Beckley public meeting on epic drama to feature national experts
A public meeting in Beckley will discuss the West Virginia Historical Drama project with panelists Dr. Kermit Hunter T. E. Cronk and Dr. Samuel Selden. The event, sponsored by the West Virginia Historical Drama Association, includes a reception dinner at the Beckley Hotel and a Sunday tour to Grandview State Park.
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Beckley
Memorial Building
West Virginia Historical Drama Association
Kermit Hunter
Hollins College
Roanoke
T. E. Cronk
Berea
Samuel Selden
Department of
Tic Art
University of North Carolina
Chapel Hill
Julian Williams
Association
J. E. Otto
A. H. Wilson
Beckley Hotel
Grandview State Park
Local Attorney Attacks Democrats at Raleigh YRC Meeting
Robert J. Ashworth, a Raleigh attorney, criticized local and state Democratic governments during the Raleigh Young Republican Club session. Cleo Jones, Republican nominee for Congress, urged support for Eisenhower and a Republican Congress, with other GOP figures speaking on state and local races. The YRC endorsed Eugene Scott for a fourth House of Delegates seat. Jones criticized the Truman and Byrd era policies and state practices. Harold Miller apologized for banner access near the council headquarters.
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Raleigh
Young Republican Club
Robert J. Ashworth
Cleo Jones
Congress
Sixth
Eisenhower
Holt Byrne
Summers County
YRC
Eugene Scott
House of Delegates
Ashworth
West Virginia
Robert Mollohan
Marland
Robert Byrd
Jones
Byrd
Truman
Jones Onj
Help
Statehouse
Harold Miller
Beckley
Council
Republican Party
Jaycees Challenge Council On Annexation Petitions
Beckley Jaycees will ask city council how it will handle annexation petitions recently filed by the Jaycees. Emile Hodel, head of the annexation campaign, said no council action has yet been taken. The meeting also covered the Get Out the Vote Campaign and heard Frances Murry of the Chesapeake and Potomac Telephone Co. discuss the native dial system. Ian White of Charleston is to attend a state Jaycees meeting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Beckley
Chamber of Commerce
Jaycees
Emile Hodel
Frances Murry
Chesapeake and Potomac Telephone Co
Ian White
Charleston
Raleigh County
Jess Williiams
Harry Oliver Cooper
Dale Buckland
Alberta Hunter
Albert Brown
van Carlton Allison
Gordon Hunte
George Scott Wilson
Andrew Waller Jackson
Hughes Family Receives Fire Relief Funds From Sophia Residents
The Hughes Fund committee in Sophia voted to give Cecil Hughes’s family 783.09 collected locally plus 33.20 from an insurance payout to fund a new home. Cecil Hughes, critically ill with heart trouble, had been moved to a brother’s home in Coal City after the blaze.
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Sophia
RNS
Cecil Hughes
Hughes Fund
Hughes
Beckley
Blake Hughes
Coal City
J. W. Sexton
Joe F. Carnahan
James L. Salyers
Steve Sokola
Mike Basham
Sophia Contractor
Virginia Woman Dies in Hospital
Mrs Dismal V Rimmer 4 Richlands Va died in a local hospital at 1243 a m Tuesday after several weeks illness Cause of death was listed as carcinoma She is survived by her husband Eli Rimmer The body will be removed from Webb and Quesenberry Funeral Home to Richlands Va today
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Dismal V. Rimmer
Richlands
Orea
Eli Rimmer
Webb and Quesenberry
Social Security Office Schedule and Raleigh County Caravan
A Beck ley Social Security representative will visit Oak Hill Hinton Ansted and Whitesville on specified dates to aid old age and survivors insurance claims and disability inquiries. The Crusade Caravan led by Chap Chapman Revercomb Cecil Underwood will tour Raleigh County on Oct. 20 with 39 plus cars expected and plans for a decorated-car prize.
