District Voice Contest Tonight in five counties
The five county Voice of Democracy Contest is rescheduled for 7 30 p m at WWNR Radio Station with participants from Raleigh Summers Greenbrier Monroe and Fayette counties. Miss Dianna Williams Mark Twain High School winner will compete for district honors.
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WWNR
John Taylor
Raleigh
Summers
Greenbrier
Monroe
Fayette
Dianna Williams
Mark Twain High School
Lew Sheffler
Veterans of Foreign Wars
B. Billo Williams
Tams
Orwinettee Hebb
Vernon
Hebb
Shady Spring
Wayne Moye
Calvin Moye
Glen Morgan
Dianne
Charleston
Coal Town
America
Fund Raising Events Planned by Lester Firemen
Lester Volunteer Fire Department plans a square dance and dinner to raise 1800 dollars for a new fire truck. Special meeting to set final plans later this month. Tentative dates are February 23 for the dance and March 2 for the dinner.
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Lester Firemen
Lester
Lester Volunteer Fire Department
Woodrow Wilson High selects delegates for state day
Woodrow Wilson High School names Delores Williams and Hartsell Beckett as delegates for the Know Your State Government Day in Charleston on Feb. 25. Delores, 16, is Mabscott native and active in cheer, Bible Club, Flying Eagle Band, and Drama. she aims for Marshall University after graduation. Hartsel, Crab Orchard, maintains a 3.60 average in a technical program, serves as church youth president, plays basketball, and aspires to West Point engineering education.
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Woodrow Wilson’ High School
Charleston
Delores Williams
Hartsell Beckett
Delores
Wayman Williams
Pershing Ave
Mabscott
Bible Club
Flying Eagle Band
Marshall University
Calvary Baptist Church of
Baptist Youth Fellowship
Mason H. Beckett
Crab Orchard
Hartsel
Beckley Junior High School
Woodrow Wilson High School
Raleigh County
Two Bears Seen Emerging in Raleigh County Farm Area
A Raleigh County farm reports large brown bear tracks across a 200 acre property after a cow barn incident. Conservation officer Lawrence Berkel says bears here are not true hibernators and seeks nonlethal caution as bears emerge with warmer weather. Another sighting near Prince was reported about a week earlier.
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Raleigh
Clyde Oakes
Blue Jay Six Road
Prince
MacArthur Church Forms Active Junior Choir
The Jun ior Choir at Bethel Freewill Baptist Church in MacArthur was organized in June under director Glen Gunnoe. The growing group includes many members across five rows with names listed, highlighting its status among MacArthur’s active youth ensembles.
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MacArthur
Bethel Freewill Baptist Church
Glen Gunnoe
Auxiliary Plans Spring Session for District 6 Conference
Mrs. Douglas Starkey and Mrs. Louise Cheatwood head a committee planning the April spring conference at American Legion Post 70 on South Fayette Street. Unit 70 sets Patriotic Sunday February 17 with Phillip Matthews as speaker and will attend Ebenezer Baptist Church March 10 in a group. About 40 members attended under Mrs. C. C. Hembrick.
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Douglas Starkey
Louise Cheatwood
American Legion Auxiliary District 6
American Legion Post 70
South Fayette Street
Legion Auxiliary Unit 70
Phillip Matthews
Ebenezer Baptist Church
C. C. Hembrick
Tuberculosis Proves Highly Contagious In Lab Study
A Baltimore VA Hospital Johns Hopkins team finds ultraviolet treated air reduces tuberculosis exposure but untreated air infects guinea pigs at rates comparable to measles. The study suggests Tuberculosis and measles share strong airborne contagiousness under certain conditions and urges periodic health checks.
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PTA
Baltimore VA
Veterans Administration
Johns Hopkins University School of Hygiene and Public Health
Maryland Tuberculosis Association
Raleigh ‘County
Tuberculosis and Health Association
Lin da Suzie Miller Birthday Party Hosted at Miller Home
The seventh birthday party for Lin da Suzanne Miller was hosted by her parents Mr. and Mrs. Clarence Miller. Prizes went to Larry Oliver Melissa Price Timothy Sprouse and Eugene Oliver. Other guests included Meleah Hinte Patty Creed Carol Sue Bowles Alice Jenkins Janet Woods Frances Stonestreet Michael Sprouse Larry Oliver Herb Hinte and Jerry Woods with Ella Mae Miller Gladys Honaker Carol Honaker Deanna Jenkins and George Summers assisting.
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Gladys Honaker
Carol Honaker
Deanna Jenkins
George Summers
Beckleyan Enrolls At Wheaton College
Evelyn W. Woodsworth Beckley of Route 3 Beckley enrolled as a junior for the second semester of 1962 63 at Wheaton College Wheaton Illinois. She attended Los Angeles High School UCLA and Columbia University and has been a missionary to Tanganyika where she served as editorial secretary at a mission headquarters. She has taught in high school.
