Democrats Pledge To Help Build Better Beckley
H P Meadows Democratic candidate for Beckley mayor says he was born in Beckley and wants to build a bigger better Beckley. He has served six years on the City Council and one WV Legislature term, plans a full time mayoralty, and backs completing New River Park and a strong street program. Other profiles include Councilmen John Wesley Smith George C Porter and A A Buck Ross outlining library support police training and city vehicle upgrades.
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Buck" Ross
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Hudgins Rites Set In Fayetteville
Graveside services for Mrs. Elsie Jones Hudgins will be held at 4 p.m. Saturday in Huse Memorial Park Fayetteville with Rev. J. Edwin Stanfield officiating. She was killed Sunday in an automobile crash in Orlando Florida. Daughter of the late Mr. and Mrs. Billy Jones she was a former Fayetteville and Beckley resident who moved to Florida four years ago. The body will arrive at the Dodd Payne Funeral Home in Fayetteville Saturday afternoon. West Virginia has over five thousand miles of primary highways and over twenty six thousand miles of secondary routes.
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Elsie Jones Hudgins
Huse Memorial Park
Fayetteville
J. Edwin Stanfield
Hudgins
Orlando
Fla
Billy Jones
Beckley
Florida
Dodd-Payne Funeral Home
Employment Requests Decline At Local Office
Figures from the West Virginia Department of Security for April show the local office received 739 new applications versus 961 a year earlier. About 5,826 work applications are on file, including roughly 500 from 1959 high school graduates. Sixty-eight people were placed locally or nearby, with 15 externally, mainly as typists and stenographers for the Coast Guard. unemployment claims fell by 1,355 from April 1958, with 10,102 claims in April 1959, 1,039 under the temporary program.
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West Virginia
Coast Guard
Coal mining spread in West Virginia counties
Of the 55 counties in West Virginia, 45 are underlaid with mineable coal, and presently it is produced in 36 of them.
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West Virginia
Mrs Manning to Direct County Scout Camps
Mrs Dix E Manning physical education instructor at Wood row Wilson High School will be employed by the Raleigh County Girl Scout Council as director and trainer for six day camps and the senior primitive camp scheduled for the summer. The first day camp Camp Greenwood for Brownies runs July 13 to 17 with Mrs John J Kodak as site director. Three day camps are set July 20 to 24. Marsh Fork Brownie Day Camp will have Mrs Webb as site director. Tams Mountain camp site director will be Mrs Charles K Lilly and Fitzpatrick camp site director Mrs Elizabeth Lewis. Segun day camp at Little Beaver Lake runs July 27 to 31 with Mrs Claude O R Collins as site director. Marsh Fork day camp for intermediate scouts August 3 to 7 with Mrs Webb as site director. Senior Scouts primitive camping date to be announced after return from Roundup in Colorado Springs. Volunteers for day camp unit leadership urged to call neighborhood chairmen or the office. Camp booklets will be ready Monday and available afterward.
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Woodrow Wilson High School
Raleigh County Girl Scout Council
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Kermit Webb
Rock Creek
Edith Macy
Pleasantville
N. Y
Camp Greenwood
John J. Kodak
Marsh Fork
Webb
Tams Mountain
Slab Fork
Charles K. Lilly
Eliz
Abeth Lewis
Fitzpatrick
Little Beaver Lake
Claude O'R. Collins
G. L. Anderson
Raleigh County
Colorado Springs
Colo
S. C. Woods Jr
Veterans urged to keep VA medical exam appointments
Everett F Gibos urged veterans to keep or cancel appointments at VA outpatient clinics to avoid delaying others. In North Carolina over 10 percent of veterans miss exams daily, prompting officials to seek aid from veterans service officers. If unable to attend, notify the clinic at least 24 hours in advance to reallocate slots and save time for staff and fellow veterans.
