Twain High Delegate Joyce Lilly Follows Family Honor
Joyce Lilly, Mark Twain High School delegate to Know Your State Government Day in Charleston, becomes the third generation in her family named for the honor following Relva Lilly now at the Air Force Naval Academy in Colorado and Velmer Lilly, delegates in 1959 and 1961. David Walker, son of W C Walker of Helen, joins Joyce.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mark Twain High School
Charleston
Joyce Lilly
Velmer Lilly
Relva
Air Force Naval Academy
Colorado
Velmer
Beckley Choral Society Names Four To Board
Beckley Choral Society selected four members for its seven member Board at a rehearsal in The Playhouse. Ernest Jacobs E Lauren Bigger and Mrs Ruth Wilcox joined by Society President Mrs Beatrice Hodel will form the core board with three non singing members to be invited later. Rehearsals for the winter concert proceed Mondays under William Cruser.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Beckley Choral Society
Playhouse
Ernest Jacobs
E. Lauren Bigger
Ruth Wilcox
Beatrice Hodel
Douglas Gilmer
Gilmer
Brahms
William Cruser
Beckley Presbyterian Church
Betty Wilson
Drama Society Plans Election
The West Virginia Historical Drama Association will elect seven directors at its annual meeting in Beckley on Friday at 4 p.m. Nominations will fill expiring terms of Harry Anderson Erma Vecellio Grogran Eva Teter Hammer Charles Hodel Paul Hutchinson Eva Keyser and Hulett C Smith. The newly formed board will choose officers for the coming year. Also on the agenda are reports on Honey in the Rock solicitations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
West Virginia Historical Drama Association
Beckley-Winn
Harry Anderson
Erma Vecellio Grogran
Eva Teter Hammer
Charles Hodel
Paul Hutchinson
Eva Keyser
Hulett C. Smith
Food value of crisp bacon compared to undercooked
A discussion notes crisp bacon provides lower energy value than bacon that is less well cooked while highlighting bacon's chief value as readily available energy.
Origin of Wind Instruments in the Roman Empire
The article notes that most wind instruments in a modern orchestra originated during the Roman Empire due to Roman partiality to wind instruments.
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Rome
Army Signs Four Enlistees at Beckley Recruiting Station
Four men enlisted at the Main Recruiting Station in Beckley on Monday and Friday. Allen S. Dunbar of Beckley is assigned to field communications. Harold D. Bobbitt of St Albans joins Air Defense Command. Thomas E. Farmer of Keystone and Leonard S. Washington of Carbondale went unassigned. They were sent to the reception station at Ft. Jackson.
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Army
Beckley
Allen S. Dunbar
T. W. Wilson
Harold D. Bobbitt
Cary N. Bobbit
St. Albans
Air Defense Command
Thomas EF. Farmer
J. R J. R. Washington
Carbondale
Ft. Jackson
Famous Locomotive General Captured After 100 Mile Chase
The Civil War era’s famed locomotive General, seized by Union raiders in 1862, was pursued and recaptured by Confederate forces after a dramatic chase spanning nearly 100 miles along the Atlanta to Chattanooga line.
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Atlanta
Chattanooga
West Virginia Restaurant Group to Hear Dr Lane Tonight
The West Virginia Southern Region Restaurant Association will host State Natural Resources Director Dr Warden Lane as guest speaker. Association chair Mrs James C Henderson announced his acceptance to discuss West Virginia's potential for residents and tourists. A buffet dinner at 6 30 p.m. at Interstate Hosts Turnpike preceded the 8 p.m. meeting with expected strong attendance from regional restaurant and dining operators.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
West Virginia Southern Region Restaurant Association
Warden Lane
James C. Henderson
West Virginia
Interstate
Turnpike
The
Glass House
Raleigh County Horse Show set for July 14 15 1962
The Raleigh County Horseman's Association will stage its 1962 Horse Show July 14-15 at the Bradley Show Grounds. COLLIS AMON named chairman of the advertising committee. The group discussed meeting date changes and a film from the Tennessee Walking Horse Breeders Association was shown. Attendance at the meeting was notably large.
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Raleigh County Horseman’s Association
Bradley Show
Coca-Cola
Collis Amon
Tennessee Walking Horse Breeders Association of America
Dedication Date Set for Raleigh County Armory
A Raleigh County Armory dedication is tentatively planned for March or April after a Beckley meeting with Lt. Col. William E. Miller. The project has 90 percent completion with a $40,000 punch list and electrical work due by January 24, ahead of the Heart Charity Ball.
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Raleigh County
William E. Miller
Charleston
West Virginia
Beckley
Beckley-Raleigh County
Armory
William F. Watts
Field House
Tom Minter
Col. Miller
Washington, D. C
Armory Board
Minter
Heart
Glen Daniel 8th and 7th grade officers named
The list names students and parentage for Glen Daniel and Maple Meadow leaders including 8th grade president Hilda Barrett and secretary treasurer Jeannette Athey, along with 8th grade vice president Loudema Covey, 7th grade president Alvin Bailey and 7th grade treasurer Nancy Snuffer, plus 7th grade vice president Gary Harvey and other students.
