London Barbers Fear 35-Cent Haircut Will Lose Patrons
London barbers Harry Norman and Jack Peaman raise prices from 28 to 35 cents amid postwar cost increases. They claim higher costs rent gas electric hair oil and soap leave them no choice though some customers quit and others switch to cheaper local barbers or home cuts. One regular walked out on seeing the new price.
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London
Harry Norman
Jack Peaman
Harry
Norman
Peaman
Jack
Six Raleigh County candidates speak at PTA council
Six of eleven Raleigh County Board of Education candidates spoke at a PTA Council meeting on Monday night. Carl G. Jarrell, former board member, criticized politics on the board and pledged to act for what is best for schools. Incumbent O A Phillips and others discussed qualifications and aims, including emphasizing education funding and student focus.
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Raleigh County Board of Education
County
Parent-Teacher Association Council
Carl G. Jarrell
Nonpartisan Board of Education
Jarrell
Raleigh County
James H. Trail
Woodrow Students Back Democratic Candidates in Mock Election
More than 300 senior social science students at Woodrow Wilson High School favored Democratic candidates and approved a slate including Carl G. Jarrell for the board of education. University results showed Helen Holt winning the secretary of state ticket with 2 131 votes to 1 741 for Joe F. Burdett. At WWHS Revercomb led for U.S. Senate but Byrd won the school race. Amendments on bank tax exemptions and school governance showed strong support. Board of education results listed Jarrell leading with 162 votes over O A Phillips 80 and others fading.
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Woodrow Wilson High School
Carl G. Jarrell
Board of Education
Beckley
West Virginia University
Morgantown
Helen Holt
Joe F. Burdett
John D. Hoblitzell
Jennings Randolph
Sen
Chapman Revercomb
Robert C. Byrd
Revercomb
Byrd
Hoblitzell
Randolph
Congress
F. O'Dair Duff
John M. Slack Jr
State Supreme Court
Max de Berry
Thorpton G. Berry Jr
State Senate
Ted Kessinger
Jack A. Nuckols
W. T. Blakely
John C. Ward
House of Delegates
Donald A. Manning
Velma J. Hedrick
Tommy Jarrell
Johnny L. Lubich
O. D. Hall
Roy Lee Harmon
Ted T. Stacy
Paul J. Vennari
Better Schools
Jarrell
O. A. Phillips
Odessa
Child injured after dashboard impact in car crash
Six year old Vickie Lynn Kib linger of Slab Fork was treated and released from Beckley Memorial Hospital Monday after striking her head on a car dashboard while riding as a passenger.
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Vickie Lynn Kiblinger
Margaret Kiblinger
Beckley Memorial Hospital
James Meadows Rites Wednesday
Funeral services for James Hamilton Meadows of Piney View are set for 2 p.m. Wednesday at the Stanaford Church of Christ with Rev. Vernon Mullens officiating. Burial will follow in Stanaford Cemetery. he died Monday at 11:30 a.m. at age 62 of a heart attack. He was a retired coal miner, born March 18, 1896, in Raleigh County, formerly with New River Co. and a member of Local 2325 UMWA, survived by wife Maggie, three daughters Rosa McKinney Anna McCoy Jacqueline Meadows, four stepdaughters Ruby Fox Gladys Adkins Lucille Martin Lillian Martin, one brother George, and one sister Liza Lafferty. The body will be taken from Webb and Neal Funeral Home to the church one hour before the service. Pallbearers Dewey Browning Other Girl E. E. Stanley Jack Walker Pinkney Greer Harmon Warden.
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Meadows
Raleigh
New River Co
Stanaford
United Mine Workers of America
Piney View
Church of Christ
Maggie Martin Meadows
Rosa McKinney
Basin
Anna McCoy
Itmann
Jacqueline Meadows
Ruby Fox
Stotesbury
Gladys Adkins
Stanford
Lucille Martin
Bridgeton
N. J
Lillian Martin
George
Delaware
Liza Lafferty
Princeton
Webb
Bahamas Island Nation with Nassau Capital
The Bahamas is a British island nation off Florida with 20 inhabited islands and many uninhabited ones. Nassau serves as the capital city.
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The
Bahamas
British Island
Florida
Nassau
Shady Spring Future Homemakers Elect New Officers
The Shady Spring Chapter of the Future Homemakers of America held its first social of the year with twenty members and a guest. New officers include Glenna Hatcher as president and Francis Brogan as vice president of state and national projects.
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Beaver
ANS
Shady Spring
Future Homemakers of America
Virginia Bonds
Glenna Hatcher
Francis Brogan
Phyllis Bucklin
Nancy Smith
Drema Meador
Abigale Waddel
Glenna Hall
Judy Mann
Roark Services Set Wednesday in Besoco Church
Roark Besoco age 4 was killed when his car left the road and struck a tree near Josephine. State Police say excessive speed around a curve caused the fatal crash. Pallbearers named James Lilly Bobby Aliff Slim Ellison Frank Larry Ordie Cole and J. B. Akers. Burial in Ben Lilly Cemetery Ghent.
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James Roark
Besoco
Besoco Methodist
James Lilly
Bobby Aliff
Slim Ellison
Frank Larry
Ordie Cole
J. B. Akers
Ben Lilly
Ghent
Roark
Josephine
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Practical Nurses Training Schools
Beckley Newspapers Corporation
Viease
W. VA
Junior High Department
Baptist Youth Fellowship
First Baptist Church
Sidney J. Rowland
Lynn Hoffman
Katy Jo Vargo
Nancy Bower
Nancy Tucker
Mickey Bowles
Jo Anne Casey
Roger Burns
Elmer N. Swarthout
H. A. Pierce Jr
Phillips
Trail
C. C. Lewis
Ed Wolfe
Wolfe
West Virginia
Ralph M. Cole
F. R. Foggin
Council
PTA
Royal Cou
Gary French
Paula Okes
Gary
Virgil French
Ple
Paula
Luther F. Okes
Parent-Teachers Association
Borden
Luzianne
MRS
Skinner
Macaron
Austex
Joan OF Arc
Pride OF Illinois
Hinton
the Peppies Store & Supply Company
the Union Furniture Co. Inc
Howard St
Rasewsd Hash Furniture Store
Third Ave
Meadows Furniture Co
Temple St
Ronceverte
Woodrow
Robert T. Donely
Harlan M. Calhoun
James Meadows
James Hamilton Meadows
Stanaford Church of Christ
Vernon Mullens
Logan
Horothy Ray
Dorothy Gray
White Cross Pharmacy
Bair
Penney
Penney's
Dacron
Sale Street
Deni Dres
Cotton P.j’s
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