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Everett F. Gibos
Veterans Administration Hospital
Beckley
Gibbs
North Carolina
Elswick Funeral for Margaret Elizabeth Elswick Held Saturday
Final rites for Margaret Elizabeth Elswick 74 of Fairdale will be at 11 a.m. Saturday at Fairdale Free Will Baptist Church with Rev. Walter Norman officiating. Burial follows at Covey Cemetery in Surveyor. The body leaves Rose and Quesenberry Funeral Home for the Fairdale residence at 3 p.m. today.
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Margaret
Elizabeth Elswick
Fairdale
Fairdale Free Will Baptist
Walter Norman
Covey
Surveyor
Jail releases for two motorists cited on drunken driving charges
Jimmie Cook and Dennis Dale Honaker were released from Raleigh County Jail after pleading guilty to reckless driving and driving while drunk respectively. Cook, arrested May 12, was released after serving time in lieu of a fine. Honaker obtained five days off for good behavior after a 10 day sentence and had his license revoked for six months. West Virginia averages four inches of rain annually, well distributed throughout the year.
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Jimmie Cook
Glen Daniel
Raleigh
Cook
Cotton White
Dennis Dale Honaker
Arnett
Honaker
W. A. Burke
West Virginia urged to follow the national growth tide
U S Senator Jennings Randolph addressed the Sixth West Virginia Industrial Conference urging industrial growth tied to a strong national economy. He called for placing West Virginia in the main artery of American growth, expanding plants, diversifying industry, and boosting purchasing power for farmers and small businesses to cushion downturns and raise living standards.
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West Virginia
U.S
Jennings Randolph
West
PTA Congress Plans To Screen TV Shows
In Denver the National Congress of Parents and Teachers will start screening television programs next fall to guide parents. Ratings will appear in National Parent-Teacher, continuing a similar movie rating feature in the magazine.
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PTA Congress
Denver
Colo
National Congress of Parents and Teachers
National Parent-Teacher
Too Many Bass Lakes in Wisconsin Found in Map
A Wisconsin sportsman notes 68 Bass Lakes across the state after checking a map while planning fishing. The discovery highlights the abundance of similarly named bodies of water and the need to specify locations to avoid confusion.
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Milwaukee
Bass Lake
Wis
Wisconsin
Chiang Eyes 3rd Term in Formosa
President Chiang Kai-shek, 72, is reported to have left the door open for a third six year term after his current presidency ends next May. He told the Kuomintang he had no wish to appease the Communists by resigning. Miss Woodford became the first horse to win $100,000 in America records.
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Taipei
Formosa
Chiang Kai-shek
China
Kuomintang
Miss Woodford
America
Past Masters To Be Honored At Beckley Lodge 95 Dinner
Beckley Lodge 95 of Ancient Free and Accepted Masons honors all past masters at a 6 pm dinner at the Masonic Temple Howe Street. W. David Mullins will preside as toastmaster. Several guests will give brief addresses. Bethlehem Chapter 71, Order of the Eastern Star, serves the dinner.
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Beckley Lodge
Masonic Temple
Howe Street
W. David Mullins
Bethlehhem Chapter
Order of the Eastern Star
Pre Enrollment Slated At East Beckley Elementary
East Beckley Elementary plans a pre enrollment session for children entering first grade in the fall. Children must be six by February 1, 1960. Parents must submit birth certificates and pre school immunization records to teachers.
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East Beckley Elementary
Josephine Hawkins
Flue Cases Waning Across West Virginia Counties
Health report for the week ending May 16 shows statewide flu like illnesses at 107 cases with Raleigh County reporting none. Measles lead in the county with 16 cases. Fayette County records one gonorrhea case. Wyoming County lists five measles and two streptococcal infections. Other single cases include a dog bite, a streptococcal infection, a tuberculosis case, and five syphilis cases.
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West Virginia
Employee Injured When Shuttle Car Fells in Coal Yard
Riley Blevins a 40 year old employee of Winding Gulf Coal Inc sustained a right thumb injury when a shuttle car fell on it Thursday. He received treatment at Beckley Memorial Hospital at 11 am and was released.
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Riley Blevins
Pemberton
Winding Gulf Coal, Inc
Beckley Memorial Hospital
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