Four Cities to Represent At Seventh Day Adventist Meet
Delegates from Princeton Bluefield Lewisburg and Beckley will attend an all day fall session at Beckley Seventh day Adventist Church starting 10 a.m. Dr Adlai Esteb of Washington DC will be guest speaker and editor of Go magazine. Welfare topics and holiday relief efforts dominate the agenda.
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West Virginia
Beckley
Seventh-day Adventist Church
South Central Association of Adventist Dorcal Welfare Societies
Princeton
Bluefield
Lewisburg
Jennings Street
Adlai Esteb
Washington, D. C
Home Missionary and Welfare Department
General Conference of
Seventh-day Adventists
Stephen Paully
Welfare Department
Mary Cowling
South Central Federation Adventist Dorcas Societies
Paully
Marlo Fralick
Point Pleasant
Grafton
Council Approves Campbell Court Alley Right of Way Plan
City Council approved a settlement with Campbell Court property owners over alley right of way to the Municipal Parking Lot. The proposal requires the city to build two walls on abutting property, and to report to owners for final agreement.
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Campbell Court
William File Jr
File
Employers Service Corporation
A. K. Minter
Council
Clarence L. Bibb
Beckley area insured licenses issued and industry moves
Raleigh and one Fayette county resident were among those licensed Monday as insurance agents and solicitors. State figures list Juanita Cook Fannie Maud Lilly Edna Mullens Willa Mullens Beckley as accident health licensees, with Paul E. Lynch and J N Jacobs licensed for auto insurance. Creed Russell resigns as Beckley State Police radio chief to start private radio repair shop in Glen Morgan, Ester Wills succeeds him. Conrad C Stowers announces Tire Retreading Institute affiliation for Beckley Tire and Rubber Co. New Gilmer Long Keystone Service Station opens on Harper Road with Top Value Stamps. Beckley stores plan redemption center. Gene Lusk tops Charleston district for Prudential. Marie Fink sells Hub Vogue interests. Five Beckley residents attend Southern States Cooperative stockholders meeting in Richmond.
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Raleigh
Fayette
Thomas J. Gillooly
Juanita Cook
Fannie Maud Lilly
Beckley
Edna Mullens
Willa Lea Mullens
Paul E. Lynch
J. N. Jacobs
Fayetteville
Creed Russell
Company D
West Virginia
Russell
Glen Morgan
Ester Wills
Tire
Conrad C. Stowers
Beckley Tire and Rubber Co
Stowers
TRI
Marie Fink
Fink
Richmond
Southern States Cooperative
O. A. Akers
Daniels
Richard Snuffer
G. W. Harris
Shady Spring
Donnie Moorefield
Transfer Moves Rayburn Thomp to Kingsport Store
Rayburn Thomp transferred from the Beck ley Montgomery Ward Store to another Kingsport Tennessee location last week amid staff changes and store realignment.
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Beckley Montgomery Ward
Kingsport
Tenn
Rayburn Thomp
Pickus to Open Women’s Apparel Store in Charleston
James and Emmanuel Pickus of Beckley plan to lease a Charleston building formerly the Mens and Boys Shop which is closing. They own the Quality Shop in Beckley and intend to remodel the site for a women’s apparel store in Charleston.
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Charleston
James
Emmanuel Pickus
Beckley
Mens and Boys Shop
Pickus
Services Friday For Mrs Corona Crum
Funeral services for Mrs Takie Corona Crum who died at 5 30 Tuesday at Pinecrest Sanitar ium will be held Friday at 2 p m at the Silver Creek Baptist Church Crum with Rev A C Varney officiating Burial will be at Low Gap Cemetery Crum Mrs Corona 38 was preceded in death by her husband John in 1954
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Takie Corona
Crum
Pinecrest Sanitarium
Silver Creek Baptist Church
A. C. Varney
Low Gapt
Terminal Construction To Begin at Mabscott
A new terminal for Point Express Inc. will be built at Mabscott to serve the area. Construction starts within two weeks, measuring 100 by 40 feet with docks on both sides. The facility will employ seven or eight workers, with a weekly payroll of 700 to 800 dollars.
