PHS Seniors Hear Byrd At Commencement On June 13
About 245 Princeton High School seniors will attend the 1968 commencement exercises with U S Senator Robert Byrd delivering the commencement address. Dr J C Fisher speaks earlier on What Can I Do With My Life with the PHSA Capella Choir providing music. Honor students include James Spain Gregory Shupe Richard Johnston and Gregory Shupe among others. Tickets required for graduation admission.
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Uefield
Byrd
Princeton High School
PHS
Princeton
U. S
Robert C. Byrd
D-W. Va
Richard Alan Johnston
James Marshall Spain
Gregory Dean Shupe
Forest Lab Hosts SAF Summer Meeting in West Virginia
Forest Products Marketing Laboratory Princeton will host the June 13 15 meeting of Allegheny and Kentucky Tennessee Sections of the Society of American Foresters. Over 150 members will tour the lab and visit five forestrying sites including Meadow River Lumber and Virginia Pulp and Paper.
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Forest Products Marketing Laboratory
Princeton
Allegheny
Kentucky-Tennessee
Society of American Foresters
Donald G. Cuppett
The
Forest Service
SAF
Bluestone Conference Center
West Virginia
Meadow River Lumber Company
Georgia - Pacific Corporation
Covington
Virginia
Monongahela National Forest
Bluestone Dam
Corps of Engineers
New Dean Company
G O Dransfield Named Principal at Union High
The Monroe County Board of Education named G O Dransfield as principal to fill the vacancy created by Charles Allen Jr resigning to become principal of East High in Greenbrier County. Dransfield, born May 21 1909 in Gap Mills WV, is married to Marguerite Young and has one son Larry Young. The board also hired bus operators substitutes custodians and staff across Union High Peterstown High and Greenville schools and approved church revivals and a gospel sing benefiting a school shoe fund. A break in at Union Farmers Exchange Mill led to a loss of 9339 including checks and about 1000 cash. Investigations ongoing.
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G. O. Dransfield
Charles Allen Jr
Allen
East High
Greenbrier County
Dransfield
Gap Mills
Monroe County
W. Va
Geirie
Annie Cransfield
Marguerite Young
Larry Young
Marshall University
Pittsburg Plate Glass Company
Pittsburg
Pennsylvania
Cransfield
Rotary Club
American Legion
West Virginia Education Association
West Virginia School Administrators Association
American Association of School Administrators
National Education Association
Virginia Education Association
Craig County Education Association
Association of
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Lewis Amos
W. Elmer Arthur
Pauline S. Baker
Kenneth Canterbury
James Craig
Dale Dilson
Marvin Dixon
Dorsey Galford
Charles Hoke
Harold Hoke
Edgar Huffman
James Huffman
Dallas W. Ingles
Frank Long
Russell Lowe
Maurice Mann
Samuel McDaniel
Clarence Miller
Emory Mustain
Gray H. Neel
Paul W. Nichols
Charles E. Patton
Ralph L. Patton
Francis E. Pence
Lacy Raines
Pat Reese
Robert Roles
Robert St. Jacques
Ralph Smith
Thurman E. Taylor
Larry R. Weikle
Earl Wikle
Virgil Wiseman
William Wood
James Hinkle
Margery Pence
Lois Roles
Hazel St. Jacques
Marcus Arthur
William Mohler
Union
Robert Morgan
Peterstown
Ralph Humphreys
Greenville
Frank Ford
Fred L. Taylor
Claude Bostic
Elaine Wickline
Harry Ellison
Wanza Spang Jer
Virginia Daugherty
Eva Coulter
Bessie Wallace
Ernest Lively
Talma Neel
Lara Hoke
Hazel Shrader
Ruth Linton
Maude Dunlap
Walter Deskins
Jeanette McPeak
Catherine Wickline
Mary Allen
Betty Broyles
Nellie Akers
Mescal Boothe
Rosetta Bivens
Myrtle Arthur
Wanda Hubbard
Mary E. Honaker
Louise Dunn
Nell Goodall
Sylvia Miller
Frances McDaniel
Shoe Fund
Betty Branch
Nicholas County
Proposed Bank Merger Okayed Between Russell County and Washington Trust
Stockholders of Russell County National Bank and Washington Trust Bank approved a proposed merger June 5 subject to banking authority clearances. Local staff will stay, operations continue as before. Russell County National Bank assets were 8.08 million and Washington Trust assets 19.35 million. merger exchanges Russell County stock for Virginia Commonwealth Bankshares shares.
