Beckley Council Sets March 20 Meeting on Revenue Options
Beckley city council set March 20 for a special meeting to explore three revenue options. Clarence Bibb proposed considering an increased gross sales tax a special levy and a fire services service fee with hopes to act by the May Primary if approved. City Attorney Thornhill warned paperwork would take time and urged an early decision, so the council scheduled the session for next Tuesday.
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Beckley
Clarence Bibb
W. A. Thornhill II
Council
Amnie
New River Park
Kessinger
Park Planning Committee
E. S. Pugh
Larking S. Philpott
City Recorder
Neville and
Prince St
Rainbow Grill
Tio
Fayr Corey
A. K. Minter
Charles Jones
Dennis Leary
Glenna
Coun
Harold Miller
Milter
Center St
Cener St
Minter
Paul Phi
Bee
Bibb
Theme Selected For State Welfare Forum Beckley May 3 4 5
The West Virginia Welfare Conference health service division will hold its annual forum in Beckley on May 3 4 and 5 with the theme The Handicapped Child Dr Leslie B Hohman of Duke University will discuss the handicapped child at the morning session and again at the Friday noon dinner The afternoon features a panel of West Virginia experts including Dr J W Witherspoon Dr N H Dyer Miss Lillian Nagy and Jack E Pearson others will be announced by Chad Bertelson health services director The event aims to address revenue needs and program planning for state welfare services with the panel focusing on the handicapped child and related care plans
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Health Service Division
West Virginia
Beckley
Chad Bertelson
Health Services
Leslie B. Hohman
Duke University
General Assembly
J. W. Witherspoon
Beckley Presbyterian Church
N. H. Dyer
Lillian Nagy
Jack E. Pearson
Morris Memorial Hospital
Milton
Bertelson
Orville W. Hawes
West Virginia Society For Crippled
32 Local Men Included On Criminal Court List
Raleigh County Criminal Court opens March 26 with 115 petit jurors summoned. Grand Jury meets March 19 and docket set March 21. Beckley residents named include A David Abrams and J R Burke among many others. extensive list of jurors from Beckley and surrounding areas.
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Winding Gulf Forest
Calvert
Princewick
Lowell Daniel
Saxon
Elmer Daniel
Glen Daniel
George L. Dixon
Resignations, politics swirl around State Parole Board shifts
Charles E. Honaker attempted to resign as area parole officer triggering a political scramble in Charleston as Sen. Jack A. Nuckols promoted his own candidate. Honaker withdrew, then received notice Nuckols prevailed. Honaker moves to service station management, while Bill Withrow secures the job. In Beckley, a varied crowd attended a hotel meeting amid local ed board and gubernatorial chatter. A Minter administration friction persists as Fayette County Democrats discuss chair choices with Lair Sair and Patteson backers in play.
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Charles E. Honaker
State Parole Board
Honaker
Charleston
Jack A. Nuckols
Nuckols
Bill Withrow
Sophia
Withrow
Robert C. Byrd
Senate
Byrd
Congress
Post 32 Praised By Legionnaire On 37th Birthday
Raleigh County American Legion Post 32 received praise for its work since the 1919 temporary charter. G Steele Callison of the West Virginia American Legion spoke on the organization’s history and its five programs including rehabilitation and helping orphans of veterans. The American Legion Woman's Auxiliary joined the event. Ferry Landing Site Donated To Foundation To revive the Fredericksburg ferry service the landing site used by George Washington was donated for foundation use.
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Raleigh County
American Legion
G. Steele Callison
West Virginia
Department of the American Legion
Callison
Organization of the American Legion
The
American Legion Woman's Auxiliary
Fredericksburg
George Washington
Railroad Speaker To Address Beckley Lions
Fred R. Toothman will address Beckley Lions Club at 6 30 p m Wednesday at El Chico on Proposed Revision of Federal Transportation Policy as recommended by the Presidential Advisory Committee on Transport Policy and Organization. The Speakers Bureau serves a 70 mile radius to improve understanding between communities and the railroads that serve them.
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Railroad Community Committee
Huntington Area
Beckley Lions Club
el Chico
Fred R. Toothman
Presidential Advisory Committee On Transport Policy
Hangar Decision Delays Airport Airplane Purchases
C Harold Hanks, manager of Hanks School Concerts accede to owning airplanes but Memorial Airport will wait for a self supporting hangar before investing. Hangar construction aims to begin by May 1, with bids to be let at the County Court meeting. The hangar is seen as key to reviving aviation activities in the Beckley area after years of curtailment.
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C. Harold Hanks
Memorial Airport
Robert L. Davis
Airrport
Hanks
Beckley
Piedmont
Air Force
Army
Navy
Hawke
Hapks
Mines produce 161 522 tons coal week ended March 10
Twenty two mines belonging to the Winding Gulf Operators Association reported 161 522 tons of coal for the week ending March 10, up from 114 333 a year earlier, a 41.3 percent rise though the week’s total fell 1 542 tons from the prior week. Output, embargoes, and railroad disruptions shaped the figures.
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Winding Gulf Operators Association
Association
Ppa
Pocahontas
Maleut
Holland Rites Incomplete For Mrs Bell Holland
Funeral services for Mrs. Bell Holland of Raleigh are incomplete. The body will remain at the Ritchie and Johnson Funeral Parlor until arrangements are completed. Mrs. Holland died at the Home for the Aged and Infirm at Mc Kendree on Tuesday.
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Bell Holland
Raleigh
Ritchie and Johnson
Holland
McKendree
Lucky Teeth Break on Ocean Trip in Tourney
In San Juan Puerto Rico a participant in the International Game Fish Tournament lost his upper denture in the Atlantic. He joked about having a spare set at the hotel. While handling them on a rug he slipped and crushed the replacements.
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San Juan
P. R
Atlantic Ocean
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