Food Stamp Issue Dates Are Scheduled
Food stamp coupons will be issued at the Beckley main office November 1 to 5 starting 8:30 a.m. The Sophia IOOF Lodge Hall near INS store will issue November 1–2 at 8:30 a.m. The Shady Spring church basement site will issue November 2 from 8:30 a.m. to 3 p.m. The Pettus Baptist Church basement will issue November 3 from 8:30 a.m. to 3 p.m. Recipients should verify their authorized issuance location and date.
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Beckley
Sophia
Ioof Lodge
INS
Shady Spring
Shady Spring Methodist Church
Pettus
Pettus Baptist Church
Two County Students Enroll At Memphis State
Raleigh County students Phillip Rexel Munsey of Beckley and Norman Earl Stephens of Glen Daniel enrolled for the fall term at Memphis State University. Officials said fall enrollment neared 13,000, up more than 2,400 from last year’s 10,600.
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Raleigh County
Memphis State Univers
Phillip Rexel Munsey
H. J. Munsey
Glenn, Beckley
Norman Earl Stephens
Norman Stephens
Glen Daniel
New Trooper Lavender Assigned to Beckley Detachment
The Beckley Detachment of State Police adds trooper Frederic Lavender born 1937 to its ranks. A Chesapeake native, son of Frank R. Lavender and Elsie Lee Lavender, he is East Bank High School educated and a State Police Academy graduate from September. prior roles include Owens-Illinois Glass in Charleston New York Central Railway in Charleston and Kaiser Aluminum in Ravenswood. Lavender’s local detachment posting marks his first assignment.
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Beckley
State Police
Frend
Frank R
Elsie Lee Lavender
Chesapeake
East Bank High School
State Police Academy
Lavender
Owens- Illinois Glass Co
Charleston
New York Central Railway Co
Kaiser Aluminum
Ravenswood
Liva
Police
Barracks
Local State Police Investigate B and E in Crab Orchard
State police probe a burglary and intrusion at Crab Orchard with details still undisclosed. Beckley officers arrested Basil Clyde Neely, 18, Daniels, for speeding. he’s set to appear in Beckley Police Court October 28. Multiple Raleigh County Jail bookings and medical aid cases followed.
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Intry
Crab Orchard
Godoseph
Beckley
Basil Clyde Neely
Daniels
Neely
Ronnie Minor
Oak Grove
Raleigh
Beckley Fire Department
Parker
Sylvia St
Beckleyans at SRC Hearing on North South Highway Route
The Beckley-Raleigh County Chamber of Commerce will be represented by John Gates I D Christian and Alfred T Benton at a Fayettville public hearing to back a Beckley Mount Hope Oak Hill Fayetteville Summersville Sutton route to the SRC for the proposed North South industrial highway Former Gov Okey Patteson will also attend Gates presides over the chamber Benton coordinates business government relations Christian leads the Highway and Roads Committee The group endorses a Beckley Mount Hope Oak Hill Fayetteville Summersville Sutton pathway with Sutton to Beckley as the connecting segment
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Beckley-Raleigh County
SRC
Beckley
Mount Hope
Oak Hill
Fayetteville
Summersville
Sutton
West Virginia Counties Lose Population in 1960s Coal Region
Southern coal field counties in West Virginia show the greatest population loss since April 1, 1960, according to Leonard M. Sizer of West Virginia University. The study uses census-derived figures to estimate net migration and county population changes through July 1, 1964, noting a total county loss of 36,421 and a natural increase of 84,296.
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West Virginia
Leonard M. Sizer
West Virginia University Agricultural Experiment Station
Westeera
Bureau of Census
Vital Statistics Civi- State de of Health
National Office of Vital Statistics
Soseee
West V
Virginia Tion
A. H. V. VanLandingham
Morgantown
Halloween Celebrations Move to Saturday in Beckley
Halloween will be observed Saturday as Oct 31 falls on Sunday. The annual UNICEF drive runs Saturday afternoon and night in Beckley, and local State Police urge trick or treaters to observe Halloween on Saturday evening.
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Unicef
United Nations International Children’s Emergency Fund
Beckley
Schedule Outlined By Social Security
The Beckley Social Security Office announced a visiting schedule for surrounding communities from Nov 2 to 24. Venues include Memorial Building in Hinton on Nov 4 and 18, American Legion Building in Fayetteville on Nov 2 and 16, City Hall Whitesville on Nov 3 and 17, and Odd Fellows Hall Ansted near Ansted Motors on Nov 10 and 24. Nearby offices and post offices will provide time and date details.
