Workshops Set This Week For Sixth Grade Teachers
Miss Mary Louise Klaus leads Raleigh County sixth grade teacher workshops on interpreting and using the State County Testing Program. Sessions occur at four sites including Montcoal Stickney Elementary, Beaver Lions Club Building, Raleigh County Vocational Technical Center, and Sophia Elementary with teachers from numerous local schools attending.
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Raleigh County
Mary Louise Klaus
Montcoal -Stickney
Ameagle
Clear Creek
Dillon Creek
Dorothy
Fairdale
Fairview
Glen Daniel
Lower White Oak
Montroal-Stickney
Mount View
Pettus
Pineknob
Shumate
Workman's Creek
Beaver Lions Club
Beaver
Crow
Daniels
Richmond
Ghent
Glade Creek
Glen Leigh
Odd
Shady Spring
Grandview
Richmond Falls
Raleigh County Vocation Technical Center
Bradley
Brooks Adair
Central
Cranberry
Crescent
Cittsville
New Crab Orchard
East Beckley
East Park
Eccles
Harper Heights
Hollywood
Institute
Lincoln
Mabscott
Maxwell Hill
Morton Reaves
Mount Tabor
Piney Oaks
Piney View
Prosperity
Price Hill
Riley
Sprague
Stanaford
Stanaford Top
Sylvia
Teel
West Mabscott
West Wickham
Sophia Elementary School
Doctor's Mailbag on Epilepsy and Life Outlook
Epilepsy questions cover safety during seizures, education and work prospects, and marriage. Doctors advise early control of attacks, potential normal schooling with treatment, and seeking specialists. adult education and correspondence options help reeducation after spells.
Sunday School Officers Named at Glen White Church of God
Mrs Paul Shaw was elected superintendent for the coming year at Glen White Church of God. Ed Sears became assistant superintendent, Mrs Norma Meadows secretary treasurer. Teachers include Paul Shaw for Adult Bible class, Mrs Clemia Fustio for Young People, Mrs Mary Pruitt for Junior, and Miss Brenda Meadows for Primary Class.
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Glen White
RNS
Paul Shaw
Glen White Church of God
Ed Sears
Norma Meadows
Clemia Fustio
Mary Pruitt
Brenda Meadows
Engineers Install Year's New Officers
S. Austin Caperton Jr. was installed as president of the Appalachian Chapter of the West Virginia Society of Engineers during ladies night at the Beckley Hotel ballroom. Incoming officers included Robert McClung as vice president, Claude E. Phillips as secretary-treasurer, Lloyd Fitzgerald as state director, and board members Robert L. Davis Elmo Hurst and Charles H. Sain. the program was presented by home economists from Appalachian Power Co. About 50 people attended.
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S. Austin Caperton Jr
Appalachian
West Virginia Society of Engineers
Beckley Hotel
C. T. Shackelford
Robert McClung
Claude E. Phillips
Lloyd Fitzgerald
Robert, L. Davis
Elmo Hurst
Charles H. Sain
Appalachian Power Co
East Beckley PTA Set Meeting With Speaker
East Beckley PTA will meet Thursday at 6 p m. Mrs. Cora S Brown a teacher at East Beckley Elementary will speak on primary levels and a question answer period will follow. Session conducted by Mrs Andrew Durgan president.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cora S. Brown
East Beckley
Parent-Teacher Association
Andrew Durgan
Missionary pledges at First Assembly of God Church
Mrs Mary Myers appointed missionary secretary at 500 Valley Drive joins Rev T M Waldron pastor to review monthly pledge names for support of foreign and home missions. The church backs missionaries to the Philippines Pakistan Japan Formosa and Latin American Orphanage in Mexico under Appalachian District Council supervision.
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First Assembly of God Church
Valley Drive
Mary Myers
Neville St
Aries
Philippines
Pakistan
Japan
Formosa
Mexico
Appalachian District Council
The
Assemblies of God
Waldron
Myers
Helen Seminita
Beckley Human Rights Commission to hear state plan
The Beckley Human Rights Commission will hear Harold McKinney of the West Virginia State Human Rights Commission on Jan. 24 in the Appalachian Power Co. Building. Bernard White Jr. says time and topics include the first annual report and guidance for Beckley’s group. The local commission includes L. P. Savage, Mrs. James P. Bland, Dupont Evans, Dr. James Ferris, Mrs. Flossie Monroe, J. R. Van Meter, I. R. Wein and White. The statewide report notes 12.3 percent of Raleigh County’s population is Black, higher than the state average, with nine of ten southern counties above five percent nonwhite. It urges local bi-racial commissions to improve employment and public accommodations, while warning unemployment and discrimination hinder economic growth.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Beckley Human Rights Commission
Harold McKinney
West Virginia Commission
Appalachian Power Co
Bernard White Jr
Beckley Commission
Beckley Group
L. P. Savage
James P. Bland
Dupont Evans
James Ferris
Flossie Monroe
J. R. van Meter
I. R. Wein
White
Beckley
Raleigh County
Fayette
Mercer
Logan
Summers
Greenbrier
West Virginia
Jefferson County
State Human Rights Commission
Cecil L. Miller
County P I Regulations Offered Commission
Beckley attorney W A Thornhill Ill prepared county planning and zoning rules submitted to Raleigh County Commission. The plan covers subdivisions sewers parking junk yards agricultural areas and side yard rules and will be advertised for a public hearing 20 days before. Final approval rests with the County Court which may reject or require changes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Beckley
W. A. Thornhill
Raleigh County Commission
George Stokley In Good Condition After Coal Co Injury
George Stokley age 59 of Winona is listed in good condition at Beck ley Memorial Hospital after being admitted at 2 15 p m Monday for a leg injury suffered in a state accident while employed by Mischie Coal Co
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George Stokley
Winona
Beckley Memorial Hospital
Mischie Coal Co
Record low U.S. death rate hits 91 per 1000 in 1954
The census data show the nation’s death rate dropping to 91 per 1000 people in 1954, marking a historic low. Officials note steady improvements in healthcare and living standards contributing to the decline.
