Honor Students Named For SSHS Largest Senior Class
SSHS honors its largest graduating class of 115. Valedictorian Dayne Aldridge 3.97 leads, salutatorian Nelva Wilcox 3.77 follows, and Alice Holdren 3.72 ranks third. The May 28 ceremony in the school auditorium will confer merit diplomas to high averages and school honor letters to principal’s list members.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dayne Aldridge
Nelva Wilcox
Alice Holdren
Shady High School
Nelva Wilcon
Lais Matherty
Glenna Hatcher
Anderson Jr
Toby Bailey
Mary Ellen Mills
Phyllis Bucklin
Joy Belle Furrow
Aldridge
W. B. Aldridge
Daniels
Camera Club
Thespians
Mountaineer Boys State
W. A. Wilcox
Shady Spring
The
National Honor Society
Raleigh Baptist Youth Association
Shady Spring Baptist Church
Nelva
Daniels Community
Voice of Democracy
Shady
Stewart Shannon
William Shea
Margaret Shepherd
Darlene Smith
Jane Carole Snuffer
Larry Snyder
Joyce Stover
William Bee Sweeney
Billy Thomas
James Thomas
John Claude Thompson
John Curtis Treadway
Joan West
Abigail Waddell
Wade Waddell
David Walker
Jerry Walker
Robert Lynn Walker
Charles Wilburn
Wahnette Willis
Melvin Wills
Zeke Wood
Prosperity Man Awaits Hearing On DUI Charge
Prosperity man Dexter Carlos Bennett was released from Raleigh County Jail at 12 15 am Sunday after posting a 50 bond and costs to Magistrate W A Burke on a driving while drunk charge. He was jailed by State Police at 6 05 pm Saturday. He has a Tuesday hearing before Burke Fernie Miller and Gooch Godbey both of Mabscott were jailed Saturday at 7 45 pm on drunkenness and trespassing charges. Miller was fined 15 and costs with 30 days in jail. Godbey is held awaiting arraignment. A parole officer jailed Marvin Maloney Epperly Sunday on parole violation. Three federal prisoners were moved from county jail at 8 30 am today by a U S deputy marshal to Atlanta Dewey J Palmer Kenneth Bailey and Sawyer Bailey no addresses listed. Stanley Eugene Seay Falls Creek Va was released from jail at 1 20 am today after posting an 11 50 bond to appear in Beckley Police Court for running a red light. He was jailed by City Police at 12 35 am today.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dexter Carlos Bennett
Prosperity
Raleigh
W. A. Burke
Bennett
Burke
Fernie Miller
Gooch Godbey
Mabscott
Miller
Cotton White
Godbey
Marvin Maloney
Epperly
U. S
Atlanta
Dewey J. Palmer
Kenneth Bailey
Sawyer Bailey
Stanley Eugene Seay
Falls Creek
Beckley
Boley To Lecture College Students Today and Tuesday
Raleigh County deputy assessor John Boley will lecture Beckley College history class on today and Tuesday about the West Virginia tax setup. A Beckley College graduate in 1951 he has served as Raleigh County deputy assessor since then.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Boley
Raleigh County
Beckley College
West Virginia
Boley
Family Night at Beckley Teen Town
Beckley youth center Teen Town invites families to a Wednesday family night from 7 to 9 30 pm at Prince Street beside the bus terminal. The program features games table tennis chess checkers dances to the juke box and a wholesome atmosphere supervised by Nancy Sparkes and Mrs Fred Hurt.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Teen Town
Prince Street
Nancy Sparkes
Fred Hurt
Beckley
Teenales
Aquatic Safety Programs Seek Applicants This Summer
Mrs. H. H. Harvey chairing water safety in Raleigh County lists six American Red Cross National Aquatic and two small crafts schools in the eastern area for June dates. Camps include Limberlost Purdue La Grande Sutherlyn Kiwanee Tevyn Pequot Indian Trails with fees of 50 for aquatic and 60 for small craft programs. Age limit 18, applications at the Raleigh County Red Cross in the Bair Building. Also notes instructors and staff training at Concord College and Jackson's Mill, with emphasis on lifeguard staffing countywide. William Barnard receives UN youth pilgrimage invitation for June 13-20. lodge covers expenses.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
