Mentalist Dr Conrad to Perform Monday in Beckley
A two hour show by Dr Conrad the mentalist and hypnotist and his company comes to the Soldiers and Sailors Memorial Building Beckley Monday at 8 p.m. under Babe Ruth League sponsorship. The program features second sight demonstrations murder mystery mind reading and radar mind predictions plus Wanda the hypnotist. Proceeds aid paying off a City Park baseball field note.
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Conrad
Soldiers and Sailors Memorial Building
Beckley
Babe Ruth League
Wanda
City Park
Elks Club Dance Aims To Surpass Last Year’s Net
The Elks Club hosts the eighth annual Shoe and Stocking Fund Dance in the city at 9 p.m. with an admission of 3 per couple and aims to exceed last year’s net of over 2000. Proceeds support Raleigh County school children in need, with Miss Mary Louise Klaus and the Junior Department backing the project.
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Elks Club
City
Crescent Elementary School
Parent
Mary Louise Klaus
The
Beckley Woman'shh
Uene Roster
ivdIl
Jan Campbell
Klaus
Raleigh County
Lodge
Raleigh
David Abrams
Wyoming
Lovell Higgins
Evangelistic Meetings Open at Beckley Church
Evangelistic meetings begin today at 7:30 p.m. at Beckley Advent Christian Church 406 Johnstown Road. Speaker Rev WOW Burtt will lead services each evening except Monday through December 9 with Sunday sessions at 11 a.m. and 7:30 p.m. Music provided by local choirs and quartets per Pastor Rev Nelson Hardway.
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Beckley Advent
Powell Services Slated Friday for Mrs Macy Powell
Funeral services will be held Friday at 2 pm at Melton Mortuary Chapel for Mrs Macy Laing Powell who died Tuesday after an illness. Rev J W Witherspoon will officiate. Burial at Sunset Memorial Park. Mrs Powell, of Cincinnati, was formerly Miss Mary Elizabeth Laing, daughter of the late Davids and Mrs Laing Beckley pioneers. Survivors include her husband R Powell of Cincinnati, three stepsons, Edwin of Los Angeles Robert of Suffield Conn and William of Newark N J, five grandchildren, three sisters Sue Laing Jessie Richardson and Agnes Harris, two brothers James R Laing and John R Laing. The body remains at the funeral home. Teen-age Eskimos usually dance. Benjamin Franklin credited with daylight saving time suggestion in 1731.
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Melton Mortuary Chapel
Macy Laing Powell
J. W. Witherspoon
Sunset Memorial Park
Powell
Raleigh’ County
Presbyterian Church
R. Powell
Cincinmati
Edwin Powell
Los Angeles
Calif
Robert Powell
Suffield
Benjamin Franklin
Raleigh County Tuberculosis and Health Assn Holds Tuesday Meeting
A meeting of the Board of Directors of the Raleigh County Tuberculosis and Health Association was held Tuesday night in the Memorial Building. Reports on the association's activities during the past quarter were presented by executive secretary Mrs. C. Sanders.
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The
Raleigh County’ Tuberculosis and Health Association
C. €. Sanders
Beacley Council Votes on Bleachers and Truck Drive
Beckley city council weighs bids to buy new bleachers for Recreation Building and consider a county fire truck plan funded by Civil Defense. Officials push ahead with a fundraising drive while clarifying who will operate the vehicle and housing location at No. 2 Fire Station.
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Halstead
Kessinger
Council
Sopher
Asso
Fire Department
Committee Sonnel
Council Civil Defense Organization
Councillon
Sentative
Ftee
Paul
Beckley
Oba Te
Second Nurse Hired for Raleigh County Schools
Naomi Cole of Beaver was appointed school nurse by the Raleigh County Board of Education at a Tuesday night meeting, filling a vacancy since Maretta Wright’s resignation about two-and-a-half years ago. The board also noted Marion Cook’s continued absence and changed the December meeting date to December 27.
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MaacRaang Yey
Bardin
Meadows
Salvation Acmy
Main and
Fayette Sts
M. B. Tyree
R. WH. Boyce
Naomi Cole
Beaver
Raleigh County Board of Education
Maretta Wright
Viola St. Clair
Cole
Crab
Joe Winner Attends Optometric Meeting in New York
Dr. Joe Winner of Orchard Ave led a participation group from seven states at the Pour Star Forum in Charlotte NY from November 23 to 26. The conference, hosted by Hotel Bartinger, covered public relations, legal affairs, practice management and health care trends with delegates from West Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia, Kentucky, Tennessee and Virginia.
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Joe Winner
Orchard Ave
Charlottee
N. Y
PTA to Request Leasing of Land at Calloway Heights
The Teel Elementary PTA in Calloway Heights votes to ask Raleigh County Board of Education to lease vacant land opposite the school for parking and a baseball diamond. A committee will approach the board to lease the property owned by G C Hedrick and raise funds for books, games, and shades, with any surplus for asphalt court repairs. The group also seeks potential aid for playground equipment repairs.
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Parent-Teacher Association
Teel
Calloway Heights
Raleigh County Board of Education
PTA
G. C. Hedrick
Affinity Man Injured In Cherry Creek Highway Crash
Ira Lee Garten of Affinity, about 40, was injured in a highway crash at 6 15 p.m. on U S 21 when his car hit the rear of a coal truck driven by Elmer Glen Bragg 26 of Coat Ridge. Garten was treated at Beckley Hospital for cuts and facial scratches. Bragg and passenger were uninjured.
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Ira Lee Garten
Affinity
Cherry Creek Dip
U.S
Elmer Glen Bragg
Coat Ridge
Garten
Civitan Club Opens Annual Fruit Cake Sale
The Beckley Civitan Club begins its annual sale of three and five pound fruit cakes in tins. J B Sharp chairs the sale with proceeds funding the club’s welfare projects and fruit cake committee. The sale offers one pound bars, sold in packs, marking the second year of the event.
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Beckley
Challenge For Dr Mays Arew novel by Elizabeth Seifert
Dr Wilkins Smith informs patient Nolen his vertebral cancer requires immediate surgery. Nolen plans to confide in a friend as Mac and Chad hatch a plan to outmaneuver the doctor and keep the operation secret while awaiting the next day. The scene ends with a cliffhanger as Mac and Chad prepare to reveal a scheme.
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Elizabeth Seifert
Elsatyth Seifert
Pormiassha
Dr. Wilkins Smith
Nolen
Abehuh
Wilkins-Smith
Charles Nolen
Noten
Jay
Noren
Pal
Ned McCarthy
bediShot
Rome
Charlie
Wilkins Smith Camel
Mac
McCrillis
Chad
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