PTA Members See Operetta at Blue Jay Elementary
Primary grade pupils presented an operetta The Lost Princess at the year’s final PTA meeting. Cast included Stephen Lilly as the king Sharon Elliott as the queen Karen Richmond as the princess and several students as musicians dancers and gypsies.
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Blue Jay
Princess
Parent Teacher Association
Stephen Lilly
King
Sharon Elliott
Queen
Karen
Richmond
Troy Trail
Jimmy Lykens
Clarence Redden
Roger Redden
Harold Shuck
Hazel Lilly
Burke Lilly
Shelia Maynor
Juanita Ransom
Linda Bolen
Marietta Ford
Vicki Lilly
Lois Copley
Deborah Lilly
Bobi Randolph
Mike Ragland
Stephen Lester
Carson Crawford
Roger Farrow
Johnny Richmond
Stephen Ragland
Shady Spring Girl Seeks Wide Art Career Ambitions
Shelma McClanahan a 17 year old senior at Shady Spring High School plans a career in art. She has worked on school decorations for the prom and May Festival and painted backdrops for the junior class play. She has sold advertising signs locally and studied art in Chicago. Shelma aims to study at Beckley College and Pratt Institute this fall to pursue art appreciation and future work in advertising interior decorating and fashion design.
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Shelma McClanahan
H. A. McClanahan
Shady Spring
Miss McClanahan
Shady Spring High School
Shelma
Senn High School
Chicago
Ill
National Amateur Artist Association of America
Beckley College
Pratt Institute of Art
New York City
Ministers To Meet In Beckley Area Church
The Beckley Area Ministerial Association will convene at 10 30 a m Monday in the Presbyterian Church for the last meeting of the summer Rev C E Walker president says all area ministers should attend The next session is planned for September
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Beckley Area
Longtime Mayor Webster Hawley Heads Monroe Village
William R. Hawley, fighty year old and president of the Monroe County Villages Association, has served as mayor of the village for more than 30 years, reflecting long tenure in local leadership.
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Webster. N. Y
William R. Hawley
Association of
Monroe County Villages
Morehan
Suits Removed From Docket In Norman Knapp Ruling
The Norman Knapp County Circuit Court signed dismissal orders removing several suits from the docket. Cases include Robertson and Foglesong Inc versus Delilah Spence estate heirs and others, Harvey Cabinet Co partners against Wilfred Wood dell and Jerry Wooddell, and Hutchinsons versus Raleigh Eagle Coal Co among others. Rush Roark received court permission to recover a 1952 model car and collect costs from O Bennington.
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Leigh County
Norman Knapp
Robertson and Foglesong, Inc
Estil Spence
Delilah Spence
Ned Ragland
Charles and
Ethel Susie Craft
Geneva Ride
Laura Ballard
Crown Cleaner
W. D. Haynes
W. H. Smith
Harvey Cabinet Co
Wilfred Langdon Wooddell
Jerry K. Wooddell
Boyd
Ruby Hutchinson
Raleigh Eagle Coal Co
E. M. Young
Rush Roark
O. Bennington
Coal City Church Announces Vacation Bible School
The Coal City Community Church will host a Vacation Bible School from Monday through June 16, daily 9 30 to 11 30 a m with a 7 30 p m program on June 16. Rev A R Sayre will direct, with classes for kindergarten to high school and a team of teachers and a pianist guiding activities.
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Coal City Community
A. R. Sayre
F. C. Booth
Homer Decker
Lonnie Cole
J. D. Brakefield
Paul Cole
Lacy Cole
H. C. Whitley
Bargain Days Prizes Planned in Beckley
The Beckley Business Bureau plans three major prizes during the Old Fashioned Bargain Days sale running June 26 to July 3. Prizes include an upright deep freeze, a refrigerator, and an electric range, with window displays of gifts from participating stores. The event coincides with the Mountain State Folk Festival and features a street dance near Raleigh County Courthouse. Stores are urged to display antique items and dress employees in period costumes.
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Beckley Business Bureau
Beckley
Bureau
Raleigh County
Main Street
Bonds Forfeited In Beckley Court Totals 279 Dollars
A total of 279 dollars was forfeited in Beckley Police Court on Thursday night. Frankie F Hatcher of Crab Orchard forfeited a 106.50 dollar bond after a drunken driving charge. He was arraigned Wednesday. Another defendant was fined 172.50 dollars for related charges.
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Beckley
Frankie F. Hatcher
Crab Orchard
Ted
Iy Son
Revival for Children at First Assembly of God Church
The Rev. Paul Hild of Minneapolis will lead a children’s revival at First Assembly of God Church Valley Drive at 7 p.m. daily June 5 to 11 assisted by his wife Auntie Myrtle and nine year old Cheryl. Cowboy Smiley has 20 years of revival experience. Activities include films action songs and magic. Free transportation provided from Crab Orchard and East Beckley areas.
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Paul Hild
Minneapolis
Minn
First Assembly of God
Valley Drive
Hild
Cowboy Smiley
Pal Paul
Myrtle
Cheryl
Cowboy Smiley” and Mrs. Hild
United States
T. M. Waldron
Crab Orchard
East Beckley
Doctor Answers: Tobacco, Krebiozen, and Cancer Myths
The doctor states chewing tobacco does not prevent cancer and may raise mouth cancer risk. He notes carcinogens may be leaf based and lists substances found in cigarettes. He discusses Krebiozen skepticism, past claims, and the need for rigorous long term follow up before considering cures. Readers are invited to request a leaflet for ten cents.
