Trampoline craze hits Beckley youngsters on Glenn Avenue
The trampoline craze reaches Beckley as Warren Davenport and neighbors turn the Glenn Avenue yard into a jump center. The kit assembles in minutes with 40 springs and a 120 pound limit. Local parents report few injuries mostly sprains, and no accidents yet on Beckley’s only home trampoline.
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Warren Davenport
Glenn Avenue
B. E. Davenport
Davenport
Guibelek Gia
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Missionary Miss Forkell to Speak at Local Church
Miss Virginia Forkell, a missionary from Chile, South America, will headline a Tuesday night program at Stamford Road Baptist Church. Pastor Rev. George Bailey invites the public to attend as she presents talks and colored slides from her foreign assignment. The event begins at 7:30 p.m.
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Virginia Forkell
Chile
South America
Stamford Road Baptist Church
George Bailey
Week Long Convention Opens At Church Today
The Shady Grove Baptist week long convention opens at Glen White Church with services nightly at 6 30 and Sunday 11 am 2 30 pm. Invited choirs will sing and special entertainment offered. Rev Archie Johnson to deliver final sermon Sunday afternoon. Rev Samuel Gregory to preach Sunday morning. Theme Prepare to Meet Thy God. Deacon Dan Baxter president welcomes public. Rev N C Lewis pastor. Josephine East clerk.
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Shady Grove
Church of Glen White
Sunny
T. 2
Sturgis Wooten
Archie Johnson
Samuel Gregory
God
Dan Baxter
N. C. Lewis
Josephine East
Plans Made for Methodist Ministers Wives Luncheon
The Executive committee at Camp Cedar Lakes Ripley met Thursday and Friday to set plans for a luncheon at the annual conference in Buckhannon next June. They also organized the annual fellowship at Camp Cedar Lakes July 5 to 7. Local attendees included Mrs. Elmer Wilson conference president and Mrs. Robert Randolph Beckley District association president.
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Methodist Ministers Wives Association
Buckhannon
Camp Cedar Lakes
Ripley
Elmer Wilson
First First Methodist Church
Robert Randolph
Blue Jay
Association For
Beckley
Classroom Teachers Convene Tuesday in Raleigh County
A Raleigh County Classroom Teachers meeting will be held at Stoco High School at 7 30 p m Tuesday to review the West Virginia Education Association legislative action program An exhibit and slides on M Trip to Hawaii will be shown by Mrs Elizabeth Harper of Coal City Elementary School Transportation for attendees will depart Beckley Junior High School parking lot at 6 30 p m
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West Virginia Education Association
Raleigh County
Stoco High School
Hawaii
Elizabeth Harper
Coal City
Beckley Junior High
Payroll deductions and employer contributions for benefits
A study of 1,064 U. S. companies shows employee payroll deductions for life and health insurance averaged $4.96 per month in 1959. Employers contributed $9.52 monthly per worker.
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U. S
Carpenter cuts hand treated after knife accident
Carroll Motley Jr. 16, of Coal City, received treatment at Beckley Hospital Sunday afternoon for a left hand cut from a knife. In 1784 an amateur geologist excavated a Rivanna River mound in Virginia later linked to Thomas Jefferson.
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Carroll Motley Jr
Earline Worley
Coal City
Beckley Hospital
Rivanna River
Virginia
President of
The
United States
Thomas Jefferson
Godby Earns Outstanding Pledge Award at Phi Delta Theta
Ronald E. Godby son of Carl and Mrs. Godby of 209 Mercer St. is cited as outstanding pledge and recipient of the outstanding pledge scholarship by Phi Delta Theta. A Woodrow Wilson High School 1959 graduate he led his pledge class and Alpha Phi Omega, kept a 3.50 average in his freshman year and received a scholarship grant for the first semester. A sophomore pre med student he was elected to the university executive council.
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Ronald E. Godby
Carl E. Godby
Mercer St
Phi Delta Theta
Woodrow Wilson High School
Godby
Alpha Phi Omega
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