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Newspaper
Raleigh Register
Location
Beckley, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Aug 03, 1971
Page
7
Twenty eight social studies teachers from across West Virginia completed the three week Robert A Taft Institute of Government Seminar in Practical Politics at West Virginia University. The program focused on enabling teachers to bring practical political concepts into classrooms.
The Bluestone Valley Fair at Spanishburg High School runs August 12 with 9 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. exhibit hours and an 8 p.m. Country Fair Variety Show followed by fireworks. J K Lilly serves as MC as events feature Scottish dance and mountain music and entries span Mercer County adult art and livestock divisions.
GSST in Lewisburg reports 905 attendance for the opening three performances of Othello at the Underwood Estates Barn. The cast includes 21 students from seven counties in Virginia and West Virginia with narration by Frank Splicer of WRON Radio. Reservations and donations noted. former WV Governor Cecil Underwood attended.
The Sweet Home Baptist Church held its annual reunion on Sunday with a full day of activities. Carl Byars led the church school hour, Rev Ronald Adkins preached in the morning, and Rev Cleve Young delivered the afternoon sermon. The Richardson Family, the Keytones, and Eunice Riffe performed, and Rev Vern W. Clay gave the invocational prayer. The sanctuary was filled and the spokesman called the day a success and eventful in church history.
The new Apollo 5 stamp showing astronauts in the lunar rover will be sold today at post offices including Cape Kennedy Huntsville Alabama and Houston after the astronauts officially cancel the first stamp from the moon. About 200 million stamps are printed for national sale Tuesday by the Postal Service.
United Press International notes new detail on the 1066 conflict placing the battle six miles northwest of Hastings in a Dilltop where the town of Battle now stands. This reframes the traditional location of the historic engagement and situates it within a nearby geographic feature.
A farewell dinner honored the Rinehart family of Bradley. Guests included Milburn Rinehart and family from Beckley, Hettie Rinehart of Mullens, and Edna Greene of Pineville. They fly from Charleston to spend two weeks in Hawaii and California visiting relatives and friends.
Mullens High School urges new students to enroll this term. Prospective enrollees should visit the school each morning from 9 a.m. to noon. Principal J. T. Davidson Jr. announced the call for enrollment.
The World Almanac notes Theodore Roosevelt as the first president to ride in an automobile in Hartford in August 1902, to fly in an airplane in St Louis in October 1910, and to submerge in the submarine Plunger in August 1905. Capvricht 1971 Newspaper Enterprise Assim
Pineville state troopers issued 39 citations between 1 and 4 a m Sunday on Secondary Route 9 near Hanover for racing and related offenses near a tunnel. All offenders were ordered to appear before magistrates from Baileysville district. Youths from Simon Ikes Fork Saeger Gilbert Cook Hamden Mallory Baileysville Hanover Justice Baisden Welch and Oceana were arrested.
The Mullens Wyoming General Hospital reports a week of admissions and discharges. Admits include Anthony Hagg Itmann Roger Brown Wyco and many others from Mullens Baileysville Pineville and nearby towns. discharges feature patients such as Lessie Sizemore Elnora Lucas Debra Smith and several with infants.
Miss Black Teen-Age America Pageant set for August 14 in Fayette County at the County Memorial Building. Contestants ages 15 to 17 compete in sportswear talent and evening wear. each is sponsored by a church civic group or social club and must reside in Fayette County. Contact Mrs. R. C. Meadows or Mrs. Raleigh Collins for details.
Mr. and Mrs Eugene Nutter and family from St Albans visited her parents Mr and Mrs Charles Shields. Malcolm Wilkinson and sons Johnny and David from Covington Virginia stayed with Dr and Mrs E M Wilkinson and her father Charles Holloway a patient at Stevens Clinic Hospital Welch. A M Hymes from Tazewell Virginia visited C C Casteel and wife. Mathew Harmon and sons returned home after vacation with her parents Clarence Miller of Salmon Idaho.
Three Fort Ord soldiers Gary Kelsey 20 James Gaf 19 and Melvin Steinrath 26 were found nude on a hill after leaving a Monterey bar they attempted to hitchhike to the base when four men in a car stripped them and took $106 deputies said the incident occurred early Sunday in Monterey California.
Be a reporter requests news tips to Shady Spring District officials Mrs Betty Pike at 252 7286 and Mrs Russel Pegram at 683 4432 for tips and community updates.
Wanda Ruth Bailey and Thomas Wayne Lusk wed at the First Baptist Church of Bud with a 4 p.m. ceremony. The couple, both Herndon High School graduates, will reside on Guyandotte Avenue Mullens after a wedding trip. Attending out of town were Gene Gentry and family, Linda Coleman and Steve Lafferty, and others.
Albany County police investigate a water leak report at a building housing the F and C Sales Co when heavy rain filled the roof with water, causing the structure to buckle and collapse. Patrolman Ned McLaughlin sustained minor facial cuts.
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