Beckley League names six new board members
Beckley League of Women Voters announces six new board members at a meeting hosted by Mrs. James C. Henderson. Alma Martin is the newly elected president and portfolios are assigned alongside continuing members.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Beckley League of Women Voters
Alma Martin
James C. Henderson
Clyde
Eunice Haddad
Harry Mayse Jr
Nancy Thorne
Paul K. Reed
Jdr
John Gorsica
Topsy O'Dell
Henderson
Joseph Fazio
Peter Ambros
Ministers Named For Black Rites Funeral for Mrs. Coraella Black in Sprague
The Rev. T. W. Hampton assisted by the Rev. Yule Tilley will conduct funeral services for Mrs. Coraella Black, 68, of Sprague, at 1 am Thursday in the Freewill Baptist Church Sprague. Burial in Blue Ridge Memorial Gardens. Body at Keyser Funeral Home until one hour before services.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
T. W. Hampton
Yule Tilley
Coraella Black
Freewill Baptist Church
Sprague
Blue Ridge Memorial Gardens
Black
Keyser Funeral Home
Mrs Sorrell Heads East Park PTA for 1957 58
Mrs Margaret Sorrell was elected president of the East Park Parent-Teacher Association for the 1957 58 term at a recent meeting. Other officers named include Mrs Annie Mae Smith as vice president Mrs Alease McDaniel secretary Mrs Catherine Motley assistant secretary and Mrs Edith Saunders treasurer. The group plans beautification of school grounds and PTA members will sponsor a student picnic at City Park Thursday. Stamford Top School to hold closing exercises at 7 30 p m Friday followed by a junior senior prom with Mrs Cassie Anderson as principal and Mrs Irene Cross as teacher.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Margaret Sorrell
East Park
Parent-Teacher Association
Annie Mae Smith
Alease McDaniel
Catherine Motley
Edith Saunders
PTA
City Park
Stanaford
Stamford Top School
Cassié Anderson
Irene Cross
Brownie Troop 35 Hosts Mother Daughter Tea
Crescent Elementary School Brownie Troop 35 held a tea for mothers at the school on Tuesday. The girls prepared and served refreshments after a brief business meeting. The article notes the Rangers won the Stanley Cup in 1928 1940 and 1983.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brownie Troop
Crescent _ Elementary School
New York Rangers
NAACP Plans Delegate Selection Meeting in Beckley
The Raleigh County NAACP unit will choose a delegate at 7 30 p m Thursday at Central Street Baptist Church East Beckley to attend the national conference in Detroit on June 20 George White chair of the Raleigh unit urged the group to buy pajamas for Pinecrest Sanitarium patients at a Tuesday executive board meeting
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National Association For the Advancement For Colored People
Central St. Baptist Church
East Beckley
Detroit
Mich
George White
Chaiman
NAACP
Raleigh County
Pinecrest Sanitarium
Music Camp Set For July 14 24
West Virginia youths may attend the Morris Harvey Music for Youth Camp at the Youth Camp and Conference Center near Rip Ney from July 14 to 24. Harold W. Ewing director hires Nellie T. Wiant and William E. Wandling as instructors. Wiant a Mason School of Music graduate and former Cincinnati Conservatory student leads string clinic, Wandling heads drum majors and majorettes, with prior drum major training at Qglebay Park and Morris Harvey College Band. Registration details and deadlines urged. camp capacity limited to 73 attendees to secure places.
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West Virginia
Morris Harvey
Rip Ney
Harold W. Ewing
Nellie T. Wiant
William E. Wandling
Miss Wiant
Mason School of Music
Jean Teu Halle
Cincinnati Conservatory
Charleston Symphony Orchestra
Kanawha Valley Youth Orchestra
Wandling
Dunbar High School
Dunbar
Bot
Qglebay Park
Wheeling
Morris Harvey College
Ewing
Super-I
A. K. Miner
City Driving Tags Expire On June 30
About 6,700 Beckleyans bought the $2 licenses for the current fiscal year ending June 30. New licenses will expire June 30, 1958. Fifteen additional licenses were purchased this week as reminders are mailed to licensees. Lightweight Orlando Zulueta weighed 81 pounds at his first amateur bout and lost.
