Know Your State Government Day drawn WV juniors
More than 400 West Virginia juniors attended Know Your State Government Day in Charleston at the Civic Center. The 13th annual event featured a panel discussion on The Role of our State Government Officials in our 100th Year with state dignitaries and student interrogators.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
West Virginia
Charleston
West Virginia Education Association
Civic Center
William T. Brotherton
West Virginia Division Crusade Committee
William Wallace Barron
State Crusade
Underwood
Red Cross Cluster Meeting Postponed at Princeton
Hazardous driving conditions caused the Red Cross cluster meeting planned for Princeton to be postponed. Cluster Chairman C. G. Peregoy announced the postponement and Princeton refused to reschedule. A new site and date will be announced, with a different disaster program planned. Mrs. Ann Winter suggested an educational relations topic.
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Red Cross
Princeton
Cluster
C. G. Peregoy
Peregoy
Ann Winter
65 WW Students To Take Merit Scholarship Test
Sixty five students at Woodrow Wilson High School will take the 1963 National Merit Scholarship Qualifying Test at 9 a.m. Saturday March 9. The test is the first step in the ninth annual competition for four year Merit Scholarships based on sponsor participation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Woodrow Wilson High School
C. G. Peregoy
National Merit Scholarship Corp
Merit Corporation
Merit Corp
Fire Destroys Mabscott House
A Mabscott residence burned at about 4 15 p m Monday with origin undetermined. The three room house owned by Ola Hanington of Detroit was occupied by a man named Romaine. Eleven firemen fought the blaze about 100 feet outside town limits. damages were not immediately estimated but said to be partly insured.
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Mabscotts
Ola Hanington
Detroit
Mich
Romaine
Winter Facilities Go Begging Here
Beckley residents show little interest in local winter sports with Bald Knob Ski Slope Little Beaver Lake and New River Park nearby. Despite open weekends and free lessons 100 people attended last week, weather and unreliable ice keep participation low and lights frequently off.
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Bald Knob
Little Beaver Lake
New River Park
Brack Knob
Frank Rodriguez
Paul Sanna
Winterfun Inc
Beckley
North Carolina
Dublin
Ohio
Charleston
Logan
Princeton
Bluefield
Huntington
Sanna
Ray Redden
Little Beaver
Rodriguez
District Legion Meet Planned in Sixth District
West Virginia Sixth District American Legion to be hosted by Post 32 on March 17 with Commander R. Francis Parker announcing. Attendees include Chester Matney WV Department commander, Paige Bell second vice commander, and Adjutant Tommy Jones. W. T. Black Sixth District commander will conduct. Plans also set for the post's 44th annual birthday party.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
West Virginia Department of American Legion
R. Francis Parker
Chester Matney
West Virginia
Paige Bell
Tommy Jones
W. T. Black
Twelve Seek Work at Beckley Employment Office
Twelve persons filed applications for work at the Beckley office of Employment Security Monday. They list one steno grapher one bookkeeper one seamstress one arc welder one machine presser one stock boy one cabinet maker one carpenter one dump truck driver one janitor and two construction laborers. Out of the area openings include a clinical social worker dietitian and a clerk typist.
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Beckley Office of Employment Security
Missionary to Brazil to Speak at Thurmond Union Church
The Rev. E. Raynard Arehart, an American missionary with 27 years in Brazil, will speak at Thurmond Union Church Wednesday at 7 p.m. He and his wife Frances Butler went to north Brazil in 1936.
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E. Raynard Arehart
Brazil
Thurmond Union
Harry Blake Named to Who's Who at Highlands University
Harry Blake, 22, senior at Highlands University Las Vegas NM, named to Who's Who Among Students in American Colleges. He majors in music with music education minor, holds basketball and music scholarships, maintains a 3.0 average, and is active in concert choir H Club Kappa Kappa Psi and baton twirling. He plans to teach high school in the Midwest after graduation and will tour the country teaching and judging baton twirling.
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Highlands University
Las Vegas
N.M
Harry Blake
George Blake
Sophia
Blake
Helen
Sophia High School
Highlands
H Club
Kappa Kappa Psi
National
11 Begin Cook, Baker School
Fourteen men and three women reported for the first day of classes in the 48 week course for commercial cooks and bakers at the Raleigh County Vocational Technical Center. The program under the Manpower Development and Training Act is led by M Sgt Edward E Lowe. The course aims to train personnel in demand by restaurants and institutions statewide.
