Alpine District Mountain Laurel Brownies Formed in Sophia
About 16 girls aged 7 to 9 begin life as Brownie Scouts after the formation of a new Brownie Troop in Sophia. Leaders Mrs. Hampton Thomas and Mrs. James H. Smith Jr. sit with neighborhood chairman Mrs. Robert Thacker and Beckley district Brownie chairwoman Mrs. J. Wilbur Bays as they plan the troop. Sponsored by the American Home Department of the Gulf Woman’s Club, the unit will be known as Alpine District Mountain Laurel Brownies.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sophia
Hampton Thomas
James H. Smith Jr
Robert Thacker
J. Wilbur i Bays
Beckley
Brownie
The
American Home Department of the
Gulf Woman’s Club
Alpine District
Mountain Laurel Brownies
City-State Conference set on planning snafu
Beckley officials will meet with West Virginia Commerce to decide a final solution for the half finished comprehensive plan. The plan stalled after Michael Baker Jr Inc fired Beckley resident planner Fred LaBastille, prompting discussion of completing without a resident planner.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
City of
Beckley
West Virginia Department of Commerce
Robert Pasley
State Agency
Michael Baker Jr
Cecil L. Miller
Michael Baker
Clinton H. Howard
Sterling Avenue
Clark Street
John Smith
Noel Christian
D. E. Warden
Warden
South Fayette Street
Howard
Beaver Land Co
Smith
Truman L. Sayre
Council
Stratton High School
W. D. Kelley
Mills Ave
Millard E. Tyree
Grant Street Annex
Irene Sydnor
Fayette Street
Annex
Tyree
Sayre
Mill Streets
Quarry Street
Sunrise Avenue
Raleigh Stone Co
Miller
A. A. Ross
Ross
Campbell Court
E. P. Hall
Hall
Ramey
Woodrow Wilson High School
Pine Street
College Avenue
United Fund Drive Slated Oct 15 November 17
A five week United Fund canvass is planned from October 15 to November 17 with Leslie C Gates named campaign chairman and Mrs Roy Cunningham as vice chair. Budgeted at 49800 the drive funds seven agencies including Salvation Army Cancer Association Red Cross Boy Scouts Girl Scouts and USO plus contingency materials and postage. The campaign headquarters will be the Appalachian Power auditorium Beckley with potential later moves to the Chamber of Commerce. A 32 member initial board will govern the drive with emphasis on pledges over gifts and no home solicitation at the outset.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United Fund Board of Trustees
Leslie C. Gates
Beckley
Campeign
Roy Cunningham
Gates
John W. Kern
Kern
Salvation Army
Raleigh County Cancer Association
American Red Cross
Boy Scouts
Girl Scouts
United Service Organization
USO
United Fund
W. C. McMahan
Beckley Manufacturing
McMahan
Appalachian Power Co
Beckley-Raleigh County Chamber of Commerce
Kanawha Street
W. C. McMahon
S. A. Caperton Jr
Reid P. Davis
Emma V. Grogan
Fred Hurt
C. O. Kane
W. A. Laqueur
Basile N. Meadows
John C. Ward
Philip W. Payne
FE. H. Shaw
Alan Susman
F. W. Woodyard
Madge Richardson
George
Local Boy Undergoes Surgery For Fractured Nose
Marshal Allen Teaster ten year old son of Mr and Mrs Starlen Teaster of Stotesbury is recuperating at home after surgery Tuesday at Beckley Medical Arts Inc. for a fractured nose from a dodge ball incident last Thursday at Mark Twain Grade School where he is a fifth grader.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marshal Allen Teaster
Starlen Teaster
Stotesbury
Beckley Medical Arts Inc
Mark Twain
Maxwell Hill Group Weighs Annexation To Beckley
Maxwell Hill New River Country Life Group discussed annexation to Beckley at Tuesday night’s meeting but no vote was taken. They will continue discussion while outlining recreation programs including basketball, square dancing, teen activities, and Homemakers use rules. Mercury lights selling is this month’s project with canvassing led by Gene Holt, K K Keatley and Kyle Anderson.
