Shady Spring Band Minstrel Features Dixieland Numbers
Milton Dove and Eddie Cochran will perform Blue Moon as end men in the annual Shady Spring High School Band Minstrel Tuesday night. Directed by Alan Staton the Dixieland themed show also includes end men Benny Miller Jerry Moomaw Anthony Walker Rodney Smith James Richmond Bobby Nugent with Bill Gibson as interlocutor and a chorus line plus other musical numbers.
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Milton Dove
Eddie Cochran
Shady Spring High School
Alan Staton
Benny Miller
Jerry Moomaw
Anthony Walker
Rodney Smith
James Richmond
Bobby Nugent
Bill Gibson
County Ranks 16 In Teachers' Pay
The West Virginia Education Association released a 1959 60 report ranking Raleigh County 16th in instructional personnel salaries among WV 55 counties. It shows Raleigh at 28th in instruction days, 29th in per pupil expenditures, and 20th in pupil teacher ratio, with Hancock County leading in pay and Webster lowest. Raleigh’s per capita income sits at 1408, below the state average 1599, and turnover stands at 6.0 percent well under the state 10.6.
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West Virginia Education Association
West Virginia
Raleigh
Wyoming County
Fayette
Hancock County
Webster
Hancock
North Central Association of Colleges and Secondary Schools
Fayette County
Raleigh County
Ohio County
Nicholas
Travel Clinic Set At Blackwater Falls
Miss Topsy O'Dell of Beckley announced the 1961 West Virginia Travel Clinic will be held at Blackwater Falls Lodge in Davis on May 11 and 12. O'Dell serves on the clinic's board of directors.
Employee Admitted After Hospitalization in Raleigh General
George Mickel of 109 Pine Street and an employee at Beckley Vocational Rehabilitation was admitted to Raleigh General Hospital Saturday for treatment. He remains in satisfactory condition.
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George Mickel
Pine St
Beckley Office of Vocational Rehabilitation
Raleigh General Hospital
Beckley Men Attend Annual NG Conference
Beckleyans joined the second annual conference of the National Guard Association of West Virginia in Charleston. Maj. William P. Hall Capt. N. E. Wallace Lt. Col. William Watts Col. D. D. Holliday and Lt. Col. C. E. Gallaspie attended from Beckley. Wives accompanied them for a Governor’s Mansion tea, with a banquet and ball at the Civic Center. Sunday included a coffee and flower arranging session and the final business meeting.
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Governor's Mansion
Barron
West Virginia
Folklore Scholar Gainer to Extend Folk Song Search Abroad
Dr Patrick W Gainer director of the Mountain State Folk Festival in Beckley plans a two month trip to Ireland Scotland and England this summer to collect ancient ballads. He will return for WVU fall classes and will work on festival preparations in Beckley during June.
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Patrick W. Gainer
Mountain State
Beckley
British Isles
Ireland
Scotland
England
West Virginia University
Gainer
West Virginia
Beckley to Host State's 69th Annual Episcopal Churchwomen Meet
Beckley will host the 69th annual meeting of the state's Episcopal Churchwomen at St. Stephen's on May 2 3 with speakers Philip Turner and the Rev Cornelius Tarplee. Bishop Wilburn Campbell will deliver the annual address and Mrs. Paul Barwood will present the churchwomen's report as about 200 delegates attend. Turner arrives from East Africa after a six week tour and Tarplee will speak after the evening prayer service. The gathering includes Holy Communion sessions workshops and a luncheon closing event.
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Beckley
Episcopal
St. Stephen's Episcopal Church
Cornelius C. Tarplee
National Council
Wilburn C. Campbell
Alfred Beckley
Paul B. Barwood
Paul Loflin
St. Stephen’s Ecw
Turner
United
Tarplee
Joseph A. Rickards Jr
Washington and Lee University
Alexandria
Reading Enriched Life Underlines Youthful Books
In a National Library Week piece, Harlow Warren recalls how reading shaped him from childhood in Beckley and his early job as a delivery boy. He details favorite titles, the joy of classic authors, and lasting library influences from Carnegie libraries to Raleigh County Library Beckley USA.
