Mrs. Kee Won't Seek Re-Election in 194
West Virginia congresswoman Elizabeth Kee of Bluefield announced she will not seek a seventh full term in the House. Representing the 5th District including Fayette and Mercer counties, she offered no reason and expressed gratitude for district loyalty while pledging continued service this term.
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Washington
UPI
West Virginia
Elizabeth Kee
Bluefield
House of Representatives
Kee
John Kee
House Foreign Affairs Committee
Gorge area plans delayed by official holds on gorge development
Kee blames Warden Lane for stalling New River Gorge plans while Romney and ARA officials push federal funding. Lane says revisions to Bluestone Lake and Hawks Nest Park grants are required and seven applications have been filed with the ARA.
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Washington
Kee
New River Gorge
Warden Lane
Romney
Bluestone Lake
Hawks Nest State Park
Lane
ARA
Gorge
Appalachian Area
Local Magistrate Clears Several Defendants in Raleigh County
Paul Mickis 31 of Wilkes Street paid 5 dollars plus costs on a disturbing peace charge after arrest by City Police at 4 45 p m and overnight jail in Raleigh County. May Lawhorn Beckley had trespassing charges withdrawn with costs. Floyd Adkins Sprague saw non support and trespass charges withdrawn with costs. Haroldeen Lilly Daniels paid 5 dollars and costs for speeding cited by State Police Tuesday. Paul Lomax Eisenhower Drive paid 5 dollars and costs on improper registration.
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Paul Mickis
Wilkes Street
Joe Rodriguez
Raleigh
May Lawhorn
Beckley
Floyd Adkins
Sprague
Rodriguez
Haroldeen
Telstar resumes casting with two orbiting transmitters planned
Scientists aim to resume live transatlantic telecasts as Telstar and Relay respond to signals. AT&T plans a premiere second season program from New York and Andover with Europe to follow, while NASA tests Relay’s power and contact with Earth as solar cells regain voltage.
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New York
UPI
Telstar
Relay
American Telephone & Telegraph Company
At&t
Andover
Maine
U.S
Britain
France
South America
Spain
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
NASA
Earth
Nutley
N.J
Space Station
Sophia High School Declares Early Dismissal After Water Outage
Sophia High School students were dismissed at 9 45 a m today when the school water was turned off. Mayor James Salyers said a fire plug at the school blew off at the end of a pipe. Superintendent John Saunders said classes will resume Monday.
December industrial accidents claim 18 lives in WV
West Virginia recorded 18 deaths in industrial incidents last month, six more than December 1961. Coal mining accounted for 13 of those fatalities amid 2,428 total industrial accidents. The prior year had 3,088 incidents in December.
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Charleston
UPI
West Virginia
State Workmen's Compensation Commission
Tenn Brothers Held For Robbery Murder
Two Kingsport men, Fred Gibson 35 and Otto Gibson 18, were held without bond in Abingdon Virginia on robbery and murder charges in the beating death of 78-year-old Russell County farmer R. B. Porter. Porter died in a Bluefield hospital after the incident. $600 was stolen from his pocketbook. Fred Gibson was captured after bloodhounds traced him from Tennessee into Virginia.
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Abingdon
UPI
Kingsport
Tenn
Russell County
Fred
Otto Gibson
Fred Gibson
Otto
R. B. Porter
Porter
Bluefield
W. Va
Tennessee
Virginia
IBM Machines Worth $1 Million Destroyed
A van carrying IBM machines valued at about $1 million was destroyed by fire at a truck stop on Interstate 90 near Erie Pennsylvania. The driver David Jordan 42 of Ridgefield Park New Jersey said he smelled smoke and uncoupled the van before flames engulfed it. The Neptune Moving Co. of New Rochelle New York owned the van and the cause remains unknown.
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Erie
Jordan
Neptune Moving Co
New Rochelle
N.Y
Opposition to GI Pay Hike Faces Congressional Debate
AFL-CIO President George Meany voiced opposition to McNamara’s proposed 1.7 billion military pay raise and favored equalizing increases for draftees and recruits. The plan, seen by Congress as likely to move quickly, targets higher boosts for career servicemen while expanding civilian reservist pay and retirement benefits. Meany spoke as the Randall Commission released its federal pay report alongside the Pentagon briefing.
