Beckley League of Women Voters Plans April Meeting
The Beckley League of Women Voters schedules its annual election meeting for Tuesday April 19 at the Glass House Restaurant. Budget action will occur at the same session with arrangements for the dinner by Mrs Alma Martin and others. Four delegates to the state convention in Huntington April 1 and 2 were named: Mrs Nancy Thorne Mrs Shmedling Mrs John Gorsica and Mrs Nora B Franks.
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Beckley League of Women Voters
Glass House
League
Alma Martin
E. Main St
Abraham Shmedling
Jan Campbell
Harold Sopher
Huntington
Funeral Rites for Mrs Roberts Held Wednesday
Funeral services for Mrs. Martha Woosley Roberts, 70, were held at 2 p.m. Wednesday at Glen White Community Church with Reverends Vernon Taylor and W F Tolliver officiating. Burial followed at Sunset Memorial Park. She died Sunday at her home.
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Martha Woosley Roberts
Glen White Community
Vernon Taylor
W. F. Tolliver l
Sunset Memorial Park
Beckley Marine Reserve Planned
Former Marines and interested civilians are urged to form a Beckley Marine Corps Reserve unit under M Sgt John Brizendine. Openings are unlimited for men 17 or over with or without veteran status, while obligated servicemen are encouraged. Training occurs in South Charleston twice monthly with a two week summer camp at Camp Lejeune. Reserve members receive full daily pay for each two hour training period, totaling four days per month. Contact the Raleigh County Courthouse Marine recruiting station.
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U. S. Marines Corps
Corps
Beckley Marines Corps
John Brizendine
Sgt
Brizendine
South Charleston
Camp Lejeune
N. C
Marine Recruiting Station
Raleigh County
Deeds on File Record of Real Estate in Raleigh County
Real estate transfers recorded in Raleigh County Court clerk's office include Chesapeake and Ohio Railway Co to Marino Massanopoli quit claim on Mabscott tract about 500 dollars New River Co to Mr and Mrs Okey Shaver lot at Stana ford about 500 Homeseekers Land and Building Co to Margaret Perdue lot in Ridgelaw connection of Sunset Memorial Park 150 to Co to Lillian Johnson lot in Rose lawn section of Sunset Memorial Park 120 Coalfield Land Co to Mr and Mrs James E Bennett lot 7 section 6 at Eccles about 100 Park Heights Inc to Hazel Snuffer lot 11 section 1 Pine Lodge Addition about 500 Mr and Mrs J J Cooper to Mr and Mrs J Allen lot in Shady Spring District about 1 000 Mr and Mrs A Kostas to Leslie Carr lot at Dorothy about 2 000 Annse French to Wiley Cabell Agee and Walter French Agee lot 143 Hedrick Walker Carter Addition about 4 000 Mr and Mrs Lawton Hicks to Vecellio and Grogan lot 1 section 2 Highland Addition Mabscott about 500 Lilly Land Co to Everett F Hart lot 107 Lilly Court Addition Coal City 150 Mr and Mrs Thomas Symes to Mr and Mrs Harry R Ellison lot 37 and part of 36 in Beckley about 1 000 Mr and Mrs Joseph L Furrow to Carlos Harvey lots 10 and 11 in the District about 500 Furrow Homestead in Shady Spring Co to Edith Coldiron a lot in Sunset Memorial Park 170
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chesapeake and Ohio Railway Co
Marino Massanopoli
Mabscott
New River Co
James E. Bennett
Eccles
Park Heights Inc
Hazel Snuffer
Pine Lodge
J. J. Cooper
J. Allen
Shady Spring
A. Kostas
Leslie Carr
Dorothy
Annse French
Wiley Cabell Agee
Walter French Agee
Hedrick-Walker-Carter
Lawton Hicks
Vecellio and
Grogan
Highland
Lilly Land Co
Everett F. Hart
Lilly Court
Coal City
Thomas Symes
Harry R. Ellison
Beckley
Joseph L. Furrow
Carlos Harvey
Furrow
Proposed New Store Hours for Beckley Discussed
Beckley businesses will discuss changes to opening hours at an 8 p.m. meeting in Raleigh County Courthouse with Sidney Fink, acting president of the Beckley Business Bureau. A proposal would shift to noon to 9 p.m. Mondays and 9:30 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. other days, replacing a 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. Wednesday, 9 a.m. to 9 p.m. Saturday, and 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. midweek schedule.
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Beckley
Sidney Fink
Beckley Business Bureau
Raleigh
Piney View PTA Elects Officers For April Takeover
Piney View Elementary School’s PTA will install new officers at its April 12 meeting. Elected last week were Mrs. William Whiting president, Mrs. Jim Orren vice president, Miss Lillian Martin secretary, and Mrs. Geneva Roberts treasurer. The Piney View Topnotcher 4-H Club showcased a play, An Old Maid and Her Sister, at Tuesday’s meeting with cast members Judith Greiner, Sandra Todd, Ardith Bazzie, Bobby Vandall, Billy Whiting, Robert Gillispie, Linda Clifford, Sheila Plumley, Lee McDaniel, and Nancy Adkins.
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William Whiting
Jim Orren
Lillian Martin
Geneva Roberts
Piney View
WVU Faculty Teach Extension Classes Across State
Sixteen West Virginia University faculty members teach extension courses this semester in communities statewide. E. B. McCue, director of University extension, lists instructors, their major fields, and class locations including Elizabeth Fink in Nursing education at Beckley and Charleston, Elizabeth Goodall in History at Beckley Bluefield Charleston and Pineville.
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WVU
West Virginia University
E. B. McCue
Elizabeth Fink
Beckley and
Charleston
Elizabeth Goodall
Beckley Bluefield
Pineville
Piney Oaks School To Have Talent Show
Piney Oaks Elementary School in East Beckley will host a talent show on March 28 at 7 p.m. Acts from several local schools are scheduled to perform.
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Piney Oaks
Piney Oaks Elementary School
East Beckley
Driver of Death Car Given 9-Month Term
James Buster Mullins 22 of Princewick received a nine month jail sentence for negligent homicide after pleading guilty in a Raleigh County court. He was fined 100 dollars plus costs. The March 3 crash in Coal City left passenger Lloyd Claci Meadows 23 dead after severe head injuries. Mullins escaped injury and later pleaded guilty to drunken driving, paying 50 dollars plus costs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James Buster Mullins
Princewick
Lloyd Claci Meadows
Mullins
Raleigh
T. N. Thurman
Mullin
Coal City
Meadows
Beckley Hospital
J. E. Mays
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Women Voters Group
Nancy Thorne
Shmedling
John Gorsica
Nora B. Franks
Mrs. Roberts
Ambaloomey Weed
Neville St
Tae
Wards
Beckley Marine Reserve
Aia
Gibson
John W
W. Neville ST
C. C. Kane
Montcoal
Danny
Jimmy
Coal River District
Kane
Armco Steel Corp
Appalachian Council
Piney View Pta
Parent-Teachers Association
DR. Drake
Wational Distillers Products Corp
N. Ye
Junior Forest Ranger
Ranger
Smokey
CE Crean
Smokey Shirt
Omaha
Nebraska
U. 5
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