Curtain Callers Ready Teahouse of the August Moon Opening
Curtain Callers overcome production hurdles for Teahouse of the August Moon. Make up crews rebuilt spaces to color 25 actors as islanders with help from Japan native coach Terry Carter. A plywood jeep model and 500 dollar spotlight join meticulous sewing bees boosting authentic costumes and stage extensions for opening March 3.
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Teek Rice Register
Teahouse
CC Carpenters
Brown
Drive Termed Successful Contributions Total $1900 For Heart Fund
Residents of Raleigh County opened their hearts wide to Heart Sunday volunteers. The campaign raised about $1900 to support heart fund efforts and community health outreach.
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Raleigh County
Heart
Science Camp Workers To Be Honored By U
West Virginia University and regional participants will be honored at a campus program in Elizabeth Moore Hall on Tuesday February 23. Camp Director Charles N Cochran says 26 area people will take part in the 8 pm event open to the public. The National Youth Science Camp brings top science students from all 50 states to WV for expense free trips and a three week summer program in Pocahontas County.
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Morgantown
West Virginia University
Charles N. Cochran
WVU
Elizabeth Moore Hall
Cochran
West Virginia
Pocahontas County
State of
WVU Appalachian Center
Incoming President Welcomed at First Assembly of God Men’s Fellowship
Bill Hickman welcomed Ferman Richardson as incoming president at the Saturday Men’s Fellowship meeting in the church social room. Frank Honaker was elected vice president and Raymond Kidd secretary-treasurer succeeding Bill French. About 67 members attended a banquet with group members handling table service. Hostesses included Mrs. Ruby Hickman, Mrs. Rhoda Vandell, Mrs. Myrtle Kidd, Mrs. Jerry Honaker, and Mrs. Raymond Kidd.
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Bill Hickman
Sident
First Assembly of God Church
Ferman Richardson
Frank Honaker
Raymond Kidd
Bill French
Ruby Hickman
Rhoda Vandell
Myrtle Kidd
Jerry Honaker
Burial Insurance Sold By Mail Ad Promises Simple Coverage
A Fort Worth Texas mail order ad for Old Line Legal Reserve Life Insurance offers burial policies with no medical exam and the possibility of at least $1000 coverage. It targets ages 40 to 90, promises no agent calls, and invites readers to mail back name address and year of birth to Central Life Insurance Co. in Fort Worth.
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Legal Reserve Life Insurance
Central Life Insurance Co
West Rose
Fort Worth 4
Texas
Diabetes Nerve Changes and Foot Conditions Advice
Readers ask about diabetic neuropathy treatments and cure chances. Diabetic nerve changes vary. some improve with vitamin therapy and high protein diets, liver extract, or better diabetes control though initial worsening may occur. Over 40 diabetics without other causes have limited relief. Corn between toes is a fungal soft corn, not true corn. treat with salicylic acid or Whitfield’s ointment as directed. Cellulitis and erysipelas are distinct skin infections. both recur but immunity is not guaranteed. Charcoal broiled meat has no proven cancer risk in studies.
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Whitfield
Police Nab 9 At Cock Fight Saturday Night
Nine people were arrested at a cock fight in a farmer's barn near San Lick Saturday at 10 30 p m. Gilmer Athey of Sand Lick was held as the operator and fined 58 dollars. The others were fined 13 dollars each by Magistrate Louis A Gall Jr. of Trap Hill District. Troopers reported two roosters fought inside a pit while spectators bet. Some arrestees had prior charges from a raid at Turkey Creek about a week earlier.
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Beckley Detachment
State Police
Trap Hill
San Lick
Gilmer Athey
Sand Lick
Athey
Louis A. Gall Jr
Turkey Creek
Three Accidents Reported Here Beckley Weekend
Beckley Police investigated three traffic accidents over the weekend resulting in 380 damage with no injuries or charges. A Sunday collision at Third Avenue and Neville Street involved Barbara Washington 17 and Rosa Duff 66, both claiming green lights, with 105 damage. Saturday incidents on Prince Street included Margie Lilly and George Tully in a 150 damage left turn, and Ronald Licketer 16 and Ozie Redic 63 in a 125 damage collision on Prince from Heber Street.
