Mountain Electronics opens Beckley branch in city
Mountain Electronics Co expands in Beckley with W. G. Dancy as manager at 1715 S Kanawha St In Beckley the new outlet will serve service men hi fidelity and amateur radio equipment and will distribute Motorola products The Charleston headquartered firm already runs branches in Clarksburg and Huntington with plans for full operation by Oct 1 and boasts 18 years in business plus linkage to Asterex Corp Ben Bennett Tom Connoley and Ralph Meadows are named staff assigned to Beckley operations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mountain Electronics Co
Beckley
W. G. Dancy
S. Kanawha St
Mountain Electronics
Motorola
Charleston
Clarksburg
Huntington
Asterex Corp
New York City
Ben Bennett
Mullens
Tom Connoley
Ralph Meadows
Dancy
WWNR
Civil Service openings in agriculture and Panama Canal Zone
The Executive Secretary in Milwaukee announces vacancies for warehouse examiners (grain) with a 6435 dollar annual salary in the Agricultural Stabilization and Conservation Service covering multiple states. Applications accepted until further notice. Also noted is an examination for medical officers in the Panama Canal Zone with salaries from 11075 to 16887.50 dollars, open to U.S. citizens recruited from qualified groups.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Palboa Heights
Canal Zone
G. Z. Kinca
Beckley
Civil Service
U. S. Civil Service Examiners
Department of Agriculture
N. 6Th St
Milwaukee
Wis
Agricultural Stabilization and Conservation Service
U. S. Department of Agriculture
Evanston NL
Connecticut
Delaware
Illinois
Indiana
Iowa
Kentucky
Maine
Maryland
Massachusetts
Michigan
New Hampshire
New Jersey
New York
Ohio
Pennsylvania
Rhode Island
Vermont
Virginia
West Virginia
CCC
Beckley Post Office
Panama Canal Zone
Balboa Heights
Atlantic
Pacific
U. S
Annexation Meeting Discussed By Groups
City and Beckley Raleigh County Chamber of Commerce representatives aired plans to annex outlying areas into Beckley. A September 13 session was discussed for residents of nearby areas with City Council, Mayor Cecil Miller, councilmen, city officials, and chamber members present.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Beckley
Beckley-Raleigh
J. S. Larrick
George B. Chambers
Hyden Smith
City
Walter Humphrey
Truman Sayre
Chamber
John C. Ashworth
R. L. Webb
Bill Wilbur
E. J. Hodel
Freeman Clay Admitted After Copperhead Bite Near Home
Freeman Clay Edwight was admitted Tuesday to Beckley Hospital in good condition after being bitten on the right arm by a copperhead snake near his home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Beckley Hospital
Freeman Clay
Edwight
Legal Action Against Nonpayers Of Fire Fee Emerges
Sophia Mayor James Salyers was ordered by the City Council to pursue legal action against residents who refuse or fail to pay the 50 cent monthly fire protection fee. Citizens have until Sept. 15 to remit. The meeting also denied dancing in public places due to an ordinance, approved extra water department supervision, tabled a new truck purchase, and supported W V Route 16 improvements on Basham Street by the Sophia Church of God. Joe Allen Stanley, Beclcoy Power Co. veteran, will retire Sept. 1 at 62 after 20 years service. He leaves a wife Anna and son Robert, a state trooper, and remains active in local church.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Beckley Tire and Rubber Co
S. Fayette St
Conrad Stowers
Stowers
George Watkins
B. F. Goodrich
Firestone
Sophia
James Salyers
Joe Cameron
Buford Mann
Water Department
W. J. Blair
W. Va
Basham Street
Sophia Church of God
Joe Allen Stanley
Beckley
Appalachian Power Co
Raleigh
Stanley
Combs St
Anna
Robert
West Virginia State Police
Charleston
St. Albans
First Baptist Church
Curtain Callers Sell Half Of Season Tickets
Beckley group Curtain Callers report 500 of 1000 season tickets sold for fall and winter season. Tickets available through any member. last year’s holders urged to renew. First production Send Me No Flowers opens Oct 4 through Oct 6 with a Sunday matinee, first matinee for the group.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Beckley
William Snyder
Snyder
Deeds On File Record of Real Estate Actions
Deeds on file record of real estate fraud actions recorded in the office of the county clerk. Daisy Meadows Taylor to Opal Garretson property in Pines Creek Truck Farm Slab Fork District 150. J H Lilly Land Co to Dosie Hairston property in Beckley Court Extension Town District 550. Mary Elizabeth and Joseph F Maynor to Virginia Richmond property in Beaver Shady Spring District for a consideration. James Lilly Inc to William E and Alice J Morris property in Woodland Hills Addition Town District 2500. W H File Jr trustee to Clayton Edward Bolen property in Shady Spring District 50. William and Goldie Ballengee to Loretta and Lonnie Cadle property in Eccles Trap Hill District
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Daisy Meadows Taylor
Opal Garretson
Pines Creek
Slab Fork
J. H. Lilly Land Co
Dosie Hairston
Beckley Court
Mary Elizabeth
Joseph F. Maynor
Virginia Richmond
Beaver
Shady Spring
James Lilly, Inc
William E
Alice J. Morris
Woodland Hills Addition
W. H. File Jr
Clayton Edward Bolen
William and
Goldie Ballengee
Loretta and
Lonnie Cadle
Eccles
Trap Hill
Harlan Davis Treated After Eye Injury At Beckley
Harlan Davis, 11, of Fairdale, son of Mr and Mrs Owen Davis, listed in good condition at Beckley Hospital after injuries to his left eye from a bat blow. He was admitted Tuesday evening following the accident.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Omaha, Neb
