Carl Smith to Headline Grand Ole Opry at Raleigh Armory
Carl Smith headlines the Grand Ole Opry at Raleigh County Armory on October 27 at 8 pm with Kitty Wells Stonewall Jackson Johnnie and Jack and Grandpa Jones. Tickets are at the Armory box office. all seats reserved. Armory manager Tom Minter says the show is a major attraction and notes the venue can host a second group of about 100 in a side room, with plans to accommodate local groups.
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Raleigh County Armory
Grand Ole Opry
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Stonewallackson
Johnnie
Jack
Grandpa Jones
Tom Minter
Armory
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Minter
Tennessee
Knoxville
Georgie
North Carolina
Carl
Nashville
Columbia
Improved Health Services Budget Backed By WV Citizens' Committee
The West Virginia Citizens' Committee for Better Health endorses a proposed State Health Department budget increase to 250000 for county level health services, aiming for 1.25 per capita and a 25 percent rise. The effort seeks to boost the Hygenic Laboratory, cancer and dental care, with a history of pushing regional service expansion and noting prior underfunding relative to surrounding states.
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West Virginia Citizens’ Committee For Better Health
State Health Department
United States Public Health Service
Citizens’ Committee
Citizens’ Committee For Better Health
West Virginia
N. H. Dyer
Citizens’ Committee For Beter Health
Largest salt water pier could moor two Queen Mary size ships
The world’s largest salt water pier is Pier 91 in Seattle Washington. It could berth two ships the size of the Queen Mary on either side and still leave more than a city block of space remaining.
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Pier
Seattle
Wash
Airport Aid To Be Sought At Bailey's Crossing Meeting
Three Beckleyans will attend a Federal Aviation Agency meeting in Bailey's Crossroads Virginia on October 24 to seek assistance for Raleigh County Airport under the Accelerated Public Works Bill. Attending are John C. Ward R L Webb and Robert L Davis. Ward notes a nationwide session on October 22 will set agency policies for airport programs. Richard Shelton expected to join from Charleston as executive secretary of the West Virginia County Officials Association.
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Richard Shelton
Charleston
West Virginia County Officials Association
Virginia
Now You Know By United Press International
Knivskjellodden in Norway is the northernmost Europe cape on the Barents Sea. North Cape lies four miles away and is usually thought to be the northern limit.
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United Press International
Knivskjellodden
Norway
Barents Sea
Europe
North Cape
Columbia Lippincott Gazetteer
Workers Reply To United Way Common Goal
The article profiles Raleigh County United Fund efforts led by Robert E. Bob Cunningham of the Chesapeake and Potomac Telephone Co. It notes his push for a single county wide drive, pooling donations for agencies like Red Cross Salvation Army Scouts and seven others, with a goal of reducing duplicate drives and informing the public. Cunningham and his wife Gloria reside at 113 Crescent Rd Beckley with their children Mark Susan and Scott. He is active in local organizations.
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United Fund
Parkersburg
Charleston
Wheeling
United Way
Beckley
Guadalcanal
Raleigh County
Scouts
Red Cross
Salvation Army
United
Robert E
Bob” Cunningham
Chesapeake and Potomac Telephone Co
West Virginia
Gloria
Mark
Susan
Scott
Crescent Rd
Methdist Temple
Black Knight Country Club
Elks Ledge
Curtain Callers
4-H Club Plans Halloween Trick or Treat Event
The Mount Tabor Mounties 4-H Club will sponsor trick or treat at Halloween with a cookie sale at their Mount Tabor school meeting. Presentations were given by President Kitty Kashua Vice President Eugenia Hints and Freddy McCrosky. Leader Mrs Helen Borrer outlined yearly plans as songs games and refreshments followed.
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Mount Tabor Mounties
4-H
Mount Tabor
Kitty Kashua
Eugenia Hints
Freddy McCrosky
Helen Borrer
Cranberry Senior Explorers
Brenda Williams
James Leber
Virginia Foster
Danny Gwinn
Danny Richmond
David Reeves
Congressman's Coloring Book parodies Congress in satire
Washington Daily News staffer Rice Odell and cartoonist Joaquin De Alba publish a satirical work depicting Rep. Richard Rugbottom and a fictitious family to lampoon nepotism and junkets in Congress. The piece frames salaries for relatives as taxpayer funded and uses humor to critique congressional abuses.
