Shady Spring Scholarship Fund organizes first year leadership
A. G. Wilcox will serve as president of the newly organized Shady Spring Scholarship Fund for its first year. Officers named include Carrington Lewis as vice president Kermit Oakes as corresponding secretary Mrs. W. E. Underwood as recording secretary and W. W. Brammer as treasurer. The fund opened with a $100 donation from the Shady Spring Woman's Club and full faculty participation. Aubrey Jackson, the high school principal, said the group aims to help deserving seniors pursue college and strengthen school family ties. Community residents are urged to contribute.
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A. G. Wilcox
Shady Spring Scholarship Fund
Carrington Lewis
Kermit Oakes
W. E. Underwood
W. W. Brammer
Shady Spring Woman’s Club
Aubrey Jackson
Shady Spring High School
Fairdale Students Chosen For Contest
Eccles Junior High School eighth graders Charles Walker and Alvin Bailey earned top marks on a West Virginia history test and will represent the school at Beckley for the golden horseshoe contest at the end of April. Walker scored 99 percent. Bailey posted 98 percent. Their History teacher was Mrs. Elizabeth Bowman.
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Fairdale
RNS
Charles Walker
Alvin Bailey
Eccles Junior High School
Beckley
Charles
C. W. Walker Jr
West Virginia
Alvin
Fred Bailey
Maple Meadow
Elizabehh Bowman
Bradley Church Will Have Community Sing
The Bradley Free Will Baptist Church hosts a monthly community sing at 7 30 p m Saturday. Rev Robert Dean invites the public to attend. Two hours of group singing will allow participants to join in. Stamps Baxter Songbooks Endless Joy will be used.
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Bradley Free Will Baptist Church
Robert Dean
Stamps Baxter
Talent Day Scheduled Here at Raleigh County 4-H Leaders
Raleigh County 4-H agent William G. Clark announced Talent Day Demonstration Public Speaking and Talent Day will be held Saturday May 11 at Beckley Junior High School. The county office will begin grading projects and leaders should call to set exhibit dates. The Charting School for Raleigh Fayette counties will be held Saturday April 20 at the Prosperity Center. Volunteer Leaders Conference is set for Jacksons Mill June 3-8 with attendance encouraged and no expense for attendees. The next regular meeting will plan county camps and invite 4-H members to participate. Devotionals at the Monday night meeting were by the Shady Spring Travelers 4-H Club.
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Raleigh County
4-H
Shady Spring High School
William G. Clark
Beckley Junior High School
Raleigh
Fayette
Prosperity Center
Clark
Jackson's Mill
Shady Spring Travelers
Film shown to West Virginia funeral directors on Rayburn rites
Delegates from Beckley Hinton Alderson Union Sophia Mullens Logan Huntington Charleston Nitro Belle and North Fork attended a Beckley Glass House film showing of the funeral rites for late Speaker Sam Rayburn. A discussion followed on a group life insurance policy for directors and their families.
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West Virginia Funeral Directors Association
Beckley Glass House
United States House of Representatives
Sam Rayburn
Beckley
Hinton
Alderson
Union
Sophia
Mullens
Logan
Huntington
Charleston
Nitro
Belle
North Fork
U S farmers spread fertilizer and lime worth 112 billion
United States farmers apply about 112 billion dollars annually in fertilizer and lime to their fields. This substantial input supports crop yields and soil health across diverse regions and farm sizes.
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U. S
Director Of Honey To Hold Tryouts Saturday
Edgar R. Loessin, director and East Carolina College drama head, will hold tryouts Saturday at 10 a.m. at Woodrow Wilson High School in Beckley for Honey In The Rock in West Virginia’s centennial year. He has directed major outdoor dramas and has broad Broadway and film background including roles with Show Girl and Gypsy.
