Alumni Return To ABI In Teaching Capacities
The Appalachian Bible Institute welcomes Rev Cary M Perdue and his wife Verna as new faculty. Perdue will teach New Testament Survey Exegesis Public Speaking and Physical Education and serves as dean of the evening school. Verna Perdue assists nursing efforts with Mrs William Hamner. they reside on campus with their 5 month old daughter Carrie Michelle.
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Appalachian Bible Institute
Stotesbury Community Church
Cary M. Perdue
Abi
Perdue
ABS
McMillan School of Nursing
Charleston
William Hamner
Cary A. Perdue
Perude
Bryan College
Dayton
Carrie Michelle
Grandview funds request filed for state park upgrades
West Virginia Department of Natural Resources seeks Area Redevelopment Administration funds to improve Grandview State Park. A $397,326 package covers land expansion for parking, new access road, rustic signs, water and sewage upgrades, and a canopy roof for the amphitheatre to showcase Honey in the Rock in all weather. Beckley area tourism rose 20 percent in early 1962. 40 new jobs and payroll growth are projected.
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Grandview State Park
West Virginia
Register
Natural Resources
Warden Lane
Lane
Beckley
Expansion plans target new river area and recreation zones
Lane outlined three grant applications totaling 72 000 for expansion and improvement programs including work in the New River Gorge Area. A third request seeks 3.1 million for the Chief Logan Recreation Area in Logan County with a pool for 3000. Barron noted Honey in the Rock has helped inject over 1 million into Raleigh County economy.
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Lane
River Gorge
Logan
Logan County
Barron
Raleigh County
Concord College Extends Extension Course Registration
Dean Theodore D. Lockwood of Concord College will visit Beckley Junior High School Wednesday at 7 p.m. to gauge interest in extension courses taught by Concord instructors. Courses include English and Social Science basics for certification and electives in art music home economics mathematics physical education and literature. If 12 or more register a course, an instructor will be provided. catalogs and schedules for 1962 63 will be available at the meeting. Night campus class registration in Athens is Sept 17 and 18 at 6 30 p.m.
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Theodore D. Lockwood
Concord College
Beckley
Concord
Dean Lockwood
Athens
Coal City Community Revival Scheduled
Rev. Armor Sayre announced a community revival at Coal City Community Church. Services begin at 7 30 p m with pastors from all local churches alternating sermons each evening, starting Sunday.
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Coal City
RNS
Armor Sayre
Sayre
Methodist Church
Brother Sister Named To Handle Lilly Estate
Gasper J Lilly and Edna Lilly Kessel of Beckley appointed executors for their mother Elizabeth C Lilly who died Aug 9 They posted 10000 bond The will dated Oct 20 1960 probated Aug 14 bequeathed furniture and household goods to daughter Hilda M Lilly and 200 to daughter in law Elizabeth Williams Lilly The remainder divided among six children and descendants with named heirs among the Lilly family Also listed are other Raleigh County estates with executors bonds and wills including Paul J Brugues John Hickman Maude Robinson and others with bonds ranging from 100 to 3000 and various distributions.
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Gasper J. Lilly
Edna Lilly Kessel
Beckley
Elizabeth C. Lilly
Elizabeth Williams Lilly
W. B. Lilly
Hilda M. Lilly
Lorena F. Hutchinson
Edna Lilly
Nathan Dexter Lilly
Anne Lee Lilly
Fandy Smith
Ben H. Workman
Edna Stover
Flora Higginbotham
Eula Cook
Beaulah Tass
Gracie Lee Coleman
Londa Green, Beaver
Lucy Green Moye Lilly
Londa Green
Frieda Hickman
Sprague
John Hickman
Maude Robinson
Stat
Charlie Robinson
Bank of Raleigh
H. A. McDowell
Geraldine Woody
Sophia
Henry Harvey Rumburg
Epic Drama Report Due For Board
West Virginia Historical Drama Association directors will meet on September 11 at 7:30 p.m. in the Raleigh County Bank penthouse for a report on Honey in the Rock’s second season by General Manager Norman Fagan. Governor and Mrs. Barron will attend Sunday’s closing Civil War Drama performance, introduced by Lee Devin, with Hulett C. Smith welcomed by Raleigh County legislators. Visitors from 49 states and 22 foreign countries have seen the drama this season. Vermont remains unrepresented.
