C P Always On Guard Davis Promoted And More
A look at routine protection tests by C P Tele phone in Sophia and Beckley shows Line Insulation Testing to prevent service failures with 3 to 7 am cycle. Warren G. Davis of Peoples Life Insurance was promoted to Assistant Manager Beckley District. GE announces 24 hour timers for home and office use. J C Penney wins top national adviser award. Chesapeake and Ohio Railways reports April earnings affected by coal strike. WV summit features Dr William H Miernyk on state industrial development. Governor Smith opens conference expected to draw 500 attendees from business and civic groups.
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Leonard Gauldin
C & P Telephone Company
Sophia and
Beckley
Warren G. Davis
Peoples Life Insurance Company
William H. Miernyk
Morgantown
Miernyk
West Virginia University
Sic
WVU Center For Appalachian Studies
WVU
Hulett C. Smith
West Virginia Chamber of Commerce
Marshall University
West Virginia Industrial Development Association
West Virginia Bankers Association
West Virginia Department of Commerce
Beckley College to hear California educator Bowman
Beckley College will hear Cal State College housing director Frank Bowman address the 24th annual commencement on May 26 at 7 30 p m in the Elks Lodge Ballroom. Bowman, Raleigh County native and Beckley alum, has held housing posts in Long Beach and led many community and professional activities while earning advanced degrees. A 6 30 p m banquet precedes the exercises with graduates and staff invited.
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Frank Bowman
California State College
Beckley College
Elks Lodge
Bowman
Raleigh County
Morris Harvey College
Morris Harvey
CSCLE
California Association of College and University Housing
Phi Kappa
Rhodell Post Office to Move to New Quarters
U. S. Sen. Robert C. Byrd announces a five year lease for larger quarters in the Shrewsbury Building on Main Street. The sole bid responding to a Post Office Department request, annual rent set at 900 dollars. Owner S. R. Shrewsbury will remodel interior at about 4000 dollars. Building offers 1062 sq ft interior, 80 sq ft platform, and 764 sq ft parking. Move expected in early September.
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Rhodell
U. S
Robert C. Byrd
D-W. Va
Shrewsbury Building
Main Street
Post Office Department
S. R. Shrewsbury
Navy keeps standard whites for sailors uniforms
The Navy will maintain enlisted sailors in traditional white hats, jumpers, and bell-bottom trousers. A proposal allowing first and second class petty officers to wear chief petty officer style uniforms was rejected due to limited ship space and lack of sufficient support.
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Washington
UPI
Navy
Grinning sale as army auctions false teeth
The army sold 60,000 unused false teeth for 1288 dollars at auction Tuesday. A Toronto firm of general dealers snapped up the lot.
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London
UPI
Toronto
Navy ship saves guests from sinking Rhodes restaurant
The crew of the U S Navy ammunition ship Great Sitking rescued the staff and guests of the Kon Tiki Restaurant when it began sinking off Rhodes Greece. They evacuated everyone and pumped out a leaking tank, with the restaurant floating again 14 hours later.
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Naples
Italy
UPI
U.S. Navy
Rhodes
Navy
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Peoples
Life Underwriter Training Council
Beckley Life Underwriter’s Association
Bonnie
Maxwell Hill Road
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J. C. Penney Company
American Newspaper Publishers Association
New York City
Chesapeake and Ohio Railway
Baltimore
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Fred Harless
Beckley, Congratu
Lates
California
Tau Fraternity
Long Beach Exchange Club
The
YMCA
Community Chest
Mental Health Assn
Mayor's
Citizens Advisory Committee For
Long Beach
Chamber of Commerce
Karl A. Russell Jr
the Times
George D. Demos
Shroyer
William M. Batten
J. C. Penney Co
Bureau of Adversizing
G. Gordon Strong
Brush- Moore Newspapers
Bureau
Waldorf-Astoria
Valleydale
Bologna
Broughton
Chase and Sanborn
Petunias
Webbs Florist
Bank of Raleigh
Kanawha Streets
Member
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
Modern Mortgage Service Company
W. Va. Corporation
ACME
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