Cancer Association's Aim: To Assist Needy Patients
Raleigh County Cancer Association operates a loan closet at 107 Earwood St offering dressings and medical aids funded by local clubs and businesses. President I R Wein notes the $6,000 United Fund allotment stays in Raleigh County to aid needy patients with transportation, medication, and care, plus plans for a tumor clinic and free exams. The group runs education via movies and WOAY TV Focus with a next program on Tuesday Nov 20 at 6 pm.
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Raleigh County Cancer Association
Earwood St
Raleigh County
Sam Pilliteri
Presbyterian White Cross
Coal City Ladies Aid
Montgomery Ward
Cohen Drug Store
Colony Drugs
Eppys
Tim Massey
I. R. Wein
United Fund
Raleigh County Public Health
Association
Barwood St
Elks Lodge
Woay-Tv
County Group Plans Baptist Youth Revival
The Raleigh Baptist Association schedules its fourth annual youth revival for November 1924 at Memorial Baptist Church with Rev. Danny Light of St. Albans as guest evangelist. Light, 22, leads the Voice of Victory team with Jim Hodges, 23, also of St. Albans, and has preached at numerous state churches. Services start daily at 7 p.m. with Iva Smith as association president inviting all to attend. FELLOWSHIP services will follow Tuesday and Saturday after the revival with Michael Harvey leading.
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Raleigh Baptist Association
Memorial Baptist Church
Danny Light
St. Albans
Voice of Victory
West Virginia
Light
Jim Hodges
First Baptist Church of
13 Million Board Feet Of Lumber Expected In County Operations
A 1962 county study shows 13 million board feet of lumber will be produced by 11 circular sawmills and 1 bandsaw in Raleigh County. About 45 percent comes from the western bandmill, with potential to reach 60 percent at full capacity, while circular mills have averaged around 6 million feet yearly.
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Raleigh
Hinton
Beckley
Robert C. Byrd
D-W. Va
Washington, D.C
Earl T. Smith elected Lionel finance chair amid board additions
Former Ambassador Earl T. Smith was elected chairman of Lionel Corp. finance committee. New directors named include Harry Winberg, who controls transit systems in Honolulu Dallas and Scranton, and Richard Schilling, a New York lawyer.
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Lionel Group New York
UPI
Cuba
Earl T. Smith
Lionel Corp
Harry Winberg
Honolulu
Dallas
Scranton
Richard Schilling
New York
Lionel
Lancaster Judge Fines Man for Jury Duty No-Show
Lancaster County Judge Joseph B Wissler fined Quentin Zwally 64 twenty five dollars and ordered four days in jail for failing to answer a jury summons. Zwally said he did not appear because he had not consented to having his name drawn as a venireman.
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Lancaster
UPI
Lancaster County
Joseph B. Wissler
Quentin Zwally
Zwally
Waynes or Washington birth for Angier Duke’s baby boy
Mrs Angier Biddle Duke wife of the State Department protocol chief gave birth to a five pound boy Monday at Georgetown Hospital. A protocol office spokesman called the birth premature but said Mrs Duke was getting along fine.
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Washington
UPI
Angier Biddle Duke
State Department
Georgetown Hospital
Protocol Office
Duke
Dietitian Speaks At Improvement League Meet
Mrs Rosa Mitchell hosted the Woman's Improvement League meeting at 1005 S Fayette St with president Simeon Warren opening with devotions. Miss Lula Rogers, dietitian at Beckley Memorial Hospital, urged happiness through work love hope and duty and the group planned their annual grocery basket project. A covered dish lunch followed for members including Mrs Roger Taylor and Mrs Mary Morton. The next meeting will be at Mrs Mary Morton’s home 430 S Fayette St.
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Rosa Mitchell
S. Fayette St
Woman’s Improvement League
Simeon Warren
Lula Roger
Beckley Memorial Hospital
Miss Rogers
Roger Taylor
Mary Morton
Warren
L. B. Redd
Mary Marshall
William Beverly
Roscoe Mackins
Mitchell
Louise Goldston
Burnice Booker
Florence Fage
LaBelle Moss
Guest speaker at First Assembly of God Church
Rev. James H. Brown, pastor of the Presbyterian Church in Parkersburg Pa, will speak at 7 30 p m Wednesday. He will share his extraordinary spiritual experiences that have drawn audiences nationwide and abroad. Brown leads a historic church organized in 1720 and has taught theology for 11 years after graduating from Princeton Seminary. The host pastor Rev T M Waldron invites all to attend.
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First Assembly of God Church
James H. Brown
Presbyterian Church
Parkersburg
Brown
America
Princeton Theolological Seminary
Presbytery of
Donegal
United Presbyterian Church
U.S A
T. M. Waldron
County Alumni Plan Fayette Concordians Joint Meeting
Raleigh County Concord College alumni will unite with Fayette County alumni at a Nov. 30 gathering led by acting president Julian Williams. The group aims to boost participation from Mount Hope and Oak Hill areas and to elect joint officers if the venture succeeds.
