Mabscott Play Delivers Laughter Tonight and Friday
Mabscott Elementary School hosts It s Cold in Them Thar Hills in the school auditorium at 8 p.m. The comedy follows Paw Maw and their sixteen teenage daughters with Snoddy the 19 year old who must marry. Bill Vandemere and his widowed mother enter the plot as Paw hunts a husband.
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Paw
Basil Anderson
Ray Sweeney
Thar’ Hills
Mabscott Elementary School
Nick Brash
Man
George Pierce
Snoddy
Harold Adkins
Prissy Lou
John Holt
Mandy
Chester Fitzwater
Becky Mae
Robert McDowell
Surray
Neelie Ann
Abe Lilly
Zeke
Zane Lilly
Bill Vandemere
Manuel Hidalgo
Vandemere
Bill Cadle
Maw
Hulbert
Southern Hills
Bill
Imogene Shumate
Christian Education Director Begins Work
The Rev. Helen Simeneta of Detroit is named Christian education director at First Assembly of God Church Valley Drive. Ordained in 1954, she has spent a decade teaching youth and adults, leading revivals and camps, and doing missionary work in the Bahamas. She comes to Beckley from Revival Tabernacle Detroit where she was minister of education. Her hobbies include fishing and hunting.
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Helen Simeneta
Detroit
Mich
First Assembly of God Church
Valley Drive
Miss Simeneta
Central Bible College
Springfield
Assemblies of God
Bahama Islands
Young Demos Will Elect Officers Tonight
Raleigh County Young Democrats Club members meet at 7:30 p.m. in the Raleigh County Courthouse to vote on a new slate led by Bill O Neal and Jim Greene. A two hour state wide radio program is planned for April 14 to boost membership, heard locally on WJLS. Officers must attend a 6 p.m. conference and card sellers report at 6:30 p.m. to Mrs. J D Brakefield for drive reports.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bill O’neal
Jim Greene
Raleigh County
Young Democrats Club
Eli Egich
YDC
WJLS
Egich
J. D. Brakefield
Pointed Stick Kills Boy At Play
A Raleigh County accident killed a boy playing when a pointed stick caused fatal injuries. Witness Giovanna Mastroeni summoned help, and bystander James Murdock and Joe Barbagallo assisted before the boy died on arrival at the hospital. The family resides at 207 Joseph St. The father, a radio announcer singer known as Benny Reed, is out-of-state seeking work and had not been contacted by 11 a.m. The boy had lived in Raleigh County for three and a half years.
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Shouse
Benny Reed
Giovanna Mastroeni
City Ave
James Murdock
Joe Barbagallo
D. Davis
Joseph St
Raleigh County
Registration Extended Until Monday Night
Raleigh County voters registering for the May primary gain an extended deadline to Monday April 9 The move follows Secretary of State Joe F Burdett who said the final registration day is Monday April 9 and that offices may stay open past normal hours but not past midnight County Clerk C C Smitty Smith voiced disagreement but will keep registration open until 4 45 p m The clerk had scheduled tonight hours 6 to 8 p m to accommodate those outside daytime hours with offices closing at noon on Saturdays
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Raleigh
Joe F. Burdett
C. C. (Smitty) Smith
Burdett
Secretary of State
Smith
Driver Cleared In Raleigh County Jury Verdict
A Raleigh County Criminal Court jury found Dillard H. Foster not guilty in a drunk driving case. Jurors deliberated under 20 minutes after Foster claimed exhaustion from an all night drive from Maryland to Beckley on November 25, 1961. Foster testified officers ordered him from the car and insisted he blow into a drunkometer if he stayed. Trooper J E Parsons denied any physical abuse or pressuring Foster to blow.
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Raleigh County
Dillard H. Foster
Elkins
Foster
Maryland
Beckley
Brown H. Payne
J. E. Parsons
Former Sylvia Student Gains PTA Recognition
The Sylvia Elementary PTA honored former student Pack Hindsley for basketball honors and All-State selection. The event featured science demos by students and medals awarded by Principal C. L. Miller for the DAR essay contest, with local winners named.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sylvia Elementary
Pack Hindsley
Steve Ulaki
Hindsley
Dewey Lowe
Mike Adkins
Marvin Harvey
William Steele
Wayne Bennett
Jimmy Neely
Thomas Holland
Kenny Miller
Jackie Minor
Michael Smith
Leon Kincaid
Theresa Runyon
Brenda Ernst
Sharon Stinson
Joe Gilmore
Lewis Moore
Joy Caffee
National Science Program
C. L. Miller
Faye Radford
Ronald Ballard
Richard Bowling
Madeline Stover
Russell Neely
Charles Harvey
Pauline Boyden
Thelma
Wildflowers topic for Sunday meet at Black Knight
An illustrated program on rare West Virginia wildflowers will be presented at the Black Knight Country Club Sunday evening by Jack H Maxwell, conservation education specialist of the Department of Natural Resources. Guests join at 8:30 p.m. Maxwell, a former park naturalist and Indiana biologist, will preview flowers for the first West Virginia Wildflower Pilgrimage set for May 15 through 18 at Blackwater Falls State Park.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
West Virginia
Black Knight Country Club
Jack H. Maxwell
Department of Natural Resources
Blackwater Falls State Park
Robert B. Parker
Raleigh County Garden Council
Maxwell
Indiana
Purdue University
Wabash College
Charleston
Huntington
Montgomery
Princeton
Canvass Set For Drive By Beta Sigma Phi Sorority
A door to door canvass to benefit the Raleigh County Society for Crippled Children and Adults will be conducted April 15 by the Beta Sigma Phi Sorority. The 1962 effort is led by Miss Doreen Eachus, director of Christian Education at Beckley Presbyterian Church, with BSP chairman Mrs. Jack Clemens organizing statewide campaign meetings this week and next.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Raleigh County Society For
Beta Sigma Phi
National Society
Doreen Eachus
Phi Beta Chapter
Eachus
Beckley Presbyterian Church
BSP
Jack Clemens
School approves replacement of damaged evergreen trees
The association voted to replace some evergreens on the school property damaged by bag works. Leonard Sims' eighth grade class received the attendance award with 15 parents present. The next meeting will be at 7 30 p m May 1.
Electrical Living Cur rent Favorites in Appliances
A reader note highlights new meal planning ideas using a broiler blender and rotisserie appliances. The feature promotes Curr ent Favorites from Your Electric Appliances and urges readers to explore practical cooking ideas.
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Mabscott
Christian Education
Church
Young Demos
Ihaster
Ibaslkerttfunll
Neville ST
Sylvia
Beckiey
Post-Heraio
Waleigh & Register
Family Weekly
Chevrolet
America
Cotsee
BEL Air
Corvair
Lewis Chevrolet Company, Inc
Neville Street
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