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Beckley Social Security Office
Memorial
Hinton
American Legion
Fayetteville
City Hall
Whitesville
Odd Fellows Hall
Ansted Motors
Ansted
Beckley
Social Security
Jail cook Mrs Denny serves county inmates meals daily
Mrs. Denny, hired July 13 by Raleigh County Court, cooks at the county jail with help from her husband. Meals are served at 6 am 11:30 am and 3:30 pm including breakfast of milk cereal and hot biscuits and varied dinners such as beans with cornbread or potatoes with meat gravy and slaw. Trustees assist in the kitchen as well as during court sessions for jurors and jail staff. a neat dining room is maintained.
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Aroma County
Poheseriek
Denny
Raleigh County Court
Eros Ag
Tealety
Rev Mitchell To Speak At Green Valley Hill Baptist Meeting
Rev Thom Mitchell of Prosperity Fundamental Baptist Church will be guest speaker at Hill Baptist Church Green Valley at 7:30 p m Saturday. Pastor K C Lilly leads the church and the hearing will present chamber recommendations on population concentration and improved highway routing for regional growth.
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Thom Mitchell
Pas Prosperity Fundamental Baptist Church
the Hill Baptist Church
Green Valley
K. C. Lilly
Banks Close Friday At Noon For Funeral
Beckley three banks will close at noon Friday as a tribute to Howard Phipps longtime Bank of Raleigh director since 1907. Phipps died Wednesday in a Fayetteville nursing home, prompting the half day closure.
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Beckley
Howard Phipps
Phipps
Bank of Raleigh
Fayetteville
Tuesday Weld Ties Knot With Claude Hart In Los Angeles
Actress Tuesday Weld married Claude Hart secretary to actor Roddy McDowall in a ceremony attended by McDowall as best man. The nuptials were announced by Welds agent Dick Hollywood on Tuesday.
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New York
UPI
Tuesday Weld
Claude Hart
Roddy McDowall
McDowall
ac _ ve
Dick Hollywood
State premiums paid to area insurers total 633950
The State Board of Insurance released the fiscal year premiums paid to insurance agents for state property policies, totaling 633,950. Raleigh County agencies led with several earners including R. D. Watts, Sigmund MacLean, and Beckley Insurance Agency. Fayette and Wyoming counties followed with multiple firms such as Mountain State, New River, and Wyoming County Insurance Agency.
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State Board of Insurance
Raleigh, Fayette
Wyoming
Raleigh — Mountaineer Insurance Agency, Inc
Meadows
Songer
E. Z. Justice
Fayette — Rosser
Ance, Inc
Mountain State Ins. Agency, Inc
Robert C. Skaggs
Eyo Hope Insurance Agency, Inc
E. M. Darnall
New River Insurance Agency
H. A. Berry
Charles L. Garvin
Federal Insurance Agency
J. D. Schultz
George M. Hancock
Hard W. Cunningham
Stoco High Teacher Joins Kentucky Counseling Institute
Mrs. Trixie Butler of Stoco High School Coal City joins 29 other school counselors from 12 states in the NCEA Counseling and Guidance Institute at the University of Kentucky. Financed by a U S Office of Education grant, the year long program is led by UK College of Education director Dr Donald L Clark. Participants gain practical high school counseling experience and studies in sociology psychology and education with eventual employment as guidance counselors. Renowned counselors including Dr Sidney Jourard Dr Robert Stripling and Dr Daniel W Full will visit during the year.
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Trixie Butler
Stoco High School
Coal City
Ncea Counseling and Guidance Institute
University of Kentucky
U. S. Office of Education
UK College of Education
Donald L. Clark
Sidney Jourard
Robert Stripling
University of Florida
Daniel W. Full
Oregon State System of Higher Education
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Beckleyans
Kentucky
Jenny. Denny
Jail
Mitchell
Ager
Morticia
Herman Munster
Lily Munster
W.t.grant
Youngala
Stoco High
Guidance Institute
Robert R. Elmore
Mountain State Hearing Aid Center
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Beckley W. Va
Addams
Lumber
Frigidaire
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