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Newspaper
Raleigh Register
Location
Beckley, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Mar 22, 1957
Page
8
The Rev Wallis Green of the Beckley Presbyterian Church and the Rev A W Wood of the Garten Killarney Baptist Church are named to serve with him alongside the Church of God pastor, Rev A. W. Wood.
The West Virginia Conference on Water and Related Resources plans a Beckley meeting September 19 20 with invitations to leaders in industry conservation water utilities educators sportsmen clubs churches state colleges WVU legislators and others A Charleston planning meeting led by Charles Hodel approved the effort sponsored by the state chamber and regional development councils Walter C Gumbel will chair the program with C T Shackelford in charge of local arrangements The Beckley Hotel ballroom will host a banquet on September 19 and luncheons on both days discussions will cover water use and conservation through legislative regulations plus renewable natural resources including soil forests and wildlife Regional development councils co sponsor include Little Kanawha Upper Ohio Valley Upper Monongahela Valley and Beckley Area councils
The fifth annual Raleigh County Science Fair opens today at Sophia High School Gymnasium from 7 to 10 p.m. About 30 exhibits are entered with Stratton High expected to send representatives. The event continues Saturday from 1 to 9 p.m., with winners announced at close. Participating schools include Shady Spring, Woodrow Wilson, Stoco, and Sophia High.
The Deacons Ordination Board will meet at St. Paul Baptist Church Mead at 2 30 p m Sunday. Attending boards include Mount Zion Resaca New Canaan Pickshin First Mission Lilly Brook Mount Olive Appa Colins Temple Winding Gulf and Killarney Temple Killarney. Rev W M Freeman Jr will deliver the ordination sermon.
Bechtley West Virginia report says the City League of Women Voters endorses a 650000 Civic Auditorium levy. Nancy Thorne notes league volunteers will staff polls or assist as election workers. members contact any undecided voters before the March 29 meeting.
District engineer notes guard rails and warning signs inadequate on the bridge near Sullivan where four people have died in three months. County inspectors traced recent drownings to the approach, not the guards. The 1790 census listed 3,929,214 inhabitants.
An inquest found 71 year old Arthur Hernson Beckley died of natural causes at home in Sand Lick Raleigh County. Gene Price discovered the body Thursday morning and sheriff Okey Milly noted no unusual circumstances. Arthur, born October 12 1879 in Harper, worked 25 years for the SNC before retirement. Surviving are three daughters and four sons plus grandchildren. Funeral set for Mallsville Methodist Church Sunday at 2 pm with burial in Sand Lick Cemetery.
A regional Junior Chamber of Commerce meeting scheduled for Saturday in the Richmond Recreation Room has been postponed until March 3 due to the State Basketball Tournament in Huntington today and Saturday. Beckley Bluefield Princeton and Welch Jaycees were to attend at 2 p.m. to discuss regional plans for the state convention in Charleston in May.
Acchie Johnson Jr assistant pastor of Welcome Baptist Church and the Golden Voices of Fireco will lead the Charity Club program at the First Baptist Church North Beckley at 2 30 p m Sunday Mrs Harry Austin chairs the program
Fifteen county health departments from Southern West Virginia will participate in a two day Civil Defense meeting at the Beckley Elks Club. Principal speakers include state health director Dr. N H Dyer and Civil Defense director Edgar Sites, with Dr. A W Breidenbach of Cincinnati also on the program. The Raleigh County Health Department hosts the gathering, 9 a.m. to 4:15 p.m. daily, featuring disaster case discussions.
Ground broken for the first of three new Sunoco service stations in Beckley by Fore Construction Co. The sites include Valley Drive near Piney Ave with a 70 day outlook. Each station costs over 20 000 dollars as Sunoco expands into West Virginia.
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