Disabled Korean veterans enter professional training in high share
Harry W. Stewart of Beckley VA reports 44 percent of severely disabled Korean veterans enrolled in vocational rehabilitation. Among all 30,000 trainees, 44 percent pursue professional and managerial fields, with others in trade, industrial, clerical, agriculture, and service work. Enrollment varies by disability level, but most aim for high level careers.
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Fourty
Harry W. Stewart
Beckley Veterans Admministration Office
Stewart
Beckley VA Office Reports $15,054 for Veterans
The Beckley office of the West Virginia Department of Veterans Affairs recorded a total of 15,054.82 dollars for veterans and beneficiaries in October. It handled 1,942 cases and contacts with services including 786 in person visits, 423 hotlines, 496 correspondence, and 27 disability claims plus 25 hospitalization applications. It helped with GI insurance totaling 30,000 dollars and served Raleigh and Fayette Counties including Gauley Bridge Oak Hill Fayetteville and Ansted.
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Beckley
West Virginia Department of Veterans Affairs
Roy I. Smith
Smith
Raleigh
Fayette
Gauley Bridge
Oak Hill
Fayetteville
Ansted
Grave Situation in Omaha Letters From Monument Maker
Omaha businessman reports a client who crafts cemetery monuments sent a letter reading Drive carefully. We can wait. The message hints at a grave matter and raises concern about a potential threat or warning in a business correspondence. The note prompts caution in handling future communications and verifying recipients.
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Omaha
Water service cut for nonpaying Lester residents
Lester residents who do not pay water bills will have their water shut off fifteen days after payment due date. Town Council action aims to enforce bills. Mayor Glen P. Daniel reported many delinquent accounts.
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Lester
Glen P. Daniel
VA Worker Vacations At Local VA Office
The local Veterans Affairs office operates under secretary Miss Sally Barron while Deputy Director Roy I Smith is on vacation. Smith and his wife left Thursday for New York to visit their daughter Mrs Ronald H Webster amid concerns about water bills that have gone unpaid for long periods.
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Department of Veterans Affairs
Sally Barron
Roy I. Smith
Smith
New York
Ronald H. Webster
Richmond Rites Slated Tuesday
Last rites for Miss Rachel Rhel da Richmond 90 of Bolt will be held at 2 p.m. Tuesday at Breckenridge Baptist Church with Rev. Doff Harvey and Rev. Virgil Harvey officiating Burial will be in Richmond Cemetery at Bolt She known as Aunt Rachel a Raleigh County lifelong resident Born April 14 1865 to Samuel and Jane Richmond member Breckenridge Baptist Church Survivors include brother O B Richmond foster-daughter Dorothy Layou Philadelphia Pallbearers listed Body to remain at Rose and Quesenberry Funeral Home before services
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Rachel Rhelda Richmond
Bolt
Breckenridge Baptist Church
Doff Harvey
Virgil Harvey
Richmond Cemetery
Rachel
Raleigh County
Pluto
Samuel
Jane Richmond
O. B. Richmond
Dorothy Layou
Philadelphia
Anthony Farmer
Okey Bedcher
Junior Harvey
Bill Dunn
Minor Worley
Rose and Quesenberry Funeral Home
Funeral services for Mrs. L. S. Dennis in Charleston
Funeral services will be held at 11 a.m. Tuesday at St. John's Episcopal Church Charleston for Mrs. L. S. Dennis who died in a Washington hospital Saturday while visiting a sister. Survivors include three sisters Hilda R. Morris and R. J. Prince of Charleston and Marjorie R. Colston of Silver Springs Maryland. Burial at Sunset Memorial Park South Charleston.
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St. John’s Episcopal Church
Charleston
L. S. Dennis
South Kanawha St
Donald Rogan
Dennis
Washington, D. C
Hilda R. Morris
R. J. Prince
Marjorie R. Colston
Silver Springs
Barlow-Bonsall
Sunset Memorial Park
South
Escapee To Be Returned To Mental Institution
An escapee from the State Mental Hospital Huntington is held in Raleigh County Jail awaiting return to the facility. He was turned over to State Police around 7 p.m. Thursday after wandering into a Harper Road home.
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State Mental Hospital
Huntington
Raleigh County
Harper Road
Model gun recovered by Billings patrolman
Patrolman Ollie Caudill arrested a boy at a ball park after recognizing a plaster model of a 38 caliber revolver stolen from a local home earlier in the day. The youth admitted the theft.
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Billings
Mont
Ollie Caudill
Honor Society Members Share Camp Experiences at Sophia High
Moments to Remember highlighted the National Honor Society program at Sophia High School on Tuesday as juniors and seniors recounted experiences from Girls State and Boys State camps in Jackson's Mill. Harold Cook introduced speakers Jewell Perkins and Leo Attili while Eunice Haddad led as sponsor.
