Schools Use Science For You Column In Local Schools
Raleigh County schools praise the Science For You feature by Bob Brown and Barbara Black as a valued teaching aid. Principals and teachers report students clip panels, perform home experiments, and report findings, using the drawings in fourth through sixth grades. Superintendent Sherman Trail notes the format sparks interest, while Brown confirms a 10 year syndicate contract and potential summer project plans.
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Bob Brown
Barbara Black
Thorne
Betty Wilkes
New Crab Orchard School
Beckley Police Court collects 294 in fines and bonds
The Beckley Police Court gathered 294 from bond forfeitures and fines in a Monday night session. Pleas included Everts Richmond for destroying property with a 5 fine and costs, Shirley Gwinn on drunk driving with 108 bond forfeiture and license revocation for six months, and several others forfeiting smaller bonds for traffic and driving violations. Six defendants forfeited a total of 106 for drunkenness.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Beckley
Everts Richmond
Pemberton
Edward P. Stansbury
Richmond
Liz
Neville Street
Stansbury
Howard Little
Shirley Lee Gwinn
Lloyd Hershey
California
David Powell
Lawrence Thorne
Frank Nolan
Sophia
Delbert Hanshaw
Kincaid
Hanshaw
M. E. Tyree
Capt. Tyree
Beckley Tennis Club Eyes Swim-Tennis Complex on Ewart Ave
Beckley club seeks public input on a new swimming tennis facility at the Ewart Avenue courts. Plans include a 35 by 75 foot heated pool, four and a half months of swimming, snack bar, dressing rooms, lifeguards, and professional instructors for swim and tennis. Interested residents are urged to contact vice president Isadore Wein for details.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Beckley Tennis Club
Ewart Avenue
Beckyy
Isadore RK. Wein
Wein
Sophia Students Take First Aid
Twenty one Sophia High School students completed an American Red Cross first aid course. Eddie Zopp, Raleigh County Chapter first aid chair, noted 26 class periods of 55 minutes each. Instructor was Arlene M Meadows. Participants included Connie Barr Linda Collins Betty Cozart Juanita Crawford Linda Lou Davis Beverly Eddings Loretta Nancy Haga Nancy Housekneteh Marianne Farley Dolly Howerton Bonnie Jones Sandra Kay Lambert Sandra Lavis Wanda Lester Donna Meadows Drema Meadows Frances Polk Rea Ann Ray Sharon Souder Brenda Green.
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Sophia High School
Eddie Zopp
Raleigh County
Arlene M Meadows
Connie Barr
Linda Collins
Betty Cozart
Juanita Crawford
Linda Lou Davis
Beverly Eddings
Loretta
Nancy Haga
Nancy Housekneteh
Marianne Farley
Dolly Howerton
Bonnie Jones
Ministers Praise County Legislators Over Liquor Hearing
The Beckley Area Ministerial Association sent a telegram to Raleigh County lawmakers praising the fair open hearing on liquor by the drink. They opposed the bill that would allow West Virginians to vote on the issue in the 1960 election, while endorsing the hearing process.
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Raleigh County
Beckley Area
Fayette- Raleigh-Wyoming
Tri-County
West
West Virginia tax debate widens amid budget strains
House Majority Leader faces waning support as lawmakers debate new taxes to fund schools and roads. Legislative auditor C H Koontz estimates a coal loading tax could raise about $625,240, based on 1,421 machines averaging 11 tons, with further gains if steam shovels are taxed. A statewide income tax bill advances, while a mental health measure awaits. Special calendar looming Feb 25.
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Hall
C. H. Koontz
Legislative
Koontz
West Virginia
House Finance Committee
Julius Singleton
D. Monongalia
Ivor O. Bolarsky
D-Kanawha
Stalling and calendar games mark the February session
The Rules Committee uses a special calendar to block opposing bills, while sessions drag toward adjournment. Speaker Harry R. Pauley holds steady amid infighting and calls for fair play. Liquor resolutions face uncertain fate as proponents push for reintroduction, though no committee plans have formed yet. The Mth session nears its end with unemployment in focus.