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Wheaton College
Wheaton, Ill
Evelyn W. Woodsworth
Beckley
Los Angeles High School
University of California At Los Angeles
Columbia University
Tanganyike
Igh
Two First Aid Calls In Beckley Rescue Squad Responds
Beckley Fire Department Rescue Squad answered two first aid calls on Wednesday. At 1 p.m. responders found 71 year old Mike Mihalko on Heber Street ill and transported him by ambulance to Beckley Memorial Hospital in satisfactory condition. At 3 p.m. crew treated Charles Price Jr. on East Park who was ill but did not require emergency care.
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Beckley
Bradley PTA program features dropouts topic and songs
James B. Deck spoke to the Bradley Elementary Parent Teacher Association on Dropouts and What We Can Do to Help Them. The program under Miss Beverly McClung included the song American Hymn scripture readings prayer a skit There Are Many Flags In Many Lands and performances by Pamela Thorne Eileen Renfro and others. Students wore red white and blue costumes and coffee and doughnuts followed the business session led by president Alexander Pishner.
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James B. Deck
State Area
Parent-Teacher Association
Bradley
Beverly McClung
George Davis
Daniel Stevenson
Gary Chambers
Walter Broyles
Pamela Thorne
Eileen Renfro
Brenda Daniels
Raymond Harrah
Denny Redden
Byron Stover
Janie Stane
Janet Hornsby
Brenda Williams
Vicki Partin
Kathleen Reid
Red Cross Appeal urged as spring floods loom
Readers are urged to support Red Cross as experts warn of potential spring flood risk. Donations fund relief work, shelter, and emergency supplies for affected communities.
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Red Cross
Presbyterians To Hear Missionary Describe Work In Korea
Presbyterian missionary John Malcolm McBryde Jr. will speak at Beck ley Presbyterian Church family night at 6 45 p m Wednesday. He administers Graham Memorial Hospital in Kwangju Korea a TB hospital with 200 beds serving about 125 outpatients daily. The hospital trains Medical College students and operates daily chapel services for staff and patients. McBryde and his wife on furlough since 1963 plan to return to Korea. they have four children and reside in Decatur Georgia.
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John Malcolm McBryde Jr
Beckley Presbyterian Church
McBryde
Graham Memorial Hospital
Kwangju
Korea
Medical College
Provincial University
Graham Memorial
Chosun University
Sally Wilhoit
Dayton Beach
Fla
Decatur
Duplin County
N. C
Staunton, Va
Davidson College
Spartan School of Airport Management
Duke University Medical School
Hos
Pital
St. Agnes Hospital
Raleigh
Duke University Hospital
Durham
Good Samaritan Hospital
Lexington
Maxwell Street Presbyterian Church
McBrydes
John Malcolm III
Hugh Darby
Ryan Lloyd
Frances
Beckley College names 107 students to Dean's List
One hundred seven Beckley College students earned Dean's List honors for the first semester with a B average or better. The list covers students from Beckley and many other towns including Daniels Sophia Shady Spring and Charleston with numerous named individuals and hometowns.
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Beckley College
Jeannette Horton
Geraldine A. Akers
Larry E. Anderson
Ronald L. Bailey
Miriam B. Brown
Betty M. Burns
Barbara J. Canaday
Frank M. Cipolat
Carol S. Crawford
Lillianne T. Davis
Verla M
Sandra K. Lambert
Vera L. Williams
Sophia
Adeeb
Eddie) Bassitt
St. Albans
Tracy A. Bayliss
Alexandria
Robert E. Bolen
Kilsyth
Leslie R. Bostwick
Judith L.kafer
Middlesex
N. J
Alice F. Bowen
Itmann
Eric L. Bozo
Scarbro
John D
Coal City
Beulah O. Farley
Sylvia L. Todd
Mabscott
Jo Ann Gibson
Shelma M. McClanahan
Shady Spring
Lawrence E. Ferguson
Glen Daniel
Margaret Ann Glover
Links Grove
Martin L. Good
Jimmy H. Dixon
William J. Whitlock Jr
Oak Hill
Kenneth C. Gyovai
Noama
John R. Hamlin
Commodities Distribution in Sprague and Skelton Areas
Commodities will be distributed at the Sprague Freewill Baptist Church on Wednesday from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. and Thursday from 8 a.m. to noon. Mrs. Ora Mejias, agent, says applications will be filled out by a Sprague warehouse representative. Heads of households should bring Social Security numbers. Commodities will also be available today and Wednesday from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. at the home of Mrs. Percy Fountain, Skelton, agent. Recipients should bring containers.
