Lions Plan Visit and Membership Drive at Sept Meeting
The Lions Club discussed inviting J. O. Weekley as guest speaker for a Sept 20 meeting at Lake Stephens Restaurant. Zone chairman J. O. Weekley will discuss Membership Division Council in District 29N as 23 members attended Ladies Night. Plans were made to attend the Oct 14 Pipestem Fall Conference and October was declared Anniversary Membership Drive Month.
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Hill Lions Club
J. O.club
Weekley
Crab Orchard
MacArthur Lions Club
Southern
West Virginia Health
Lake Stephens
Jerry Pegram
Pipestem Resort
Pegram Org
Trap Hill Residents Move Toward Local Water System
Ninety seven percent of Trap Hill District residents signed a petition for a water system at a Trap Hill High School meeting. The Water Committee announced funds collected total 375 dollars from Glen Daniel Tolley Town Fairdale and Route 3 residents with tap on fees and proposed future increases. William Yunker of Gates Engineering explained the project and Beckley Water Co. will provide water, with a progress update planned at the next area meeting.
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Trap Hill
Raleigh County
Water Committee
Trap Hill High School
Kelly. Barrett
Glen Daniel
Tolleytown
Fairdale
Route 3
Barrett
Mike Poega
William Yunker
Gates Engineering Co
Beckley
Beckley Water Co
Journalism Workshop Set Across Four West Virginia High Schools
A journalism workshop series will be held this year in West Virginia with Woodrow Wilson High School hosting September 23 in the cafetorium. Frank Blake and Bill Campbell of WSWP TV and WVU professor Richard Hopkins lead sessions on writing and advertising.
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West , Virginia
Woodrow Wilson High School
West, Virginia
University School of Journalism
Parkersburg
Shepherdstown
Bethany
Frank Blake
Bill Campbell
Wswp-Tiv
Beckley
Richard Hopkins
WVU
Blake
Stores
Campbell
Hopkins
Guy Stewart
WVU School of Journalism
Extension Class Meeting Announced
Teachers plan to take the Extension Class Counseling and Guidance 382 to be telecast on Channel 9 starting September 19 at 6 pm. They are asked to attend a meeting Saturday at 10 a.m. at Institute School in the fine arts auditorium. Miss Mary Louise Klaus says teachers will register receive instructions and buy materials at the meeting.
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Institute School
Fine Arts
Mary Louise Klaus
Weather summary with warm weekend outlook
A brief weather update reports highs around 102 in Phoenix and lows near 27 in Butte. The extended outlook for Saturday to Monday calls for fair to partly cloudy skies with little precipitation and warming temperatures into the upper 70s to low 80s by Monday.
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Hinton
Phoenix
Ariz
Butte
Mont
Harmon Family Enlists Three in Job Corps
Three members of the Harmon family of Sophia completed enrollment for Job Corps. Emogene 16 and Malinda 20 join the Charleston Center for Women pursuing cosmetology or nursing training while Hubert 18 studies carpentry at the Harpers Ferry Center. The Beckley WV DES office arranged their transfers on Sept 6.
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Harmon
Sophia
Emogene
Hubert
Malinda Harmon
Woodrow Wilson Harmon
Charleston
Reverend Ronald Smith to preach at Mead St Paul service
Rev. Ronald Smith of Beckley will preach at 11 a.m. Sunday at St. Paul Baptist Church in Mead. Allen Dailey announced the service, while the Elkins, West Virginia report notes the church event. A separate civil action by the West Virginia Highlands Conservancy against Island Creek Coal Co. was dismissed by U.S. District Judge Frank Maxwell after the firm halted drilling in the Monongahela National Forest wilderness area.
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Ronald Smith
Beckley
St. Paul Baptist Church
Mead
Allen Dailey
Elkins
W. Va
UPI
Andeacon
Environmental Group
Special services at St Luke Church on Booker Street
Church announces special services Sunday at 3 p.m. Rev Mrs Mary Hensley of Beards Fork will speak. Bishop D E Smith, pastor, invites all to attend.
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St. Luke Church
Bookers Street
Mary Hensley
Beards Fork
D. E. Smith
Police Beat Reports Three Jailed Two Freed
Raleigh County deputies jailed Bill Salley of Eccles for brandishing a weapon at 7 20 p m and Rhodell Roy Wood for drunken driving. Military police held Carlos B Hicks for absent without leave from the Navy. Kenneth Oakley, jailed for drunken driving, was released after paying fines and serving 24 hours. his license will be revoked six months. Donald D Price was released after six days for brandishing a weapon. Two men, Clarence Goodson and Walter Ernest Dow, faced magistrate for obtaining money under false pretenses after being held on Kanawha County warrants. Beckley police arrested June Alexander on four warrants for various offenses. Roy Allen Williamson waived to the grand jury on grand larceny from copper wire theft. Fire department aided a 19 year old injured on a mini-bike. A two car crash at Prince Street and Valley Drive involved Philip Davis and Terry Morgan with moderate damages. Brake failure caused a single car crash on East Main Street injuring Marie Aliff.
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Bill Salley
Eccles
Rhodell
Roy Wood
Carlos B. Hicks
U. S. Navy
Kenneth Oakley
Raleigh
Wallace
Donald D. Price
Beckley
Joe Rodriguez
Clarence Goodson
Walter Ernest Dow
Antonio Avenue
Capias
Kanawha
Miner Killed in Boulder Collapse at Elkins Limestone Mine
Robert Smith, 42, of Elkins was killed when a boulder fell inside the Elkins Limestone Co. mine near Elkins. The rock struck his head after knocking off his hard hat, injuries officials described as fatal.
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Elkins
W. Va
UPI
Robert Smith
Elkins Limestone Co., Inc
Smith
Byrd Proposes 3 Percent Auto Tax Deduction Bill
Sen Robert Byrd introduced legislation to let West Virginians deduct 3 percent of the auto privilege tax from federal income tax. The move follows two years of denial after the tax rose to 5 percent, higher than the state sales tax, and was ruled non deductible by the IRS. Senate President Hans McCourt and House Speaker Lewis McManus joined Byrd in Washington to pursue a resolution.
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Washington
UPID
Robert C. Byrd
D-W.va
West
Hans McCourt
Webster Springs
House
Lewis McManus
Beckley
Byrd
MONADEX Ad Promises Fat Loss For Low Price
A Thompson Drug Store advertisement markets MONADEX as a tiny tablet to curb appetite and help dieters eat less. It claims no dangerous drugs and no nervous side effects with no strenuous exercise. The offer includes a money back guarantee and prices of $3.09 for 20 days and $5.00 for a larger supply.
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Thompson Drug Store
Crab Orchard
Sophia Church Sets Homecoming
The 30th annual homecoming of Sophia Freewill Baptist Church will feature keynote speaker Rev. L. M. Mason of Smithburg and special singing by Dixie and the Cavaliers of Logan. Charter members I. M. Basham and his wife are among attendees as the church traces its 1941 founding and 1941 building completion. Rev. George Smith of Beckley currently serves as pastor.
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L. M. Mason
Smithburg
Sophia Freewill Baptist
Dixie
Cavaliers
Logan
I. M. Basham
Sophia
French
George Smith
Beckley
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