J. C. Penney Co
Orland H. Mittleberg
Virginia Hutchison, Beckley
Mittelberg
Beckley Penney
Omaha
Akron
Ohio
Lisa
Kathy
Mark
Hillside Dr
Beckley Hospital
Harlan Davis
Owen Davis
Fairdale
Franklin Dale Murdock
James Murdock
Midway
High School Girls Aid Fitzpatrick Park Fund Drive
Stratton High School students Judy Green Paula Wilson and Nadine Carter collected donations for Fitzpatrick Park's spring reopening. Led by Glen Boyden and club president DeSoto Blaney they staged two July 4 and Labor Day road blocks raising 94.17 for new equipment. Other gifts included umbrellas from Men’s Civic Club and Social Savings Club and a badminton set from Pioneer Savings Club plus six horseshoes from Ritchie and Johnson Funeral Parlors.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fitzpatrick Park
Stratton High School
Judy Green
Paula Wilson
Nadine Carter
Glen Boyden
Fitzpatrick
Boyden
DeSoto Blaney
Men's Civic Club
Social Savings Club
Pioneer Savings Club
Ritchie and Johnson Funeral
Economics Course Offered Over TV
West Virginia University will offer a three hour graduate credit extension course titled The American Economy through WOAY and WCHS television stations this fall. Economics 205 requires Economics I and II, with conferences tests and campus visits. The program spans 32 weeks with prominent business labor government and education figures, and debuts on WCHS Charleston September 24 at 7 a.m. and WOAY Oak Hill October 8 at 7 a.m.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
West Virginia University
WOAY
WCHS
Joint
Council On Economic Education
American Economics Association
Learning Resources Institute
United States
Charleston
Oak Hill
WVU Extension Course Registration Set for Sept 11
West Virginia University extension course Education 373 Basic Course in Principals and Practice of Guidance will hold registration in Beckley on Sept 11. Instructor Frank H. McClung of Lewisburg said the earlier newspaper date was incorrect and he would be at Beckley Junior High School next Tuesday at 7 p.m. to sign prospective students.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
West Virginia University
Beckley
Frank H. McClung
Lewisburg
WVU
Convention delegates named for West Virginia Odd Fellows meet
Roscoe Williams of Beckley is district delegate and Harold Blake of Cabell Heights is alternate for the 1962 state convention of Independent Order of Odd Fellows. The Huntington gathering runs Oct 10 to 13 to elect new officers, with elections by selected delegates from orders across West Virginia.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Roscoe Williams
Beckley
Harold Blake
Cabell Heights
Independent Order of Odd Fellows
Huntington
West Virginia
Drought Danger Prevails Unless More Rain Falls
Drought danger remains without more rain says Raleigh County Agricultural Agent H B Thomas. He notes recent light moisture aided farmers and gardens after drought and hail losses but urges further rain for crops hay and to reduce woodland fire risk. Thomas described a SCS meeting on soil and water conservation with Franklin Lilly and others. He reports new supplies arriving for the 4-H office as he serves as acting head until William Clark arrives. A separate note: HURT IN FALL reports 18 year old Franklin Dale Murdock treated for a right arm injury after falling from a horse.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Raleigh
H. B. Thomas
Agricultural Stabilization and Conservation Service
Frank Patton
Farmers Home Administration
Thomas
SCS
William Clark
Raleigh County
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Eve Breck
Discount
Board of
Market St
Upper Darby
Grady Whitlock Ford
Cincinnati Music Hall
Pharmaseal Laboratories
Charlotte
N.C
Denny Lucas
Claude Lucas
E St
Concord College
Lucas
Army
Germany
Jane Ledford
Beckley Business School
W. H. Law
South Fayette Street School
Bertha Johnson
Helen Reeves
Washington, D.C
Little French Beauty Academy
Bluefield
Damon Setliff Jr
Alice Whitlock
Roanoke
Damon
Eisenhower Drive
N. Eisenhower Drive
Jones& Naff Motor Co
Prince St
Motor Company
Clyde D. McCoy
May Office Service
Royal Typewriters
Diplomat
Hollywood
Fla
McCoy
Civitan International
Princeton
Whitestick St
French Williams
Mercer St
B. Hugh Burdette
Beckley Medical Arts, Inc
James Sturgill
Freewill Baptist Bible College
Nashville
Tenn
Ben Franklin
Vernon Sturgill
Sturgill
Little Beaver Lake
Ronald Armes
John Branham
Vernon Taylor
Raymond Justice
Gay Harper
Mayme Summerville
Sophia High School
Fred Walker
Bob Maxwell
S. Heber St
Duncan-Catron Motor Co
Second Street
North Fayette Street
Maxwell
Maxwell Hill
Credit Clothing
Spartanburg
S. C
WJLS
West Virginia Institute of Technology
University of Arizona
Sandra Tucker
First Methodist Church
Federal Aviation Agency
Pittsburgh
Federal Building
New York International Airport
Jamaica 30
N. Y
Dr. In
Jim Hutton
Paula Prentiss
Eric Rosenbaum
Eric
Neville Street
Cincinnati
Netherland Hilton Hotel
Mountain Air Drive
Glen Jean
Bobby Darin
Stella Stevens
Richard Widmark
Sonia Ziemann
Yrone Power
Susan Haywarg
Richard Egan
Gena Rowlands
Geoffrey Een
Elwens Presley
Belese Pinion
Gregory Peck
Tale Arca Ale
Lolita
Seven Arts Productions
AMES
Aarris
Aon
Stanley Kubricks
James Mason
Shelley Winters
Peter Sellers
Oon
Rouen
URAL
J. W. Walters
Mgr
Neville St
Peoples Life Insurance Company
Prince Street
F. F. Harless
Wigles Insurance
Washington
D.C
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