Engineers Tour Prince Army Camp via Pontoon Bridge
Forty five members from West Virginia Society of Professional Engineers Southeast Bluefield and Appalachian Beckley chapters visited Prince Army Camp on Saturday. They toured facilities, saw a five ton bridge truck and assault boats, and witnessed an aluminum foot bridge demonstration built on cell-bailing boats with foam cores for buoyancy.
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West Virginia Society of Professional Engineers
Prince Army Camp
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Edward Lawler
Edward Horsiman
100Th Engineer Company
Prince
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Nurse Attends Three-Week Rehab Seminar in New York
Mrs Gerlnide C. Riffe head nurse on Beckley Veterans Hospital Intermediate Ward attends a three week rehabilitation methods seminar for nurses at New York University Bellevue Medical Center. The course runs from Monday through November 9 and upon completion she will teach classes at the local VA hospital to share insights with other nurses.
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Beckley Veteran's Hospital
New York University
Bellevue Medical Center
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Taxation and Finance Amendment Debate on WV TV
West Virginians will hear a debate on the Taxation and Finance Amendment to the State Constitution tonight at 10 30 p m on WCHS TV. Charles E Hodges of the Charleston Chamber of Commerce supports the amendment. C H Fick of the West Virginia Farm Bureau opposes it. Each side will present views and answer the opponent's allegations.
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Reserve Commanders To Get Extra Training
Ordnance training provided for reservists in eight West Virginia towns including Beckley Morgantown Kingwood Martinsburg Beckley East Rainelle Ripley Parkersburg Huntington by Second Army experts Capt Owen G Harvey and Specialist Third Class Richard I Hutton of Fort Meade Md will teach new ordnance techniques in an itinerary spanning October to December
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Coldiron Rites Set Wednesday
Funeral services for John Coldiron 69ECcles will be held at 2 30 p m Wednesday at Mount Tabor Baptist Church. He died Monday after an extended illness in a local hospital. Burial follows at Calfee Cemetery with pallbearers named. He was a retired coal miner. survived by wife Sarah Elizabeth, three daughters, one son, sisters, a brother, twelve grandchildren and two great grandchildren.
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W. C. Daniel
Moncie Wilson
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George Patton
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Absentee Ballots Could Decide Tight West Virginia Election
West Virginia servicemen and their spouses may cast mail ballots in a close election. About 176 absentee requests from Raleigh County soldiers highlight the potential impact, with totals higher than 1952. Deadline for ballot requests is October 26, and eligibility rules are outlined by county and state officials.
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Auto Plunge on White Oak Mountain Injures Two Soldiers
State Police report two soldiers, Henry T. Kinsley from Niota UL and Don R. Pigg from Mount Hope, escaped serious injury after their car slid on a wet U S 3 near White Oak Mountain, left the road, and rolled 90 feet, striking a parked vehicle owned by Oakley Bennett of Shady Spring. The incident occurred about 8 p m Monday en route to Fort Eustace Va. Damages were estimated at 500 dollars. The car rolled once after initial impact with the rear of the parked auto.
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Mount Hope
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Escapee Returned To County Jail
An escapee from Raleigh County Jail, Robert Barnett, was recaptured and returned Monday evening. Deputies Hutcheson and Farley arrested Barnett at Ann Caldwall’s home. Sheriff Ward said Barnett is wanted in Ohio on a felony charge and faces an extra six months for breaking out of custody. He had been jailed Oct. 14 for moonshine possession and improper registration and arraigned Oct. 15, fined $110 and costs, then sentenced to jail in lieu of the fine after serving two days of a 10 day term.
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Mason Farley
Barnett
Ann Caldwall
John C. Ward
Ohio
C. T. Burdiss
Savings Bonds sales rise in Fayette Raleigh and Wyoming counties
August sales of series E and H savings bonds totaled 277 848 with Fayette 133 912 Raleigh 24 143 143 and Wyoming 19 790. State sales in Aug and Sep reached 8 305 831 for a nine month total of 45 348 260, 77 33 percent of 58 900 000 quota. National totals through September were 8 923 million.
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Polio Clinic Administered Three Sessions at Slab Fork
A total of 82 persons received first second and third injections of the polio vaccine at a clinic held Friday at Slab Fork Elementary School. The event was the third clinic of the week sponsored by Raleigh County Health Department.
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Raleigh County Health Department
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