Barefoot Snow Walker Plans To Move To Va
Ace Stone and his wife will relocate to Gretna Virginia this month after living in West Virginia since 1930. Stone, 62, claims never to have been sick enough for a doctor and to have walked barefoot in snow his whole life. He worked at Amigo Smokeless Coal Co in Igo until 1960 and remains a member of Local 6149. He notes winter water immersion after breaking ice, but avoids swimming in hot weather to prevent a cold.
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AMIGO
ANS
Ace Stone
Gretna
West Virginia
Helen
Virginia
Igo
Amigo Smokeless Coal Co
6149
Stone
Pre Easter Services Set at Beckley Presbyterian Church
Dr Donald G Miller of Richmond Va author professor and missionary will be special speaker for pre Easter services at Beckley Presbyterian Church at 730 p m Sunday through Wednesday. Miller grades include Greenville College Bibles from Biblical Seminary New York NY NYU Montpelier Basel and Lausanne He has served as pastor in Maryland Texas and Korea and since 1943 has been Walter H Robertson professor of New Testament at Union Theological Seminary in Virginia He will become president of Pittsburgh Presbyterian Seminary on June 1 He co edits Interpretation and wrote The Gospel According to Luke plus The Stone Which the Builders Was Heavier later works.
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Donald G. Miller
Richmond
Beckley Presbyterian Church
Miller
Greenville College
Greenville
Ill
Biblcal Seminary
New York
New York University
Faculte de Theologie Protestante
Montipellier
France
University of Basel
Basel Switzerland
Highland Presbyterian Church
Maryland
Highland Park Presbyterian Church
Dallas
Tex
Pyongyang
Walter H. Robertson
Union Theological Seminary
Virginia
Pittsburgh Presbyterian Seminary
Pittsburg
The Telephone Pole That Flew and Hydra Project
Two officers at Point Mugu launched a rocket equipped telephone pole into the Pacific as a test of using oceans as space launch pads. The Family Weekly feature examines Project Hydra and its implications for the space program in a broader article.
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Ocean
Naval Missile Center
Point Mugu
Canif
Pacific
Family Weekly
America
John Eee
Cornelius Vanderbilt Jr
Jeanne Cagney
Rise of Nationalism and Revolutions in 1848 Europe
The Manifesto coincided with revolutions of 1848 and shift from workers to nationalism. In France the June Days 1848 killed 10,000 as socialist remnants fell. Prussian leadership under Bismarck pushed iron and blood, unifying Germany and suppressing Austria’s influence. Paris Commune crushed in 1871. industrial expansion and European imperialism grew as Marx warned of capitalism driving nationalism and war.
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France
Paris
Europe
Prussia
Austria
Napoleon III
Bonaparte
Second Empire
Kaiser Wilhelm I
Germany
Africa
Marx
Spelling Bee Champions Named Across Three Schools
Patsy Viars of Pineville Grade School No 1 won the 5-6 division with runner-up Janet Jackson both sixth graders aged 11. Deloris Jean Harper of Lester Elementary claimed the 5-6 title and Lois Holt won the 7-8 division with Sandra Hale as runner-up. Drema Jane Lovell and Lena Shrewsbury topped Ghent Elementary with Janet Lovell as a runner-up. Each champion receives a Paper Mate pen and certificates, with all winners eligible for magisterial bees.
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Ister
Elementary Principals Associations
Fayette
Raleigh
Wyoming
Pineville
Patsy Viars
Janet Lee Jackson
Patsy
Dewey Viars
Janet
Boyd Jackson
Lester
C. M. McKinney
Deloris Jean Harper
Lois Holt
Sandra Hale
Deloris
W. L. Hutchinson Lester
Betty Daniel
Lois
Sandra
Lloyd Tolbert
Corbett Holt
Route 1
Dewey Hale
Ghent
Drema Jane Lovell
Lena Shrewsbury
Larry Staton
Janiet Lovell
Bernice Adkins
Drema
Larry
Warren Lovell
Julian Staton
Arlie D. Richmond
Lena
Bessie Shrewsbury
Red Cross Aided 111 In March
March report by Raleigh County Chapter Red Cross home service shows 111 people aided. Details include 69 office visitors, 77 telegrams, 21 military leave verifications, 9 reports to VA and service families, 8 assistance with compensation or pensions, 7 other government benefits, 15 personal and family counseling, 2 disaster welfare inquiries, and 46 family problem letters.
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Home Service Department
Raleigh County
American Red Cross
Office
Veterans Administration
Seventeen Apply for Work at Beckley Office
Sixteen persons filed applications for work at the Beckley office of Employment Security Monday. They were one plumber helper, one short order cook, one waitress, one mine foreman, one yardman, one janitor, one electrician, two truck drivers, one bulldozer operator, two plasterers, two construction laborers and one dump truck driver. Twenty eight persons were placed in local employment by the Beckley office last week.
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Beckley Office of Employment Security
Beckley
Engineers Learn of Fair Progress in West Virginia
So hie High School instructor and Raleigh County Science Fair director Lowry spoke to the Appalachian Chapter of the West Virginia Society of Professional Engineers Monday night at the Town and Country Drive-In. He outlined the fair history and its ties to the national program, noting four in five participating area children continue into scientific fields, highlighting the fair's influence on young students.
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In Lowry
Sohie High School
Raleigh County
Appalachian
West Virginia Society of Professional Engineers
Lowry
Rhodell Council appoints Mrs Albert Dunford to fill vacancy
Mrs Albert Dunford was appointed Tuesday night to fill the Rhodell Town Council vacancy created by Beatrice Bolen's resignation. Born Ruth Smith in 1922 at Big Stick, she attended Mark Twain High School and worked three years at Beckley Hospital before marrying in 1949. The Dunfords live in Francis addition since 1949 with three children.
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Rhodell
Albert Dunford
Beatrice Bolen
Dunford
Ruth Smith
Big Stick
William Smith
Mark Twain High School
Beckley Hospital
Dunfords
Francis Addition
Jimmy
Sharon
Parent-Teacher Association
Priority Set for School Spending by State Board
The Raleigh County Board of Education must follow state priorities as $74,061 is released from a 3 percent reserve. The State Board of School Finance released $1.4 million to fund priority items, including maintaining a 190 day term and essential operational services. Fayette County gets $58,634 and Wyoming County $35,373 while $581,206 remains unreleased.
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Raleigh County
Sng
County Board of Education
Board of Public Works
Fayette County
Wyoming County
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Search For Freedom
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Cash Hal
Sey and
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J. Jackson
D. J. Harper
D. R. Lovell
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A Staton
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