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Washington Trust Bank
A. C. Fuller
Russell County National Bank
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Jones
First National Bank
Bank of
Russell County
Bristol
Virginia Commonwealth Bank
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Virginia
Recital Held at Giles High School Pearisburg
Mrs. Glenn Robinson led a piano recital at Giles High School Pearisburg with students Sherry Keffer Eric Keffer Pam Ramsey Terri Albert Diana Martin Pamela Rollen Sherri Dennis Debbie Morris Sharon and Rosemary Robinson. Mrs Robinson hosted a reception for students and Mrs Gilmore at the Gilmore home. Students honored Mrs Gilmore with a practice recital.
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Giles High School
Pearisburg
Sherry Keffer
Eric Keffer
Pam Ramsey
Terri Albert
Diana Martin
Pamela Sue Rollen
Sherri Dennis
Debbie Morris
Sharon
Rosemary Robinson
Robinson
Sidney Gilmore
Gilmore
Mrs. Gilmore
Pool Opening Delayed At Princeton Pool
No opening date for the 1968 Princeton Swimming Pool yet set. President W Grady Carper cites vandalism over three months as the cause with windows broken, paint spilled, lights broken, and damage to the miniature train shed. The integration question prompted talks among the Park Association city officials and the State Human Rights Commission.
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Princeton Swimming Pool
W. Grady Carper
Princeton Park and Recreation Association
Carper
Princeton
West Virginia
Human Rights Commission
Carl Glatt
Charleston
Princeton Park and Recreation
State Human Rights Commission
Princeton Pool
Activities set for Appalachian Buyers Convention kickoff
A cocktail party buffet supper and business session of 70 manufacturers’ representatives will be held Saturday night at the West Virginia Hotel in Bluefield. The three‑day convention officially opens Sunday at 10 a.m. at the West Virginian with more than 600 buyers expected, led by Edward Johnson of Lynchburg, Virginia.
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West Virginia
Bluefield
West
Two West Virginia Soldiers Die in Vietnam Combat
Defense Department reports two West Virginia soldiers killed in Vietnam. Army Spec. 4 John H. Dixon of Rupert Greenbrier County and Sgt. Nile D. Shumate of Ashford Boone County are the identified victims.
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West Virginia
Vietnam
Defense Department
Army
John H. Dixon
Hattie M. Dixon
Rupert
Greenbrier County
Nile D. Shumate
Howard V. Shumate
Ashford
Boone County
Bethany College Receives $250000 Gift for Center
The Claude Worthington Benedum Foundation of Pittsburgh awards Bethany College a 250000 gift to aid a new student center and dining room. The project aims for a total cost around 1500000 as the college launches a financial matching campaign.
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Claude Worthington Benedum Foundation of
Pittsburgh
Bethany College
Book Subsidy Undergraduates in Britain Discussed
London reports that the average British undergraduate spends about $30 to $80 annually on texts while student grants include a $98 yearly allowance for books highlighting the gap between purchase costs and aid.
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London
Global Student Rebellions Rise Across Cities
A Boston writer argues that student protests worldwide share timing and space factors. He notes uprisings in New York Paris Prague Berlin New Delhi Saigon Tokyo and elsewhere, each targeting local aims while symbol images differ.
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Berlin
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Saigon
Tokyo
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Mother And Seven Children Escape When Home Burns
A Bamwell area mother Beatrice Woods and her seven children, aged 15 months to 10 years, escaped a house near Rt. 52 as it collapsed. The 80 year old two story wood frame home valued around 2300 dollars began to fall, with the family sheltering with Beatrice’s father while authorities plan removal of furniture.
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Bramwell
Beatrice Woods
Rt. 52
Woods
Carl Woods
Coopers
Rehabilitation Training Help For Area Students
Robert L. Parker of the Division of Vocational Rehabilitation announced eligibility for state rehabilitation services to handicapped high school and college students in the Bluefield office region. The program covers medical psychological social and vocational aid with full four year college support if needed. The Bluefield office serves Mercer Monroe and Summers counties and about 100 disabled youths are currently in college funded by the program.
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Robert L. Parker
Division of Vocational Rehabitation
Bluefield
Parker
West
FBI Recovers Hijacked Dimes in Patchogue Case
FBI and Suffolk County police recover more than $300 000 in dimes from a five million dime shipment hijacked from Railway Express. West Avenue sportswear firm president Charles Curiale is arrested on possession of stolen goods and faces up to ten years in prison and a 5000 dollar fine after arraignment.
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FBI
Railway Express Agency
Suffolk County
West Avenue Sportswear Corporation
Long Island
New York City
U. S
West Point
Oklahoma City
Fort Lee
N. J
New York
Blue Point
South Shore
Chicago Fines and Forfeitures Top $111.8 Million
The 43 largest U.S. cities reported $111.8 million in traffic fines and bail forfeitures for the 1963-64 fiscal year, based on the latest available statistics.
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Chicago
United States
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