Poppy Day Observed By Beckley Veterans Aid Units
Beckley War Veterans will be remembered Saturday as the American Legion Auxiliary Unit 32 sponsors street sales of poppies to aid veterans and their families. The display honors dead soldiers with crosses and a Liberty Bell scene, with Mayor Miller issuing a Proclamation designating May 25 1963 as Poppy Day for Beckley.
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Marye Rhodes
France
Flanders
New York City
YMCA
Moina Michael
Athens
Milwaukee
American Legion
Post 1
Auxiliary
British Legion
Col
John McCrae
Flanders Field
American Legion Auxiliary
Navy
Marine Corps
Army
Air Force
Raleigh County Vocational, Technical School
Clement Schulte
Beckley Hardware Co
A. Marine Corps
Beckley
Unit 32
A. F. Bryson
Cecil L. Miller
R. L. Wooster
City of
Special Meeting Set at First Mission Baptist Church
A special meeting is scheduled at the First Mission Baptist Church on Maplewood Lane at 2 30 p m Sunday. Guest speakers include Rev Charles Whitted and Rev David Powell. The public is invited to attend.
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First Mission Baptist Church
Maplewood Lane
Charles Whitted
David Powell
Recreation chief to lead Beckley center summer program
The Beckley Child Care Center will add a full time summer recreation director, a Buckhannon based student majoring in religious education will fill the post. The appointment, approved by Center Superintendent Rev. Virgil Cook and auxiliary president Mrs. D Crawford Lynn, will be announced at the Methodist Church Conference next month. The Housing Committee for the Honey In The Rock cast and staff will also welcome summer residents, meeting newcomers, assessing needs, and guiding them to suitable facilities. Volunteers led by Mrs Reginald Meyers will assist as a welcoming group this weekend and seek more listings of housing.
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Reginald Meyers
Beckley Child Care Center
Virgil Cook
D. Crawford Lynn
Buckhannon
Methodist Church
Raleigh County Airport Wins Increase in Passengers Race
Piedmont Airlines honors Raleigh County Memorial Airport for the greatest rise in passengers during April and May. Charles Field credits a year of growth, notes Raleigh leads 32 Piedmont stations across seven states and D C. United Airlines funds a contest. winner gets a Hawaii vacation for two. Field cites February 71, March 12, April 159, May 122 to date.
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Piedmont
Raleigh County Memorial Airport
Charles Field
Raleigh County
District of Columbia
Field
United Airlines
Lexington
Augusta
Richmond
Hawaii
Beckley Twins to Be Featured in Magazine
Kesler twins Janet and Judy will appear on the June 23 cover of Family Weekly and star in a feature in the same issue. The sisters, graduates of Woodrow Wilson High School, are set to enter Marshall University and St. Mary’s School of Nursing this fall. They live with Mr. and Mrs. C. E. Kesler at 412 Rural Acres Drive.
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Woodrow Wilson High School
Marshall University
St. Mary’s School of Nursing
Huntington
C. E. Kesler
Rural Acres Drive
Local Firms sue over blue law in Kanawha Court
Leeds Discount Store Raleigh Dis tributors Inc. along with Joe's Bargain Fair Inc. and Heck's Discount Centers Inc. will sue to block West Virginia blue law in Circuit Court of Kanawha County. Defendants include local prosecutors and retail associations. Court limits to motions. law contested as invalid and allegedly passed on Sunday before its June 9 effective date.
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Raleigh Distributors Inc
Leeds Discount Store
West Virginia
Circuit Court
Kanawha County
Joe's Bargain Fair, Inc
Heck’s Discount Centers, Inc
Charles M. Walker
Russell Dunbar
Cabell County
East Killivan School PTA elects officers for year end
The East Killivan Parent Teachers Association chose officers at the last meeting of the year on Wednesday evening. President Lillian Hall Vice President A Brown Secretary Helen Dobson and Treasurer Edna Medley were elected. Final picnic plans were set with PTA buses to New River Park and several chaperones named. A surprise party followed for Principal Anne Bland.
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East Killivan
Parent-Teachers Association
Lillian Hall
A. Brown
Helen Dobson
Edna Medley
Anne Bland
PTA
New River Park Saturay
Charles Griffen
East Gulf
Thurston Hairston
Killarney
Frost Damage Less Than Was Expected
H B Thomas Raleigh County agricultural agent reports frost damage lighter than predicted. Residents of Cool Ridge Cherry Creek and nearby areas noted only minor damage as temperatures did not fall as low as expected and early morning air movement kept frost minimal in most cases.
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H. B. Thomas
Raleigh
Thomas
Cool Ridge
Cherry Creek
Christian Education Convention Scheduled at Calloway Heights
The Calloway Heights Baptist Church hosts the annual Christian Education Convention on June 4 with registration starting at 9 a.m. Rev. Ray Walls of Bradley Baptist Church leads the call to worship at 9 30 a.m. Asa B. Harris Jr. presents Interpretation of New Resources, and the annual sermon is delivered by Rev. E. W. Powers.
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Calloway Heights Baptist Church
Ray Walls
Bradley Baptist Church
Asa B. Harris Jr
Christian Education
E. W. Powers
New School Signs Funded by Local Fraternal Groups
Beckley police announce four dozen new school signs will be placed at school zones from funds donated by the Fraternal Order of Police Beckley Black Diamond Lodge 81 and the Beckley Kiwanis Club. Patrolman Lonnie Price, safety director, reports partial payments made with remaining balance due and invites city residents to contribute. Price also notes raincoats and hats needed for schoolboy patrols and that certificates and badges were distributed to schools with support from the American Automobile Association.
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Beckley
Fraternal Order of Police
Black Diamond Lodge
Lodge
Beckley Kiwanis Club
Charles E. Parsons
Fred Burdiss
Lonnie Price
Beckley City
Price
American Automobile Association
Beckleyans Help Publish West Virginia Centennial Song Book
Beckley residents W W Wiley and O O Kidd contributed to the West Virginia Centennial Book of 100 Songs introduced in Charleston. The Folklore Committee edited by Dr. Patrick W Gainer presents traditional mountain songs beside noted titles with photographs and instrument imagery. Copies available from James and Law Co Clarkburg with Beckley’s Jan Campbell Music Co arranging local stock.
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Centennial Commission
Charleston
Beckleyans
W. Wiley
O. O. Kidd
Wiley
Robert Thomson Jr
Patrick W. Gainer
Centennial Folklore Committee
Mountains
The
Folklore Committee
Gainer
Wether
John Henry
Mr. Frog
DR. Gainer
West Virginia University
Tin Pan Alley
Lord Bateman
Barbara Allen
Lord Thomas
West Virginia
Mountaineer
James and Law Co
Clarksburg
Jan Campbell Music Co
Main Street
Beckley
Dog at full point spotted by retriever while fishing
A New Hampshire man asked if his dog Chico can legally stand at full point when trout lie in a brook. The Fish and Game Department said the action is not illegal but advised obtaining a fishing license for the dog.
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Concord
N.H
State Fish and Game Department
Chico
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