Miss Suzann Morton to Receive BA English at Queens College
Slab Fork resident Miss Suzann Morton will graduate with a bachelor of arts in English from Queens College. The ceremony is June 3 at Belk Chapel. Morton served on the college magazine staff and council boards, joined Dolphin Club and Chi Omega, earned Dean's List honors, and appeared in Who's Who Among Students. She is the daughter of Mr and Mrs Frank Morton.
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Suzann Morton
Slab Fork
Queens College
Belk Chapel
Queens
Miss Morton
College Magazine
Queens Christian Association
Dolphin Club
National Student Association
Miss & Dana
Chi Omega Social Sorority
Frank Morton
New Regulations Allow Hiring of Fulltime Students
New regulations for hiring full-time students 14 to 18 in retail and service establishments take effect June 10 with required certificates. Interim rules began Sept 3, 1961 under the Fair Labor Standards Act. Students may be paid 85 percent of minimum wage and must meet weekly hour limits plus school- calendar restrictions. Applications for certificates available from the U S Department of Labor in Nashville.
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Pat Melean
U. S. Labor Department
Nashville
U. S. Department of Labor
U. S. Courthouse
Broad Street
Tenn
Ex-Beckley Girl Tops Florida Teen Contest
A former Beckley girl, Sharon, has been named Top Teen in a Miami Florida contest. She plans a medical secretary career and will attend Dade County Junior College. Sharon earned the good citizenship award from the Daughters of the American Revolution and a $50 Elks Foundation scholarship.
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Beckley
Miami
Flatral High School
Sharon
Raleigh General Hospital
Sunbeam Baker Co
Dade County Junior College
Florida
Daughters of the American Revolution
Elks Foundation
The
Miami Herald
Chamber to Produce Color Slides of Beckley Area
Beckley-Raleigh County Chamber of Commerce will sponsor a project to place Beckley area on color slides for industrialists and interested parties. Slides will show land, institutions, industrial sites, recreational facilities and other features with narration outlining opportunities. Miss Madge Richardson, director of the women’s division, is chairing the committee. The project grew from chamber discussions at a Tuesday meeting.
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Beckley-Raleigh County
New Hiring Rules for 14 and 15 Year Olds Detailed
New labor rules issued under 1961 amendments detail permitted and forbidden duties for 14 and 15 year olds. Food service may include prep and service of food and beverages. operations of dishwashers toasters and blenders. gas stations allow gas and oil dispensing and car washing by hand. Prohibited work includes boiler rooms meat coolers heavy lifting and warehouse tasks. Hours remain restricted with eight hours daily and 40 weekly when not in school. three hours on school days and 24 hours in a school week. Hazardous occupations requiring 18 year minimum persist for retail. Further information available at the Wage-Hour Division Charleston office.
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Secretary of Labor
Federal Building
Charleston
Beckley College grads head for Washington jobs
Eight Raleigh County graduates from Beckley College receive secretarial and stenographic certificates and will join the Department of the Army and the Treasury Department. Named are Linda Carroll Stanley Suzanne Wiley Martha Eileen Garretson Kay Forren Sandra Kay Shrewsbury Patricia Ann Shumate Bonnie Jones Nancy Jean Bowman Mary Alice Long and others, all 1961 Woodrow Wilson and local high school graduates poised for government work.
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Raleigh County
Beckley College
Department of the Army
U. S. Treasury Dept
Linda Carroll Stanley
Kenneth Stanley
Lanark
Woodrow Wilson High School
Treasury Dept
Bureau of Accounts
Suzanne Wiley
Kenneth K. Wiley
Mabscott
Martha Eileen Garretson
Charles L. Garretson
Edgewood Dr
Woodrow Wilson
Patricia Ann Shumate
Sherman G. Shumate
Ghent
Shady Spring
Treasury Department
Bonnie Jones
Woodrow Jones
Sophia
Sophia High School
Nancy Jean Bowman
Claude W. Bowman
High St
Sophia High
Mary Alice Long
J. C. Long
Red Sulphur Springs
Peterstown
Taps Out Television Interference In Dog and Partridge Area
In Rochdale England engineers traced TV interference to beer taps at the Dog and Partridge Pub. The barkeeper’s use of a seven tap system triggered signal disruption, which was resolved by neutralizing the affected spigot.
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Rochdale
England
UPI
Dog and Partridge Pub
Global rice consumption exceeds seven hundred million eaters
It is estimated that more than 700 million people worldwide are habitual rice eaters, highlighting the grain’s central role in global diets and cultural dining traditions.
Paul Reid Delegated to Boys State from Mark Twain
Paul Reid sixteen son of Mr and Mrs Leslie Reid Stotesbury will represent Mark Twain at Mountainier Boys State session starting Sunday More than 400 attend the Silver Anniversary Boys State at Jacksons Mill Reid is junior honors society student council basketball team manager and among Raleigh County delegates to attend also named are Price Caffee Samuel Barr Gerald Gallaher Michael Harvey Emmett Davis Hamil Kessel from Woodrow Wilson Shady Spring High and Doug Basham Sophia High.
