Choral Society Seeks Members Under WVU Music Director
The Heckley Choral Society directed by E Sprague of West Virginia University begins rehearsals for a spring concert. Sessions are Wednesdays at 7:24 PM in the Woman's Bible Classroom at the Presbyterian Church Education Building. Adults and students are invited to join this week at 7:40 PM. Sprague, Associate Professor and Director of Music in WVU Extension, leads the group, which started with an initial core and others joining at the first rehearsal on May 16. He is a 1968 graduate of Freemonta State Teachers College and Syracuse University with a 1990 masters, and previously directed Wisconsin music extension.
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Heckley Choral Sot Wander
E Sprague
West Virginia University
Woman's Bible
Presbyterian Church
Sprague
University Extension Division
Fredonia State Teachers College
H. S. Deacon
Syracuse University
Syracuse
Sprague Daught Music Extension
University of Wisconsin
Madison
Wis
Deeds On File Record of Rex Estate Transactions
Deeds recorded in the clerk of the county court list transfers among McLean Ingmid Calloway Jackson Sperker Toney Deeds Lowery to Lena Nova Toney and Lena Toney to other owners in Prosperity and nearby subdivisions. Names include Robert Betty McLean William Lois McLean Patricia Hall David Gloria Deeds Harry Flora Burroughs Wade Toney. Several parcels in Town District and Sunset Farms Subdivision are involved with price figures noted such as 1500 and 5000.
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Rex
Robert
Betty McLean
Wiliam
Lois Mclean
William
Geraldine Ingmid
Mclean
A. Weand Famile Calloway
Odessa Calloway
Ackiey Court
North Teckieg
Charles and
Patricia Hall
William and
Lois Jackson
Lloyd
Phyllis Sperker
Richard
Nancy Toney
David
Gloria Deeds
Harry
Flora Burroughs
Wade
Tillye Toney
Lowery
Olga
Lena Nova Toney
Sunset Farms
Fray Hill District
Pharmacists Pick Officers in New River Association
Joe Johnson a pharmacist at Johnson Rexall Drugs in Mawat Hapa was named president of the New River Pharmaceutical Association at a Friday Beckley lodge meeting. Ronald Lily of Beckley became secretary treasurer Don Suller was vice president Eppys Brug and Darwin Stiles named as second vice president. Committees were formed including finance legislative nominating membership welfare public relations program and projects with several overlapping members. The Mountaineer Family Health Plan was discussed and three state committee members were announced including Isadore Wein Johnston and Mianipser.
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Joe Johnson
Johnson
Rexall Drugs
Mawat Hapa
New River Pharmaceutical Association
Fe Beckley Kiks Lodge
Ronald Lily
Beckley
Caloty Drug
Don Suller
Meetinghey Art
Wallace Brannon
Ronald
New Fellowship Chief Selected for Southern West Virginia Home
James Taber of Princeton has been named as the new fellowship chief succeeding Tom Warbery who resigned in December. Taber will oversee activities for residents and seek job opportunities for those abstaining at the Southern West Virginia Fellowship Home, a recovery institution with six resident capacity.
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DEW
West Virginia
Yeslowshis
James Taber
Princeton
Tom Warberyhet
Sol Taber
Currecanuy
Beckley Center spurs new shops and theater lease talks
Beckley plans a 650 seat theater in the Beckley Plaza Shopping Center with no signed lease yet as developers push a March start. The center will house a variety of stores and a card and gift shop by August 1. Xerox opens Beckley office with local reps, aiming to improve service from Charleston and support regional sales.
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Xerox
Plaza Theater
Beckley Placa
Two Sophia Pupils To Serve As Pages
Sophia High School seniors windy Hartsog and Dahay Renfield will serve as pages for the 1968 session of the West Virginia Legislature in Charleston. Hartsox is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Biber Hart SOR Benfield of Sophia. Slab Fork Meeting The Citizens for Slab Fork Trustee Association will meet at the Independent Order of Odd Fellows in Sophia tonight at 7 pm with President Guy Thiws requesting all citizens to attend.
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Windy Hartsog
Dahay Renfield
Sophia High School
Charleston
Miss Hartsox
Sirs
Biber
Hart
Benfield
Mes
William Benfield
Sophia
Slab Fork
Citizens For Slab Fork Tistuet Association
Independent Order of Od Pellows
Touay
Guy Thi
Snow Day Workshop Cancelled In Raleigh County Schools
The Snow Day teachers workshop scheduled for day 29 is canceled by Superintendent C L Munson. The calendar allows four sign days and three have already used. with the cancellation, a spare snow day is kept. Richmond District School and Nahintt Ree departments cited conditions, and county plans to reschedule and make up missed days without delaying senior activities.
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Raleigh County
C. LU. Munsatt
Munson
Richmond
GI in Vietnam Thanks Pupils
The GI in Vietnam expressed thanks to Sophia Elementary School Wide Awake Club for a gift package sent to him. He is the son of Mr. and Mrs. J. Caéster Bins of Soak Creek, Wisconsin, and he serves with four others from the Sophia area who received packages. The 411 Club members voted to purchase angels for the service rather than a gift exchange.
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Viet Nam
Sophia Elementary School
Wide Awake
Dh Club
Christ
Wis
J. Caéster Bins
Soak Creek Ans
Wico
Sophia
Bias
Angelos
William Lambert
Jack Tankarsley
Jamés
Kennedy joins IPA A Bockley attorney elected to THA group
David T. Kennedy, a Bockley attorney, elected to Us International Platform Association. The group aims to improve American platform use for celebrities and serious assembly programs for children, counting figures like Mark Twain and Theodore Roosevelt among its influences. A separate UPI report notes thieves stole 17,000 feet of wires in central plains Tuk region, disrupting police and military communications.
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Kennedy
IPA
Bockley
David T. Kennedy
THA
Mark Twain
Theodore Roosevelt
Carl Sandburg
William Jennings Bryan
Myestients
Iatl
Roosevelt
Johnson
IRE Stalen Abantla
UPI
Phieves
Tuk
Tyléon
Nff
Students and Teachers Split on Semester Exams
Local students and teachers at Shady Spring, Bever ly Rakes, Wylene Shepherd, Torioda Caudill and Sophia High School debate the value of semester tests. Some argue exams cause stress and do not reflect mastery, while others say exams review long study periods and offer a clearer measure of learning. The district schedules a records day on January 26 for teachers to grade and prepare.
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Shady Spring
Stoco, Sophia
Trap Sil Iligh
UM S
Beverly Rakes
Wylene Shepherd
Torioda Caudill
Sophia High School
Care Benfield
Sigs Benfield
Munson Skeptical About West Virginia School Bills
Raleigh County Superintendent C. D. Munson doubts passage of several education measures in the West Virginia legislature. He cites missing revenue and time constraints to approve bills including a teacher salary increase and school building authority, noting Raleigh County benefits from local levies but broader funding remains uncertain.
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Munson
Raleigh
West Virginia
Aliens Must Report Addresses In Jon
Edward P. Sweenry in charge of the Alien Service reiterates that aliens must report current addresses to designated offices. Varied guardians must report for dependents under 14. failure to comply may lead to penalties or serious consequences.
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lAliens
Jon
Edward P. Sweenry
Furs Bute Migration
Pvallahia
Tint Radion and Naturalieation
Sulin
Sweeney
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