Two Shady Spring Seniors Named All-State Musicians
Shady Spring High School seniors Dawna Lilly and Gary Okes were selected from about 400 auditioners for the All-State band to perform in Clarksburg with 94 peers. Dawna will flute and Gary baritone first chair. auditions were in February at Bluefield.
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Shady Spring High School
Hout
Clarksburg
Dawna Lilly
Gary Okes
Bluefield
Alan Staton
Gary
Kermit Okes
Beaver
Thespians
Beaver Methodist Church
Hinton YMCA Directors Visit Beckley Toastmasters Meeting
Five Hinton YMCA board members attended a Beckley Toastmasters Club meeting to observe operations and explore starting a similar club in Hinton in cooperation with the YMCA. Guests included Fred Sawyers, F. L. Maddy, A. B. Corey, A. E. Moser, and J. W. McCallister. Sam Ferris led the session with Marvin Wales as host. The Hinton group asked for a YMCA linked outline of Toastmasters functions and goals.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hinton
Toastmasters Club
YMCA
Sam Ferris
Marvin Wales
Toastmaster Club
Beckley
Welfare Cases Rise in Raleigh County for February
State statistics show 1,992 welfare cases in Raleigh County for February, one more than January. Breakdowns list Old Age Assistance 533, Aid to the Blind 38, AFDC 599, Work and Training 454, Disabled 305, General Assistance 56, Other 7, with county totals for Boone, Fayette, Greenbrier, Logan, Mercer, Monroe, Nicholas, Pocahontas, Randolph, Summers, and Wyoming changing little from January.
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Department of Welfare
Raleigh
Raleigh County
AFDC
Boone
Fayette
Greenbrier
Logan
Mercer
Monroe
Nicholas
Pocahontas
Randolph
Summers
Wyoming
TB Clinic Cancelled By Health Director
N. H. Dyer state health director announced cancellation of the diagnostic TB clinic at Raleigh County Health Center scheduled for Thursday. Patients will be notified by mail or home visits when a future clinic date is set. TB drugs will be dispensed to eligible patients under emergency conditions from a special state project, not the county drug inventory.
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N. H. Dyer
Raleigh County Health Center
Odesa Lewis
Raleigh County Tuberculosis and Health Association
Dyer
Raleigh County Health Department
Mabscott Council OKs New Budget for 1965 66
Mabscott Town Council approved a tentative budget of 27 203 for fiscal 1965 66 in a special session. The decrease of 625 from the prior year stems from an expected drop in gross sales tax receipts. Legal publication will follow as required, and the levy estimate goes to the state tax commissioner for approval before the April levy session.
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Mabscott Town
John C. Gravely
Gravely
Daniels Church Plans Fellowship Meeting
Daniels Missionary Baptist Church schedules a week long fellowship beginning March 29 with daily sermons by Rev Henry Smith Rev Ray Wallis Rev C E Walker Rev Robert Coburn and Rev Sam Smith The Rev Earl Whitener will conclude the fellowship with a Saturday night service.
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Daniels Missionary Baptist Church
Henry Smith
Ray Wallis
C. E. Walker
Robert Coburn
Sam Smith
Earl Whitener
Auto Crash on 2nd Street Causes $600 Damage
A two car collision occurred on 2nd Street at 7 10 a.m. today resulting in about $600 damage. Alvah R. Gunther Jr. 29, of 304 Ridge Ave., ran a red light and crashed with a pickup driven by Frank A. Marcinko 43 of Harper Road. No injuries were reported and Gunther was charged with a red light violation.
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2Nd Street
Beckley
Alvah R. Gunther Jr
Ridge Ave
Frank A. Marcinko
Harper Road
Gunther
George Foreman
Woodlawn Ave
Foreman
Beckley City
Edwin V. Love
Culp To Attend Area Meeting
Harry Culp executive director of the Beckley Raleigh County YMCA will attend the Ohio West Virginia Area Council YMCA annual meeting in Mansfield Ohio March 26 27 The event theme Ever Widening Circles will cover YMCA United Fund relations ecumenical movement and interracial practices The two day gathering will transact business and evaluate current work and future plans.
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Harry C. Culp
Beckley-Raleigh County
YMCA
Beckley
Ohio-West Virginia
Mansfield, Leland
Mansfield
Ohio
United Fund Relations
Ecumenical Movement
Ymca I
23 Persons Seeking Employment Locally
A total of 23 persons have filed job applications at the Beckley office of the West Virginia Department of Employment Security during the past week. They were as follow: Two sales persons, two machinemen, child monitor, janitress, floor manager, secretary, personnel clerk general office clerk, electric truck operator, dump truck driver, carpenter helper. Heavy truck driver, sheet metal worker, plumber apprentice, off-bearer, hand loader, supply motorman, shuttle-car operator, brakeman, tippleman, machine helper.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Beckley
West Virginia
Department of Employment Security
Raleigh County clean-up planned by council board
The Raleigh County Community Council plans a clean-up campaign to improve the county. The council's board has approved dates for the initiative, which will be approved and voted on at a meeting set for March 31.
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Raleigh County
Almanac March 24, 1965 notable events and births
On this day in history March 24, 1965 Almanac notes Andrew Mellon born in 1855, early Advice to the Lovelorn column debut in 1902, US independence for the Philippine Islands effective 1946, Walter Huston and John Huston Oscar duo in 1949, Dowager Queen Mary’s death in 1953. Also mentions Mars in sky and a Demosthenes quotation.