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Edgar R. Loessin
East Carolina College
Greenville
N. C
Chapel Hill
West Virginia Historical Drama Association
Beckley
Woodrow Wilson High School
Kermit Hunter
Hunter
Loessin
Florida
Paul Green
Las Vegas
Ford Foundation
Harold Clurman
Margaret Sullivan
Julius Monk
Actor’s Studio
Cape Playhouse
Dennis
Mass
Owings Mills
United States Army
Baltimore
PTA Meeting Features Harris Rollins Career Talk
Harris Rollins head of the business department at the State College of Bluefeld spoke on careers and college prerequisites at Stratton High School PTA Tuesday night. About 25 people attended the meeting where Mrs. Dora McCormick, PTA secretary, noted the talk covered qualifications needed for students before entering college.
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Stratton High School
Parent-Teacher Association
Harris Rollins
State College of Bluefeld
Dora McCormick
PTA
Rollins
Ramp Dinner at Eccles Church of God Planned
The Eccles Church of God sponsors a ramp dinner at Tams Fire Tower this Saturday from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. Pastor Rev. Sam G. Foley invites the public to attend.
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The
Eccles Church of God
Tams Fire Tower
Sam G. Foley
Ancient Banana Cultivation Traced in India and Malay Isles
Archaeologists note that prehistoric communities in India and the Malay Archipelago cultivated bananas. The finding highlights early fruit cultivation and regional agricultural exchange. Researchers cite botanical remnants and ancient remains suggesting sustained cultivation before written records.
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India
Malay Archipelago
Flood Control Funds Wanted On Marsh Fork
Raleigh County approves renewing a flood control dam application for the Flats-Naoma area. Prosecuting Attorney Anthony Sparacino prepares the request to send to U S senators Byrd and Randolph and Congressman Slack for study.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marsh Fork
Flats- Naoma
Raleigh
Raleigh County
Anthony J. Sparacino
United States
Robert Byrd
Jennings Randolph
John M. Slack Jr
County Wide Clean Up Set For April 30 in Raleigh County
Beckley area joins Centennial Beautification Day effort led by the City-County Beautification Committee and Raleigh County Chamber of Commerce. James Fraley outlined plans to collect trash across the county with borrowed trucks from individuals and agencies. W B Hume and C P Conner attended, stressing countywide participation and reporting of all work. Mrs. Walter G. Cooper announced letters to organizations and a county map display at Beckley Hardware on Heber Street showing projects and an honor list of about 45 participating groups.
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Raleigh County
James Fraley
Fraley
W. B. Hume
Beckley
C. P. Conner
Walter G. Cooper
Chamber of Commerce
Cooper
West Virginia
Beckley Hardware Co
Heber Street
Easter Loans At Beckley Loan Co
Beckley Loan Co at 306 2 NeviLl St offers Easter loan options. Contact Pa. 252 6301 for details and terms.
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Beckley Loan CO
NeviLle St. Pa
$33,996,000 In APW Grants Awarded Region
Accelerated Public Works grants totaling $33,996,000 have been awarded to eight Appalachian states including West Virginia. The Community Facilities Administration approved 187 projects such as water systems sewers streets and local government buildings. Local financing and grants lift estimated construction costs to $73 million with portions of Alabama Georgia Kentucky Maryland North Carolina Ohio and Pennsylvania involved.
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Washington
API
Appalachian
West Virginia
Community Facilities Administration
CFA
Alabama
Georgia
Kentucky
Maryland
North Carolina
Ohio
Pennsylvania
Husband Of Beckley Woman Among Sub Lost Men
The husband of a former Beckley resident, Napoleon Thomas Garcia, is among 129 sailors declared lost on the Submarine Thresher. Garcia, a 15-year Navy career man, married Charlotte Lee Edison in 1959 and was to retire on shore duty in Norfolk. Her mother, Mrs. Charles Prince of Beckley, traveled to Washington to learn of the loss and said Garcia’s family remains hopeful.
