Woodrow Wilson High to honor top seniors at 7 pm assembly
Long Park and Richard Vaughan lead this year's Woodrow Wilson High School awards night honoring outstanding high school opportunities. Scholastic medals go to Park Vaughan and other medalists, with various civic and athletic honors presented by clubs and the DAR Civitan and Booster clubs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Long Park
Richard Vaughan
Woodrow Wilson High School
Rick Vecellio
Key Club
Miss Park
Vaughan
Alse
Woman’s Club of
Beckley
Martha Bailey
Janie ‘Cole
Nancy Elkin
Marlena Halash
Laura Pitotti
Melissa Anderson
Patty Johnston
Mary Martina
Gale Trent
Robin Beard
Jane Bone
Charla Cox
Susan Davis
Belinda Dowdy
Emily Farris
John Futterman
Cathy Harvey
Ellen Lilly
Anita Lopez
Joyce Parvin
Joel Pinter
Cynthia Radford
Lucy Shanklin
Richard van Puffelen
Joan Winner
Miss Parks
Nancy Elkins
Daughters of the American Revolution
Beckley Civitan Club
Keatley
David Thomas
Wayne McNeish
Arthur Lawson
Goldie Rhodes
Tom Scott
Pete George
Miller Hall
Danny L. Walker
James Pack Elliott
Booster Club
Jan Bean
Latonya Caldwell
Mike Cole
Debbie Cox
Diane Dearing
Jamie Pack Elliott
Larry Elliott
Jimelle Farris
Denise Graham
Darlene Green
Freddie Griffith
Paulette
Stoco High students join Quill and Scroll honor roll
Three Stoco High School students Lynn Price Patsy Shrewsbury and Pam Thomas gain membership in the national journalism honor for high school students. Additional recognitions include Toastmasters Youth Awards and various scholarship awards listed with multiple universities and colleges in West Virginia.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lynn Price
Patsy Shrewsbury
Pam Thomas
Stoco High School
Miss Price
Delphia Price
Coal City
West Virginia Institute of Technology
Walter Shrewsbury
Shrewsbury
Thespians
Miss Thomas
Johnny R. Thomas
A Reader Responds to Women's Lib Debate
A vigorous male reader rebutts Family Weekly's February 14 piece on Women's Liberation. He argues the movement's extremism lacks sense and asks if its leader aims to be a Superwoman or a Superclod.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Family Weekly
Beach Sundaes and Home Made Cookies Recipes
A food item highlights inviting desserts with peach halves poached in currant jelly and Graham Sensations cookies not to be forgotten.
Beckley Election Official Canvass Maintains Mayoral Outcome
The Beckley municipal canvass increased the total mayoral votes to 4006 with McCulloch winning 2910 and Curley Allen at 1096. Turnout was 34.3 percent of 11,688 registered voters, lower than 1963 and 1967. Council results: Irle 2433, Jackson 2271, Pulliam 1597. Ward I winner Wilbur 485, Ward II Smith 571, Ward III Loflin 537, Ward IV Crews 475, Echols 237. Ward V Seay 620, Stinson 456.
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Tion
John H. McCulloch
Curley Allen
Beckley
McCulloch
John Wesley Smith
Ross S. Irle
Ward I
Paul Loflin
T. M. Crews
Jane Echols
John T. Seay
John H. Stinson
Nursing Home Problems Exposed By WV Inspector
West Virginia health officials disputed a Ralph Nader report, saying state nursing homes show only minor violations. Roy Rader said inspections found some deficiencies, including inadequate diets lacking milk and vitamins, missing medical exams, and poor therapeutic diets in over half the homes.
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Charleston
UPD
State Health Department
Ralph Nader
West Virginia
West Virginia Nursing Home Association
Roy Rader
Nader
Rader
Cut Expansion Plans Shrank to 81.8 Billion This Year
UPI reports businesses trimmed capital spending to 81.8 billion for new plants and equipment, down from 83.1 billion planned three months earlier, despite Nixon's 3 billion annual tax break.
