1961 Tri County Champ Seeks His Second Title
Jerry Stewart, last year’s 7-8 division winner, again captures the 1961 Tri-County Spelling Bee at Pineville Grade School No. 1 as he nears his final year in the competition. Runner-up Charles Adkins joins winners from Beaver and Shady Spring districts, with multiple champions earning Paper-Mate pens and certificates. The Raleigh Register co sponsors the annual event with area elementary principals associations in Fayette, Raleigh, and Wyoming counties.
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Jerry Stewart
Register
Pineville
Jerry
Washington, D. C
Washington
Charles Thomas Adkins
W. R. Adkins
Charles
Roy H. Breeden
Claren Stewart
Route 1
Welch
Louise Stoutamyer
Darrell V. McGraw
U. S. Akers
Beaver
Charles Johnson
Janet Shuck
Richard Green
Janie Taylor
Richmond
Richard
James Green
Marie Akers
Janet
Melvin Shuck
Jane Thurman
Dolores
Janie
John Taylor
Thurman
Shady Spring
Sharon Mallamas
Brooks Adair
Wayne Pettry
Sharon
Paul
Lou Ann Tate
Nancy C. Zemerick
Carol M. Prather
Lou Ann
Pettry
Paul Mallamas Jr
Sprague
James E. Tate
Nancy
Carol
Mildred Watts
Charles Zemerick
Donald Cochran
Raleigh Register
Elementary Principals Associations
Fayette
Raleigh
Wyoming
Pictorial greeting of the century fair spectacle
A vivid invitation to view the largest fair of this era. The piece highlights the grand buildings, thrilling amusements, and the fair's historic significance, promising an immersive panorama of sights and memories.
Beckley Attorney George Ballard Hospitalized
Beckley attorney George Ballard of 118 Church Street is in satisfactory condition at Beckley Hospital after being admitted Tuesday afternoon for observation.
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Ballard
George Ballard
Church St
Beckley Attorney
Beckley Hospital
Red Cross Fund Reaches $5390
The Red Cross campaign has raised $5390 of a $17500 goal. Mrs. T C Moorefield executive director of the local office urges area citizens who have not enrolled this year to do so as soon as possible.
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T. C. Moorefield
Six Injured In Beckley Area Accidents
Six area residents were treated at Beckley Hospital Tuesday for injuries from separate mishaps. Clarence Smith III, five, cut his left hand on a truck. Mike Metro Merrick, one, cut his lip after a fall at home. Jack D. Eller, 31, injured his left eye at work for French D Williams Construction Co. Wilma Grace Byrge, 11, ran a nail in her left foot. Patricia Asbury, 10, cut her right thumb on glass. Charles Robert Smith II, five, injured his left thumb on a nail.
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Beckley Hospital
Clarence Smith III
Clarence Smith
East Beckley
Mike Metro Merrick
Richard Merrick
Valley Dr
Jack D. Eller
Midway
D. Williams Construction Co
Sophia
Wilma Grace Byrge
William Byrge
Killarney
Patricia Asbury
Warren Asbury
Charles Robert Smith
IIT
East
Heart Fund Totals Grow in Raleigh County Drive
Final figures released by Mrs. George T. Lowry show Raleigh County residents contributed 7743 to the 1962 Heart Fund campaign. Donations rose from 1700 in 1959, 3400 in 1960, and 5219 in 1961, per the drive chairman. Four states could fit into San Bernardino County, Calif.
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George T. Lowry
Heart Fund
Raleigh County
Lowry
Delaware
Massachusetts
New Jersey
Rhode Island
San Bernardino County
Calif
Read and Watch Your World Grow at Library Week
Woodrow Wilson High School teachers received potted geraniums from the school librarian as part of National Library Week. Nan cy Dickerson, assistant librarian, presented the flowers to honor the event.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Letin
Woodrow Wilson High School
National Library Week
Nancy Dickerson
Army Signs Two Men Enlisted at Beckley Station
Army signs two men enlisted at the Main Recruiting Station in Beckley on Saturday. Walter E. Frost, son of Walter Frost Jaeger, is assigned to the airborne. George F. Vannatter, son of Mr. and Mrs. J. S. Vannatter of Charleston, is assigned to Europe. They are sent to the peacetime station at Fort Jackson.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Army
Beckley
Walter E. Frost
Mrs Gregory Improves After Hospital Treatment
Mrs Albert Hattie Gregory of 110 Tobert Street, director of the Beckley office of the West Virginia Department of Welfare, is reported improved at Beckley Hospital where she has been undergoing treatment since April 2.
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Albert
Hattie) Gregory
Tobert Sr
Beckley
West Virginia
GOP Women to Meet in Raleigh County HQ
Raleigh County Republican Women will meet at 7 30 p m on April 17 in its headquarters located at 118 1 2 Main St Raleigh County.
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GOP
Raleigh County
Republican
Main St
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