Beckley Recreation Building Faces Renovation Face Lift
Beckley Recreation Building behind Beckley Junior High undergoes interior repairs with a rebuilt ceiling. Beckley City Council awarded a $1,100 furnace repair contract and a $740 drain gutter upgrade, as Frank Rodriguez outlines wide use of the facility by schools groups and local events.
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Beckley
Beckley Junior High School
Frank Rodriguez
Herbert Ash
Central Elementary School
Rodriguez
Woodrow Wilson High School
West Virginia University
U.S. Army
Trap Hill High School
Janet Kendall
Logan County
Joseph
Phillip
Frankie
Eddie
Cars In Collision On Myers Avenue Damages Put At 100
A two car collision on Myers Avenue at the Worley Road intersection caused estimated damages of 100 dollars. City Police said the cars were driven by Mary and another driver.
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Myers Avenue
Worley Road
Mary
Seven More Speeding Fines From Labor Day Arrests
State Police kept seven speeding cases tied to the Labor Day weekend in Magistrate Cotton White’s court. The fined individuals include Dennis Blair Beck ley Thomas Lawton Mount Hope Joe Turner Columbus Ohio Jackie Wall Coal City Curtiss Wayne Hamilton Price Hill Milton T. Pates Ward and Henry Arnott Beckley. They faced fines of 10 dollars plus costs after citations aided by electronic devices. Hearings for the remaining roughly seven of the 74 arrested are still pending before County Magistrates over several weeks.
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Cotton White
Dennis Blair
Beckley
Thomas Lawton
Mount Hope
Joe Turner
Columbus
Ohio
Jackie Wall
Coal City
Curtiss Wayne Hamilton
Price Hill
Milton T. Pates
Ward
Henry Arnott
Collision near 229 Allen Ave claims two lives
Lou McAllister aged 23 of 229 Allen Ave and Mary M Quesenberry aged 30 of East Beckley were involved in a collision at 8 45 a m. Details indicate a two person car incident with both drivers cited as injured or deceased per early report.
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Lou McAllister
Allen Ave
Mary M. Quesenberry
East Beckley
Banking tour at Beckley National Bank opens new offices
The Warner children Marcia Donna and Karen visit Beckley National Bank to inspect a savings account option away from home. They tour the vault and learn the bank will relocate to 500 Neville Street with improved facilities and daily public tours this week.
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Beckley National Bank
Daugh
Ters
L. A. Warner
Parkwood Drive
Marcia
Donna
Karen
Neville St
Layland Man Sells Moonshine to Agents
A 75-year-old Layland man Willie Evans was arrested by U S and Tobacco Tax Division agents at his home after selling moonshine whisky to two of three agents. He was arraigned before U S Commissioner W A Riffe and faces Federal Court action. One gallon and three pints were confiscated.
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U. S. and Tobacco Tax Division
Internal Revenue
Willie Evans
U. S
W. A Riffe
Evans
Raleigh County
Scout Meeting Place Changed In West Virginia
The State Steering Committee of Senior Girl Scouts in West Virginia will meet at the Methodist Temple in Beckley instead of the original site to allow parking. Delegates from 11 councils will plan the State Planning Board meeting at Jackson's Mill each spring, with an 1:15 PM start and a 6 PM dinner and entertainment at El Chico. Pamela Spessard of Oak Hill, Fayette County Council, presides. Ann Ratcliffe of Raleigh County Senior Association hails from Troop 75 in Beckley.
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West Virginia
Methodist Temple
Beckley
State Planning Board
Jackson's Mill
el Chico
Pamela Spessard
Oak Hill
Fayette County
Beckley SS Office Urges Inquiries On Benefits
Beckley Social Security officials urge inquiries before September 30 to avoid loss of benefits for adopted children. Under 1958 amendments, many adopted children may qualify for benefits immediately upon adoption, with rules extending to widows adopting a deceased worker’s child within two years. Mothers’ benefits may be paid to widows who adopt after the worker’s death.
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Beckley Social Security Office
Stanley Earl
Mt View School Adds Two New Teachers and PTA Leaders
Mt View Elementary reports enrollment of 506 with 17 staff. Two new teachers Mrs Ralph Webb and Miss Patsy Humphrey join. PTA officers named Tita Parolari president William Brown vice president Mrs Warren Jarrell secretary and Mrs Charles Mankin treasurer. Emmett Stine spoke on Patriotism and a Marsh Fork Day Camp film was shown. Committees and targets for the year listed with next meeting guest speaker from the State Dept of Education.
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Mt. View Elementary School
Lawson Barrett
Ralph Webb
Patsy Humphrey
Tita Parolari
William Brown
Warren Jarrell
Charles Mankin
Emmett Stine
Whitesville
West Virginia Employment Security Board
Naoma
Marsh Fork
Marvin Dickens
Bobby Brown
Lewis Earl Clay
James Pettry
Dovener Daniel
Robert Davis
Carl Jarrell
Glen Tabor
Evelyn Murray
State Department of Education
PTA
Lions Fall Conference Opens In Beckley City
A. R. Sam Tucker, general chairman, announces Lions International Districts 29-N and 29-0 fall conference in Beckley. Registration opens 11 a.m. Saturday at Beckley Hotel. Tickets for the dinner and dance will be available at the desk and on registration. Over 500 Lions are expected for leadership and activity instruction sessions, afternoon activities, and the evening dinner and dance.
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A. R
Sam” Tucker
Lions International
Beckley
Tucker
Orphan dog adoption story leads to happy ending
National Dog Week feature in The Register highlighted an orphan dog from Raleigh County Animal Shelter believed doomed to destruction unless adopted. A reader later claimed the dog, though not reclaiming it, to ensure the pet would have a good home and raise the puppies.
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Register
Raleigh County Animal Shelter
Fred Maddy
Summers St
Register Newsroom
12 Day Money Raising Period Designated By Episcopalians
The Every Member Canvass for St. Stephen's Episcopal Church will run 12 days to fund a three year budget before Rector O Worth Mays leaves Oct 15. Loyalty Sunday on Oct 4 requires pledging at least five percent of tithe. goal includes a new parish hall with an estimated 125000 bid. Major events include a loyalty dinner with Rev David Bane speaking, and a plan to finish 90 percent of the canvass by Loyalty Sunday.
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St. Stephen's Episcopal Church
Beckley Hotel
O. Worth Mays
St. Stephen’s
D. D. Holiday
Holliday
Chrisman Hall
David Bane
St. Paul's Church
Elm Grove
Bane
Baker and Coombs
West Virginia University Medical Center
John Gardner
Gardner
Wheeling
West Virginia
St. Stephen's
National Employ the Physically Handicapped Week Observed
Veterans Administration joins public and private groups to promote NEPH Week from October 4 to 10. Local actions include building permit updates for John Chambers on South Fayette Street and Delbert Thurman adding a room to his Mankin Avenue home. VA highlights disabled veterans' vocational rehabilitation progress of 675,000 and stresses ability over disability.
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The
Veterans Administration
John Chambers
City Recorder's Office
Local man to attend West Virginia handicapped conference
Lynn J. Hardman, manager of the Vocational Rehabilitation office, will attend the Second West Virginia Conference on the Handicapped at the University Medical Center in Morgantown. Sponsored by The Nemours Foundation and WV University Medical Center, the event centers on Education and Training of the Handicapped.
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Lynn J. Hardman
West Virginia
University Medical Center
Morgantown
Nemours Foundation
W. Va. University Medical Center
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