Acoustical Fix Stuck Over Raleigh Armory Funding
Raleigh County Armory Field House faces a $20,000 acoustics fix after promoter Zane Knauss highlighted the problem. Officials note supplementary equipment helped during a show, but funding remains unresolved as the Armory Board, Raleigh County Education, Court, and Beckley City Council share building costs.
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Raleigh County Armory
Zane Knauss
Pittsburgh
Armory Board
Knauss
G. C. Porter
Grand Ole Opry
Armory
Tom Minter
Norman Fazan
Kanuss
WWNR
Pittsburgh Civic Arena
Civic Light Opera
Minter
Raleigh County Board of Education
The
Raleigh County Court
Beckley City
Cub Scout Meet Set Tonight At Mabscott School
A Mabscott Elementary School gathering is planned for 7:30 PM for Mabscott area cub scouting. Dale Mosslander of the Seneca District led the Mabscott PTA meeting and invited all parents to attend. The event included a film OLD GLORY about the American flag by Beckley Army recruiters and a student teacher report from Concord College student Mrs. Carol Bailey. Winners of the school book contest were announced: Pearle Chambers, Ruth Meador, Frances Pragg, and Winnie Daniels.
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Mabscott
Dale Mosslander
Seneca
Parent-Teacher Association
Kenneth Manning
Clarence Johnson
Beckley Army
Gladys Davenport
Passenger's Hip Broken In Accident
Mrs Edna Lilly 59 of 308 Myers Ave says she swerved to avoid an oncoming car at noon Sunday and hit a utility pole in Bradley. Her husband Roscoe Lilly 67 suffered a fractured hip and facial cuts and is in satisfactory condition at Beckley Memorial Hospital. Mrs Lilly was treated and released. Damages to their car estimated at 300 with no charges filed.
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Edna Lilly
Myers Ave
Bradley
Roscoe Lilly
Lilly
Beckley Memorial l ‘Ospital
Child Injured Shoulder Playing Ball at Home
James Blair a 15 year old son of Mr and Mrs James Blair of Sprague was treated at Beckley Hospital Sunday afternoon for injuries to his left shoulder sustained while playing ball at home.
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James Blair
James Blair, Sprague
Beckley Hospital
Beckley College Welcomes L Moody Waddell As Night School English Teacher
L Moody Waddell begins his first teaching year at Beckley College night school English department after a coal mining career. A Stoco High 49 graduate with studies at Glenville Beckley Morris Harvey and Marshall University, he majored in social studies with English minor and lives with Patricia Ann Fink at 210 Glen Ave. Van Dyke visits WV schools for EEA convention events in Charleston and tour schedule includes Mount Hope Collins Fayetteville Gauley Bridge Ansted Summersville Webster Springs and Cowen High Schools.
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L. Moody Waddell
Woodrow Wilson High School
Beckley College
Stoco High School
Waddell
Glenville
Beckley
Morris Harvey College
Marshall University
Patricia Ann Fink
Crab Orchard
Waddells
Glen Ave
Mount Hope High School
Collins High School
Oak Hill
Fayetteville
Montgomery
Gauley Bridge
Ansted
Clay County
Nicholas County
Summersville
Webster Springs High School
Cowen High School
van Dyke
Beckley College president attends WV association meeting
D. K. Shroyer, president of Beckley College, attended the West Virginia Association of Business Schools meeting in Huntington at the Holiday Inn on Friday and Saturday. Van Dyke will represent Beckey College during College Day.
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D. K. Shroyer
Beckley College
West Virginia Association of Business Schools
Huntington
Holiday Inn
van Dyke
Beckey College
First Baptists Select Pastor From Indiana
Dr. Kenneth L. Swank, 40, of Seymour Indiana, will become pastor of the First Baptist Church of Beckley arriving December 9. He succeeds Dr Alvin J Cook who resigned July 9 1961 after 18 years. Swank has led six Missouri and two Kansas churches and earned BD divinity and MD from Central Baptist Seminary, with studies in Hawaii and Kansas City. He and his family visited Beckley October 7 and the pulpit committee includes D O Means and others.