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Washington
UPI
Afl-Cio
George Meany
Congress
Defense
Robert S. McNamara
Meany
Kennedy
Commission On
Federal
McNamara
L. Mendel Rivers
L S.C
House
Armed Services
Defense Department
Commission On Federal
Steel
Clarence B. Randall
Pentagon
President Kennedy to Attend Kerr Funeral in Oklahoma
President Kennedy heads to Oklahoma City to attend the funeral of Sen. Robert Kerr. He departs Palm Beach at 11 55 a m EST aboard Air Force transport and will return after rites. He will meet with Secretary Rusk and NATO representative Finletter at the winter White House to discuss Western alliance strains on nuclear policy.
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Palm Beach
Fla
U.S
NATO Council
Western Alliance
Senate
Mike Mansfield
Oklahoma
George Smathers
D-Fla
Smathers
Senate Democratic Conference
Senate Finance Committee
Kerr
Kennedy
Kerry
Congress
House
Agriculture
Orville L. Freeman
Lighter Side ridicules rep portraits in directory
Lighter Side notes Congressman Smith born 1883 no longer appears a rakish wing collar youth but a man aged at least 50. The piece warns the directory aims for identification yet many House and Senate members have wheedled flattering photos into anonymity.
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Smith
D-Va
House
Senate
Scout District Names Parade Float Chairs in Beckley
At the Goat Roundtable meeting on Thursday the Seneca District Scouts appointed float chairs for the Centennial Parade in Beckley. Charles Jackson named Albert Epperly for the Cub Scout float, Robert Bodnar for the Boy Scout float, and Jim French for the Explorer float. The Epperlys will lead the Cub program, with Albert Allen of Troop Six directing the Boy Scout session.
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Beckley
Thursay
Charles Jackson
Albert Epperly
Robert Bodnar
Jim French
Epperly
Albert Allen
Funeral services for James A Sharp in Beckley
Funeral services for James An drew Sharp 78 Beckley will be at 2 p m Sunday at the First Christian Church with Dr Walter Griswold and Rev Ken Oberhorf in charge Burial will be in Blue Ridge Memorial Gardens He died in a Fayetteville nursing home Thursday after a months illness Death was due to a cerebral hemorrhage Born April 4 1884 in Glenville Ky he was a son of the late James Curtis and Mildred Southerland Sharp A Moorehead State graduate he moved to Beckley in 1908 and headed the business department at the old Beckley Institute He was active in the First Christian Church and served as elder Survivors include his wife Iva Wolfe Sharp three sons Raymond C Sharp Roger A Sharp and the Rev Donald C Sharp two sisters a brother ten grandchildren and nine great grandchildren The body will remain at Caffee Funeral Home until one hour before services Friends may call after 6 p m today
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James Andrew Sharp
Beckley
First Christian Church
Walter Griswold
Ken Oberhorf
Blue Ridge Memorial Gardens
Fayetteville
Glenville
James Curtis
Mildred Southerland Sharp
Moorehead State Teachers College
Professor Sharp
Old
Beckley Institute
Sharp
Iva Wolfe Sharp
New Smyrna Beach
Fla
Raymond C
Lakeworth
Roger A
Buckley
Donald C. Sharp
Columbus
Ind
Jeffie Sharp
Wallace Tadlock
Lexington
Lewis
Scott City
Kan
Caffee
Molly A. Blake
Glendora
Calif
Oak Grove Christian Church
L. A. Garten
Harold W
Charlie
Keyless
Los Angeles
Islet Keener
Calloway Heights
Belva Howard
Willa Harding
Viola Conway
Charleston
Ruby Weaver
Longacre
Otis Querrey
Cannelton
Obituary notices for Zack Booker Fred Shannon Molly Blake
Funeral services are set for Zack Booker 57 of Garten at Mount Zion Baptist Church with burial at Wolf Creek. Fred Harrison Shannon 74 of Pineville will be buried at Hill Crest Memorial Gardens after services in Mullens. Molly A. Blake 73 of Glendora Calif former Beckley will be laid to rest at Oak Grove Cemetery.
Raymond Daniels Dies After Long Illness in Lanark
Raymond Daniels, 70, of Lanark, died at 8 p m Thursday in a local hospital after a long illness. The body is at the Ritchie and Johnson Funeral Parlor pending arrangements.
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Raymond Daniels
Lanark
Ritchie and Johnson Funeral Parlor
Funeral arrangements set for Mrs Rosa Pruitt of Mullens
Mrs Rosa Pruitt 61 died at 10 45 p m Thursday in Mullens hospital after a heart attack. She was daughter of the late John Lee Nichols and Alice Menders Nichols. She is survived by her husband A C Pruitt operator of Pruitt Upholstery Shop Mullens. Body at McDougal Robertson and Foglesong Funeral Home Mullens.
