Plaque Presented for Local Air Transports Roll
A Raleigh Register report notes a plaque given to the local unit for handling all transportation of recruits to Lackland Air Base. Presenting were officials from Charleston and Captain Hollie C. White, commander of the local unit, acknowledging their role in coordinating air travel.
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Charleston
Hollie C. White
Lackland Air
United States Air Force
Capitol Airlines
George Kelly
The
Air Lines
George Jackson
Honor Hornbeck Family Garrell Rites For 74 Years Of Service
Three members of the Hornbeck family were honored for 74 years of service in Boy Scouting at a Sophia Lions Club dinner. James B. Deck presented certificates to James L. Hornbeck Jr., James L. Hornbeck Jr., and Peter Lee Hornbeck. Elder Hornbeck had 45 years registered in scouting, Hornbeck Sr. 25 years as scout and scoutmaster of Troop 17, and the younger Hornbeck four years. He will attend the National Scout Jamboree at Valley Forge and the World Jamboree in England this August.
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Sophia
Hornbeck
James B. Deck
James L. Hornbeck Jr
Peter ‘Lee Hornbeck
Sophia Lions Club
Hornbeck Sr
Young Hornbeck
Valley Forge
England
Taxi firm sued in $900 case in Raleigh County Court
The Union Day and Nite Taxi Co. operator of Yellow Cab Co. is named as defendant in a $900 suit filed in Raleigh County Circuit Clerk’s Office Thursday afternoon. Plaintiff is Murl Saylor Jr. The suit grows from an automobile collision on Sept. 19, 1956 at Fayette and McCresry Streets, involving Saylor and Lilly, a taxi employee.
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Raleigh County
Union Day and Nite Taxi _Co
Yellow Cab Co
Murl Saylor Jr
Fayette and McCresry Sts
Saylor
Speech Is Communication Tells Educators During NEA Centennial
Mrs. Lucile La Chapelle addressed about 400 educators at a NEA centennial event in Beckley West Virginia stressing that communication is a two way street and voices should be used clearly. The program honored retired teachers, featured awards for Outstanding Teacher of the Year Miss Jean Porter, and included remarks by D W Bryson and school officials.
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NEA
Lucile la Chapelle
Iming
National Education Association
United States
Canada
West Virginia
Charles
Earl Holmes
County Classroom Teachers Association
Board of Education
A. P. Leeber
B. C. Callaway
Carl Jarreil
James N. Trail
H. Dale Covey
D. W. Bryson
C. D. Munson
James B. Deck
John B. Elois
KB. B. Chambers
G. G. Greene
Nancy Thorne
CTA
Jean Porter
Woodrow i Wilson High School
Angwun
Miss Porter
Thorne
Philadelphia
Itg
Thess Tate
Basil Anderson
CEA
Jerome R.van Meter
Woodrow Wilson High School
State Dairy Princess Competition Set In Beckley-Lewisburg Area
The West Virginia Dairymen Association plans regional judging in Beckley-Lewisburg to select a candidate for the state Dairy Princess crown. Eligible counties include Fayette Greenbrier McDowell Mercer Monroe Nicholas Pocahontas Raleigh Summers Webster and Wyoming with a finalist from each region. Contest rules require age 16 to 95 by Oct 1 1997 high school graduate and health proof. The state winner earns a paid trip and $1000 scholarship plus publicity. Mary Ruth Rapp of Renick was last year’s regional winner.
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Beckley-Lewisburg
West Virginia
Morried
Mary Ruth Rapp
Renick
Ann Leach
Union
Ruth Moore
Triulsboro
Suzane Combs
Lewisburg
Anna Sue Combs
Joyce Burton
Links Grove
Phyllis Marie Bryant
Asburg
Ella Gibson Legg
Frankford
Jeanette Louise Miller
Williamsburg
Jean Wright
Danese
Margaret King
Gap Mills
Lena Leona Brown
Certificates Awarded to Schools for Joining Organizations
Raleigh County Education Association honored many schools at Beckley Elks Club marking the 100th birthday of the National Education Association. Principals and teacher representatives received certificates for 100 percent participation and strong county enrollment, with co-chairs Nancy Thorne and Mona Wood praised for efforts across Marsh Fork, Stratton, Eccles and many elementary schools.