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U.S
Judge Denies Roark's Bid For New Trial
Criminal Court Judge Harry L. McCreery denied Roark's motion to set aside the verdict convicting him of voluntary manslaughter after witness John Berry testified he lied on Roark's trial. Berry claimed the false information arose from fear of retaliatory action by a state policeman. Roark has been granted a 60 day stay to prepare an appeal to the State Supreme Court.
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Rush D. Roark
Criminal Court
Harry L. McCreery
Roark
Joseph I. Luchini
John Berry
Berry
Raleigh
Lilly
Boyd Gordon Lilly
Grandview
Wilbur Ray Plumley
Pluto
Plumley
Grandview State Park
State Supreme Court
Four coordinators to report at Beckley Chamber meeting
Beckley Raleigh County Chamber of Commerce members will meet at noon Thursday in the Beckley Hotel banquet room to hear reports from four new coordinators heading divisions. Coordinators are Paul M. Peabody for economic division, George Warren Hodel for community betterment, W. C. McMahan for business and government relations, and J. S. Larrick for organization and internal division.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Beckley-Raleigh County Chamber of Commerce
Beckley Hotel
Robert Hamilton
Paul M. Peabody
Chesapeake & Potomac Telephone Co
George Warren Hodel
Beckley Newspapers Corp
W. C. McMahan
Appalachian Powler Co
J. S. Larrick
Beckley Ice and Feed Co
Court To Begin Sitting As Board Of Review
The Raleigh County Court will sit as a board of equalization and review starting February 1 for up to 28 days and may not adjourn more than three days at a time. The board will review and equalize assessments by the Raleigh County Assessor for 1963, per County Clerk C. C. Smith.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Raleigh
Raleigh County Assessor
C. C. (Smitty) Smith
Annual Fellowship Meet Set By Baptists
An annual fellowship dinner will be held in Fellowship Hall of the Frisimas Church Wednesday at 6 30. After dinner the church boards and committees will present their annual report, followed by a Sunday School Workers Conference for teachers and officers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
The
Frisimas Church
4-H Camp Dates Set For Raleigh County
Raleigh County 4-H Leaders Association set camp dates at Greenbrier Dairy. Older camp runs July 8 to 12 and younger July 15 to 19 at Little Beaver. William Clark cites details. Mrs. Carl Burns leads centennial committee and National 4-H Week group members named. Next leaders meeting is February 11 at Cranberry School.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Raleigh County
Greenbrier
Little Beaver
William Clark
Raleigh
Ann Frilen
Kenneth Gross
Dale Covey
Clark
Cranberry School
Co Sponsorship Aims At New West Virginia Medical Commission
Raleigh County Delegate C Berkel y Lilly and Fayetteville Delegate T E Myles back a bill to create a state medical examination commission with a chief medical examiner and autopsy rules. The measure would repeal Article 12 Chapter 61 of the 1931 Code and is before the Judiciary Committee. Also noted are regrets for the deaths of Beckley banker Joe L Smith and former member Mrs Nell W Walker.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Raleigh
C. Berkley Lilly
Fayetteville
T. E. Myles
Judiciary Committee
Joe L. Smith
Beckley
Senate
House
Smith
State Senate
United States Congress
Nell W. Walker
Winona
Murder Indictment Returned By Jurors
A Raleigh County grand jury returned 36 true bills on Monday including an indictment of Allen Grant for murder in the October 27 death of Percy Hurt after a fatal fight. The list also names multiple defendants facing charges such as grand larceny, burglary, armed robbery, drunken driving, maiming, rape, forgery, and other offenses. Several cases were not presented or resulted in no true bills.
