Doctor of Medicine Practices Business
Armand Hammer, New York born, parlayed a medical degree into vast business success. He built Hammer Galleries, ran distilleries, and founded cattle operations before leading Occidental Petroleum as president. He credits seizing opportunities and cross ventures, while still renewing his medical license as a backup plan.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jack Lefler
Los Angeles
Armand Hammer
New York City
Columbia University
Harry
Armand
Hammer
Bellevue Hos
Let Me Be Awake by Stu Art Mitchner review
A teen author writes of Vince Reed a high school graduate who summers in New York and starts college. He rejects his parents and girlfriend Cynthia amid the pull of Alec Strickland and Laura the neurotic as he returns home, a portrait of youth’s uncertainty.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stuart Mitchner
Crowell
Vince Reed
New York
Goodby
Cynthia
Alec Strickland
Laura
Ancient Mariner
Midwest
East
Vince
Boosters Meet Today At Marsh Fork High Band Club
The Marsh Fork High School Band Boosters hold their first meeting of the year at 7 p.m. today in the school. All parents and friends of the band are urged to attend. Donald Craft, formerly of Union, is the band instructor, after serving as music teacher at Greenville High School last year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marsh Fork High School
Donald Craft
Union
Greenville High School
Navy Wins For Fourth Month
Beckley Navy Recruiting Station earned its fourth consecutive month’s Station of the Month award in August. Lt. Cmdr. J. E. Tanner presented it. Recipients include Chief Petty Officer Ben W. Smith Bernard Alexknovitch Bob Hershey and Oscar J. Barnett. Barnett recruits in Lewisburg under Beckley.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Beckley Navy
Cmdr
J. E. Tanner
Ashland
Ben W. Smith
Bernard Alexknovitch
Bob Hershey
Oscar J. Barnett
Barnett
Lewisburg
Beckley
Virginia
Kentucky
Tennessee
West Virginia
Raleigh
Fayette
Summers
Greenbrier
Monroe
Pocahontas
Three Beckley Residents Ordered To Night Court
James E Bonham 18 of Becksley was ordered to appear in City Police Court Thursday night for driving without a city operator license. He was cited Tuesday at 2 15 p m Jack Christian Harper 20 of South Heber Street was cited Tuesday by Beckley Police at 12 15 a m for speeding traveling 50 mph in a 25 mph zone and posted a 20 bond for Thursday appearance Tommy Dingess 27 of Calloway Heights paid an old city fine plus 5 costs on a capias warrant cited Tuesday for running a red light John W Botey 62 of Beckley posted 5 bond for Thursday appearance on a running red light charge cited Tuesday
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James E. Bonham
Becksley
Jack Christian Harper
South Heber Street
Beckley
Tommy Dingess
Calloway Heights
John W. Botey
Questionable Household Hint From Columbus Paper
A bizarre tip appears in a Columbus Ohio paper advising that lettuce will not turn brown if the reader places their head in a plastic bag before refrigerating it. The item showcases the era's oddities in everyday guidance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbus, Ohio
Rotarians Hold Institute in Beckley Hotel
Andrew Horchner of Meyerdale Pa. counsels at the annual Rotary District 755 institute in Beckley Hotel. The session runs from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. District Governor J Kent Phipps and President Alex George meet with them. About 75 representatives from 37 clubs are expected.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Y. Andrew Horchner
Meyerdale
Rotary International
Beckley Hotel
Horchner
Velma
Beckley
J. Kent Phipps
Alex George
Beckley Club
George
District Foresters To Receive Training At Greenbrier Meet
An annual statewide training for Conservation Commission foresters is scheduled for September 14 to 17 at Greenbrier State Forest. District Four foresters Carl Lucas Francis Keiling and Richard Foley will attend, with Jack Warden in charge of forest management.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Conservation Commission
Greenbrier State Forest
Carl Lucas
District Four Forester
Francis Keiling
Raleigh County Forester
Richard Foley
Greenbrier