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Point Express Inc
Mabscott
H. V. Waybright
Mabscott Recorder
Waybright
Schools Closed Two Days Thanksgiving Week
Raleigh County School children will be out of school all day Thursday and Friday in observance of Thanksgiving. The board of education office will remain closed Thanksgiving day only, according to Superintendent D. W. Bryson.
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Raleigh County
Board of Education
D. W. Bryson
Over $2,000 Donated In Seal Campaign
The Tuberculosis Christmas Seal Sale has raised over $2,000 of a $10,000 goal this season. Mrs. C. C. Sanders, executive secretary of the county TB and Health Association Office, notes current totals are higher than last year. The drive continues through Christmas.
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C. C. Sanders
County
TB and Health Association
Meanest thief candidates haunt Beckley area
Police report two thefts spanning Sunday to Monday night. At Morton Reeves Elementary School a burglary left milk and bread taken from lunch program supplies. no cash vanished. At St Francis de Sales Church a $10 to $15 money box was stolen from a steel sacristy safe, with hinges pried after failed lock attempts.
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Morton Reeves
Thelves
St. Francis de Sales Catholic
Two admit Fayette robbery and Kayo service station heist
A duo confessed to the November 14 Beard's Fork robbery of Boyd Hurley and the November 15 Kayo Service Station robbery in Daniels. Albert Barker and D R Long, ex-Beckley residents, are held in Raleigh County Jail on 2500 dollar bonds each. They will be turned over to Fayette County for prosecution after Raleigh County cases are finished. Mrs Terry Batulewich, of Cleveland, Ohio, accompanying them, has been released from custody with county departure conditions. State Police in Beckley released photos of the suspects to Cleveland authorities.
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Boyd Hurley
Beard’s Fork
Fayette County
Hurley
Albert Darrell Barker
D. R. Long
Raleigh
Beckley State Police
Cleveland
Four Forfeit Bonds At Beckley Police Court
Four persons failed to appear at Monday night's Beckley Police Court session and forfeited bonds totaling 71 dollars. Corbet H. Mills of Mabscott forfeited 20 dollars for not appearing to face a speeding charge. Three others forfeited 17 dollars each on drunkenness charges.
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Beckley
Corbet H. Mills
Mabscott
Raleigh Mountain Dies in Hospital
Joanne Richmond, twenty, of East Gulf, died at Huntington hospital at 4 a.m. after an extended illness. She lived with her grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. H. M. Armbrister, for several years. She was daughter of Mrs. H. M. Farmer and the late Carl Richmond. Survivors include one sister, Mrs. S. E. Clemons, and two brothers, Donald and Jimmy, both in the U. S. Air Force. The body will remain at Keyser Funeral Home pending funeral arrangements.
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Joanne Richmond
East Gulf
Huntington
H. M. Armbrister
H. M. Farmer
Carl Richmond
S. E. Clemons
Donald
Jimmy
U. S. Air Force
Keyser Funeral
Fatal illness claims Garten resident Herman Witt
Herman Happy Witt aged 56 of Garten died early today at Oak Hill Hospital after an extended illness. Surviving are his wife Myrtle Witt a son Lawrence Buffalo New York a daughter Susie Witt Institute two sisters Mrs Aliia Sawyer and Mrs Elva Singletary both of New York City three brothers Richard Charlton Frank Garten Walter New York City. The body is at the Ritchie and Johnson Funeral Home pending funeral arrangements.
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Herman
Happy” Witt
Garten
Oak Hill
Myrtle Witt
Lawrence
Buffalo
N. Y
Susie Witt
Institute
Aliia Sawyer
Elva Singletary
New York City
Richard
Charleston
Frank
Walter
Ritchie and Johnson Funeral Home
Lester Woman Succumbs at 67 in Lester
Mrs. Minne Florence Merchant of Lester aged 67 died at her home early today. The body is at Richie and Johnson Funeral Home with arrangements incomplete.
