Red Cross First Aid class completes advanced training
Instructor C A Marshall leads a group at the Appalachian Building as 1959 14 members finish the Standard and advanced Red Cross First Aid courses in 13 weeks. They may enter the instructor’s course. At Woodrow Wilson High School new accelerated classes for gifted juniors and seniors planned for 1959 60 aim to prepare students for college entrance exams. Principal C G Peregoy reports 119 invited. 94 responded. program could broaden education beyond basics.
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C. A. Marshall
Red Cross
Appalachian Building
Ross L. Phipps
Ohlin Davis
Harlin Covey
Archie Riner
Leonard Hewlett
Marshall
Woodrow Wilson High School
C. G. Peregoy
Peregoy
Methodist Conference Opens At Buckhannon June 3
West Virginia Methodist Annual Conference holds its 114th session June 3-7 at West Virginia Wesleyan College Buckhannon with 1,600 churches represented. Bishop Lloyd Wicke presides. Dr Walter Mark Depp lecturing and preaching. D D Holt to address higher education. service of Holy Communion to launch proceedings.
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Methodist
Buckhannon
West Virginia
The
Methodist Church
Pittsburgh
D. D. Holt
Methodist Commission On Higher Education
Nashville
Tennessee
Bishop Wicke
Claude R. Collins
Beckley
S.A. F. Wagner
Bluefield
John E. Hanifan
W. Reece Burns
Central
Ross Culpeoner
Charleston
Frank L. Shaffer
Fairmont
Paul Redfarn
Huntington
Maxwell Hill Group Sets May 26 Vote on Park Building
At a Maxwell Hill Country Life Group meeting in the elementary school, Marion Shuff of Atlantic Steel Co. outlined steel building options while H E Lilly gathered data on a cinder block option. A vote will choose the structure with price comparisons guiding the decision. The next meeting will move to Tuesday night.
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Maxwell Hill Country Life Group
Marion Shuff
Atlantic Steel Co
H. E. Lilly
Holliday Funeral Set Wednesday
Final rites for Mrs. Carrie Holliday aged 89 at 9 a.m. Wednesday in the Chapel of Calfee Funeral Home. Rev. J. B. Dryfield will officiate. Burial follows at Dolley Cemetery Riverton Pendleton County. Pallbearers listed: J. R. Van Meter Van Hunter A. C. Cook Elmer Hutchinson Clarence Carte Jack Hill Henry Snodgrass. She died at home after a long illness.
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Carrie Holliday
Harper Rd
Calfee
J. B. Dryfield
Dolley Cemetery
Riverton
Pendelton County
J. R. van Meter
van Hunter
A. C. Cook
Elmer Hutchinson
Clarence Carte
Jack Hill
Henry Snodgrass
Holliday
Forest fires burn 30 acres in Raleigh County week
During the week ending May 15 three forest fires in Raleigh County burned over 30 acres with damages around 10 dollars. District 4 counties show varying activity with Fayette Wyoming Summers Greenbrier Mercer Monroe and McDowell reporting multiple fires and acres burned and substantial totals in some areas. Raleigh County total this year reaches 129 fires burning 1,618 acres and costing about 762.60 dollars.
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Raleigh
West Virginia Conservation Commission
Fayette
Wyoming
Summers
Greenbrier
Mercer
Monroe
McDowell
Dry Hill Prosperity Clinic Saturday Injections Offered
A clinic for residents of the Dry Hill and Prosperity communities will be held at the Community Building from 9 30 a m until noon Saturday Polio and pre school injections will be given The clinic will be under the auspices of the Dry Hill Prosperity Country Life Program.
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Dry Hill and Prosperity
Dry Hill
Sophia Elementary Homeroom Mothers Election Meeting
Officers will be elected at the Wednesday 2 p.m. meeting in the library. Mrs. C. J. Kirby Jr. urges all home room mothers to attend. Refreshments will follow, served by the team captained by Mrs. Fred Simpson, the recent contest loser.
Ex-Beckleyan to Receive Degree at Morris Harvey
A former Beckley pastor, Rev Samuel Paris Bell Jr, will receive an honorary doctor of divinity degree at Morris Harvey College during the 195? commencement. Bell, a native of Grantsville, has held pastorates in WV and Florida and led student government at Morris Harvey. He and his wife Mary have two sons, Sam and John.
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First Methodist Church
Beckley
Morris Harvey College
Samuel Paris Bell Jr
Community Methodist Church
Daytona Beach
Fla
Tist
Bernard H. Jacobson
Kanawha Valley
John V. Ray
Charleston
Bell
Morris Harvey
Grantsville
Chandler School of Theology
Emory University
West Virginia Methodist Conference
Gauley Bridge
Glen Ferris
Logan
Florida
Mary
Sam
Dartmouth College
John
Jefferson Rites Still Incomplete
Funeral arrangements are incomplete for Mae Jefferson 60 and Glenn White who died after a brief illness in a local hospital. Mae Jefferson born in Eckmond was daughter of John Martin and Victoria Martin. Survivors include Tucker Jefferson husband two sons William Harmon and James Harmon of Charleston two daughters Viola Mitchell and Ida Mae Smith of Columbus Ohio one sister Lucy Ward of Columbus two brothers James Martin of Columbus Roy Martin of Glen White eight grandchildren and three great grandchildren. Body is at Ritchie and Johnson Funeral Parlor. Funeral services pending.
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Mrrs
Mae Jefferson
Glenn White
Eckmond
John Martin
Victoria Martin
Tucker Jefferson
William Frazier Harmon
James H. Harmon
Charleston
Viola C. Mitchell
Ida Mae Smith
Columbus
Ohio
Lucy L. Ward
James H. Martin
Roy Martin
Glen White
Ritchie and Johnson Funeral Parlor
Three Ordered To Court For Driving Violations
Three persons were ordered to appear in Beckley Police Court Thursday night after being cited Monday by City Police for driving violations. Julious Carl Adkins, 18, Beav er, was charged with reckless driving and operating a vehicle without an operator's license. Norma B. Sutler, 26, Beckley, was cited for driving a vehicle with expired and temporary license, and Basil W. Shumate,
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Beckley
Julious Carl Adkins
Beaver
Norma B. Sutler
Basil W. Shumate
Stoning of Paul in Lystra Alarms Early Christians
Report from Derbe Palestine says Paul the Jewish convert evangelist faced mob violence in Lystra after enemies from Antioch stirred up opposition. He was stoned and dragged outside the city, then rose and returned with believers. Christians rejoiced at his deliverance and healing.
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Derbe
Lystra
Palestine
Antioch
Paulus
Bible Reporter
P. O. Box
Los Angeles
California
Beckley Charged With Driving With Improper Registration
Beckley faced charges for operating a vehicle with improper registration as reported by local authorities. The case details and potential penalties were not specified in the available fragment.
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Henry Watkins
John D. Fink
Wendell Thurmond
Wilfred Wooddell
Ralph Jackson
Harry Ellis
Michael Smiley
Everett Shaffer
Richard Snuffer
Fred Honaker
Kathleen Davis
Eve Breck
Peregov
Maxwell Hill Group
Raleigh County
C. R. Campbell
Beckley Homemakers Club
John J. Flanagan
Maxwell Hill Homemakers Club
David
Beckleyan
Murphy
Valance
Murphy’s
Coro
the Complete Variety Store
W. Main ST
Hinton
Richwood
Mullens
Rainelle
Oak Hill
Jefferson
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