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West Virginia Historical Drama Association
Charles Hodel
Raleigh County Bank
Norman Fagan
Barron
Hulett C. Smith
Beckley
Lee Devin
Smith
Barrons
Raleigh County
Vermont
Bailing device backfires sink boat on Mississippi
Keokuk Iowa July Mississippi River incident leaves Mark Humble 18 unharmed after turning on an automatic bailing device which breached the hull and caused the motorboat to sink.
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Keokuk, Iowa
UPI
Mark Humble
Mississippi River
Interest Grows in Communist Study Class in Beckley
The Beckley Raleigh County Chamber of Commerce hosts a "Freedom vs. Communism" class at the C and P Telephone Co building with 20 civic leaders. Attorney John Ashworth leads the session, outlining the eight week course and distributing a questionnaire for discussion.
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Beckley-Raleigh County Chamber of Commerce
Chesapeake and Potomac Telephone Co
John Ashworth
United States Chamber of Commerce
Paul Peabody
Beckley-Raleigh Chamber
Ashworth
James B. Kessinger
Claude Hatcher
Beckley Water Co
Phil Payne
The
Chamber of Commerce
Dan Hall
al McGann
C & P Telephone Co
John S. Phillips
Bob Amick
Beckley Newspapers Corp
Wilbur Mac McMahon
John Gates
Appalachian Power Co
Melvin Tolle
Amere Gas Co
George Parker
Raleigh County Board of Education
Betty Hatcher
Brenda Bailey
WWNR
Bob Hamilton
Chamber
Charles Webb
Dry Hill Country Life Group
Alma Wooster
Laurel Business and Professional Women's Club
T. Vaughn Hutchison
Grover St. Clair
Raleigh County Bank
T. V. Hutchison
Woman's Club of
Beckley
Madge Richardson
Beckley Business and Professional Women's Club
Telephone Company
E. Main St
Peabody
Love to Return Shady Spring Ruritan Leader from New Orleans
Douglas Lowe president of Shady Spring Ruritans Club is expected to return soon from New Orleans where his wife receives research and treatment in a naval hospital.
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Douglas Lowe
Shady Spring
Passion Play in Beckley mobilizes volunteers for charity run
The Raleigh County Passion Play benefit runs September 23 to 26 in Beckley to raise funds for the Raleigh County Speech and Hearing Clinic. All eight performances net proceeds for clinical work, with hundreds of local volunteers handling chairing, publicity, radio and TV, schools, churches, and ticket operations. Tickets available via committee members or the Raleigh headquarters at 252-3646.
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Beckley
Raleigh County Speech and Hearing Clinic Fund
Raleigh County Society For Crippled Children and Adults Inc
Jack Clemens
Richard Sepkowski
Reen Eachus
Diana Hontgas
Mary Cook
Clemens
Paul Hayner
Mike Eckler
Steve Bair
Eugene Foster
C. R. Brown
al Braun
Anthony DeMaiori
Beta Sigma Phi
Bank of Raleigh
Beckettsville Drama Draws State Officials at Show
Leigh County school superintendent E. M. Ashworth and State Treasurer John Kelly praised the outdoor drama Honey by Dr. Kermit Hunter after seeing the show. Kelly called the first act the pleas antest 50 minutes he had spent. Ashworth, now with vocational education, favored Honey over Unto These Hills. Tomlinson, costume designer for Stratford and New York engagements, attended Beckley for Betsy Roberts and Douglas Gilmer's wedding. Ruth Clark and Jack Foster from last year’s cast joined Thursday’s audience.
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Leigh County
E. M. Ashworth
Kermit Hunter
John Kelly
Kelly
Ashworth
State Department of Education
Hunter
Tomlinson
Stratford
Ontario
Canada
New York City
Beckley
Betsy Roberts
Douglas Gilmer
Miss Roberts
Gilmer
Ruth Clark
Jack Foster
Shady Spring Escapee Found in Prison Area
Mrs Goldie Lambert and three companions escape the State Prison for Women at Peace Springs. They were recaptured the next day after wandering in the 205 acre facility grounds. Additional year added to sentences for the group. Lambert serves 5 to 18 years for shotgun slaying. others 2 to 10 years for forgery.
