Pupils Earn Trips to West Virginia State Fair
Eager boys and girls ride a chartered bus to the W. Va. State Fair in Fairlea as rewards for subscriptions. Fifty one Beckley and Rainelle area youngsters won trips funded by Beckley Newspapers Corp with free transport tickets to the fairgrounds grand stands and fireworks. Pictured are Robert Williams Kenneth Bratton Jeff Thompson Mary Koontz Wilbur Attilli and Randall Ayers bus driver. Missouri has more caves streams and springs than any other state.
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W. Va
Fairlea
Raleigh Register
Beckley Post-Herald
Robert Amick
Beckley
Rainelle
Beckley Newspapers Corp
Robert Williams
Kenneth Bratton
Jeff Thompson
Mary Koontz
Wilbur Attilli
Randall Ayers
Police Beat Reports Include Jails and Fires in Beckley
Seven people jailed on intoxication charges after an evening at a Beckley area staff store. One man released on bond, others posted bonds on liquor and reckless driving charges. Firefighters responded to two incidents including a downed power line and a medical call where oxygen aided a patient. A two car crash near Johnstown Road caused $900 in damage. no charges filed as drivers claimed right of way.
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Niture
Neville St
Beckley
Carlos Spradley
G St
Joe Rodriguez
OCR
Plumley
Route 2
Hill
Chan, OL
Inne
Johnstown Road
Vance Drive
Estelle Marie Barber
Thurmond St
M. E. Thackston Jr
Huntington
Thackston
Barber Auto
Engineering Chief Named At Hospital Beckley VA
John F. Scudieri was named chief of the Engineering Division at the Beckley VA Hospital. He holds a BS in civil engineering from Newark College of Engineering and has worked at VA hospitals in East Orange New Jersey and Castle Point Virginia. He holds New Jersey engineering certification and lives with his wife Shirley and two sons in VA housing.
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Beckley Veterans Administration Hospital
John F. Scudieri
Scudieri
Newark College of Engineering
Newark
N. J
East Orange
Castle Point
Beckley
New Jersey
Shirley
John Joseph
James Kevin
Scudieris
West Virginia State Fair and Art FestivalTelevised
WSWP TV Channel 9 Grandview will air highlights of the West Virginia State Fair at Lewisburg and the Raleigh County Art and Craft Festival. Programs run daily at 6 30 p.m. and 1 p.m. with a Sunday 7 30 p.m. feature and a 6 p.m. Monday repeat.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
West
Virginia
Lewisburg
Raleigh County
Wswp-Tv
Grandview
Gary L. Watts
Watts
West Virginia
Weather and river updates with highs and lows across regions
Hourly airport conditions through 10 am show a high near 80 by 3 pm and a low of 62 at 6 am. Wind SW at 11 mph with no precipitation. river gauges read Greenbrier and Lake normal and clear, Hinton gauge at 2.4. Extended forecast Thursday to Saturday calls for clouds warm humid conditions with possible showers or thundershowers and highs in the 70s to 80s. Today's extremes include a high of 110 in Blythe California and a low of 40 in Evanston Wyoming.
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Greenbrier
Ates
Hinton
Blythe
Calif
Evanston
Wyo
Forfeits in Beckley City Court Total $479
Beckley Municipal Court forfeited $479 in bonds at the Monday session. Defendants include Ralph David Moore of Richwood and Lacy Lee Haydon of Roosevelt Street Beckley for failure to have vehicle under control. Other penalties cover pulling into face of oncoming traffic, expired plates, shoplifting, blocking a traffic lane, no license, following too closely, expired registration, permitting minors to play billiards, and one intoxication charge.
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Beckley Municipal Court
Ralph
David Moore
Richwood
Lacy Lee Haydon
Roosevelt Street
Beckley
Eldridge H. Treadway
Gary
Ind
Sandra Lynn Norton
Sophia
Paul L. Beverage
Mankin Avenue
Polly Powers
Glen Jean
Drema Evans Williams
D. H. Chamberlain Jr
Lester Wills
Cleveland
Ohio
Debra Lynn Brown
Oak Hill
Norma Finney
Roy Alfonso Robertson
Barber Ave
Beckley Hosts Shrine Ceremonial Parade Saturday
A large Shrine Ceremonial will be staged in Beckley with 250 to 300 Shriners expected from across West Virginia. George G. Kerr of Fairmont, now potentate of Beni Kedem Temple, will install 50 candidates in the Beckley Recreation Building. The event closes with a Potentate Ball at the Beckley Elks Lodge. Dr Charles Saul heads the Beckley Shrine Club.
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Beckley
David E. Creager
Charleston
George G. Kerr
Fairgnont
Beni Kedem
West Virginia
Beckley Elks Lodge
Charles Saul
Beckley Shrine Club
Shrine
Dayton
Ohio
Paul Thomas
Bluefield
Kerr
Kanawha
Temple
Fairmont State College
West Virginia University
Clendenin Lodge No. 126
York
Telelectures for medical staff at Beckley VA Hospital
A series of closed circuit television lectures will be offered to area medical personnel at Beckley Veterans Administration Hospital funded by a HEW grant via West Virginia University School of Nursing. Courses run from August 24 with sessions on nursing, health care, cancer, mental health staff development and related topics, with some credit options.