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Er Brooks
Glen Daniel
Hilda Barrett
Kelly Barrett
Jeanette Athey
Icy Athey
Loudema Covey
Weir Covey
Saxon
Back Row
Gary Harvey
Herbert Harvey
Alvin Bailey
Fred Bailey
Maple Meadow
Nancy Snuffer
Alfred Snuffer
Meadows Plans to Reopen Beckley Law Office
Beckley lawyer Carl Meadows, who left Beckley for Albuquerque in August, has returned and plans to reenter legal practice here. After six months traveling 24 states and Mexico, he will choose an office location within two weeks. He holds degrees from West Virginia University and Bowling Green College of Commerce and is married with an eight year old daughter.
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Alice Carlene
Albuquerque
Lawnwood Terrace
The
Elks
Black Knight Country Club
First Baptist Church
West Virginia Bar
Raleigh County Bar
State Bar Association
Commodities Ready At Three Points Distribution
Commodities will be distributed at Bethel Tabernacle on Bibb Avenue from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. Wednesday and Thursday with Jack Tennant as agent. Additional sites include Second Baptist Church on F Street 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Wednesday with Rev. J W Goins, and Missionary Baptist Church in Princewick 8:30 a.m. to 4 p.m. Wednesday and Thursday under Herbert Dancy.
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Bethel Tabernacle
Bibb Avenue
Jack Tennant
Second Baptist Church
F Street
J. W. Goins
Missionary Baptist Church
Princewick
Herbert Dancy
County Music Program Praised By Consultant
Dr. Thomas Wilstrom of the West Virginia Department of Education praised Raleigh County junior high and elementary music programs after his Monday visits. He commended teachers for their progress and said more schools would be visited on January 29.
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Raleigh County
Thomas Wilstrom
West Virginia Department of Education
Wilstrom
Beaver Elementary Students Tour Legislature With Kinzer
Beav er Elementary pupils will spend a day observing the Legislature in action. Mrs D W Woody Kinzer, their history and music teacher, organizes the visit, aided by her husband a Raleigh County delegate. W T Brotherton Jr of Kanawha County, House majority leader, mentors them while his father recently died. Other area schools plan similar trips to the Capitol.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Beaver Elementary School
Legislature
D. W
Woody” Kinzer
Raleigh County
Kinzer
W. T. Brotherton Jr
Kanawha County
House of Delegates
Brotherton
Beaver School
Graduate classes offered at Morris Harvey WVU campus
West Virginia University will conduct graduate extension classes on the Morris Harvey College campus for the second semester. Evening courses include Education 233 and English literature options with Dr. James J. McNally and Dr. James McNally as instructors. Registration dates range late January to February in Room 201 Main Building. Saturday sessions cover Education 270 and History 257 with Frank Mee Clung and Frank Krebs as instructors. MCCLUNG may teach a Saturday morning Education 346 section if demand exists.
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West Virginia University
Morris Harvey College
Harry Straley
Morris Harvey
Benjamin H. Bailey
James J. McNally
Howard Lewis
Frank Mee- Clung
Frank Krebs
McClung
Sixteen Apply for Work at Beckley Employment Office
Sixteen persons filed applications for work at the Beckley office of Employment Security Monday. One secretary, one general office clerk, one stock clerk, two sales clerks, two vehicle loaders, two truck drivers, one nurse aid, one electrical appliance serviceman, one cement finisher, one routeman, one bus boy, one orderly and one dump truck driver.
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Beckley
PTA Council Hears State Director Speak
Mrs Jos Testino regional director of Parent Teacher Associations spoke at the Raleigh PTA Council meeting in Beckley Junior High School. She outlined parliamentary procedure and urged unity among PTA groups and county collaboration with a plan to attract representatives through awards a banquet life memberships and more. Founders Day program is set for February 19 at Beckley Junior High with twenty attendees.
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Jos Testino
Raleigh
PTA Council
Beckley Junior High
PTA
Testino
The
Grann
Beckley Junior High School
Well Child Conferences Planned Across Raleigh County
Three well child conferences are on the Raleigh County Health Department schedule this week. Dr. C A Smith will lead the Wednesday Health Center Harper Road session from 10 a.m. to noon, with appointments required. A Wednesday Montreal doctor’s office session runs 12 50 to 2 30 p.m. and Friday’s Slab Fork office conference with Dr. W F Pomputius runs 11 a.m. to 1 p.m.
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Raleigh County Health Department
Harper Road
C. A. Smith
Montreal
Slab Fork
W. F. Pomputius
Flu Like Cases Reported In Raleigh County
Raleigh County Health Department reports 21 influenza like illnesses for the week ending Saturday. The secretary Miss Mildred Miller notes two infectious hepatitis cases and four streptococcal infections in the count. The report was forwarded to the State Health Department for disease control.
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Raleigh County
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Helen
David
Babich
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Johnstown Road
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Senate
Paul Babich
Senate Journal
George G. Porter
Paulette
Woodrow Wilson High School
Choral Society
State Health Department
United States Public Health Service
Raleigh County Vocational
Roy Rader
Southern Region Restaurant Association
Raleigh County Board of Education
Restaurant-Allied Industries
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Drama Society
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DR. Warden Lane
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Trap Hill Junior High School
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Meadows
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Prince
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Beaver
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UPI
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Beckiey Post-Herard
Raleigh @ Register
Commercial Credit Plan Incorporated
Cakwood Ave
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