Episcopal Rector To Be Instituted Tonight At St Stephen's
The Rev Joseph Ashur Rickards will be formally installed as rector of St Stephen's Episcopal Church Beckley with Bishop Wilburn C Campbell of Charleston officiating. A dedication of the three parish house addition Chrisman Hall will follow a procession and blessings by the Bishop. The parish house cost about 115000 and the church addition plus steeple cost about 16500. Architect was Donald Stark of Mount Hope and contract awarded to Phillips Williams Construction Co.
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Joseph Ashur
St.jheld
Ards Jr
Stephen's Episcopal Church
Wil
Burn C. Campbell
Charleston
West Virginia
Rickards
St. Stephen's
Virginia Street
Ellison Avenues
O. Worth May
May
Trinity
Chrisman
W. P. Chrisman
St. Stephen's Parish
Donald Stark
Mount Hope
Phillips-Williams Construction Co
St. Stephen's Episcopal Church
St. Stephen’s Episcopal Church
Beckley College Enacts Extreme Hell Week Tradition
Freshmen at Beckley College endure a staged ritual week called Hell Week with strict, spoofed uniforms and tasks. Each day imposes bizarre costumes and behaviors from hair plaits and baby dolls to beatnik jokes and nursery rhymes, culminating in a parade of exaggerated senior antics.
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Beckley
Beckley College
Seventeen Apply For Jobs At Beckley Employment Office
Seventeen persons applied Friday at the Beckley office of Employment Security for work. Applicants include two retail food store managers three sales clerks one nurse's aide one maid one painter's helper one general office clerk two construction laborers one bulldozer operator one auto mechanic one truck driver one bricklayer one stock boy and one cook.
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Beckley Office of Employment Security
Mark Twain PTA to Convene Organizational Meeting
The Mark Twain Parent Teacher Association will hold its organizational meeting at 7 30 p m today at the school with a hot lunch program for students as a major discussion topic.
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Mark Twain Parent-Teacher Association
GOP Constable Candidate Nabbed in Raleigh County Raids
Three Saturday raids by State Police resulted in arrests of John Tanner operator of the Continental Club Frank Hensley operator of the 19 21 Club at Daniels and Joe Kulesar proprietor of Daisy's Place at Ury. Tanner and Hensley faced bonds for possession for resale of tax paid liquor with earlier raids cited. Kulesar was booked for possession and sale of tax paid liquor.
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Raleigh
John Tanner
U. S
Frank Hensley
Daniels
Joe Kulesar
Daisy
Ury
Tanner
W. A. Burke
Hensley
J. E. Mays
Kulcsar
Kulesar
Church Chicken Barbecue To Benefit Building Fund
St Marys Methodist Church members host a chicken barbecue on Saturday from 4 to 8 PM at the church. Tickets are available at the church to support the church building fund.
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St. Mary's Methodist Church
Demo Headquarters Opening Delayed For Barron Visit
Democratic headquarters in Raleigh County will open in early October to coincide with candidate W. W. Barron’s visit. Teen-Dems cleaned the former Charm Shop on Main Street under Magistrate Cotton White’s supervision as the site is prepared. Tentative dates for the opening are October 3 4 or 5. The executive committee will not fill four open precinct positions in the Richmond District due to no primary candidates.
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W. W. Barron
Main Street
Cotton White
Mills
Justice of the Peace
Richmond
Executive Committee
Safety Education Program Planned at Cranberry Elementary
The Cranberry Elementary School PTA schedules a 7 p.m. meeting titled Safety Education and My Child with speakers State Police Trooper R L Casey Sheriff Okey Mills and Beckley Police Chief Millard Tyree. They will discuss guiding teens to say no, bus and curfew discipline, and how after school loitering can lead to petty theft.
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Cranberry Elementary School
Parent-Teacher Association
Emerson Little
R. L. Casey
Okey Mills
Beckley
Millard Tyree
Sayre Elected To State Post
Floyd M. Sayre Jr., Beckley Chamber of Commerce managing director, is secretary treasurer of the West Virginia Chamber of Commerce Executives. He has led the local chamber since Jan. 1 and was elected at the annual meeting at The Greenbrier Hotel on Sept. 2. Paul Stewart of Parkersburg Chamber became president and Frank Tsutras of Tug Valley Chamber was named vice president.
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Floyd M. Sayre Jr
Beckley Chamber of Commerce
West Virginia
Paul Stewart
Parkersburg Chamber
Frank Tsutras
Tug Valley Chamber
Beckleyan Gary Noble Wins Trip To National Soap Box Derby
Gary Noble eleven year old son of Mr and Mrs Wallace Noble of 408 North Kanawha Street Charleston was honored guest at a dinner for Derby entrants at the Daniel Boone Hotel. He won a trip to Akron Ohio for the National Soap Box Derby and presented prizes in Charleston heats. His prizes ranged from fishing gear a watch and a sterling silver ring with the Derby emblem. He will receive an additional prize from Roger McElroy director of the Charleston event. He spoke ten minutes about his Akron trip and cannot compete again in Charleston races.
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Gary Noble
Wallace Noble
N. Kanawha St
Daniel Boone Hotel
Charleston
Capital
Akron
Ohio
Gary
Roger McElroy
Woman denied permission to bring lemonade to jailed friend
In Duncan Oklahoma a woman was refused permission to carry a pitcher of lemonade to a friend in jail after a jailer detected alcohol in the drink. The incident prompted questioning of jail procedures and security.
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Duncan, Okla
Father Fined Sentenced For Son Truancy
Elmer Basham of Odd was fined $9 and costs and sentenced to nine days in Raleigh County Jail by Magistrate Cotton White after pleading guilty to truancy. The boy, a student at Odd Elementary, was absent from school three days beginning Sept 12.
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Elmer Basham
Odd
Raleigh
Cotton White
Douglas Marshall
Beckley
Marshall
Jerry Lester
White
Lester
Benny Williams
James M. Foster
U.S
Morris B. Imboden
Bluefield
Three Injured in Beaver Sunday Multi Car Wrecks
Three people were hurt in two separate crashes on U S Route 192 near Beaver on Sunday as six cars were involved. In the first crash four northbound vehicles halted and collided, injuring Ruth Bloxton Irene Wood and Charles Wood Jr. all treated and released at Raleigh General Hospital. Verna Hopkins and William Kennedy were cited for failing to keep their vehicles under control. A second wreck occurred during the investigation with Charles Edward Wood and James Bloxton cited for failure to maintain control. Ruth Bloxton Irene Wood and Charles Wood Jr. were treated for sprains and lacerations. Total damages pegged at 2500 with $500 on the second incident.
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Beaver
U.S. Rt
Lennox R. Walker
MacArthur
Mason Beckett
Crab Orchard
William Edward Kennedy
Midway
Verna Hopkins
Princeton
Kennedy
Charles Edward Wood
Glen White
James D. Bloxton
Beckley
Raleigh General Hospital
Ruth Bloxton
Red Star
Irene Wood
Charles Wood Jr
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