Women Voters Elect Beckley Provisional Leader
Elizabeth O'Dell elected first president of the Beckley Provisional League of Women Voters at a County Courtroom meeting. Officers named include Mrs. Nathan Pickus, Alma Martin, Phoebe Bledsoe, and directors Mrs. Ward, Sanders, Putman, Bepler. Next meeting November 13, with ongoing second Mondays. Nomination committee chosen to prep for April transition to Beckley League. State President Mrs. Cashdan explains nonpartisan aims and activities. Local project to study public issues titled Know Your Own, with Fred Hurt as resource chair. Bepler leads national project on United Nations.
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Elizabeth O'Dell
Beckley College
Beckley
Provisional League
Beckley League of Women Voters
Wayne Reynolds
Kermit Locke
J. Howard Griffith
Louis J. Cashdan
Charleston
Cashdan
League of Women Voters
Fred Hurt
C. S. Bepler
United Nations
Engineers Visit Beckley VA Hospital Tour
Members of the Appalachian Chapter of the West Virginia Society of Professional Engineers and 15 Woodrow Wilson High School students toured the Beckley Veterans Administration Hospital. A. J. Sidor led the tour of the 1,000 room facility, describing plans for a 200‑bed hospital with 283 staff and patient intake by December 1.
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Appalachian
West Virginia Society of Professional Engineers
Woodrow Wilson High School
Beckley Veterans Administration Hospital
el Chico
A. J. Sidor
Skeletons Parade in Beckley for Fire Prevention Week
Beckley Jaycees plan a parade of skeletons through the business district to promote fire safety. They will carry signs like I smoked in bed and I struck a match to see if my gasoline tank was empty. A talking trash can will speak warnings, with events noon to 1 pm and 4 to 5 pm near Beckley Hardware.
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Beckley
Sweet
Beckley Hardware Company
Rodney Webb
Jaycees
Benny McManus
Jaycee
Lions Club
Dave Abrams
Civitans
Phill A. McDaniel
Kiwanis Club
A. F. White
Rotarians
Jaycee Fire Prevention Committee
Tile Deckerated Spaces Mark 18th Century Persia
Homes, public buildings, mosques and even tombs were decorated with only tiles in 18th century Persia.
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Persia
Community News Snippets From Beckley Area
The Register Staff reports light hearted local scenes from Beckley and nearby towns. A boy with a dog on a firetruck ride smiles for a photo after a front seat moment. An elderly woman asks for directions to a liquor store, then jokes she doesn’t want liquor. Mrs Lynch gifts a blue scarf to Mrs Spellman for high biweekly bridge score. Frank Shepherd praises West Virginians for hard work and good cooking during a New River coal field tour with Detroit officials. Miss Mary Jane Dilley marks 26 years at Beckley Hospital, recalling the move to the current brick building and the first question “Where’s that?” when asking for Beckley Hospital.
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Prince Street
James R. Lynch
S. Oakwood Avenue
D. E. Speilman
Kinzer Street
Frank Shepherd
Detroit
C. H. Sprague & Sons
New River Coal Field
Winona
Chesapeake and Ohio Railway
Stanley Higgins
New River Coal Operators Association
Shepherd
Stanley
Higgins
Cis
Mary Jane Dilley
Beckley Hospital
Quinnimont
Greenbrier County
Mrs Ollie Smith's Rites Tomorrow
Final rites for Mrs. Ollie Wentworth Smith 68 of Beckley will be at 2 p.m. Wednesday at Mt. Tabor Baptist Church. She died yesterday at a local hospital after a hip fracture 14 days ago while visiting her daughter in Sand Lick. Burial follows at Mt. Tabor Cemetery with Rev. B C Jennings officiating. She was born in Alderson in 1882, widow of Zack A. Smith, with surviving daughters S G Brown, Henry Clyburn, Roy Thompson, and Earl Smith, plus sisters and brothers and many grandchildren. Active pallbearers listed.
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Mt. Tabor Baptist Church
Ollie Wentworth Smith
Powerline Drive
Beckley
Wilord Daniels
Sand Lick
B.C. Jennings
Mt. Tabor
Alderson
Charles M
Leonora Wiley Ballengee
Zack A. Smith
Greenbrier
Raleigh County
Daniels
S. G. Brown
Harper Heights
Henry Cl
Steve Underwood
James Patton
Jess Williams
Flower Girls
Hadacol Restores Pete Goldberg’s Health After Vitamin Deficiency
Jacob Goldberg retires to Music Mountain Arkansas and suffers from low appetite and poor digestion due to deficiencies of Vitamins B1 B2 Niacin and Iron. After trying many remedies he uses Hadacol and reports restored appetite, energy, and better digestion. Doctors increasingly recommend Hadacol which is sold with a money back guarantee. Trial size 1.25 and large family size 3.50.
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Jacob Goldberg
Chicago
Music Mountain
Hot Springs National Park
Ark
Mr. Goldberg
Hot Springs
The
LeBlanc Corporation
Institute PTA Plans Library for School II
The Institute PTA in Raleigh County moved to establish a general library at the first elementary school, earmarking 500 for books to be housed in the basement. The meeting covered a proposed school bond amendment, PTA membership drives through October, and an open house set for November 13 during National Education Week. Norman Knapp urged civic focus on government and the child’s future.
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Institute
Raleigh County
Parent-Teacher Association
William H. File
File
Institute Legislative Committee
PTA
Norman Knapp
Beckley
Job Seekers Off During September in Beckley
New applications filed in Beckley for September totaled 256, down from 301 in August. The Beckley office noted three handicapped individuals, two veterans, were placed in jobs during September. Unemployment claims fell to 655 in September from 1,496 in August.
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Beckley
Department of Employment Security
M. L. McSpadden
L. B. Bennett
Painters Van Gogh Cezanne and Others Went Mad
The article lists painters Van Gogh Cezanne El Greco Blake Monticelli Carlo Dolei Magnoni Lautrec and Mancini as having gone mad, detailing a shared mental health episode among diverse artists.
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van Gogh
Cezanne
el Greco
Blake
Monticelli
Carlo Dolei
Magnoni
Lautrec
Mancini
Two Found Guilty in Drunken Driving Cases
Police Judge Anthony Sparacino heard two drunk driving cases last night resulting in guilty verdicts and fines. William Stoots of Fayeteville was fined $60 and costs for driving without a license. Ed Smith of Beckley was fined $50 and costs. Roscoe C. Waddell of Sprague was fined $100 and costs for selling tax paid liquor. Evelyn Jennings of Beckley had a charge of operating a punch board dismissed. Waddell and Mrs. Jennings were arrested Saturday in a raid on the Embassy Grill in East Beckley after a plainclothes officer bought a pint from Waddell. Three men, Bob Baker, Tom Webb, and Gene Price, forfeited bonds of $10 for public drinking and fighting respectively.
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Anthony Sparacino
William Stoots
Fayeteville
Ed Smith
Beckley
Roscoe C. Waddell
Sprague
Evelyn Jennings
Punch Board
Waddell
Crab Orchard Youth Treated After Football Injury
Tivis V. Wooten, 15, of Crab Orchard, was treated for an injury above his right eye at Beckley Hospital and released Sunday after playing football. He is the son of John F. Wooten.
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Tivis V. Wooten
Crab Orchard
Beckley Hospital
John F. Wooten
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L. W. Lobenstein
F.J. Morris
F. J. Janutalo
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Mt. Hope
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