WWHS Students To Play In All State Orchestra
Eleven Woodrow Wilson High School musicians have been chosen for the All State Orchestra meeting with the All State Chorus in Morgantown from Thursday through Friday Guest conductor Gilbert Waller will lead a program to be presented Friday at 8 p m in Morgantown High School auditorium The students include Nancy Kay Johnson Drema Hatcher Celia Maples Betty Johnston Patty Clemens Nancy Lou Fink Robert Klein Carol French Joyce Hall Catherine Gregory Judy Buckland and other members of the school orchestra and band.
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Wood*row Wilson High School
AllState Chorus
Morgantown
Gilbert Waller
Morgantown High School
Jesu
Bach
Scramatins
Borowsky
Padilla
Halversen
Woodrow Wilson
Nancy Kay Johnson
P. C. Johnson
Temple St
First Baptist Church
Drema Hatcher
Theodore Hatcher
Memorial Baptist Church
Celia Maples
C. W. Maples
Betty Johnston
C. E. Johnston
St. Francis de Sales Catholic Church
Patty Clemens
Eula Clemens
Robert Klein
William Klein
Beth el Temple
Carol French
Robert French
Red Cross
Methodist Temple
MYF
Joyce Hall
Beckley Council approves four one way streets plan
Beckley City Council voted to adopt four traffic changes from the Traffic Control Commission making Woodlawn Ave Barwood St Beckley Place and Nathan St one way and eliminating a right turn at Barwood. Dissent came from two councilmen. Signs will be installed in coming days.
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Beckley
Traffic Control Commission
Harold Miller
H. P. Meadows
John W. Smith
Woodlawn Ave
Neville St
Second St
Barwood St
Heber St
Barwood
Woodlawn
Beckley Place
Nathan St
Fairlawn Ave
Pat Wheeler
Orchard Ave
Porter St
Orchard ‘Ave
Wheeler
Massey St
Frank Hartier
Beckley Eyes DST Change With Charleston Support
Beckley moves to adopt Daylight Saving Time if Charleston proceeds. City Council unanimously agrees on a DST plan tied to Kanawha County approvals and neighboring towns reactions. Fire and street-light adjustments proposed. impact on traffic and business hours noted.
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Beckley
S. Charles
Ton
St. Albans
Marmet
Glasgow
Millard Tyree
Kanawha
Neville St
Wymping St
Dunbar
Bernard Martins
Junction St
Pruett Discusses Auditorium Levy at Mabscott PTA
Mabscott Elementary PTA heard Lawrence Pruett explain the Raleigh County Civic Auditorium levy set for April 22 after a 133 vote defeat in March. Cubs Scout Pack pledged allegiance and presented. First grade and Boy Scout participants performed. Proceeds from a planned spaghetti dinner would fund the safety patrol’s Charleston trip and state capitol visit. Nominating committee named. backdrop painting approved.
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Mabscott Elementary School
Parent-Teacher Association
Lawrence Pruett
Information Committee
Raleigh County Civic
Cub Scout
Charles Wannamaker
Roy. IL. Smith
Scout Extension
Angelone Mellen
Thelma Meador
Ever Je
Elsie Vogt
James M Miller 68 dies after extended illness at Sophia
James Madison Mack Miller 68 of Sophia died at home after an extended illness. Born June 5 1885 in Ashe County NC he was a retired merchant and miner and longtime Raleigh County resident. Survived by wife Myrtle Price Miller three sons four daughters a stepson brother and three sisters. Funeral 2 p m Friday at Sophia Gospel Tabernacle with burial in Caltex Cemetery Mount Tabor. Body at Calfee Funeral Home until service.
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James Madison
Mack” Miller
Sophia
Ashe County
N. C
W. M. and
Evelyn Blevins Miller
Raleigh County
Gospel Tabernacle
United Mine Workers of America
Tams
Hopewell
Dora Hash
Grayson County
Lola Tribble
West. Jefferson
N.C
Carrie Jennings
Beckley
Sophia Gospel Tabernacle
Everett Shafer
Caltex Cemetery
Mount Tabor
Tne
Calfee Funeral Home
Arbor Day Observed at Shady Spring Elementary
Seven students joined a Arbor Day lesson on planting trees at Shady Spring Elementary as part of the Arbor Day program. Harry Headley led the activity with Conservation Club members assisting in planting red pine Scotch pine and Norway spruce around a pond on Lewis Meadows farm. Some trees will be sold others kept for beautification as Headley noted. Principal Guy Rumberg leads the conservation program with last year's lake re stocking demonstration at Little Beaver Lake.
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Shady Spring
Harry Headley
The
Conservation Club
Lewis Meadows
Headley
Guy Rumberg
Little
Beaver Lake
Principals to Attend Morgantown Meeting Three Raleigh County leaders head to Morgantown for a three day WV Secondary Principals gathering.