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Raleigh County
Army
Edward E. Lowe
Oak Hill
Vo-Tech Center
James D. Robinson
Robinson
Beckley
State Employment Service
Roy M. Lawrence
Moundsville
Jack L. Spade
Marjorie Griffith
Jessie Lee Revels
Skelton
Gwen Matheny
Mount Hope
Claude F. Mays
Coal City
Walter W. Darnall
Jack Harris
Robert Fury
Parkersburg
Andrew C. Fogle
Benwood
Richard A. Howard
Wheeling
Jack Halstead
Richard Mosley
Fairmont
Fredrick E. Miles
Henry A. Goldson
Charles D. Martin
William Emanuel
Shady Spring
Man Injured in Coal Mine Fall Admitted to Hospital
Ernest Bowers a 36 year old from MacArthur was admitted to Beckley Memorial Hospital at 8 10 p m Monday with back injuries from a state fall while working for the Riffe Branch Coal Co He is in satisfactory condition.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ernest Bowers
MacArthur
Beckley Memorial Hospital
Riffe Branch Coal Co
Aggressive Economic Development Plan Outlined by Chamber
Beckley-Raleigh County Chamber of Commerce unveils a 1963 plan aiming to recruit small manufacturers, boost tourism, beautify the county, improve government and business education, expand parking and annex Beckley, and push an economic understanding program. Robert F. Hamilton outlined 10 focused aims with a March 4 membership drive and a Norfolk and Western Railway list of potential manufacturers in wood, electronics, and plastics.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Beckley-Raleigh County Chamber of Commerce
Robert F. Hamilton
Norfolk and Western Railway
Hamilton
Chamber
George Warren Hodel
Raleigh County
Board of Education
Fletcher Mann
LaRoy Gorman
Beckley
Dan Hall
Martinsville
Glass House
Quarterly Conference Set At Mabscott Church
The Mabscott Methodist Church will hold its quarterly conference at 7:30 p m tonight with Dr A E Wills district superintendent in charge. The church budget will be set for the coming year as committees present reports and church business is discussed. The Rev Robert L Brown is pastor.
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Mabscott Methodist Church
A. E Wills
Robert L. Brown
Four Divorces Granted by Raleigh County Court
Judge Norman Knapp signed four divorce orders. Cora Jean Burnett awarded custody of one child to Nora Louise Harrell. two children to Nora. Edith Jolly’s name restored to Edith King in the Jolly case. Confesoro Gonzalez restored to Confesoro Gonzalez Losada in the Losada case.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Raleigh County
Norman Knapp
Cora Jean Burnett
John D. Burnett
Nora Louise Harrell
Jesse Floyd Harrell Jr
Thomas Jolly
Edith Jolly
Edith King
Jose L Losada
Confesoro Gonzalez Losada
Confesoro Gonzalez
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Albert Tieche
Unit of the
American Society
Jack
Jack Clemens
Raleigh
Robert L. Daniels
Stnr
Alvin Warne
West Virginia University Medical Center
State Board of Public Works
Joe F. Burdett
Denzil Gainer
John H. Kelly
Andrew J. Goodwin
John Johnson
Rex. M. Smith
State
Supreme Court
Thornton G. Berry
Annabelle Knott
Logan High School
Gail Liddle
Big Creek High School
Russell E. Rogerson
Moundsville High School
Ann Snider
Harrisville High School
Tim Sieber
Tria
Delphia High School
Charlotte Anne Kelley
Flemington High School
Mark ~. Miller Jr
Collins High School
W. W. Barron
Barron
U.S. Census Bureau
Mark Twin High School
Joseph “Jeep” Kerzic
State Capitol
House
Senate
W. W
Jackie’ Withrow
House of Delegates
Frances Colvin
Braxton Toler
General Hannah
Stratton High School
A. David Abrams
James Lowry
Beckleyans
Cash
Commercial Credit Plan, Incorporated of
Credit Life
Valley Drive
Mabscott
District Legion
Price
K-Passen
Falcon
Tr Aan
Grady Whitlock
Ford, Inc
Cook, Baker School
Mabscott Church
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