Appalachi an Art and Craft Festival Opens Amid Optimism
Officials anticipate large turnout for first annual Appalachian Art and Craft Festival in Beckley Raleigh County. Robert L. Hamilton Beckley Raleigh County Chamber of Commerce managing director reports early spectator presence and Michigan visitors among hundreds arriving for opening activities. Six chartered buses from Cincinnati arrive.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert L. Hamilton
Beckley - Raleigh County
Merce
Hamilton
Michigan
Cincinnati
Ohio
Social Security edits and rate increases explained
The second editor note outlines 1965 amendments with a seven percent benefit rise for most retirees beginning January 1965, affecting Beckley area residents. It details monthly increases, retroactive adjustments, increased wage base to 6600 in 1966, higher family maximums, automatic benefit refiguring after earnings, and notices about checks and timing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dwight Billings
Social Security Administration
Beckley Area
Raleigh, Fayette
Summers County
Negroes Win Bus Dispute In East Helen
Raleigh County Superintendent Sherman C Trail confirmed the dispute in the East Helen Negro community is settled and about 30 grade school children will enroll today at Mark Twain School. The bus will now travel an extra half mile to the community center to pick up the children, having been found to legally travel the private road past the coal tipple for safer access. Mrs Clarence Jackson, East Helen parents spokesman, said the community is very happy and children can see the bus arrive from home and depart promptly for boarding.
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Helen
Raleigh
Sherman C. Trail
Mark Twain
Trail
East Helen
Clarence Jackson
FAA Budget Includes Aid For Summersville
Washington report notes West Virginia will receive a single allocation of 157,719 for Summersville airport. Funds will cover a 3,000 foot runway, parking apron, entrance road, turnarounds and connecting taxiway. The Summersville facility is one of 74 projects planned this year with 50 50 matching funds from local communities.
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Washington
API
West Virginia
Summersville
Federal Aviation Agency
Y Officers Moving Up at Beckley YMCA
The Beckley Raleigh County YMCA moves executive offices from the basement to the Memorial Building main floor to improve member security and control. The old offices will become part of a new gameroom addition, and a members lounge with lamps end tables chairs and a TV is planned.
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Beckley-Raleigh County Ymca
Memorial Building
Harry C. Culp
Culp
Clerk Office Closes At Noon On Saturday
The Raleigh County Clerk's offices will stay open until noon Saturday as announced by Clerk C. QO. "Smitty" Smith US. All other courthouse offices close Saturday and Monday for Labor Day observance.
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Raleigh
C. QO. “Smitty
Smith
Fair Entertainment Art and Craft Festival Program Notes
West Virginia folk singer Billy Edd Wheeler appears on all four days of the festival with afternoon programs 2 to 2 30 p m. The schedule lists afternoon Honey singers and evening entertainment with Jim Bob Kessinger Pete Peterson Hank Holt and others. events include Calico and Jeans dancers, The Echoes, auto harpists, and square dancing with caller Zickafoose. Fees: $1 for all access, 50 cents for students. doors open 10 a m. sale and show run to 8 p m nightly.
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Raleigh County
Hamilton
Southern District Federated Women’s Clubs
West Virginia University Cooperative Extension Service
Billy Edd Wheeler
West Virginia
Wheeler
Beckley
John Wesley Smith
Blanche Fortner
Georgia Harden
O. O. Kidd
Herbert Zickafoose
Calico
Jeans
Mrs. Cecil Dow
The
Echoes
Ronald E Hunter Graduates From Art Institute
Ronald E Hunter son of Mr and Mrs A E Hunter of 326 Meyers Avenue graduates from the Commercial Art Division of the Art Institute of Pittsburgh. He competed in the American Greeting Card Company art contest during his studies as Earl Wheeler president of the Art Institute presents him with his diploma after he is a Woodrow Wilson High School alumnus.
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Ronald E. Hunter
A. E. Hunter
Meyers Avenue
Art Institute of Pittsburgh
AIP
American Greeting Card Company
Mr. Hunter
Woodrow Wilson High School
Earl Wheeler
Art Institute
Ronald
Chicago Alder Planetarium First US Planetarium
The Alder Planetarium in Chicago is noted as the first planetarium built in the United States, marking a milestone in public science education and astronomical displays.
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Chicago
Alder Planetarium
United States
Roane County Man Killed in Cliff Crash
Spencer police report 78 year old Thom as B Jarvis of near Newton Roane County died Tuesday when his car left West Virginia 36 and plunged over a 30 foot cliff. A passerby found the body pinned beneath the wreckage raising this year’s road death toll to 293 compared to 291 at this time last year.
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Spencer
UPS
Thomas B. Jarvis
Newton
Roane County
W. Va
Jarvis
Cliffside Amalfi Towns Use Stone Steps as Streets
Stone steps replace roads in cliffside towns along the Amalfi coast creating a stairway network that functions as daily transport. Residents navigate narrow routes between houses, markets, and churches while tourists explore steep paths with coastal views.
