Moose Convention in Beckley brings keynote speakers
Sen Harley Kilgore and Rep Harley Staggers will headline the West Virginia Moose Convention August 5 to 7 in Beckley hosted by the Beckley Moose Lodge. Mooseheart chief Schmitz and past head Yoke join plans for a civic affairs dinner August 4 and a reception for delegates. Beckley West Virginia U student Frank Thomas Wheby elected Tau Beta Pi member among 17 students and one faculty member.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harley M. Kilgore
Harley Staggers
Paul P. Schmitz
The
Moose
F. Roy Yoke
Beckley
Moose Lodge
Ted Kessinger
Kessinger
Yoke
West Virginia University
Tau Beta Pi
Frank Thomas Wheby
Birth Certificates Needed for Social Security Eligibility
West Virginia farm workers and household employees may lack birth certificates as expanded Social Security Act coverage begins in 1955. Census records offer a solution with transcripts available from the Census Bureau for a $3 search (two censuses) or $4 for expedited handling. Routine processing takes four to six weeks. expedited typically takes one to two weeks. Applications and forms are available from Ralph E. Pearcy at the Census Bureau office, 900 North Lombardy Street, Richmond 20, Virginia.
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West Virginia
Ralph E. Pearcy
U.S. Census Bureau
Richmond
Pearcy
U.S. Bureau of the Census
North Lombardy Street
Commissions Offered To College Women
The U S Navy offers WAVE commissions to this year's women college graduates, junior class members and past graduates who are accepted. Ensign rank follows eight weeks of officer candidate training at Newport and eight more weeks there, in the Naval Reserve. Juniors may take training during summer and be commissioned on graduation. Training includes general line and Supply Corps, with Supply officers receiving five months at Athens Georgia. WAVE officers must spend 24 months on active duty and serve within the continental U S. Further details from local Navy recruiters or Officer Procurement offices.
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U.S. Navy
Newport
R. I
Naval Reserve
General Line
Supply Corps
Athens
Continental
U. S
Naval
Explanations Slated For Social Security
A Social Security District Office representative from Beck ley will tour the area to explain amendments to the Social Security Act. Oak Hill at the Employment Office will host sessions on May 3, 10, 17, 24, and 31 at 10 a.m. Hinton at the DPA Office will host sessions on May 12 and 26 at 11 a.m.
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Social Security District
Beckley
Oak Hill
Hinton
DPA
Shady Spring Graduation Set With Noted Speakers
Shady Spring High School will hold graduation exercises on May 22 with Rev Wayne Ransom delivering the baccalaureate sermon and Clay Crouse giving the commencement address. Co valedictorians are Eloise Lilly and Jack Wills with Clara Rochelle Redden as salutatorian.
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Eloise Lilly
Jack Wills Head
Shady Spring
Shady Spring High School
Wayne Ransom
Beckley
Methodist Churches
Bac
Calaureate
Clay Crouse
Jack Wills
Clara Rochelle Redden
W. P. Rochelle
Beaver
Miss Lilly
Abdul Lilly
White Oak
National Honor Society
The
Thespian Club
Raleigh County Pinners Association
Boosters Club
Wills
Ann Fitzgerald
North Ridge
Calif
T. J. Wills
Thespians
Quill and Scroll
Varsity
Shady
Panorama
Cecil Blaine Bennet
Eva Gaye Bennett
Donald Lee Bonham
Margaret Ann Bovaird
la- Betta Myrtle Bowling
Eva Janice Bowling
Burnice
Glenn Bucklin
Hazel Jacqualine Butler
William Floyd Childress
Robert Carl Cole
Violet Marie Cooper
Barbara Ann Crotty
