Life members of Tele phone Pioneers of America lunch crowd
Life members of the Tele phone Pioneers of America gathered for a Glass House luncheon this Saturday with a long list of standing and sitting attendees headed by Zula Pridemore and Frances Brown. West Virginia councils include Beckley Charleston Clarksburg Huntington Wheeling, serving the Bell system across the U S Canada and some independents. A June 15 Jackson's Mill picnic will welcome members families and guests from other states. Mrs. Marie Blackburn presides Beckley Council.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
The
Telephone Pioneers of America
Glass House
Zula Pridemore
Hazel Phenix
Alma Pugh
Ernestine Hibbs
J. B. Reese
Chief
Thompson
H. H. Evans
Merle Rippitoe
Chan
West Virginia
Beckley
Charleston
Clarksburg
Huntington
Wheeling
Bell Telephone
U. S
Canada
Jackson’s Mill
Marie Blackburn
Beckley Council
Personal Income Climbs to Record $455.8 Billion
The Commerce Department reports April personal income at a record 455.8 billion annually, up 2.5 billion from March. Wages and salaries rose in manufacturing to 96.5 billion, with gains broad across durable and nondurable goods, construction, government payrolls, and trade services.
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Washington
UPI
Commerce Department
Defense buys apples in West Virginia rise in 1.1M buys
The Defense Department spent $225,517 on apples in West Virginia last year as part of $1.1 million in purchases across Virginia, Maryland and two Pennsylvania counties. Virginia led with $744,344 in sales, a 30 percent increase from the prior year.
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Washington
West Virginia factory seeks tenant for 800 acres
Morgantown's Morgantown Ordnance Works, an 800 acre site with 29 buildings, river dock facilities and a 132,726 square foot main factory, is offered for tenancy. The site, bought from the federal government for 1.25 million, can support a single large producer or multiple smaller indus tries, with flexible arrangements and partial occupancy possible.
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Morgantown
W. Va
UPI
West Virginia
Morgantown Ordnance Works
Industrial Review
State Department of Employment Security
Morgantown Community Association
J. W. Ruby
Sunquist to attend Beckley TAP breakfast meeting
James Sunquist of the U S Department of Agriculture will join Raleigh County Technical Action Panel members for an 8 a m breakfast meeting at the Beckley Hotel. Guests include H B Thomas and O C Hutchison RAD agents and Ward Ashford SCS Fayette County. The TAP advises on OEDP implementation and ARA and RAD support.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James Sunquist
U. S. Department of Agriculture
Charles Murphy
Beckley
Raleigh County
Frank Patton
Farmers Home Administration
TAP
Albert E. Beaty
Soil Conservation Service
John Eye
Department of Natural Resources
Forestry Division
Franklin Lilly
Agricultural Stabilization and Conservation Service
James Lilly
Trap Hill
Beckley Hotel
H. B. Thomas
Raleigh County Agricultural
O. C. Hutchison
Princeton
Ward Ashford
SCS
Fayette County
Deeds On File Record of Real Estate Transfers
Real estate deed notices list transfers in multiple districts with buyers sellers and prices. Properties include Beckley Shady Spring Slab Fork and Richmond districts with amounts from 100 to 11 000 dollars and buyers such as James Lilly Inc Blair Bennington and Leona Gwinn Graham.
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Albert C. Wheeler
Bonnie Wheeler
Clinton May
Charles K. Wheeler
Richmond
Blair Bennington
Bertha Bennington
G. T. Harris
Shady Spring
James Lilly Inc
James FE. Smith
Mary E. Smith
Beckley
Hubert Holstein
Nianza Holstein
Rigg Heath
Nora Heath
Slab Fork
Vernon E. Carpenter
Glenna M. Carpenter
Walker Smith
Pearl Smith
Coal City
John Delmer Prince
Ethel Prince
Ed Doss
Stotesbury
John E. Smith
Garnet E. Smith
Joseph E. Cook
Madeline Cook
L. L. Fleshman
Alma Fleshman
Paul C. Burdette
Barbara T. Burdette
Leona Gwinn Graham
Garnett Smith
Harry L. Moore
Inez Moore
Ernest C. Bowling
Agnes Mae Bowling
West Virginia Centennial Ad to Feature Honey in the Rock
The June 15 issue of The Saturday Evening Post will carry a half page ad by the West Virginia Department of Commerce promoting Honey in the Rock. The display includes images of the State Fair Harper's Ferry Capon Lodge Green Bank telescope and glass blowers and quotes from major publications. The ad highlights Centennial celebrations across the state and invites readers to request folders on events and accommodations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Saturday Evening Post
West Virginia
U.S. News & World Report
New York Telegram and Sun
New York Times
Cleveland Plain Dealer
New York Herald Tribune
Newspaper Enterprise Association
Department of Commerce
Mabscott Party Selects Its Candidates
Mabscott Citizens Party chosen a slate for the June 4 city election in a smooth meeting at Mabscott Town Hall. Frank Marcinko was elected permanent chairman, B C Sisk to oppose incumbent Mayor H V Waybright of the Independent Party, with Earl Arbaugh and Everett Godby joining incumbents Fred Davis Paul Gunter and William Vaughn for council seats. John C Gravely seeks a third term as town recorder. Mrs. Harry Riley serves as party secretary.