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Rosa Pruitt
Funeral services for Willie Gwinn held in Rhodell
Willie Gwinn 69 of Rhodell dies after long illness in local hospital. Funeral services set for Sunday at 2 p m at Ritchie and Johnson Funeral Parlor with Rev. A B Ford officiating. Burial in Greenwood Memorial Park. Born March 28 1984 in Tennessee, a retired coal miner. No known survivors. Body remains at the funeral home.
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Willie Gwinn
Rhodell
Ritchie and Johnson
A. B. Ford
Greenwoold Memorial Park
Tennessee
Solakov Cleared of Spying in Italian Court Ruling
An examining magistrate in Bari, Dr Ferninando Alterio, ruled Solakov not guilty of political and military espionage after finding insufficient evidence. Theп pilot formerly jailed for spying was ordered released to the Bulgarian Legation in Rome amid conflicting asylum claims.
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NATO
Acquaviva
Italy
Ferninando Alterio
Solakov
Bari
Rome
West
Bulgaria
Adriatic
Alterio
United States
Final rites for Johnny W Green held in Bud church
Funeral services for 22 year old Johnny William Green of Bud were set for 1 p m Saturday at Bud Regular Baptist Church with Rev Ott Tilley officiating. Burial followed in Bud Cemetery. He died at 2 36 am Thursday in a Mullens hospital. Born September 24 1940 in Iroquois he was the son of James Clayton Green and Nancy O Neal. He is survived by four brothers and four sisters. The body was at Sam Foglesong Funeral Home in Mullens where friends could pay respects.
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Johnny William Green
Bud
Bud Regular Baptist
Ott Tilley
Green
Mullens Hospital
Iroquois
James Clayton Green
Nancy O’neal
Sampson
Rhodell
Sanford
Chicago
Ill
Danny
Harrison
Jenna Meadows
Stephenson
Mary Copley
Crum
Elvie
Charlotte
Sam Foglesong
Mullens
Final rites for Rev Charles Henry Rawlings set in Lester
Rev Charles Henry Rawlings 1866 07 04 born in Louisa Virginia died after a long illness. Funeral at 1 p.m. Saturday First Baptist Church Lester with Revs Jones Higginbotham and Patterson officiating. Burial Greenwood Memorial Park. Survivors include Mammie Lester Irene and Beulah. sons Charles Leroy William. sister Mrs Lillie Hines. nine grandchildren and four great grandchildren. The body to be moved from Trent and Durgan Funeral Home 11:30 a.m. Saturday.
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Charles Henry Rawlings
Lester
First Baptist Church
W. M. Jones
J. A. Higginbotham
J. R. Patterson
Greenwood Memorial Park
Louisa
West Virginia
Kentucky
Harper Heights
Mammie Rawlings
Irene Williams
Beulah Green
Cleveland
Ohio
Charles
Beckley
Leroy
Philadelphia
William
Lillie Hines
Trent and Durgan
Harper Heights Baptist Church
Quotes From United Press International
Dr L Nelson Bell criticizes the U S Embassy in Moscow for not aiding Siberian refugees noting precedents of aid while refusing to intervene in Moscow governance. Milose Solakov proclaims returning home after being cleared of spy charges and Meany condemns skewed military pay proposals harming draftees. Burr predicts research will raise dry beans to a higher market level.
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United Press International
Washington
L. Nelson Bell
U.S
Moscow
America
Los Angles
Horace K. Burr
Agriculture Department
Bethany College Awards Contracts for New Hall of Science
Bethany College has awarded six contracts totaling more than 1.13 million dollars for the Robert Richardson Hall of Science. Construction begins immediately and should finish by June 1, 1964. The $690,700 general contract went to Baker & Coombs Inc of Morgantown, with additional bids for plumbing HVAC electrical and furniture. Richardson Hall will house chemistry physics and mathematics, freeing Oglebay Hall for biological sciences.
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Bethany
UPI
Perry E. Gresham
Bethany College
Robert Richardson
Baker & Coombs Inc
Morgantown
Richardson Halil
Oglebay Hall
Delinquent Warrants Charge Teenagers
Two Crab Orchard girls were jailed in Raleigh County Juvenile Detention Quarters at 11 30 p m Thursday on delinquent child warrants secured by their parents. Elmer P Roberts 47 of MacArthur was arrested by City Police at 12 45 p m Thursday for expired temporary plates ordered to appear in Beckley City Police Court January 14.