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Paul Reid
Leslie Reid
Stotesbury
Mark Twain
Mountaineer Boys State
Paul
Boys State
Jackson’s Mill
Raleigh County
Price Caffee
Samuel Barr
Gerald Gallaher
Michael Harvey Emmett Davis
Hamil Kessel
Woodrow Wilson
Howard Wilburn
Earl Okes
Shady Spring High
Doug Basham
Sophia High
New Cast Member Joins Honey in the Rock at Penn State
J Rodney Busch of Brochard joins a four member Penn State University acting company this summer. He brings prior work from Wilmington Summer Theatre and Parkersburg Actors Guild including roles in Anastasia The Skin of Our Teeth Death of a Salesman and Dial M for Murder He studied at Glenville State College earning a BA and appeared in The Rainmaker The Lesson Right You Are and Misalliance Busch adds singing and dancing chops to the Honey in the Rock cast.
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J. Rodney Busch
Brochard
Penn State University
Busch
Wilmington
Del
Prince Paul
Anastasia
the Fool
Elizabeth
Announcer
Actor’s Guild
Parkersburg
Moon Distances From Earth Report
United Press International reports the moon's mean distance from Earth at 238,857 miles. It notes an orbital range with a maximum of 252,710 miles and a minimum of 221,463 miles due to the ellipse of its orbit.
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United Press International
Earth
Area servicemen stationed in Alaska assignments
Three area men are stationed in Alaska with two at Fort Richardson and one at Fort Wainwright. Specialist Cecil L. Kendrick Sophia serves at Wainwright as a 25 year old from Beckley. Pfc Wayne L. Adkins Jr. and Chief Warrant Officers Mike H. Farmer, both from Beckley, are assigned to Fort Richardson.
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Alaska
Ft. Wainwright
Cecil L. Kendrick Sophia
Ft. Richardson
Wayne L. Adkins Jr
Mike H. Farmer
Beckley
Kendrick
15 Years After Abdication Duke and Duchess of Windsor
Family Weekly ponders the Windsor couple’s happiness on their silver anniversary. The piece explores their private life, critics, and why the royal family is rarely referenced, plus features on foreign tourism, baseball, prom night, boating trends, and June Dairy Month recipes.
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Britain
Edward VII
Wallace Simpson
Duke and Duchess of Windsor
Family Weekly
Vait Gilmore
U.S
Roger Maris
Cadet Charles N Kidd Attends Naval Training Center
Charles N Kidd tradesman third class from Memphis Tennessee attends the Naval Air Technical Training Center at Memphis. He is the son of Mrs Garnet R Meadows of Piney Woods.
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Advanced Tradesman
Memphis, Tenn
Naval Air Technical Training Center
Charles N. Kidd
Garnet R. Meadows
Pupils Perform In Flutophone Band At Sophia Elementary PTA
Five fifth grade pupils from Sophia Elementary School perform in a flutophone band at a PTA meeting organized by music instructor Mrs. Tom Fazio. Flutes were purchased to teach reading music. In another item, the U S Army National Guard reached its highest mobilization readiness in history in fiscal 1961 per Britannica 1962 War Book. A separate notice: Public Service Commission orders Wayne Gas Co to hire an engineer to determine needed improvements to supply adequate gas for 950 Wayne County customers after winter shortages.
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Sophia Elementary School
Carol Benefield
Debbie Kaylor
Nanette Cher
Brenda Kinsler
Patty Bias
Ruth
Branham
Donna Cochran
Amabile Milano
Dana Banker
Sharon Taylor
Barbara Allen
Tommy Tate
Jamie Bradford
Sammy Roberts
Jerry Cook
Rus
Sell Cook
Tom Fazio
U. S. Army National Guard
Charleston
UPI
Public Service Commission
Wayne Gas Co
PSC
Wayne County
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Army Chemical Center
Chemical Corps
James L. E. Hill
Cleophus O. Hill
Berry St
Hill
Army
Byrd Prillerman High School
West Virginia State College
Elaine
Artillery and Missile School
Ft. Sill
Oklo
John A. Kemp
Mullens
Mullens High School
Military Academy
West Point
Terrence R McAlister
Camp Lejeune
N.C
T. J. Vance
T. K. Morrison
Theodore J. ‘Vance
John RK. Vance
Mount Hope
Thomas K. Morrison
Thomas K
Highland Ave
Mulens
Helena
San Diego
Calif
Eugene M. Snodderly
Elmer E. Snodderly
Lexington
Seventh Fleet
Western Pacific
James T. Argenbright
Boilermain
D. D. Argenbright
Jold
Leo D. ‘Kendrick
Ninth Infantry
Maben
Winding Gulf Coals Inc
Shirley
Pfe. Adkins
Johnstown Road
Support Command
Clyde H. Farmer
Farmer
80Th Transportation Company
Laura
Mark Twain High School
Parris Island
S. C
N. C
Pvt
Peter L. Smith
James F. Smith
Piney View
P. L. Smith
J. E. Hodges
Air Force
Chanute Air Force Base
Ill
James H. Hodges
Bradey
Lackland Afb
America
S&h
Johnny
PTA
National Postronic
Bank of Raleigh Main
Kanawha Streets
Federal Deposit Insurance Corp
AEP
Foralachiian Power Company
Inve
Tor
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