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Represland - Hayes
S. Glen
Falls
Affinity
Stotesbury
Tiltion
Beckley Elks Club
Abraham
Den
Tom Meadows
Turner
W. Dillon Creek
Dunbar
East Hell Lillybrook
W. Mabscott
Hee J. E. Dickerson
E. Metalton
E. Pemberton
Wickham
Raleigh County Educaton Association
Nancy Thorne
Beckley Junior
Mona Wood
Lincoln
Marsh Fork High
Stratton High
Eccles Junior High
Amengle
Beaver
Blue Jay
Byrd - Prillerman
Central
Cliff Top
Colcord
Collins
Crab Orchard
New
Cranberry
Crescent
Crow
Daniels
Dorothy
Douglass
E. Beckley
E. Park
Eccles
Edwight
Eliott
Ghent
Glen Daniel
Glen Leigh
Harper Heights
Hollywood
Institute
Jonben
Killarney
Mark Twain
Maxell Hill
Montroal - Stick Iney
Morton - Reaves
Youth charged in string of break-ins in Princewick
A 14-year-old Princewick youth was booked at Raleigh county jail on auto larceny and six counts of breaking and entering. Police say he took rifles from Coal City Supply and Coal City Lumber, plus about $5 and shells during Saturday’s break-in at Williams Grocery. He’s tied to four prior break-ins and a truck theft. the truck has been recovered. Investigation continues.
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Princewick
Raleigh County
Coal City Supply Co
Coal City Lumber and Supply Co
Wil
Retired Raleigh County Teacher Praises Teaching Career
AW L Whibby, a Raleigh County retiree, recalls a fascinating teaching career with praise for helping retarded children. He studied in Kansas City before earning a BS and pursuing graduate work at Morgantown. He taught 25 years in West Virginia, retiring May 24, 1946, with a small pension and his wife’s help. He is nearly blind now and cannot comment on new education trends.
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AW. L. Whibby
Raleigh County
West Virginia State College
University of Pennsylvania
Teachers College of Chicago
Lewis Institute
Irom
The
University
Morgantown
Whibby
Miss Rag Mop and Mr Mop Bucket Winners Named
Miss Rag Mop Mary Catherine Lagos and Mr Mop Bucket George Arnold won miniature mop bucket and dust mop prizes at Woodrow Wilson High School Clean-Up Day. A judging panel including Gay Amalo and three Junior Chamber members plus Beckley Beautiful Committee chair Mr Mop Bucket man Bill Wilbur, Bill Sutphin, and Bill Malstead selected winners. Students dressed as cleaners participated as each home room chose boy and girl candidates for the event, which involved washing windows floors walls furniture and grounds cleanup.
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Woodrow Wilson High School
Mary Catherine Lagos
George Arnold
Mop Bucketman
Beckley Beautiful Committee
Bill Wilbur
Bill Sutphin
Bill Malstead
WWITS
Breakthrough Antibiotic Cited Against Heart Infection
March of Science reports a George Washington University researcher Dr Monroe Romansky says a new antibiotic ristetecetin shows promise against bacterial endocarditis. Results in three enterococcal cases cleared in 13 to 14 days, and a staph case cleared in 18 days after prior failures.
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Frank Carey
Washington
George Washington University
Monroe Romansky
American Academy of Pediiatrics
Robert J. Holmes
GYU
Bac
Romansky
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Airlines
Orange Police
Jennie V Vaughan Garratt
First Baptist Church
Dewey Wilson
Caffee
Mount Tabor
Garrett
Maxivell Hill
Rougemont
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Charlie Lee Garrett
Pemberton Missionary Baptist Church
Ellie Thomas
Maxwell Hill
Clyde
Crewe
Otho
Baltimore
George Garrett
Leo Lambert
Gerald Campbell
James Shrewsbury
Charles Ramsey
Paul Dillon
Huffy
Lawn Boy
Prince St
Beckley Woman
June Mabe
Wayne Pettry
J. E. Dickerson
van Meter
Pettry
Mabe
West Virginia Education Association
Dickerson
Sliss Mary Scott
Brygon
K. H
Julia Smith
Buick
Springsale
Kingdom of
Nepal
Beckley National Bank of
Virginia
Fadero
Partnersips
C. Turner
Douglas Bowers
A. G. Bowles
H. E. McMillas
Raleigh
Genevive Shanklin
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