H. H. Harvey
American Red Cross
Raleigh
American Red Cross National Aquatic
Limberlost Camp
Purdue University
la Grande
Ind
Camp Sutherlyn
Prospect
Camp Kiwanee
South Hanson
Mass
Camp Tevyn
Brookline
New Hampshire
Camp Pequot
Colchester
Conn
Indian Trails
Milford
Culver Military Academy
Culver
Johnson
Crescent Lake
Maine
Harvey
Raleigh County
The
Red Cross
Bair
Concord College
Athens
J. W. Pate Jr
Emmett Parker
Jackson’s Mill
WWHS Names Two In All State Chorus Beckley Meet
Woodrow Wilson High School lists 29 representatives in the All State Chorus and Orchestra for Beckley events on April 15 to 17. Patricia Wagner, senior, 114 Glen Avenue, and Patti Meyer, 17, 202 Queen Street, are chorus members. Patti has sung soprano for three years and is an honor student. Jerry Rose will join the All State Orchestra.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Woodrow Wilson High School
Beckley
Patricia Wagner
Patti Meyer
Patricia
Glen Avenue
WWHS
Art Club
Patti
F. W. Meyer
Queen St
Girls State
St. Stephen's Episcopal Church
Jerry Rose
Sunday Register- Post Herald
Scoutmasters Meeting To Discuss Camp Development
A meeting of local scoutmasters and Boy Scout committeemen will be held at 7:30 p.m. today in the Methodist Temple to discuss the development of Camp Coe. Guy Amato will preside.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Methodist Temple
Coe
Guy Amato
Beckley Planning and Zoning Commission to Meet Tuesday
Beclley Planning and Zoning Commission will hold a regular meetingTuesday at 7 30 p m at City Hall Routine business matters are on the agenda for discussion
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
The
Beckley Planning and Zoning Commission
City Hall
Tax man likes orchids in San Diego
Richard Vaughn, state inheritance tax appraiser, carries a fresh orchid on every trip and wears a baby orchid on his lapel as a hobby, keeping one in a pot for travel.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Diego
Calif
Richard Vaughn
FFA Team Demonstrates Parliamentary Procedure for Beckley IOOF
Shady Spring FFA parliamentary procedure team entertained Greater Beckley Lodge No 74 IOOF members. They showcased standard district winning skills and announced their advance to the April 14 Ronceverte meeting, with state contest at Jacksons Mill in July. Seventy lodge members attended the luncheon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Shady Spring
Future Farmers of America
Darrel Ford
FFA
Greater Beckley
Independent
Order of Odd Fellows
Federation
Beckley
Ronceverte
Jackson's Mill
Lodge
FIFA
D. Hall
Ted Stacy
House of Delegates
Hall
James Robinson
ABI Graduates To Sail For New Guinea In June
Austin and Lorrie Lockhart, recent Appalachian Bible Institute graduates, prepare to sail to Dutch New Guinea in June as Unevangelized Fields Mission missionaries. They will work among aboriginal tribes with limited literacy and primitive tools, aiding translation efforts across many local languages. Leah, their five month old child, accompanies them.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Appalachian Bible Institute
Austin
Lorrie Lockhart
New Guinea
Dutch New Guinea
ABI
Austin and
Bradley
Lockharts
Beckley Woman Named To Office
Beckley resident Mrs. Floyd Fender was elected second vice president of the West Virginia League of Women Voters at a Morgantown convention that ended Sunday. Mrs. Henry Broh of Huntington was chosen state president, succeeding Mrs. J. N Compton of Charleston. Also elected were Mrs. Benjamin Phillips of Charleston as first vice president, Mrs. E. R. Mack of Huntington as secretary, and Mrs. Thompson R. Fulton of Morgantown as treasurer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Floyd Fender