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Beckley Social Security Office
Oaks Hill
Hinton
Department of Public Assistance Office
Ansted
Town Hall
Whitesville
John Lubich
Mount View
Oto Am
Chapman Revercomb
Cecil Underwood
Raleigh County
Lubich
Young Republican Club
Valley Drive
The
Young Republican Club Ad
Raleigh County Health Clinics Offer Wells Preschool Visits
The Raleigh County Health Department schedules two baby clinics this week for well pre school children and infants. Dr C A Smith leads the Wednesday session from 10 am to noon by appointment at the Health Department. A second clinic at Slab Fork on Friday 11 am to 1 pm at Dr Lewis N Fox’s office will provide general examinations. Revival services begin today at Wesleyan Chapel Church Johnstown Road with Rev R E Thompson and evangelist Rev Dr W Fossit of Louisville. Services start 7 30 pm with nightly singing. public invited.
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Raleigh County Health Defecti
Health Department
C. A.smith
Slab Fork
Lewis N. Fox
Wesleyan Chapel
Johnstown Road
R. E. Thompson
W. Fossit
Louisville, Ky
New Pain Shrinking Piles Remedy Claims Cure
A new healing substance named Bio-Dyne discovered by a renowned research institute reportedly shrinks hemorrhoids and relieves pain without surgery. Presented as Preparation 1 in suppository or ointment form, the product promises dramatic reductions and offers a money back guarantee through druggists nationwide.
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New York, MV
Wreck Victims Hold Thursday Joint Services
Funeral services are set for Harry L. Dews and Edward Anderson both 19 of McAlpin who died in a Friday night car crash. Services at McAlpin Community Church Thursday at 2 p.m. with multiple pastors and Eldress Dunlap assisting. Burial in Greenwood Memorial Park Beckley. Dews survived by parents, three sisters, six brothers, and a Navy brother. Anderson survived by parents, three brothers and a sister, maternal grandparents of Mount Airy.
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Harry L. Dews
Edward Anderson
McAlpin
McAlpin Community Church
Bs theRev
S.A. Abrams
M. M. Mitchell
W. M. Jones
S. A. Simms
Louise’ Dunlap
Greenwood ‘Memorial Park
Beckley
Dews
iMr
Howard Dews Sr
Yvonne Coleman
Loch Kelly
Norma Lee Dews
Amelia Ann Dews
Howard Jr
Gary
Alfred Eugene
Richard Earl
Charles Jamies
Andrew
William Edward
U. S. Navy
Yorktown
George Spencer
Posy Lee Schoolfield
James Price
Joan Amey
Eiddie Taomas
Gene Pemberton
Clarence Schoolfield
LeRoy Sorrell
Ritchie and Johnson
Anderson
Herman Anderson
James Anderson d
Bluefield State College
Herman Thomas and
Earl of
Lillian Anderson
Vester Penn
Mount Airy
N.C
Eugene Schoolfield
Fred Golstein
Philip Broadnax
Henry Carter Jr
Levi Daniels Jr
Stanley Daniels
Wright
Infant Rites Held for Son of Mr and Mrs Edward Price
Graveside rites were to be held at noon today for the infant son of Mr and Mrs Thomas Edward Price of Stotesbury who died in a local hospital yesterday. The body is at the C. D. Trent Funeral Home.
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Thomas Edward Price
Stotesbury
C. D. Trent
Beltone Hearing Glasses Hailed On Coast to Coast Broadcast
Chicago report announces Beltone Hearing Glasses a cordless glasses model that hides deafness. A tiny tube carries sounds from a power hearing aid inside one temple. Gabriel Heatter urges readers with hearing problems to request a free informative book from Beltone.
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Chicago
Gabriel Heatter
Heatter
Beltone
Heaiter
36Th St
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Bill E. Fink
Lacy G. Lilly
Roy Hodge
Jennings Campbell
Thomas Maloney
Carl Lester
Rush D. Roark
Patty W. Bragg
Homer M. Moore Jr
Watfield
Worix
Prank Garrett
Wyatt EB. Gregory
Virgil Lemon Jr
Foster N. Thompson
Robert Senith
Bert Gravely
Gene Leachman
Jennings A. Campbell
Charles Wvyes
David
Sam Crigger
James Cantrell
Alexander Covington
Virgil Adkins
Raymond Koots
Lawrence
Paul
Bernard Coleman
Percy Lilly
Sherlock
Olympia
Wash
State Auditor’s Office
Sherlock G. Holmes
McCreery Bridge
Houchins Manufacturing Co
Be Road
Charles Corkrean
Beck
Jey
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Aapaca Hut Foods
Bee Thene
Beckley Furniture
Neville
RCA Estate Gas
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