Fire drill at Memorial Hospital showcases rapid patient evacuation
Fire prevention week observance at Memorial Hospital in Beckley featured a drill where nurses, led by the head nurse, evacuated six rooms to the corridor within two and a half minutes after discovery. Firefighters arrived in four and a half minutes. the room 222 fire was extinguished in about ten minutes as staff and a newly formed hospital fire brigade assisted the Beckley Fire Department.
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Beckley
Cecil P. Connor
Hospital Fire Brigade
Steve J. Soltis
Singing Class Practice Session Planned at Shiloh Church
The Winding Gulf District Singing Class will hold its practice at Shiloh Baptist Church in Harper Park at 2 30 p m on Saturday. The event is open to all interested persons invited by the pastor Rev G C Gilbert. Mrs G L Holdclaw will be the instructor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Winding
Health For All It May Be A Long Time
A health column urges planning for longevity through yearly physicals and early disease detection. It warns that conditions like tuberculosis can progress quietly and better outcomes rely on early screening. The piece promotes regular checkups and is sponsored by the Raleigh County Tuberculosis and Health Association.
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Raleigh County Tuberculosis and Health Association
Spanishburg Boosters to Hold State Meeting Tonight
Spanishburg Band Boosters Club will meet at Flat Top Elementary School at 7:30 this evening. Five high school band members will perform selections. John A. Scott, president, invites the public to attend.
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Flat Top
BNS
Spanishburg
John A. Scott
Miner suffers severe burns at Slab Fork Coal Co mine
Jesse Barnett of Midway sustained electrical burns to his eyes face and arms while working at the Slab Fork Coal Co mine in Slab Fork on Monday night. He received treatment at Beckley Hospital.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jesse Barnett
Midway
Slab Fork
Beckley Hospital
State Cancer Unit to Receive Honor Citation
The West Virginia Division of the American Cancer Society will receive a national honor citation for Operation Cancer Alert at the state Society annual meeting at Mont Chateau near Morgantown on Oct 15. Mrs. Powell Glass will present the award, with a luncheon to follow and a tour of the new WVU Medical Center.
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Charleston
West Virginia
Powell Glass
Lynchburg
The
American Cancer Society
National Awards Committee
Ito Cancer
Air National Guard
Mont Chateau
West Virginia University
Robert Johnson
Center
Society
Woodrow Wilson senior wins regional science prize cruise
Anthony Terzis, a WWHS senior, won a Naval Science Cruise prize after his "Blood Variations by Electrophoreses" entry at the Bluefield regional science fair. He traveled from Charleston to Norfolk on Oct 1 to join other winners for the cruise, with expenses paid by the Pocahontas Industrial Council for Education. He also earned a Meyers Clinic stay in Philippi and will present a second project at the April Pocahontas Regional III Fair.
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Anthony Terzis
Woodrow Wilson
U.S
Ault
Terzis
Bluefield
Meyers Clinic
Philippi
Charleston
Norfolk
Pocahontas
VA Manager Attends Meet in Arlington Towers
Dr. R. C. Jones of Beckley Veterans Administration Hospital attended a week long conference for VA hospital and regional office managers in Arlington Towers Washington DC. Budget problems and management reporting were main topics. The theme Where Are We Where Are We Going drew about 260 attendees. President Eisenhower spoke on the human touch noting veterans will be cared for by others. Other speakers included Oliver Meadows Robert Merriam Bradley Patterson Elmer Staats Bryson Rash and Dean Woodruff from George Washington University.
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R. C. Jones
Beckley Veterans Administration Hospital
Arlington Towers
Washington, D. C
Eisenhower
Oliver E. Meadows
House of Veteran Affairs Committee
Robert E. Merriam
Bradley H. Patterson Jr
Elmer B. Staats
Bryson Rash
A. M. Woodruff
School of Government
George Washington University
Raleigh County studies school building needs now
The Raleigh County Board of Education undertakes a yearlong study to map elementary junior high and high school facilities. The plan covers building types space counts, room labeling, floor sketches, and potential consolidation to cut smaller schools. It aims to guide future housing and improved pupil achievement.
