Beckley Insurers Accredited and Industry Notes
Beckley agents Doris Ginkel and D B Williamson were accredited by the State Board of Insurance Examiners. Mercer County names include Basham Brown Farley Pendleton and Young. Young becomes Beckley store manager. Be a ver Woman Velvet Herman wins Hotpoint appliances in a contest. James D Rawn attends Farm Bureau conference in New York. Jerry N King earns a television radio servicing diploma. Civil Service announces exams for stenographers typists and engineers. Appalachian Electric Kanawha River plant cited as nation’s most efficient steam electric station in 1953.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Beckley Insurance
State Board of Insurance Examiners
Doris Eleanor Ginkel
D. B. Williamson
Credit Life
Mercer County
Harry P. Basham
Bluefield
Vernon W. Brown Jr
Bill H. Farley
Athens
Tilden Harold Pendleton
Princeton
Rakes Hardware Co
Beaver
Velvet Herman
Beckley
Farm Bureau Insurance Company
New York
James D. Rawn
Orchard Ave
Appalachian Electric Power Company
Kanawha River
Deeds on File and Kanawha River Plant Heat Rate
Records show real estate transfers in Raleigh County including Thomas to Falin and Baker to Harvey with prices around 1 500 to 3 500 dollars. Also listed are transfers to Snyder and Armstrong and others. The Kanawha River power plant near Glasgow, 20 miles above Charleston, is a 430 000 kilowatt two unit facility completed in 1953. Federal Power Commission data rank Kanawha as the nation’s most efficient in 1950s with a 9 170 Btu per kilowatt hour heat rate, ahead of Tanners Creek and Spron plants in 1953 assessments.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John W
Chloie Thomas
J. W
Virginia Falin
Trap Hill
R. Frank
Verna N. Baker
Charles J
Grace A. Harvey
Park Heights
Frank
Ccie B. Massey
Virgil
Doris Webb
Glenn
Marsh Fork
J. H. Lilly Land Co
Robert Jr
Mabel R. Snyder
Beckley Court
Investment Securities Inc
E. D. Armstrong
Mid - City
Charles Frank
Ethel S. Craft
Milton and
Nola Dorsey
Deanfield
Charles Stansbury
Glen Daniel
Federal Power Commission
Glasgow
Kanawha River
Charleston
Kanawha
Tanners Creek
Indiana
Michigan Electric Co
Appalachian's
American Gas and Electric System
Philip Spron
Graham Station
W. Va
Spron
Appalachian and Ohio Power Co
Lunch Supervisor Tours Raleigh County Schools
Miss Wanda Ewing assistant state supervisor of the school lunch program spent Friday visiting Raleigh County schools. She was accompanied by Mrs. Mary L. Scott supervisor of the county lunch program.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wanda Ewing
Raleigh
Mary L. Scott
Health Department Efficiency Doubted in Raleigh County
The Raleigh County Medical Society approved a plan for a standing committee to work with the local Board of Health and County Commission to build a more effective health department. The panel would push for permissive laws to form a five member Board of Health, educate the public on preventive health, and support the county health officer, with Dr Deane F. Brooke leading the committee joined by Drs J R Lewin Duff Daniel Sr Smith and E B Wray.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Raleigh County Medical Society
Board of Health and County Commission
Health Department
E. B. Wray
Medical Society
C. A. Smith
Raleigh County Court
Dr. Smith
S. A. Ford
Medical Society of Health
Ford
Deane F. Brooke
J. R. Lewin
Duff Daniel Sr
Smith
Wray
$50 000 suit against Sophia to be docketed
The Supreme Court declined to docket today a $50,000 damage suit against the town of Sophia in Raleigh County for injuries a child allegedly received while playing on the town dump. The suit, filed on behalf of Cecelia Mae Butterworth, then six, claims she was seriously burned on the refuse heap in June 1953.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charleston
Supreme Court
Sophia
Raleigh County
Cecelia Mae Butterworth
Principals Seek Housing Fix For Beckley Meetings
Raleigh County Secondary Principals Association and Beckley Area Chamber of Commerce plan a December 13 meeting to resolve a hotel shortage for upcoming events. State Secondary Principals Association sets a Beckley convention for late March with limited accommodations, prompting chairmen to seek lodging solutions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Raleigh County Secondary Principals Association
