Beckley Water Co seeks rate rise for system upgrades
Beckley Water Co petitions the Public Service Commission for higher rates to fund improvements across the system. The proposed change would raise annual revenue by 47,927 dollars, with an average bill increase of 8.9 percent for about 11,800 customers. A hearing date has not yet been set.
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Beckley Water Co
Public Service Commission
James B. Kessinger
Beckley
Mabscott
C. C. Farmer
Pany
J. B. Kessinger
Maxwell Hill-Prosperity
Bradley
Piney View
Lanark
Eccles Road
Oak Grove
PSC
West Virginia
Bluefield
Princeton
Charleston
Loo Plans Will Be Studied Before City Approval
Beckley Recreation Board will study plans and specifications for a zoo at New River Park before presenting them to the Beckley City Council. A three member committee will review a similar project for Parkersburg and report back. The board expressed divided opinions on the proposed zoo or small animal farm by the West Virginia Department of Natural Resources.
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New River Park
Beckley
Beckley-Raleigh
West Virginia
Paricutin Volcano Emerges After 1943 Earthquake
The Paricutin volcano rose from a cornfield following a violent February 20 1943 earthquake in Michoacan state about 180 miles west of Mexico City. It marks the first new western hemisphere volcano since 1759.
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Michoacan
Mexico City
Mexico
Raleigh County Medical Society to hear Dr Currie on training in surgery
Dr. Richard A Currie assistant professor of surgery at West Virginia University Medical Center will speak at 7:30 p.m. Thursday in Pine Lodge Convalescent and Nursing Home cafeteria on undergraduate and graduate training programs in surgery. He will also address a Beckley Memorial Hospital session on anomalous muscle bundles of the right ventricular outflow tract and the meeting will finalize plans for administering Type 2 polio virus on June 2. Currie a Montreal native and Royal Victoria Hospital graduate completed five years of surgical residency at Massachusetts General Hospital and two years at Fort Gordon US Army Hospital.
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Richard A. Currie
Beckley Memorial Hospital
West Virginia University Medical Center
Raleigh County Medical Society
Pine Lodge Convalescent and Nursing Home
Currie
Montreal
Quebec
Royal Victoria Hospital
Massachusetts General Hospital
U. S. Army Hospital
Fort Gordon
Fire classification guide for extinguishing methods
Class A fires start in paper textiles wood and similar materials and are best extinguished with water. Class B fires arise from flammable liquids such as gasoline and kerosene and should be smothered to suppress.
Area Railway Workers Convene in Roanoke for Conference
About 550 Norfolk and Western Railway employees will gather in Roanoke Virginia for the 38th Better Service Conference. Delegates from Mullens Amigo and Princeton join the Roanoke meeting with eight states represented. J Forest Jamison opens the day and Edward McFaul speaks at luncheon with a dinner address by President Stuart T Saunders.
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Norfolk and Western Railway
Roanoke
Mullens, Amigo
Princeton
N&w
Stuart T. Saunders
Murray A. Stoller
Edward McFaul
Chicago
L. L. Tawney
Amigo
S. O. Cale Jr
J.J. Compton
W. D. Emmons
W. S. French
E. B. Lefler
E. L. Martin
J. M. Rufus
C. E. Shrader
S. I. Smith Jr
C. H. Terry
Mullens
J. E. Bailey
M. E. Bowman
J. W. Carter Jr
G. D. Guynn
D. K. French
C. J. Oxley
L. M. Selvey
J. M. Sparks
J. R. Stinson
G. T. Strong Jr
J. G. Waldron
J. W. Walker
Harvard Dean Leads 1869 Colorado Field Trip
Ency clopaedia Britannica notes that one of America’s earliest summer schools occurred when the Harvard dean organized a geology field trip to the Colorado mountains for Harvard geology students in 1869.
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America
Harvard
Colorado Mountains
Encyclopaedia Britannica
Every Business Benefits The Community Retailers Advised
Retailers know advertising cannot replace clear product descriptions for on sale items. The emphasis remains on accurate details to attract shoppers and guide purchases within the community.
Blind School Chorus Prepares Beckley Concert June 5
West Virginia School For The Blind Chorus to perform at Woodrow Wilson High School in Beckley on June 5 as part of the county centennial program. About 20 blind girls and 18 or 19 blind boys with chaperones arrive by bus for an 8 p.m. concert open to the public. The tour includes Charleston. Max Carpenter directs and Selah Edgell accompanies. Local hosts include Beckley Lions Club and Music Clubs. meals and lodging arranged, with gifts for each child.
