Three 50 year pins presented at William Penn Fraternal event
Branch 25 of the William Penn Fraternal Association honored three members with 50 year pins at a Beckley social gathering hosted by Mr. and Mrs. Steve Halash. Attending were Branch Manager Frank Helmeczi and numerous members including Hajash Kobach Csikora Szuch and Csikora families.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William Penn Fraternal Association
Branch 25
Steve Halash
Laren Avenue
Beckley
Frank Helmeczi
Hajash
Baylor Taraczkozy
John Csikora
Joe Bernath
Helmeczi
Albert Kobach
James Szuch
Joseph Marcinko
Bill Csikora
Csikora
Mike Csikora
Nick Hajash
Steve Hajash
Secre
Ter
H. F. Kiser
Steve Hajash II
George J. Hajash
John Hajash
Osborne
Consumer Tax Change Sought by West Virginia Vendors
Charleston attorney John Kiser urged a legislative subcommittee to study consumer sales tax reform for vending machine operators. He noted 10 cent machines pay about 11.1 percent tax versus retailers at about 3.05 percent. He proposed exempting machines from tax on 10 cent items or shifting to percentage-based taxation to level the field.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charleston
UPI
West Virginia
John Kiser
West Virginia Music and Vendors Association
Kiser
State
Pension bill moves forward may shield veterans incomes
News for Vets by C 8S Collier Jr reports that H R 1927 to liberalize the pension law gains favor. Senate Finance Committee hearings have occurred and an executive session is planned after August 31. The measure would exclude ten percent of all retirement annuities including Social Security from pension income calculations, offsetting five percent Social Security increases. It would also exclude certain expenses, property sale profits, jury duty payments, and education assistance from reportable pension income.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Collier JR
W. Va
Department of Veterans Affairs
Senate Finance Committee
Senate
Beckley youth awarded West Virginia Churches of God Scholarship
Danny J. Acord, son of Mr and Mrs James J Acord of 336 S Eisenhower Dr Beckley WV, received the West Virginia Churches of God Scholarship to Lee College in Cleveland Tennessee. Acord, 1964 Woodrow Wilson High School graduate, Bible Club member, serves on Beckley Church of God youth program committee.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Beckley
West
Miss Amato Attends Aerospace Meeting at Goddard Center
Miss Gerlanda Amato, a Beckley Junior High School instructor, attends a conference today through Friday at the Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt Maryland. The event, sponsored by the National Science Teachers Association and NASA, aims to develop aerospace education material for classroom use.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gerlanda Amato
Beckley Junior High
Goddard Space Flight Center
Greenbelt
National Science Teachers Association
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
War Orphans Educational Assistance Program Changes
Proposal to modify the veteran aid and attendance program includes removing annual income questionnaires, eliminating disability requirements for 65 pension and unemployability, raising initial income brackets and death disability rates, boosting aid to 100 and allowing prescribed drugs, adding a $35 housebound rate, excluding from veteran income the greater of 1200 or spouse earnings, and standardizing a hospital reduction for all veterans on aid and attendance. The hospital reduction would start the second month after hospital admission.
Doctor's Mailbag on Contact Lenses and Carbon Tetrachloride
The column debunks a cancer rumor about contact lenses, stressing proper use by a qualified eye specialist to avoid corneal damage and blurred vision after lens removal. It warns carbon tetrachloride is a potent indoor poison, with quicker effects if alcohol is consumed, and advises hospital treatment for acute poisoning with prevention as key.
