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Newspaper
Raleigh Register
Location
Beckley, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Apr 24, 1972
Page
9
The program will open a new pool at New River Park with swim instruction from 9 to 11 am five days a week, each class one hour. Clinics and leagues will be formed for college, high school, and junior high youths, launching at Woodrow Wilson High School and SJHS.
Beckley Recreation Department announces a wide summer program for all ages. Upgrades at Stratton Junior High School include tennis courts and new facilities, with schedules depending on completion before summer. Programs cover volleyball for three age groups, tennis, softball for girls, sacket ball for kids, horseshoes, gymnastics, handball, shuffleboard, bicycle rodeo, weight lifting, and art classes at New River Park and Stratton with a city golf tournament to follow.
The sixth annual Cranberry Mountain Spring Nature Tour offers varied hikes and car tours near Richwood on May 13. Led by Sewell Coal Co official C Max Bailes and experts from state and federal agencies, the event includes forest, glade, bog, and cliff explorations with a 4 000 foot elevation car tour. Reservations open at the Cranberry Mountain Visitor Center. buffet at Cherry Hill Country Club on May 12. Fees: $4 adults, $3 students. group rates for 15 or more available.
Weir Weldon Covey a 55 year old Fairdale natural resources ranger died after his car struck a guard rail near the Boone County line around 1 am. He was pronounced dead at Beckley Appalachian Regional Hospital. Police said speed was a factor. Seven others were injured in separate crashes including a two car collision on U.S. 19 at Bradley and a motorcycle crash near Sophia. Multiple occupants from the cars were listed in satisfactory or fair condition at the hospital.
Annette Boyan a Beckley sophomore at Marshall University was inducted into the National Sociology Honor Society Alpha Kappa Delta Alpha Chapter of West Virginia during the annual investiture Thursday at Memorial Student Center. Membership honors high academic achievement and distinguished work in sociology.
The Sturgis High School Symphony Band of Sturgis Michigan directed by former Sophian Harry Blake will perform in concert at Park Junior High School June 10 at 8 p m.
Raleigh County Circuit Court awarded eight divorces restoring maiden names where applicable. Debor ah Ann Ritchie Holley and others saw dissolution of marriages including Cook Corley Frye and Harrah Scott with various name restorations. A band tour stop to Virginia Beach is planned with the Sturgis unit last year’s honor band. hosting details and housing needs for 110 students are announced.
Trap Hill High School selects Anita Lilly and Faron Lucas as top boy and girl with high academic honors and multiple extracurricular roles. Sophia High chooses Jane Reed Thomas and Terry Millard Poe as valedictorian and salutatorian with strong activities and college plans. Banquet speaker is Jerome Van Meter at 6 p.m. in the lodge ballroom.
IRS column answers common questions on posting requirements for retailers and stabilization provisions. It explains exemptions for construction dates, retroactive pay interest, available regulations booklet, bottle deposits, and prenotification rules to the Pay Board.
Raleigh County House of Delegates candidate Wiliam F. Frank Flanagan pledges to align WV black lung law with federal standards. He proposes full compensation for miners with ten years in mines and a doctor certified impairment, lasting to widows upon death, plus new clinics and free medical care for the uninsured to diagnose and treat respiratory illness.
Former FBI counter spy Herbert A. Philbrick will speak at the Beckley Metropolitan Dinner Club inaugural on May 26 at Beckley Armory with Judge Kermit A. Locke as temporary chair. Philbrick, famed for exposing Communist networks and his wartime undercover life, will discuss Spies and Our National Defense to an audience of charter members and guests.
Dennis Haga won first place in the West Virginia Vocational Industrial Clubs of America bricklaying contest held at Carver Career and Technical Education Center in Charleston on Saturday. He is the son of Mr. and Mrs. Barney Haga of Soak Creek and will advance to the national contest in Indiana. Randy Bragg, son of Mr. and Mrs. Hobart Bragg of Midway, took third place.
A historic claim states the Great Wall of China was constructed to fend off invading horsemen from the Tartars, reflecting defense motives tied to imperial frontier security.
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