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Goldie Mae Lambert
Shady Spring
Peace Springs
Lambert
Elizabeth McCoy
Mingo County
Violet Webb
Hinton
Judy O'Meara
Kanawha County
Grace Gose
George Frazier
Jimmy Crue
Sandy
Gcse
Two Divorces Granted in Raleigh County Court
Judge Norman Knapp signed orders granting two divorce decrees in Raleigh County Circuit Court. Nina Mae Honaker vs Harry L Honaker and Anna Faye Herrera vs Joe Herrera each awarded custody to the plaintiff for one child. One additional case, John H Dodd Jr Js David Floyd and The Chesapeake and Potomac Telephone Co of West Virginia, was dismissed.
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Raleigh County
Norman Knapp
Nina Mae Honaker
Harry L. Honaker
Anna Faye Herrera
Joe Herrera
John H. Dodd Jr
David Floyd
Chesapeake and Potomac Telephone Co
West Virginia
Death notices and funeral announcements from Sweeneyburg and area
Mrs Eliza Susan Daniels age 46 of Sweeneyburg died at 145 am Wednesday August 29 in a local hospital Funeral services are set for 2 pm Friday August 31 at Sweeneyburg Baptist Church with Revs C H Painter Shirley Donnelly and Robert Perry officiating Burial will follow in the Family Cemetery in Sweeneyburg Body remains at Rose and Quesenberry Funeral Chapel 1901 South Kanawha Street until one hour before funeral time when moved to church to lie in state Arrangements by Rose Quesenberry Funeral Chapel Lawrence Cecil Hamby 84 of Fairdale died at 745 pm Tuesday August 28 at Hilltop Nursing Home near Oak Hill Funeral services 2 pm Friday August 31 at Fairdale Community Church with Revs John Richardson and Gerald Hawley officiating Burial in Sunset Memorial Park Body at Rose and Quesenberry Funeral Chapel until moved to church one hour before service for lie in state Ermon L Tom Horton 55 of Crab Orchard formerly of Maben died at noon Thursday August 30 in a local hospital Funeral services 2 pm Sunday September 2 at Sophias Gospel Tabernacle with Rev Okey Cox and Rev Harold McVey officiating Burial in Coal City Cemetery Active pallbearers listed Body moved from Williams Funeral Home Sophia to Crab Orchard residence at 4 pm Saturday September 1 Williams Funeral Home
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Daniels Daniels
Eliza Susan
Sweeneyburg
Sweeneyburg Baptist Church
C. H.painter
Shirley Donnelly
Robert Perry
Rose and Quesenberry
Kanawha Street
Rose & Quesenberry Funeral Chapel
Hamby Hambey
Lawrence Cecil
Fairdale
Hilltop Nursing Home
Oak Hill
John Richardson
Gerald Hawley
Sunset Memorial Park
South
Bntil
Horton Horton
Ermon L. Tom
Crab Orchard
Maben
Sophia’ Gospel Tabernacle
Okey Cox
Harold McVey
Coal City
Jim Bowers
Joe Hale
Forrest Birchfield
Bob Hayworth
Aubrey Halsey
Walter Keaton
Jess Durham
Glen Sizemore
Williams
Sophia
Williams Funeral Home
Seven Area Students Named Fresh Guides
Seven area students will join nine other coed volunteers to help 1962 freshmen navigate West Virginia University during orientation September 10 to 16. Beckley locals Harold B. Cook Anthony B Casali Harold C Casali and Chris Sarandon Jr. are joined by Larry J. Lilly of Pineville and Barbara Cook of Mullens as guides.
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West, Virginia University
Harold B. Cook
Slab Fork
Anthony B. Casali
Harold C. Casali
Chris Sarandon Jr
Beckley
Larry J. Lilly
Pineville
Barbara Cook
Mullens
Economy of the Congo Based on Mineral Deposits
The article notes the Congo’s economy centers on vast mineral wealth with extensive deposits of copper uranium diamonds cobalt tin zinc and gold. Florists
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The
Congo
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