Hospital staff attend fire prevention refresher
Employed workers participate in Fire Prevention Week activities from Oct. 5 to 11 as William Harris Center explains carbon dioxide extinguisher use to staff including John G. Miller Calvin Chandler Curry Pyles Mrs. Edmond Davidson Miss Pearl Reather Herb Vass James Tanner Donald Young and Jack J. Cox. A lobby display features gas masks and fire extinguishers.
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William Harris Center
John G. Miller
Calvin Chandler
Curry Pyles
Edmond Davidson
Williams 87 Dies At Church Service In Beaver
Clifftop Baptist Church member C Floyd Williams 87 collapsed during Sunday services in Beaver of a heart attack. A retired stamford miner born Feb 3 1871 he lived in Beaver 18 years. Survived by wife Sarah and family. Funeral 11 am Wednesday at Clifftop Baptist Church with burial Wildwood Cemetery.
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Clowney Floy Williams
Beaver
Cliff Top Baptist Church
John M
Rebecca Hedrick Williams
Jast
Stamford
Williams
Clifftep Baptist Church
Airport Road
United Mine Workers of America
Sarah Williams
Harry
Detroit
Mich
Arthur
Overlin
Amos
Lamar
Walter
Bernon
Clifftop Baptist Church
Jack Thomas
Wildwood Cemetery
Caffee
Sweeney Improves at Home After Hospital Stay
Sweeney, of Ghent, is reported improving at his home following a stay at Raleigh General Hospital.
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Sweeney
Ghent
Raleigh General Hospital
Get Pep and Vim with Ostrex Tonic Tablets
An advertisement urges couples over 40 to try Ostrex Tonic Tablets for renewed vigor. It claims the product provides iron and vitamin B1 to combat fatigue, offers an 8-day trial, and promotes an Economy size with a savings of $1.67. Available at all druggists.
Beckley Band Wins Top Rating at Southeastern Festival
The Woodrow Wilson Flying Eagle Band earned first division ratings in both playing and marching at the Southeastern Band Festival in Bristol Tennessee. Beckley majorettes placed second to Knoxville with one national champion majorette team scoring. Sixty bands from the Southeast competed. national judges used score sheets, with bands scoring 95 to 100 in first division.
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Woodrow Wilson Flying Eagle
Bristol
Tenn
Knoxville
Beckley
Woodrow Wilson
Girl Scout Leaders Plan Fathers March
Girl Scout Leaders plan a Fathers March to be held November 10 from 5 to 7 p.m. accompanied by Girl Scouts. The announcement came at a GS Leaders Association meeting led by Mrs. C. C. Sanders in the Appalachian Electric Power Co. assembly room.
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Ers Association
C. C. Sanders
Lucille Connely
Appalachian Electric Power Co
Rondey Webb
Lillian Anderson
Antonio Junco
John Kodak
Eller Rites Are Incomplete
Funeral arrangements for Guy Garfield Eller are incomplete. Eller, of North Wilkesboro North Carolina, died Monday night in an automobile accident near Beaver while en route to Hopemont Sanitarium. Police said he had been a sanitarium patient and had lived in Mullens, with recent Hopemont care. He was en route to Hopemont when he died. the body is at Melton Mortuary.
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Guy Garfield Eller
Eller
North Wilkesboro
N. C
Beaver
Hopemont Sanitarium
Mullens
Hopemont
Melton Mortuary
Well Child Clinic at Dr Gliserman Office
A well-child clinic is scheduled for Wednesday in Montreal at Dr Edward Gliserman offices from 12 30 to 2 30 p m by the Raleigh County Health Department.
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Montroal
Edward Gliserman
Raleigh County
Rites Incomplete For Mrs Goodwin
Funeral arrangements for Mrs. Cora Jane Goodwin of Harper Heights remain incomplete. She died at the home of her daughter Reverend Evelyn Cabell in Harper Heights. The body is at C D Trent Funeral Home.
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Cora Jane Goodwin
Gases Exhibit At Circus Stuns Central Elementary
The Bob Brown Science Circus staged at Central Elementary School Monday showcased a hydrogen and oxygen gas explosion. Brown warned students about explosive dangers and explained the mixture as a safe demonstration. Pupils conducted various experiments, with the show aimed at sparking science interest across ages.
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Bob Brown
Central Elementary
Brown
Night Driving Dangers Peak In Early Evening
West Virginia State Police Superintendent Colonel Hazen H. Fair reports that 62 percent of urban and 53 percent of rural traffic deaths occur from sunset to sunrise, with 19 percent of fatal crashes from 5 to 8 p.m. He notes night travel is three times deadlier than daylight and urges drivers to switch to lights at dusk, dim high beams for oncoming traffic, verify lights work, and avoid misjudging speed at night.
