Plan A Smoking Withdrawal Seminar in Beckley
The West Virginia Tuberculosis and Respiratory Disease Association with the Raleigh County TB and RD Council and Seventh Day Adventist Church plan a Plan A Smoking Withdrawal Seminar at the Beckley Raleigh County YMCA May 8 12 at 730 p.m. daily. Dr John Daniel Beckley will be present to offer physician advice to aid quitting. A 150 dollar fee covers materials per participant.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
West Virginia
Tuberculosis and Respiratory Disease Association
Raleigh County
Tb and RD Council
Seventh Day Adventist Church
Charleston
Beckley-Raleigh County
Earl Harold Lindsey
TB and RD Association
Estel D. C. Richardson
Lucy Hays
Raleigh
County TB and RD Council
Bob Bolen
John Daniel Beckley
CAC Proposes Maxwell Hill School Expansion Amid City Plans
Beckley police cited multiple locals on traffic charges Sunday and Saturday, with several defendants ordered into municipal court by May 4 to May 8. The Citizens Advisory Council urged expanding Maxwell Hill School and study committees were formed on parking and access roads for a proposed Maxwell Woods complex.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Beckley
Walter M. Chandler
Chas. Jones
Chandler
Jones
Linda Ferrell
Howell St
Beckley City
James Ray Crouch
Cranberry
Carl Campbell
Kenneth Dale Christian
Willie L. Brown
William M. Shanklin
Oak Grove Ave
Citizens Advisory Council
Albert Scott
Maxwell
Hill School
Maxwell Hill
Maxwell Woods
Rescue Squad Makes Four Calls
The Beckley Fire Department Rescue Squad answered four calls Saturday and Sunday. At 4 p.m. Sunday firefighters responded to Beckley Hotel on Main Street where J. W. Farley reportedly fell. Nancy Par kis, 21, an employee at Wilbur's Super Valu, fainted at work and was taken to Beckley Appalachian Regional Hospital by city police. A 8:30 a.m. Saturday call involved Mack Miller ill at a carnival at By-Pass Plaza Shopping Center. Firemen treated Basil Worley and took him to Raleigh.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Beckley
Mack Miller
Old Eccles Road
By-Pass Plaza
Basil Worley
Ewart ‘Ave
Raleigh
52 Class Reunion Draws About 250 Attendees
Approximately 250 persons are expected for the 20th reunion of Woodrow Wilson High School class of 1952. The July 1 event at the Elks Club Ballroom includes 6 pm registration, 7:30 pm dinner, a brief program, and dancing with the Paul Thomas Orchestra.
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Woodrow Wilson High School
Elks Club
DNR Cites Two Cos Seven Persons For Violations
Seven individuals and two coal companies were charged by West Virginia DNR District IV for littering dumping fishing and related violations in Raleigh Mercer Greenbrier counties. Each person paid 20 dollars fines plus costs. Ranger Fuel Corp and Hawley Coal Mining Corp faced multiple charges with fines and costs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Department of Natural Resources District IV
Randolph Mitchem
Beckley
Raleigh
Willie Wickline
A. Wayman Crookshanks
Clintonville
Greenbrier
Judith Goddard
Midway
Sam Mynhier
MacArthur
Steven Swick
Lester
Rufus Lusk
Montcalm
Mercer County
Ranger Fuel Corp
Joe Rodriguez
West Virginia Department of Natural Resources District 4
Ranger
Hawley Coal Mining Corp
Keystone
Resource Department
Lorena Wallace
Slab Fork CAA Identifies Candidates for Poor Support
The Slab Fork District Community Action Association met to identify political candidates who will aid the poor and discuss district health care. Guest Dr. Wesley Mason of Beckley Appalachian Regional Hospital spoke as Del. Warren McGraw, Sen. Tracy Hylton rival Noel Snuffer and Frank Flanagan attended the meeting. A separate note mentions a hospital treatment at 12 40 p m following a home rescue.