Military Men In The News At Home And Overseas
Three area men in TAC forces take part in Exercise Indian River at Algin AFB Florida. Airmen Belcher Dillon and Sgt Johnson are armament mechanics and navigation repair, with ties to Pineville Mullens Beckley. Other West Virginia servicemen in Germany and at Fort Lee, Lackland, Shaw AFB, and Ansted receive assignments and promotions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
U. S. Air Force
Tactical Air Command
TAC
Tactical Air Warfare Center
Aglin Afb
Fla
C. Chester L. Belcher
Herbert Belcher
Pineville
Robert E. Johnson
Luther King
Mullens
C. Wannie G. Dillon
Essie Dillon
Beckley
Belcher and
Dillon
Sgt
Johnson
Belcher
Pineville High School
Concord College
Betty Miller
Wyoming
Shirley Gunter
Airman
Trap Hill High School
Agnes Pachuta
Rt. 1
Ansted
Lackland Afb
Tex
Larry D. Barton
Richard W. McVey
Barton
Mary Barton
Lowery Afb
Colo
Two Calls Answered By The Rescue Squad
Minnie Robertson aged 89 died at 510 Russell Street Monday night after rescue workers could not revive her. At 5 15 p m John T Jarrell 27 of Sophia fainted on Neville Street in front of the Tip Top Restaurant and was taken to Beckley Hospital. A fire on 1208 South Fayette Street damaged Lena Long's car, with losses around 10 dollars according to the fire department.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Minnie Robertson
Russell Street
Beckley
Neville St
Tip Top
John T. Jarrell
Sophia
Beckley Hospital
Keyser-Bryant Funeral Home
Beckley Fire Department
South Fayette Street
Lena Long
Beaver
Burch Names Aide to Head Women’s Division
Republican National Committee national chairman Dean Burch named Mrs. Laddie F. Pat Hutar of Chicago as assistant chairman in charge of activities for the party's women’s division. She succeeds Mrs. Elly Peterson of Charlotte Michigan who seeks the U S Senate nomination.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Burch
Washington
UPI
GOP
Dean Burch
Laddie F
Pat) Hutar
Chicago
Republican National Committee
Hutar
Elly Peterson
Charlotte
Mich
U.S
Detention Damages Suit Filed Over $10,000 Loss
A Raleigh County suit claims detention damages of $10,000 and seeks the return of a crawler tractor and engine valued at $5,000 unjustly obtained July 15. Plaintiffs M. K. Farmer and C. E. Farmer, doing business as Farmer Brother's Coal Co., are represented by Scherer Bow ers File and Hudson. A second suit by Bluefield Sanitarium Inc. names Floyd Joseph Meadows and Marcells Meadows over a promissory note for the stated amount.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. A. Cunningham
Raleigh County
M. K. Farmer
C. E. Farmer
Farmer Brother’s Coal Co
Scherer
Million Dollars Requested for Disability Backlog Relief
Charleston report: State Division of Vocational Rehabilitation seeks a $1 million set aside within a $9.656 million budget to tackle a “staggering” backlog of unserved disability cases. Proposal aims to fund community-based sheltered workshops and expand rehabilitation, with federal matching funds expected.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charleston
UPI
State Division of Vocational Rehabilitation
State Board of Vocational Education
Institute
Also Mentioned on This Page
Tary Elizabeth Kizer
Sandor Janovics
Louis Ostvart
Louis Gall
Daniel Veneri
Martin J. Hajash
Taraczkozy
Daugh
Miss Amato
Wayne Brandstadt
Newspaper Enterprise Assn
Richard P. Williams
Lonnie Williams
Sprague
Hancock
Alameda
Calif
George R. Goss
Ralph Goss
Rt. 2
William P. Bailey
L. E. Bailey
Virginia St
Shaw Afb
S. C
Guam
Bailey
Shaw
Oak Hill High School
Malissie Dover
Red
Gordon T. Dix
Lilah
Ft.Lee, Va
So Dix
Army
Korea
Dix
Raymond Dix
Ansted High School
McVey
Dyer McVey
Chanute Afb
Ill
William M. Massey
R. C. Massey
Fayetteville
14Th Armored Cavalry Regiment
Bad Kissingen
Germany
Massey
Mirga
Leonard D. Garten
John Garten
Shady Spring
U. S. Air Force Dental Laboratory
Gunter Afb
Ala
Garten
279Th
U. S. Air Force Hospital
Robins Afb
Richmond High School
Ida Smith
Pvt
Bobby J. Jones
Everett Jones, Eccles
Ara Armor Center
Ft. Knox
George H Olson
Enric Olson
Elm Street
Joseph A. Martin
Robert Martin
Ringleben Street
Intrepid
Admiral Flatley
Sixth Fleet
Mediterranean
Wendell G. Stewart
Glenn Stewart
McGraws
Cromwell
Conn
55Th Artillery
Stewart
Glen Rogers High School
Beckley College
Bobbie L. Buoy
Hallie Scruggs Jr
Whitby
3Rd Armored Division
Hohenfels
Buoy
48Th Infantry
Gelnhausen
Stratton High School
Truman Sayre
Gohan
Jm Mu, Prem
Farewinge
Falls City
Premiu
Falls City Brewing Company
Louisville
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