Visiting Parents View Daniels Elementary Open House
Parents at Daniels Elementary School toured classrooms during an evening open house aimed at modeling school status. Teachers demonstrated normal instruction with parents seated as students, while the school highlights reading placement, English, spelling, math, and science projects. A special committee will score the school next Friday on its model school efforts.
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Daniels Elementary
Daniels
ANS
Stuart Gose
Science Research and Associates
Florida Authorities To Pick Up Prisoner
Donald Curtis Wolford of 1104 Johnstown Road is held in Raleigh County Jail awaiting Florida authorities after a deputy sheriff arrested him on a Florida fugitive from justice warrant. Wolford, charged on a Florida felony warrant, was jailed at 12:02 a.m. Sunday after a hearing before Magistrate Cotton White who sentenced him to 30 days. Also released were Robert Dale Lane Crab Orchard after a drunk driving sentence, William Gray Page after a non
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Donald Curtis Wolford
Johnstown Road
Raleigh
Florida
Wolford
Cotton White
Robert Dale Lane
Crab Orchard
William Gray
Page
Arnold Lambert
Pemberton
Davis Said 'Fair' After Surgery at Beckley Memorial
Lucien Davis of 209 Woodlawn Ave. is reported in fair condition today at Beckley Memorial Hospital after undergoing surgery Saturday.
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Lucien Davis
Woodlawn Ave
Beckley Memorial Hospital
Davis
Changovay Rites Set Wednesday
Funeral arrangements for Paul Changovay, 73, Bradley, are changed to 11 a.m. Wednesday at St. Nicholas Orthodox Church with Rev. Father John Newcombe officiating. Body to arrive at 9:15 a.m. at the church. Changoway died Monday in Hill Top nursing home after several weeks illness.
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Paul Changovay
Bradley
St. Nicholas Orthodox Church
Peace Chapel of the Rose and Quesenberry Funeral Home
John Newcombe
Changoway
Hill Top Nursing Home
New High School Standards Discussed by Board Group
The Raleigh County Board of Education adopted new high school standards were discussed by the Secondary Principals Association at its Monday meeting in El Chico. The group also covered plans for the state principals meeting in Martinsburg on April 9 and 10.
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Raleigh County Board of Education
Secondary Principals’ Association
el Chico
Martinsburg
Dr Mitchell in Hospital Fair Condition at Beckley
Dr. Mitchell R. C. presently remains in fair condition at Beckley Hospital. He has been there since Thursday for observation and treatment. Also listed in fair condition is Ted Jenny of Beckley admitted Sunday after injuries from a motorcycle crash near Eccles.
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R. C. Mitchell
Sophia
Beckley Hospital
Ted Jenny
Beckley
Eccles
House Debates Minimum Wage Bill and Workmen’s Compensation
The House discussed a state minimum wage measure setting 75 cents an hour for regular staff and 45 cents for tipped workers, with exemptions for small employers. The bill faces Senate fate amid opposition from medical groups. A separate Workmen’s Compensation proposal, at amendment stage, would raise payments by at least $3 weekly and provide extra for widows of coal miners, with further amendments anticipated.
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House
Senate
Tion
West Virginia
Beckley
House of Delegates
Beclky man runs for Ward 1 City Council seat
Thomas Shrewsbury 39 of 210 Westwood Drive announced his candidacy for a City Council seat representing Ward 1. A Republican, he is married with three children and active in the Beckley Elks Club Black Knight Country Club and Beckley Chapter Royal Arch Masons. He is the third person to file for the council race.
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Thomas Shrewsbury
Westwood Drive
Shrewsbury
Beckley Elks Club
Black Knight Country Club
Beckley Chapter
Royal Arch Masons
Glen Leigh to be Classified by State Board of Education
Glen Leigh Elementary School will be scored today for classification by the State Board of Education. The evaluating committee includes Wilson Gautier Mercer County supervisor of instruction Mrs Atheline Osborne Raleigh County supervisor of elementary schools and Mason Anderson and Dewey Bone assistant superintendents. Ratings considered are model first class or second class based on principals teachers instructional leadership school organization and plant.
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Glen Leigh
State Board of Education
Wilson Gautier
Mercer County
Raleigh County
Atheline Osborne
Mason Anderson
Dewey Bone
Fire crews break up deputy dinner in Niagara Falls blaze
Niagara Falls firefighters halted a Niagara County Deputy Sheriffs' Association dinner as a restaurant housing the event caught fire. Deputies were inside when the blaze started but authorities say the action was in line of duty.
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Niagara Falls
N.Y
Niagara County Deputy Sheriffs’ Assn
Rites Wednesday For Hopkins Child
Funeral services are held for Douglas Shelton Hopkins four year old son of Eddie and Lola Hendricks Hopkins Raleigh. The service is at Mabscott Christian Church at 2 p.m. burial in Blue Ridge Memorial Gardens. Survivors include two brothers and grandparents. The body will be moved from Rose and Quesenberry Funeral Home to the family's residence this afternoon.
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Douglas Shelton Hopkins
Eddie
Lola Hendricks Hopkins
Raleigh
Mabscott Christian Church
L. A. Garten
Blue Ridge Memorial Gardens
Donnie Daniel
Bobby Daniel
Lover Garten
Edward Mulins
Eddie Lee
Reginald
Richard Hendricks
Glen Daniel
S. M. Hopkins
Rose and Quesenberry Funeral
Dean's List student named in West Virginia University notice
Sandra Anne Stallings of Beckley is among 39 students named to the Dean's List at West Virginia University College of Agriculture Forestry and Home Economics per Dean Roy M Kottman.
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Sandra Anne Stallings
Beckley
West Virginia University College of Agriculture, Forestry, and Home Economics
Roy M Kottman
Easter Seal drive kicks off in Raleigh County schools
Courthouse offices of the Raleigh County Board of Education prepare Easter Seal cards and badges for distribution to county school children except high schools. Campaign chairman Gary Dent cites a $4,800 goal and thanks local groups for staffing and mailing thousands of envelopes. The society will fund clinics and educational programs for crippled children and adults. Dent notes schools will participate in the fundraising.
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Raleigh County Board of Education
Gary Dent
Dent
Raleigh County
Beckley Woman's Club
Council of Church Women
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