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First Baptist Church of
Beckley
Kenneth D. Swank
Seymour
Kenneth L. Swank
Ind
Alvin J. Cook
Florida
Trinity Theo
Central Baptist Seminary
Hannibal Grange College
Hebrew Union College
Swank
Indiana
First Baptist Church
Missouri
Kansas
Chanute
Kan
Gage Park
Topeka
Dr. Swank
D. O. Means
Earl Whitener
Herbert Pulliam
H. A. Pierce
Unitarians Back Drink Issue and Seek New Church Site
Beckley Unitarians voted to back the liquor by the drink amendment in the upcoming General Election and to pursue owning a new church property. A fundraising building fund exists as they consider a future fellowship home at a suitable Reservoir Road location with Eva Keyser and E. J. Hodel named to a locating committee. They also approved a contribution to the Unitarian Service Committee in Boston.
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Beckley Unitarians
West
Reservoir Road
Eva Keyser
E. J. Hodel
National Church
Unitarian Service Committee
Boston
Senior Security hospital policy for ages 65 and up
Mutual of Omaha offers Senior Security hospital surgical nursing or convalescent home care. available to all 65 or older with no health limit and coverage for past conditions after six months. Benefits help pay cash for premier hospital, surgical and nursing home care.
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Mutual of
Omaha
Former Crab Orchard Man Murdered Three Arrested
Hubert Roy Osborne a 54 year old former Crab Orchard man was killed in Michigan. Police say three shots were fired into his face and head. his body was found by hunters four miles south of Ypsilanti. Detroit police arrested Walter Edward Buchanan and two women within hours of WV authorities identifying Osborne. Buchanan, not armed, had a prior life sentence for Kentucky murder in 1947. Osborne had left Beckley October 19 for Blue Water NM in his station wagon.
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Hubert Roy Osborne
Crab Orchard
Osborne
Ypsilanti
Mich
West Virginia
Detroit
Walter Edward Buchanan
Buchanan
Beckley
Blue Water N. M
Kentucky
W. G. Coals
Mullens
Bible College Association Draws ABI ers
The Rev. Lester E. Pipkin, president of Appalachian Bible Institute in Bradley, spoke at the Accrediting Association of Bible Colleges meeting in Chicago. He noted missions extension and compared Christian to communist literature while ABI remains an associate member with full transfer credits among accredited institutions.
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Lester E. Pipkin
Appalachian Bible Institute
Bradley
Accrediting Association of Bible Colleges
Chicago
Ill
Cal Beukema
ABS
Pipkin
Bible
United States
Accrediting Association
ABI
Beckleyans Have Roles In November Sessions
Leslie C. Gates chair of the Joint Program Committee West Virginia Institute and Central Appalachian Section of the American Institute of Mining Engineers and Mrs Gates, member of the Joint Ladies Committee, will take active roles in the annual session at The Greenbrier on November 23. Also taking part will be Mr and Mrs John W Straton vice president and secretary of Gates Engineering Co Beckley and H M Scott 400 S Kanawha St a member of the resolution committee of the West Virginia Coal Mining Institute.
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Leslie C. Gates
West Virginia
GOP Rallies Begin Tonight in Raleigh County Circuit Courtroom
GOP plans a county wide rally at 7 p.m. in the Raleigh County Circuit Courtroom with Third District Congressional Candidate Mal Guthrie of Charleston set to speak. Local candidates will also be heard as district rallies move to Mount View Junior High School at 7:30 p.m. and Stoco High School on Friday.
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Raleigh County
Mal Guthrie
Charleston
GOP
C. L. Crews
Mount View Junior High School
Stoco High School
Mark Twain High School
Richmond High School
Sophia Ministers Schedule Meetings On Liquor Issue
Several Sophia ministers announce a series of church meetings to discuss the liquor by the drink amendment. Speakers include Rev. Dewey Wilson at Midway First Church of God and Rev. S. D. Wilford at Sophia Methodist Church tonight at 7:30. Additional talks by Rev. W. F. Tolliver at Gospel Tabernacle Soak Creek and Rev. French Williams at First Baptist Sophia on Thursday. Friday features Rev. L. R. Mason at Sophia Friendship Baptist. Saturday hosts Rev. Mason at Sophia Free Will Baptist, with Sunday events at Sophia High School Gym and Memorial Building Beckley where temperance leader Sam Morris will speak. Public invited. more guest speakers planned for Memorial Building.
