Speech Clinic Helps Foster Children Improve Speech
Brenda Lucas eight and James six attended the Raleigh County Speech and Hearing Clinic eight week course as the only two foster children from DPA. Andrew G. Cox approved the program while William R. Bell, a child welfare worker, noted improved communication and predicted further growth with continued foster parent guidance. The Division of Child Welfare plans to keep using clinic facilities to help foster children become healthy productive citizens.
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Brenda Lucas
James
William R. Bell
Woodlawn Ave
Raleigh County
Dren
DPA
Andrew G. Cox
Bell
Harold Meeks
Hinton
Eight-Week Speech Clinic Closure At Closing Party
The Eight Week Speech And Hearing Clinic shut down with a closing party Friday morning led by Miss Sue Smith. Attendees included Mrs. Knezevich, Miss Helen Smith, and many children such as Carla Ellen Wayne, Steven Rufini, Mike Goss, Billy Foley, and Jimmy Lucas. Gary McDaniel of Fireco was sponsored to the clinic by the Gulf Woman's Club, whose health and welfare chair Mrs. Herbert Sutter, with assistants, organized support and accompanied Gary and his mother to Bluefield for ongoing treatment.
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Speech and Hearing Clinic
Sue Smith
Robert Knezevich
Helen Smith
Carla Ellen Wayne
Steven Rufini
Mike Goss
Billy Foley
Jimmy Lucas
Brenda Lucas
Vernon Isom
Martha
Sue Keaton
Rodney Stover
Kenny Kelly
Randy Venable
Pete Carper
Eddie Thrush
Rickey Venable
Evelyn Kelly
Lois Foley
Betty Belcher
Sandra Conner
Mark Stover
Jimmy Knapp
Ronnie McDaniel
Gary McDaniel
Fireco
Gulf Woman’s Club
Herbert Sutter
GWC
Earl McVey
Alex Lavis
John Hambric
Robert Horton
Ben Carvin
Charles Hambric
Fred X. Williams
Chester Pate
Duncan-Catron makes two personnel changes at Dodge dealer
Eve Breck announces shifts at Duncan-Catron Motor Car Co. Beavers becomes sales manager for new and used cars with three salesmen and duties over used car prep. Chandler rises from parts to parts manager, bringing new responsibilities and a family background in Raleigh and Virginia.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Duncan-Catron Motor Car Co
Dodge
Prince Lt. Co
Beavers
Walter M. Duncan
Elmer G. Chandler
Harper Road
Pagoda Shopping Center
Second Avenue
Dairy Queen
Prince Street
Newark
Del
Charleston
Raleigh County Dealers Association
Two drivers enroll in NC college truck training course
Two area drivers Falcus Blevins of Sophia and Conley W Wolfe of Worth will complete a four week truck driver training course at North Carolina State College starting August 26. The course is run by the college extension division with the North Carolina Motor Carriers Association. A second item notes Welch H Henritze Jr announces examinations for numerous accounting and fiscal positions across six state merit system agencies with tests on September 24 to establish new registers of eligibles.
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North Carolina State College
Falcus Blevins
Sophia
Conley W. Wolfe
Worth
College Extension Division
North Carolina Motor Carriers Association
Welch H. Henritze
Merit System
California Avenue
Charleston
West Virginia
Seven Area Students Attend 1960 Leadership Camp
The 1960 Leadership Camp at Cedar Lakes sponsored by Marshall College will host seven area students from Beckley Gauley Bridge Pineville Kopperston Mullens and Whitesville for Aug 31 to Sept 2 sessions. Leaders from campus invite discussion on Marshall activities problems and future plans. Seven groups will study topics including school spirit academic program student elections dorm counselor duties and freshman guides. Ann Anderson Judy Adams Bob Bailey Brenda Keys John Richard Dial Frank Tolliver Myers Jarrell are slated to attend.
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Cedar Lakes
Marshall College
Marshall
Ann Anderson
Beckley
Judy Adams
Gauley Bridge
Bob Bailey
Pineville
Brenda Keys
Kopperston
John Richard Dial
Frank Tolliver
Mullens
Myers Jarrell
Whitesville
Gunnoe Jr. Freed After CO Poisoning Attempt
Edward H. Gunnoe Jr. of Prosperity was released from Beckley VA Hospital Friday after treatment for carbon monoxide poisoning following a Wednesday suicide attempt at his home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edward H. Gunnoe Jr
Prosperity
Beckley Veterans Administration Hospital
Gets 3000 Pay Increase Stock Jr High Teacher Quits
A Raleigh County veteran of 35 years in the school system will teach in Maryland in September with a salary increase of 2981 over his current 4219. Cecil R. Shrewsberry of Odd will join Montgomery County Maryland schools. his wife remains at Odd Elementary. He has held multiple roles since 1925, including principal and coach, and earned degrees from Concord College and WVU. His temporary address will be 1306 Grandin Ave., Rockville, Md.
