Schools For Youth feature baton twirling program in town
The Gaynel Leigh Studio of Dance launches a baton twirling school with National Baton Twirling Association ties. Instructors include Barbara Freaman and Patricia Newland. classes begin September 13 at noon. Rita Warden becomes among the first local members of the national group. The Little Folks Kindergarten opens 9 a.m. Monday for ages four to five with a 12-child limit and a focus on play areas and group discipline.
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Gaynel Leigh
National
Susie Otey Harrah
Jan Campbell Music Co
Barbara Freaman
Green Valley
Patricia Newland
Freeman
Sophia High School
Rita Warden
Eugene Warden
Calloway Heights
Little Folks
W. T. Smith Jr
Crescenl Road
Concord College
Ohio State University
Columbus
Agnes Farmer
Bolt
Raleigh
Barbara Freeman
Linda Webb
Cathy Webb
Lee
August Report Lists TB Case
The Raleigh County Tuberculosis and Health Association recorded one active tuberculosis case in August and three primary inactive cases. One questionable active case and one silicosis suspect were noted, with three other pulmonary diseases and 78 X rays showing negative. A total of 88 X-rays were read and one re-read. 24 tubercular contacts were X-rayed and three ex‑patients had X‑rays. During the State Health Department mobile unit visit in Beckley, 2,629 people were X-rayed over three days.
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Raleigh County Tuberculosis and Health Association
Raleigh County Memorial Building
State Department of Health
Beckley
Fairmont Fire Claims One Life
Ben Fisher aged 38 died in a blaze that destroyed his single story home and damaged others in the neighborhood. A cab driver reported the fire at about 5 40 a m and woke William E Jones, Fisher’s stepson, next door. Coroner Charles H Koon ruled the death accidental.
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Fairmont
Ben Fisher
William E. Jones
Fisher
Charles H. Koon
Speeding Arrests Scheduled After Beckley Incident
Face Speeding Counts Jacob Jarrell 32 with no listed address and Alfred L Kelly 28 of Prince Street were ordered to appear in Beckley Police Court Monday night after their Tuesday arrests on speeding charges.
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Jacob Jarrell
Alfred L. Kelly
Prince Street
Beckley
Slab Fork Student Attends Two Day Leadership Camp
Jimo Molinari of Slab Fork is among campus leaders chosen by West Virginia Institute of Technology to join a two day leadership training at Camp Cedar Lakes near Ripley. The program, planned by Luther Haseley and James Andrews, included faculty speakers like Dr. William B. Axtell and Dean Frederick E. Thornton and highlighted student leaders Rom ans Skujins Nick Poulos and Buddo Hamilton.
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Jimo Molinari
Tuddle House Break-In Marked Fourth in Two Months
Intruders smashed a side door with a rock at the Tuddle House in Cranberry and stole change from the cash register. The jukebox and cigarette machine were damaged. It is the fourth break-in in about two months, state police said.
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Tuddle
Cranberry
Amos Named To Head Democrat Campaign
John E. Amos, Charleston lawyer and trucking executive, assumed duties as state Democratic campaign chairman. A former House speaker and Senate majority leader, he led sessions in 1913, 193, and 1947 as speaker and chaired majorities in 1953 and 1955. The Morgantown meeting named him unanimously. The campaign HQ opened at the Daniel Boone Hotel in Charleston with Amos in charge.
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John E. Amos
Charleston
Amos
Hi Party
House
Senate
Hulett C. Smith
Morgantown
Daniel Boone Hotel
Washington Rites Set For Mrs. Mankin
Funeral services will be held in Washington D C Thursday afternoon for Mrs. Virginia Turner Mankin wife of the late Dr J Ward Mankin of 2030 16th St N W Washington She was the daughter of the late Capt William Turner a pioneer Raleigh County resident and was known as an artist and author of several books
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Washington D. C
Virginia Turner Mankin
J. Ward Mankin
16Th St
N. W
Washington
Food Handler Permit Schedule Published by Raleigh County Health Dept
The Raleigh County Health Department sets a weekly permit issuance window for food handlers. Permits will be issued from p.m. until 2 p.m. each Friday.
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Raleigh County Health Department
Thieves use dairy freezer to stash stolen loot
Lancaster Ohio police investigated a break in at an empty dairy and found the freezer used to hide food items clothing tools and other goods believed stolen locally.
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Lancaster
Ohio
Stewardess Uses Silk Stockings in Air Crash Rescue
Barbara Grimes of Los Angeles used silk stockings to make a tourniquet for John Pernicano and a girdle as padding for a splint after a Western Air Lines crash in Palm Springs. Pernicano and three other passengers were injured in the incident.
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Palm Springs
Calif
Barbara Grimes
Los Angeles
John Permicano
Pernicano
Western Air Lines
Scouts Plan Nationwide Emergency Handbook Distribution
About 1,300 Cub and Boy Scouts in Raleigh County will hand out 18,000 Hand book for Emergencies booklets door-to-door from Sept 23 to 30. The guides cover emergency actions including atomic fallout protection as a dead turn. Participants include David Prince, Troop 8, Stephen C Alles, Fact 7, and Eddie Zopp, health and safety chairman.
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Cub
Boy Scouts
Raleigh County
David Prince
Stephen
C. Alles
Fact 7
Eddie Zopp
Health and Safety
Youths Face Grand Jury On Burglary Charges
Five Maxwell Hill youths released on $1,000 bonds each await action by the Raleigh County Grand Jury on burglary charges. They waived preliminary hearings. Items stolen valued at $300 included two guitars a clock and a carpenter's rule.
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Maxwell Hill
Raleigh
Colton White
Ernie Blake
Jackie Treadway
Delmar Worley
Frank Nagy
Julius Nagy
Family Reunion Attendees Gather in Flat Top Area
Mr. and Mrs. Merriman Archie and their children Joyce Gene Colin and Anthony attended a family reunion honoring the mother Inez Martin in Flat Top Rhodell. Also present were Kathleen Ferguson Josephine Clyde Martin Frank Martin's family in Beckley and Chicago and Bill Martin with son Allen from Akron area.
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Merriman Archie
Joyce
Gene
Colin
Anthony
Inez Martin
Rhodell
Kathleen Ferguson
Josephine
Clyde Martin
Beckley
Frank Martin
Frankie
Laoray
Chicago
Ill
Bill Martin
Allen
Akron
County Officials Attend State Chamber Meeting at The Greenbrier
Raleigh County was well represented at the West Virginia Chamber of Commerce annual meeting held August 28 29 and 30 at The Greenbrier White Sulphur Springs. About 20 local Chamber members and their wives attended. Participants including Vice President Richard Nixon Ex Congress man Jennings Randolph and Congressman Robert C Byrd discussed committees sessions and plans for tourism health centers and the state centennial.
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Raleigh County
West Virginia Chamber, of Commerce
Harry Anderson
Beckley Chamber
Greenbrier
White Sulphur Springs
Anderson
Richard Nixon
Jennings Randolph
Robert C. Byrd
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Home OF
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Slab Fork
Tuddle House
Democrat
Mrs. Mankin
Frigidaire
Beckley Hardware
Universal Home Equipment
Richmond Cleaners and Laundry
Sigma
Richmond
Universal, Home Equipment Co
Universal
South Fayette Street
Montgomery Ward
Neville ST. Dial
Beckley, W. VA
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