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Peru
Jamaica
Krebiozen
Deeds Filed For Multiple Woodland Hills and Crab Orchard Properties
A series of property transfers listed include James Lilly Inc to Wayne and Drema Pettry in Woodland Hills for 1250 dollars and Charles Kelley from Lily Land Company for 400, plus Snuffer to Snuffer, McElroy to Reece for 3500, and Beckley Business Development Corp acquiring Mabscott acreage for 100000, among others in Mabscott Glade Park Shady Spring and Crab Orchard districts with several no consideration transfers. Names include Lilly Kelley Lesler Snuffer McElroy Newman Pilkington Snuffer Gas Co Osborne Thomas and others with dates not specified.
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James Lilly, Inc
Wayne F
Drema L. Pettry
Woodland Hills
Daniel
Myrtle Kelley
Charles W. Kelley
Lily Land Company
Clarence E
Roxie C. Lesler
Richard V
Helen Hope Snuffer
Coal River
Trap Hill
Walter G
Virginia S. McGraw
Woodland Hills Addition
Vecellio Corporation
W. D. Haynes
Mabscott
Anne P. McElroy
Bobby E. Reece
Prosperity
John Howard McGuire
Anna McGuire
Crab Orchard
H. B
J. W. Walters
John Elbert Newman
Margaret Newman
Orthul McRae
Lottie H. Cole
Joe Pilkington Jr
Glade Park
Shady Spring
National Mine Service Co
Beckley Business Development Corporation
A. L
Martha Snuffer
Eastern Gas and Fuel Associates
Malinda Snuffer Land
Joe H. Lilly
Evelyn I. Osborne
Lacy H. Osborne
Glen Morgan - Sullivan Road
Gilmer
Alma Thomas
Maudie Thomas
Gadd
Little Farms
Peelish Brothers Dads Within 25 Hour Period
Two Peelish brothers became fathers within 25 hours with MRS. VIC PEELISH giving birth to a 7 lb 3 oz son at 10:25 p.m. Tuesday and MRS. Steve Peelish delivering a 6 lb 9 oz son at 11:32 p.m. Wednesday. Vic Peelish is the Woodrow Wilson High School coach and Pat Terry. Steve Peelish is a Beckley City patrolman and Lois Hacker.
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Peelish
Vic Peelish
Woodrow Wilson High School
Steve Peelish
Beckley
Pat Terry
Lois Hatcher
Thieves Strip 8000 Feet Of Telephone Wire Near Sapulpa
In rural Creek County Oklahoma many residents lost phone service after high climbing thieves stripped over 8000 feet of telephone wire from utility poles. Sheriff Dee Rus mus noted the damage impacted multiple areas and hindered communications.
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Sapulpa
Okla
Creek County
Dee Rusmus
Mrs Whittaker Heads Vacation Bible School
Mrs R Payne Whittaker will serve as dean of The Methodist Temple vacation church school to be conducted from 9 a.m. until 1 p.m. June 5 9. The school is for children enrolled kindergarten through ninth grade. Co chairmen for kindergarten are Mrs George Tully and Mrs George Miller. Teachers include Mrs Robert Sims Mrs Robert Lowe and others across primary junior and junior high departments with Rev Don Francis as superintendent.
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R. Payne Whittaker
Methodist Temple
George Tully
George Miller
Robert Sims
Robert Lowe
George Francisco
Harry Moore
Oris Ballard
B. H. Hopkins
Roy Graham
Midway 4-H Club Honors Blue Ribbon Winners
Clarence Wooten, Raleigh County 4-H Club Agent, presented 26 Midway Elementary School 4-H members with Blue Ribbons at a Monday open house. Winners included Alan Fleshman to Betty Crawford, with several receiving two blue ribbons. Neil Hawkins earned a red ribbon while Donna Shrewsbury and Marylinda Goodman won white ribbons.
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Doug Shupe
Eric Murphy
Donna Neff
Donna Pack
Skipper Chamberlain
Ardis Fraley
Judy Clark
Brenda Rivers
Linda Chamberlain
Margaret ‘Graham
Marsha Rowe
Norma Perdue
Vickie Chamberlain
Sandra Shrewsbury
Samuel Cochran
Gary Kennedy
Paula McPeake
Donald Neff
Ray Bishop
Pat Wimbish
Linda Gray
Betty Crawford
Neil Hawkins
Donna Shrewsbury
Marylinda Goodman
Phyllis Walker
Midway Elementary School
Club To Install Officers June 8
Clyde McCoy president elect of the Civitan Club will be installed at the June 8 meeting. Other officers to be installed with him are Guy Rumberg first vice president Chester Roberts second vice president D Crawford Lynn treasurer and Bernard White secretary. In the Moose Club meeting Thursday Paul Fourney Beckley lawyer was accepted as a new member. A report on citizenship awards given to area elementary and high schools noted medals and engraved plaques for outstanding citizens from each school.
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Clyde McCoy
Civitans
Guy Rumberg
Chester Roberts
D. Crawford Lynn
Bernard White
Moose Club
Paul Fourney
Beckley
Civitan
Expressways named differently in three cities
In Baltimore the new northbound highway is called the Baltimore Harrisburg Expressway. In Harrisburg it is the Harrisburg Baltimore Expressway. York Pa positions it as the Susquehanna Expressway to avoid preference.
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Baltimore
Harrisburg
York
Walnut Hills Students Plan Poetic Trash Can Decor
Walnut Hills High School Student Council campaigns to decorate trash receptacles in school colors and emblem to encourage use. Senior Karen Roe offers a poem urging cleaner halls by using the can rather than the door.
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Cincinnati
Walnut Hills High School
Karen Roe
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