Mayors Hear Barron Outline Clean-Up Plans
Governor Barron addressed West Virginia mayors at the Charleston Civic Center launching the 1962 Clean-up Campaign. He urged firm action, linking cleanliness to Centennial year visitors and outlining urban renewal and rural loan use. Local leaders from Beckley attended along with campaign officials.
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West Virginia
Charleston Civic Center
Barron
Raleigh
Lewis Griffith
Washington, D.C
Bonn Brown
Ray George
Beckley
Cecil L. Miller
Millard E. Tyree
N. Joe Rahall
Bradley Bee Held Mullens Reports Spelling Winners
Bradley elementary reports winners in the Tri County Spelling Bee with Linda Jessee and Shelly Thomas as 5 6 Division champion and runner up at Mullens Grade School. SUSAN SNELL, Daniel Stevenson, and Arlene Adkins headline other division champs as pupils from Bradley participate in the nine consecutive event co sponsored by Fayette Raleigh and Wyoming counties.
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Linda Jessee
Clarence Jessee
Sixth Street
Shelly Thomas
George Thomas
Moran Ave
Elbert Cook
Linda
Gaye Lusk
Shelly
Hursie Shumate
Willis Stover
Bradley
Susan Snell
Daniel Stevenson
Arlene Adkins
Mary Ann Huzoski
Susan
Fred P. Snell
Ira D. Kessinger
Daniel
D. B. Stevenson Jr
Arlene
Beverly McClung
Dorothy Adkins
Library Group Pledges Support To Bookmobile
Friends of the Raleigh County Public Library pledge support for the Raleigh County Bookmobile and urge the County Court to fund the program. A proposed 1962 63 budget of 8800 was submitted in January to the county court by the Regional Library Board. Action on the budget will come this spring. By July 1 Raleigh County assumes independent operation of its Bookmobile as the regional service ends and each county must finance its own system.
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Friends of
Raleigh County Public Library
Raleigh County
Regional Library Board
Raleigh
Fayette
Olda 40 50 602 Man You're Crazy Get Pep
Pep up at any age with Ostrex Tonic Tablets promising renewed energy. Ad claims iron deficiency causes rundown feelings and markets a short trial size plus an economy pack saving $1.47. Available at all druggists.
Doctor Declares Soap and Water Best Germ Killer
Dear newlywed reader learns antiseptics work in labs but fail in real wounds. Emphasizing clean hands and swift wound care, the doctor urges soap, running water, a scrub brush, and sterile dressings over antiseptics. He notes professional guidance for deeper infections and directs readers to a Dr Hyman leaflet for 10 cents.
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Dr. Hyman
Raleigh Register
Dept.b
Radio City
New York
N. Y
Freedom and the dawn of law in early society
The fragment outlines prehistoric life marked by danger and spirits, the shift from family clans to organized society, and the early private justice of talion law. It notes the rise of agriculture around 10,000 B.C. and the birth of cities, writing, and class structures, setting the stage for the struggle between freedom and tyranny. It hints at Hammurabi as the next topic.
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B.C
Egypt
Mesopotamia
Sophia Group Elected Band Mothers Club President
Mrs Charles Poe is the new president of the ae High School Band Mothers Club with officers Mrs Carl Neff secretary Mrs Pershing Clark and Mrs Lenora McPherson treasurer. A football banquet is planned for March 31. A party honoring Senior and Junior Band members is tonight at 7 30 with each member bringing a guest.
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Orville Barr
Okley Harmon
Bill Buchler
Dick Loving
M. K. Chamberlain
C. L. Thompson
Clyde Stone
Henry Parks
Ernest Griffith
First transistorized minephone displayed at meeting
Attendees at the Thursday night meeting of the New River and Winding Gulf Electrical Mechanical and Mining Institute observed the first transistorized minephone introduced to the coal industry. R. E. Havener of Mine Safety Appliances Co demonstrated it, focusing on communications in coal mining. He also presented a self powered amplifier telephone and loud speaker system for existing mine lines. About 50 people, including representatives from the Mines Safety Department State Department of Mines and Appalachian Power Co, attended and participated in a Q and A session.
