Carrier-Salesmen Try Their Hand At Reporting
Raleigh Register carrier-salesmen join a Junior Reporter Circulation Contest with a weekly winner chosen for submitting the most news tips. Prize includes a small award and a Europe trip for the overall Junior Reporter, with the trip sponsored by Family Weekly Magazine.
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Register
Raleigh Register
Davis Roush
The
Roush
Scene Register
Beckley-Herald Carrier
Europe
Beckley Newspapers
Switzerland
European
Family Weekly Magazine
Beckley Boys
the Register
Walker to Represent Raleigh County at Fire Prevention Conference
Verlin H. Walker director of attendance for Raleigh County Schools will represent the county at the Governor's conference on fire prevention in Charleston Saturday. Walker was appointed by Superintendent Sherman C. Trail after an invitation from Governor Cecil H. Underwood and State Fire Marshal Carl E. Weimer. The meeting opens at 9 30 a.m. in the house of delegates chambers at the state capitol.
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Verlin H. Walker
Raleigh
Charleston
Walker
Sherman C. Trail
Cecil H. Underwood
Carl E. Weimer
House of Delegates
State Capitol
Jail inmate treated in hospital for arm injury
Jerome John Senko of Cleveland Ohio was listed in satisfactory condition at Raleigh General Hospital. He was moved from the County Jail at 7 15 p m Thursday after reportedly injuring his arm before his arrest Wednesday by State Police on an auto larceny charge. He is charged with taking a pickup truck in Ohio and held awaiting Ohio authorities.
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Jerome John Sepko
Cleveland
Ohio
Raleigh General Hospital
Senko
Is This the Place for X rays and Other Local Notes
A door knock at The Methodist Temple prompts Rev J B F Yoak Jr to show a visitor the Memorial Building where X rays are made. The column shares varied local items including predator signs for poultry, a Beckley court bond total, and Freshwater jellyfish sighting in the Kanawha River near Bancroft. Glenn Sallack, longtime Woodrow Wilson Beckley band director, notes his shift from electrical engineering to music.
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J. B. F. Yoak Jr
Methodist Temple
Memorial Building
S. Kanawha St
Glenn Sallack
Woodrow Wilson High School
Beckley Junior High School
Refunds Due Farmers for Gas Tax Refund Form 2240
Farmers must file annual claim on Form 2240 for refund of Federal excise tax paid on gasoline by Sept. 30. Phillip L. Charles, District Director of Internal Revenue, said this covers period July 1, 1958 to June 30, 1959. Form and booklet Farmer's Gas Tax Refund, Publication No. 208 (6 58) available from Internal Revenue Service, Box 950, Parkersburg.
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Phillip L. Charles
Internal Revenue
Internal Revenue Service
Parkersburg
Arctic Territory Above Treeline Covers Vast Area
The Canadian region above the treeline spans over a million square miles and represents a true Arctic territory. It emphasizes vast, remote lands, extreme climate, and sparse human presence within a defined northern zone.
Anderson Forbes Attend Tourist Development Meeting
Anderson and Forbes joined the West Virginia Chamber of Commerce annual meeting at The Greenbrier to discuss tourism. Don Crislip highlighted WV tourism potential and a $300 million last year income, predicting growth to $600 million or more with development. He cited Beckley and Raleigh County progress and speakers noted Stony River Dam as a potential tourist site while Raleigh County praised a Stevens Branch lake levy.
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Harry Anderson
Beckley Chamber of Commerce
Lawrence T. Forbes
Virginian Railway Co
West Virginia Chamber of Commerce
Greenbrier
White Sulphur Springs
Don Crislip
W. Va
Roger S. Crell
E. E. Bibb
Beckley
Carl Sullivan
Kaiser Aluminum Co
Ravenswood
Stony River
Blackwater Falls
Crislip
Sullivan
West Virginia Paper and Pulp Co
Cecil Underwood
Raleigh County
Stevens Branch
Anderson
Crislie
Commission
West Virginia
Mount Hope WSCS Opens New Church Year Meeting
The Mt Hope Woman's Society of Christian Service met in the Mount Hope Methodist Church sanctuary. Devotions by Mrs L Wotring focused on There Is A Light Upon The Mountain as the group began the new church year's program. A social hour followed with attendees listed by name.
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Mount Hope
RNS
Woman's Society of Christian Service
Mount Hope Methodist Church
G. L. Hinchey
W. R. Park
Harold Hock
R. G. Patteson
A. M. Patteson
Henry Danner
J. E. Perkins
Harry M. McMillan
Ambrose Bryan
John Massing
Miller Gwinn
Edward Martin
G. G. Hodges
Haven Davis
Loraine Wotring
George Scott Vargo
Fred Potter
Theresa Haines
Eva Felton
J. C. Muir
Precautions For Safe Boat Outings This Weekend
Raleigh County Red Cross Water Safety chairwoman Mrs. H. H. Harvey urges boaters to heed warnings as families flood rivers and lakes. The guide covers weather awareness, proper boat capacity, avoiding overloads, controlled speeds, and staying with a swamped craft while signaling for help. It stresses life jackets, cruising plans, and essential gear like oars, anchor, fire extinguisher, first aid kit, whistle, and night flares.
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Raleigh County
American Red Cross
H. H. Harvey
Red Cross Safety Services
Harvey
Town Council Meeting Rescheduled for Tuesday in Sophia
The Town Council convenes Tuesday in Sophia instead of Monday. All town offices will close for Labor Day. The fire department board of directors meets Tuesday evening right after the council adjourns.
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Sophia
Fire Department Board of Directors
Bears rely on hearing and smell despite nearsightedness
A note explains that bears have poor eyesight but compensate with strong hearing and scent detection, aiding navigation and foraging in their environment.