Beckley Area
State Secondary Principals Association
Beckley
C. E. Walker
Raleigh County Association
el Chico
Walker
Chamber
West Virginia High School Athletic Association
Bill Fugitt
The
Athletic Association
Joe Ayers
Beckley Social Security Office
Grocers Elect Don Highlander President in Raleigh County
Don H. Highlander was elected president of the Raleigh County Retail Grocers Assn. at a Monday night meeting at the Greenbrier Dairy. He succeeds John Wesley Smith. James A. Deering was chosen first vice president and D. D. Holliday was re elected secretary. M. V. McCullum became chairman of the board of directors. Appointed directors include J. S. Larrick H. B. Atkinson Glen Pasley Danny Farrow Kermit Boggs J. T. Jarrell French Davis John W. Smith and Al Cole.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Don H. Highlander
Raleigh County Retail Grocers Assn
Greenbrier Dairy
John Wesley Smith
James A. Deering
Cranberry
D. D. Holliday
M. V. McCullum
J. S. Larrick
H. B. Atkinson
Glen Pasley
Danny Farrow
Kermit Boggs
J. T. Jarrell
French Davis
John W. Smith
al Cole
Thanksgiving Talk by Pastor at Lions Club Meeting
Dr. A. H. Wilson, pastor of the First Christian Church, will deliver a Thanksgiving message to the Beckley Lions Club at its meeting at 6:30 p.m. today at El Chico.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. H. Wilson
First Christian Church
Beckley Lions Club
el Chico
Sanitarians Meet On Household Sewage Disposal
Sanitarians from eight counties gathered at the Greenbrier Dairy to study household sewage disposal maintenance. J B Baker demonstrated new sanitary engineering developments at the in service conference. Attendees included Robert A Pack Joseph E Williams F H Leary Roy Rader Z H Legg W R Boothe Harold L Washburn James McComber Virgil H Boyce Reginald Gilmore Dr John Yost D R Lyons Dr E A Cook and trainees at the Public Health Training Center.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
State Health Department
Greenbrier
J. B. Baker
Baker
Joseph Curia
McDowell County
Cincinnati
Robert A. Pack
Wyoming County
Joseph E. Williams
Raleigh County
F. H
John Yost
Mercer County
D. R. Lyons
Division of Sanitary Engineering
E. A. Cook
Fayette County
Public Health Training Center
South Charleston
Nomination of Officers by Raleigh County NAACP
Raleigh County chapter of the NAACP will nominate new officers at 8 p.m. in the Circuit Court room, to be elected later. The 1955 officers will be named as the group plans opening night activities for the 30th anniversary of New Hope Baptist Church in Whipple with Rev. H. C. Craig and several choirs, and later events with Rev. Ed Crawl and other groups. Also noted are 4-H Club activities, PTA meetings, missionary society gatherings, and Thanksgiving services led by Rev. W. N. Harris.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Raleigh County
National Association For the Advancement of Colored People
Circuit Court
New Hope Baptist Church of Whipple
H. C. Craig
Cunard, Wingrove
Minden
William Brown
Ed Crawl
Brooklyn
Harvey
Price Hill
Harlem Heights
Mozelle Jamison
G. C Gilbert
Glen Jean Harper Heights
Page
Derry Hale
Emma Cosby
C. M. Ellis
A. W. Wood
Quinnamont
Thurmond
Ingram Branch
Garten
Mount Hope
Annetta Monroe
Appalachian Electric Power Co
Jean Gazanna
Katherin Griffith
Verna Wood
Dorothy Hairston
Barbara Smith
Eleanor
Missionary Society of the First Baptist Church
West Wickham
Katie Akers
W. N. Harris
Also Mentioned on This Page
Land O'Hills
Robert Holcomb
Rural Development Council
Beckley Insurance Agents
Edgar J. Young
Glenn Ave
L. D. Steele
Beckley Montgomery Ward
Neville St
Young
Kingsport
Tenn
Steele
Elizabethton
Donnie Dean Moorefield
G. C. Turner
Clear Creek
Southern States Cooperative
Richmond
Jerry N. King
Mabscott
Ronda King
DeVry Technical Institute
DeForest's Training, Inc
Chicago
U.S. Civil Service Commission of Examinations
N. H. Dyer
C of C
Wes
Grocers
Don Highlander
LIONS
Wilson
Glenmore
Gotham
Penney
Tinadoreiy
Glenmore Distilleries Company
Owensboro, Kentucky
Penney's
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