ABI Drive Under Way To Move Bible Institute
About 8 000 pamphlets detailing Appalachian Bible Institute history are ready for distribution in Beckley Mount Hope Oak Hill area as part of ABI relocation plans. A 30 person fundraising team will seek donations from their business networks to raise roughly $63 000 for 95 acres of land near Bradley with four buildings.
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Appalachian Bible Institute
Beckley-Mount Hope
Oak Hill
Whitesville
Pettus
Sylvester
Bradley
ABI
Edward Sharp
John Smith
Floyd M. Sayre
L. M. Halloran
J. G. Anderson
Lawrence Pruett
H. C. Sheets
J. B. Thompson
Leslie R. Carter
J. S. Larrick
E. E. Bibb
Randey Webb
Amos Quesenberry
John W Eye
John Y. Morgan
George B. Chambers
Ben Guy
Hulett C. Smith
M. W. Powers
D. O. Means
R. H. McGee
Don Houchins
Harry Lewin
Joe H. Winner
Pat H. Wheeler
J. E. Shrewsbury
Stuart Waugh
Chris Sarandon
Air Guard seeks new members for Beckley unit
The 130th Airborne Material Assembly Squadron of the Beckley West Virginia Air National Guard seeks recruits. Captain William P. Hall says veterans and non veterans may join. a representative will be in Beckley Monday through Wednesday to answer questions. Monthly drills to be held in Charleston. We need navigators radar operators airborne radio operators and warehousers among others.
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130Th Airborne Material Assembly
Beckley
West Virginia
Hall
Charleston
130Th
Be clcok Halloween curb safety discussed Beckley
Beckley Recreation Board urged City Council to curb Halloween vandalism with stricter curfew enforcement and auxiliary police. Board proposed repainting the recreation building and replacing rotten flooring. They will seek funds to support Warren Williams and Babe Ruth Leagues and asked for field drainage and rock removal near Woodrow Wilson High School. Next board meeting set for December second Monday after Teen Town event.
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Beckley
Beckley Recreation
Warren Williams Junior Baseball League
Babe Ruth League
Warren Williams League
Irving Goldstein
James Webb
Woodrow Wilson High School
Jimmy Dickens
Marines Demonstrate Flag Display at Ley School
Two members of the local Marine recruiting station M Sgt John Brizendine and S Sgt Lonnie Nutter will speak and demonstrate proper flag display to Kegley School students. The event, part of National Education Week, emphasizes flag respect and the importance of education for American youth and continuing education while young.
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John Brizendine
Lonnie Nutter
Kegley School
America
No TB Listed at Ra leigh County X rays
No active tuberculosis cases were found in 53 October X rays by the Ra leigh County Tuberculosis and Health Association. Results: forty negative, five inactive, two with silicosis, one silicosis suspect, four other defects. Nine linked to TB exposure, two ex patients. The office plans TB Seals fund raising for Christmas.
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Raleigh County Tuberculosis and Health Association
Military Knowledge Raised by 3-Way Plan
Captain Joseph H Barkley outlines a threefold effort to raise reserve military knowledge. Resident courses at Army service schools offer up to four months away from civilian jobs, while USAR schools and Army Extension programs serve those who cannot leave work. MacCorkle Ave in South Charleston hosts one of 157 USAR schools with 35 informal enrollment openings announced by Captain Wyatt R Wood.
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Joseph H. Barkley
Army Reserve Unit
Army
United States Army Reserve Schools
Command and General Staff College
USAR
MacCorkle Ave
South Charleston
Wyatt R. Wood
Three Groups Cooperate To Aid Needy Children
Raleigh County groups join to help underprivileged children. Junior Chamber of Commerce and WJLS collect used toys for repair by Beckley Fire Department as part of Mac's Toy Fund. Donations sought via WJLS radio programs. Jaycees handle toy collection and repairs, with a Christmas party for recipients.
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Raleigh County
Beckley Fire Department
Mac
Jaycees
Salvation Army
Beckley College
Morris Harvey College
Beckley
Bill Wilbur
Mabscott
Calloway Heights
Sprague
Harper Road
Beaver-Raleigh
Joe Ressa
Beckley Newspapers Corp
Three Counties to Receive $670000 from State Auditor
Raleigh Fayette and Wyoming counties will share 670000 in public utility property tax receipts for the first half of 1955. Fayette leads with 310000, followed by Wyoming 200000 and Raleigh 160000. Municipalities receive Beckley 7000 Oak Hill 3000 Mount Hope 600 Fayetteville 500 Mullens 5000 Pineville 2000.
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Raleigh
Fayette
Wyoming
State Auditor’s Office
Beckley
Oak Hill
Mount Hope
Fayetteville
Mullens
Pineville
Army Reserve schools offer extended training to reservists
Organized with staff and faculty of Army Reserve these schools conduct 24 inactive duty classroom sessions and a 15 day active duty phase each year Extension courses provide professional military education to thousands of reservists unable to attend resident instruction at a service school or its USAR counterpart.
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Army Reserve
New Source for Books Close as Your Library
Raleigh Countians gain access to thousands of books via inter library loans and a reference service. Beckley joins 42 WV towns in the program and can borrow from public libraries nationwide with only postage to and from. Mrs. Cecil Graham notes several hundred children's volumes are now available from the State Library Commission.
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Raleigh
Inter-Library Loans and Reference Service
Memorial Library
United States
Beckley
Cecil Graham
West Virginia Library Commission
Graham
State Library Commission
Raleigh County
One Day Left To Get Permits In Beckley
Beckley drivers have 24 hours to buy city licenses or face fines from $5 to $25. The $2 license sale runs 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. at the City Recorder's Office, and after 5 p.m. at the Police Department. Roadblocks will check for licenses after Wednesday.
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Beckley
City Recorder’s
Raleigh County Agricultural Council to elect officers
Officers for the Raleigh County Agricultural Council will be elected on December 5 with nominations from the floor for president, vice president, and secretary-treasurer. The council also decided Monday to launch a grass seed planting project at the Raleigh County 4H Camp.
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Raleigh County Agricultural Council
Raleigh County
Mount Tabor Country Life Meeting Speakers Tonight
A Rural Development Council and Agricultural Extension Service team will speak at Mount Tabor Grade School at 7:30 p.m. tonight. They will cover financing, growing, harvesting, and marketing of tomatoes strawberries and sheep.
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Rural Development Council
The
Agricultural Extension Service
Mount Tabor
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Air Guard Squadron
Colgate’s
Colgate
Sheraton
Astor Hotel
Times Square
Chessie Theatre
New York
Prince
George Washington
Don Bender
Chesapeake and Ohio Railway
Titik Pop
Faye Lusk
Lusk
Ansted
Fayette County
Democratic Executive Committee
All Druggista
Philco
Beckley Music and Electric Co
S. Fayette ST
Mt. Tabor
Raleigh County Bank
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
Federal Reserve System
Penney’s
Denier
Japan
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