Stafford Predicts Ash May Hold Key To Future
In his Affairs of State column Thomas F. Stafford profiles Harrison Ash a West Virginia industrial finance figure who burst onto the scene 15 months ago with public relations flair He announced Cincinnati based plans to start factory ventures in Fayette Raleigh counties aiming to create jobs and revive economies in Oak Hill Mount Hope and Beckley as reporters hoped his plan could test Kennedy era regional development under tough conditions.
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Cincinnati
Fayette-Raleigh
Oak Hill
Mount Hope
Beckley
Ash
Mr. Ash
Michigan
Okey L. Patteson
Pat Graney
Claude Hill
Charles Mahan
Fayetteville
Charles Hodel
Washington
West
Area Redevelopment Administration
William L. Batt Jr
Barron
Sen
Robert C. Byrd
Batt
Hulett C. Smith
Btt
ARA
Commerce
Luther Hodges
Small Business Administration
Hal Williams
SBA
Harold Brown
Smith
Williams
Brown
RDC Sees Rising Farm Interest and Beekeeping Plan
Rural Development Council members report growing gardener and farmer interest in learning and applying new methods. Seeds for a free garden program will arrive soon, with 98 percent sown last year. Beekeeping plans and a Woodland Show are set, while Oak Hill and Beckley projects face federal loan reviews amid a controversy over business promoter Ash and his plans.
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Rural Development Council
Bob Hicks
Fruit and Vegetable Commission
Hicks
Beckley
Earle Bibb
Raleigh
Department of Welfare
Paul Peabody
Country- Life Commission
Country- Life
Sevral
William Shanklin
The
Livestock Commission
Shanklin
New River
C. T
Shackelford
Bee Commission
Oscar Dick
Panhandle
F. Waldo
Beekeepers Association
L. B Shrewsberry
Forestry Commission
Industrialists Meet Byrd in Beckley for Possible New Jobs
A high level Beckley Raleigh County gathering with Sen Robert Byrd and local officials and bankers eyed two unnamed industries that could locate here within a year, with a combined payroll around 1000. Speakers included R L Webb Okey Mills Henry Bircher and others.
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Raleigh County
Beckley-Raleigh County Chamber of Commerce
Robert C. Byrd
D-W.va
Beckley National Bank
R. L. Webb
Okey
LaRoy E. Gorman
Raleigh County Bank
Sen
Byrd
Beckley Banks
Raleigh County Development Assn
Carlyle Roberts
Lester W. Light
Beckley
Foreign Missions MYF Rally Theme at Sophia Church
The Beck ley Sub District Methodist Youth Fellowship rally at Sophia Methodist Church Monday night featured country costumes from representatives of each church and games from the nations where Methodists serve. Attendance totaled 45.
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Foreign Missions
Beckley Sub District
Methodist
Sophia Methodist Church
States with larger 1960 populations than 1790 US total
Fifteen states surpassed the 1790 United States population of 3 929 214 in 1960. The fact notes the early national population baseline and compares it to later state counts, highlighting the growth disparity across states.
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United States
Death notices and funeral announcements
Obituary notices list John William Ringstaff of 232 Clyde Street with a 2 p.m. Wednesday service at Keyser-Bryant Chapel and burial in Blue Ridge Memorial Gardens. Alfred Grayson Adkins, 82, of Crow, died March 20 and funeral at New Salem Church March 22. Estward E. Burks, 74, of Beckley, died March 20 with funeral March 28 at Monta Vista Cemetery Bluefield. Burial and services arranged by Rose and Quesenberry and Webb & Neal Funeral Home.
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New Salem Church
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Rose and Quesenberry
South
Kanawha Street
Rose & Quesenberry Funeral Chapel
7. E. Farley
R. L. Davis
Webb & Neal Funeral Home
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