Raleigh County PTA Council names secretary and sets meetings
Mrs. Bertha Gill of Raleigh will serve as secretary of the Raleigh County Council of Parent-Teacher Associations for the next year, succeeding Mrs. D. D. Williams who resigned due to family illness and heavy school work. The group shifted meeting dates to the third Monday each month and scheduled an Oct. 16 session at Montreal-Stickney School. Wayne Pettry was retained as treasurer, Woodrow Darnell urged faithful attendance, and dues were set by membership level. The council plans notional PT A activities and sent Darnell to the State PTA Council conference in Huntington October 18 to 20.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bertha Gill
Raleigh
Raleigh County
Montreal - Stickney School
Wayne Pettry
Beckley College
Woodrow Darnell
PTA
Atend
C. D. Rayhill
Zane Lilly
Dewey Bone Jr
H. W. Greene
Sue Miller
Norval Cook
Maxwell Hill Rd
Darnell
National Pta Congress
PTA Council
Huntington
Wanted: Reliable party to assume weekly furniture payments
A reliable party is sought to take over payments of $3.00 weekly for an 8 piece bedroom suite including dresser mirror bookcase bed chest mattress springs and pillows. Also seeks a responsible person to assume $1.50 weekly for a 5 piece dinette set and $3.00 weekly for a 7 piece living room set with sofa bed chair two end tables coffee table and two lamps.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dinette
Christmas Lighting Needs Support in Beckley
Beckley Business Bureau reports last year’s Christmas lighting program drew 2,228 from 82 merchants out of 200 potential contributors. Eight donors were outside the lighted area, three from outside the city, highlighting why support is low and the program remains disputed. The BBB meets at 9:30 a.m. Thursday to discuss lighting plans for the season.
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Beckley Business Bureau
Bureau
Clarence Bibb
Bibb
BBB
Ministers push Sabbath day sales oppose Sunday openings
Beckley Area Ministerial Association plans a resolution opposing Sunday openings, to be discussed at a Beckley Business Bureau meeting led by president Clarence Bibb. Bibb says enforcement is limited and suggests extending minimum wage rules to curb Sunday work. a Thanksgiving service at First Christian Church was also voted. Next BBB meeting set for November 6.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Beckley Area Ministerial Association
Beckley Business Bureau
Clarence Bibb
Bibb
BBB
Bureau
Burreau
Fairmont
State Supreme Court
Congress
Temperance Committee
Ministerial Association
First Christian Church
Raleigh County Civil Defense push aims to boost training
Raleigh County civil defense director Paul Fourney urged county residents to engage in training, calling for 40 to 80 hours of course work and 10 hours of first aid per family. He warned that in a nuclear disaster citizens must self protect, stock fall out shelters, radios, water and medical supplies while volunteers monitor food stocks and radio signals. An expected 200,000 evacuees could seek shelter, with schools and households sharing responsibility. A follow up meeting with classes is planned for next Monday night.
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Raleigh
Paul Fourney
Raleigh County
Fourney
John Saunders
West Virginia Judicial Association Meet Dates Set in Beckley
Raleigh County Circuit Court Judge Norman Knapp and Beckley Mayor Cecil L. Miller greet attendees at the 25th annual West Virginia Judicial Association meeting to be held in Beckley October 19 and 20, overlapping the State Bar sessions. Highlights include panel discussions on Rules of Civil Procedure, proposed Article VIII revisions, and judges’ selection debates, with memorials and officer elections to conclude.
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Raleigh County
Norman Knapp
Beckley
Cecil L. Miller
West Virginia Judicial Association
State Bar
Chauncey Browning
Association
Supreme Court
Frank C. Haymond
A. G. Stone
Charleston
Brooks B. Callaghan
Richwood
John W. Hereford
Huntington
James G. McClure
Wheeling
Martyn E. Lugar
WVU
Robert T. Donley
Morgantown
West Virginia
Missouri
William J. Thompson
Intermediate Court
Kanawha County
Pla
Donald F. Black
Parkersburg
K. K. Hall
Madison
Oliver D. Kessel
Ripey
Lee Silverstein
University F of Pittsburgh
Joint Committee For
U. S. Supreme Court
Tom Ce. Clark
Robert H. C. Kay
Herbert W. Richardson
West Virginia Council of
Criminal Court
Harry L. McCreery
Clarence W. Meadows
Tenth Judicial Circuit
Frank L. Taylor
Cyrus W. Hall
Moose Hearing Screening Project Nearing Reality
The Beckley Moose Lodge and Women of the Moose near a hearing screening program. Joint meeting of Woman's Chapter 822 and Moose Lodge 1606 discussed testing equipment and operator training, with Elgin M. Hall named project chair for the hearing program.