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Rice Odell
Joaquin de Alba
The
Washington Daily News
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Richard
Valedictorians aided by Pa foundation at WVU
Ten valedictorians from Sophia and Mount Hope high schools attend West Virginia University this fall through a Pittsburgh Alcoa Foundation gift. The 3,500 dollar grant funds the first year of ten scholarships for these top graduates, with organizers seeking local matching support for ten more.
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Sophia and
Mount Hope
West Virginia University
Pittsburgh, Pa
Joanne Kish
Sophia
Henry L. Danner Jr
D. H. Bond
Alcoa Foundation
Pittsburgh
Alcoa
Bound
WVU Foundation
West Virginia
Pennsylvania
Reading instruction praised by Miss Na dine Fillmore at Beckley event
Miss Na dine Fillmore, noted professor and author, spoke at Beckley Junior High for a Saturday meeting of about 150 elementary teachers from Raleigh County. The workshop addressed reading problems in children with supervision from Miss Boots Dilley and Miss Mary Abbott. Second year pupils from Crab Orchard Elementary, taught by Mrs Ruth Huffman and Mrs Maxine Trail, assisted in instruction under the program.
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Johnny
Nadine Fillmore
Beckley Junior High School
Miss Fillmore
Boots Dilley
Mary Abbott
Raleigh County Board of Education
Ruth Huffman
Maxine Trail
Crab Orchard
Old
West Virginia Tuberculosis and Health Association Meets
The West Virginia Tuberculosis and Health Association wrapped up a three day gathering praised as among the best. A resolution of appreciation honored Mrs S W Price Scarbro who organized the agency in 1908. Mrs C C Lewis hosted the Raleigh County group with joint sessions of the Thoracic Society and the Tuberculosis Workers conference and discussed outcomes with Thomas A Deveny Jr the association's executive director.
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West Virginia Tuberculosis and Health Association
Beckley
S. W. Price
Scarbro
Voluntary Health Agency
C. C. Lewis
Raleigh County Tuberculosis and Health Association
Sults
Thomas A. Deveny Jr
The
West Virginia Tich and Health Association
District Governor To Visit Beaver Lions Club
Beaver Lions Club hosts Ladies Night on November 8 with District 29-N Governor Ralph D Williams of Rainelle making an official visit. The sight conservation committee reports seven pairs of glasses purchased in three months. The club sponsored Kenneth Cooper of Shady Spring High School at the 4-H National convention in Kansas City during Oct. 8 week. Eighteen members attended the Thursday meeting at the Beaver clubhouse.
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Beaver Lions Club
Ralph D. Williams
Kenneth Cooper
Shady Spring High School
Kansas City
Beaver
Civic Council Names Officers for Beckley 1962 63 Term
Mrs. Edward Sanderson will head the Beckley Civic Council for 1962 63 after her election at the Chamber of Commerce office. The group pledged total United Fund support and promoted the Beckley area plan. A civic calendar, prepared with Chamber help, is available for purchase. Other officers are T L Van Stavern as vice president and Mrs. Robert Nasby as secretary treasurer. Mrs. Sanderson succeeds Sherman Trail.
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Edward Sanderson
Beckley
Year’s Final Meet Set By Trap Hill Group
The Trap Hill Country Life Group will hold its last regular meeting of the year on Tuesday October 23 at 7 30 p m at Trap Hill High School. Members voted to buy welcoming signs bearing the group name and the Land O Hills emblem to be erected at all roads entering the Trap Hill District. Mrs W W McKinney of the Centennial Speakers Bureau spoke on West Virginia slides presented by Tom Osborne. The group plans fund raising by selling homemade molasses in small containers and considers an old time auction. A $50 donation to the Raleigh County Centennial fund was approved.
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Trap Hill
Raleigh County
Coconut palm offers countless uses, year-round
The coconut palm is celebrated for its vast range of applications in daily life and industry, with claims of uses matching the days in a year. This highlights the tree’s versatility across food, medicine, construction, and crafts in tropical regions.
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