West Virginia Scenic Tour Guide Highlights Raleigh County
The new Scenic Tour Guide from the State Department of Commerce lists over 260 recreational attractions. Raleigh County spots include Beckley Exhibition Coal Mine Lake Stephens and Grandview Cliffside Amphitheatre. The eight section brochure maps Mountain State tours with Raleigh County on the Mountainaire Tour from Charleston through Montgomery and Glen Ferris.
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Beckley Exhibition
Lake Stephens
Grandview
Cliffside
Raleigh County
State Department of Commerce
West Virginia
Charleston
Montgomery
Glen Ferris
Gauley Bridge
Rainelle
Lewisburg
White Sulphur Springs
Bluefield
Hinton
Beckley
Grandview State Park
Oak Hill
Huntington
Missouri Branch
Cabwaylingo State Forest
Williamson
Ian Saeger
Welch
Pocahontas
Racine
Milton
Clay
Clay County
Carnifex Ferry
Summersville
Richwood
Webster Springs
Holly River State Park
Buckhannon
Weston
Glenville
Cedar Creek State Park
Gassaway
Sutton
Upper Ohio River Valley
Chester
Weirton
Moundsville
Wheeling
New Martinsville
Williamstown
Parkersburg
Ravenswood
Ripley
Point Pleasant
West Virginia Turnpike Revenue and Traffic Rise in July 1971
Turnpike statistics show July 1971 revenue at $891,853.92 up from $744,586.17 in 1970 and vehicle counts of 308,415 versus 288,036. Tolls led income at $854,565.50 with concessions, investments, and miscellaneous making up the rest. The state promotes tours via a new Scenic Tour Guide brochure from the Commerce Department.
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West Virginia Turnpike
State Turnpike Commission
Vaughan Enters WVU Physical Therapy Program
Vaughan Paul Michael Vaughan of Beckley enters the second class in West Virginia University School of Medicine Division of Physical Therapy. The program yields a bachelor’s degree after two years with a three month internship and requires 68 hours of core college work. WVU prioritizes locals. three out-of-state students join the class with 32 total students.
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Beckleyan
Paul Michael Vaughan
Woodlawn Ave
West Virginia University School of Medicine
West Virginia
WVU
Vaughan
Paul E. Vaughan
Beckley
Raleigh General Hospital
HEW Urges MFHP To Aim For Self Sufficiency
HEW urged Mountaineer Family Health Plan to become self sufficient in a letter read to MFHP board by project medical director Dr Forest Cornwell. Budget of 2 099 990 was approved but 116 478 less than the last revision with a 30 day revision deadline.
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Department of Health, Education and Welfare
Mountaineer Family Health Plan
Project
Forest
Cornwell
Mfhp Board of
MFHP
HEW
Philadelphia
Clifford H. Cole
IMFHP
Southern
Lonnie Winston
State Department of Health
Attorney General’s Office
Mary G. Thomas
Nancy Bennett
Shady Spring-Richmond
Margie Lee Anderson
Carol White
Linda Brogan
Theresa Gregory
Mildred -Ann Waycaster
Betty J. McMulty
Lpns
Betty Lee Peck
Thomas
McVey
Albert Kinstrey
Environmental Health Services
Slab Fork Health Center
Josephine
County Health Board
University of North Carolina
Office of Economic Opportunity
Fayette Artist to Display Work at Raleigh County Festival
Fayetteville artist Juanita Akers with 20 years of teaching and studio work to show at Raleigh County Art and Craft Festival at the Raleigh County Armory August 25 to 29. Akers recently completed a mural at Beckley’s El Cid Club and runs Akers Studio of Art. She trains in acrylics oils and pastels and studied at Morris Harvey College with private portrait training from Joseph Boulvin Hugo in Westport.
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Raleigh County
Raleigh County Armory
Juanita Akers
Fayetteville
Beckley
el Cid Club
Morris Harvey College
Angus Houston Draurty
Joseph Boulvin Hugo
Paris
France
Institute of Commercial Art
Westport
Pittsburgh
Cooperstown
N. Y
Allied Artist
Fayette County
West Virginia Arts and Crafts Guild
Fayette
Honey in the Rock Draws Large Attendance at Grandview
The season total for Honey in the Rock now stands at 14 509 after 773 viewers attended Wednesday evening. The show, paired with Hatfields and McCoys, plays at Grandview State Park’s Cliffside Amphitheatre in Con. Mrs Akers describes art as a medicine for mental health and notes her lifelong passion for painting and murals across Kanawha Fayette and Raleigh Counties and beyond.
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Alabama
Indiana
Kentucky
Maryland
Michigan
New Jersey
New York
Ohio
Pennsylvania
Tennessee
Virginia
West Virginia
Grandview State ‘Park
Cliffside Amphitheatre
Portrait Artist from D C Arrives in Beckley for Interviews
Washington portraitist Robert B. Williams will be in Beckley for one week to interview residents who want portraits. He has painted figures like Debbie Reynolds Lyndon B. Johnson Martin Luther King Bob Hope and others and currently runs a studio in the Sheraton Park Hotel Washington.
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Washington, D. C
Robert B. Williams
Beckley
Williams
Debbie Reynolds
Lyndon B. Johnson
Rtv
Martin Luther ‘King
Hubert Humphrey
Bob Hope
Charlevoix
Mich
California
Sheraton Park Hotel
New Principal Implements Changes at Shady Spring High
Ronald B Cantley takes over as principal at Shady Spring High School introducing new staff and curriculum. Dix Manning named athletic director, three new teachers added and expanded social studies and art offerings. Cantley notes improved facilities and 24 hour janitorial service after vandalism.
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Shady Spring High School
Ronald B. Cantley
Cantley
Stoco Junior High School
Aubrey Jackson
Raleigh County
Marsh Fork High School
Navy
Morris Harvey College
West Virginia University
Donald Bingham
Shady Spring
Pearlsburg High School
Concord College
Marshall University
Saeger High School
Dix Manning
Ellen Anderson
Jane Comer
Nyla Massie
Doug Richmond
Job Seekers List of Open Positions at Beckley WV Office
Becl ey WV West Virginia Department of Employment Security lists recent job openings including seamstress stenographer engineer equipment mechanic welder machinist apprentice salesperson truck driver heavy industrial truck operator typist waitress shirt presser clerk auto service station attendant car dumper office machine serviceman cook bookkeeper materials handler floral designer television serviceman repairman and sales man insurance.
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Beckley
West Virginia
Department of Employment Security
Ohioan Vernon Burkhart to address Rotary and historians
Vernon Burkhart of Barnesville Ohio will speak to Beckley Rotary Club at 6 30 p m at Black Knight Country Club on Rotary's Challenge in a Changing World. He also speaks to Raleigh County historians at 8 p m at the Woman's Clubhouse Beckley. Burkhart has 39 years of Rotary attendance and is known as Mr Rotary in Ohio circles.
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Beckley
Rotary
United States
Canada
Mexico
Europe
Ohio
Burkhart
Raleigh County
Belmont County Historical Society
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New W.va
Lysander L. Dudley
West Virginia Health Planning Council
Akers
Will
D.C
Shady High
S&h
MacArthur
W. Va
Bellview
Stokely
Staley
Pillsbury's Runny Face
Oscar Mayer
Filbert
Swanson—Asst
yuZanne
Tetley
P&p
Hormel
Red Cross
Limas
Holland
Valley Bell
Meadow Gold
Broughton
Rotary Club
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