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Rules Committee
Harry R. Pauley
Temperance Committee
Register
Don Robertson
D-Harrison
Robertson
Mother Of MacArthur Man Dies In Virginia
Arr ie Eller aged 76 died at 1055 p m Tuesday at her Damascus Virginia home. She was mother of M M Eller of MacArthur. Funeral arrangements remain incomplete.
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MacArthur
Virginia
Arrie Eller
M. M. Eller
Damascus
Indignation and Indolence Inspires Ineffable Interest
A compact notice surveys a spectrum of enduring traits from indignation to infatuation, highlighting how certain qualities endure as indelible marks. The list underscores contradictions between action and inaction and hints at the irreducible nature of some dispositions.
Fire Destroys Garage and Trucks at Lillybrook
A Lillybrook Coal Company 16 unit garage burned near midnight Monday. Three company trucks, a one ton and two one and one half ton vehicles, were destroyed. Damages not yet estimated but expected to be high. Cause under investigation.
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Lillybrook
Lillybrook Coal Company
Moonshine Still Basis For 4 Local Arrests
A Raleigh home seizure led to four local arrests tied to a 40 gallon moonshine still found by U S Treasury Alcohol and Tobacco Tax Division agents. Ernest Walker first arrested for possession. Fox, Dillard and Spradley later detained in Raleigh County Jail with bonds posted for Fox 1500 and Dillard 500. Spradley to have hearing. two cars owned by Fox and Dillard seized. Walker faces federal action after initially being released on a paper appearance.
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Raleigh
U. S. Treasury Department
Alcohol and Tobacco Tax Division
Ernest Walker
Walker
John Fox
Ralph Dillard
Carlo Spradley
Beckley
Fox
Dillard
U. S
W. A. Riffe
U.S. Southern Federal District Court
Huntington
Spradley
Riffe
Fox and Dillard
Wreck Victim's Services Set At Flat Top
Funeral services for Lewayne Wood will be held at the Flat Top Primitive Baptist Church at 2 p.m. Friday, Elder Jessie I Bowing of Beckley officiating. He was 21 and died Sunday in an automobile crash at Grants New Mexico. Burial follows in the family cemetery at Flat Top. The body will arrive Bluefield Thursday at 8 a.m. and be taken to the home of his parents Mr and Mrs John Wood Dunns. Bailey Funeral Home Princeton handles arrangements.
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Flat Top
Lewayne Wood
Flat Top Primitive Baptist Church
Jessie I. Bowling
Beckley
Wood
Grants
N. M
Bluefield
John Wood. Dunns
Bailey Funeral Home
Princeton
Vaught Services Set in Denbeigh Virginia
Funeral services for 0 T Vaught 48 of Denbeigh Va formerly of Beckley and Winding Gulf will be conducted today in Denbeigh He died Monday night at his residence after a heart attack He was born August 14 1910 in Goodwins Ferry Va a son of Mr and Mrs B T Vaught of Newport Va He was a railroad brakeman at the Naval Mine Depot in Yorktown Va Surviving are his wife Ruth Prince Vaught five daughters four sons four brothers four sisters and five grandchildren
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0. T. Vaught
Denbeigh
Beckley
Winding Gulf
Vaught
Goodwin's Ferry
B. T. Vaught
Newport
Naval Mine
Yorktown
Virginia
Raleigh County
Ruth Prince Vaught
Doris Ann Bowling
Harriett
Polly
Marion
Ruth Ellen
Janet Lynn Vaught
Glen Vaught
Seaford
Karl
Pete Vaught
Palmer Vaught
Lawrence Vaught
Newport News
Williamsburg
James Vaught
Beatrice Gravely
Hazel Bolen
Portsmouth
Virginia Ward
Mabscott
Edna Wickline
Hinton
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Connie Via
Freddie Sharrett
Gloria Riddle
Billy Whitecotton
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Betty Vandivort
Betty
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Crescent Road School
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Wyoming
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The
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Mullens, W. VA
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Neville St
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BNC Printing
Couron
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