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Newspaper
Raleigh Register
Location
Beckley, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jul 11, 1967
Page
8
Attendees include Mrs Mitchell and her husband who accompanied her to Elkins for the two day conference at Davis and Elkins College on July 7 and 8.
A $3 million American Telephone and Telegraph project begins with six relay stations across West Virginia to form a west to east microwave link. Sites include Anthony Greenbrier Spring Dale Fayette Kopperston Wyoming Holden Mingo Missouri Branch Raleigh County.
Roy Sneed of Beckley was freed from Raleigh County Jail after posting bond on a drunken driving charge. Thomas Ball appeared before Magistrate Lorena Wallace and returned to jail on a drunken driving charge. Robert E. Brown was released after posting bond on a Beckley drunken driving charge. Fire department responded to two Monday calls including a rescue and a medical transfer. Minor transformer fire caused fluorescent light damage at a laundry pickup station.
King Arthur and Tom of Warwick join in a Camelot scene to be staged at Cliffside Amphitheatre Grandview State Park by the Charleston Light Opera Guild. More than 100 performers and three trucks arrive Saturday for two 8 20 p.m. shows. Tickets cost 2 50 and 3 50 with reservations via Honey in the Rock office or Box 1205 Beckley.
The city lists permits to J. P. Collins 106 Wildwood Drive for a one car garage Elgie Thompson 212 Myers Ave for a shed on a now existing garage and Frank Vass 143 Dexter Ave for a porch.
Airman Betty S. Justice of Beckley has training at Norton AFB California as a transportation specialist after basic at Lackland Texas. Airman Philip G. Hall of Beckley will train as a photographic specialist at Travis AFB California. Rondle L. Cole of Beaver graduates the Senior NCO Academy at Goodfellow AFB Texas as a communications analysis specialist. Machinist Mate 2 C Aubrey C. Marshall of Shady Spring serves aboard USS Intrepid in the Gulf of Tonkin as part of Task Force 77. Army Spec. 5 Woodrow Sinks Jr. of Herndon participates in Operation Akron in Vietnam with the 1st Armored Cavalry. Army Pvt. Ross E. Richmond of Shady Spring completes a light vehicle driver course at Fort Jackson South Carolina.
Beckley Municipal Court collected 251 in bond forfeitures on Monday night. Drunkenness fines totaled 62 paid to the court. Forfeited bonds included Rodney A Wyatt 26.50 speeding Dennis L Pryor 41.50 hazardous driving Johnny Health listed as S121 intoxication and brandishing a deadly weapon.
Raleigh County School system officials will attend the Planning for Educational Progress conference July 16 to 19 at Jackson's Mill. Attendees include Superintendent Charles D. Munson and assistant superintendents Sherman Trail and Mason Anderson, personnel director Earl Halsey, ESEA director C. G. Peregoy, and board financial officer David Shrewsbury. Participants include the West Virginia Association of School Administrators and the West Virginia School Boards Association.
An adult basic education class will be held at the Tec Basic Education Center beginning at 5 p.m. today. The class targets persons over 18 with less than eighty years of schooling and those who have some high school credits seeking a refresher course. Rev. W. H. Law will instruct.
One hundred sixty five Upward Bound students from West Virginia Tech will attend a Charleston Light Opera Guild production of Camelot at Grandview State Park. Thirty five faculty and staff accompany the group on the Beckley outing, the second field trip of the summer following visits to Sunrise Museum in Charleston and an upcoming Washington D C tour.
Attendance at Cedar Lakes near Ripley during the Mountain State Arts and Crafts Fair grew by four thousand to surpass twenty two thousand visitors over five days. Curtis S. Jones of the West Virginia Department of Commerce noted the strong turnout.
Raleigh County Red Cross assisted in 101 cases in June including telegrams letters counseling to families and information given. Volunteers completed 200 duty bags mailed to Vietnam for servicemen in hospitals. Local groups and churches joined, and more volunteers and bag materials are requested at the chapter office.
A South African named Beckley requests Beckley city data from Mayor Joan W. Smith. The inquiry asks how the city home originated and what Beckley descendants in Beckley still retain the name. The requester cites his father and uncle moving to South Africa in 1870 and mentions author Harlow Warren of three volumes on Beckley, U.S.A.
The Raleigh County Court spent its morning session reviewing bids for flood damage projects funded by federal grants. They authorized bid letting to firms or individuals to repair spring flood damage including bridges and roads, after federal approval. The court also approved one notary public application filed by James F. Boyd Jr. of Beckley.
Dr. Bienvenido A Cabuay begins duties as a resident physician at Pinecrest Sanitarium on July 1. A Philippines native, he trained at Manila Central University and comes from Baltimore County General Hospital Maryland. He is married to Grace McLeod and they have son Bonpierre aged five. Mrs Cabunay holds a B S in home economics.
The Raleigh County Community Action Association will hold its regular monthly meeting Saturday at 1 p m in the Circuit Court Room of the Raleigh County Courthouse. A Head Start report and updates on the Neighborhood Youth Corp are on the agenda followed by an Open House at the NYC site in the Payne Building on S Fayette Street. Mayor John Smith of Beckley and President Chester Workman will preside over a ribbon cutting at 3 p m and membership cards will be issued to recent applicants.
Leslie C. Gates of 110 College Ave is installed as vice-president of the National Society of Professional Engineers at the Hartford meeting July 5 8. A West Virginia engineer and former WV Society president he will serve the Central region including Ohio Illinois Kentucky Indiana Michigan Wisconsin West Virginia.
An extremely small hearing aid with a tiny energized unit has been perfected by a hard of hearing inventor. The improvised device aims to improve word clarity for talkers. Write A. Wi Newell, 2016 W. Sth St., Erie, Pa for full information at no cost.
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