West Virginia Cancer Drive dates and leaders 1936
A historical record tracks the WV Cancer Society drive from 1936 with Mrs. Marjorie Mlg appointing Mrs. John Speed Harvey as state commander. It details early organization, county chairmen in Raleigh County, and fundraising progress through the 1950s including center leadership, campaign totals, and April Crusade activity in Beckley.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marjorie B. Mlg
West Virginia
Women’s Field Army
The
American Society For the Control of Cancer
John Speed Harvey
Huntington
Union
New York
New England
Nee Ey Cee Way
Nen
Hunter
Beckley
Didj Lois M. Minter
L. T. Putnam
Raleigh County
I. R. Wein
Fred Hurt
Minter
Dr. Broaddus
Wein
Hurt
Cancer Fund
Mra
James G. Windle Jr
Cancer Information Center
Harry Cooper
Werner * Laquer
Beckleyan
Second Annual Farmers Day Set For June In Beckley
Beckley area groups plan the second annual Farmers Day in June with the Beckley Area Rural Development Council sponsoring the observance alongside local civic clubs. The council favors expanding activities and aims to raise 650000 for a county civic auditorium with a queen and court of honor. William Shanklin, general chairman in 1956, cites last year’s reception as prompting continued sponsorship.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Beckley ‘Area Rural Development Council
Tor
Court of
William Shanklin
Natural Gas Film Shown Area Promotes Public Sessions
Amere Gas Utilities Co hosts about 25 delegates for a film event on The Underground Story of Natural Gas. The sessions aim to acquaint groups with gas work and offer shows at Princeton Mullens Lewisburg Beckley College. The film, shot in West Virginia, traces gas origin and underground storage in the earth.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbia Gas System
Beetle
Amere Gas Utilities Co
Princeton
Mullens
Lewisburg
Miss Ramsey
Amere
West Virginia
Archie
con-Davenport Bliss
Liam
Keyser Sumers
Funeral Home
Lverted
Nature
Q. Worth
Memorial Park
Bliss
Springdale Ave
Grand Junction
Colo
Beckley
Dee
Courtland
Flora Hartshorn Tiley
Chambers Heads Speakers Bureau for Raleigh Auditorium
Beckley Chamber of Commerce names George B. Chambers as chairman of a publicity and speakers bureau to promote the civic auditorium project in Raleigh County. The group will recruit speakers to address women’s clubs PTAs garden clubs miners groups and other groups and will host panel discussions on WJLS and WWNK this week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Raleigh County
Beckley Chamber of Commerce
George B. Chambers
Lawrence Pruett
Sarah Otto
Topsy O'Dell
Randey Webb
George Springer
Sid Larrick
Gene Morehouse
Chambers
WJLS
WWNK
Trap Hill High School
Rontley Web
Beckley College
Chamber of Commerce Office
Senior Choir to Sponsor Harper Heights Program
The First Baptist Church at Harper Heights hosts a Sunday 2 30 program by the Senior Choir directed by James Johnson with local groups and soloists performing. Delegates from Beta Chi Sigma of Delta Sigma Theta attend a meeting hosted by Mrs Russell Carter and Mrs Rufus Hawkins. Jeanne Allen elected delegate to Midwest Regional in Pittsburgh April 26 27. Career day materials prepared for Conley High School event with faculty members listed. A social hour followed Saint Patrick themed with sham rocks. Next meeting to be at Mrs Allens Alder son home. Talent show by East Beckley PTA on Thursday 7 pm featuring songs dances stunts impersonations and instrumentals. Eliza Hunter Home Department meets 3 4 pm led by Mrs M M Foster with co host Mrs Bertha Henderson. Fashion show at Arter Hall Bluefield State College 7 30 pm Friday sponsored by Les Modernes with Ophelia De Vere as producer and commentator. Les Modernes support tubercular patients at Denmark Sanitarium and fund scholarships and charity efforts. they also sponsor a 4-H camp and Welch public library donations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
First Baptist Church
Harper Heights
James Johnson
Beta Chi Sigma Chapter
Delta Sigma Theta Sorority
Russell Carter
Mool St
Rufus Hawkins
Marian Brown
Jeanne Allen
Pittsburgh
Conley High School
Conley High
Carl Dobson
James Jackson
Carl Hazard
Hugo Payne
Talent Shaw
East Beckley
Parent-Teacher Association
Schoo
M. M. Foster
Eliza Hunter
Bertha Henderson
al Bluefield
Ophelia de Vere
Denmark Sanitarium
Bluefield State College
McDowell County
Washington - Carver
Welch Cublic Library
Beck Club
Permits Issued by City Recorder for Houses and Sign
The Recorder's Office issued three building permits two to Vanney Construction Co for four room frame houses costing 7000 total and one for a 3000 dollar house on Hunter Street. Another estimate 4000 on Simpkins & J. Fees total 20. First Beckley Corp charged 10 to relocate a sign and demolish two buildings at Main and S Kanawha Streets.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Recorder's Office
