National Empl oy-the- Physically Handicapped Week Set Here
Rehabilitation Office in Beckley announces October 2 to mark National Employ the Physically Handicapped Week. W G Winchell states WV Dept of Employment Security will aid in placing handicapped workers, with posters and radio scripts to urge employers to hire them. Governor Le Matteson cites equality of opportunity and productive outcomes across business, industry, farming and professions. Training and placement efforts last year trained 121 persons, with several already employed in varied fields. some now receive aids and devices to aid work.
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Beckley
W. G. Winchell
Winchell
Pinecrest Sanitarium
Addntion
Post 32 Starts Membership Duel In Raleigh County
Raleigh County American Legion Post 32 voted to challenge Blue Field Post 32 in a membership drive. Ira O. Holliday announced 393 Legionnaires have reenlisted for the coming year. The group set a fall department meeting for October 16 in Clarksburg and approved a $2,700 budget.
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Raleigh County
American Legion
Bluefield
Ira O. Holliday
C. Marshall Johnston
West Virginia
Glenn Shanklin
Raleigh
Okey Mills
Johnston
Shanklin
Ira Holliday
Irvin Goldstein
Frank Laston
Guy Amato
Kermit A. Locke
Roy {. Smith
Bernard Marlin
Roy T. Elkin
C. C. Crawford
Charles Dickinson
W. R. Fugitt
EK. A. Locke
Corrections Made At Edwight Mine
The Bureau of Mines announced improvements at Haleigh Wyoming Mining Company's 160 ton a day No 1B mine at Edwight after government inspections. Seventy men were employed during August. measures include safer storage of explosives, ventilation improvements, rock dusting, guarded conveyors, insulated wiring, and new safety signs. Additional recommendations cover safety posts, roof bearing, stoppage signals, and handling changes for two more explosive containers. Employees were urged not to smoke and to wear protective gear and insulators on wires and machinery.
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Haleigh- Wyoming Mining Company
Edwight
Bureau of Mines
M. &. Hail
Hall
Rosa Ellen Fox Rites Set for Wednesday
Funeral services for Rosa Ellen Fox 78 of Abraham will be held at 2 p.m. Wednesday at New Salem Baptist Church in Richmond District. Burial will be in Edrach cemetery. She is survived by daughter Mrs. diez Bennett of Hinton and two sons Fwell Fox of Abraham and Hershey Fox of Kainene.
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Rose Ellen Fox
Abraham
Berkley Hospital
New Salem Baptist Church
Richmond
Diez Bennett
Hinton
Fwell Fox
Hershey Fox
Kainene
Concord College Opens Courses in Beckley Jr High
Concord College will offer three extension courses at Beckley Junior High School starting Thursday at 6:30 p m. Economics 312 money credit and ranking Speech 201 advanced English and a required teaching course taught by Mrs Madge Hengert Also Minsle 301 history and appreciation for teachers or general renewal credit for teachers and other students.
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Concord College
Beckley Junior High School
Madge Hengert
Cecil Cooke Heads County Principals
Cecil D. Cooke of Beaver was elected president of the Raleigh County Secondary School Principals Association at a meeting in the El Chico Cafe. He succeeds Sherman C. Trail as president. Claude Worley was elected vice president and Fred Roberts was re elected secretary. The group discussed fire drills and more fire fighting equipment for schools.
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Cecil D. Cooke
Beaver
Raleigh County Secondary School Principals' Association
Cooke
Eccles
Sherman C. Trail
Stoco
Claude Worley
Marsh Fork
Fred Roberts
Shady Spring
Roberts Reportenr
C. D. Munson
Watts Points to Need For National Guard
Capt. Willian W. Watts urged Beckley residents to join the National Guard, citing Lt Gen Manton S. Eddy on the guard’s role in defending the U S from invasion. He outlined enrollment ages 17 to 33, requirements, pay, and a two week Fort Knox encampment for West Virginia’s 150th Regimental Combat Team.
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Watts
National Guard
Beckley National Guard
United States
Willian
Manton S.eddy
Commmand and General Staff College
Eddy
Kanawha Valley
West Virginia
150Th Regimental
Fort Knox
Park Avenue
Beckley Telephone Open House Demonstrates New System
More than 100 Beckley district residents attended an open house at the Chesapeake and Potomac Telephone Company building on Woodlawn Avenue. The event showcased the dial system in operation since December 7, 1941 and the plant’s wartime restrictions and redundancy measures.
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Beckley District
Chesapeake and Potomac Telephone Company
Woodlawn Avenue
Pearl Harbor
Arthur F. White
Chen
Beckley
Business Women Raise 515.63 for Polio Drive in Beckley
Beckley Beckley Business and Professional Women's Club reports 515.63 collected for the emergency polio drive. Donations came from a Huntington Beckley football game, Stratton High School band majorettes, local and postmaster contributions, and a Lewis Chevrolet group effort. Campaign director W. A. Burke aims for county totals over 5,000. The article notes telephone system demonstrations and a tour of Beckley area telephone operations amid fundraising and public notices.
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Beckley Business and Professional Women's Club
Carl Price
Huntington-Beckley
Stratton High School
Lewis Chevrolet Company
Earl Biggs
Price
W. A. Burke
Burke
Raleigh County
Charleston
County schools to get more fire safety measures
The superintendent distributed copies of the state fire marshal's concern about fire hazards in schools. Munson promised additional firefighting equipment for county schools and plans for more fire drills.
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Munson
Foster Home Drive Starts In Raleigh County Thursday
Raleigh County Social Welfare Assembly launches a drive to recruit foster homes for children impacted by disease, divorce, desertion, drink, disaster or death. A 7:30 PM meeting at the Raleigh County Courthouse outlines goals, brochures are distributed, and outreach targets clubs and organizations.
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Foster Home
Raleigh County
Tha Dalaiah
IAL Sial
Madgis County Social Welfare Assembly
Gus F. Walker
Walker
Notnough
Beckley
Assembly
Stuart S. Angell
Roger ‘Brown
Worth May
I Paul B. Earwood
Corey QO. Mitchell
B. B. Chambers
Elizabeth Lewis
Bess Haney
Social Welfare Assembly
Community Chest
Daniels
City College Officials To Attend State Meet
City College officials Dean G. E. Hartman and Vice President D. K. Shroyer will attend the West Virginia Association of Collegiate Registrars meeting at the Stonewall Jackson Hotel in Clarksburg October 13 and 14. The program includes reports on probation, marking practices, cooperative guidance, and a review of registrars conventions, with addresses by R. E. McWhinnie and William C. Smyser.
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G. E. Hartman
D. K. Shroyer
Beckley College
West Virginia Association of Collegiate Registrars
Stonewall Jackson
Clarksburg
American Association of Collegiate Registrars
Alla van Horn
Salem College
E. W. Browne
Bluefield State College
Virgil Bolt to Build Randolph Street House
City Recorder issues building permits for Burgess Addition on Randolph Street. Virgil Bolt to erect a four room frame dwelling with full basement at an estimated cost of 3500 dollars. Ernest Linko to add a room and porch at 200 Reservoir Road for 1000 dollars. Mary Watson to construct a two room frame house on Terrill Street for 400 dollars. American Oil Company signs at foot of Church Street also approved.
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City Recorder's Office
Virgil Bolt
Randolph Street
Burgess Addition
Ernest Linko
Reservoir Road
Mary Watson
Terrill Street
Beckley Court
American Oil Company
Church Street
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