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Crab Orchard
Raleigh County
Elmer P. Roberts
MacArthur
Beckley City
Land-O-Hills Kiwanis Installation Set
Officers and board members elected in November will be installed at the Land-O-Hills Kiwanis Club meeting at 6 p m Jan 15. Bill Maynard reports the officers to be installed are W Shelby Stump president James Lilly first vice president Leonard Mabry second vice president and assistant secretary and Maynard treasurer.
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Land-O-Hills
Mary Scott
Charles Hodel
Drama Association
Norman Fagan
Okey L. Patteson
Henley
Association
Beckley Hotel
Eva Keyser
Earle Bibb
Robert Thomson Jr
Julian Williams
Paul Hutchinson
M. F. Barksdale
J. A. Blackburn
James P. Bland
James Kessinger
Patteson
Kermit Locke
Anthony Gonzales
Hodel
Miss Madge _ Richardson
W. M.shanklin
Princewick Commodities Distribution Set at Missionary Baptist
Commodities will be distributed at the Princewick Missionary Baptist from 8 a.m. to 3 p.m. Saturday with Herbert Dancy in charge.
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Princewick
Herbert Dancy
Scouts Install Snider as Order of Arrow Chief
James Snider of Beckley was installed lodge chief at the Appalachian Council Order of the Arrow banquet in Princeton. Other officers named include Danny McCoy secretary James Bowling Jr vice chief and Kenny Coleman treasurer. About 30 Beckley attendees attended the ceremony.
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James Snider
Beckley
Order of the Arrow
Appalachian Council
Boy Scouts of America
Princeton
Danny McCoy
James Bowling Jr
Kenny Coleman
Health Department Reports Six Measles Cases This Week
Raleigh County Health Department lists six measles cases for the week ending today along with infectious hepatitis one, chickenpox two, and streptococcal two cases.
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Raleigh County Health Department
Legislators Back $50 000 Honey in the Rock Bill for 1963
West Virginia lawmakers pledged support to revive the Honey in the Rock outdoor drama with a $50,000 state appropriation from the governor's contingency fund for 1963 and 1964. The plan targets pre opening expenses by March 1 with production to resume in Raleigh County.
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Raleigh
W. W
Jackie) Withrow
C. Berkley Lilly
Dale Covey
A. David Abrams
House of Delegates
George C. Porter
West Virginia Historical Drama Association
Board of Public Works
Governor
Forfeited Bonds in City Police Court
Twelve people forfeited a total of 308 in bonds and one case dismissed. Raymond Tatten Jr. had a license issue dismissed. Beckley residents Saunders Arrington and James Robinson faced various traffic and license charges. Smith and James forfeited small bonds for vehicle control and yield of right of way. Horace Taylor paid 30 for license and speeding. Six others faced intoxicant charges totaling 108.
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Raymond L. Tatten Jr
Bridgeport
James Robinson
Beckley
Tom D. James
F. St
Horace Taylor
Real Estate Licenses Issued to 13 Applicants in WV
The West Virginia Real Estate Commission announced it issued sales licenses to 13 new applicants. Notables include James I. Duffield Harpers Ferry Claude E. Kirby Jr Oak Hill Judy Marguerite Todd Parkersburg and Emilie S. Affolter Larry R. Foster Vienna Wood County.
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Charleston
UPI
West Virginia Real Estate Commission
James I. Duffield
Harpers Ferry
Claude E. Kirby Jr
Oak Hill
Judy Marguerite Todd
Parkersburg
Harry D. Gorrell
Ravenswood
Emilie S. Affolter
Larry R. Foster
Vienna
Wood County
Winning Council Seat Overwhelms Woman in Triadelphia
Virginia Kessler, 34, becomes the first woman elected to Triadelphia City Council after a court struck down a male only charter. She finished fifth in a field of 15 with 101 votes as six council seats were filled. Lawrence Wagner led with 143 votes, C. B. Naumann 125, Edward Edge 105, Kenneth Robertson 104, Hopkins 95.
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Triadelphia
UPI
Virginia Kessler
Ohio Council
James McClure
Miss Kessler
Lawrence Wagner
C. B. Naumann
Edward Edge
Kenneth Robertson
C. E. Hopkins
Byrd Presses for Alderson Prison Funds from PWA
U S Senator Robert C Byrd asks James Bennett director of the Bureau of Prisons to renew last year’s Public Works Acceleration funds request for improvements at the Federal Correctional Institution for Women at Alderson. Byrd urges a prompt case before authorities to relieve unemployment in the mountain state.
