Park Central Grad Joins All-State Band Tour
Carolyn Maria Foster, 1966 Park Central High School graduate of Bluefield, selected by West Virginia All-State Band to tour this month. She leaves June 10 for Fairmont, with concerts at Fort Ticonderoga, McGill University, La Fontaine Park, and Niagara Falls before returning to Morgantown for WVU in the fall.
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Park Central High School
Bluefield
West Virginia
Thelma M. Stone
Wayne Street
Park Central
Bluefield Daily Telegraph
West Virginia University
Montreal
Canada
McGill University
la Fontaine Park
Cornwall
Thousand Islands
Alexandria Bay
Niagara Falls
Morgantown
Forestry Division Opens Sub Office in Buchanan County
Norman Newberry, Chief Forest Warden of Virginia, announces a new sub-district Forestry Division office to serve Buchanan Dickenson and Tazewell counties. The masonry one story building on Big Prater Road measures 56 by 44 feet. Grading is under way with completion not yet set and two full time foresters expected to work there.
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Virginia Division of Forestry
Buchanan County
Norman Newberry
Buchanan
Dickerson
Tazewell
Forestry
Big Prater Road
Virginia to spend 165 million on interstate and arterial roads
The Virginia State Highway Commission will hold hearings in Roanoke and Richmond on allocations totaling more than 165 million for interstate arterial and primary road work in the new fiscal year. Increases come from 1966 General Assembly revenue measures including a two percent motor vehicle tax and transferring State Police costs to the general fund.
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Richmond
State Highway Commission
Virginia
Commission
Roanoke
Salem
Bristol
Lynchburg
Staunton
Fredericksburg
Culpeper
Suffolk
Highway Department
East Broad St
General Assembly
General Fund
Sultan the camel ousted by bantam hen at city zoo
A camel named Sultan at a Philadelphia children's zoo lived peacefully until a bantam hen moved into his quarters three weeks ago. The hen attacked whenever Sultan shifted, but he finally prevailed, and six chicks hatched before the hen left with her brood, restoring Sultan as lord of his pad.
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Sultan
Philadelphia Children’s Zoo
Edgemont Club To Hear Safety Talk
The Edgemont Home Demonstration Club of Princeton will hold a meeting on Monday June 6 at 7 p.m. at the Ralph Baxter home in the Edgemont Addition. Guest speaker David Burton will present Family Looks At Highway Safety as the lesson.
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Edgemont Home Demonstration Club
Princeton
Ralph Baxter
Edgemont Addition
David Burton
Effron Earns Medical Degree From Virginia College
Arnold Alfred Effron son of Hyman and Mrs. Effron 1625 Ohio St. received his M D. degree Saturday at the Medical College of Virginia He will intern starting July 1 at University Hospitals of Cleveland affiliated with Western Reserve University School of Medicine He and his wife plan to reside at i werd St Euclid He attended Bluefield Public Schools Phillips Exeter Academy Duke North Carolina and Harvard He will study pathology in Cleveland his wife graduates June 12 from Richmond Professional Institute and will teach in Cleveland Public Schools His father ran Effron's Army and Navy Store on Princeton Avenue for over 40 years
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Arnold Alfred Effron
Hyman Effron
Ohio St
Medical College of Virginia
University Hospitals of Cleveland
School of
Western Reserve University
I Werd St
Euclid
Tabor E. Dunman, Jr
G. R. Dunman
Bluewell
Georgetown University
Naval Academy
Annapolis
Dunman
A. J. Hudak
Springfield
Foreign Service School
Georgetown
Voice of America
University
Piano Pupils to Give Last Recital Monday
Miss Vera Payne presents her piano pupils in the final summer recital Monday at 7 30 p m at the First Methodist Church. Participants include Virginia Thurmer Beth Slade Anne Smith Virginia Smith Cassandra Wyrick Mary Watters Sue Oney Sue McMan away Rebecca Raney Martha Tilley Connie Consol Judy Pedneau Anita Eppes Alma Jo Eppes Rebecca Powell Polly Winfrey Beth Winfrey Reggie Evans Tom Carr Linda Lou Bailey Kathy Ball Judy Coff man Kathy Hicks Juliana Dunn.
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Vera Payne
First Methodist
Viginia Thurmer
Beth Slade
Anne Smith
Virginia Smith
Cassandra Wyrick
Mary Watters
Sue Oney
Sue McManaway
Rebecca Raney
Martha Tilley
Connie Consol
Judy Pedneau
Anita Eppes
Alma Jo Eppes
Rebecca Powell
Polly Winfrey
Beth Winfrey
Reggie Evans
Tom Carr
Linda Lou Bailey
Kathy Ball
Judy Coffman
Kathy Hicks
Juliana Dunn
Israel Bond Drive Ends in Bluefield Tonight at Temple
Bluefield and Princeton join in the Israel Bond Campaign climax tonight at 8:30 with a reception at Temple Ahavath Shalom Albemarle. Norris Kantor presides as Bluefield chapter of B Nai B Rith highlights Israel’s 18th birthday chai life theme. Kantor notes $30,000,000 available for redemption or reinvestment for bonds purchased 18 years ago. Sam Slifkin A Tomchin co chairmen. Mitton Gotlieb chairs Bluefield Princeton county drive.
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Bluefield
Temple Ahavath Shalom
Albemare Street
Princeton
B'Nai B'rith
Norris Kantor
Kantor
Israel
Israel Bond Organization
Kent
Sam Slifkin
Tomchin
Mitton Gotlieb
409 To Finish In Buchanan
Four hundred and nine seniors will graduate from five high schools in Buchanan County Virginia Grundy High School leads with 231 graduates scheduled for commencement at the school on Friday June 10 at 730 p.m Garden High School has 55 graduates with exercises at the school auditorium Wednesday June 8 at 8 p.m Whitewood High School 44 grads with exercises Monday June 6 at 8 p.m Hurley High School 48 graduates with exercises Wednesday June 8 at 8 p.m at the school Council High 36 graduates with exercises Thursday June 9 at 8 p.m in the school gymnasium
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Buchanan County
Grundy High School
Grundy High
Garden High School
Whitewood High School
Hurley High School
Council High
Hollins College Girls Look to Huck Finn River Trip
Six Hollins College seniors plan a 10 day raft trip from Paducah Kentucky down the Mississippi River to New Orleans. A veteran river pilot and two college men will handle the work as the group follows the Mark Twain novel in spirit and travel.
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Roanoke
Hollins College
Paducah
Mississippi River
Padu
New Orleans
Ry Finn
Huckleberry
Mississippi
Gas heated homes double since 1955 figures show rise
The number of U.S. homes heated with gas has nearly doubled since 1955. Today about 27.5 million homes use gas heating, up from 14.7 million in 1955.
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U. S
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