishop Wicke, finance efforts led by George Bright and Raymond Moore, with Wayne Ransom, seek local and regional fundraising and approval for this quadrennial mechanism.
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Cranberry
Lloyd C. Wicke
Pittsburgh
George Bright
Chamber of Commerce
Raymond Moore
Methodist Hospitals and Homes Inc
Ocal
Bright
Moore
Wayne Ransom
Methodist
Wieke
Methodist Church
General Conference
Methodist College
Alaska
Beckley Methodist
Forfeit Bonds On Lottery Counts Local police nab two Beckley men
City police arrested two Beckley men Saturday for operating a bingo game behind a business on S Fayette Street and forfeit bonds totaling 325 dollars. John C Hall posted 123 dollars, Raymond J Wright 200 dollars. Roland Jackson was fined 15 dollars for improper license plates and must appear in court. Two men, Wilson Bennett and Rudolph Beasley, were fined 10 dollars each for arriving without a city operator license. Eyre C Shockley of Crab Orchard had a 105 dollar bond forfeited after a Friday vehicle crash on S Fayette Street.
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Cort
Beckley
S. Fayette St. John C. Hall
Raymond J. Wright
Roland Jackson
Wilson Bennett
Rudolph Beasley
Eyre C. Shockley
Crab Orchard
S. Fayette ‘Street
Five Men Enlist in United States Navy From Beckley Area
Five men from Beckley area enlisted in the U S Navy at the local Recruiting Station in Beckley last week and were assigned to Bainbridge. They are Dewey M Bailey Raymond Eugene Thomason Jr James Spencer Thomason Clinton E McClure and Donald L Bostic. The group includes sons of local residents and continues a pattern of enlistment from the Beckley district. The article also notes a monthly meeting of the Southern Soil Conservation District and an arrest of William Floyd Adkins for a police court appearance following a 6 20 a m arrest on the 1921 By Pass.
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United States Navy
Bainbridge, Md
Dewey M. Bailey
Lewis M. Bailey
Raymond
Eugene Thomason Jr
James Spencer
Thomason
Delma T. Parsons
Clinton E. McClure
W. W. McClure
Beckley
Donald L. Bostic
Cecil A. Bostic
Rainelle
Board of Supervisors
Southern Soil Conservation District
Prince Street
Carroll Bond
State Soil Conservation Committee
William Floyd Adkins
Skelton
Mabscott PTA to Hear Safely Talk Tonight
Mabscott PTA invites members to a 7:30 p.m. meeting in the school auditorium where Sgt. W. E. Webb of the Beckley State Police Detachment will speak on Safety. Everett Godbey, PTA president, confirms the program. In a separate item, motorist Ray Lilly of Dunns was jailed at Raleigh County Jail at 3:35 p.m. Saturday on a drunk driving charge, arrested by State Police at Shady Spring.
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W. E. Webb
Beckley
Mabscott
Parent-Teacher’ Association
Webb
Accordang
Everett Godbey
PTA
Ray Lilly
Dunns
Raleigh
Shady Spring
Countians Boost Red Cross Drive With Large Contributions
Countians have already given 2082 dollars to the Red Cross drive while Raleigh totals show 2092 dollars to date. The 1937 campaign aims for 21000 dollars in Raleigh with a month long effort. An additional 100 percent contribution arrived at drive headquarters Monday from an Auto Parts Service Inc. employee.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Raleigh
Drive
Auto Parts Service Inc
Two Miners Injured at Lillybrook Coal Mine
Dewey Waddell of Coal City, 35, admitted to Beckley Hospital at 9 30 a.m. Monday after a state fall left leg injuries and good condition today at Lilly brook Coal Company mine. John Cole, 33 of Crab Orchard, released from Beckley Hospital after chest injuries at 11 30 a.m. Monday from being rolled by a mine motor at the Lillybrook mine, Affinity.
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Dewey Waddell
Coal City
Beckley Hospital
Waddell
Lillybrook Coal Company
Lillybrook
John Cole
Crab Orchard
Cole
Affinity
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Cal
Grant
Neville Street
the Salvation Army
S. Fayette St. Beckley
John Long Colfax
Civitan
Amepre Gas Atiities Company
THE
Columbia Gas System
Possibility Methodist Conference
Navy
Mabscott Pta
Neville ST
Red Cross
Chesapeake and Ohio Railway
Papa
Mamma
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