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Eve Breck
West Virginia School For the Blind
Beckley
Archie Ellenbogen
Woodrow Wilson High School
Charleston
Brenda Burgess
Artie
Freida Williams
Arnett
McDowell County
Mercer
Ellenbogen
Max Carpenter
Selah Edgell
Eatwell Cafe
Beckley Lions Club
WWHS
Centennial Committee
Eight Seek Work at Beckley Office of Employment Security
Fourteen persons filed applications for work at the Beckley office of Employment Security on Tuesday. They included one receptionist two bookkeepers one cashier one rough carpenter one stock boy two service station attendants one guard one janitor one forklift operator one dump truck driver and two construction laborers.
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Beckley
Drama Association Plans Attractions at Grandview State Park
West Virginia Historical Drama Association board met Tuesday night in Raleigh County Bank penthouse. They reviewed Honey In The Rock changes, accepted Julian Williams resignation, and announced new musical elements by Jim Bob Kes singer. Special attractions include All State Chorus July 1 and Centennial Boys Chorus July 8, plus Joe Moss art exhibit. Williams replacement to be elected June 11.
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Cliffside Theater
Grandview State Park
West Virginia Historical Drama Association Board of Directors
Raleigh County Bank
Julian Williams
Jim Bob Kessinger
Beckley
Kessinger
Marshall University
Cumberland Singers
All State Chorus
Centennial Boys Chorus
Fayetteville
Joe Moss
West Virginia University
Association
Madge Richardson
Richardson
Robert Thomson
Ethel Keyser
J. E. Otto
Williams
Norman Fagan
Area Redevelopment Administration
Fagan
Convictions Reported In Various County Violations
Seven convictions were reported Wednesday by Capt. Raymond Eye, chief enforcement officer for District IV of the Department of Natural Resources. Richard Morgan, 34, Pineville, fined $10 for contributing to a minor's delinquency in Wyoming. Thomas Hughes, 33, Keystone, fined $20 for fishing without a license in Mercer County. William Bell, 32, Bramwell, fined $30 for destroying state park property in Mercer County. Donald Young, 28, Rupert, fined $20 for snaring fish in Greenbrier County. Ralph Brown, 22, Alderson, fined $20 for fishing without a license in Rupert. Isadora Arrington, 31, Oak Hill, fined $20 for fishing without a license in Fayette County. James William Sullivan, 18, Fairlea, fined $20 for fishing without a license in Greenbrier County.
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Raymond Eye
District IV
Department of Natural Resources
Riichard Morgan
Pineville
Wyoming
Ivan B. Pizzino
W. P. Wilson
Thomas Hughes
Keystone
Mercer County
W. H. Gilpin
James Belcher
Princeton
William Bell
Bramwell
Charles Caffee
Bluefield
Bell
Donald Young
Rupert
Greenbrier
J. Wallace Williams
Ralph Brown
Alderson
R. L. Thomas
Williams
Isadora Arrington
Oak Hill
Fayette County
Dennis Keffer
Martin Piatrowski
James William Sullivan
Fairlea
Frank B. Crigger
Greenbrier County
Ed. Martin
Ronceverte
Texas Capital Redoubt Sheltered by Stockade, 8 Feet High
An entry notes that the original state capitol in Austin Texas was a wooden one story building protected from Indians by an eight foot stockade, as described in Ency.
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State Capitol
Austin
Texas
Encyclopaedia Britannica
Stoco High School Names Class Valedictorian and Salutatorian
Eddie Lee Payne is valedictorian and Linda Carol Bays salutatorian for Sto co High School. Payne, son of C. C. Payne, active in Student Council, Pep Club, Glee Club, Thespians, led senior play, editor of Stocp Smoke Signals, and top English student planning to study mathematics teaching at Concord College. Bays, daughter of Lloyd Bays, member of National Honor Society, Thespian Troupe, student council, editor of the yearbook, Quill and Scroll, Miss Stoco attendant, top English student aiming for teaching or secretarial career in night classes in Washington, D C.
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Stoco High School
Eddie Lee Payne
Linda Carol Bays
Eddie
C. C. Payne
Odd
Thespians Society
Stocp Smoke Signals
Raleigh Wyoming Scholastic Press Association
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