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Amalfi
Italy
Seals Present 377000 Problem To Government
Washington UPI The Interior Department awards 377000 to a St Louis fur processing firm to study how to handle 5000 unwanted fur seals. The contract funds development of better seal leather, more color variety and luxury products to boost demand for skins from the Pribilof Islands off Alaska.
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Washington
UPI
Interior Department
St. Louis
Priirse Islands
Alasa
Beckley Girl Named WVU Fresh Counselor
Miss Vickie Shumate of Beckley is among 78 WVU students chosen as freshmen counselors. Each counselor will guide 25 to 30 first year students during orientation from September 9 to 12, with classes starting September 13.
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Beckley
Vickie Shumate
West Virginia University
Thorpe hailed by Swedish king after 1912 Olympic wins
The King of Sweden called Jim Thorpe the greatest athlete in the world after he won both the pentathlon and decathlon at Stockholm in 1912. Later, Thorpe was charged as a professional, and his Olympic medals were stripped and records erased.
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Sweden
Jim Thorpe
Stockholm
Thorpe
Capacity Crowd Hears Explanation Of New Federal Food Stamp Program
A Raleigh County audience of grocers and officials from the Department of Agriculture and local associations gathered to explain the Food Stamp Program. The session covered eligibility, stamp denominations, handling rules, and October issuance offices, with a three year pilot model cited as successful.
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Wanda Pinson
Raleigh County
Department of Agriculture Association of
W. Va
Raleigh County Public Assistance Dept
Frank DeMartino
Department of Agriculture
Edward R
Bob) Neill
W. Va. Assn
James L. Swecker
de Martino
DeMartino
Association of Retail Grocers
Driver Cited After Mishap on South Valley Drive
A two car crash at 8:35 a.m. on South Valley Drive caused about 200 dollars in damage. Arther M. Marks, 47, of Beckley Junction, rear ended Opal Smith, 42, of MacArthur, after she stopped at a school crossing. Marks was cited for failure to control. No injuries reported. Also, Eddie Zoltz of Prosperity was jailed for drunkenness and resisting arrest, and four others booked for drunkenness. Beckley police also arrested John Henry Maxwell, 60, on a non support warrant.
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South Valley Drive
Arther M. Marks
Beckley Junction
Opal Smith
MacArthur
Marks
Eddie Zoltz
Prosperity
Raleigh County
Beckley
John Henry Maxwell
Joe Rodriguez
Secretary of State To Speak To Raleigh Group
Secretary of State Robert D. Bailey Jr will be the featured speaker at a Raleigh County Mental Health Association meeting at 8 00 p m Tuesday at the Public Health Center on Harper Road The program launches the Raleigh County Alcoholism Information Center with state officials and local leaders invited to discuss prevention funding treatment and rehabilitation The association will have a full staff from three state agencies as a demonstration model for services in the area
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Robert D. Bailey, Jr
Raleigh County Mental Health Association
Public Health Center
Harper Road
M. Mitchell-Bateman
State Department of Mental Health
Jack K. Bailey
Raleigh County Alcoholism Information Center
Donald R. Dancy
Alcoholism
F Ray Power
State Department of Education
Harold T. Colley
Sexton D. Wright
State Department of Welfare
Colley
Raleigh
Division of Alcoholism
Association
Billy G. Witherspoon
Nella Bailey
Division of
Nancy Hamilton Lewis
Thomas Hurley
State Division of Vocational Rehabilitation
Beulah Wolford
Raleigh County Health Dept Closure And Week Clinic Schedule
Raleigh County Health Department on Harper Road will close Monday. Remaining week clinic lineup includes Wednesday Immunization Clinic at 2 p.m. with no appointment. Thursday General Health Clinic at 1 p.m. with no appointment. Friday Food Handler's School at 9 a.m. and 1 p.m., conducted by W. B. Hume, Sanitarian.
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Raleigh County Health Department
Harper Road
General Health Clinic
W. B. Hume
Sanitarian
Reverend N C Lewis Leads Shady Grove Choir at Sec ond Church
The Rev N C Lewis and the Shady Grove Baptist Church choir Glen White will lead services at 7 30 p m today at the Sec ond Baptist Church in honor of Rev J W Gowen on his 18th anniversary as pastor of the church.
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N. C. Lewis
Shady Grove Baptist Church
Glen White
Second Baptist Church
J. W. Gowen
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Ralph W. Honaker
Veterans of Foreign Wars
V.F.W. Post
Honaker
Chesapeake and Ohio Railroad
Huntington
Howard P. Hall
Eugene H. Williams
Romney
Lawrence Cavendish
Cochairman
Oscar Dick
State Department of Agriculture
FAA
Fair Entertainment
Jim Bob Kessinger
Pete Peterson
Hank Holt
Zickafoose
David Morris
Jenes Cottrell
Banjo
Clay County
C. W. Wiley
And
Beckley Gospel Singers
New Times
Snyder Brothers
Denise Blanche Fortner
Roane Countian
WVU Fresh
PSP
Appalachian Power CO
Public Welfare
McCreery Street
South Kanawha Street
Fayette County
Fayetteville
Raleigh County Grocers
James L. Secker
the Style Store
Dacron & Cotton
Coats
Silver Brand
Neville St
Beckley, W. Va
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