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Police Department
Orlando Zulueta
Funeral Services for Mrs Rachel Green
Funeral services set for Mrs Rachel Green at 2 p m Thursday at Shilo Baptist Church conducted by Rev G C Gilbert. Burial in Greenwood Memorial Park. Mrs Green 58 of Harper died in focal hospital Sunday. Survivors include two daughters Mrs Elsie Smoot of Hamer and Mrs Dorotha Ford of Charleston, two sons William of Marper and David Jr of Mount Hope, four grandchildren. Body remains at Ritchie and Johnson Funeral Parlor until service.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rachel Green
Shilo Baptist Church
G. C. Gilbert
Greenwood Memorial Park
Slow Down And Live campaign returns with toll rising
Raleigh County reports seven deaths as the third annual Slow Down And Live safety drive runs from May 29 to September 2. The national program, involving state and federal authorities, launches May 2 at 6 pm and continues through Labor Day with pledges of full support from Canadian officials and governors.
Slow Down and Live Campaign Expands Canadian Dominion Ties
The public safety drive, begun in 1968 in the northeast, marks its first year of participation for the Canadian Dominion. It promotes speed limit enforcement by police and courts and a public education push. Raleigh County sees seven highway deaths this year amid statewide concerns that 1957 may match or exceed 1956 totals. the Raleigh County Highway Safety Council coordinates engineering, enforcement, and education committees to reduce fatalities.
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Dominion
Raleigh
Raleigh County Highway Safety Council
Permit Issued for Seven Room Brick Home on Harper Road
City Recorders Office issued a construction permit to Alex D. George of 13 Virginia St for a seven room brick house on Harper Road. Estimated cost is $19,000 with a $5 fee paid to the city.
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City Recorders Office
Alex D. George
Virginia St
Harper Road
New Insurance Office Opens in Beckley District
A Beckley district office for Bankers Insurance Co. opens with agents Gail Brown Hattie Lay and C A Murphy. District manager H W Chrisman, formerly from Winchester, Va, will establish a city office soon. Territory covers Raleigh Summers Mercer Wyoming and Fayette counties. The firm operates in 26 states with a Dallas Texas home office and zone offices in Dallas Nashville Arlington and Atlanta.
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Gail Brown Surance
Beckley
Hattie
Union Son
Hinton
C. A. Murphy
Bankers Insurance Co
Carlisle
H. ‘W. Chrisman
Winchester
Travelers Lane
Chrisman
Becksley
Raleigh
Summers
Mercer
Wyoming
Fayette
Union Bankers Insurance Co
Daleas
Tex
Dallas
Nashville
Tiz Jones Story Shows The Redirection To Texas Life
The life of boxer Tiz Jones shifts from prizefighting chaos to a planned new start in Texas. After years of fights and troubles in West Virginia and beyond, his wife Kat confronts him and he agrees to leave boxing. In 1943 he heads for Texas oil fields seeking steadier work, sending money home and rebuilding with family in mind.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hollywood
West Virginia
Kat
Dunbar
Texas
Lone Star State
New Beckley SSA Chief urges workers to check SS accounts
Stanley Bart, new Beckley District Office manager, urges working people to periodically verify their Social Security earnings records. He notes SSA handles 120 million accounts through employers, employees, and the agency and advises requesting earnings statements every three to four years to spot errors and obtain corrections.
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Beckley
Social Security Administration
Stanley Bart
Wheeling
Ray L. Colyer
SS Administration
Charlottesville
Earl
Social Security Office
Social Security
Beckley Social Security Office
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Tierne
Robert C. Shultz
United States Navy
Newport ‘News
Shultz
Mary Louise
Work Cummings
A. B. Cummings
Johnstown Rd
Atlantic Fleet Service Force
Norfolk
Petii Gricer
Toper Protection
Allegheny Insurance Agency, Inc
Ral Fe ‘Beak
Guy Amato
Mor
Margaret Lenson
Sixth St
Lemon
Radio Cab Co
Appalachian Electric Power Company
Electric Power Company
Tiz’ Jones
Tiz" Jones
Mike Wren
Law and Order
Russ
Charleston
Kai
Danny
Kentucky
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Echo Spring Distilling CO
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