Charles Francis Dillion
Carl Clyde Epling
Marie Farley
Charles C. Fink
James W. Fisher
Nuala Marie Fourney
Linda Cecélia Gilkerson
Anna Louise Gose
Patricia Ann Grabowski
John Franklin Gravely
John Allen Green
Londa Noel Green
Mary Katherine Green
Ardith Winiford Gross
Norma Nell Harvey
Phyllis Ann Harvey
Franklin Drewey Heath
Boyd William Hogan
Melba Jean Hogan
Artha Louise Kauff
Datrina
Nadine Keaton
Barbara Mae Lester
Edith Mae Lester
Edna Lou Lester
Betty Carol Lilly
Eloise Elaine Lilly
Harold Vernon Lilly
Betty Jo Maddy
Verna Ruth Lusk
Clarence Lark Lucas Jr
Robert Glenn Lilly
Kenneth Lee Lilly
John Wesley
Mary Alice Major
Jack Massie
Howard Codle Mays
Frances Trene McClure
Lena Marie McLaughlin
Janet Ruth Meador
Justice Odessa
Loretta Jo Meadows
Ruth Ann Miles
Melvin Ray Miller
Jerry Allen Moles
Curtis Monk
Edward Monk
Shirley Ann Pate
James Earl Persinger
Freda Ellen Phillips
Mary
Mark Twain
Mark Twain High School
E. W. Powers
First Baptist Church
Robert C. Byrd
Powers
Congressman Byrd
Rotary District Officers Hear Shirley Donnelly
The Rev. Shirley Donnelly of Oak Hill addressed Rotary officials from southern West Virginia at a Beckley Hotel banquet. About 100 representatives from 36 clubs attended the two day conference for newly elected club presidents and secretaries. He urged service above self and urged world peace through universal brotherhood and human understanding.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Shirley Donnelly
Oak Hill
Rotary
West Virginia
Beckley Hotel
Donnelly
Reserve Headquarters To Move to Charleston
Capt James Bland of the Beckley Air Force announces the Beckley Air Force Reserve Flight Headquarters will move from Roanoke Virginia to Reserve Headquarters 9107 Air Reserve Group in Charleston. The relocation enables local reservists to train for pay for the first time while maintaining Beckley meetings.
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Charleston
James Bland
Beckley Air Force
Beckley Air Force Reserve
Roanoke
9107 Air Reserve Group
Bland
Beckley
Morris Harvey
W. G. Winchell
Beckley Air Force Recruiting Office
Deeds on File for Raleigh County Real Estate Transfers
Real estate transfers recorded in Raleigh County Court include Dan Whitehead to Irene Whitehead a Beckley Court Addition lot with no stated consideration. Eric H. Boone to Lila Pearl Boone a Shady Spring District lot about 500 dollars. Piney Coking Coal and Land Co and C H Mead Coal Co agent to Hannah Mitchell a Pickshin Slab Fork District lot about 250 dollars. Gladys Mae Wills to Milton Paul and Susan S Honts a South Beckley Addition lot about 23000 dollars. Kelly Development Co to William E and Ada M Bush a Slab Fork District lot about 2000 dollars.
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Raleigh County
Dan Whitehead
Irene Whitehead
Beckley Court Addition
Eric H. Boone
Lila Pearl Boone
Shady Spring
Piney Coking Coal and Land Co
C. H. Mead Coal Co
Hannah Mitchell
Pickshin
Slab Fork
Gladys Mae Wills
Milton Paul
Susan S. Honts
South Beckley Addition
Kelly Development Co
William E
Ada M. Bush
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Frank Wheby
Orthwest
Quest
Tak
Rexall
Erin
Pion Wall
Japan
Aermpiete Gete
Cologne
Ing ¢Ologne
Poventisee
Bromo Seltzer
Hazel Bishop
Cara Nome
Cape Cod
Rexall Children’s
Rexall Store
Grus
the Beckley Drug Co
Main St
Court House
A.m
Ansted
Edwight
Ameagle
Borge Rosing
Huntington
D. W. Stubblefield
Frank McKenzie
Bluefield
A. U. Tieche
Dalton Hensley
Man
Harry M. Strong Jr
Princeton
Albert Mehlman
Cabin Creek
Gains Bryan
David Hypes
Fayetteville
Chrysler
America
McCutcheon & Drake Motor CO
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