Mountain Music at West Virginia Art and Craft Festival
Five artists Aunt Jennie Wilson Roger Bryant Franklin George Homer Walker and Charlie Proffitt perform mountain music at the eighth Appalachian Art and Craft Festival opening Thursday at the Raleigh County Armory in Cedar Lakes West Virginia. Performances are scheduled Friday and Sunday with times listed. Aunt Jennie Wilson long noted for banjo and fiddle shares history with Franklin George and Roger Bryant who has toured on radio television and theater. George is famed for versatile instruments including bagpipes dulcimers and fiddles. Walker, a Summers County native, has lifelong coal mining and music roots. Proffitt is slated to appear Sunday afternoon.
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Raleigh County Armory
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Peach Creek
Logan County
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Billy Edd Wheeler
Bryant
Danny Harrison
Nashville
Florida
Alonzo &iOscar Publishing ,Co
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Edinburgh
Scotland
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Franklin
Guaranteed Navy Training Offers Long Term Enlistment
Navy promotional notice invites men ages 17 to 34 to a three year enlistment with guaranteed training paths as airman, firefighter, or other specialties. Training available on Atlantic or Pacific coasts, with six month delayed active duty. Monthly pay starts at 288 dollars plus free housing clothing and medical care and paid vacations. Beckley Navy recruiters at 111 Prince St or toll free 800 424 8880.
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Beckley Appalachian Art Festival welcomes Ruth Ryan back
Ruth Ryan, a West Virginia pastel portraitist now focused on mountain scenery and wildflowers, returns for a sixth year at Beckley’s Appalachian Art and Craft Festival. The Charleston artist has exhibited previously at Beckley, Capitol Fair, Utopia Charleston, and Harvest Moon in Parkersburg.
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South Charleston
West’ ‘Virginia
Ryan
Capitol
West Virginia State Fair showcases historical dramas by troupe
Twenty five chorus members and instrumentalists under Bob Elkins performed before an estimated crowd of 5,000 in the grandstand at the West Virginia State Fair in Fairlea near Lewisburg on Wednesday afternoon. The program featured Honey in The Rock and Hatfields & McCoys as part of the fair’s outdoor dramas.
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Fairlea
Lewisburg
Larry D. Augustine
The
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Augustine
Harry E. Giroud
Giroud
Fairgrounds
Beckley
W. Va
Fashion show and dance at Raleigh County Armory event
Mrs Trudy Lowery of Yawkey presents original fashions in a 7 30 p m fashion show at the Art and Craft Festival in the Raleigh County Armory entertainment tent. Local models include Carolyn Wheatley Sharon Lilly Mary Low Dolhanczyk Fern Richmond Nancy Diehl Helen Diehl with Dell Courtney as commentator. A 430 p m Saturday dance demonstration by the West Virginia Historical Drama Association troupe Beckley Dance Theatre follows, directed by Jerry Rose with choreographers Rose Fisher and Carstens.
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Trudy Lowery
Yawkey
Raleigh County Armory
Armory
Rose
Barbara Fisher
Gregg Carstens
Union Nominations Nearing End in UMW Election
Charleston West Virginia United Press International reports that the United Mine Workers union election nominations close this weekend. District president Joe Ellis says about 75 percent of the district’s 102 locals have voted with a tight contest between W A Tony Boyle and Arnold Miller. Nationally Boyle leads Miller about 2 to 1, 697 to 317.
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Tony” Boyle
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Miller
Beckley Arts and Craft Festival Opens in Beckley
Beckley’s Eighth Appalachian Art and Craft Festival opened at the Raleigh County Armory on Thursday afternoon. Senator Byrd sent regrets but promised to attend today. Mayor John McCulloch cut the ribbon as the Gainsborough painting Lord Vernion arrived in transit amid festival promos.
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Lord Vernion
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Commerce
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Virginia University” Extension. Service
Cat causes cycling track timing failure during major trial
Officials blamed a stray cat for the timing glitch at the cycling track during its first major trial. After two hours of investigation they found a cat had chewed through the cables, causing the malfunction.
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