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Newspaper
Raleigh Register
Location
Beckley, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jul 25, 1967
Page
6
New members E. K. Cantley of Glen Daniel and W. E. Huguenot Eccles join the Trap Hill District Lions Club, welcomed by James Lilly secretary, after a recent meeting. The note also mentions the moon’s diameter estimate of about 2 160 miles.
Four Raleigh County teachers returned from a three week conservation workshop at West Virginia University. The course was sponsored by the Southern Soil Conservation District.
The article notes a three hour per day educational class for master’s degree credit from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. county teachers Zettie Stewart Prosperity Grade School Mears Meadows Ghent Shady Spring Junior High Charles Coe Clear Fork High School Chauncey Craghead Ghent Elementary hired by Mercer County Board of Education. Also mentions Chris Hudson circus trainer and Anna Mae elephant queen at Sells and Gray Circus showing Friday in Beckley Armory Parking Lot with 2 p.m. and 8 p.m. performances.
Sgt J C Robert E Cadle son of Braxton Cadle Beck ley awarded Bronze Star Medal with V Device for heroism in Viet Nam on Feb 12 1967 acting platoon leader with Company A 2nd Battalion 5th Cavalry during a combat air assault mission. Cadle aided his pinned unit under heavy fire and his bravery earned United States Army recognition. He is married with two children and 20 years in service. Other officers including Lt Conrad W Neely and Airmen William L Spade Curtis W Fox and Marine corps personnel are noted for recent trainings and assignments at Ft Knox Sheppard AFB Thule Greenland Amarillo AFB Niagara Falls Camp Pendleton and Cam Ranh Bay with family ties in West Virginia Virginia and Arlington.
The Maxwell Hill Country Life Group will meet at 7 30 p m today at the Community Center to plan the Beckley Area Rural Development Council dinner set for August 10. Travel complaints from Moscow note car production plans but few service stations and roadside restaurants remain a problem.
Major James R. Cook, a former Beckley resident and Woodrow Wilson High School alum, has flown 60 combat missions over North Vietnam in an F105 Thunderchief. He received the Distinguished Flying Cross for saving a downed pilot under severe weather and ground fire. Now a C141 cargo pilot, he resides with wife Mrs. Cook and three children in Charleston, South Carolina, after service with the 22nd Tactical Fighter Squadron at Bitburg Air Base.
Deeds on file record transfers from multiple owners to new buyers with parcel locations in Beckley area towns and additions. Total prices range from 2 700 to 12 000 dollars for properties in Town District Pine Crest Woodland Hills Catlett and Harvey subdivisions and Slab Fork District along U S routes.
New Delhi police create a 100 officer patrol as crime climbs with the start of the hot rainy season. The move targets escalating offenses and aims to restore public safety during adverse weather conditions.
The Beckley Raleigh County YMCA and the Dry Hill Prosperity Country Life Group sponsor a two day event August 18 and 19 with 43 classes starting August 18 at 1 30 pm and August 19 at 1 30 pm. Competitions include lead line best groomed pony English and western pleasure various stake and race events.
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