West Virginia House candidates push severance tax plan
West Virginia candidates for the House of Delegates show tax sentiment with Windle and Buchanan backing severance or depletion taxes on natural resources. Windle, a Mabscott coal operator, urges more state safety personnel, school funding, and a liquor by the drink referendum. Buchanan, from Beckley, promotes conservation, river policing under civil service, new lakes, and rehabilitation programs for the unemployed.
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West Virginia
House of Delegates
James G. Windle Jr
Mabscott
House
Windle
Department of Public Safety
Justice of the Peace
William A. Buchanan
Union
Raleigh County Cancer Society
G. & J. Coal Co
Whitby
State Water Commission
Water Commission
Conservation Commission
Stevens Branch
Day Creek
Ghent-to-Odd
Paid PessL Plank Question Stirs Funding Debate
A brief item notes a paid pessl inquiry titled would this make a plank in a plan prompting discussion of budget and project scope. The fragment hints at a civic or organizational decision process without detailing outcomes or participants.
Wally Barron Schools WV for “picking up exercises”
The Randolph County Barron for Governor Club touts Wally Barron as a leader who would beautify West Virginia through cleanup and upkeep efforts to attract tourism and industry. The message stresses Barron’s experience and ability to mobilize people for cooperative governance.
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Randolph County Barron For Governor Club
Grady Guy
Dollars For Democrats Drive Ends Saturday
Raleigh County campaign head C Berkley Lilly says the Dollars For Democrats drive ends next Saturday. He asks workers to turn in funds and receipts to his Raleigh office by Saturday, noting $375 already on hand and expectations of higher totals once all reports arrive.
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Berkley Lilly
Raleigh
Lilly
Mullens Man Posts Bond On Driving Charge
A Mullens motorist James Powell Ellis posted a 17 cash bond and will appear before Magistrate W A Burke at 10 am Thursday to answer a hazardous driving charge. Also released Sunday were Joseph Green Beckley on a 33 bond after a drunk driving/ unlicensed driver charge and Clinton E Farley Mount View who paid a 105 moonshine fine.
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Mullens
W. A. Burke
James Powell Ellis
Raleigh
Joseph Green
Beckley
Clinton E. Farley
Mount View
Cotton White
Central PTA Plans Meeting at Bank Building
Central Elementary School PTA will meet at 7 30 p m Tuesday in the Community Room of the Bank of Raleigh Building at Main and Kanawha Streets. Kermit Locke will present the program as the attendance contest ends in a tie between two rooms.
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Kermit Locke
Beckley
Central Elementary School
Parent-Teacher Association
Bank of Raleigh
Main and Kanawha Sts
Worthy W. McKinney
PTA
Bank
Hazel Bragg Davenport
McCall's
Central
Central School
Raleigh
Carl Hogan
Ronald Roach
C. J. Klieman
James F. Bennett
Soldier Highlights From Fort Riley to Fort Campbell
Eight weeks of advanced infantry training at Fort Riley included Pvt John Kimbro 21 son of Mr and Mrs William C Kimbro Montgomery High School 1956 graduate Receiving expert infantryman badge at Gilhausen Pfc Larry A Stanley 19 Rifleman in Company D 48th Infantry Third Armored Division Germany Also Pvt Robert C Thomas Jr 17 serving with 24th Infantry Division Germany and Pfc Billy E Ford MP at McAllister OK son of William E Ford Killarney Married Joyce Ratcliff They plan May visit His basic at Fort Hood Recruit Stuart W Houck Mullens Completing medical records at Brooke Army Medical Center Pvt Roger B Aliff Clear Fork 18 1959 Oceana High School Harrison L Shelton 19 in Germany earned high school equivalency through AFI program with Sixth Artillery and basic training at Fort Hood Texas.
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Fort Riley
Kan
Pvt
John Kimbro
William C. Kimbro, Mahan
Army
Fort Jackson, S. C
Kimbro
Montgomery High School
Third Armored Division
48Th Infantry
Germany
Larry A. Stanley
Robert L. Stanley
Ghent
Gilnhausen
24Th Infantry Division
Robert C. Thomas Jr
Stella M. Thomas
Beaver
McAllister
Okla
Naval Base
Billy E. Ford
William E. Ford
Killarney
Crab Orchard
Sophia
Tug River Lumber Co
Welch
Joyce Ratcliff
Michael Ray
Ford
Jackie D. Akers
Jack M. Akers
Long Branch
Billy G. Toney
Willard Toney
Oceana
Akers
Fort Jackson
D. C
Pax High School
Toney
West Virginia University
Sigma Phi Epsilon Fraternity
The
Ashland Oil and Refining Co
Florene
Clarksville
Tenn
Brooke Army Medical Center
Fort Sam Houston
Tex
Roger B. Aliff
Elmer Aliff
Clear Fork
Fort Hood
Oceana High School
Third Armored
Harrison L. Shelton
Albion M. Shelton
Helen
Sixth Artillery
Armed Forces Institute
Shelton
Stoco Seniors Named To All State Chorus
Stoco High seniors Kay Wallen and Judi Lowe are named for All State Chorus returning for a second year. Chorus takes place March 30 to April 1 in Fairmont. Judi and Kay, both 17, are active in NHS and school publications and ensembles.