Workshop Held At Area School Colcord area hosts multi teacher workshop
COLCORD ANS Twenty six teachers four consultants and one assistant superintendent attended a workshop at Colcord Elementary School Wednesday. Morning sessions covered history and geography with Mrs Mary Burkholder and Miss Brenda Proudfoot. afternoon sessions featured State Department and Raleigh County Board of Education representatives. Enrollment figures listed for several schools. final counts may adjust as all students enroll.
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Colcord
ANS
Mary Burkholder
Laidlaw Brothers
Brenda Proudfoot
State Department
Raleigh County Board of Education
Evelyn Murray
Boots Dilly
Mt. View High School
Dewey Bone
Seruce
Workman's Creek
Lower White Oak
Ameagle
Dorothy
Pettus
Summers Countain To Attend Meeting
J R Keatley of Summers County was named representative to the Northeastern area meeting September 28 to 30 at Jacksons Mill. District 12 of the West Virginia Soil Conservation Service awarded contracts to plant cover crops on strip mined lands for Elm Development Co Fayette County Camea Coal Co Mullens Vecellio Grogan Inc Wyoming County and Dodd Construction Co Ansted. A new surface mining statute enacted last March lets coal firms contract with soil districts for reclamation of strip mined land. A plan to use a new soil conservation stamp on conservation mail was also approved by the supervisors.
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J. R. Keatley
Summers County
Jacksons Mill
West Virginia Soil Conservation Service
Elm Development Co
Fayette County
Camea Coal Co
Mullens
Vecellio Grogan, Inc
Wyoming County
Dodd Construction Co
Ansted
Ministers To Speak At Bolt Homecoming
Two ministers are slated to speak at the Bolt Fundamental Church annual homecoming. The Rev. Garland Phillips will deliver the morning sermon and the Rev. Harry Pilkington from Canada the evening speaker. Bel fast houses nearly one third of Northern Ireland's 1,400,000 population.
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Bolt Fundamental Church
Garland Phillips
Harry Pilkington
Canada
Northern Ireland
The
Belfast
Walter J. Mason 59 Dies in East Gulf
Walter J. Mason 59 of East Gulf died at 4 a m in a local hospital after a pneumonia illness. A retired mine foreman for Co H Mead Coal Co for 27 years he lived in East Gulf about 25 years. Born May 29 1900 in Callaway Virginia he belonged to the Church of the Brethren in Crab Orchard. Surviving are his wife Lula Mason father Wade Mason three brothers Thomas Mason Robert B Mason Edward J Mason two sisters Pauline Flora Anna Ronk two sons Marion Clyde a daughter Francis Mason and adopted son Arthur E Mason one grandchild. Funeral services will be held Sunday at the Church of the Brethren Crab Orchard with the time to be announced. Rev Allen H Herr and Rev Russell O Neal will officiate. Burial will be in Sunset Memorial Park. The body remains at Webb and Neal Funeral Home until one hour before services. Pallbearers are Paul Bruce Curtis Harold Leon B Carter Thomas C Gross Thomas Cameron and Charles Coalson.
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Walter J. Mason
East Gulf
Co. H. Mead Coal Co
Church of the Brethren
Crab Orchard
Callaway
Lula Mason
Wade
Allen H. Herr
Russell O'Neal
Sunset Memorial Park
Webb and Neal
Paul Bruce
Curtis Harold
Leon B. Carter
Thomas C. Gross
Thomas Cameron
Charles Coalson
Knapp jailed in Fayette County on B and E charge
Lloyd Don Knapp 19 Glen Jean is held in Fayette County Jail in default of 500 bond after being jailed Thursday night on a breaking and entering charge. The Aug 14 incident involved the Skyline Drive-In Restaurant at Hill Top. Deputy Sheriff Buddy Crouch assisted. Knapp to be arraigned before Magistrate R C Godsey this morning.
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OAK Hill
RNS
Fayette County
Lloyd Don Knapp
Glen Jean
Skyline Drive-In
Hill Top
Buddy Crouch
Knapp
R. C. Godsey
Countains Will Attend State TB Health Meet
Five Raleigh Countians plan to attend the 39th annual meeting of the West Virginia Tuberculosis and Health Association in Charleston September 9 and 10. Attendees include Mrs. Odessa Lewis, Mrs. J. Howard Griffith, Dr. H. S. Edwards, Dr. A. D. Kistin, and H. E. Melton Jr., all state TB Association board members. The conference, held with the Anti Tuberculosis League of Kanawha County, opens at 9 a.m. with registration at the Daniel Boone Hotel. An address by James E Perkins, MD, managing director of the National Tuberculosis Association, will follow at 9:30 a.m. Other speakers include Dr. Ralph H. Nestmann and Edmund P. Wells.
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Raleigh
West Virginia Tuberculosis and Health Association
Charleston
Odessa Lewis
J. Howard Griffith
H. S. Edwards
A. D. Kistin
State TB Association Board of Directors
H. E. Melton Jr
Anti-Tuberculosis League
Kanahwa County
Daniel Boone Hotel
James E. Perkins
National Tuberculosis Association
New York City
Ralph H. Nestmann
Edmund P. Wells
Maine TB Association
Augusta
Mobile X-Ray Unit To Be At Plant Site
A mobile X-ray unit will operate at Beckley Manufacturing Co at Skelton plant site Tuesday afternoon offering free X rays to employees and will not be at the Raleigh County Memorial Building until 9 a.m. Wednesday.
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Beckley
Raleigh County Memorial
Beckley Manfacturing Co
Skelton
Memorial Building
Beckley Jaycees Picnic at Water Dam Site
Beckley Junior Chamber of Commerce members and prospective members gathered at the Beckley Water Dam Thursday evening for a picnic. They played football and volleyball for recreation.
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City Jaycees
Beckley
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