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Raleigh County
Maryland
Cecil R. Shrewsbury
Odd
Montgomery County
Stoco Junior High
Concord College
West Virginia University
Tommy Creek
Barkers Ridge
Coal City
Shrewsberry
Stoco Elementary
Killarney
Helen
Rhodell
Stoco High
Sherman C. Trail
Trail
Collins
WVU
Curtis Shrewsberry
Denver
Col
Cecil R Shrewsberry Jr
Lake Charles
David Shrewsberry
Newton
Marie Shrewsberry Farley
Medina
Ohio
Gay Shrewsberry Canaday
Crab Orchard
Grandin Ave
Rockville
Shaped Note Singers To Perform At Dry Hill Fair
Shaped Note Singers, popular through the Mountain State Folk Festival, will perform on the Dry Hill Prosperity Community Fair Thursday program with Governor Cecil H. Underwood as guest. A rehearsal is set for 7 30 p m Tuesday at Memorial Baptist Church under co directors O O Kidd and Noel Thurman. Those who joined the group or wish to sing are urged to attend.
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Dry Hill
Cecil H. Underwood
Memorial Baptist Church
O. O. Kidd
Noel Thurman
Soak Creek ends 43-year search for Ohioan relatives
Dorothy Farnell of Akron, 54, met Jesse Rupe, 72, and Sally Peyton, 75, in Soak Creek last week, closing a decades-long search ordered by their father who died in 1917. Farnell traced the Rupe family across states and traced a family tree, learning of relatives and half-siblings including Bruce Rupe, deceased, and others in Tennessee, Virginia, California, and beyond.
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Soak Creek
Ohio
Dorothy Farnell
Akron
Jesse Rupe
Sally Peyton
Mount Hope
Union
Chambers of Commerce
Peyton
Jumping Branch
Tennessee
Tom Rupe
Bruce Rupe
Glen Rupe
California
West Virginia
Isabelle Duffey
Hinton
Farnell
Roy Rupe
Reva Woodie
Chattanooga
Tenn
Dean Rupe
Wolterwah
Dallas
Tex
Frank McKinney
John Rupe
Bradie Rupe
Ed Rupe
Mollie Basham
Sophia
Winston-Salem
N. C
Leslie Peyton
Ruth Brown
Juddie Peyton
Inez Price
Minden
Harry R. Peyton
Roanoke
C. J. Long
Max Long
Farewell
Edward G. Hobbs
Thurmont
Billie Carole
Car Skids Hits Pole Causing Eight Hundred Dollar Damage
Pat H Wheeler, 47, of 203 Orchard Ave was the driver of a car that skidded on East Prince St Sunday afternoon and struck a utility pole causing $800 in damages. Wheeler said he was coming over a hill and saw a car parked in his lane. He applied brakes and the car skidded into the pole.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pat H. Wheeler
Orchard Ave
East Prince St
Wheeler
Raleigh County Officials Attend State Tax Meet at Oglebay Park
Members of Raleigh County Court and a Raleigh County Assessor's office representative will join the State Tax Commission at a three day meeting October 9 through 12 at Oglebay Park Wheeling. Court attendees include H. G. Farmer John Ward and A. J. Lilly. The assessor delegate is unnamed. Topics for discussion are to be submitted by each official. The commission notes broad impact of this past year's assessment legislation and will review the new statutes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Raleigh County Court
Raleigh County Assessor's Office
State Tax Commissioner's Office
Oglebay Park
Wheeling Court
H. G. Farmer
John Ward
A. J. Lilly
Water skier treated after foot injury in Beckley
Jack Moye of Crab Orchard, age 30, was treated at Beckley Hospital on Sunday for a right foot injury he sustained while water skiing.
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Jack Moye
Crab Orchard
Beckley Hospital
New 3 Layer Tablet Opens Nasal Passages for Hay Fever
Chicago special reports a three layer tablet named Cristan with Dristan decongestant aims to relieve hay fever congestion quickly. It decongests nasal zones via bloodstream, restores free breathing, and reduces sneezing and itchy eyes. Available without prescription, the product claims to support infection resistance during hay fever season.
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Chicago
Ill
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