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Maxwell Hill
New River Country Life Group
Beckley
Homemakers Club
CLG
Gene Holt
K. K. Keatley
Kyle Anderson
Ben Shrewsbury
Maxwell Hill Home
Tennesseans Sing In Beckley Tonight at Memorial Church
The Tennesseans gospel group performs at 7:30 tonight at Memorial Baptist Church on F Street, hosted by Rev. Jim Franklin's Young Adult Bible Class. They host a weekly TV show and perform in Chattanooga, Knoxville, Tenn., and Asheville, N C, and have released LPs including Sing With The Tennesseans.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tennesseans
Memorial Baptist Church
F Street
Jim Franklin
Chattanooga
Knoxville
Tenn
Asheville
N. C
The
SCS Technicians Meeting Here
Soil Conservation Service technicians from 10 Area One offices met for an all day training in the office of Floyd Rothlisberger, Area Conservationist, Beckley. The session focused on the new technical guide to standardize notes, reports, terms and methods service wide, with attendees including Victor H. Barry, C. G. Phillips, Frank W. Glover, Jr., and Ross H. Mellinger.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Soil Conservation Service
Area One
Floyd Rothlisberger
Beckley
SCS
Rothlisberger
Victor H. Barry
Northeastern States
Upper Darby
C. G. Phillips
Morgantown
Frank W. Glover, Jr
Ross H. Mellinger
Parkersburg
County Property Assessments Rise in Raleigh and Fayette
The West Virginia Business Index Review reports 1962 total property assessments in Raleigh County at 110,219,120, combining utility and non utility values. For 1925 through 1962 Fayette County rose from 53,322,488 to 99,235,250, more than doubling in 37 years.
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Raleigh County
New West Virginia Business Index
Fayette County
Six WWHS Seniors Named Merit Scholarship Semifinalists
Six Woodrow Wilson High School seniors are semifinalists in the 1962 63 Merit Scholarship program Principal C G Peregoy lists James C Brown John S Burke Ewell G Curtis Thomas W Laqueur Lonnie C Pack and Peter Verbofsky as semifinalists Their qualifying test score places them among about 11 000 seniors nationwide The semifinalists will take a three hour SAT on December 1 and may reach final judging in April with awards ranging up to 6000 over four years
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Woodrow Wilson High School
C. G. Peregoy
James C. Brown
Ruby Brown
Harper Heights
John S. Burke
J. R. Burke
Fairview Ave
Ewell G. Curtis
Ewell G.curtis
Oak Grove
Thomas W. Laqueur
Booth Avenue
East Beckley
Lonnie C. Pack
Aubrey A. Pack
Skelton
Peter Verbofsky
H. Verbofsky
Grove Ave
Peregov
Beckley High School
United States
John M. Stalnaker
Ford Foundation
Carnegie Corporation of New York
Annexation Opponents Form to Fight Beckley Merger
About 20 residents from Sprague Calloway Heights Maxwell Hill Pine Knob and near Pinecrest Sanitarium organized to distribute handbills opposing annexation by Beckley Their meeting at Brooks Adair School in Sprague featured speakers arguing higher taxes insurance and fees under city control and calling for continued local self rule They planned a fall fundraising drive and another meeting to follow.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Beckley
Sprague
Calloway Heights
Maxwell Hill
Pine Knob
Pinecrest Sanitarium
Juanita Underwood
Brooks Adair School
Paul Thompson
Pine Knob Addition
Nichols
Beckley Newspapers Corp
City Hall
Aire Hydrant
Pete
Bob
Valley Drive
Thompson
Morris Arndt
Birch St
Audrey Davis
Hedrick St
Also Mentioned on This Page
Maxwell Hill Group
WWHS
John Burke
St. Francis de Sales Catholic Church
Catholic Youth Organization
Deat
National Merit Scholarship Corporation
James Brown
Ewell Gene Curtis
National Honor Society
Church of Christ
Lonnie Pack
Tommy Laquer
Stuents
Charles Hodel
Hulett Smith
Prince Street
Beckley National Bank
Neville Street
Lillian Perry
Showtime
Hollywood
Beverly Hilton Hotel
Disneyland
Zenith
Zenith Pocket Transistor
West Virginia
P. O. Box
Charleston
W. Va
Peoples Life Insurance Company
Prince Street Beckley
F. F. Harless
Violet Insurance
Washington, D. C
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