Beckley Exhibition Mine Gets National TV Exposure
Beckley officials and mine boosters welcomed a 15 minute television program filmed in the Beckley Exhibition Mine at New River Park. Mayor Cecil L. Miller and other city leaders appeared with the film crew as the project highlights coal mining history and West Virginia centennial plans. The segment will air nationwide next spring ahead of the mine’s 1963 opening and is expected to boost attendance after 13 500 visitors in the first year.
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Beckley
Dwight Billings
Social Security Administration
Social Security
West Virginia
Billings
Cecil L. Miller
D. E. Warden
W. L. Humphrey
Gene Morehouse
Beckley-Raleigh County
Miller
Wallace Kendall
Morehouse
Warden
Richard Campbell
Exhibition
Crawford Wilson
State Department of Mines
Kendall
Campbell
Baltimore
New River Park
Re:Porter
H. K. Porter Co. Inc
Pittsburgh
Huntington
H. K. Porter Co
Beckley Exhibition Mine
Unity Program Tonight by Beckley Ministerial Alliance
The Beckley Ministerial Alliance will host a 7 30 pm program at Second Baptist Church on F Street. Rev Archie Johnson president says three ministers will discuss Unity In Religion with Bishop M Gravely, Unity In Education with Rev H E Davis, and Unity In Society with Rev Russell Johnson Slab Fork, presiding Rev David L Smith of Skelton.
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Unity
Beckley Ministerial Alliance
Second Baptist Church
F Street
Archie Johnson
M. Gravely
H. E. Davis
Russell Johnson
Slab Fork
David L. Smith
Skelton
John W. Gowen
Deadline for Raleigh County voters to register Saturday
Raleigh County voters must register by noon Saturday to participate in the November 6 general election. The deadline also covers changes, transfers, name updates, and disability notes on registration records by County Clerk C. O. Smith Jr. Poll workers may assist illiterate voters when disability is noted. The clerk reports steady activity and extended hours midweek.
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Raleigh County
C. O. Smith Jr
APC Donates Service To Drive Booths In Beckley
Appalachian Power Co donates all wiring services for the two Centennial booths in downtown Beckley with no charge for power. District Manager W C McMahan cites pro rated contributions based on employees across the state drive. Locally he urges APC staff to join Centennial activities and help in fundraising and other ways. Company workers braved rain to lay lines supplying power to the booths.
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Beckley
Appalachian Power Co
APC
W. C. McMahan
McMahan
Power Company
Beckley clergyman takes new pastor post at Glen White Church
The Rev. Ralph Poole of Beckley becomes Pastor at Glen White Missionary Baptist Church and leads a revival through Sunday at 7 15 P.M. nightly. He will preach Sunday mornings at 10 35 A.M. and Sunday School is at 9 45 A.M.
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Ralph Poole
Beckley
Glen White Missionary Baptist Church
Lawyers Mourn Riffe Death Resolution Honors Former Beckley Lawyer
A Bar Association resolution honoring W. A. Riffe, former Beckley lawyer and Raleigh County Criminal Court judge, will be filed in both Circuit and Criminal Courts. The group approved the action at a Thursday meeting and planned to attend Riffe’s funeral as a body. A committee was named to draft the tribute, and pallbearers were chosen from among members and judges.
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W. A. Riffe
Beckley
Raleigh County Criminal Court
Circuit Court
Criminal Court
Bar Association
Association
Ned H. Ragland
Kermit A. Locke
W. H. McGinnis
Leo Brrch
Harry L. McCreery
Riffe
Brich
Ashworth
Ragland
Tom Canterbury
Anthony J. Sparacino
Judge McCreery
Hearing Clinic To Begin Soon At Beckley Moose Lodge
The Beckley Moose Lodge 1606 will hold a training session tonight at 7 p.m. for volunteers to run hearing clinics using a screening machine. The continued program, sponsored by the Moose, aims to begin Oct 15, following two rounds that tested over 2,500 Raleigh County residents. School authorities call the program Ph stn and highly successful.
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Beckley Moose Lodge
R. W. Goodwin
Civic Affairs Committee
Goodwin
Raleigh County
Firemen Plan Safe Auction in Beaver
The Beaver Volunteer Fire Department plans an auction at 5 p.m. Saturday on a lot beside Lilly Hardware. Fire Chief Charles Anderson says many items have been donated and proceeds will go toward the department's new truck. Coffee and sandwiches will be sold. The Rev. Ray Washington urges Masons to attend a 1 p.m. Saturday meeting at the Masonic Hall on South Fayette Street.
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Beaver Volunteer Fire Department
Lilly Hardware
Charles Anderson
Ray Washington
Hiram Abiff Lodge
Masonic 25
Masonic Hall
South Fayette St
Livestock Market Records Big Sale at New River
The New River Livestock Market set a record with a combined feeder call sale and auction totaling 26,700 dollars. Manager Minor Scott reported 333 head sold with prices across steers cows calves lambs sows and pigs, and announced another feeder call sale on November 7 at 7 30 p m along with feeder pig sale No 19.
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New River
Minor Scott
Scott
Commodities Distribution at Bethel Tabernacle East Beckley
Commodities will be distributed at East Beckley at the Bethel Tabernacle on Bibb Avenue Monday from 9 30 a m until 2 30 p m.
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East Beckley
Bethel Tabernacle
Bibb Avenue
Guthrie targets lower taxes in West Virginia campaign
Mal Guthrie the Republican candidate for Congress spoke at a Charleston luncheon in El Chico urging tax cuts including support for the Baker Hervong bill and criticizing Democratic spending. He claimed West Virginia receives 87.66 million in federal aid from a 629 million federal share and pledged business led job creation while touting Eisenhower’s endorsement and aiming to be the first Republican representative since 1927. He criticized Slack’s record per ACA and Chamber of Commerce ratings and mobilized precinct workers in Raleigh County ahead of the November 6 General Election.
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Charleston
GOP
el Chico
Guthrie
Raleigh County
West Virginia
Democratic Congress
John M. Slack Jr
Americans For Constitutional Action
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Slack
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Smith
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House of Delegates
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State Senate
Sunday Sing Set At Eccles Church With Davis Duo
A singing program is planned for 7 p m Sunday at the Eccles Pentecostal Holiness Church featuring Margaret and Rosa Davis of Mabscott. Margaret will also recount how she was healed from an incurable disease. The public is invited per Rev Lawrence Hearn, the pastor.
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Eccles Pentecostal Holiness Church
Margaret
Rosa Davis
Mabscott
Lawrence Hearn
Brooks Adair in serious condition after heart attack
Brooks Adair a 66 year old retired school principal is in serious condition at Beckley Veterans Administration Hospital. He suffered a heart attack at his home on 503 South Kanawha Street around 4 p m Tuesday.
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Brooks Adair
Beckley Veterans Administration Hospital
S. Kanawha _ St
New Hope Baptist Church Plans 7 p.m. Meeting
The New Hope Baptist Church will hold a 7 p.m. meeting today at the church. All auxiliaries will present their quarterly reports, according to Rev. Henry Dubois, pastor.
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New Hope Baptist Church
Henry Dubois
Beckley Model A s to Join Nitro Parade
About 50 Beckley area Model A Fords will travel to Nitro Saturday to take part in a parade sponsored by the Nitro Lions Club. The Beckley Chapter of the West Virginia Model A Ford Club supplies the cars among roughly 200 antiques in the event. About 50 trophies will be awarded to cars best in their class.
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Beckley
Nitro
Nitro Lions Club
Beckley Chapter
West Virginia Model
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