East Park street plans clash over dead end routes
East Park residents and parents from East Park Elementary pressed City Council to close a Broadway Street section for a playground and to open Kessinger Street for vehicle access. The plan awaits Planning and Zoning Commission review with landowner consent blocking progress. A $3,000 improvement estimate was cited for Kessinger Street.
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East Park Street
East Park Elementary School
Broadway Street
Planning and Zoning Commission
PZC
A. A
Buck” Ross
PIC
East Park
Kessinger Street
Streetssioner
D. E. Warden
Mabscott Mayor Seeks Clarification on Supervisory Powers
Mabscott Mayor Waybright pressed for an official ruling on his supervisory authority over appointees and duties of mayoral office. The attorney general answered three questions via Sparacino’s letter, but key issue of mayoral powers remains unresolved without a Mabscott charter.
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Mabscott
H. V. Waybright
Atty
C. Donald Robertson
Waybright
Council
Raleigh
Anthony J. Sparacino
Sparacino
Charleston
Robertson
James Sparacino
Anthony Sparacino
Parent's Role In Teenage Dating Studied
Parent guides teens through dating years with rules on curfews steady dating and transport, featuring Thelma C. Purtell author of a Parents League of New York guide. Natalie Wood profile examines pressures of early stardom at 23 and life lessons. Also The Power of Siren: Prayer by Will Oursler and Family Weekly’s holiday recipes riddles and jokes for kids.
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Family Weekly
Thelma C. Purtell
Parents League of New York
Natalie Wood
Will Oursler
Court Seeks State Plan for Stephen's Branch Lake
The Raleigh County Court asked the Department of Natural Resources to provide a master plan to turn Stephen's Branch Lake into a first class park and resort. Project Engineer Bob Davis and Commissioner John Ward will discuss with the department. Davis cited land clearing work at the dam site and potential use of McGraw Brothers Contractors under a supplemental agreement.
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Raleigh
Department of Natural Resources
Sephen’s Branch
Bob Davis
John Ward
Davis
Anthony Sparacino
McGraw Brothers
H. G. Farmer
Aid
Birmingham
Ala
Alabama
David Abrams
Military men in the news at home and overseas
Military men in the news at home and overseas include Pfc Charles W Bryant in Bremerhaven Germany qualifying for expert marksman duties with a pistol. He is with the 59th Military Police Company at the Army Port of Embarkation in Bremerhaven and is a Fayetteville resident.
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Oceana
Bremerhaven
Germany
Charles W. Bryant
Helen
Court St
Fayetteville
Charles F. Bryant
Route 1
59Th Military Police
Army
Fort Jackson
S. C
Fayetteville High School
Wackernheim
Fort Knox
Glen Rogers High School
Far East
Seoul
Korea
James C. Quesenberry
Jess R. Quesenberry
Glen Morgan
First Cavalry Division
19Th Artillery
Woodrow Wilson High School
How Often Is Indigestion Caused By Indiscretions
Dr. Harold T. Hyman explains indigestion often stems from personal choices rather than organ failure. The piece lists common “digestive crimes” like overloaded meals, poor quality food, roughage excess, overseasoning, and rushing chewing, urging readers to reform habits unless clear organic disease is present.
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Harold Thomas Hyman
Newspaper Enterprise Assn
Landslide Blocks Traffic Near Helen In Montana
A state road crew cleared a large landslide near Helen, Montana, blocking traffic while removing 50 tons of rock and mud. Reedie Bryant, SRC supervisor, said the crew of three trucks an end loader and an air compressor worked through Monday night and Tuesday to reopen one lane.
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State Road Commission
Helen
Reedie Bryant
SRC
Bryant
Dental Society Meet Set This Afternoon
The New River Dental Society will meet at 2:30 p.m. Wednesday at the Elks Club with C. T. Mc Henry of Charleston as speaker. McHenry, executive secretary of the West Virginia Dental Society, will address the group on the operations of the state organization.
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New River Dental Society
Elks Club
C. T. McHenry
Charleston
McHenry
The
West Virginia Dental Society
Twelve Seek Work at Beckley Employment Office
Twelve applicants filed for work at the Beckley office of Employment Security on Thursday. The list includes three sales clerks a waitress a fry clerk a salesman a bulldozer operator a truck driver a brick mason a carpenter and two mine foremen.
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Beckley Office of Employment — Security
SA Cadets To Attend Corps Council In Va
The Beckley Salvation Army Corp sponsors eight cadets to a corps council in Roanoke Virginia this weekend. Major Mary McVicker and assistant Elizabeth Marcum of Huntington will accompany the group. Cadets include Sammy Massie 16 Sharon Taylor 15 Mary Rogers 14 Sandra James 14 Susan Meade 14 Linda Gunnee 12 Linda Miller 14 and Shirley Pack 13 all from Beckley or nearby areas.
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Beckley Salvation Army Corp
Roanoke
Mary McVicker
Beckley Corp
Elizabeth Marcum
Huntington
Sammy Massie
Fairdale
Sharon Taylor
Mabscott
Mary Rogers
Mount Tabor
Sandra, James
Beckley
Susan Meade
East Beckley
Linda Gunn
Landfill Lease Proposed for Rhodell Area by State Parks
Carson Kelly, sanitary engineer for state parks, presented a lease for a landfill to be constructed in the Rhodell area, two acres in the Stonecoal Section, on land owned by the Winding Gulf Coals Co. The measure outlines terms for development and occupancy of the site.
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Carson Kelly
State Parks
Rhodell
Stonecoal
Yee
Winding Gulf Coals Cc
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Stansbury Street
City Council
Whitestick
Kessinger
Charles Bandy
Sour Street
Stephen's Branch
Bank of Raleigh
Abrams
Guy Rumberg
Glade-Pinch Trout Association
ADC
Tre
Harold Hanks
Hanks
Mikel Griffith
Department of Welfare
By Peggy Kessinger
21St Artillery
Dennis H. Graham
Herbert Graham
Guyandotte Ave
Mullens
Lake
William H. Cave
Roy Cave
S. Fayette St
Eighth Cavalry
Robert M. Whisenant
Horace W. Whisenant
U. S. Naval Receiving Station
Archie L. Sears
Albert C. Sears
Stamford
82Nd Airborne Division
Fort Bragg
N. C
John E. Estep
James A. Estep
S. Kanawha St
West Virginia Institute of Technology
Gretchen
Logan
Sears
Estep
Dr. Hyman
Raleigh Register
Dept. B
Radio City
New York
N.Y
Dental Society
Wey
J. W. Dant
Empire
Ashland
Empire Wall
Empire Radiant
Ashland Oil & Refining Company
Clifford
Sprague
West Virginia
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