YMCA Summer Camp Teaches Appalachia Lessons In 1965
Glen Daniel scene near Beckley And residents host a nationwide YMCA program The eight week ABCs of Appalachia saw approximately 120 children attend with 15 college volunteers from across the country teaching and learning alongside Trap Hill locals A new community life formed through tutoring swimming and teen activities as summer ends
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Glen Daniel
ANS
YMCA
Beckley - Raleigh County
National Council of Ymcas
Ohio - West Virginia
Trap Hill
W. VA
Appalachia
Beckley
Abcs of
Green Hill
Y Project
Reunion Panel Seeks Stoco Grads Addresses
COAL CITY RNS Pat Swift heads the 1951 Stoco High School reunion committee seeking addresses for Harold Dean Hatcher Guy Piercy and Willis Av enelle Smith. Officers include Mrs James White secretar y Mrs Thomas Dickenson Beckley and Mrs Bill Pritchard MacArthur co treasurers. Reunion June 18 at Stoco Junior High Besaco. reservations due June 1. Next planning meeting May 29 at Mrs Pritchard’s MacArthur home at 3 p.m.
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Coal City
RNS
Pat Swift
Stoco
Harold Dean Hatcher
Guy Piercy
Willis Avenelle Smith
James White
Princewick
Thomas Dickenson
Beckley
Bill Pritchard
MacArthur
Besaco
Featherweight 4-H Grooming Winners Named
Alice Durham won the girls division in dress-up clothing at the Fairdale Featherweight 4-H Club Good Grooming contest. Keith Bailey led the boys dress-up division, with Danny Laverty and Sharon Arthur chosen for casual wear. All contestants are fourth graders and will compete in the County Good Grooming Contest on May 7. Mrs. H. Dale Covey leads the group. judges were Mrs. Herbert King, Mrs. James Lively, and Mrs. Danny Tolliver.
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Alice Durham
Fairdale
Keith Bailey
Danny Laverty
Sharon Arthur
H. Dale Covey
Herbert King
James Lively
Danny Tolliver
Denny Laverty
Maxwell Hill Girl Wins Raleigh Spelling Bee
Melissa Anderson of Maxwell Hill won Raleigh County sixth grade division spelling bee at Raleigh Vocational Technical Center. Gloria Ruble of Mabscott was runner-up. Winners receive 10 prize dollars. runners-up 5 dollars. The event is part of Elks Youth Week with further finals set May 7 in Beckley.
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Melissa Anderson
Maxwell Hill
Gloria Ruble
Mabscott School
Raleigh County
Raleigh County Vocational Technical Center
Melissa
I. B. Anderson
Gloria
Shirley Ruble
May
James Perry
Howard
Bud) Spears
Elks
Raleigh
Nicholas
Elks Lodge
World Encyclopedia
Karen Graves
Eccles School
Rachel Cook
Robert Graves
Albert McGhee
Glen Leigh
Ethel Richmond
Sharon Riggs
Sophia Elementary
Patra Janney
Jack Riggs
Helen Walker
Ben Cook
Raleigh County Board of Education Supervisors
Mary Abbott
Edythe Clay
James K. Lowry
Wayne Pettry
Brooks Adair
Cook
Mary Thurman
Beckley Elks Lodge
Raleigh County Principals Assn
Funeral set Saturday for Weston banker Thomas Whelan
Weston mourns prominent banker Thomas A. Whelan who died after a lingering illness at 87. Services at 10 a.m. Saturday at St. Patrick's Catholic Church with interment in Machpelah Cemetery. Whelan was president of Citizens Bank of Weston and began banking 50 years ago as a cashier. He co-founded United Carbon in Charleston 40 years ago, which later merged with Ashland Oil and Refining Co.
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Weston
UPS
Thomas A. Whelan
St. Patrick’s Catholic Church
Machpelah Cemetery
Whelan
Citizens Bank of
United Carbon
Charleston
Ashland Oil and Refining Co
Forfeited Bonds Totaled 348 In Beckley Court
Bond forfeitures totaled 348 dollars in a Thursday Beckley Police Court session. Of the forfeitures 92 dollars came from intoxication cases. Others included William Richard Worner Jr 124 Sunrise Ave 21 dollars for expired plates Robert Spencer Mabscott 110 dollars for drunk driving Roy D Stanley 106 4th St 36 dollars for no license Donald W Brown 104 1-2 Grant St 21 dollars for loss of vehicle control Paul E Francisco 107 Lynn St 36 dollars for hazardous driving Elbert Queen no address 51 dollars for shoplifting Larry Cacrellio Beckley 5 dollars for permitting a dog to run at large.
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Beckley
William Richard Worner Jr
Sunrise Ave
Robert Spencer
Mabscott
Roy D. Stanley
4Th St
Donald W. Brown
Grant St
Paul E. Francisco
Lynn St
Elbert Queen
Larry Cacrellio
Persons Seek Work Amid Diverse Applications
Twenty seven persons registered for work during the period ending April 22 per Mrs Sallye Bragg manager of the Employment Office A range of jobs was requested including lumber scaler veterinary hospital attendant telephone operator secretary book keeper waiter truck driver two sales clerks painter warehouseman maintenance man lineman vehicle loader and teacher.