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Mars
Mercury
Andrew Mellon
Treasury
Harding
Coolidge
Hoover
United States
Philippine Islands
Walter Huston
John
Sierra Madre
Mary
London
Obituary notices list multiple local funeral services
The Rose and Quesenberry Funeral Chapel on South Kanawha Street handles body placement for several Beckley and surrounding area residents. Names include Mrs Louvera Johnson, Killian Moran, Mrs Lorene Bennington, George O Bryan, Steve Uzelic, Joseph Karbonit, Levi Ridley Davidson, Mrs Clyde Phillips, with services set at churches and cemeteries in Sophia Oak Hill Blue Ridge and Sunset Memorial Park. Burial and service times vary with officiants named.
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Johnson
Louvera
North Fayette Street
Rose and Quesenberry Peace Chapel
South Kanawha Street
Ray Franklin
Sunset Memorial Park
Moran Moran
Killian
Beckley
Rose and Quesenberry
Bennington Bennington
Lorene
Okinawa
Cool Ridge
Rose and Quesenberry Funeral
South
Kanawha Street
Rose & Quesenberry Funeral Chapel
O Bryan O'Bryan
George W
Baltimore
Maryland
Hot Coal
Elder Dowell Stover
Uzzelic Uzelic
Steve
Rose and Quesenberry Funeral Chapel
Karbonit Karbonit
Joseph, Sr
Age
Cleveland
Tams
Davidson Davidson
Levi Ridley
Sophia
Sophia Methodist Church
Homer Stewart
Blue Ridge Memorial Gardens
Williams Fenecal Home
Phillips
Clyde
Bertha
First Baptist Church
Dewey Wilson
Highlawn Memorial Park
Oak Hill
Williams Funeral Home
Martin's Used Furniture Sprague Hill Residence
Martin's Used Furniture advertises a Sprague Hill residence dealing in used furniture and provides phone number 252 5206 for contact.
Vintage Home Goods and Furniture Listings
Classified ad roundup offering used Electrolux vacuum cleaner and polisher with contact notes Mullens 1108 and Beckley 252 6198. Also Singer Spartan 1963 sewing machine with features and payment plan. Mine propeller and motor, dining room set, and complete small mine equipment plus misc furniture and electronics with several Beckley/Box 1778 and 253 phone references.
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Electrolux
Mullens
Singer Spartan
Beckley
J. W. Huddle
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Nelvin George Winston
Victor Ray Iman
Kalamazoo
Mich
Donald Ray Everette
Chesapeake
U. S
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Raymond D. Crosby
Homestead
Fla
Rodriguez
Marvin Duncan
Epperly
Frank W. Carter
Raleigh County Bank
Roy A. Cunningham
City Ave
Willie Mae Bird
Harper
Ostrander
Caffee
Sons & Daughters
Memoriam
Earl D. Humen
Earl
Jesus
Lottie Ellen Humphrey
Frances
Kyle Davis
Old Eccles Road
Bluefield Monument Co
Virginia
Sanders & Edgers
Beckley Fee & Feed Co
Todd's Grocery and Hardware
Jerry Taylor
Robert L Amick
Beckley Newspapers
Oan
Delmar
Heber St
Damon
LEON
Linotype
Intertype
Southern Institute of Graphic Arts
Nashville
Tennessee
P. O
Professional Directory
A. W. Perry
State & A Cne
H. V. Waybright
America
H & R Block, Inc
Main St
Sat
Sun
Wickham Avenue
Wright
Prince St. Ph
John W. Eye CO
W. Neville St
Halstead
Lawn Mower & Engine Service
Tiller Rentals
Copeland’s
North Beckley
Fisher's Flowers Television
Willey Brothers
W. Vaz
Jan Campbell Music Co
Dial
Taylor
Time & Gift Shop
Neville
Raleigh Insurance Agency
Beckley Dia
Ok's Drive Inn
New York
Harold Employment Agency
Dept
Lynbrook
el Chico
Omar O. Stover
Federal Mutual Ins. Co
Aps
Avon Cosmetics
Bostick Avenue
W. Va
Tuddle House Drive Inn
Bill Mosley
Beckley Hotel
Cole-Layer-Trumble Co
Monroe County Court House
Union
Stansbury Street
Temple Street
Fetter
Summersville
Fuller Brush
Care
Beckley Newspapers Corp
Edward Manning
R. K. Flurnoy
AKC
Chihuahua
Mt. Hope
Hampshire
Yorkshire
Richard Snuffer
Glen Daniel
Blue Circle Stable
Bradley
Pioneer Chain Saws
Easy Terms Rural Equipment Co
BNC Printing
W. Prince St. Beckley
C. R. Robinette
Rt. 1
Chillicothe
H. P
Westinghouse
Airways
Gibson Twin
Frigidaire
Fayetteville
Ford Farm
Culp
the Almanac
United Press International
Demosthenes
Prince
Maytag
Neville St
Redwood
Means Lumber Co
Sieson St
Motorcycle Sales & Service
Aluminum
Bob Cernato
Bob Burns
Carolina Feed & In
C. Ray Furrow
City Cab CO
The
Black & Yellow Cab
John Radford
White Star Lot
Neville St. Beckley
S&h
Sophia Builders
Sophia, W. Veo
Storm Wizard
F.H.A
Quality Lumber & Supply CO
City Avenue
Second ST
Reliable Cleaners
Beckley Auto Supply, Inc
Beckley Auto
Windol B Gardening
Gravely Tractor Sales & Service
R. W. Jarrett
Mgr
Princeton
G. D. Stewart
Jesse
Oceane
A. C. Electric Co
Prince St
Nas
Lami
Beckley Post-Herald
Raleigh Register
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