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New River
Winding Gulf
Havener
Mines Safety Department
State Department of Mines
Appalachian Power Co
Berea College Head to Speak at Beckley Alumni Dinner
Dr. F. S. Hutchins president of Berea College will address an alumni dinner at Beckley Winn Hotel at 7 p.m. Friday with a 6 p.m. social hour. D. Crawford Lynn is local chairman and the dinner is part of a five city West Virginia Alumni Visitation Program led by Charles T. Morgan. Doug Massey also attends. Lynn urges Berea alumni to join to boost activity.
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F. S. Hutchins
Berea College
Berea
Beckley-Winn
D. Crawford Lynn
West Virginia
Charles T. Morgan
Hutchins
Doug Massey
Lynn
Beaver Lions Plan Election At Club Dinner
Beaver Lions Club proposed officers were disclosed at a dinner meeting. Elections set for April include Brammer as president Epperly first VP Pruett second VP Gross third VP Robinson treasurer Mustard secretary. Directors Willis Walker Okes two year terms. Installation May dinner, fiscal year begins July 1. Also sponsor named junior delegate to Mountaineer Boys State and a March 28 basketball game against Bradley Lions Club.
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Beaver Lions Club
W. W. Brammer
Paul Epperly
Lawrence Pruett
Kenneth Gross
James D. Robinson
C. W. Mustard
Willis Walker
Kermit Okes
Beckley area delegates attend WV Baptist State Convention
Seven Beckley area residents attended the West Virginia Baptist State Convention in Huntington on Thursday. The group included Mr. and Mrs. John Wright, Mr. and Mrs. Amos Rutledge, and the reverends William Bowles Henry DuBois and James Bly.
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Beckley Area
West Virginia
State FFA Ham Bacon and Egg Show Set in Charleston
FFA members from 60 high schools across 30 counties register to exhibit more than 175 hams 100 pieces of bacon and 100 dozen eggs at the Daniel Boone Hotel in Charleston for a three day show March 17 to 19. Judging by WVU and Glenville State College staff March 17, public viewing begins Saturday afternoon with an auction of all exhibits Monday March 19 at 7 30 p.m. Auctioneers Jim Fahey and Paul Light will lead the sale with assistants Eric Nelson and Gus Douglas.
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Southern Federation
Future Farmers of America
Beckley
Charleston
FFA
Daniel Boone Hotel
James McBee Jr
Department of Animal
West Virginia University
Burl Law
Glenville State College
C. C. Blake
State Department of Agriculture
Jim Fahey
Weston
Paul Light
Eric Nelson
Gus Douglass
Seed Application Blanks Due Here
Assistant Commissioner Gus Douglas told Raleigh County Agent H B Thomas that application blanks for the Free Garden Seed program are on their way. Distribution of seed kits begins March 26 with 10 000 packets to Beckley area and south of Route 60, followed by Weston and Parkersburg. An early Martinsburg delivery is planned.
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Gus Douglas
Raleigh
H. B. Thomas
Douglas
Beckley Farmers Market
Thomas
Beckley
Route 60
Weston Area
Parkersburg
Martinsburg
Buffet Dinner Set at Raleigh Vocational Center
The culinary department of Raleigh County Vocational Technical Center will host a faculty buffet dinner on March 22 at 6 30 p.m. Principals and guidance counselors of schools sending students to the center have been invited to attend. William Sidney Porter wrote under the name of O Henry.
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Raleigh County Vocational Technical Center
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Bradley Bee
Mullens
Mullens Grade School
Wyoming County
D. Stevenson
S. Thomas
M. Huzoski
Library Group
Harold Thomas Hyman
M. D
Newspaper Enterprise Assn
First Law
Code of Hammurabi
NY In
the Complete Variety Store
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Main
East
Rainelle
Temple Street
Howard Ave
Main & Oak Sts
Oak Hill
Main St
Richwood
Sophia
Beaver Lions Plan
William Sidney Porter
O. Henry
Cartoon Kits
Murphy's
Co. Murphy CO
W. Main St
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