Practical Politics Course Attracts 20
Twenty participants will take action courses in practical politics at Beckley Hotel over the next nine weeks. The program starts Thursday at 7 p m with Albert Minter Jr as instructor. Classes meet one night weekly in the General Beckley room. The Beckley Chamber of Commerce officials tout an earthy, streamlined format. Registration is closed at twenty, the maximum. Materials provided by the Chamber and prepared with input from career politicians cover pamphlets case problems and guides for participants. A discussion leader's manual will aid the instructor in organizing lively productive workshops. The two hour sessions are discussion based with no lectures. Each meeting covers topics from the individual in a political campaign to businessmen in politics.
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Beckley Hotel
Albert Minter Jr
General Beckley
Minter
Floyd
Sayre
Beckley Chamber of C@ommerce
Chamber of Commerce of the
United States
Sophia High Earns Traffic Safety Award
Sophia High School is among 130 nationwide to receive a certificate for traffic safety activities during the 1959 60 term from the National Commission on Safety Education for the National Education Association. The award honors meritorious activities as part of the program supported by Firestone.
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Sophia High School
National Commission On Safety Education
National Education Association
Commission
Firestone Tire and Rubber Co
Lacy To Head Fairdale PTA
Teddy Lacy was elected president of the Fairdale Elementary PTA at the group’s first meeting. Off icers include Mrs Claude Walker Jr as vice president reporter Mrs George Barrett as secretary and Mrs Bob Daniel as treasurer. A polio clinic was discussed with a $1 fee for shots. free shots for those unable to pay and open to Trap Hill High students. A linens and trunk committee was formed.
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Fairdale
RNS
Teddy Lacy
Fairdale Elementary Parent-Teacher Association
Claude Walker Jr
George Barrett
Bob Daniel
P.T.A. 7
Lacy
Trap Hill High
Green
Earl Burleson
Hospitalized Beckley Residents Listed in Fair and Satisfactory Condition
Two Beckleyans are under treatment at Raleigh General Hospital. Mrs. Ralph Williams was admitted Friday and is in satisfactory condition. P. H. Lilly of 612 Johnstown Road was admitted Sunday and is listed in fair condition today.
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H. C. Lilly
Beaver
Raleigh General Hospital
Reche
Beckleyans
Ralph Williams
P. H. Lilly
Johnstown Road
Owl electrocuted after nest raid in Oklahoma
In El Reno Oklahoma an aging owl attempting to raid a scissortail nest flew into a live electric transformer and was killed. The incident highlights the dangers posed to wildlife by exposed power infrastructure.
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EL Reno
Okla
Secretarial ties mark Shady Spring School veteran
Mrs. Michael J. Linkous, longtime SSHS secretary and Shady Spring resident, has served three years in the role. Formerly Miss Lois Phillips, she is a 1957 SSHS graduate who earned an advanced secretarial certificate from Beckley College in 1958. She is an extension officer for Beta Sigma Phi Sorority Gamma Gamma Chapter.
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Shady Spring High School
Michael J. Linkous
Shady Spring
Lois Phillips
Vernon Phillips
Mount View
SSHS
Beckley College
Gamma Gamma
Beta Sigma Phi Sorority
Nine Bonds Forfeit in Beckley Police Court
Nine persons forfeited bonds totaling 143 dollars in Beckley Police Court Monday night. Donald Harbin of Beckley forfeited five dollars on a charge of running a red light and eight others were charged with drunkenness forfeiting a total of 138 dollars.
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Beckley
Donald Harbin
Neely to Speak in Beckley on Thursday Night
Republican gubernatorial candidate Harold E. Neely will address Beckley at 7:30 p.m. in the County Courthouse outlining his industrial development plan. He previously pledges continued speedy construction of a north south expressway on U S 19 from Beckley to the state border and outlined education proposals including higher teacher salaries and merit scholarships at a Clarksburg and Moundsville rally.
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Harold E. Neely
Beckley
GOP
U. S. 19
West Virginia-Pennsylvania
Clarksburg
Moundsville
Neely
Three Area Students Named National Merit Semifinalists
Three area students along with two from Woodrow Wilson High School were named semifinalists in the 1960 61 National Merit Scholarship competition. Melissa Noble Carvin Sophia Ann C Callaway Mount Hope and Carolyn Sue Allen Oak Hill are among the 10000 high scoring students on the Merit Scholarship Qualifying Test. They join Howard M Jernigan and Gregory W Yazell WWHS students announced Tuesday as finalists in the national program.