Jack Warden
Meeting Focuses on Conservation At Local Forum
A public conservation meeting co sponsored by the Boy and Girl Scouts and the Woman's Club of Marsh Fork District will be held at the Armco Tennis Court in Montreal at 7 p.m. Friday. Wier Covey from the West Virginia Conservation Commission forestry division will present two conservation films. The Woman's Club runs a concession stand selling candies cakes and soft drinks before the program and during intermission.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boy and Girl Scouts
Woman’s Club of
Marsh Fork
Armco Tennis Court
Montroal
Wier Covey
Forestry Division
West Virginia Conservation Commission
Woman's Club
More Participation Sought For Beckley Goodwill Caravan
Beckley civic groups business firms and men s organizations are urged to join the final meeting to plan the Goodwill Caravan. More gifts and bus drivers are needed and donations may be arranged through the Beckley Chamber of Commerce. The caravan departs South Oakwood Avenue and Valley Drive at 8 30 a m each weekday next week with a different route daily.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Beckley
Lava finds new uses in Hawaii industry and farming
In Hawaii lava is being repurposed from destruction to production. Agricultural expert Richard J. Lyman Jr. breaks lava into supportive soil minerals. a geologist notes lava ruins can be revived with bulldozing. Lava blocks and cement ingredients appear in construction. a future idea explores lava as fabric material.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carl Zimmerman
Honolulu
Hawaii
Island of
Richard J. Lyman Jr
Lyman
University of Hawaii
Agathn T. Abbott
Abbott
Food Distribution at Church in East Park Today
From 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. Food commodities will be distributed at the Church of the Living God in East Park per Pastor Rev. W. A. Tresenwriter. Recipients should bring their own containers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Church of the Living God
East Park
W. A. Tresenwriter
115 New Small Mines Open In West Virginia
Charleston AP reports 115 new small mine openings in August bring 1959 total to 44. Seven auger permits and 14 new strip permits boost year totals to 67 and 33 respectively. Wilson says 4,000 workers in 3 to 14 man mines produce about 5.5 million tons annually. Readouts include McDowell 25, Raleigh 7, Fayette 106 with other counties listing multiple openings amid recession impacts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charleston
Craneford L. Wilson
Wilson
McDowell County
Raleigh
Fayette
Mingo
Monongalia
Kanaewha
Greenbrier
Harrison
Logan
Mercer
Nicholas
Wyoming
Boone
Preston
Clay
Gilemer
Mason
Putnam
Randolph
Taylor and Upshur
Boone County
Clay, Kanawha
Upshur
Bald Knob Ski Slopes Stockholders Meet Set
Ski Slopes Inc. will hold a stockholders meeting at 2 p.m. Monday in the Beckley Hotel ballroom. A board of directors for the ensuing year will be elected and business matters will be discussed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bald Knob Ski Slopes Inc
Beckley Hotel
Sayre Named Temporary Republican Chairman in Beckley
Truman Sayre city attorney and campaign chair in Beckley politics is set to become temporary chairman of the Beckley Republican Executive Committee. Robert N. Foster plans to resign at a 7:30 p.m. meeting at the Raleigh County Courthouse. The county committee will meet Friday at 7 p.m. in the courtroom amid rumors J. T. Jarrell Jr. may resign as chairman. No damages can be collected in a Raleigh County Circuit Court cross suit over a collision involving Raleigh County Grocery Co. and O. C. Kidd. jury verdicts favored the defendants.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Truman Sayre
Beckley Republican Executive Committee
Robert N. Foster
Raleigh
J. T. Jarrell Jr
Jarrell
Raleigh County
Raleigh County Grocery Co
Army cadet and soldiers from Beckley area in senior summer training