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Citizens Party of
Mabscott
Mabscott Town Hall
Frank Marcinko
B. C. Sisk
Citizens
H. V. Waybright
Independent Party
Earl Arbaugh
Everett Godbey
Fred Davis
Paul Gunter
William Vaughn
John C. Gravely
Harry Riley
Veterans Administration official visits Beckley hospital
James Tanner hosted Jack Adams from the Washington VA office during a visit to Beckley Veterans Hospital. Adams oversees 16 hospital centers and 6 regional offices in the southern and eastern United States and praised Beckley VA Volunteer Service as highly active, noting volunteers bring a little bit of home to patients that cannot be provided otherwise.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James Tanner
Beckley Veterans Hospital
Jack Adams
Information Service
Washington, D. C
Veterans Administration
Adams
United States
New Version Of Suit Is Filed In Kanawha County
An amended plea to force legislative reapportionment under the state constitution was formally filed in U S District Court. Judge Field delayed until briefs were signed by two other judges. Gov Barron and other defendants must answer within 20 days. The petition claims the 1963 reapportionment bill continues historic discrimination against Kanawha and other counties.
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Charleston
W. Va
UPID
Kanawha County
U. S&s. District Court
John A. Field Jr
Field
Herbert S. Boreman
Harry E. Watkins
W. W. Barron
Widow to christen Centenni al showboat Rhododendron
Mrs. W. W. Barron will formally christen West Virginia's centennial showboat the Rhododendron in Pt. Pleasant with water from the Ohio, Kanawha and Monongahela rivers. Formerly Omar, the craft will serve as a museum and theater this summer, visiting sites along the three rivers after remodeling at Marietta Manufacturing Co shipyards.
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PT. Pleasant
UPI
W. W. Barron
West Virginia
Omar
Marietta Manufacturing Co
Woodrow Wilson High Key Club Pays Canvas Costs
The Key Club of Woodrow Wilson High School will cover all administrative costs of the door to door canvas completed Monday for the Citizens Scholarship Foundation of Beckley Inc. This ensures all contributions go directly into the foundation fund.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Woodrow Wilson High School
Citizens Scholarship Foundation of Beckley, Inc
Beckley instructor completes civil defense shelter course
Herbert W. Brummer of Beckley West Virginia a Shelter Management Instructor for Beckley Raleigh County completed a five day course for shelter management instructors from May 12 through 17 1963 at the Department of Defense Office of Civil Defense Staff College Battle Creek Michigan He joined 26 other local and State officials in the training which aims to prepare managers to train shelter staff and oversee fallout shelter spaces stocked with food water sanitation medical and radiological supplies The course includes actual shelter living to give practical experience in managing communities during emergencies
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Herbert W. Bummer
Beckley-Raleigh
Department of Defense
Office of Civil Defense, Staff College
Battle Creek
Michigan
Mr. Brummer
Fourth Street
Beckley
West Virginia
National Civil Defense
OCD Staff College
Uneasy racial truce in Birmingham as protests persist
United Press International reports an uneasy truce in Birmingham amid ongoing antisegregation demonstrations. King's stance supports the pause while exploring possible federal action to reinstate expelled students. In North Carolina, large marches lead to hundreds of arrests as CORE and local leaders press for across the board desegregation. Medgar Evers warns of turbulent times for Jackson as racial tensions loom.
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United Press International
Birmingham
North Carolina
Jackson
Miss
Mississippi
Fred Shuttlesworth
Alabama Christian Movement
Cincinnati
Ohio
William Thomas
Greensboro
The
Congress of Racial Equality
CORE
Durham
N.C
Wense Grabarack
Charlotte
Medgar Evers
National Association For the Advancement of Colored People
NAACP
Allen Thompson
Conservation Officers Nab 19 Persons in West Virginia
Nineteen conservation law convictions reported by Capt. Raymond Eye show varied violations. Recurring trout creel limit violations and fishing without licenses are noted along with other offenses in Summers, Monroe, Greenbrier and Wyoming counties. Numerous individuals, ages from 18 to 63, were fined $20 by local magistrates, with multiple arrests by officers Bare Crozier Crigger and Pizzino.