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Stoco
Stoco High School
Kay ‘Wallen
Judi Lowe
Fairmont
Judi
Hunter R. Lowe
Coal City
Kay
A. J. Wallen
East Gulf
National Honor Society
Stocp
Glee Club
AllSate Chorus
Baptist Youth Fellowship
Quill and Scroll
Methodist Church
Tourists Welcome at WV Service Stations Event
Raleigh County oilmen plan service centers at key service stations as they meet in Beckley with George Chambers of Ashland Oil chaired by the Raleigh County group. Francis Farley of the West Virginia Petroleum Association will discuss how laws are made and a slide film presentation. The meeting in Beckley will review committee reports and the statewide Service Station of the Year contest.
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Raleigh County Petroleum Association
Beckley
George Chambers
Ashland Oil and Refining Co
Raleigh County Oilman's Group
Francis C. Farley
The
West Virginia Petroleum Associ
Ation
Charleston
Raleigh County
Beckley Hotel
Legislative Committee
Oil Industry
Marion County
R. C. Funk
Association
West Virginia Petroleum Association
Extension classes expand in Beckley and across the state
Marshall College reports 116 students enrolled in extension courses this semester with Beckley College hosting 28 students in two courses Education 590 and 585 taught by Taylor Cremeans and Walter Felty. At Princeton 30 enrollments in Education 590 led by Ralph Canning and at Pineville 20 in Education 565 instructed by Linn Sheets.
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Beckley
Marshall College
Paul H. Collins
Marshall
Taylor V. Cremeans
Walter C. Felty
Beckley College
Princeton
Ralph Canning
Pineville
Linn Sheets
Mark Twain High School Attendee Noted in 1958 Oct Reference
In October 1958 a note references an individual attending Mark Twain High School. The brief entry places the person at Mark Twain High School during that month.
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Mark Twain High School
Trap Hill Group Plans Officer Election Meeting
Trap Hill Country Life Group will elect officers at 7:30 p.m. Tuesday in Trap Hill High School library. Richard Snuffer, chairman, urges members from Surveyor Glen Daniel Fairdale and Bolt to attend.
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Trap Hill Country Life Group
Trap Hill High School
Richard Snuffer
Surveyor
Glen Daniel
Fairdale
Bolt
Wisconsin names 4770 unnamed lakes by conservation crew
C W Threinen and his Wisconsin Conservation Department team name all of Wisconsin's unnamed lakes. The latest count shows 4,770 lakes still without official names in the state.
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Madison, Wis
C. W. Threinen
Wisconsin Conservation Department
Threinen
Wisconsin
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Raleight County
Johnstown Road
Lilly Ice and Bottling Works
Pemberton
Woodrow Wilson High School
Virginia Polytechnic Institute
West
Wally Barron
Jon
Weer Barron
Central Pta
By Peggy Kessinger
Shady Spring High School
3Th Infantry
Henry
Shady Spring High
B. E. Ford
W. Houck
S. C
Stuart W. Houck
S. G. Houck
Johnson Ave
19Th Battalion
Fifth Training Regiment
101St Airborne Division
1St Infantry
Fort Campbell, Ky
Westinghouse
Westinghouse Electric
Ashworth & Sparks, Inc
Prince St., Beckley
Marty
Pagoda Shopping
Harper Road
Prince St
A. W. Cox Dept
A. A. Farmer CO
Hinton, W. Va
Bolt, W. Va
F. G. Lobban CO
Alderson, W. Va
the Valley CO
Lewisburg, W. Va
Superior Sterling Co., Distributors
Bluefield, W. Va
Ida
Goldie Mae Lambert
Rush Roark
Shady Spring
Roy Richmond
Homer Richmond
Cleveland
Ohio
Roark
Lambert
Luther Lambert
Richard
Fay Lask
Judi Love
Kay Wallen
Trap Hill
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