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Sophia
Dewey Wilson
Midway First Church of God
S. D. Wilford
Sophia Methodist Church
W. F. Tolliver
Gospel Tabernacle
Soak Creek
Jim Franklin
Sophia High School
Memorial Building
Beckley
Sam Morris
Bradley Resident Hurt In Car Accident
Mrs. Josephine Allen of Bradley is in satisfactory condition at Beckley Memorial Hospital after injuries from a car crash Sunday. Her daughter Carol, 14, was treated for minor injuries and released. no further details were available.
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Josephine Allen, Bradley
Beckley Memorial Hospital
Carol
Major factor affecting growth of fish
The primary determinant of fish growth is the productivity of the water they inhabit. Water productivity influences food availability, oxygen levels, and overall metabolic rates, shaping growth potential across species and habitats.
Centennial Fund Drive Nears Goal With Sub Debs
Raleigh County Sub Debts aided by Mrs Betty Beckley Campbell centenarian granddaughter of founder General Alfred Beck ley surpassed their $500 target by five dollars during a downtown blossom sale weekend. Saturday raised $93.27 as clubs plan a November 17 memorial building show seeking a further $500 with three top entries from each group.
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Raleigh County
Betty Beckley Campbell
Beckley
Alfred Beckley
Campbell
Donna Davis
Gulf
Ruann Ernst
Barbara Minton
Lucinda Wirtz
Ruth McCormick
Silhouette
Memorial Building
Mission Union Holds Quarterly Meeting Here
The Mission Union of Beckley and vicinity met Friday morning at Ebenezer Baptist Church. Mrs. Lucinda Goode led devotions with Effie Hannah and Lillian Carey, and Emmett Hudson gave the Bible lesson. Rev. Archie Johnson preached at 11:30 a.m. Welcome Baptist Mission Society won attendance banner.
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Mission Union of
Corey O. Mitchell
Mission Society
Welcome Baptist Mission Society
Ebenezer Mission Society
Addie Hughes
New Hope Baptist Mission Society
Goode
Alma Hembrick
Virginia Lawson
Life Underwriters Hear Beckley Doctor Speak
Dr W W McKinney of Beckley will address the King Anderson bill at a Beckley Life Underwriters luncheon in the Beckley Winn Hotel. Program chairman H M Tolbert announced the address. The First Class of 26 weeks fundamentals course in life insurance began at Peoples Life Insurance Co office with instructor Ed Richmond.
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W. W. McKinney
Beckley
King-Anderson
Beckley Life Underwriters
Beckley Winn Hotel
H. M. Tolbert
Peoples Life Insurance Co
Life Underwriters Training Council
John Faull
Ed Richmond
National Association of Life Underwriters
Paul Doss
Freddie Lee Blackburn
John Lee Pack
James R. Carmen
David L. Pack
James V. Helton Jr
Malcolm E. Morris
Warren G. Davis
James V. Helton
Howard White
Shady Spring FFA members attend national convention
Shady Spring FFA sent two representatives to the 35th national convention in Kansas City Missouri October 7 to 13. Charles Farrow served as vice president of the West Virginia Association of FFA and Kenneth Cooper was a chapter delegate. Kenneth’s trip was funded by Beaver merchants including the Beaver Lions Club Henrys Market S and S Super Market Lilly Barber Shop Rakes Hardware Lilly Hardware Beaver Cut-Rate Store and Eddies Amo-CO.
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Shady Spring
Future Farmers of America
Kansas City
Charles Farrow
West Virginia Association of Ffa
Kenneth Cooper
Kenneth
Beaver
Charles
Beaver Lions Club
Henry’s Market
Lilly Barber Shop
Rakes’ Hardware
Lilly Hardware
Beaver Cut-Rate
Eddie’s Amo- CO
Georgia Tops Union in Trees Planted in 1960
Georgia planted 330196 acres to trees in 1960, leading all states in the nation for tree planting.
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Georgia
Union
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Mabscott School
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By Randolph Robinette
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Daniel Boone Hotel
Beckley National
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
Agege
Neville ST
Federal Reserve System
First Baptists
Ray Barcel
Agency
Woodlawn Ave
W. Va
Mutual of Omaha Insurance Company
Omaha, Nebraska
Sea Ray Barcel Agency
W. Valam
Walter Caulkin
Bedford State
Bible College Association
Joseph K. Pinter
Business
Beckleyans
National Driver Register Service
Washington, D. C
Bureau of Public Roads
U. S. Department of
R. D. Watts Insurance Agency, Inc
Bair Building
Mission Union
FFA
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L. E. Crowson
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