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U. S
Robert C. Byrd
James Bennett
Bureau of Prisons
Federal Correctional Institution For Women
Alderson
Bennett
PWA
Byrd
C& O names Laney personnel officer in Huntington
Chesapeake & Ohio Railway announces Zack G. Laney, 47, longtime Huntington personnel officer since 1959, will recruit new workers for the Huntington area and arrange system wide reassignments for furloughed staff. Laney studied at Davis & Elkins College and Northwestern University and joined C&O in 1947.
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Cleveland, Ohio
UPI
Chesapeake & Ohio Railway
Zack G. Laney
Huntington
W. Va
Laney
Davis & Elkins College
Elkins
Northwestern University
C&o
Coal output down in Bluefield area for 1912 and 1961
The Smokeless Operators Association said area coal production in 1912 was about 18.6 million tons versus over 19 million in 1961. In the last full week of the year output reached 230,114 tons, down 179,225 tons from the prior week.
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Bluefield
UPI
Smokeless Operators Association
Grass Fire Damages None in Beckley Area
Beckley Fire Department reports no damage from a grass fire at 114 Greenbrier I St at 4 50 p m Thursday. No injuries or further hazards were noted.
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Beckley
Greenbrier I St
Pike Revenue Tops Since 1955 on West Virginia Turnpike
The 1962 toll revenue for the West Virginia Turnpike reached 4,104,355 dollars, up six percent from 1961. Passenger cars paid 1,833,031 dollars and trucks 2,271,324 dollars, with total vehicle volumes totaling 2,093,678. W. E. Stahl, the turnpike commission’s general manager and comptroller, reported gains in both passenger and commercial traffic.
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West Virginia Turnpike
W. E. Stahl
The
Commission
Pike
Governor's Traffic Safety Committee Reviews Final Recommendations
Representatives of the Governor's Traffic Safety Advisory Committee met in Charleston to prune 40 subcommittee recommendations into 10 for Gov. W. W. Barron. The panel, about 200 members strong, discussed salary increases for the State Police as a top proposed measure.
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Charleston
UPI
Governor's Traffic Safety Advisory Committee
W. W. Barron
Barron
Glen White youth charged in auto theft case
Dorsey Ray Blankenship 18 of Glen White waived to the Grand Jury and remanded to Raleigh County Jail in lieu of a 500 bond on an auto theft charge. He allegedly stole a 1955 model car from Charles Hal Stead 37 of Glen Morgan at Hopkins Sky Lanes lot and was captured after fleeing a police cruiser. Halstead faces a separate charge for leaving keys in a car.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dorsey Ray Blankenship
Glen White
Raleigh
Joe Rodriguez
Charles Hal Stead
Glen Morgan
Hopkins Sky Lanes
Valley Drive South
Kanawha Street
Halstead
Man Released From Raleigh County Jail For Drunk Driving
Harold E. Davis of Parkersburg was freed at 7 a.m. after serving 10 days on a drunken driving charge. A Glen Daniel man and a Beckley woman were taken to Huntington State Hospital from the county jail at 11:35 a.m. Thursday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harold E. Davis
Parkersburg
Raleigh
Glen Daniel
Beckley
Huntington State Hospital
Coal Production Drops in Holiday Week
Bituminous coal output in the holiday week ended December 29 fell to 6.1 million tons from 9.03 million the prior week and 6.73 million in the year-ago period, the National Coal Association said. Year to date soft coal production approached 418.24 million tons versus 402.98 million a year earlier.
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Washington
UPI
National Coal Association
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Prince St
Sophia High
IBM
James A. Sharp
Zack Booker
George
Fred Harrison Shannon
Pineville
First Methodist
R. J. Chenoweth Jr
Hill Crest Memorial Gardens
Matheny
Shannon
Wyoming County Sheriff's Department
Welch
McDougal
Robertson and Foglesong
Fred H. Shannon
Mrs
Mrs. Rosa Pruitt
Johnny W. Green
Paterson
William P. Furrey
London
Valentine Heywood
Sunday Times
William Bartles Hawke
Texaco Oil Co
C. H. Rawlings
Milose Solakov
Land-O-Hills Kiwanis
Snider Order of Arrow
Governor's Committee
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