THE WIDEN NEWS — Widen, West Virginia H. L. Beattie — Managing Editor Associate Editors: Pearle D. Williams | Victor B. Shingler Advertising rates furnished upon application. The publishers reserve the right to reject any advertising. Published monthly by employees of Elk River Coal and Lumber Company.
Widen Students See State Gov. In Action
We, Mr. Leeson, Kyle Barnette, and Lora Wilson, left Widen at 8:45 Monday morning, March 2, 1959 to visit our capital city on the ninth annual “Know Your State Government Day.” We arrived in Charleston about 10:30 a.m. and went to the Ruffner Memorial Presbyterian Church, 1698 Quarrier Street. There Mr. Leeson introduced us to Miss Corma A. Mowrey, WVEA Staff Consultant, and then she showed us where to sit.
First there was an organ prelude by Sandra Skeenes of Charleston High School. Ray Martin, committee chairman, presided over the meeting. Next there was group singing lead by Magdalene Servais, director vocal music, Kanawha County Schools. This was followed by devotionals with Brenda Blake of Milton High School leading. Pledge to the flag was led by Larry Miller from Ansted High School. Following that, greetings were extended by Vernon A. Staggers, WVEA President. A student visitor, Klaus-Peter Weimer from Berlin, Germany spoke to the group and then there were conference announcements. The panel discussion followed with Scott Keely of South Charleston High School acting as student moderator. The student interrogators were: Frank Magyar, from Gary High School; Carol Brogle from Ravenswood High School; Teddy Wiley, Lewisburg High School; Harry Dunmire, Farmington High School; Marie Miller, Elkins High School; and Donald Poff from Point Pleasant High School.
We adjourned at 12:00 and went to the Charleston Womans Club, Virginia and Elizabeth Streets, where we were served luncheon and heard a short address by the Hon. Cecil H. Underwood.
In the afternoon we visited two sessions of our legislative body, and watched our lawmakers in action.
Late in the afternoon we toured the Capitol Museum where we saw historical relics of our state.
On our way home we took time out to visit the airport, Coon Skin Park, and best of all—the Chicken Shack!
We felt that we had gained clearer knowlwedge of our legislature and its functions and by so doing we will become more responsible as future citizens and voters.
Takes Basic Training at Fort Jackson, S. C.
FORT JACKSON, S. C., Feb. 18 —Pvt. Paul D. DeMoss, son of Mr. and Mrs. Norman DeMoss of 23 Nicholas St., Widen, W. Va., has been assigned to Company B, 4th Battalion, 1st Training Regiment at Fort Jackson, S. C., for eight weeks of basic combat training.
Upon his arrival at Fort Jackson, he was issued clothing and given a complete physical examination and a comprehensive battery of aptitude tests to determine the Army duty assignment for which he is best fitted.
As part of his basic training he will be taught rifle marksmanship under the Army’s new TRAINFIRE program. In TRAINFIRE, he will learn to use an M-1 rifle by firing at pop-up targets at varying ranges and on terrain which duplicates combat areas.
He will also be taught drill, tactics, camouflage, military courtesy, first aid and other subjects. He will learn how to throw a grenade, fire in pitch darkness, crawl under barbed wire with machine gun fire overhead, and defend himself in simulated chemical, biological and radiological warfare situations.
During his seventh week of training, he will march 13 miles with full field pack to a bivouac area to spend a week living in the field and learning to integrate the skills he has been taught.
After completing basic training, he normally will receive a two-week leave before reporting for advanced training with the infantry or other branch of the Army, or he may be selected to attend one of the Army’s many specialist and service schools
COMMUNITY NEWS
Members Woman’s Club Attend Convention
Members of the Widen Woman’s Club attending the 53rd annual convention of the West Virginia Federation of Women’s Clubs at the Greenbrier Hotel, White Sulphur Springs, West Virginia, were: Mrs. Harold L. Beattie, Mrs. E. D. Moyers, Mrs. Cecil Butcher, Mrs. E. B. Gray, Mrs. Marie Donohue, Mrs Robert Osborne Mrs. Scott Williams and Miss Hazel Baughman. The convention was on March 19th to 21, 1959.
Mrs. Scott Williams and Miss Hazel Baughman were named as delegates from the Widen Womans Club and also served as ushers on the evening of March 19th. Mrs. Harold L. Beattie, First Vice President of Capitol District and Mrs. Cecil Butcher, President of the Widen Woman’s Club were in the processional at the evening session, Thursday, March 19th. Mrs. Beattie was in charge of ushers for the entire convention.
On Dean’s List
Judith George, a freshman in the Indiana University School of Nursing, is spending her Easter vacation in St. Louis with her grandparents, Mr. Mrs. J. C. George, parents of E. C. George, who works in the Widen office. Judy made the dean’s list in her first semester at Indiana, with a 2.25 average out of a possible 3.0.
BRIEFS & ANNOUNCEMENTS
Notice — To the Customers of Elrico Stores
TO THE CUSTOMERS OF ELRICO STORES:
In the near future a new and modern general store will be opened for your convevnience at Widen. It will be equipped with the most modern fixtures and stocked with merchandise to suit your every need and pleasure, at competitive prices.
In the meantime, we are still anxious to serve you at our present location. An excellent selection of spring merchandise and good foods is now on our shelves, along with furniture, utensils and appliances.
Our credit policy has not been changed.
H. L. Beattie Widen, West Virginia General Manager
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