Story Hour Debuts At Beckley Library Draws Big Turnout
The Story Hour program at Raleigh County Public Library sponsored by Beckley Woman's Clubs drew 138 children on its first Saturday. Readings of The Last Dragon and Aladdin's Lamp by Mrs. Robert Lee Daniels and Mrs. Tom Keyser engaged attendees, average age eight, with plans to split into age groups for future sessions.
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Beckley Woman's Clubs
Raleigh County Public Library
Robert Lee Daniels
Tom Keyser
Daniels
Stover Funeral Rites Wednesday at Clear Creek
Last rites for Harriet Stover 84 of Clear Creek will be held at 2 p m Wednesday in Workmans Creek Methodist Church with Rev Gale Stewart in charge. Burial will be in Workmans Creek Cemetery. She died at 7 40 am Monday at her daughter's home, Mrs Leslie Lilly. Pallbearers named Stover and Daniels family members.
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Harriet Stover
Clear Creek
Workman's Creek Methodist Church
Gale Stewart
Workman's Creek
Melton
Lilly
Ross Stover
Roy Stover
Ray Stover
Nile Stover
Hubert Stover
Edward Stover
Kenneth Daniels
Bob Daniels
Jimmie Daniels
Ben Kyle Daniels
Family Day at Executive Mansion Open House in West Virginia
Governor Cecil Underwood and Mrs. Underwood invite all West Virginians to a Sunday open house at the Executive Mansion from 1 to 4 p.m. The First Family will welcome visitors, with informal dress, and coffee and cookies served. Aides and state officials will join in the receiving line.
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West
Underwoods
Board of Public Works
Supreme Court of Appeals
State Department
Beckley Woman Arrested in Police Raid
Rose Fain was arrested at her Ninth street home by Beckley police Monday night at 9 45. She faces charges of selling tax paid whisky possessing tax paid whisky for resale and possessing firearms where an alcoholic beverage is being sold. A $500 property bond was posted for her appearance next Monday in Police Court.
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Rose Fain
Beckley
Ninth Street
Coal City Girl Models Java Wedding Dress Leaflet Photo
Brenda Gail Black a seventh grader from Coal City poses as a model for a Java wedding dress in Asheville North Carolina. The photograph supports Joseph Ellis travel exhibit publicity for his World wide lectures. Brenda's sister Barbara assists Bob Brown in The Register Science For You column.
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Brenda Gail Black
Coal City
Bob Brown
Bob Brown Science
Java
Ellis
Brenda
Barbara
Brown
Register
Stoco Junior High School
G.D. Black
Local Market Sees $10 097 Gross In One Day
Beckley Livestock Market reports Monday gross sales totaling 10 097 07. Prices vary by stock type from pigs 7 to 17 50 per head hogs 12 to 14 per pound calves 25 to 35 per head steer calves 22 to 29 50 heifer calves 18 to 24 75 yearling steers 16 to 26 yearling heifers 15 to 23 blue and red lambs 20 to 25 and 18 respectively old sheep 11 per head cows 8 to 16 bulls 16 to 19 75.
Polio Clinic Aided by Women's Improvement League
The Women's Improvement League sponsors a polio clinic from 10 am to noon Thursday at Central Street Baptist Church for children and adults lacking the Salk vaccine. Dr. G C Hedrick leads and schools have been contacted to excuse children from classes.
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Women’s Improvement League
Central Street Baptist Church
G. C. Hedrick
Louise Gold Sten
Hale Junior High cafeteria gets updated electrical work
In San Diego the Hale Junior High School cafeteria received six freezers with three-prong plugs. Two electricians arrived the next day. one converted the plugs to two Prongs and the other altered wall receptacles to three prongs.
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San Diego
Calif
Hale Junior High
Carpenter Foreman Suffers Heart Attack
C. H. Rutledge of Harper Road is in serious condition at Raleigh General Hospital after a heart attack at home Sunday evening. He retired three years ago as a carpenter foreman for Greenbrier Dairy and remains active in the Methodist Temple and its Men’s Bible Class.
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C. H. Rutledge
Harper Road
Raleigh General Hospital
Greenbrier Dairy
Methodist Temple
Landscape in Minneapolis Shows 153 Land Parks
A report notes that Minneapolis features 153 land parks within its landscape. The figure highlights the city’s extensive green spaces and public recreation options for residents and visitors alike.
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S Landscape
Minneapolis
Lane Found Responsible for Acts at Weston State Hospital
Judged Lane returned from Weston Saturday where authorities ruled he was responsible for his acts. Archie Walters of McAlpin was lodged in Raleigh County Jail and must stand trial Wednesday on charges of murdering a brother.
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Weston
Weston State Hospital
Archie Walters
McAlpin
Raleigh
Twins Sally and Sandy Riddle Show Early Science Talent
Sally and Sandy Riddle, 12, seventh grade at Mark Twain High, plan a future in science with a periscope project. The sisters also enjoy mathematics, sewing, darning, skating, and swimming. Sandy plays the
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McAlpin
Sally
Sandy Riddle
Sandy
Mark Twain High School
Buckhannon Attorney Becomes West Virginia Wesleyan Board President
Dr. Myron B. Hymes, Buckhannon lawyer since 1923, presides over the West Virginia Wesleyan College Board of Trustees. He serves with vice president W. Frank Keefer of Wheeling and secretary C. B. Whetsell of Elkins as the board meets on Founders Day.
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Buckhannon
Myron B. Hymes
West Virginia Wesleyan College Board of Trustees
West Virginia
W. Frank Keefer
Wheeling
Elkins
C. B. Whetsell
Wesleyan
Hymes
Buckhannan
Harvard Law School
Wesleyan Board
E. Ray Jones
Oakland
Maryland
First Methodist Church of
Vandalism Strikes Beckley Sewage Plant Windows
Police report vandals smashed about 20 windows at the Beckley sewage disposal plant on Sunday. Four teenage boys were seen walking toward the plant by a local resident who alerted authorities.
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Beckley
Recreation Board Studies Exhibit Mine Project At New River Park
Beckley recreation board forms a three person committee to explore a coal mine exhibit for tourists at New River Park and bids for an ice rink and play court. Architect Sam Bridge appointed to supervise contract work with 3 percent small bids and 2 percent large bids. Baseball field improvements at Woodrow Wilson High School estimated at 21000 dollars with bleachers lights and a concession stand.
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Beckley Recreation Board
New River Park
James Kessinger
J. S. Larrick
Joe Rahall
Sam Bridge
Woodrow Wilson High School
Warren Williams League
Raleigh County Board of Education
Kessinger
Ross Irle
M. F. Barksdale
Frank Rodriguez
Recreation Board
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Stover
Executive Mansion
Beckleyan
Coal City Girl
Lewis Stuart
MTHS
W. V. Riddle
Buckhannon Lawyer Heads College Board
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West Virginia Lions
Grand Chapter of
Order of Eastern Star
West Virginia Bar Association
Clifford Perkins
Secona
Arizona
Charles Hymes
Findley
Ohio
Myron Jr
Baltimore Dental College
Russell Marshall
Bristol
Miami University
Oxford
Wesleyan Publications Department
Seagram Distillers Company
New York City
Seagram’s
Wee Virginie
John Smith
Harry Reckless
John
Harry
Sally Snide
Matilda Bottingale
Matilda
Mr. Hutchison
Raleigh County
Zoe
Peoples Credit Store
Neville St
By Larry Hurb
Studebaker
Ward-Evans Motor Co., Inc
Oakwood Avenue
Cook Ford
Oceana
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