Scout Units End Week Of Camp At Wilderness
Four Raleigh County scout units wrap a week at Camp Wilderness on the C and O dam road near Daniels. Forty five scouts checked in Sunday for medical re checks as natural resources instructors taught forestry nature archery and marksman merit badges. Troops 185 Raleigh 295 Shady Spring 247 and 80 Beckley are represented with staffers Andy Riley and Larry Webb. Camp director Paul Perkins says seventy campers from seven Raleigh County units are due back Sunday for a second session with similar activities planned.
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Raleigh County
Camp Wilderness
Paul Perkins
AV Caravan and Fourth of July Events in Rhodell
Appalachian Volunteers of Rhodell announce a holiday weekend program with an AV movie caravan at 2 and 8 p m today, a Fourth of July parade at 10 a m starting at the Methodist Church, a bake sale for playground equipment, and a prize for best decorated bicycle or pet. The AV also opened a Community Recreation Center with summer programs for children.
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Appalachian Volunteers
Rhodell
Rhodesl
Pottery Wheel
East Gulf
Killarney
Meade
Davis Acquitted in DD Case in Willis Branch
A 61-year-old Willis Branch man, H. L. Davis, was found not guilty by a Criminal Court jury after about 30 minutes of deliberation on one of two drunk driving charges. Davis testified he did not drink that night and cited lifelong health issues, including silicosis, emphysema, and ulcers, as reasons for his alleged impairment.
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Willis Branchman
H. L. Davis
Davis
Tpr
T. Monk
Lake pollution worry linked to Flat Top Lake sewers
County sanitarian A W B Hume argues Flat Top Lake shows no pollution risk due to no outdoor toilets, properly installed septic tanks, and a caretaker who monitors systems. He notes part time occupancy limits load, while Flat Top Lake Association tests water under health department oversight. Beckley Water Co. says water becomes clean by aeration and treatment before reaching Glade Creek reservoir.
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Beaver
Flat Top Lake
A. W. B. Hume
County
Sanitarian
Heath Department
Little Beaver Lake
Hume
Health Department
Beckley Water Co
Glade Creek
Beckley
Mousetrap at Greenbrier Repertory Theatre Opens July 6
The Greenbrier Repertory Theatre presents Agatha Christie’s Mousetrap from July 6 to July 16 at The Tent on Stone House Road Cald well West Virginia. Curtain is 8 30 PM with reservations via 645 2000 or 647 5252.
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Agatha Christie
Miss Christie
Miss Marpole
Margaret Rutherford
Hercule Perrot
Peter Sellers
Sergeant Trotter
Lovely Monkswell Manor
Stone House Road
Caldwell
West Virginia
Trotter
Plumley Loses Toes In Lawn Mower Accident
Danie Plumley a Corey Candy Co. salesman from 215 Reservoir Road lost a toe and had two other toes partially amputated at Beckley Hospital after a lawn mower incident on a hill at his home Wednesday evening. His foot slipped under the mower during grass cutting.
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Corey Candy Co
Beckley Hospital
Danie Plumley
215 Reservoir Road
World’s Largest Indoor Clock at Grand Central Station
The grand clock at New York City’s Grand Central Station claims the title of the largest indoor clock. It features a 15 foot face and a seven foot long minute hand, setting a dramatic centerpiece for the station.
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New York City
Grand Central Station
Meaning of the Welsh name Enid
The name Enid is Welsh in origin and is interpreted to mean patient or patience.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Enid
Ambulance Use Abuse Revealed in West Virginia
Jack L. Waters of the West Virginia Board of Embalmers and Funeral Directors told about 300 attendees at a Refresher School that medical institutions overuse ambulance service by making first aid attendants perform hospital orderly duties. He cited delays wasting a $13 000 ambulance and two attendants, caused by institutions not supplying needed equipment, endangering public welfare.
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Jack L. Waters
West Virginia
Waters
President Franklin D. Roosevelt deeded his home to the nation
Franklin D. Roosevelt donated his private residence for national use during his lifetime, transferring ownership to the public while he still lived. The act reflected his commitment to preserving historic property for public benefit.
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United
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Travel Council Nearing Goal With Event Schedule
The Mountainaire Travel Council reports over 75 percent of its $8,000 goal raised and more than 300 paid members. A dense schedule unfolds across six counties Raleigh Fayette Mercer Monroe Summers and Greenbrier from July to September with shows fairs and festivals from Peterstown to Hinton including Greenbrier Repertory Theatre productions Dracula and The Curious Savage and the State Fair circuit stretching through August.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mountainaire Travel Council
MTC
Peterstown
Fairlea
Alderson
Greenbrier Repertory Theatre
Memorial Park
Summersville
Williamsburg
Green Sulphur District Fair, Inc
Green Sulphur Springs
Cherry River
Richwood
Trap
Raleigh County
Beckley
West Virginia
Hinton
Raleigh
Fayette
Mercer
Monroe
Summers
Greenbrier
State Ordered To Pay 8100 For Road Rights
A Circuit Court jury awarded Crab Orchard couple L. D. and Erma R. McGraw $8,000 for land taken by the State Road Commission for widening West Virginia 16 and Mabscott Crab Orchard Road. The SRC condemned the 1,800 square feet Aug. 25, 1965. prior valuations ranged from $1,100 to $12,000 based on house and property estimates. The case preceded another SRC condemnation suit against Erma Mills.
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State Road Commission
Mabscott - Crab Orchard
L. D. McGraw
W. Va. 16
SRC
McGraw
McGraws
Erma R. Mills
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Bowman
Samuel Gillenwater and
Sternman
James Elkins
of Beckley
Den
Nis McCoy
David Stanton
Wesley Harper
David Whitener
Kim Cooper
Inggister
Plumley
Travel Council
Neville ST
Fedeal Reserve System
Federal Deposit Ins. Corp
FORD
CHEVY
Plymouth
Studebaker
BUICK
Chrysler
Whitewall
Lucas General Tire, Inc
Neville
Sere
Main Street
Oayis
Hes Aken
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