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Raymond Eye
Department of Natural
Ralph Bennett
Hinton
Summers County
Charles Bare
J. E. Holt
Oscar Smith
Richard Thomas
Lindside
Monroe County
Officer Bare
H. E. Guerin
Union
Marvin Osborne
Princeton
Luther Wills
Bare
Holt
Millard Crawford
Wikel
Gerald Crozier
H. E. Guerinn
James Arbogast
White Sulphur Springs
David S. Miller
Charleston
Greenbrier County
Crigger
Arbogast
Betty Jo Miller
Tom Miller
Wayne Lively
H. R. Guerin
Thomas W. Farren
Alderson
Greenbrier
E. J. Martin
Ronceverte
Gene Donald Bailey
Baileysville
Wyoming County
Ivan B. Pizzino
B. W. Morgan
Brenton
Bobby Robinson
Itmann
Pizzino
William Harper
Pineville
Leander H. Courington
Harper
Bonds Forfeited In City Police Court Case List
Bonds totaling 173 were forfeited in City Police Court. Bobby Ellison, 27, Mabscott, forfeited a 15 bond after a fight at Chi Chi's Grill Saturday. Vernie DeLora Trimble, Crab Orchard, forfeited 35 on driving without license and expired Virginia registration. Elbie Rutland Jr. and Robert Lewis Webb, East Beck ley, forfeited 20 each on speeding charges. J A Shelby, Beckley, forfeit ed 20 on permitting an unlicensed driver. Three persons forfeited a total 53 on intoxication charges.
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Bobby Ellison
Mabscott
Chi Chi’s Grill
Johnstown Road
Vernie DeLora Trimble
Crab Orchard
Virginia
Elbie Rutland Jr
Robert Lewis Webb
East Beckley
J. A. Shelby
Beckley
Scholarship Fund Reaches 1179 at Woodrow Wilson High
The Citizens Scholarship Foundation Inc at Woodrow Wilson High School reports $1179 in contributions toward a $1500 first year goal. Principal C. G. Peregory notes ongoing door to door canvassing of residents served by the high school, urging all noncontributors to mail gifts to Isaac McKinney, P. O. Box 491, Beckley.
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Citizen's Scholarship Foundation Inc
Woodrow Wilson High School
C. G. Peregory
Isaac McKinney
P. O. Box
Beckley
Welfare office reports May commodity sign up approvals
Beckley welfare offices announce 16 applications covering 49 eligible persons approved at the May commodity sign up. At the April sign up 26 persons were certified as eligible to receive commodities.
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Beckley
Department of Welfare
Modern Day Rustlers Threaten Fort Worth Dairy
APD states Joe Keeton and Jesse B. Rhodes faced two year probated sentences after pleading guilty to rustling dairy cows and selling them to a slaughter house. The court ordered restitution covering the value of the stolen cattle.
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Fort Worth
Tex
APD
Joe Keeton
Jesse B. Rhodes
Father who saved children set fire to woman’s home
In Pomona California William Carrell, praised as a hero for saving his five children from a January 6 fire, was sentenced to 1 to 10 years in prison after admitting he started the blaze to shock his wife into recognizing alleged neglect of their children.
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Pomona
Calif
UPI
William Carrell
Yugoslavs seek asylum after Munich trade fair
Seventy Yugoslavs allowed to leave Yugoslavia to attend a Munich trade fair asked for political asylum on Saturday. German authorities said the group arrived in special buses on Thursday and most declared they would not return to their Communist homeland after seeing the fair.
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Mernberg
Germany
UPI
Munich
Astro Guide: Partnership Boosts With Family Harmony
The guidance notes a strong partnership climate encouraging joint ventures and negotiations with interested parties. Seek legal counsel for rights questions. Family matters glow with harmony for the moment and social gatherings with friends and neighbors at a cook-out are favored.
Zodiac Guidance for Daily Tasks and Finances
The horoscope outlines daily advice for Aries to Virgo. Aries should work despite temptation to skip. Taurus should focus on paying bills. Gemini to support a family member with confidence. Cancer may face sudden plan changes. Leo experiences a disruptive event. Virgo should seize extra income opportunities.
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ARIES
Taurus
Gemini
Cancer
Leo
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