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Raleigh County
Trail
Board of Education
Fairdale PTA to Decide on Halloween Carnival
Fairdale Parent-Teacher Association president Ted Lacy says the PTA will meet Thursday at 7 p m to decide whether the group will sponsor a Halloween carnival, moving up the date from the originally planned next Thursday.
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Fairdale
RNS
Ted Lacy
The
Fairdale Parent- Teacher Association
Glen White PTA Elects Officers
Mrs Joyce Hopkins will lead the Glen White PTA for the year with Ernest Woods as vice president, Mrs Margaret Fink secretary, and Glen Thompson treasurer. The group planned school rating under the Raleigh County Board of Education program, and scheduled the Halloween carnival for October 28 sponsored by Home Room Mothers. A new teacher, Mrs Jeanette Bond, was introduced and meetings set for the fourth Tuesday each month.
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Joyce Hopkins
Glen White
Parent-Teacher Association
Ernest Woods
Margaret Fink
Glen Thompson
Raleigh County Board of Education
Jeanette Bond
PTA
Missionaries Named By General Council in Lillybrook meeting
In Lillybrook the Free and Independent Holiness Church elected 11 women as national committee missionaries for the year starting Oct 1. Chairman Mrs. Sarah G. Braxton listed team workers from Beckley, Whitby, Brooklyn, Port Hope, Cleveland, New York, and Rhodell. Switzerland maintains a reserve army of 600,000 trained men ready to mobilize within hours and allow them to keep guns at home.
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Free and Independent Holiness Church
Lillybrook
Sarah G. Braxton
Beckley
Claudine Crockett
Eccles
Mamie Newsome
Ruby Clark
Jonben
Josephine Thaxton
Whitby
Geraldine Coleman
Brooklyn N
Rosalee Stewart
Portshire
Irene Winston Smith
Columbus
Ohio
Marie Coleman
Cleveland
Dorothy Cousins
New York City
Pauline Hayes
Harmee
Cordie Sanders
Rhodell
Switzerland
Miss Boots Dilley to Lead Raleigh Science Program
Miss Boots Dilley of Raleigh County the youngest teacher supervisor in the state will direct a science experiment program Thursday morning at the West Virginia Education Association convention in Charleston. She has led a program that includes Raleigh County students and will be joined by third grade teachers from Lincoln.
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WVEA
Boots Dilley
Raleigh County
West Virginia Education Association
Charleston
Actes
Lincoln
Dry Hill Prosperity Country Life Group Meets Tonight
Dry Hill Prosperity County Life Association plans a 7 30 PM special meeting at the Community Building. President W A Stump urges all officers committee chairs and members plus Maxwell Hill Farm Women's Club reps to attend as upcoming decisions may alter the association's course. A chicken barbecue with 500 advance tickets planned for Oct 27, head chef Walter James, and ticket chairs Mrs Ed Snuffer and Mrs Janice De Gregory. The group also aims to sponsor a cub scout troop for Dry Hill with a second scouting program in view and honors Rev and Mrs Don Lowe as honorary members.
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Dry Hill- Prosperity County Life Association
W. A. Stump
Maxwell Hill
Farm Women's Clubs
Stump
Ed Snuffer
Dry Hill
Janice de Gregory
Prosperity
Walter James
Don Lowe
Lowe
First Baptist Church of Prosperity
Country Life Program
West Virginia Mines Lead Nation in Coal Preparation
U S Bureau of Mines reports show West Virginia housed about one third of all coal preparation equipment installed in the United States last year. WV cleaned 69 percent of its coal, well above the national rate, with neighboring states ranging from 39 to 62 percent. The rise supports WV coal plans as demand shifts.