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Beckley
Napoleon Thomas Garcia
Phillipine Islands
Thresher
Navy
Fred Korth
Garcia
Norfolk
Charlotte Lee Edison
Woodrow Wilson High School
Washington
Group Hospitalization Insurance Co
Pentagon
Navy Department
Smith
North Carolina
Fourth St
Washington, D. C
Debra Lynn
John Prince
Beckley College
Margaret Parani
Newport R. I
Oldest Church To Have Easter Sunrise Service
GLEN DANIEL RNS Annual Easter Sunrise Services will be held at Coal Marsh Baptist Church at 6 a.m. Sunday. Rev. M. H. Dinsmore says no special events are planned. Evangelist Billy J. Barrett from Whitesville will speak. The church, Raleigh County’s oldest, organized in December 1836, predates West Virginia by about 27 years. Membership now about 160. The Raleigh Baptist Association organized there in 1872. Sunday School at 10 a.m. with Elmer Hawley superintendent. Morning worship the first and fourth Sundays. Bible study each Wednesday. Cottage prayer meetings Friday. choir Saturday. Baptist Youth Fellowship Sundays at 6 p.m. with Mrs. Joy Bailey as counselor. Preaching each Sunday night.
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Glen Daniel
RNS
Coal Marsh Baptist Church
M. H. Dinsmore
Billy J. Barrett
Whitesville
Raleigh County
Coal Marsh
West Virginia
Matthew Ellison
Raleigh Baptist Association
Elmer Hawley
Baptist Youth Fellowship
Joy Bailey
Laos Neutralists Seek Rescue at Xieng Khouang
Neutralist forces under Gen. Kong Le launched a drive to reach trapped soldiers behind Red lines near Xieng Khouang in the Plain of Jars area. They reported losses of at least one man and one tank and sought only to recover personnel and equipment from Communist control rather than recapture the town.
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Vientiane
Laos
Kong le
Xieng Khouang
Plain of Jars
Pathet Lao
Viet Nam
Cancer Group Elects Tieche Unanimously to West Virginia Board
Albert Tieche of Raleigh County Unit ACS was unanimously elected to the West Virginia Division board at a kickoff coffee launching the 1963 Cancer Crusade. Also serving are George Warren Hodel and Beckley attorney K Douglas Bowers. Attendees included Ralph Edwards, Mrs. Bar ron, ex-Governor Underwood, and Mrs. Underwood.
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West Virginia
American Cancer Society
Albert Tieche
Raleigh County
ACS
Tieche
George Warren Hodel
Public Information Committee
Beckley
K. Douglas Bowers
Ralph Edwards
Hollywood
National Cancer Crusade
W. W
D Cuts Won't Affect County Civil Defense Shelters
Raleigh County civil defense director Paul J Fourney says four local fallout shelters are not to be affected by a 40 percent cut in Kennedy administrations supplemental appropriations. Shelters listed include Raleigh County Courthouse 640 capacity Pinecrest Sanitarium 184 Beckley Exhibition Mine 105 and Memorial Building 92 with 12 more shelters totaling 4000 capacity awaiting leases and approvals. Food and supplies remain critical for usefulness.
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Raleigh County
Kennedy
House Appropriations Committee
Paul J. Fourney
Fourney
Federal CD Agency
Pinecrest Sanitarium
Beckley Exhibition Mine
Carnegie Financed Libraries Outmoded
Washington UPI Librarian of Congress L Quincey Mumford told a House education subcommittee that public libraries must be modernized beyond Carnegie funded roots. He supported Kennedy's request for increased funding, noting Carnegie libraries are, for the most part, outmoded and outgrown.
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Washington
UPI
Librarian of Congress
Andrew Carnegie
L. Quincey Mumford
Library of Congress
House
Kennedy
Mumford
Mail Returns to Male At Guyton Georgia
Milton Arden was appointed postmaster of Guyton Georgia on Thursday succeeding his late wife who had served as postmistress for many years in this South Georgia town. The change marks the first time a male oversees the local mail operationafter a long line of women in that role.
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Guyton, Ga
UPI
Milton Arden
South Georgia
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