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Sophia High School
Harold Cook
Society
Jewell Perkins
Leo Attili
American Legion Auxiliary of
Sophia
Jackson's Mill
Gary Graybeal
Louise Barbagallo
Fern Sizemore
Mona Byrd
Aretta Basham
Bessie Tolliver
Rosalie Hampton
Sequita Allen
Kay Lawson
Donna Matherly
Phyllis Farley
Mary McVey
Pat Fagan
Eunice Haddad
Spring Maneuvers Open for Army Reserve Officers
Applications are invited from state Army Reserve officers to join spring maneuvers scheduled April 29 to May 5 at Fort Lee Virginia. Colonel W E Grubbs says the drill will test instruction from year round reserve sessions and stress sustained logistics under combat conditions with mass destruction threats including atomic chemical and biological weapons. A quota is set and earliest applicants receive first consideration.
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Loca
Fort Lee
W. E. Grubbs
West Virginia Military District
Garages Permit Issued in New Raleigh District
The City Recorder issued a building permit today to Garfield Millan of New Raleigh Road for a garage project valued at $500 with a $10 filing fee paid to the city.
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Garfield Millan
New Raleigh Road
City Recorder's Office
Holliday Rites Scheduled Today
Funeral services for Mrs. Nettie Mae Holliday 63 of 106 1 2 Maple wood Lane were set for 2 p.m. at First Baptist Church with Dr Alvin J Cook officiating. She died at home about 1 30 a.m. Sunday after a heart attack. Born Edmond June 24 1892 she was a longtime Raleigh County resident and member of First Baptist. Survivors include five daughters two sons a sister three brothers and many grandchildren. Burial will be Blue Ridge Memorial Gardens and the body will lie at Caffee Funeral Home until one hour before the service. Pallbearers were James C Barker Wade Arnold Wilfred Stover W D Menzie George Chambers Ben Guy George G Keith W R Forbes Roy Lucas and Howard Griffith.
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Nettie Mae Holliday
Maplewood Lane
First Baptist Church
Alvin J. Cook
Holliday
Edmond
John and
Rosetta Garten Ashley
Raleigh County
Fred Holliday
Edith H. Stover
Lewisburg
J. S. Larrick
W.J. Roles
Beckley
Charles QO. Lynch
Richmond
Parthena Winner
Daniel Duvall
John Ashley
Baltimore
Onie Heigler
Hinton
J. B. Hinton
Robert
Will
Thurmond
Blue Ridge Memorial Gardens
Caffee
James C. Barker
Wade Arnold
Wilfred Stover
W. D. Menzie
George Chambers
Ben Guy
George G. Keith
W. R. Forbes
Roy Lucas
Howard Griffith
City Woman's Brother Dies in Salem VA Hospital
Thomas R. Raines aged 42 of Roanoke died at 3 15 p m Tuesday in the Veterans Administration Hospital Salem Virginia He had been ill for years and was admitted Aug 13 listed critical Survivors include his wife Marie Raines Roanoke mother Lula Raines Indian Mills WV sisters Mrs Frank Canterbury and Mrs Stanley Broyles Ballard brothers John Raines Raleigh and Sam Raines Indian Mills The Ozeks Funeral Home Chapel will hold services at 1 p m Tuesday burial in a Salem cemetery
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Thomas R. Raines
Roanoke
Veterans Administration
Salem
H. T. Christian
Hedrick St. Raines
Norfolk and Western Railroad
Ozeks Funeral Home
Marie Raines
Lula Raines
Indian Mills
W. Va
Frank Canterbury
Stanley Broyles
Ballard
John Raines
Raleigh
Sam Raines
Dwight to Represent Area in Speech Contest
Rob ert E. Dwight and Glen Morgan will represent the Southern Soil Conservation District in a Spencer Chemical Company sponsored public speaking contest. Dwight competes for the state title at Jackson's Mill next Wednesday with the speech The Goal of My Soil Conservation District. Around 14 districts from the state participate. the winner advances to regional and national rounds, with the national event in Boston in February and a $1,000 prize plus a trip to the national convention. Certificates will be awarded by the state associations.
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Southern Soil Conservation
Robert E. Dwight
Glen Morgan
Spencer Chemical Company
Dwight
Jackson’s Mill
My Soil Conservation District
Boston
National Convention of Soil Conservation Districts
Associations of Soil Conservation Districts
Fines total 72 as Beckley court convicts drunken driver
Beckley Police Court collected 72 in fines and forfeitures. Stamford Halstead, 33, East Beckley, was jailed until noon Saturday for drunken condition. Leonard Scales of Raleigh paid 50 and 5 costs for leaving the scene. A drunk bond forfeited 17. William Cousins hear date set for Nov 14.
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Beckley
Raleigh
C. Berkley Lilly
Stamford
Eugene Halstead
East Beckley
Halstead
Leonard D. Scales
Lilly
William C. Cousins
Mount Hope
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