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Sallye Bragg
Military Men In The News At Home And Overseas
Military personnel from West Virginia are listed in assignments and enrollments. Petty Officer J Garner Trail of Pemberton to a three year Navy tour as dental administrative assistant to Rear Admiral Pollard in Norfolk. Signalman William Tate aboard USS Reeves during Gray Ghost exercise off Southern California. Marines and Army personnel from Sophia, Beckley, Scarbro, and nearby towns noted in various training, promotions, and enlistments.
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J. Garner Trail
Teddy Trail
Pemberton
E. G. Pollard
Norfolk
Trail
Navy
Cambria
Sophia High School
Sue Buckland
Pember Cey
William M. Tate
USN
W. D. Tate
Glen White
California
Reeves
Robert L. McKinney
Hayford CC. McKinney
Sophia
Army Air Defense School
Fort Bliss
Tex
McKinney
Army
Fort Knox
Michael F. Pettry
G. M. Pettry
Arnett
Norfolk, Va
Guam
North Carolina
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EPL
Tyrer
Neville ST
Fedeal Reserve System
Federal Deposit Ins. Corp
Stoco Grads
Rogers International Silver Co
Mya
Boy Scouts
Girl Scouts
de Ly and
Maing Llemear Ld
Neo
Stee
Pinking
Rexall Drug Store
South Heber Street
Porroutt
Neouar Paics
Sytem
Appalachian Power CO
Charles Elliott Lilly
Lewisburg
Paul R. Lilly
Bedford Lake Baker
Alderson
Perry W. Baker
Billy Blake Moye Jr
Billy Blake
Ronald Leon Stevens
Glen Jean
Robert L. Stevens
Richard Sealius Cosby
Scarbro
Henry Cosby
Nathan Fred Shelton
Thomas M. Shelton
Charles Edward Cheese
Lillie Canada
Ray Allen Wilson
Sullivan
Elizabeth Wilson
Roger Dale Treadway
Norton, Va
Joyce A. Belcher
Jerry Ray Harvey
Hinton
Clarice W. Harvey
Harold James Hamby
Eccles
William F. Hamby
George Nolen Murray
Beck
William K. Bair
Brookley Afb
Ala
Bair
James W. Bair
Harper Road
Brookley
Air Force
Bardment
L. P. Ramage
First Fleet
Providence
Everett Asa Reece
Edward
Willie Reece
Theodore Harris Millman II
Rupert
Theodore
Mary Millman
David Michael Million
Oak Hill
Loren
Aleen Million
Albert Randolph Meadows
Treva
Mary Meadows
Ernest Clyde Shumake
Page
William
Dorothy Shumake
Charles Benner Williams Jr
Charles
Brenda Williams
Roger Lee Samples
Fayette
Ronald Junior Jones
Maybeury
Quillar Jones
Billy Flavious Smith
Nitro
Cleo Flavious
Clyde Marie Smith
Conwell Ross Lester
Princeton
Roy
Bertha Lester
Larry Freeman Squires
Flatwoods
Mary — Monte Wayne Wall
Ingleside
Clifton
Abert Wall
David Lee Lawrence
Bluefield
Frank
Evelyn Frye
Kenneth Roger Green
Pineville
Virgil
Nola Green
Danny Ervin Thomas
Marmet
Archer
Barbara Thomas
Jackie Lee Ball
Ripley
Zelma Ball
Aaron Franklin Bowers
Helen
James
Beulah Bowers
Larry Dwain Quick
Spencer
Amos
Maxine Quick
Keith Allen Hanshaw
Woodrow
Mary Hanshaw
Howard Lee Miller
Linda Miller
Gaylen Carol Bowles
Prince
Arthur
Annie Bowles
Harold Rogers Coffman
Piney View
Harley Coffman
Lewis Edward Hamrick Jr
Parkersburg
Lewis and
Betty Hamrick
Walter S. Christiansen
Earl L. Christiansen
Steve E. Smith
Charles W. Smith
Steven M. Nuzum
Belpre
Ohio
Dale Nuzum
Loren C. Price
Arnoldsburg
Franklin W. Price
Frederick J. White
Clara E. White
Rone L. Wingrove
Walker
Castle W. Wingrove
Jerry LL Pulliam
Bristol
Tenn
Bertha 0. Pulliam
Jerry M. Crouch
Crumpler
Walter I. Corner
Charles L. Corner
James M. Goins
Pearl V. Goins
Lloyd V. Kelly
William B. Kelly
Thomas E. Siley
Marietta
Frank E. Siley
Clayton D. Belcher
Rock
Lola M. Belcher
Larry L. Elswick
Lewis H. Elswick
Gary W. Whittington
Elanor
Alfred S. Whittington
John A. Heslop
Matoaka
William A. Heslop
Thomas W. Collins
Jewell Ridge
Mary C. Smith
Arlen Cook
Whitewood
Arthur R Cole
John Byrd
Virginia O. Byrd
Chesley P. Walker
Daniels
Chesley C. Walker Jr
Woodrow Wilson High School
Virginia Polytechnic Institute
Blacksburg, Va
Patty Sue Williams
Warner Robins Afb
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