Beckley Group Home for Boys Tours Facility Aims Sept. 1 Opening
The Beckley Group Home for Boys committee toured 400 City Ave Beckley as the Davis-Stuart sponsored home aims to house six to eight youths by September 1. The project received a portion of a 38460 HUD grant for Beckley and Bluefield plus 6000 yearly local funds. Donations of furniture dishes and money are requested via Beckley Group Home Drawer 1818 or contact Mrs. Johnson at 1004 Dogwood Lane.
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Beckley
Home For Boys
City Ave
Davis-Stuart
Lewisburg
Raleigh County
John Cali
M. A. Johnson
Jim Cooper
Area 25
Department of Welfare
Group Home Committee
Bluefield
Oper
Nine New Candy Stripers Training At BARH Program
Nine girls aged 16 to 17 join Beckley Appalachian Regional Hospital volunteers as Candy Stripers. Under BARH Auxiliary Pink Ladies sponsorship, they receive orientation and rotate through departments including physical therapy speech therapy x ray admissions and clinical laboratory with plans to add pulmonary laboratory and other areas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Beckley Appalachian Regional Hospital
BARH
William Sutphin
Pat Morgan
Morgan
Mountaineer Family Health Plan, Inc
Sutphin
Pink Ladies
Sandra Wise
Jennifer Floyd
Judy Hill
Barbara Lynn Meadows
Deborah Ann Craddock
Minta Akers
Jeanette Harper
Sarah Coburn
Dianna Hunt
Eagles State Picnic at Camp Creek Park
Beckley Fraternal Order of Eagles and auxiliary host a 2 p.m. Sunday picnic at Camp Creek State Park. Publicity chairman W. W. Stover urges members to attend with basket lunches and notes an arranged program of entertainment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Beckley Fraternal Order of Eagles
Camp Creek State Park
W. W. Stover
Three Women Sue Hills Store Over False Arrest Claims
In Raleigh County Circuit Court three women sue Hills Department Stores parent Shoe Corp. of America for 25,000 dollars each in compensatory and punitive damages alleging confinement and false arrest in a locked room at Hills Plaza By-Pass. Plaintiffs Pegey Lusk Ella Billings and Florence Green say store manager and an agent coerced signing of a form during over 45 minutes confinement with no basis for the accusations of shoplifting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hills Department
By- Pass Plaza
Raleigh County
WVU Theatre Go Round schedules August West Virginia tour
WVU assistant professor Patrick B Murphy writes and directs Story Theatre based shows drawn from West Virginia myths and folk history. The pilot project Theatre Go Round receives WV Arts and Humanities Council support and plans eight performances statewide in July and August with a ten person company and minimal sets.
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Morgantown
West Virginia University
West Virginia
Patrick B. Murphy
Paul Sills
WVU
West Virginia Arts and Humanities Council
Murphy
Camp Muffly
Camp Russell
Wheeling
Fairmont
Marlington
Marlington, July 27 and Aug. 3; Buckhanan
Keyser
Story
Theatre-Go-Round
Comedia Dell’arte
Patrick Gainer
Patrick Murphy
Far Right
Theatre-Go- Round
Beckley to Host Black Teenage Beauty Pageant
Representatives from Raleigh and Fayette counties met with Ronald Charity to plan a statewide Miss Black Teenage America Pageant in Beckley on September 4. Local preliminaries run August 14 to 23 across Beckley and several counties for Afro American girls aged 15 to 17. The winner earns a free trip to the national pageant in Baltimore, Maryland, September 9 to 11.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Raleigh
Fayette Counties
Ronald Charity
Beckley
Willie
Florine) Nelms
Abram
Margaret) Hill
Raleigh County Community Action Association
West Virginia
Nelms
Fayteetville
Huntington
Fairmont
Charleston
Logan
Mingo
Mercer
Richard Harless
Raleigh County
Baltimore
GM recalls 6331 1971 vehicles for inspection and repair
General Motors recalls 6331 1971 model vehicles for inspection and correction of possible safety defects. No accidents or injuries reported. The batch includes 6000 Chevrolet station wagons 171 Chevrolet and GMC heavy duty tractors and 160 Chevrolet light trucks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Detroit
UPI
General Motors Corp
Chevrolet
Golf gains fans worldwide from Australia to Zimbabwe
More than 15 million enthusiasts embrace golf, once called the sport of kings, expanding from Australia to Zimbabwe with growing participation and interest.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Australia
Zambia
Weather Details Airport Conditions and River Status
Weather details show 24 hour period ending 30 a.m with high 75 at 5 pans and low 9 at 5 30 a.m. Gusts or precipitation minimal. River conditions Greenbrier normal clear and Lake Norman clear with 2.2 gates open. Extended outlook cooler with variably cloudy skies Wednesday to Friday.
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Norman
Hinton
Former Beckleyans Killed In Michigan Car Crash
Two former Beckley residents Mrs Mary Hannah 77 of Kalamazoo Michigan and George Nelson Pemberton 30 of Detroit Michigan were killed instantly in a Sunday automobile wreck on I 94 near Parma Michigan Police said Mrs Hannah driving swerved to avoid a pedestrian crossed the median and head on into another vehicle Funeral services for both will be held in Beckley.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Beckley
Mary Hannah
Kalamazoo
Mich
George Nelson Pemberton
Detroit
Michigan
Jackson
Hannah
Parma
Pemberton
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Eagles
Hills Store
Beckley National Bank
Elmer L. Davis
A. PB
Tony” Gonzalez
Frank Rodriguez
Beckley City Park
Gonzalez
Beckley Newspapers Corp
Raleigh County Bank
Beckley Water Co
Blythe and
Imperial
Calif
Houston
Maine
Bozeman
Mont
Jay Roles
North Kanawha
North Valley Drive
Guardian
United States
Fayetteville
W. Maple Avenue
West VA
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