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Washington
UPI
Nixon
Local Marine Recruiter Receives Commendation in Beckley
Beckley Marine Corps recruiter Staff Sergeant Don K Mitchell was commended by Brig General Lawrence Snoddy Jr for his outstanding work with the Young Marines and his community impact. Snoddy noted Mitchell’s evident esteem among youths and parents during the May 1 1971 charter day in West Virginia. Susan Barbara Frilen earned a BA in elementary education at Bethany College and plans graduate study after graduating with her class.
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Beckley Marine Corps
Donny. K.mitchell
Young Marines
Marine Corps League
Sgt
Mitchell
Lawrence F. Snoddy Jr
Marine Corps Development and Education Command
Quantico
Snoddy
West Virginia
Beckley
W. Va
Don K. Mitchell
Marine Unit
Marine Corps
Susan’ Barbara Frilen
Robert H. Frilen
Bethany College
Miss Frilen
Woodrow Wilson High School
Marriage Permits Listed for Beckley and Nearby Areas
Marriage permits issued for multiple couples across Beckley and surrounding towns include Eugene E. Chappo and Sandra L. Dalton both of Beckley with parents listed, David Ray Hinzman and Dorothy McWhorter Hinzman plus Rebecca Sue Kidd of Beckley, and other pairs from Rainelle Prosperity Mabscott Hamburg and Clear Creek with parents named.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eugene. E. Chappo
Beckley
Steve
Mary Leman Chappo
Sandra L.dalton
Russell Willard
Elizabeth Green Morrison
David Ray Hinzman
Paul
Dorothy McWhorter Hinzman
Rebecca Sue Kidd
Arnold B
Gracie Hylton Kidd
Don Warren Osborne
Rainelle
Woodrow W
Clara Frantz Osborne
Mary Ellen Bryant
Mabscott
Harry Donald
Ruth Brown Bryant
Travis Gene Stover
Nile
Bessie V. Stover
Catherine Ilene Dunbar
Clear Creek
Elmo Seth
Delores Workman Dunbar
Thomas Anderson Sipprell
Hamburg
N.Y
Raymond F
Mildred G. Cook Sipprell
Susan Barbara Frilen
Robert H. and
Annabelle Wilson Frilen
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Hutchins
Tom McNeish
Reggie O’neal
Song Park
Danny Walker
Debbie Warden
Becky Wiant
Bill Brown
Deanne Harvey
Miss Harvey
Brown
Janie Cole
Jim Comerci
David Francisco
Shelia Hager
Kathy Hartley
Peggy Thrush
Mark Morris
The
Dramatic Club
Roger Daniels
John Philip Sousa
Jo Ellen Brooks
Danny Smith
Arion Foundation
Milton Hannah
William Price
Sharon Riggs
Toastmasters
Delta Sigma Theta Sorority
Caroline Bandy
Steve Adkinson
American Legion
Steve Canterbury
Unit 32
Iliary
William Donald Bryant
Dennis Atkins
Michael Lloyd Baker
Ronald Cooney
Martha Day
Terrence Davis
Jerome Hairston
Grant Petiit
Verblena Walton
Joe Winner
Ollie William Brown Jr
Jerry Cabe
Michael Harding
Susan Hovanski
Theresa Kirby
Donna Jean Morris
Robert Neal
West Virginia University
Pegey Lynn Lynn
Janet Maples
Levert McDaniel
Lee Ann Brouse
Donald Bryant
Marshall University
Norma Davis
Charles Pemberton
Peggy Foose
Elmer Magye
Concord College
Steven ‘Canterbury
Davidson- Greenbrier and
Lively ‘Manufacturing Co
Carolyn Canada
Michael Bowyer
James Dyer
David Wyatt
State of West Virginia
Michael Albanese
Judy Yvonne Austin
Wesleyan College
Ardith Fullen
West Virginia State College
Paul Tindilia
Air Force Academy
Martha Thrush
Antioch College
WVU
Beverly Paugh
Alderson-Broaddus College
Marlene Halash
Mary Washington College
Bettyanne Hairston
Becxley Post-Hersarp
Raleigh B Register
Murphy’s
Murphy's
Aera
Atolina
Ss, M.L
Miss Styles
Jamaica
Dsiteu
G. C. Murphy CO
Hinton
Oak Hill
Montgomery
Mullens
State Nursing Home License Board
Superior
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