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Beckley Moose Lodge
Women of the Moose
Woman’s Chapter
Moose Lodge
Richard W. Goodwin
Beckley Lodge
Jean Watters
Anna Williams
The
Moose
A. J. O’neal
Herbert Cohen
Goodwin
Frank Ubeda Jr
William Campbell
Janice Phillips
Elgin M. Hall
Watters
O'Neal
D. B. Shumate
Dillard Todd
Magdaline Humphreys
Cohen
Ubeda
Fourteen Seek Jobs at Beckley Office
Fourteen persons filed applications for work at the Beckley Office of Employment Security Friday. They included a reporter, billing clerk, cook, pharmacist, gas appliance serviceman, auto mechanic, carpenter helper, dump truck driver, stock boy, tree surgeon, bulldozer operator, two construction laborers and a coal cutting machine man. A total of 32 persons were placed in local employment by the Beckley office last week.
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Beckley
Beckley League Plans State Officer Visit
Mrs. A. H. Van Landingham of Morgantown, president of the League of Women Voters of West Virginia, will visit Beckley League for a 6 30 p m linner meeting at Bowl Wick Restaurant. Reservations for the full league meeting can be made by calling Mrs. L. E. Maloney or Mrs. Alfreda Edgell. All interested in joining the organization are invited, said Mrs. John Gorsica.
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A. H. van Landingham
Morgantown
League of Women Voters of
West, Virginia
Beckley League
Linner
Bowl Wick
L. E. Maloney
Alfreda Edgell
John Gorsica
East Park PTA Plans Meeting At 7 P.M.
The East Park Elementary School Parent-Teacher Association will hold its first regular meeting at 7 p.m. today in the school. President Charles Bandy said all parents of students are welcome to attend.
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East Park
Charles Bandy
Slab Fork Team Drops Out Of National Contest
In Charleston UPI report from the National First Aid and Mine Rescue Contest 55 teams compete as Slab Fork Coal Co. withdraws when a member tires during a simulated rescue. Gov Barrow praises safety effort as Armco Steel also faces a drop per team. Winners announced Wednesday evening.
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Charleston
UPI
Civic Center
W. W. Barron
Manind
Barron
Manuel Acord
Slab Fork Coal Co
Armco Steel Corp
Virginia
Ohio
Kentucky
Indiana
Pennsylvania
West Virginia
Island Steel Co
Wheelwright
Harrison Sparks
Sparks
U. S. Bureau For Mines
Lucky Shopper Passes Up World Series Trip
Mrs Datus Lively of 209 Hartley Ave won Beckley Bargain Days grand prize two World Series tickets and travel expenses but will stay home to watch on television. She and her husband are employed with two children in school and will take 150 dollars in expenses plus ticket value instead of traveling. The opening game tickets would be sold or returned to the Cincinnati box office, according to Beckley Newspapers Advertising Manager Joe Ressa.
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Beckley
Datus Lively
Hartley Ave
Beckley Newspapers Corp
Beckley Retail
Lively
Veterans Administration Hospital
Beckley Newspapers
Joe Ressa
Cincinnati
Ressa
4 H Club Reschedules Organizational Meet
The Starfighters 4 H Club Beck ley reorganizes postponing the meeting to Tuesday Oct 10 at Mrs Victoria Bradshaws home 121 Sour St All members and potential members are urged to attend The text notes mine rescue practice and rope life lines with teams from Bethleham Mines Benham Ky I U S teel Lynch I Harmar Library Pa U S Steel Frick District Uniontown Clinchfield Dante Va and Gary McDowell County.
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Starfighters 4-H Club
Beckley
Victoria Bradshaw
Sour St
Virgil Bradshaw
Bethlehem Mines Corp
Bethlehem Mines Corp. No
Jenkins, Ky
International Harvester No
Benham
U. S. Steel Lynch
Lynch, Ky
Harmar Coal Co
Library
U. S. Steel Frick
Uniontown
Clinchfield Coal Co
Dante, Va
U. S. Steel No. 3
Gary
McDowell County
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Lewisburg
Midway
P.O
Fairlea
West
MR. Woody
Tomchin
Moran Avenue
Mullens
W. Va
Scores
Herbert Schwarz
Jim
McDaniel
Beckley - Winn
Benjamin F. Farrell
Moundsville
Browning
Ered Deen
Seagram
Seagran Qibtillers Company
New York City
Main
East Park Pta
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