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Raleigh County
Concord College
Fayette County
Julian Williams
Fayette
Concord
Armstrong-Jones wed Princess Margaret breaks royal line
Antony Armstrong-Jones married Princess Margaret becoming the first commoner to wed a British royal since Edward IV. Collier's Encyclopedia notes the historic match.
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United Press International
Antony Armstrong-Jones
Margaret
Edward IV
Collier's Encyclopedia
Motorist complains of pheasant morals in New Hampshire
Concord New Hampshire UPI reports William E Thomas of Concord complains about the moral character of pheasants released by the state Fish and Game Department. He mailed the department a band taken from a bird he says attacked his car along a seashore boulevard claiming the incident shows low character pheasants.
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Concord
N.H
UPI
William E. Thomas
State Fish and Game Department
Thomas
Sophia Waives Assault Hearing in Beckley Case
George Botman faces grand jury action on felonious assault charges after an alleged Halloween night attack on Garland Akers of Beckley. Akers reported being struck with a club at Botman’s home. he was X rayed and treated at a Beckley hospital but not hospitalized.
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George Botman
Sophia
Garland Akers
Beckley
Akers
Botman
Beckley Girls Named to 1962-63 Marshall Staff
Three Beckley students Jean Ramey a sophomore Jane Ramey a freshman and Frances Forsythe a sophomore joined the staff of the Chief Justice Marshall University yearbook for 1962 63. Six locations in Wyoming tagged and banded 1208 elk during the winter of 1960.
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Beckley
Marshall University
Jean Ramey
Jane Ramey
Frances Forsythe
Wyoming
Meeting on Centennial Plans by Grand View Model A Ford Club
Eight members of the Grand View Chapter of the West Virginia Model A Ford Club met Saturday night to discuss plans for observing the West Virginia Centennial. No definite plans were made.
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Grandview
West Virginia
Local business directory snippet with store names
A compact list of businesses and organizations including Sears Roebuck and Co Gates Engineering WWNR Beaver Coal The Baby Shop Baker's Jewelry Lilly's Men Shop Dr Pepper Bottling 7-Up Bottling Biggs Johnston Withrow and others in Raleigh County Beckley WV with banks and service firms.
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Sears, Roebuck & Co
Gates Engineering
WWNR
Beaver Coal Corp
Baker’s Jewelry
Lilly’s Men Shop
Dr. Pepper Bottling Co
7-Up Bottling Co
Biggs-Johnston-Withrow Inc
The
Hub & Vogue
Embee
UMWA
Raleigh County Bank
Beckley National Bank
King Photo Supply Co
Black Diamond Distributing Co
Raleigh Baking Co
Charles House
Beckley Insurance Agency
Johnny Dollar Super Market
Bill Clay Gulf Station
Ashworth and Ashworth
Scherer, Bowers, File, Hodson and Payne
Diversified Fire and Casualty Co
Patton’s Market Anchor Sales Co
Turnpike Esso Employes
W. Va
Turnpike Commission
Raleigh Motor Sales
Holiday Changes Three City Meets
Beckley meetings scheduled for Monday night were postponed due to Veterans Day. Beckley Recreation Board will meet at 4 p.m. today at City Hall. Raleigh County Planning and Zoning Commission will meet Nov. 26 at City Hall.
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Beckley
Beckley Recreation Board
City Hall
James B. Kessinger
Raleigh County Planning and Zoning Commission
Miner Injured At Paige Coal Co In Stephenson
Columbus Blankenship a 40 year old worker from Allen Junction was admitted to Beckley Memorial Hospital at 11 05 a m Monday with injuries to his right leg from a fall at the Paige Coal and Coke Co Stephenson He is in satisfactory condition.
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Columbus Blankenship
Allen Junction
Beckley Memorial Hospital
Paige Coal and Coke Co
Stephenson
Commodities Distribution for Mabscott Residents Planned
Commodities will be distributed to eligible Mabscott residents on Wednesday and Thursday from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. at Mabscott Town Hall. Richard Basham serves as the distribution agent for the program.
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Mabscott
Mabscott Town Hall
Richard Basham
Adair in Serious Condition at Veterans Hospital
Brooks Adair 66 year old retired school principal of 503 S Kana what St remains in serious condition at the Veterans Administration Hospital.
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Brooks Adair
S. Kanawha St
Veterans Administration Hospital
Bold Buick LeSabre G3 Offer Draws Car Buyers In
A car advertisement touts the Buick LeSabre G3 with full size room for six and a 402 cubic inch turbine option. It highlights safety features like finned aluminum front brakes and Advanced Thrust engineering, while promising killer trade-ins and a low price around $2869 before taxes and extras.
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Buick
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Mabscott Lodge
Raleigh County Medical Society
Raleigh County Health Department
Medical Pro
County Group
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Virginia
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