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Woodrow Wilson High School
Melissa Noble Carvin
Sophia
Ann C. Callaway
Mount Hope
Carolyn Sue Allen
Oak Hill
Howard M. Jernigan
Gregory W. Yazell
WWHS
Prosperity Scouts to view first aid film event
Members of Boy Scout Troop 203 Prosperity will see a mouth to mouth resuscitation film at 7 15 p m Thursday. Lewis C Jones Red Cross instructor says the public is invited to view with the scouts who will demonstrate the latest artificial respiration method. The Chesapeake and Potomac Telephone Co sponsors the film as part of a Junior Red Cross first aid course already given to Troop 203. Scouts listed include Jerry Baird Paul Bragg Randy Toney Larry Woolwine David Dearing James Kincaid Cecil Bowyer Patrick Coley Gary Houchins Danny Snuffer Denny Cochran Gary Kincaid Benny Cochran Freddie Rochelle Joe Dalton Ronald Dalton Roger McGuffin Bobby McVey J T Hurley Larry Milam Ray Ormandy Frank James Gerald Hager and Jimmy McGuffin.
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Prosperity
Lewis C. Jones
Beckley Chapter
American Red Cross
Chesapeake and Potomac Telephone Co
Red Cross
Jerry Baird
Paul E. Bragg
Randy Toney
Larry Woolwine
David Dearing
James Kincaid
Cecil Bowyer
Patrick Coley
Gary Houchins
Danny Snuffer
Denny Cochran
Gary Kincaid
Benny ‘Cochran
Freddie Rochelle
Joe Dalton
Ronald Dalton
Roger McGuffin
Bobby McVey
J. T. Hurley
Larry Milam
Ray Ormandy
Frank James
Gerald Hager
Jimmy McGuffin
Fayette Wyoming mines move toward opening in Wyoming County
The Beckley office of the West Virginia Department of Mines approved openings for two mines in Wyoming County. Perry Oxendale Coal Co of Oak Hill will start mine No 38 at Arista while Parson Brothers Coal Co of Mullens begins operations at Otsego.
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Wyoming County
Beckley
West Virginia Department of Mines
Perry Oxendale Coal Company
Oak Hill
Arista
Parson Brothers Coal Co
Mullens
Otsego
Beckley Beckley Beckley Ben Hur Premiere Hosts
Beckley Theater opens Ben Hur with social event status. Hostesses Billie June Toy Mabe Bunny Ramey and Gay Stanley greet guests. Toy is prom queen, Bunny class president. officials, clergy, press, and TV reps attend. MGM reps Sheeran and Pader present. extended run anticipated. tickets sold for reserved performances. Porter offers illustrated book in lobby.
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Beckley Theater
Beckley
George C. Porter
Billie June
Toy” Mabe
Bunny Ramey
Gay Stanley
Toy
Gay
Woodrow Wilson High School
Bunny
Woodrow Wilson
Metro - Goldwyn - Mayer
Harry Sheeran
Cincinnati
Nor
Man Pader
New York City
Porter
Beckleyan Retires From Drug Firm And Civil Service Exam
O D Griffith of Beckley a 29 year Upjohn Co representative retires Friday after a long career in Logan and Raleigh Wyoming counties. The article also promotes federal service entrance exams for 60 occupational fields with starting salaries of 4345 to 5355 dollars and multiple test dates through May 1961.
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Beckleyan
O. D. Griffith
Beckley
Upjohn Co
West Virginia University
Griffith
Logan
Upjohn Pharmaceutical Concern
Kalamazoo
Mich
West Virginia
Raleigh
Fayette
Wyoming
Summers
Monroe
Greenbrier
Nicholas
Pocahontas
Webster
Braxton
Clay
New River Pharmaceutical Association
Black Knight Country Club
The
Elks and the Masons
Cleora Marie Rogers
Bluffton Ohio
Charleston
Federal Civil Service
Bis
Civil Service
Ohio
Indiana
Kentucky
Internal Revenue
Federal Service Entrance Examination Announced
The United States Civil Service Commission announced that applications are now being accepted for the 1961 Federal Service Entrance Examination. The program invites qualified applicants to compete for civil service positions across government agencies. Registration details and deadlines are expected to follow in official notices.
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THE
United States Civil Service Commission
Methodist Men Cook-Out At Sophia Church
The Sophia Methodist Church Methodist Men held a cook-out at the Tams Mountain Fire Tower Friday evening. Seventeen members attended and chose their own food. Calvin Saunders led vesper service with assistance from Clyde Souder Jack Branham and Dallas Rinehart as three new members Dennis Saunders Brady Rupe and Estil Meadows were welcomed. The group set Friday Oct. 28 for the next meeting.
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Sophia High
Lilly
Philco
Beckley Music & Electric Co
Prince St
Liquor
Prosperity Scouts
Harold Neely
Raleigh - County
Raleigh County Court House
Arnold Harris
CHM
Fayette, Wyoming
Eve Breck
U. S. Civil Service Commission
U. S. Post Office
C. D. Griffith
FORD
Chevrolet
Dart
Dodge Dealers
Duncan-Catron Motor Co., Inc
Prince Street
Beckley, W. Va
Phillips Motor Company, Inc
Main Street
Sophia, W. Va
Lynch-Pryor Motors, Inc
Howard Avenue
Mullens, W. Va
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