Cadet George H. Gwinn of Beckley and Donald W. Duncan of Eccles are finishing four weeks of summer training with the 101st Airborne Division at Fort Campbell Kentucky. Gwinn, a U S Military Academy Class of 1961 cadet, is promoted to specialist four and trains in airborne and infantry tactics. Duncan, a 24 yearold finance clerk, entered the Army in 1958 and trained at Fort Knox before arriving in Europe with the 506th Infantry. Also serving are Pvt Coy C Atha Sgt Bill Bowles Jr and Specialist 5 Ronda R Morgan with the Fourth Armored Division in Grafenwohr Germany, detailing their units and service histories.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
101St Airborne Division
Fort Campbell
George H. Gwinn
Alfred R. Gwinn
Ellison Ave
Beckley
U. S. Military Academy
West Point
N. Y
Strategic Army Corps
Woodrow Wileson High School
Donald W. Duncan
Roy V. Duncan
Eccles
506Th Infantry
Army
Fort Knox
Trap Hill High School
Beckley College
Dolores
Clarksville
Tenn
Fourth Armored Division
Grafenwohr
Germany
Coy C. Atha
Theodore Atha
Route 1
Bill Bowles Jr
Almeda Jarrell
Clear Creek
Ronda R. Morgan
William C. Morgan
Otsego
Pvt
Atha
54Th Infantry
Fort Hood
Tex
Europe
Woodrow Wilson High School
Bowles
Margaret Bowles
Williams Mountain
Morgan
Goppingen
Mulelens High School
Perma Stone
Louisville
Bryson Assigned to Army Clerical Training at Fort Jackson
Pvt. James A. Bryson of Beckley is assigned to Company B 16th Battalion Fourth Training Regiment at Fort Jackson S C for the basic Army administration course after eight weeks of basic infantry training. He will be trained in typing filing military correspondence reports orders and other administrative and personnel procedures.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fourth
Fort Jackson
S. C
James A. Bryson
Daniel W. Bryson
Foote St
Beckley
AF Signs 20 Enlistees at Beckley Recruiting Office
The Beckley recruiting office announced twenty new United States Air Force enlistees. Bonnie Jean Hodge of Beckley joined the Women in the Air Force and is assigned to Lackland for basic training. Norma Gail Gray of Prosperity reenlisted and was assigned to the 4900th Support Squadron at Ent Air Force Base, Colorado. Other basic trainees listed include James Lyle Miller Princeton Charles Franklin Osborne South Charleston James William Maynor Mabscott Daniel Arthur Warren Mount Hope John Kyle McKenzie Princeton Walter Lane Barnett Bluefield Larry Blaine Shrewsbury Princeton Harry David Duty Jr. Champ Manville David Jackson Daniels Williamson Woodrow Clayborn Darnell Jr. Sophia Norman Talmadge Dial Harts Arlie Jones Roderfield Charles Archie Rogers Jr. Anawalt Charles Edward Vernon Amonate Albert Gwen Nichols Wilcoe James Edward Nedrow Morgantown Howard Franklin Saunders Charleston Delbert Franklin Kay Dunbar Ruben Bowen Ethel.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States Air Force
Beckley
Bonnie Jean Hodge
Women of
Air Force
Norma Gail Gray
4900Th
Ent Air Force Base
Colorado
Miss Hodge
Lackland Air Force Base
Tex
Lackland
James Lyle Miller
Princeton
Charles Franklin Osborne
South Charleston
James William Maynor
Mabscott
Daniel Arthur Warren
Mount Hope
John Kyle McKenzie
Walter Lane Barnett
Bluefield
Larry Blaine Shrewsbury
Harry David Duty Jr
Champmanville
David Jackson Daniels
Williamson
Woodrow Clayborn Darnell Jr
Sophia
Norman Talmadge Dial
Harts
Arlie Jones
Roderfield
Charles Archie Rogers Jr
Ana«walt
Charles Edward Vernon
Amonate
Doan's Pills Offer Fast Relief for Aches and Irritation
Fast relief for backache headaches and muscular pains with Doan's Pills. Also soothes bladder irritation and provides mild diuretic action. Promises a good night’s sleep and widespread usage for years. New large size advertised.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dean
Doan
Also Mentioned on This Page
Pital
Russia
Moscow
Lenin
United States
Ford Motor Co
Hammer Industrial Co
Victor
Hammer Galleries
Marshall Field’s
Chicago
Gimbel’s
Newmarket
N. H
Maine
Schenley Distillers
Shadow Isle Farms
Coltenick
N. J
Mutual Broadcasting System
Occidental Petroleum Co
Boosters
Navy
Our
Neville Street
Ack
Federal Reserve System
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
Rotarians Holding Institute Today
Hawa
Ski Slopes Inc
Sayre
Rip van Winkle
W. VA
Moran Ave
Mullens, W. VA
Lau Tom Tur UU UU
Mullens Clothing Stores
Mullens
Collins Credit Clothing
Strattons
THE
VOGUE
Trents
Animars Dept. Store
Eli's Men's Store
Tomchins
This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!