Ponderosa Steak House Opens in Towne & Country Plaza
The Ponderosa on Valley Drive North in Towne & Country Shopping Plaza opens with a frontier themed Beckley restaurant. It offers self service dining, steak luncheons and dinners in a 240 seating capacity venue open daily in Virginia City style surroundings. Ford awards Jackson E Williams for service and management with a medallion plaque and prize getaway.
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Valley Drive
Towne & Country
Ford Motor Co
Grady Whitlock
Ford Inc
Jack E. Williams
Williams
Ford Agency
North
Eisenhower Drive
Kley Beckley
Ponderosa
Beckley
Safe Deposit Boxes at Beckley National Bank
Beckley National Bank offers secure safe deposit boxes for rent to customers. The bank, a member FDIC, provides various box sizes and security features for personal and business storage needs.
Beckley Armory set for Tri-State Productions music shows
Tri-State Productions plans monthly events at the Raleigh County Armory featuring pop, TV and gospel stars. Lewis and Mandrell lead June shows with Loretta Lynn booked for July and a Hee Haw package planned for Thanksgiving. The company aims to bring in stars such as Jack Greene, Melba Montgomery, Dan Hitchcock and other Nashville talents to Beckley and the tri state area.
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Inc
Internationals
Lewis
Jerry Lee Lewis
England
Columbia Records
Barbara Mandrell
Raleigh County Armory
J. J. Madrid
Fayetteville
TriState Productions
Armory
Beckley
Madrid
Tri-State
Trestate Productions
Stefan J. Max
Charleston
Charlie Smith
Loretta Lynn
The
Tommy Overstreet
Nashville Express
Tom T Hall
Nashville
Jack Greene
Jean Scally
Melba Montgomery
Dan Hitchcock
Roy Clark
Archie Campbell
the Hagers
Grandpa Jones
Junior Samples
Ferriday
Memphis
Tenn
Beckleyan Becomes Elgin Board Member
Elgin National Industries appoints Elmo J. Hurst of Beckley to its board of directors. Hurst leads J. O. Lively Construction and Lively Manufacturing and Equipment, both Glen White subsidiaries of Elgin. He joined Lively in 1962 and rose to president and CEO in 1969.
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Elgin Board
Elmo J. Hurst
Beckley
J. O. Lively Construction Co
Lively Manufacturing and Equipment Co
Elgin National Industries,inc
Glen White
Raleigh County
Elgin
New York Exchange
Lively
Hurst
J. O. Lively
West Virginia University
Winding Gulf Coals
Subcommittees Set June Meets
A series of interim legislative meetings in June will study revisions to criminal and juvenile laws and sponsor committee work in Raleigh and surrounding counties. Key figures include House Speaker Lewis N. McManus Beckley and Senator Tracy W. Hylton Raleigh Wyoming, with various subcommittees on coal waste disposal no fault insurance and government finance. Interim sessions run June 11 to 13.
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Raleigh County
Anthony J. Sparacino
House of Delegates
Senate
William T. Brotherton
Kanawha County
House
W. W. Withrow
McManus
Commission On Interstate Cooperation
Beckley
E. M.payne Ill
Raleigh
Fayette
Wyoming
Alan Susman
Environmental Agency
Myles
Purchasing Practices and Procedures Commission
Legislative
Joint
Charles R. Cline
Wyoming County
Warren McGraw
Temple University Grad Earns B S in Communications and Theater
Joseph Charles Terry son of Louise M Terry and the late Joseph J Terry of Beckley received a bachelor of science in communications and theater as part of Temple University’s May 25 commencement. He is an aide editor at an ABC affiliate in Philadelphia and is married to Ellen Yvette Wise of Yeadon with a daughter Danyelle Rene.
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Joseph Charles, Terry
Louise M. Terry
Joseph J. Terry
G Street
Beckley
Terry
Temple University
Philadelphia
ABC
Action News
Ellen Yvette Wise
Yeadon
Danyelle Rene
Peppermint Oil Production Stated at Over Two Million Pounds
Encyclopaedia Britannica notes that the United States annual output of peppermint oil exceeds two million pounds. The figure highlights mint industry scale in the country and underscores peppermint as a major essential oil product.
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United States
Encyclopaedia Brittanica
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Town and Country Department Store
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Town & Country Stores
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Pat Lynch
Lewistown
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Murphy’s
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