Forester and mart manager join state meetings
Forester Carl J. Lucas attends a Sistersville meeting on a new timber marketing program as Beckley RDC represents. O C Hutchison, Beckley Farmers Market manager, plans a Jacksons Mill session on state agricultural problems. Livestock market opens today with first sale at 1 45 p m. Public invited.
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Conservation Commission
Carl J. Lucas
Sistersville
Beckley Area
O. C. Hutchison
Beckley
Jacksons Mill
Wheeling Man To Speak At St Stephen's Beckley
John Gardner of Wheeling will address the Men’s Club of St Stephen’s Episcopal Church in Beckley on Tuesday. A 6:30 p m dinner will be served by St Margaret’s Guild in the church assembly hall. At 8 p m Gardner will outline plans for the Every Member Canvass to the Vestry, which has tentatively accepted a parish house bid from Phillips-Williams Construction pending canvass results.
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John Gardner
Wheeling
Beckley
St. Stephen’s Episcopal Church
St. Margaret’s Guild
Garner
Vestry
Hillips - Williams
Fall Bible Conference Opens Today at Bradley
The president of Grand Rapids School of the Bible and Music in Grand Rapids Michigan will be the guest speaker at Appalachian Bible Institute Bradley for the annual fall Bible Conference. Rev John Miles who has served the Michigan school since its founding 14 years ago will lead the evening Bible study today through
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Grand Rapids School of the Bible and Music
Grand Raids
Mich
Appalachian Bible Institute
Bradley
John Miles
Michigan
Teen Town Directors To Meet Wednesday
The Board of Directors for Teen Town will meet at 7:30 p.m. Wednesday in the recreation center on Prince Street. Plans for the coming year will be made. Mrs. Elinor Hurt, chairman of the Board, requests a full attendance.
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Teen Town
Prince Street
Elinor Hurt
Vo Rehab Men Take Special Grad Training
Three Beckley Division of Vocational Rehabilitation staff members George Mickel Joseph Lawrence Jr. and Charles Rickard enroll for graduate work at Marshall College. Linn J. Hardman notes the staff's drive to improve service and will require twice weekly trips to Huntington, signaling commitment to better helping handicapped individuals gain employment.
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el, Joseph Lawrence Jr
Charles F. Rickard
Marshall College
Beckley
Division of Vocational Rehabilitation Office
Linn J. Hardman
George M. Mickel
Joseph Lawrence Jr
Huntington
Hardman
Nine Recruits Signed for Week Ending Saturday
Nine recruits received military training assignments for the week ending Saturday. At Lackland Air Force Base Texas were Robert Galen Stack Mount Hose Lacy Martin Vand evender Caldwell James Matthew Matherly Daniels Darrel Eugene Hill Bishop Va Bobbie Franklin Moore Charleston Caesar Augustus Wolford Jr Nitro Rich ard White Job and Gilbert Edmond Tinsley Hurricane Vernell Archie Royce Richardson Resoco was assigned to 6952 Radio Squadron Mobile New York City.
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Lackland Air Force Base
Texas
Robert Galen Stack
Mount Hose
Lacy Martin Vandevender
Caldwell
James Matthew Matherly
Daniels
Darrel Eugene Hill
Bishop
Bobbie Franklin Moore
Charleston
Caesar Agustus Wolford Jr
Nitro
Richard White
Job
Gilbert Edmond Tinsley
Hurricane
Vernell Archie Royce Richardson
Resoco
6952 Radio Squadron
Mobile
New York City
Funeral Set On Tuesday For John Whitlock II, 18
Beckley services will honor John William Whitlock II an 18 year old Raleigh Heights youth who died Saturday in a Moorefield Maryland car wreck returning from a WVU football game. The Rev J W Witherspoon to lead at Beckley Presbyterian Church at 2 pm Tuesday with burial in Sunset Memorial Park.
