Nancy Walker Enters National Spelling Bee in Washington
Nancy Walker of Springdale joins 49 girls and 21 boys from across the United States in the National Spelling Bee in Washington D C. The 12 year old Fayette County speller is accompanied to the bee and trips around the capital by Mrs Ted Kessinger, city editor of The Register and director of the Tri County Spelling Bee.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nancy Walker
Springdale
Register
Washington, D. C
James H. Wagner
Nancy
United States
Fayette County
Bee
Ted Kessinger
The
Tri-County
Medical Care For Aged Talk Planned For FOL
The Friends of the Library host a 7:30 p.m. Wednesday program at the Raleigh County Public Library. Speaker, introduced by vice president and program chairman Mrs. Paul Nitschke, will compare the administration proposed King Anderson bill expanding Social Security coverage with the Kerr-Mills bill now in effect. Robert I. Amick, president, reports an executive board vote to place welcome cards in all area hotels and tourist homes inviting visitors to the library and to read while they rest, marking the new fiscal year start for the group.
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Friends of the Library
Raleigh County Public Library
Paul Nitschke
Kerr-Mills
Robert I. Amick
Raleigh
Friends
Ghent Girl Wins Shady Spring Scholarship Award
Hilda Lee Baldwin, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Ray Baldwin, earned a $100 college scholarship from the Shady Spring District Woman's Club. She will enter Concord College this fall to major in foreign languages. A Shady Spring High graduate, she belongs to Keyettes, National Honor Society and is president of the Speech Club. Her 3.22 GPA ranks her 12th in class, and she plays piano at Ghent Freewill Baptist Church, accompanying the Hatcher Quartet.
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Ghent
Shady Spring
Hilda Lee Baldwin
Ray Baldwin
Concord College
Shady Spring High
Keyettes
Hilda
Ghent Freewill Baptist Church
Hatcher
Three Auto Accidents Reported With $1,750 In Damages
Monday afternoon saw three separate traffic incidents with no injuries and total property damage estimated at 1750. Avery Warren Harold 38 of Beckley was charged for failing to control after a chain reaction at Crab Orchard State Police say his brakes grabbed. Julius Markham Jr 17 of Beckley faced a charge for defective equipment after a rear end collision on Stamford Road near the post office. A two-vehicle angle collision at Johnstown Road and Huffman Street left Charley Durham 53 and Carrie Thompson 54 with $150 damage. no charges were filed.
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Carol Super Market
Crab Orc
Avery Warren Harold
Beckley
Harold
C. O. Blankenship
Midway
Alexander Larkin
Mills St
Larkin
Oscar Clarence Wood
Winding Gulf
Wood
James H. Oliver
Whitby
Stamford Road
Post Office
Julius Markham Jr
Phyllis Jean Conner
Stamford
Markham
Johnstown Road
Huffman Street
Charley Durham
East Beckley
Carrie Thompson
Myers Ave
Durham
Johnstown
Thompson
Car Crash Fatally Injures Man Heads to Beckley Hospital
Abraham Adkins, 40, of Jumping Branch, is in satisfactory condition at Beckley Hospital after head injuries from a late Monday night car crash. He is receiving treatment for injuries sustained in the collision.
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Abraham Adkins
Beckley Hospital
Wright hosts postterm dinner with WVU Extension faculty
Dr. James W. Wright, WVU Extension sociology associate professor, chats with students at a Glass House dinner in his honor ending the term. Attendees include Miss Sara Jane Parker, Lavoy Hedrick, Rev. Carl W. Grey, and Mrs. Cecil Cooke. The event continues a Wright family teaching custom since 1946. A large crowd of about 300 parents and children attended Rhodell Elementary School’s PTA Wiener Feast Friday night.
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James W. Wright
West Virginia University Extension Division
Glass House
Wright
Sara Jane Parker
WVU
Lavoy Hedrick
Shumate
Carl W. Grey
Cecil Cooke
Shady Spring High School
Rhodell Elementary School
Parent-Teacher Association
Elmer Austin
J. D. Mills
Roger McKinney
Herbie McKinney
Dwayne Vass
Lacy Meadows
Susie Castanon
Manuel Castanon
Vandals Hit Grandview Park Prompt Crackdown
Grandview Park faces extensive vandalism with shelters doors railings and playgrounds damaged. Park superintendent Hunter Boggs warns of stern enforcement and a $20 minimum fine under state law as detectives pursue those responsible.
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Grandview State Park
Department of Natural Resources
Hunter Boggs
Boggs
Stratton Boy Nominated For Boys State Office
One Stratton High School delegate to Mountaineer Boys State at Jackson’s Mill is Thomas Wooten, a Federalist nominee for Supreme Court. Stratton’s other rep is Phillip Bright, with Phillip J. Peters of Wheeling winning the Nationalist nomination and Wayne Gandee of South Charleston the Federalist for Governor. About 350 juniors attended the 25th annual citizenship training by the American Legion, arriving Sunday and electing their primary Monday night. the contest election will be held tonight.
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Stratton High School
Mountaineer Boys State
Jackson's Mill
Thomas Wooten
Supreme Court
Stratton
Phillip Bright
Phillip J. Peters
Wheeling
Wayne Gandee
South Charleston
Boys State
The
American Legion
N C College Senate Elects County Student
Miss Sandra Thompson daughter of Mr and Mrs Forest Chambers Colcord will serve as vice president of the Senate at Warren Wilson College Swanna noa N C for the 1962 63 year A graduate of Clear Fork High School Miss Thompson also is secretary of the Girls Association and news editor of The Echo the college newspaper Warren Wilson is one of six colleges and junior colleges owned and operated by the Board of National Missions United Presbyterian Church USA
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Sandra Thompson
Forest Chambers
Colcord
Warren Wilson College
Swannanoa
N. C
Clear Fork High School
Lester Council Aims to Turn Right-of-Way into Playground
At Monday night’s meeting Mayor C. E. Cook said the council approved turning the C and O right-of-way inside Lester into a public playground. Plans call for residents to build and maintain the grounds.
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Lester
C. E. Cook
Beclky Memorial Hospital shows two men hurt in Prince crash
Saul Discharged from Beckley Memorial Hospital after injuries from a one car crash at Prince early Sunday. William Callison listed in satisfactory condition for injuries from the same crash. Saul's brother Harvey William Saul was killed in the accident.
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Harry B. Saul
E. Main $J
Beckley Memorial Hospital
Prince
William Callison
Sunrise Ave
Saul
Harvey William Saul
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