Wreck Injures Beckley Girl
An 11 year old Beckley girl Ellen M Wetzel sustained minor injuries in a two car crash on Valley Drive near Colony Drug at 515 PM Wednesday. A 1965 car driven by Wetzel collided with a 1964 car driven by Regina B Brooks 48 of MacArthur. No charges. Damage estimated at 600. Earnest Bennett White Oak and Ira L Plumley Shady Spring released from Raleigh County Jail on 1000 bond each. They face rape charges from last Friday night in a separate case. preliminary hearing set for Monday before Magistrate Joe Rodriguez Jr. Cecil Suttle Clear Creek jailed on peace warrant. Robert Spencer Beckley released after posting bond on drunken driving. Ray Peters listed as no address released after posting bond on tampering with an auto.
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Beckley
Ellen M. Wetzel
Valley Drive
Colony Drug
Miss Wetzel
Regina B. Brooks
MacArthur
Earnest Bennett
White Oak
Ira L. Plumley
Shady Spring
Improving mine safety through cooperation and attitude
The piece urges workers to boost safety by cooperating, reporting hazards, and cultivating a positive safety attitude. It uses a story to illustrate how ignoring dangerous situations harms others and emphasizes collective effort to improve conditions and the safety record.
Gray Lumber Sues For 1100 In Civil Action
Gray Lumber Co. Inc sues Virgil French of Ghent in circuit court to recover 1100 unpaid debt. John C. Ashworth represents the plaintiff. A separate suit, filed by Anna Lee Meade, claims Horace Mann Mutual Insurance Co owes her 530 plus interest for vehicle damage Feb 1 under a 50 deductible policy. Robert B. Sayre is attorney for Meade.
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Gray Lumber Co. Inc
Virgil French
Ghent
French
John C. Ashworth
Horace Mann Mutual Insurance Co
Anna Lee Meade
Meade
Robert B. Sayre
Confirmation Service At St. Francis De Sales Church
Confirmation services were held at St. Francis De Sales Catholic Church with local and out of town dignitaries including Dr. Frank Isoldos Grand Knight of the Knights of Columbus and Bishop Joseph Hodges. Priests from Bluefield Beckley and Charleston attended the 7 p.m. service for men and boys and the 8 15 p.m. service for women and girls. Father Kerrigan explained the sacrament of laying on of hands and invoking the Holy Spirit.
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St. Francis de Sales Catholic Church
Frank Isoldos
The
Knights of Columbus
Thomas Kerrigan
St. Francis
C. F. Cain
Olic
Joseph Hodges
Wheeling
al Loma
Beckley
Council of Catholic Women
William Carr
Bluefield
Charleston
Kerrigan
Gates Named To State Advisory Council On Technical Services
Gov Hulett C Smith appointed Leslie C Gates president of Gates Engineering in Beckley to an 11 member business advisory group. The council will plan and support a technical assistance program under the State Technical Services Act, drawing on expertise from business labor and higher education sectors. Governor Smith said the program will help Virginia? West Virginia industry access new knowledge from national labs, boosting diversification employment and growth.
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Ginia
George Parker Honored By Shady Spring FTA
George Parker, former Raleigh County educator, named Teacher of the Year by Shady Spring High School Future Teachers of America. Parker, who has served as principal, coach, teacher, and assistant superintendent, now directs the Raleigh County Community Action Association. His wife Carrie, a Woodrow Wilson High School teacher, attended a reception with Parker in the Shady Spring school library. Parker previously taught social studies at Shady Spring and held posts with the state tax office and Beckley Newspaper Inc.
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Shady Spring
The
Future Teachers of America
Raleigh County
George Parker
State Tax Commissioners Office
Beckley Newspaper, Inc
Two Man Panel to Study U.S. Base Withdrawals in France
The National Assembly appointed a two man committee to study how the U.S. base withdrawals affect France’s economy. President de Gaulle ordered 26,000 American troops out by April 1, 1967, with withdrawal costs estimated up to $20 million.
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Paris
UPI
National Assembly
U.S
France
Charles de Gaulle
Scholarship Foundation Campaign Netted $894 in Beckley
The Citizens Scholarship Foundation of Beckley collected 894 to aid Woodrow Wilson High School students in college. Forty six hundred? No. The drive raised 469 Tuesday night and 425 Wednesday night. Woodrow Wilson teams from Key Club National Honor Society and Student Council partnered with Beckley Woman's Club, whose members sponsored and chauffeured the teams.
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Citizens Scholarship Foundation of Beckley, Inc
Woodrow Wilson High School
Key Club
Woman's Club of
Beckley
Woman’s Club
West German Brigades To Hold Maneuvers In France
Three West German infantry and armored brigades totaling about 10 500 men will conduct summer maneuvers in central France from July 28 to September 29. The exercises proceed under the 1963 Franco German military cooperation treaty and involve about 3 500 men per brigade.
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Paris
UPI
France
Stratton Concert Features Band and Glee Club Sunday
The Stratton High School band and glee club perform at 3 p.m. Sunday in the school gymnasium under Mrs. Juanita Spratley. The program opens with Rhythm of the Winds and includes Minuteman, Rhumbango, Great Gate of Kiev, and other selections. The glee club offers The Sound of Music, Some Thing Told the Wild Geese, To be Alone, and ends with the Battle Hymn of the Republic.
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Stratton High School
Juanita Spratley
Glee Club
Richard Rodgers
Oscar Hammerstein
My Eternal King
Jane M. Marshall
Hammer
Jester Hairston
Katherine Davis
Margaret Vance
D. D. Crawford
Republic
Dear Mrs Light Help for a Shortest Kindergartner
A worried mother asks whether to hold her five year old back and how to handle ongoing bullying at kindergarten. The adviser says the worries are greater for the mother than for the child, urges relaxation, and notes many smaller children fall into the pecking order before learning to defend themselves.
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Mrs. Light
Beckley teen named to WVU Social Planning Committee
Faye Rogers of Beckley has been chosen to serve on the Mountainlair Social Planning Committee for the 1966-67 academic year at West Virginia University. A freshman and honor roll student, she graduated from Woodrow Wilson High School in 1965 and is the daughter of Mrs. F. N. Rogers of 2119 S. Kanawha St.
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Beckley
Faye Rogers
Mountainlair
West Virginia University
Faye
Woodrow Wilson High School
F. N. Rogers
S. Kanawha St
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