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Beckley Veterans Administration Hospital
West Virginia University School of Nursing
Department of Health, Education and Welfare
HEW
Division of Nursing
Fran Foltz
Our Religious Heritage program at Appalachian Art and Craft Festival
A Sunday 1 p.m. program titled Our Religious Heritage will be led by Dr B B Maurer of West Virginia University. Educators artists musicians and folklorists of the state helped organize with the Mountain Heritage Committee. The goal is to expand and influence Mountain Heritage understanding without promoting any faith. Participants include Virginia McTeer Lawrence Cavendish James Comstock Ewel Cornett Norman Fagan and Frank and Jane George as advisors and committee members.
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B.B. Maurer
West Virginia University
State
Maurer
Virginia’ McTeer
Parkersburg
Lawrence Cavendish
Art and Craft Festival
West Virginia University Extension Service
Beckley
James Comstock
West Virginia Hillbilly
Ewel Cornett
West Virginia Arts and Humanities Council
Norman Fagan
Kennedy Center For the Performing Arts
Washington
Frank and
Jane George
Princeton
Beckley Council Set to Hear Zoning Change and Reports
Beckley City Council meets at 7 30 p m in City Hall Council Chambers with a rezoning recommendation for South Kanawha Street three tracts from residential to B 2 central business district. Also on the agenda is a Morgantown meeting report and routine department head reports.
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Europe
Stover
McCulloch
Kanawha Street
Beckley Planning Commission
Robert P. McLean
Committee Seeks Contingency Funds For Pinecrest Beds
West Virginia subcommittee asks governor to tap contingency funds to open 50 beds at Pinecrest Hospital for chronically ill males. The panel notes 170 unused beds but cites staffing and funding hurdles, plans to seek a supplemental appropriation in January, and has obtained a $390,000 salary estimate to staff 170 beds.
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Pinecrest Hospital
West Virginia
Alan Susman
Beechley
Senate
Pinecrest
C. O. Smith Jr
Susman
Commissioner of Public Institutions
Woodrow Wilson Sets Enrollment Schedule for 1972 73
Students new to town planning to enroll at Woodrow Wilson High School should report Aug 3 for enrollment. Withdrawn students not interviewed must also report. Seniors report Sept 5 at 8 a.m., juniors Sept 6, and sophomores Sept 7. Bus routes operate on the regular WWHS Park Junior High and Stratton Jr. schedule.
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Woodrow Wilson High School
WWHS
Park Junior High
Stratton Jr
Firemen To Meet at City Hall for Sept 8 Enrollment Event
Sophia Volunteer Fire Department calls a special meeting at city hall on Saturday Sept. 8 at 6 p.m. All members are urged to attend as enrollment torments will be reviewed and the cafetorium will be open throughout the period.
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Beckley
Sophia
Piedmont To Assume Eastern Flights to Louisville
Sen. Jennings Randolph says Piedmont Airlines will take over Eastern Airlines routes from Washington to Louisville with stops in Charleston and Huntington West Virginia on Sept. 7 pending no new objections. Only Louisville filed an objection and Eastern cited unprofitability while Piedmont promises improved service.
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Louisville
Eastern
Piedmont
Terry Hospitalized in Raleigh after surgery
E. D. Terry age 78 of 116 Locust Street is listed in critical condition at Raleigh General Hospital after a four hour operation. He was stricken Monday night in the Modern Furniture Co. Annex on Neville Street, where he serves as manager.
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E. D. Terry
Locust St
Raleigh General Hospital
Terry
Modern Furniture Co
Neville Street
Welcome Baptist Youth Sponsor Back to School Fashion Show
The Welcome Baptist Church youth chorus sponsors a fashion show and a mock wedding on August 26 at 7 p.m. at the church. All are invited to attend.
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The
Welcome Baptist Church
Tornado Winds Reach 300 MPH At Center
The article notes that winds at the tornado center can exceed 300 miles per hour, describing the extreme core behavior and its destructive potential during severe storm events.
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Missouri
Beckley National Bank
FDIC
Lilly's
G Street
Iyupelmucue Dole
Beulah Stoots
Eccles
James Pierson
Shady Spring
Julia Bailey
MacArthur
Wallace Whitt
Metalton
Patricia Daniel
Hargrove St
Daniel
BE. D. Terry
Locust ‘St
ALL Murphy Stores
Murphy's
Murphy's Store
Fred X. Williams
Paul H. Flanagan
Sophia Ph
Royal Order of Jesters
Lodge of Perfection
Court of Honor
Oriental Band
Beni Kedem Temple
Mountain Echoes
DR. B. B. Maurer
Moore
Keynater
Detroit
Roman S. Gribbs
Woodrow Wilson
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