RCVTC students win four firsts at WV VICA contests
Raleigh County Vocational Technical Center students swept four first place honors at regional VICA events held at Carver and Benjamin Franklin centers in Malden and Charleston. Winners include Dennis Haga in bricklaying Tom Mc Quillen in machine shop Edward Brooks Randy Bragg and Randy Shelton among top finishers across several categories. The team represents Shady Spring Woodrow Wilson and Sophia high schools and will advance to Roanoke Virginia for national contests in mid June.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Raleigh County Vocational Technical Center
West Virginia Vocational Industrial Clubs of America
Carver Career and Technical Education Center
Malden
Benjamin Franklin Career and Technical Center
Charleston
Roanoke
RCVTC
Dennis Haga
Tom McQuillen
Edward Brooks
Electricians
Robert Price
Randy Bragg
David Fondale
Randy Shelton
Census reveals Raleigh County housing and TV access gaps
Census data show 20,787 of 23,478 Raleigh County housing units have at least one TV set. Details list 18,724 bathrooms and 16,260 prewar dwellings, with 70,080 population and 3.2 persons per unit, plus 1,506 vacancies and 6,345 rental units.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Raleigh
Bureau of Census
U. S. Department of Commerce
West Virginia
West Virginia Drama Association gains nine members in drive
The West Virginia Historical Drama Association reports nine new members over the weekend, bringing total membership to 245 and $6,515 in contributions. Funds support two outdoor productions Hatfields and McCoys and Honey in the Rock with performances at Cliffside Amphitheatre Grandview State Park starting June 17.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
West Virginia Historical ‘Drama Association
Quota Club of
Beckley
Hatfields
Honey
Cliffside Amphitheatre
Grandview State Park
West Virginia Historical Drama Association
Employment Opportunity Center Reports April Activity
The Employment Opportunity Center logged 117 new applications and 350 counseling interviews in April. It tested 111 individuals and placed 14 in training, with the center serving as a key FCC counsels unit.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Employment Opportunity Center
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CAC
Maxwell Hill School
Harvey
George Adam Ayers
Johnny Horton
Joseph St
Ayers
Stover
Cleo James
Advisory Council
Scott ‘Avenue
Larry Stover
Rescue Squad
Paul Thomas
Bluefield
Richard D. Richmond
Robert L. Daniel
K. Douglas Bowers
Morgantown
Patty Carpenter Perry
Columbus
Ohio
Paul Craven
Doris Wells Foley
Mary Withrow Wickline
Shirley Hawks Harper
Oliver Harper
Bill Turner
Tom Snuffer
Jeff Britton
Joan Maples Beckett
Peggy Burleigh Wiseman
Patty Sutphin Perdue
Joretta Ann Aldridge
James Conley Bach
Betty Lou Bare
Dollie Bowling
Betty Crawford
Bertha Pettry Daniel
Evelyn Delp
Helen Ann Diehl
Hannah Frazier
Jack Frazier
Betty Gave Godbey
Nira Kay Hanshaw
James Robert Hylton
Howard Jones
Ethel Lee Kasey
Dennis Lilly
Phyllis Logan
Mary Martin
Mary Jane Meadows
Virgil Meador
Charles Miller
Virginia Mitchem
Mary Moon
Dorothy McGinnis
Violet Pittman
Elizabeth Saunders
Byron Scarbro
Peggy Seigo
Bobby Shumate
Thomas Ray Smith
Eleanor Thompson
Betty Barbara Tilley
Myrna Timmons
Charles Webb
Donna Jean Webb
Joyce Whitman
Smith
Janice Turner
Doug Malone
Edna Wiseman
Marjorie Williams
Pat Johns
Janet Pack
Gary Sweeney
DNR
General Hospital
Harding Ave
Weoleer
Saipan
Orso
Shady Spring
Woodrow Wilson
Sophia
Alex Thompson
Dale Demyan
Drama ‘Drive
Associated Cemetery Estates, Inc
J. A. Blackburn
Bradley
Starlite Motel
Lynch, Mann and Knapp
R. N. Noyes
Ivan H. Bush
Oak Hill
Ralph B. Swiger
Bernard L. Bostick
John E. McKenzie
FCC Counsels
Jack Lee
Congress
Pol. Adv
Sarge
Army
Howard Kenneth
Manning
Democrat
Tracy W. Hylton
Wyoming Counties
Tracy Hylton
Warren McGraw
Pinnacle Creek
Wyo
Ming County
Bolt Three Forks Road
Wyoming County
McGraw
Vantage
Wyoming
MR. McGraw
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