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Beckley
John William Whitlock II
Raleigh Heights
West Virginia University
Maryland
J. W. Witherspoon
Beckley Presbyterian Church
Sunset Memorial Park
Williams and Craven Funeral
Sophia
J. W. Whitlock
Petersburg
Moorefield
Virgil Halterman
Whitlock
James Butcher
Grant County Schools
James H. Morton
Webster Springs
WVU
Halterman
Chester Pratt
Morgantown
Woodrow Wilson High School
National Merit Scholar Peggy Reid in top third of nation
Peggy Evans Reid daughter of Mr and Mrs William C Reid of 235 Church St ranks in the nations top third for scholastic aptitude after taking the National Merit Scholarship Qualifying Tests in spring 1958. She is a Stratton High School graduate now a freshman at Indiana University Bloomington. A survey letter from Donald L Thistlewaite asks about her present educational activities and plans. The Merit tests aid selection for over 5 million in scholarships. Art Lewis, West Virginia coach, coached the Cleveland Rams in 1937 at age 22.
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Peggy Evans Reid
William C. Reid
Church St
Miss Reid
Stratton High School
Indiana University
Woomington
Ind
Donald L. Thistlewaite
Science Research Associates, Inc
Meador Replaces Sgt. Cullie Cox at Beckley Station
SFC Alfred L. Meador is the new supply sergeant at Beckley Recruiting Main Station replacing Sgt. Cullie Cox. He arrives from Air Defense Command Cleveland Ohio with wife Berniece Fields and two daughters Brenda Kay and Debra Lynn, residing 1032 Woodlawn Ave. Meador was born in Lego and raised in Beaver, later serving in Tokyo and Korea.
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Alfred L. Meador
Beckley
Cullie Cox
Meador
Air Defense Command
Cleveland
Ohio
Berniece Fields
Whitesville
Brenda Kay
Debra Lynn
Woodlawn Ave
Sgt. Meador
Lego
Beaver
Richwood High School
Fort Jackson
S. C
Tokyo
Japan
Fort Lee
Unit Supply
Korea
Farmer Cited By Air Society at Memorial Airport
H. G. Farmer, president of Raleigh County Court, received a one year West Virginia Aeronautical Society membership as the Second Annual State Air Tour ended at Memorial Airport. Dr. W. H. Stark, society president, presented it. The tour visited Ravenswood Petersburg Jacksons Mill Elkins and other West Virginia cities with planes from Philadelphia Charleston Huntington Parkersburg Elkins Ravenswood and Logan. The event promoted civil aviation safety convenience and economy and urged continued airport improvement and development programs in the state.
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H. G. Farmer
Raleigh
West Virginia Aeronautical Society
Memorial Airport
W. H. Stark
West Virginia
Stark
Ravenswood
Petersburg
Jackson’s Mill
Elkins
Philadelphia
Charleston
Huntington
Parkensburg
Logan
Military hospital air transport makes emergency landing
A military hospital air transport from McGuire AFB New Jersey made an emergency landing at Raleigh County Memorial Airport Friday night. Marine Woody Wheeler from Mount Washington Kentucky, hospitalized in Welch, was flown to Portsmouth Naval Hospital for further treatment after head and neck injuries from a September 5 car crash on Bailey s Mountain Wyoming County. Wheeler said he was returning to Camp Lejeune when he struck a hole in the road causing a tire blowout and a mountain descent. The same plane previously arrived Sept 10 from McGuire AFB to transport a sailor to the same naval facility.
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McGuire Air Force Base
N. J
Raleigh County Memorial
Woody Wheeler
Mount Washington
Welch Hospital
Naval Hospital
Portsmouth
Wheeler
Baileysville Mountain
Wyoming County
Camp Lejeune
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Lucas
RDC
Forestry Commission
John T. Johnson
State Agricultural Department
Soil Conservation Districts
Extension Service
U. S. Forestry Service
Johnson
Miles
Taylor University
Indiana
Dallas Theological Seminary
Bible Institute
Quality Lumber and Supply Co
City Ave
George M. Mick
Doris Adkins Skelton
Westinghouse
Lucille Ball
Desi Arnaz
CBS
Cou
Marty’s Quality Home Furn
Ashworth & Sparks, Inc
Pagoda Shopping Center
Superior Sterling Co
Bluefield
Good Housekeeping
Peensee
John Whitlock II
Roscoe Holmes
Nan Elizabeth Whitlock
Medical College of Virginia
Richmond
John Rush Elkins
Pat Hall
Fred Drumheller
Ned Donalson
Ray Reid
Clarence W. Smith Jr
Harold Casali
John Scherer
John W. Whitlock II
Art Lewis
Cleveland Rams
SS Caght
Melrose
Aielaai
THE
Bourbon Institute
SFC
Farmer
Air Society
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