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Newspaper
Raleigh Register
Location
Beckley, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Nov 15, 1965
Page
7
Area barbers report the decline of store bought shaves due to population loss and advertising. J A Payne notes customers try brands and shave themselves. A weekly barber shop share averages 30 people, with some shops discontinuing shaves. Shaves now cost 65 cents on weekdays and 75 cents Saturdays.
Beckley Civitan volunteers launched their annual fruit cake sale at a dinner meeting led by James B. Kessinger, aiming to sell about 5000 pounds over Thanksgiving and Christmas. Proceeds fund equipment for the local football league’s five midget teams.
Roger D. Morris of Beckley has been promoted to airman first class in the Air Force. He serves as a missile guidance mechanic at Elmendorf AFB, Alaska, with the Alaskan Air Command guarding major northwest aerial approaches. He attended Woodrow Wilson High and studied at the University of Alaska. his wife Karen is the daughter of Ben Wooten of Washington.
Acme Construction Co. completed paving of the lower portion of the Municipal Building parking lot on Thursday under a City Council contract from last August. The city paid $1,247. The unpaved section was left for settlement during construction and was prepared for blacktopping last month.
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