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Hazen H. Fair
West Virginia
Fair
Thompsons Seek City Permit for SixRoom House on Lovell Street
Mr and Mrs Donald L Thompson of 1405 Harper Road obtained a city recorder permit to build a six room frame brick house on Lovell Street with an estimated cost of 12500 and a 10 fee. Washington area notices list additional permits for demolishing a three story frame building at Riffe and Neville streets and adding a room to a dwelling with a 10 fee on a 1000 estimate. Dewey Combs of 148 Forest Ave was granted a 200 frame garage permit with a 10 fee.
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Donald L. Thompson
Harper Road
City Recorder's Office
Lovell Street
George W. Jones
Riffe and
Neville Streets
Albert Scott
Antonio Ave
Scott
Dewey Combs
Forest Ave
Evangelistic Services Set for Beckley Citadel
Thursday evening evangelistic services will be held at 7 30 p m in the Beckley Salvation Army Citadel at 312 S Fayette St. The speaker will be Rev Cecil Paxton pastor of Pilgrim Holiness Church Summerlee.
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Beckley
Inspection tour by Navy Recruiting Station leaders
Navy recruiting officials James Tanner seated, with 23 years in service, and new Ashland area lieutenant commander led an inspection of Beckley station last week. Joined by Robert E. Atkins, Miss Laura Frazier, and Oscar J. Barnett, gunner.
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James Tanner
Navy
Ashland
Beckley
Tanner
Robert E. Atkins
Laura Frazier
Oscar J. Barnett
County Board to Sell 10 One Room Schools and Lands
The Raleigh County Board of Education will auction ten one room school buildings and accompanying lands no longer used by the board. Bidding starts at 10:30 a.m. before the county courthouse. Notable sites include McDonald, Long Wanted, Cook, Trail, Mills Branch, Bryan, Low Gap, and Flat Top area parcels with varying acreages and facilities.
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County Board of Education
Raleigh County Board of Education
Sherman C. Trail
Royal
Pluto
McDonald
Glen Daniel
Amigo
Cook
Arnett
Blue Jay
Mills Branch
Parents Liable for Children's Halloween Vandalism in Raleigh County
Raleigh County Sheriff Okey Mills warns residents they are liable for vandalism by their children during Halloween. Reports include a Crab Orchard resident whose plate glass picture window was broken with B B shot.
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Raleigh
Okey Mills
Mills
Gravely Ordered To Appear In Court
Gene Gravely aged 21 of Beckley was ordered to appear in Beckley Police Court after arrest at 12 20 am today on hazardous driving. W D Holliday, 33 of Beckley, was arrested at 10 20 pm Monday for speeding and crossing a double line to pass. he was ordered to appear in court Thursday night.
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Gene Gravely
Beckley
W. D. Holliday
Child Burned by Boiling Water in Beckley
A 10 month old boy named Ralph Walker, son of Mr and Mrs Maurice Walker of Naomi, sustained burns to the chest back face and neck from boiling water. He was admitted to Beckley Memorial Hospital in satisfactory condition for treatment.
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Ralph Walker
Maurice Walker
Naomi
Beckley Memorial Hospital
Lilly Improving at Raleigh General Hospital
Mrs Londa Lilly is reported improving at Raleigh General Hospital where she was admitted Saturday for treatment and observation.
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Londa Lilly
Raleigh General Hospital
New Dristan Tablets Claim Fast Sinus Drainage
A New York special announces a tablet that drains clogged sinus cavities and relieves congestion and pressure quickly without discomfort. The medication works through the bloodstream to shrink swollen sinus passages and promote drainage. Dristan Tablets, 24 for 98 cents, carry a money back guarantee.
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New York
N. Y
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Beckley Veterans Administration Hospital
C. Williams
Beckley Band
Girl Scout
G. Eller
Mrs. Goodwin
Stratford
Wheaton
Westinghouse
Ashworth & Sparks, Inc
Prince Street
W. Va
Pagoda Shopping Center
Beckley, W. Va
Marty
Prince St. Beckley, W. Va
Superior Sterling Co., Distributors
Bluefield, W. Va
Westinghouse TV
Thompsons
City Recorder
Kyle Cleaners
South Kanawha St
SDS
Lewisburg
Bob Hershey
Beckley Station
E. G. Akers
Bryan
Table Rock
Low Gap
Odd
Epling School
Flat Top Lake
Flat Top
Brantley F. Barr Jr
Chesapeake and Potomac Telephone Co
Barr
A. W. Dupke
Dupke
Huntington
Danville
Washington and Lee University
C and P Companies
Washington, D. C
Sue
Gravely
Mrs. Lilly Better
Zeke Wood, Wade Waddell
Michael Richmond, and
Thomas Lilly
Shady Spring
The
Future Farmers of America
FEA
Kansas City
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Uber CO
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