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Raleigh County Criminal Court
Allen Grant
West Wickham
Percy Hurt
East Park
Grant
Hurt
Granville Bragg
Julia Bailey
Thomas Lewis Tyree
Harold Francis Byrne
John Douglas Mangrun
Richard Alburn Woodward
James Kendall Miller
William Straley Miller
Charles Clifford Underwood
Floyd Guy Wyatt
Victor Burgess
Lonnie Queen
George D. Nutter
Robert K. Burleson
Aaron Henry Theemas
Lewis Robinson
Fletcher David Hays Parker
Kenneth Fridley
Arnold Fridley
Ronald Eads
Joey Eskridge
Woodrow Johnson
Ronald Elder
Robert Cosby
Raymond Stewart
Frank Richmond
George Botman
Freddy Brown
Edgar Gilliam
Robert Evans
William Thomas Shatzer
Roy H. French
Frank D. Tonelli
Harry D. Bryant
Kessler Adkins
Woodrow Carter
Gladys Shumate
Roger Halliwell
James Luther Miller
Charles Franklin Moore
Eldridge Parrish
Marvin Dick Breckenridge
Dwight Carter
Herbert Banks
Billy M. O’neal
Robert Matthews
Layton Goode
Thomas E. Webb
John L. Settle
John Kenneth Allen
Israel Miller
Roy Lee Crawford
Leonard Bragg
William Kender
Fred Barker
R. B. May
Andrew C. Moten
Vonda Stover
Fay Hubbard
Sebert Osborne
Acting Postmaster Serving At Stotesbury
Regina Moody is the acting postmaster at Stotesbury replacing Carolyn Howerton who resigned. Postal inspector Charles Sturgis visited last week seeking bids for a rural station to cut costs. the Stotesbury office would become rural and might use a Sophia Post Office room as the station.
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Stotesbury
ANS
Regina Moody
Charles
Rodney
Darrell
Carolyn Howerton
Charles Sturgis
Sophia
Dozens of Dogs Up for Adoption at Raleigh County Shelter
Eleven mixed breed and purebred dogs are now available for adoption at the Raleigh County Animal Shelter. A. C. Allen, caretaker, says some were picked up in the city and others in the Jumping Branch area. No cats are currently at the kennels.
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Raleigh County
Budget Meeting Set by Raleigh County Centennial Group
The Raleigh County Centennial Committee announces a budget-making session at 7 30 p m on Friday chaired by George B Chambers. The group plans to assign a contractor for billboards at five county entrances and will announce the session site at a later date.
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Raleigh County
George B. Chambers
Chambers
Governor's appointee Dr Darby listed among 66
Dr H Darrel Darby a chiropodist at Beckley Medical Arts Inc is among Gov W W Barron s appointees needing Senate approval in this session. He is named to the medical licensing aid of West Virginia for a term ending June 30 1967 with a Huntington principal office and weekly practice days in Beckley.
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H. Darrel Darby
The
Beckley Medical Arts Inc
W. W. Barron
State Senate
Dr. Darby
Medical Licensing Aid of
West Virginia
Senate
Huntington
NAACP and Civic League Schedule Joint Raleigh County Meeting
The Raleigh County NAACP and Beckley Civic League will hold a joint gathering Sunday at 4 p.m. in Central Street Baptist Church. The previously planned Monday session was canceled due to low attendance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Raleigh County
National Association For the Advancement of Colored People
Beckley Civic League
Central Street Baptist Church
Harmons Sell Wayne County News Interest
Roy Lee Harmon longtime Raleigh County journalist and poet laureate sells his stake in the Wayne County News with brother Carlos Harmon also divesting. New owners named Arthur Booth and Joe Davis. purchase price not disclosed. Harmon notes plans to return to Beckley for journalism or public relations work. Carlos Harmon serves as deputy state tax commissioner.
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Roy Lee Harmon
Raleigh Register
West Virginia
Wayne County News
Harmon
Carlos
The
News
Arthur Booth
Wayne Automobile
Joe Davis
Wayne
House of Delegates
Raleigh County
Beckley Post- Herald
West Virginia Department of Public Safety
Beckley
Carlos Harmon
Twenty two apply for work at Beckley Employment office
Twenty two persons filed applications for work at the Beckley office of Employment Security Monday. They included three sales clerks one general office clerk one day worker two shielders three coil winders one dump truck driver one time keeper one routeman one janitor two tool dressers three service station attendants one truck driver and two construction laborers.
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Beckley Office of Employment Security
Commodity distribution at Bethel Tabernacle event
Commodities will be distributed at the Bethel Tabernacle on Bibb Avenue from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. Wednesday with William Tennant in charge. Attendees are urged to bring their own containers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bethel Tabernacle
Bibb Avenue
William Tennant
Rowan to be envoy to Tinland, sources say
Carl T. Rowan the top African American official in the State Department will soon be named ambassador to Tinland. At 37 he is a former newspaper man who had attractive offers to return to writing but chose government service instead.
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Washington
UPI
Carl T. Rowan
State Department
Tinlad
Saturay
Rowan
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