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Harlow Warren
National Library Week
N. Kanawha St
Beckley
Robert Louis Stevenson
Chatterbox
Robert E. Lee
Don Francs Day Observed At Methodist Temple
The Methodist Temple will observe Don Francis Appreciation Day on Sunday with the Rev. Harry McDonald Francis delivering the 11 a.m. sermon. Pastor Rev. J. B. F. Yoak Jr. will attend a Pittsburgh meeting Monday of the 1964 Conference committee. A committee for the program includes Mrs. W. C. Barnard Mrs. Russell Feazell and W. O. Garrison.
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Don Francis
Methodist Temple
Harry McDonald Francis
J. B. F. Yoak Jr
Pittsburgh
Methodist Church
W. C. Barnard
Russell Feazell
W. O. Garrison
Doctor advocates family health records for immunizations
A Raleigh Register column urges families to keep a health immunization ledger noting name, date and type of vaccines for every member. Harvard clinic data reveal many parents lack records and miss booster shots for diphtheria, tetanus, polio, whooping cough, and smallpox, with adults at risk without lifelong immunity.
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Harvard University Medical School
Boston
Armed Services
Dr. Hyman
Virginia Driver Pleads Guilty To Drunk Charge
Norton man pleads guilty to driving while drunk before Magistrate W A Burke. He fines 50 dollars plus costs and serves 24 hours in Raleigh County Jail. Police arrested him at 11 55 p m Saturday. Other suspects include Junior Gregory Mabscott and Ira Lee Robertson jailed on drunken driving charges and bailed or released Sunday.
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Norton
W. A. Burke
Raleigh
Junior Gregory
Mabscott
Burke
Ira Lee Robertson
Sprague
Willie Duncan
Rt. 2
Beckley
Robertson
Curtis Pegram
Jonben
Coal City
Pegram
Bernard Ballard
James Brady
Logan
William Stacy
Vivian
Lewisburg
U. S
School Supervisor To Serve On Panel
Miss Edythe Clay of Raleigh will serve as a panelist at Concord College for Region VII on discussing major problems of teaching social studies. The annual spring conference includes guidance directors, elementary and secondary principals, and state education officials from eight counties.
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Edythe Clay
Raleigh
Concord College
State Department of Education
Fayette
Greenbrier
McDowell
Mercer
Monroe
Summers
Wyoming
C. M. Young
Concord
Jean Houchins
Ted G. Bird
Red Cross Office May Be Closed Over Fund Drive Shortfall
Raleigh County faces possible loss of its Red Cross Chapter as the local unit relies on a grant to continue through June 30. Only 5,454 of the 17,510 1961 fund drive quota has been received,Despite vital local and worldwide services the community questions support. In March the chapter logged 55 telegrams, 28 verifications, 34 VA reports, 4 compensation aid cases, and 19 family service letters, plus hospital and home services and First Aid programs.
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Raleigh County
Red Cross
National Red Cross
Veterans Administration
VA_ hospital
Home Services
Marquettes win Raleigh County Talent Show at Stratton High
The Marquettes from Stratton High School took first prize at the Raleigh County Talent Show held Friday night. Spokesman Bobby Webb told Emcee Gene Morehouse they have only been together a week but plan to continue and aim for recordings. they won $10. Second prize went to Patricia Newland of Stoco High School. Tying for third were Laura Black of Stoco High School and Beckley Junior High duo Freddie Lewis and Danny Lilly. Director Janet Farley noted the ninth annual event was a great success with a good turnout to fund the junior-senior prom.
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Raleigh County
Stratton High School
Bobby Webb
Gene Morehouse
Johnny DeBerry
Dee Williams
Patricia Newland
Stoco High
Laura Black
Stoco High School
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Lynchburg
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Okinawa
Christian Education
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Graystark
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Clifton Forge Review
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America
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Tattered Tom
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Academy
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Nick Carter
Young Wild West
James Boys
Beckley Office Equipment Co
Flaming Youth
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E. M. Hull
Carnegie
Knut Hamsun
Encyclopedia Britannica
Alexandre Dumas
Dr. Cagliostro
Balsamo
Marie Antoinette
USA
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Harold Thomas Hyman
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Evelyn Murray
Miss Clay
Beryle Crockett
Ralph Cunningham
R. T. Hill
Galen Duling
I. L. Mitchell
Greenbrier County
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Mercer County
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McDowel
Mason Anderson
William C. Reid
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