The
Vanney, Construction Co
Hunter St
Simpkins &J
Beckley Corporation
Main and
S. Kanawha
Services Set at Hinton Church of God in Christ
The Glorious Church of God in Christ in Hinton will hold services at 11 a.m. and 3 p.m. Sunday. The pastor, the Rev. E. M. Rogers of Beckley, will serve.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Glorious Church of God In Christ
Hinton
Ham
E. M. Rogers
Beckley
Tenor Soloist DuPree To Headline AF Band Appearance
Tenor soloist T. K. DuPree of the United States Air Force Band and Symphony Orchestra will perform in Beckley on March 22. The Singing Sergeants, presented by Alpha Zeta Zeta of Zeta Phi Beta, feature Roanoke native Sgt. DuPree who studied at Howard University and performed in Carmen Jones and Faith of Our Fathers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
T-Set
William K. DuPree
United States Air Force Band
Beckley
Alpha Zeta Zeta Chapter
Zeta Phi Beta Sorority
Memorial Building
Roanoke
Sgt. DuPree
Howard University
Washington,d. C
Howard
DuPree
NBC
ABC
International Lions Club
Shackelford Chosen to Lead West Virginia Assembly Planning
C Shackelford, manager of the Beckley Area ROC, named chairman of the general planning committee for the West Virginia Renewable Natural Resources Assembly to be held this summer. The meeting at 10 30 a m Thursday at the Daniel Boone Hotel in Charleston will set the date site speakers and assemble a planning group from chamber committees and state development councils.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Beckley Area Rural Development Council
C. Shackelford
West Virginia Renewable Natural Resources Assembly
West Virginia Chamber of Commerce
Chackelford
Daniel Boone Hotel
Charleston
Charles Hodel
Beckley
Fred H. Barnett
Parkersburg
Little Kanawha
Walter A. Durkin
Wheeling
Walter L. Meyers
Upper Ohio Valley Development Council
John Grant
Faimont
Upper Monongahela Valley Association
Robert R. Currey
Clarksburg
Agriculture Committee
Frank Halstead
Mount
Abrams Addresses Huntington Lodge Meeting
A. David Abrams of Beckley spoke at the Huntington B nai B'rith Lodge on Tuesday night. He chairs the steering committee planning the West Virginia Council convention to be held there with tentative arrangements for the annual meeting. The Huntington Lodge expects 20 to 30 attendees for weekend sessions, with Hal Rudin and M. E. Harvit among guests.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. David Abrams
Beckley
Huntington B
Blakely to Receive Degree After 35 Year Delay
Beckley real estate broker William T. Blakely, 53, will graduate from Western Reserve University in Cleveland with a degree in personnel management this May. He began the studies about 35 years ago at West Virginia University and studied at night while working for a chemical firm by day. Blakely plans to return to Berkeley to continue his real estate business after earning the degree.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William T. Blakely
Blakely
Berkley
Boomer Resident Transferred to Huntington for Trial
A Boomer man, John Vaughn, charged with sending threatening letters to Federal Judge Ben Moore, is taken to Huntington for federal trial after being held in Raleigh County Jail. Authorities say Vaughn, deemed unqualified to initiate the suit, was not charged previously.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boomer
U.S
Ben Moore
Huntington
John Vaugha
Raleigh
Fayette County
Moore
Vaughn
Neve
Mooe
Douglas Anderson
Cotton White
Anderson
Beckley
Ellie Novilis
Eccles
William Henry Bailey
Besoco
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W. Va
W. Va. Cancer Society Inc
Ross P. Daniel
Women's Auxiliary
W. Va. State Medical Association
A. L. Rohrer
W. Va. Women’s Christian Temperance Union
Field Army Advisory Board
Harry May. Beckley
J. A. Hunt
Grace Wilkes
Bagan
Fin IO
Miss Wilkes
T. 8. Rice
Ted McDowell
T. S. Rice
Arlena Diller
McDowell
A. P. Leeber
R. G. Broaddus
C. R. Lowe Jr
C. R. Cooper
Grove Ave
Florida
W. S. Smith
West Virginia St
Arizona
New Mexico
Weln
Jay Carr
Bezi
Windle
John Ward
wAu
Virginia
Ofhaight Joulon
First Methodist Church
Post Office Department i
Nona Smith Bliss
Courtland P. Bliss Jr
Jarard
Hurlington Park
Calif
A. Allen Bliss
Jone
D. C. Barton
Boulder
National Dist. Prod. Corp
N.Y
Straght
Speakers Bureau
Vance Pland
DD. Crawford Jr
Kenneth Brooks
Bernard Harless
William Cousins
Virginia Rozier
J.B. Elliot
DuPort Ebens
John Seay
Laurietta Davis
Allen
Alderson
Recorder
Neville Street
To & Pan
Pan
TWIN
Paul Green
Oscar Hammerstein
Broadsway
New York Center Opera
William Dupree
Shackelford
Confab
Abrams
Huntington Lodge
Proper Protection
Allegheny Insurance Agency, Inc
Eadee Guy Amato
Mar
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