Volunteers Lend Hand In Seal Sale Work
A group of Beckley ladies stuffed envelopes with seals and letters in the Legion Room at the Memo rial Building. The Raleigh County Tuberculosis and Health Association plans its annual seal sale, with letters to be mailed November 22, as part of Christmas preparations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
C. C. Lewis
Association
L. Withrow
Souks Feskins
R. Sigmund
J. B. F. Yoak Jr
Raleigh County Tuberculosis and Health Association
Beckley
Legion Room
Memo
Mabscott Principal outlines discipline and science drive
Basil Anderson, principal of Mabscott eight grade, spoke to the Mabscott Lions Club. He highlighted three factors for discipline and instruction: teacher personality student interest and a friendly pupil teacher relationship. He described a strong science and math program aided by National Defense Education Act funds and county matching funds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Raleigh County
Mabscott Lions Club
Basil Anderson
Mabscott
Mabscott Methodist Church
Joe Sparacino Jr
Bill Hurt
Lions Clubs
Anderson
Civic Club
Joplin
Demo Rally at Raleigh Courthouse Draws County Candidates
Tonight at 7 30 in Raleigh County Courthouse all county Democratic candidates will be seen and heard at the biggest rally of the week. MRS W W Jackie Withrow president of the Young Democratic Club announced introductions will precede the main talk by James Manchin Parkerburg. The rally is sponsored by Young Democrats and open to all. Each candidate will be allotted time.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Raleigh County
W. W
Jackie” Withrow
Young Democratic Club
James Manchin
Parkersburg
Tree Seedling Orders Being Received in Beckley West Virginia
The Conservation Commission of West Virginia Forestry Division announces fall and spring seedling orders from county forester David Yoas. Fall orders due by Nov 11, 1960 with deliveries late November. spring orders delivered in March 1961. Minimum 500 seedlings, 100 per species. prices vary by species. orders to be sent to Beckley office or placed by phone.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Beckley of
Office
The
Conservation Commission Forestry Division
David Yoas
Conservation Commission of West Virginia
Division of Forestry
Beckley
Soil Conservation Technician
Yoas
Twenty Nine File Applications At Employment Office
Twenty nine persons filed locations for work at the Office of Employment Security. They were one sewing machine operator, one maid, two cooks, one service station attendant, one salesman, one receiving clerk and one spray painter. Also two trailer truck drivers, one hooker, one truck driver, one delivery boy, one bulldozer operator, two power shovel operators, two dump truck drivers, one auto mechanic, one electrical repairman, two coal cutting machinemen, one mine brakeman, three coal loaders, one blacksmith, one mine foreman and one maintenance mechanic.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Office of Employment Security
Death Valley records lowest US altitude at 282 feet below sea level
A California location, Death Valley, is cited as the lowest land point in the United States at 282 feet below sea level. The note highlights extreme elevation difference within the country and marks Death Valley as a notable geographic extreme.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
Death Valley
California
West Virginia Democrats prepare for candidate introductions
Mrs. Withrow will preside as the meeting opens. Alex George, campaign manager, will introduce the candidates. Cotton White, president of West Virginia Democratic Clubs, will introduce Manchin.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Withrow
Alex George
Cotton White
West Virginia
Democratic Clubs
Manchin
Mrs Betty Easley Appointed Radio Operator Clerk
Mrs Betty Easley wife of Beckley police officer Edwin Easley began work Monday as radio operator clerk in the office of Carl Lucas District Four forester. She handles short wave calls from field foresters records them and relays messages to others to speed movement of crews. She succeeds Mrs June Seelinger who resigned September 1 to join her husband in Akron.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Betty Easley
Beckley
Edwin Easley
Carl Lucas
District Four Forester
Lucas
Area Pastors To Attend State Nazarene Meeting
Beckley and Oak Hill pastors and wives plan to attend the West Virginia District Nazarene Preachers conference in Huntington November 1 to 3. The event draws most of the state’s 120 Nazarene churches, about 8,000 members, to Walnut Hills Nazarene Church with speakers William Greathouse and L. S. Oliver. The Charleston district superintendent H Harvey Hendershot leads the conference, hosted by pastor Ira Fowler.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Beckley District Nazarene
West Virginia
Walnut Hills
Prince Succeeds Smith Local Scouters Fill Two Posts
Beckley area Boy Scouts in Raleigh District name two leaders after a Wednesday meeting at Wallace Noble’s home. James Prince becomes advancement chairman, replacing the late Roy I. Smith, with a career in Scouting since 1953 and prior roles in organization, extension, and finance. AMATO has long served Raleigh County as field scout executive and holds multiple district committee roles, focusing on camporee and event support.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Beckleyans
Raleigh
Boy Scouts of America
Wallace Noble
Way Amiaw
Amato
James Prince
Roy I. Smith
Jonce
College Student Spends Weekend With Parents
Miss Fancyne Mitchell, a Marshall College student, spent the weekend with her parents the Rev. and Mrs. Corey Mitchell at 405 S Fayette St. A cousin, Mrs. Sadie Morton of Pittsburgh, visited. Mrs. Sterling Moss, employed in New York, visited family at 205 Westmoreland St. Also listed are L. Vickers, William Laird III of Fayetteville, and Fred L Huffman of Pineville.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fancyne Mitchell
Marshall College
Corey Mitchell
S. Fayette St
M. E. English
Kentucky Ave
Sadie Morton
Pittsburgh
Sterling Moss
New York City
Westmoreland St
L. Vickers
William Laird III
Fayetteville
Fred L. Huffman
Pineville
Guidance Theme of PTA Meeting
Miss Mary Louise Klaus spoke on "Guidance and Your Child" at Crescent PTA last week detailing the new testing system and its impact on children. A yearly follow-up will direct students into their best field. Leaders urged parent turnout for Boy Scout rally and uniforms were approved for basketball teams.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mary Louise Klaus
Crescent Parent-Teacher Association
Klaus
Man Hurt in Winding Gulf Coal Mine Fall
Cubit Frank Nalley of Route 2 Beckley was treated at Beckley Hospital on Monday for an injured left ankle suffered in a state fall at the Winding Gulf Coals Co mine East Gulf.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cubit
Frank Nalley
Beckley
Beckley Hospital
Winding Gulf Coals Co
East Gulf
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Ted Stover
Board of Education
Quality Lumber and Supply Co
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Wyoming
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Fred K. Filler
Robert D. Hall
Charles C. Hoover
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Henry M. Bennett
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Donald C. Newell
Forrest P. Smith
W. H. Wender
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America
Kenosha
Wisc
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Crescent School
June Mabe
Miner
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Seagram
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Seagram Distillers Company
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