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Sprague Freewill Baptist Church
Ora Mejias
Sprague Warehouse
Percy Fountain
Skelton
Olivia Bibb Wins Homemaker of Tomorrow Award at Woodrow Wilson
Olivia Bibb daughter of Mr and Mrs E Earle Bibb Jr 318 Park Ave earns the Betty Crocker Homemaker of Tomorrow award at Woodrow Wilson High School for highest score on a knowledge and aptitude test given to senior girls on December 4 She becomes eligible for state Homemaker of Tomorrow with a 1500 scholarship prize for the state winner and a 500 prize for the runner up The school of the state winner receives an Encyclopedia Britannica set The state winner will join other winners on an expense paid educational tour to New York City Washington DC and Colonial Williamsburg next spring
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Olivia Cooper Bibb
E. Earle Bibb Jr
Park Ave
Betty Crocker
New York City
Washington, D. C
Colonial Williamsburg
Science Research Associates
Chicago
Olivia
West Virginia Education Association
Raven's President Speaks Here Tuesday
Lloyd Cook, president of Ravens Metal Products and Financial Development and Research Corp., will address local stockholders Tuesday at 7 p.m. The meeting will be held at the Greenbrier Dairy Products Building. All interested parties are invited.
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Lloyd Cook
Raven’s Metal Products and Financial Development and Research Corp
Greenbrier Dairy Products
Cook
Hospital Employees Receive Service Pins at Beckley VA
Beckley Veterans Administration Hospital held an awards ceremony where hospital director Dr. R C Jones presented a 20 year pin to William G Arrington. Six staff earned 15 year pins Willis R Smith Basil H Hall Howard H Gwinn Spurgeon McBride Roy B McGraw and Lando L Skelton. Four others received 10 year pins: Helen R Bazzarre Gertrude C Riffe James R Stanley and Willie B Farley.
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R. C. Jones
William G. Arrington
Willis R. Smith
Basil H. Hall
Howard H. Gwinn
Spurgeon McBride
Roy B. McGraw
Lando L. Skelton
Helen R. Bazzarre
Gertrude C. Riffe
James R. Stanley
Willie B. Farley
Eagle Scouts Honored at Appalachian Council Dinner
Dale Mosslander, Seneca District Boy Scout executive, spoke at the Appalachian Council Eagle Dinner about the importance, opportunities, and challenges of being a Scout.
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Appalachian Council
Boy Scouts of America
Dale Mosslander
Seneca District
Mosslander
Quartet Composed of Beckley Musicians Seated at Jefferson Temple
The convention was held in Jefferson Temple with Dr. Harley E Bailey as pastor. The left to right lineup includes Ralph Ellison lead Robert Rose baritone Bill Williams bass Marvin Lee pianist and Bob Reid.
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Sburg Quartet
Beckley
Jefferson Temple
Harley E. Bailey
Ralph Ellison
Robert Rose
Bill Williams
Marvin Lee
Bob Reid
Fire Chief Takes Control Of Rhodell Department
Rhodell council grants Fire Chief Alex Huybert full charge of the Rhodell Volunteer Fire Department. He will supervise equipment purchases and repairs, control tools, and assign duties including a worker from ADCU to tend fires at the Fire House and City Hall. Security measures include locking the Fire House door and restricting ride-alongs to authorized personnel.
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Rhodell
RNS
Alex Huybert
Huybert
Hugbert
Gabor Gombos
Charley Farruggio
Asthma Formula Now Sold Without Prescription
The asthma formula most prescribed by doctors for private patients is now available without a prescription. Primatene tablets relieve bronchial congestion, stop attacks in minutes, and provide hours of relief with eight medicines working together. Priced at 98 cents at drugstores.
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New York
N. Y
PTA And Band Mothers Meet At Stotesbury Tonight
The Mark Twain School PTA will meet at 7:30 in the library and Band Mothers Club at 6:30. Mrs. Clarence Meadows will speak on Our School with a roundtable on improving it. Parents should bring one constructive suggestion. Refreshments provided by Stotesbury patrons chaired by Mrs. Burdette McKinney.
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Stotesbury
BNS
Mark Twain School
Clarence Meadows
Burdette McKinney
New Jersey Visitors Attend Bradshaw Funeral in Summersville
Mr. and Mrs. Hobart Bradshaw of Summersville New Jersey visit in the home of Mr. and Mrs. F D Blaney at 104 Westmoreland Street. They attended the funeral Sunday of his father Edward Bradshaw and Mrs Bradshaw is Blaney's niece.
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New Jersey
Hobart Bradshaw
Summersville
N. J
F. D. Blaney
Westmoreland St
Bradshaws
Edward Bradshaw
Bradshaw
Ls Blaney
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Vicky Richmond
Sinda Matics
Brenda Cobb
Sandra Basham
Mary Phillips
Janet Green
Denecia Stover
Deborah Wooten
Betty Cobb
Kathy Riddle
Bon
Nie Edwards
Deborah McGuire
Mary Hand
Donna Gregg
Shelma Gray
Drema Calhoun
David Reid
Mike Walls
Wayne Gunnoe
Russel Gray
Larry Basham
Gary McGuire
Donald Holdern
Donna
Beckleyan
Bradley Pta
Alexander Pishner
Sprague, Skelton
Olivia Bibb
Homemaker’s
First Baptist Church
Raven
Beckley Veterans Administration Hospital
Eagle Scouts
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Parkers
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Parkersburg
Mid-Ohio Singing Convent
Sthsastent
ADCU
City Hall
Roy Smith
J. K. Cole
National Board of Fire Underwriters
United States
R. D. Watts
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