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Minne Florence Merchant
Lester
Richie and Johnson Funeral Home
Youth Sermon Delivered by 12 Year Old Leonard Atkins
The MacArthur Church of God will host a sermon at 7 15 p m Friday delivered by Leonard Atkins a 12 year old youth member of Bradley Church of God The Rev Otis Clyburn serves as pastor at MacArthur church
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Bradley
MacArthur Church of God
Leonard Atkins
Bradley Church of God
Otis Clyburn
MacArthur Church
Bible Reading Set From Thanksgiving to Christmas
Millions of Americans of many faiths join in daily Bible reading from Thanksgiving to Christmas in the 12th Worldwide Bible Reading observance led by the American Bible Society. Beckley pastor Dr. A J Cook urged participation, with readings planned for each day across denominations.
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The
American Bible Society
A. J. Cook
Beckley
Jesus Christ
Blue Ridge Memorial Gardens
Bradley
Churches Rally Behind Alderson-Broaddus Funding Drive
Eight Beckley area Baptist churches met at First Baptist Church to launch the Alderson-Broaddus College Development Program. Speakers D. Boone Dawson and Dr. Richard E Shearer discussed enrollment growth and a $255,000 campaign for a library and stabilization fund, with Kermit Locke named local campaign chair.
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Beckley
Alderson-Broaddus
D. Boone Dawson
Charleston
Richard E. Shearer
First Baptist Church
Dawson
American Baptist Convention
West Virginia
Kermit Locke
Crab Orchard
Shirley Donnelly
W. F. Epling
Mose Pitzer
B. K
East Beckley Memorial
W. H. Buckhannon
Nimitz
Oliver Tedder
D. R. Deeds
J. P. Farley
Sophia
Arlie C. Mitcham
Daniel Barker
Roger Sharp
T. N. Thurman
James Neal
Thursday Menus Include Works and Thanksgiving Fare
In Raleigh County institutions interned and jailed residents will share the holiday meal. At Raleigh General Beckley VA Pinecrest Sanitarium and the county jail the Thanksgiving menu includes roast turkey dressing cranberry sauce potatoes rolls pumpkin pie candy nuts and coffee tea or milk in the traditional style.
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Raleigh General
Beckley
Beckley Veterans Administration
Pinecrest Sanitarium
Winding Gulf Mines Output Shows Increase
Twenty one mines in the Winding Gulf District produced 144.8 percent more tons in the week ending Nov 21, rising from 112,569 tons by 19 mines the prior year. Pocahontas district totals for Nov 12 reached 487,997 tons a 5.2 percent drop. Cumulative year to date outputs stand at 5,975,733 for Winding Gulf and 22,943,889 for Pocahontas.
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Winding Gulf
Pocahontas
Tin Cans Used 700000 Tons Of Steel In 1954
Nearly 700000 tons of steel were used to manufacture tin cans for beer and soft drinks in the United States during 1954. This large volume reflects continued demand for metal packaging in the mid twentieth century and signals the scale of the beverage container industry at the time.
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United States
Drama Election Slated Nov 29 For WV Historical Drama Assoc
A nominating committee for the West Virginia Historical Drama Association will meet November 29 at 4 p.m. in the Chamber of Commerce office to name candidates for president vice president secretary and treasurer and to select successors to the board if needed. Members named to the committee are Waldo LaFon Hulette C Smith and Charles Hodel.
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West Virginia Historical Drama Association
Chamber of Commerce
Board of Directors
Waldo LaFon
Hulette C. Smith
Charles Hodel
Divorces Granted in Raleigh County Court Ruling
Final divorce decrees were issued Tuesday in Raleigh County Circuit Court Judge Norman Knapp's orders. Hazel Courey was granted divorce from Frederick Courry with custody of two children awarded to the mother. General Grant Cooper was granted divorce from Lena Irene Cooper, Lena Irene Epperly restored as maiden name.
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Raleigh County Circuit Court
Norman Knapp
Hazel Courey
Frederick Courry
Grant Cooper
Lenan Irene Cooper
Lena Irene Epperly
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Gene Lusk
Prudential Insurance Co. of America
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S. Fayette St
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