Three Raleigh County principals John Saunders of Shady Spring High C.G. Peregoy of Woodrow Wilson High and Cecil Cook of Eccles Junior High will attend the West Virginia Secondary Principals meeting in Morgantown for a three day event Thursday through Saturday.
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Raleigh County
West Virginia
Morgantown
John Saunders
Shady Spring High
C.G
Peregoy
Woodrow Wilson High
Cecil Cook
Eccles Junior High
Beckley Optimist Chapter Planned
Beckley seeks a local Beckley Optimist chapter under Optimists International with only five of about forty invited attending a preliminary meeting at the Appalachian Building. A charter requires 25 signatures. no applications started yet. Charleston Optimist Club members spoke on youth work and the slogan To be a friend of the boy. There are 1,300 US chapters spending over $2,000,000 on youth projects. West Virginia has three chapters in Morgantown Wheeling and Charleston.
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Beckley
Optimists International
Appalachian Building
Harry Arnott
W. E. Zopp
Jack T. Lilly
Robert Cerrito
E. J. Hodel
Charleston
Optimist Club
Russell Handy
Rex Pitchford
Walter Trivette
Cam Hunter
John Kelly
Optimists
U.S
West Virginia
Morgantown
Wheeling
Kentucky
Louisville
Women to hear fallout dangers training in Beckley
A statewide civil defense program will hold an all day April 29 session in Beckley for southern West Virginia club women. Harold Sepher says the public deserves full fallout facts. C D Thomas will lead the radiological course and federal kits will aid teaching radiological monitoring across the state. Communities Raleigh Fayette Wyoming Greenbrier Mercer Summers will be represented.
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West Virginia
State Division of Civil Defense
Beckley
Atomic Energy Commission
Jand
Harold A.sepher
Raeigh County
Civil Defense
Sooner
Federal
CD Administration
C. D. Thomas
Land
University of West Virginia
Geneva Puckett
Fay
Ette County
CDA
Puckett
Fife
Raleigh Fayette
Wyoming
Greenbrier
Mercer
Summers
Barr Infant Rites Thursday
Teresa Barr one month old daughter of Archie and June Cook Barr died in Detroit Children’s Hospital at 10 18 a m Tuesday. Survived by Vickie Barr sister paternal Reed Barr Sophia and Esan Cook Slab Fork maternal grandparents. Funeral at 2 p m Thursday in Williams Funeral Home Chapel led by Rev D W French with burial in Sunset Memorial Park.
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Teresa Barr
Archie Barr
Children’s Hospital
Detroit
Mich
Archie
June Cook Barr
Sophia
Vickie
Reed Barr
Esan Cook
Slab Fork
Williams Funeral Home
D. W. French
Sunset Memorial Park
Funeral Home
Naval Aviation Cadet Info Team at Beckley College
The United States Naval Aviation Cadet Information Team from the Navy Air Station in Columbus will visit Beckley College Thursday from a.m. until 3 p.m. They will be in the library and student union to explain opportunities in naval aviation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States Naval Aviation Cadet
Navy Air Station
Columbus
Beckley College
Beckley Post Office May Curtail Service
Beckley post office may curtail Saturday deliveries and window service if Congress does not approve additional operating funds. Postmaster A Fray Lilly says orders would close all deliveries and window service Saturdays except special deliveries, with lobby hours 8 30 am to 5 pm. The changes would affect East Beckley and the main office.
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Congress
Post Office Department
Beckley
A. Fray Lilly
Arthur Summerfield
House Appropriations Committee
Summerfield
Tom
Lilly
East Beckley
Beckley Business Bureau
Too Slow Driving Arrest Highlights Local Court Remarks
In Champaign Illinois police arrested Charles Jennemann for driving at walk speed and fined him three dollars by Judge Burgess who quipped the man was merely talking to his children and another couple in the car. The blurb also notes betting revenues and cancer fundraising figures for 1935 with betting vastly surpassing cancer spending.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rockford
Peavy
Fort Sheridan
Champaign
Ill
State
Charles Jennemann
Arm Injury Sends Nettie Goodman to Hospital
Nettie Jane Goodman of D. Piney View was treated for an arm injury from a bicycle accident and released from Beckley Hospital at 6 p.m. Tuesday after being brought by ambulance from Webb and Neal Funeral Home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nettie Jane Goodman
D. Piney View
Beckley Hospital
Webb and Neal Funeral Home
Science Attacks Cancer Yields Research Clues
The nerves of a South American cockroach and the sexual cycle of a hedgehog provide potential research clues about cancer. The American Cancer Society notes every branch of science is involved in cancer research as the attack mounts with funding rising from about one million dollars in 1945 to more than fifty million dollars this year.
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American Cancer Society
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