Smokey Bear Helps Beckley Students In Poster Contest
Smokey the Bear made a personal appearance at Beckley Junior High School to honor Raleigh County conservation poster contestants. The event, run by the Beckley Woman's Club Conservation Committee, featured Benny Noble animation with Fred Martina, Miss Lois Edmundson conducting a Smokey song, and Mrs. Margaret Thomson at piano. Awards went to Susie Dodd Harold Curtis Phyllis Lilly and Douglas Eye with subscriptions and prizes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Smokey the Bear
Beckley
Raleigh County
Conservation Committee
Beckley Woman's Club
Benny Noble
Smokey
Fred Martina
Lois Edmundson
Woman's Club
Margaret Thomson
West Virginia
Ann Akers
Rebecca McMillion
Beckley Junior
Lawrence Thorne
Bess Kate Lynder
West Virginia Film Library
National Geographic
Harold Curtis
Phyllis Lilly
Douglas Eye
Health For All Fix Tomorrow's Hazards Today
A Raleigh County health column urges immediate household hazard fixes to prevent injuries and deaths. The piece lists common dangers such as loose carpet, torn stair coverings, blown bulbs, oil-soaked rags, improper fuse usage, worn wiring insulation, nonworking switches, open paint cans, basement newspapers, dim cellar lighting, and open kerosene cans. It prompts readers to add their own items.
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National Safety Council
Raleigh County Tuberculosis and Health Association
Stratton High Pan American Day features music dance and costume
Stratton High School’s El Circulo Es panol Pan American Day included 18 of 21 Western Hemisphere nations in a student parade and panel on Inter American Friendship. Dances Los Viejitos and El Jarabe Tapitio were performed while students spoke in Spanish on Latin American neighbors.
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el Circulo Espanol
Stratton High School
Brenda Alexander
Pan American Union
Western Hemisphere
Argentina
Bolivia
Brazil
Chile
Colombia
Costa Rica
Cuba
Dominican Republic
Ecuador
el Salvador
Guatemala
Haiti
Honduras
Mexico
Nicaragua
Panama
Paraguay
Peru
Uruguay
Venezeala
United States
Stratton
Brenda Evans
Audrey Cain
Mary Ellen Moore
Jacqueline Redd
Evelyn Witten
Charlotte Carter
James Finney
Mae Lois Hairston
James Cox
Carolyn Brown
Lonnie Lester
Joseph Neal
Carol Peters
Wilma Marks
Howard Bartley
Clarence Cooper
Elwyn Reeves
Christine Parker
Joyce Bowles
Narrator
Jacqueline Reid
Guatamala
Raleigh NAACP Youth To Attend State Meet
John Flynn president of the Raleigh County NAACP announced that Raleigh County Young Peoples NAACP will attend a State Capitol meeting on May 17. The event honors the 1954 Supreme Court ruling on integration. The group received its charter from Rev R B Power of Parkersburg at Welcome Baptist Church ceremony last Sunday.
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Raleigh
NAACP
John Flynn
Raleigh County
National Association For the Advancement of Colored People
Young Peoples Naacp
State Capitol
Supreme Court
R. B. Power
Parkersburg
Welcome Baptist Church
Unitarian Fellowship in Beckley Elects Officers
The newly named New River Unitarian Fellowship will elect officers at the April 23 meeting. The group formed in Beckley and meets at 11 a.m. Sundays in the Beckley Newspaper Corp Library at 345 Prince Street.
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Unitarian Fellowship of
Beckley
New River Unitarian Fellowship
Beckley Newspaper Corp
Prince St
Beaver PTA to Stage Comedy Tuesday at Beaver Lions Club
Beaver Elementary School parents will present an 8 p.m. one act comedy and musical at the Beaver Lions Club Building. Cast includes Keith Radford and many faculty and parents. U. S. Akers will play the superintendent. Eighth graders will perform a musical program with students Vickie Noor Judy Mullins Mary Alderman Linda Mann and Elaine Lilly. A comedy skit The Rheumatic will be staged by Arthur Mullins Earnest Meadows and others. Director Mrs Earl Okes and pianist Miss Sandra Okes.
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Keith Radford
Donald Skelton
William Underwood
Archie Smith
Charles Johnson
Arthur Mullins
Fred Stump
Ralph Green
Tracy Miller
Carl Noor
Shirley Lilly
Avery Taylor
U. S. Akers
Vickie Noor
Judy Mullins
Mary Alderman
Linda Mann
Elaine Lilly
Earnest Meadows
Basil Worley
Earl Okes
Sandra Okes
District Governor Visits Sophia Lions Club
Dr. James H. Shelton district governor spoke at the Sophia Lions Club in Friend ship Hall on light conservation. Mayor James Salyers touched on the West Virginia Clean-Up Program and juvenile delinquency. Lions presented glasses to needy schoolchildren. meeting opened by president Hampton Thomas after a dinner served by Young Adult Class members. Guests included James Underwood and Gene Carter. next meeting set for April 19.
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James Salyers
West Virginia
Hampton Thomas
Sophia Methodist Church
Friendship Hall
Methodist Church
Lion James Hornbeck
James Underwood
Mabscott Lions Club
Gene M. Carter
Oak Hill Lions Club
Sophia Club
Sophia Lions Club
James H. Shelton
Oak Hill
Sophia
Service Stations Join West Virginia Clean-Up Drive
West Virginia's petroleum industry said it will coordinate with Gov Barron's clean-up program starting May 1. The State Petroleum Association plans 2,500 service stations to run a litter bag campaign to keep highways attractive. New litter disposal containers will be placed at each station driveway and regular customers and tourists will receive litter bags for refuse.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charleston
W. Va
UPI
West Virginia
Surplus Food Reaches Record West Virginia Recipients
Charleston UPI reports a record 335 171 recipients in February received surplus foods in West Virginia. Dana Smith notes the number should drop under 30,000 in the coming two months as seasonal employment rises. McDowell County led with 35 314 recipients amid a trial food stamp program.
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Charleston
UPI
West
DPA
Dana Smith
McDowell County
Four Charged After Beckley Whisky Raids
Four Beckleyans are to appear in Police Court Thursday night on whisky charges from raids on two South Fayette Street taverns Saturday night. L Allen 22 and Willa Paige 37 of Beckley were charged at the VFW Club and Roy Clemons 65 with Ervilene Branham 23 at the Regular Veterans Association faced resale and possession charges. Ford 36 of 210 Cross St faced a red light violation and Bowling 17 of Flat Top was cited for speeding on South Fayette Street. Ballard remained jailed for parole violation after parole officer arrest.
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Ervilene B. Branham
Beckley
Jimmy Cox Ford
Cross St
Park Avenue
Ford
Robert Ray Bowling
Flat Top
South Fayette Street
Bowling
County Food Distribution Expands to Monroe County
Logan ranked second with 26 917 and Kanawha third with 25 480 as McDowell County launches the program on June 1. Smith announced surplus foods will extend to Monroe County despite needy residents crossing into Greenbrier and Summers counties for aid.
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McDowell County
Logan
Kanawna
Smith
Monroe County
Greenbrier
Summers
Glennan learns of daughter's baby in Cleveland appearance
UPI reports that during a Cleveland appearance former NASA director T. Keith Glennan faced questions from a radio listener about becoming a grandfather. The news that his daughter Mrs. Frank R. Borchert Jr. had given birth was shared during the event.
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Cleveland, Ohio
UPI
T. Keith Glennan
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Glennan
Frank R. Borchert Jr
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