Freedom vs Communism workshop starts at chamber building
The Beckley-Raleigh County Chamber of Commerce begins the initial session of its Freedom vs Communism workshops in the Chamber conference room. Moderator Robert L. Amick leads with Chamber leaders Robert F. Hamilton and W. C. McMahan among the first group, with numerous participants listed as attendees. Classes will meet weekly for eight weeks.
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Beckley-Raleigh County Chamber of Commerce
Chamber
Commerce Building
McCreery St
Robert L. Amick
Amick
Robert F. Hamilton
W. C. McMahan
Freedom Vs. Communism workshop launches with theme
The Beckley Raleigh County Chamber of Commerce hosts the first session of its Freedom Versus Communism workshops. Moderator Robert Amick opens the orientation stressing patriotism and American heritage. Films on communist power in Cuba and the West German situation are shown. Sessions continue with James B. Kessinger and John S. Phillips guiding later meetings at 106 McCreery St.
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Beckley Raleigh County
America
Cuba
Appalachian Power Co
James B. Kessinger
John S. Phillips
McCreery St
District Legion Convention Dates Set for May and July
The Sixth District American Legion will meet in Bradshaw on May 9 and the West Virginia State convention will be in Bluefield from July 26 to 28. Post 32 and 70 discussed plans at a Memorial Building meeting led by Post 32 Commander R. Francis Parker.
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The
American Legion
Bradshaw
West Virginia
Bluefield
Posts
Memorial Building
Post 32
R. Francis Parker
Weekend service planned at Free Will Baptist Church
A weekend service will be held at the Free Will Baptist Church 1921 By Pass with Rev. Omer Williams Skelton as speaker. Services begin at 7 p.m. daily from Thursday through Saturday.
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Free Will Baptist Church
Omer Williams
Skelton
Federal funds to back Beckley plant project
Federal funds are set to be delivered for a Melpar Beckley plant on the 1921 By-Pass. The meeting at 1 p.m. will finalize a $110,000 investment with Beckley Business Development Corp. and area agencies. Subcontracts totaling $107,000 already awarded for the 175 by 80 foot building.
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Melpar, Inc
Beckley Busiiness Development Corp
Charles S. Lewis Jr
Beckley
Ned Ragland
Beckley Business Development Corp
Bank of ‘Raleigh
Raleigh County Bank
BBDC
Area Redevelopment Administration
West Virginia Industrial Ee Authority
Lewis
John Howard McCulloch
West Virginia Industrial Development Authority
The
McCulloch
Melpar-Beckley, Inc
Westinghouse Airbrake Corp
Concord Fraternity Seeks Ex Members in Area
Theta Xi Fraternity of Concord College seeks former members from Beta Sigma Mu and Kappa Sigma Kappa. Sherman Trail says eligible alumni may join an alumni chapter with a meeting at Beckley Junior High School Thursday at 7 30 p m. An April 6 initiation and banquet are planned in Concord. Three Concord students will attend to explain the situation.
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Theta Xi Fraternity of
Concord College
Beckley
Trail
Beta Sigma Mu
Kappa Sigma Kappa
Theta Xi
Concord
W. C. Totten
Matewan
Clyde Peters
Princeton
Jerry Lilly
Banquet Honors West Virginia Lawmakers and Police Leader
About 100 attended a Moose Club banquet in the ballroom with guests including Mrs A David Abrams Mrs Porter and state senators G C Porter and Ward Wiley. Guest speaker was Sgt Charles E Jerrome of Wheeling police president of the Fraternal Order of Police and attendees included sheriff and city police, IRS ATD agents and the FBI.
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Moose Club
A. David Abrams
Raleigh County
Abrams
W. W. Withrow
Sophia
Ward Wylie
Mullens
G. C. Porter
Beckley
Porter
Withrow
Wiley
C. Berkley Lilly
Wheeling
Stratton PTA Meeting Thursday With Bluefield Scholar
The Stratton High School Parent-Teacher Association resumes after a postponement and will meet Thursday at 7 p.m. Harris M. Rollins Jr., assistant professor of business at Bluefield State College, speaks on admission requirements student loan opportunities and Bluefield courses. President Dora McCormick urges all patrons and interested persons to attend.
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Stratton High School Parent-Teacher Association
Harris M. Rollins Jr
Bluefield State College
Rollins
Dora McCormick
Area Pesticide Dealers To Convene Thursday
A six-county meeting of pesticide dealers will be held in the Raleigh County Courtroom on Thursday at 7 30 p m H L Riggle Fayette County agent said David O Quinn WVII Extension plant pathology and entomology specialist will lead a session on stocking sprays and dusts and whether they are recommended and effective The program aims to help dealers stock the proper materials to control plant insects and diseases Other county agents Roscoe Plumply Wyoming Robert Baber Shenandoah and H B Thomas Raleigh will attend
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Raleigh
H. L. Riggle
Fayette County
David O. Quinn
WVII
Riggle
Roscoe Plumpley
Wyoming
Robert Baber
Sneneners
H. B. Thomas
Raeigh
Nineteen Seek Work at Beckley Office of Employment
Nineteen persons filed applications for work at the Beckley office of Employment Security Tuesday. They were one waitress, one sales clerk, one dishwasher, one service station attendant, one taxi driver, two carpenters, two route men, one truck driver, one stock boy, one mine foreman, four construction laborers, one farm hand, one dump truck driver, and one back hoe operator.
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Beckley
Beckley League Voters Sets Dinner Meeting and Elections
The Beckley League of Women Voters will hold its annual dinner meeting at 6 30 p m in the Terrace Room of the Beckley Hotel. Election of two officers and five board members will be conducted at this event.
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Beckley League of Women Voters
Beckley Hotel
Testing Program Values Set For Meeting Topic
Beckley College President D K Shroyer will address the Raleigh County Classroom Teachers Association on the value of the testing program for college entrants. Woodrow Wilson High School principal C G Peregoy will also speak. The group plans a resume of accomplishments and a 1963 64 officers slate.
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Beckley College
D. K.shroyer
Raleigh County Classroom Teachers Association
Bank of Raleigh
Woodrow Wilson High School
C. G. Peregoy
Peregoy
Mary Scott
Central Elementary School
Rachel Williams
CTA
Parkersburg
Williams
Nelle Keefer
George Parker
Reda Mahaffey
Sylvia Lilly
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Charles Garten
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Kyle Cook
Marge Rhodes
Willard Fielding
D. B. Williamson
T. L. van Stavern
Charlotte Conner
K. F. Starkey
J. W. Sweeney
Noel Griffith
C. E. Godby
Ballengee Furniture Co
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District Legion Convention
Concord Fraternity
Sherman C. Trail
Jounty Superintendent of Schools
the Alcohol and Tobacco Tax Division
Internal Revenue Service
Federal Bureau of Investigation
State Board of Embalmers and Funeral Directors
John W. Chapman
Winfield
Charles T. Hoke
Morgantown
W. Harold Fred
Lock
Piedmont
E. Gerald Stump
Grantsville
John Waters
Summersville
Douglas Bryant
Black Diamond Lodge No
Fraternal Order of Police
Stratton Pta
Margaret Mead
Hollywood
Geraldine Page
William Saroyan
Family Weekly
Beckley Post
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Ghent
Charles Anderson
Carl Meadows
University of Charlottesville Hospital
Charlottesville
Flat Top Lake
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T. W. Walters
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