Beckley
West Virginia League of Women Voters
Morgantown
Henry Broh
Huntington
State League
J. N Compton
Charleston
Benjamin Phillips
E. R. Mack
Thompson R. Fulton
Child Injured In Fall At Raleigh General Hospital
Eight year old Vicki Hodel daughter of George Warren Hodel and wife is hospitalized at Raleigh General Hospital after a fall Saturday. Doctors expect a release today.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alice Holdren
Louis Wird
Glen Morgan
Vicki Hodel
George Warren Hodel
Bishop Sr
Raleigh General Hospital
Cook Obtains Permit for Six Room Mercer Street House
Ben A. Cook received a permit from the City Recorder for building a six room house on Mercer Street. Construction cost estimated at 12,500 dollars. He paid a 28.75 dollar fee for the permit.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ben A. Cook
City Recorder’s Office
Mercer Street
Fate
Power outage hits Central Avenue for short repair work
Electric power went out in the Central Avenue area for about 15 minutes while power company workers repaired a transformer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Central Avenue
Power Company
Special Services by Rev Burton at Rose of Sharon Church
The Rev Norman Burton of St Matthews on Mills Street will conduct services at the Rose of Sharon Holiness Church on H Street Wednesday at 7 p.m. The collection goes to the building fund. Sponsored by Mrs Ada Childers. The Rev J H Dunlap is a member of the Rose of Sharon church.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Norman Burton
St. Matthews Church
Mills Street
Rose of Sharon Holiness Church
H. Street
Ada Childers
Rev
J. H. Dunlap
The
Rose of Sharon Church
Also Mentioned on This Page
SSHS
FTA
Alice
Lois Matherly
Marie Matherly
Lewis J. Hatcher
Crow
George Anderson Jr
George Anderson
Cool Ridge
Harry F. Bailey
Lacy Mills
White Oak
Glenn Bucklin
Jessie J. Furrow
Blue Jay
Rita Lou Akers
Glendon Anderson
Joyce Archie
Phyllis Belcher Bovaird
Tex Bell
Patricia Bennett
Steven Bennett
Margaret Bolen
Leslie Bovaird
Evelyn Bowling
Frances Brogan
Mary Browning
Norma Browning
Lagaye Byrge
Edna Campbell
Dale Carper
Don Cash
Phyllis Cash
Carolyn Claytor
Judy Cobaugh
Linda Colbaugh Akers
Rondie Cole
Steve Collins
Arlene Cook
David Cooper
Glenda Costilow
Carlene Crawford
David Deeds
Shirley Duncan
Loye Elliott
Douglas Epling
Marvin Farmer
Robert Greer
Eleanor Griffith
Sammie Griffith
Harry J. Grimmet
Jean Grimmett
Tommy Gross
Bertha Hatcher
Ronald Heath
Cloetta Farrow
Pamela Hebb
Lois Hines
Dorothy Hopkins
Phyllis Hylton
Janet Ingale
Bobbie Lane
Billy Lester
Emil Lilly
Errol
Barbara Meadows Underwood
Erma ‘Meadows
John Meadows
Ralph Meadows
Mary Moore
Sue Moore
Henry Moye
Teddy Nixon
Jackie Pate
Marilyn Pendleton
Ronald Perez
Billie Jean Peters
Lissie Pierce
Garland Plumley
Nancy Ragland
Nora Lee Beliford
Bobbie Richardson
Carolyn Richmond
Homer Richmond
Michael Richmond
Westinghouse Laundromat ND Electric D
Laundromat
L-120 Laundromat
Westinghouse House
Cbs-Tv
Ashworth & Sparks, Inc
Beckley, W. Va
Pagoda Shopping Center
Sorewood
Becley, W. V
Marty's Quality Home Furn
Beckley, W. V
A. W. Cox Department Store
Pinton
W. Ve
A. A. Farmer & Co., An, W. Ve
General Department Stores
F. G. Lobban Company, Iseron, W. Ve
the Valley Company, Tevisturs, W. Ve
J. C. Warren Furniture Co, Socsrthur
Superior Sterling Co., Distributors
Bluefield, W. Va
Richard Lilly
Barry Richmond
Thomas Lilly
Joe Rylant
Zelmas Lilly
Paul Pack
William Barnard
Hillpark Drive
Wilmer Phillips
United Nations
Barnard
New York City
Hibi
Key
Council
Ioof Lodge
Lockhart
Ellora Caudill
Hindman, Ky
ABS
Bible Institute of Los Angeles
Marshall College
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