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Newspaper

Raleigh Register

Location

Beckley, West Virginia, United States of America

Date

Apr 05, 1966

Page

6

Club Leaders Named In Student Organization Notes

Zey, Steve Sloman, Robert Schleeper, and Phillip Richardson are listed as members. Bernard Bostick serves as club sponsor and Academic Dean John B. Van Dyke is the administrative advisor.

Stratton High State's Largest Negro School

State Human Rights Commission executive secretary Howard McKinney reports Stratton High School as the state’s largest segregated school with 613 students and 29 teachers. The study notes one third of Negro students attend segregated schools and cites eight counties with all Negro enrollments totaling 6,102, led by McDowell County with 2,261.

Stratton High School Howard McKinney State Human Rights Commission McKinney West Virginia McDowell County Mercer Raleigh County Kanawha Rex Smith U. S. Education Department Education Department Smith Dunbar Weirton Fayette McDowell Raleigh

Scholarship Foundation's Success Exemplified By Robert R O'Dell

A Raleigh County Court appoints Bobby Morris as temporary caretaker at Little Beaver Park replacing Ray Redden who was fired for alleged timber misdeeds. The move tests transfer of park operations to the state Department of Natural Resources. The Beckley scholarship fund recounts Robert R O'Dell, a 1965 Woodrow Wilson graduate and WV Tech freshman, thanking the foundation for aid that allowed full time study. The foundation conducts its annual drive with $3,255 on deposit toward a $10,000 goal. past campaigns raised over $10,000.

Bobby Lee Morris Raleigh County Court Little Beaver Park Morris Ray Redden Redden Raleigh County Park Board Little Beaver Department of Natural Resources Citizens Scholarship Foundation of Beckley, Inc Robert R. O'Dell Woodrow Wilson High School O’dell West Virginia Institute of Technology

Traffic Markers Planned for North Valley Drive

Beckley city attorney E M Ned Payne announced that signs and markings restricting parking on North Valley Drive will be erected by the State Road Commission when weather allows. An earlier council ordinance restricting parking in specified highway areas was approved and became effective on January 25 pending proper markings.

Beckley E. M Ned) Payne North Valley Drive State Road Commission Payne SRC

Singing Event Canceled at Bradley Freewill Baptist Church

The Raleigh County Shape Note Singers event at Bradley Freewill Baptist Church from April 9 to 14 has been postponed. Sippets are thin fingers of toast.

Raleigh County Bradley Freewill Baptist Church

Sophia Students Plant Own Trees for Arbor Day

Ten students from the Exceptional Class at Sophia Elementary School joined Mrs. S. C. Woods and Phymosia Garden Club member to plant 32 Norway Spruce trees near the front entrance not part of the playground. Students labeled the trunks with their names and learned care instructions for the term.

Sophia Elementary School S. C. Woods Slab Fork Phymosia Garden Club Thomas Blankenship Conservation Department

Court Collects Total of $588

Municipal Court Monday night collected 588 dollars with 161 dollars from intoxication forfeit. Bonds forfeited include Larry Allen Smith Mabscott 21 dollars and Frazier Thompson 21 dollars for speeding. Others: Robert Rappold 6 dollars and George Morgan 6 for blocking a fire plug. Robert Neighborgaul and David Gochenour 5 each for traffic lane violations. Deloris Merino 6 for blocking traffic and Evelyn Hall 21 for pulling into traffic. Samuel Price 129 for speeding assault and no operator licenses. Charles E. Hegley 21 for expired inspection. Thomas Lee Morris 42 for overloading with passengers and defective equipment. Jerry Lee Cox 76 for reckless driving and James Sutton McVey 33 for speeding and blocking fare.

George L. Ballard Larry Allen Smith Mabscott Frazier E. Thompson Robert Rappold George Morgan Robert Neighborgaul David Gochenour Deloris Merino Evelyn Hall Ashville N. C Samual Price Beckley Charles E. Hegley Charleston Thomas Lee Morris Huntington Jerry Lee Cox Glen White James Sutton McVey

Junk proposal to convert junked cars into reef at Sandy Hook

Senator Clifford Case suggests a $400,000 appropriation to fund an artificial reef of junked cars built by the Sandy Hook marine laboratory in New Jersey. The reef would serve as a fish sanctuary and address multiple civic problems, per a letter to Senator Hayden.

Washington UPI Clifford P. Case

West Virginia city budget samples from Raleigh county

Municipal council in Rhodell and Beckley renders levy estimates for the current fiscal year. The documents list receipts from taxes licenses and fines, and detailed expenditures for police fire engineering street work and city services.

State OF West Virginia Raleigh Rhodell Municipality of Sam Lilly Clyde C. Murphy Walter Gentry George Evans Bob O'Neal Clarence Miller Cesesecs SOS Eee Vonens Euik Ike Fire Department A&e County OF Beckley City of Beckley John Wesley Smith W. L. Humphrey J. 3. Larrick C. W. Merritt A. A. Ross John H. McCulloch H. E. Melton, Jr J. M. Crews al Ellison E. M. Payne Ill Ewes Fis Cévciaeeee State Armory Board

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New Beckley College Club Circle K Club Beckley College John Sucher Wetzel Smith Paul Epperley Fred Roberts Rob Rappold Rodney Clay Jerry Groves Thaddeus Bennett William Mooney Sergeant At Don Neit Stratton High Aere GS Scholarship Foundation Little Beaver Lake Robert R. O’dell Bank of Raleigh Kanawha Streets Brew Modite Duchess Joe Sophia Richard Kincaid Bucky Barr Hubert Harmon and Roy Polk Police Department Firemen’s Pension Fund Dept. West Va League Uniform Fund Wildwood Cemetery BOG Pomme Seeee Danages Ve Enerel Edenling Recreation “Board I. W. L. Humphrey Nouwakh Maic Samou Sue-2 Ph&rr State Division of Capitol Building Division of Purchases Clarence E. Johnson Island Stefl Company, & ‘Corporation W. H. Lowe Boe Hes the Complete Variety Store Bunny New York Coats Debs Jacqueline Connie
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