Hasty Heart opens four day run at Palace Playhouse
Curtain Callers present The Hasty Heart at The Palace Playhouse with a nine member cast led by Ingrid Ringe Jon Earl Baldwin and Rivers Yarn. Frankie Wheeler directs the timeless wartime drama set in an Army hospital in Southeast Asia as four cowboys and six students face a court fight.
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Asia
Frankie Wheeler
Curtain Callers
Ingrid Ringe
Margaret
East
Jon Earl Baldwin
Rivers Yarn
Joe
Trap Hill Group Plans Beautification Of Lake Triangle
Trap Hill Country Life Group will beautify the triangle at Stephen's Lake entrance with flowers shrubs and grass. A new landfill site search is ordered after the previous county closed site due to funding. A Clean-Up Campaign and a Land-Judging Contest for 4 H and F F A will be sponsored, with a trophy and cash prizes. The next meeting at Trap Hill High School on May 24 will name committee chairs.
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Glen Daniel
RNL
Stephen's Lake
Trap Hill
Weir Covey
Health Board
F.F.A
4-H
Soil Conservation Service Office
James Lilly
Richard Snuffer
Soil Conservation Service
Trap Hill High School
Mankin
Primatene Tablets Promises Fast Asthma Relief Card
New York report touts Primatene Tablets as a safe effective asthma formula that opens locked bronchial tubes within minutes. It claims to prevent severe attacks, loosen phlegm, calm panic, and restore normal breathing so asthmatics can breathe freely again.
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New York
N.Y
$40 000 Study Grant Approved By Appalachian Regional Commission
The Appalachian Regional Commission approved a $40,000 grant to study population settlement patterns across parts of West Virginia Eastern Kentucky Tennessee and Virginia. The study will relate settlement to geographic features transportation facilities and economic activity and must receive final Commerce approval under the Appalachian Development Act.
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Washington
UPI
West Virginia
Kentucky
Tennessee
Virginia
Appalachian Regional Commission
Secretary of Commerce
Umbrellas Symbolized Prestige Across Early Asia
The piece notes that in historical Asia umbrellas carried status and prestige, serving as a marker of wealth and rank among elites rather than mere weather protection. It highlights cultural significance across regions and eras.
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Asia
PSD Opponents Seek to Bar Democratic Machine in Raleigh May Primary
The Citizen's Committee of North Beckley plans to ask Gov. Hulett Smith to keep the statehouse machine and Democratic party funds out of Raleigh County during the May primary. Telegrams will urge the governor, with copies to Okey Mills and Beckley mayor John Wesley Smith. The group reviewed a sample ballot showing state house endorsements and heard statements from candidates including Sterling Lewis, Ben Williams Jr., Ernest Paul Bailey, C. G. Tolbert, and N. A. Pennington. The committee decided to keep Little Beaver county property and to let Lake Stephens' fate rest with the county. It also noted the NBPSD cost at 2,084,000 with a 1,905,250 assessed property value.
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Citizen’s Committee of
North Beckley
Hulett Smith
Statehouse
Democratic Party
Raleigh County
Okey Mills
Democratic Executive Committee
John Wesley Smith
Beckley
State House
Sterling Lewis
Ben F. Williams Jr
Ernest Paul Bailey
C. G. Tolbert
House of Delegates
N. A. Pennington
Fior d Italia celebrates 80th with 1886 price for first hundred
A line formed outside Fior d Italia as the restaurant marked 80 years by rolling prices back to 1886 for the first 100 customers. The menu included antipasto, minestrone, ravioli, veal or chicken, desserts, coffee, and a bottle of wine for 35 cents.
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San Francisco
UPI
Fior d'Italia
Ministers Hear Rehabilitation Plans For Ex-Armed Forces Men
Rev James Vanover outlined Division of Vocational Rehabilitation work with rejects from the Armed Forces at the Greater Beckley Ministerial Association meeting. He sought ministerial help for the young men. Rev Ray Walls spoke on the Christian Youth Center opening, and Rev Reece Burns announced invocations for June 7 WWHS commencement.
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James Vanover
Greater Beckley
GOP Plans School For Election Workers In Raleigh County
The Raleigh County Republican Executive Committee will hold an election worker training session at 7:30 p m Thursday. County Clerk C O Smith conducts the session at GOP headquarters on Main Street and welcomes all Raleigh County poll workers. The committee met Tuesday and named Lonzo Ross as Ward 5 committeeman, succeeding Jack Redden who resigned. The next meeting is scheduled for June 7.
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Raleigh County Republican Executive Committee
C. O. (Smitty) Smith
GOP
Main Street
Raleigh County
Lonzo Ross
Beckley
Ward 5
Ross
Jack Redden
GI Forms Available For New Education Benefits
Beckley citizens may obtain the new GI education forms from Beckley College, the Veterans Administration Hospital, and the West Virginia Department of Veterans Affairs. The program begins June 1 with monthly stipends of 100 dollars for no dependents, 125 dollars for one dependent, and 150 dollars for two or more dependents for full-time study requiring 12 semester hours. Eligible veterans must have had active duty over 180 days after January 31, 1955, or discharge after that date for a service connected disability. benefits accrue for each month or fraction of month of creditable active duty after January 31, 1955.
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Beckley
Beckley College
Veterans Administration Hospital
West Virginna
Beckley Fire Department Responds to Fifteen April Calls
Beckley fire crews answered fifteen calls in April causing about 4500 in damages. The worst blaze at 6 10 p m on April 23 damaged the kitchen of B K Luoni 20 Mercer St from burning grease. One major incident involved downed power lines on April 3. Rescue squad logged 25 first aid runs.
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Beckley Fire Department
Mercer St
B.K. Luoni
Beckley
widow 75 and older may draw social security with deceased husband lacking work history
About 370000 people aged 72 or more who never worked under Social Security become eligible for monthly benefits of 35 dollars for a single person and 52.50 for a couple, starting October 1966. In Raleigh, Fayette and Summers counties an estimated 400 newly eligible persons reside, per Dwight Billings. Eligible seniors not receiving any other federal or state retirement payment may apply to receive the supplement.
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Raleigh
Fayette
Summers
Beckley
Dwight Billings
Social Security Administration
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