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Beckley
Third Avenue
Neville Street
Barbara Washington
Segmon St
Rosa Duff
Pinecrest Sanitarium
Prince Street
North Kanawha Street
Margie Lee Lilly
Rt. 3
George J. Tully
Russell Sr
Prince
Ronald L. Licketer
Temple St
Ozie Redic
Jenkin Jones
Heber Street
Engineers Honor Outstanding Students At Local Observance
The Appalachian Chapter of the West Virginia Society of Professional Engineers hosts a 7 p.m. banquet at El Chico for top high school students in math and science from the tri county area as National Engineers Week observance continues. Dr. Gerhard H. Beyer of Virginia Tech delivers The Next Hundred Years. Students honored include Janice Branham Baileysville Brenda Coleman Conley John Duda Jr Collins Thomas Martin William Jackson Woodrow Wilson Roger Russell Marsh Fork Robert Browning Jr Pineville Mike McGraw Glen Rogers James Stevenson Hern don David Testerman Mark Charles Fugate Nuttall Steven Lowry Sophia James Humphrey Mount Hope Eugene Nichols Oceana W Allen Baker Fayetteville Alvin L Bowles Stratton Arthur Matheny Mullens Ronnie D. Lilly Shady Spring Jackie Lee Johnson Ansted Victor Gibson Stoco Jerry Lowe Clear Fork Basil Plumley Rich es Wayne Young Trapill. Each receives a pocket slide rule with a faculty member or principal at dinner. Beckley Engineers Week chair C. T. Shackelford, and Appalachian Chapter president Robert R. McClung are noted.
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Tricounty
Appalachian
West Virginia Society of Professional Engineers
el Chico
National Engineers
Gerhard H. Beyer
Virginia Polytechnic Institute
Janice Branham
Baileysville
Brenda Coleman
Conley
John Duda Jr
Collins
Thomas Martin
William Jackson
Woodrow Wilson
Roger Russell
Marsh Fork
Robert Browning Jr
Pineville
Mike McGraw
Glen Rogers
James Stevenson
Herndon
David Testerman
Mark Or
Charles Fugate
Nuttall
Steven Lowry
Sophia
James Humphrey
Mount Hope
Eugene Nichols
Oceana
W. Allen Baker
Fayetteville
Alvin L. Bowles
Stratton
Arthur Matheny
Mullens
Ronnie D. Lilly
Shady Spring
Jackie Lee Johnson
Ansted
Victor Gibson
Stoco
Jerry Lowe
Clear Fork
Basil Plumley
Riches
Wayne Young
Trapill
Chapter of
Engineers
Beckley
C. T. Shackelford
Beckley Area
National Awards Open For West Virginia Nominatio
Gov. Hulett C. Smith announces 1964 national awards of 1000 dollars each for individuals and groups whose volunteer work improved community welfare. Nominations due March 20 to West Virginia Department of Commerce, with Lane Bryant Awards accepting by April 5. The panel includes Andrew Goodman, Robert F. Kennedy, Henry Cabot Lodge, Thurgood Marshall, and Rosemary Park.
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Hulett C. Smith
Smith
West Virginia
National Awards Committee
Lane Bryant
New York City
Gov. Smith
West Virginia Department of Commerce
Govrnor
Roder M. Collison
West Virginia Department
U.S
Thurgood Marshall
Rosemary Park
Barnard College
Telephone Co Sets Free Films Of Bernstein Concerts
The Chesapeake and Potomac Telephone Company offers 16 millimeter black and white films of three Leonard Bernstein Young People's Concerts. The CBS telecasts from Philharmonic Hall feature Bernstein narrating and conducting the New York Philharmonic. The programs include What Is A Sonata Yes What Is A Sonata built around Mozart's Jupiter Symphony, Young Performers, and Sibelius 100th Anniversary.
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Leonard Bernstein
Chesapeake and Potomac Telephone Company
Bernstein
New York Philharmonic
Bell
CBS
Philharmonic Hall
Lincoln Center For the Performing Arts
New York City
Koechel
Ravel
Raleigh County BYF Plans Wiener Roast
The Raleigh County BYF invites all groups to a 7 p m wiener roast at the Dry Hill Prosperity community building indoors by the fireplace due to bad weather. The Folk Singers Three will provide special music Cheryl Toombs Gary Bailey and Don Shanklin join in group singing games and refreshments follow.
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Raleigh County Byf
Dry Hill
Ray Walls
County Byf
Folk Singers Three
Cheryl Toombs
Gary Bailey
Don Shanklin
Walls
Raleigh County
Runway Floats Away at McMurdo Sound
The U S Navy reported one of its skiway runways at McMurdo Sound Antarctica cracked and floated out into the sound. An Atlantic Fleet spokesman said the incident involved more than 3500 feet of runway and was not on an aircraft carrier.
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Norfolk, Va
UPI
U.S. Navy
McMurdo Sound
Antarctica
Atlantic Fleet Headquarters
Hodel Improves After Stroke At Home
Charles Hodel, publisher of a local newspaper, is in fair condition at Raleigh General Hospital after suffering a stroke at his home on February 5. He was described as critical by hospital spokesmen until Saturday when his condition began improving.
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Hodel
Charles Hodel
Raleigh General Hospital
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