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United States
West Virginia
U. S. Bureau of Mines
Bureau of Mines Statistics
Pennsylvania
Virginia
Ohio
Kentucky
West Virginia Coal Association
Bureau of Mines
Washington residents visit relatives amid illnesses
Washington resident Mrs. William Holley III visits grandmother Mrs. Ada Jackson on Grant Street who is seriously ill. Mrs. Dora Snyder of Morris Street guests sister Mrs. Sallie Calloway in Roanoke Virginia who is ill. Sandra Allen, WV State College sophomore, chosen as attendant to Miss WV State. Allen is daughter of Mrs. Willia Page Jr. and Stratton High School graduate.
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William Holley III
Washington, D. C
Ada Jackson
Grant Street
Dora Snyder
Morris Street
Sallie Calloway
Roanoke
Sandra Allen
West Virginia State College
West Virginia State
Miss Allen
Willia Page Jr
Stratton High School
Freshmen Guests At Lola Clay Home Visit
Nathaniel Clay Jr a Bluefield State College freshman and two classmates Charles Lloyd Neward and Denny Howard visited Lola Clay on Riley Street guests were from Neward N J and Harrisonburg Pa the report lists their names and hometowns as part of a local social item.
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Nathaniel Clay JR
Bluefield State College
Charles Lloyd
Neward
N. J
Denny Howard
Harrisonburg
Lola Clay
Riley Street
Local NAACP Freedom Fund Dinner Attended by Belton Flippen
Dr. and Mrs. A. D. Belton and Mr. and Mrs. John Flippen of South Fayette Street attended a Links in Blue field gathering Saturday night and a National Association for the Advancement of Colored People Freedom Fund dinner.
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A. D. Belton
John Flippen
South Fayette Street
The
Links
Bluefield
Freedom Fund
National Association For the Advancements of Colored People
Fifty three file for work at Beckley ES office
Fifty three applicants appeared Monday at Beckley Employment Security to seek jobs. the list includes two maids a general office clerk a typist three waitresses a kitchen helper a business machine service man a telephone operator a lifeguard a cement finisher four construction laborers an arc welder a weigh master a shuttle bar operator a maintenance mechanic a tipple man a power shovel operator a bull dozer operator seven coal cutting machine men three mine laborers three mine motormen a fire boss a grounds keeper a time keeper three dump truck drivers a transmitter tester a mail carrier three mine brakemen a ride operator an oiler a conveyor man one post office clerk and one structural field worker. job openings outside the area include a watchmaker and an embroidery designer.
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Beckley Office of Employment Security
Gridder Treated After Friday High School Game injury
Donald Phillips aged 18 of Winding Gulf was treated at Beckley Hospital Monday for injuries to his right leg from the Stoco Marsh Fork High School football game on Friday night.
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Donald Phillips
Winding Gulf
Beckley Hospital
Stoco- Marsh Fork
Directors to Meet at Youth Center Tonight
A meeting of the council and board of directors of the Youth Center Inc will be held at 7 30 p m today at the center John JB Jones chairman announced.
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The
Youth Center, Inc
John JB. Jones
Skater Injured In Otsego Incident At Beckley Hospital
Richard Heath nine year old son of Mr and Mrs James Heath Otsego was treated at Beckley Hospital Monday night for a left arm injury sustained while holler skating.
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Richard Heath
James Heath
Otsego
Beckley Hospital
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Raleigh Register
W. Va
Memorial Hospital
America
Barton Museum of Whiskey History
Bardstown, Kentucky
Barton Distilling Company
Bardstown
Nelson County
Boosters
Ake Ae
State Cancer Unit
Wwhs Senior Claims Prize
Glen White Pta
General Council
West Virginian Co
Princeton Chambers of Commerce
West Virginia Bankers Association
Richmond
Small Business Administration
J. H. Jones
R. G. Jones
South
Prosperity Country Life Group
Clear Fork
Vera Treadway
Judy Stover
Washington
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