Area Teachers Attend WVU Math Institute
Two Raleigh County teachers join 31 West Virginia educators at a National Science Foundation sponsored Summer Mathematics Institute at West Virginia University. The program runs on the Morgantown campus through July 16 to broaden math knowledge and train teachers to run modern workshops for elementary students.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Raleigh County
West Virginia
National Science Foundation
West Virginia University
Bill R. Bowyer
Helen
Emmett D. Parker
Brammer Street
WVU
I. Dee Peters
Elkins
George Dennis Broschart
Robert E. Lee Ave
Earl B. Lines
Boundary Ave
Salem
Robert L. Bennett
Water St
Barboursville
Shirley W. Bowen
Shaw Street
Buckhannon
Mary L. Cartwright
Franklin
Floyd J. Dahmer
Wellsburg
Harlan M. Eye
Hillcrest Drive
ST. Albans
Gertrude T. Gatens
Fifth St
Marlinton
Sidney L. Goodwyn
Seneca Trail
Clendenin
James E. Hambrick
Logan — Kessel W. Hise
French Creek
Maurice C. Hoover
Alderson
Charles D. Horn
Wayside
Monroe Coun
Dunkin Donut U Comes to Europe in Satirical Piece
A satirical column imagines a European branch of Dunkin Donut University in London with dean Robert Birdwell leading doughnut studies. It jokes about expanding to Europe to promote coffee and doughnuts over tea and crumpets, hinting at Franco-American tensions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
UPI
State Department
France
Europe
Charles de Gaulle
Dunkin’ Donut University
Dunkin Donut U
Quincy
Mass
United States
New England
Old Ddu
Hole
Robert Birdwell
DDU
London
Dean Birdwell
de Gaulle
Saving Stamps Program Clears $1808 For PTA
Savings Stamp sales at Beaver and Blue Jay schools total $1808 since early November. About 400 students purchased stamps with committees led by Mrs J Lowell Lilly, Mrs Fred Jenkins, Mrs Everett Bennett, and Mrs Richardson. This marks the first execution in years and the PTA plans to continue next year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Beaver- Blue Jay Parent Teacher-Association Savings
Degrees Awarded at University of Virginia Ceremony
One thousand one hundred seventy students received degrees at UVA Sunday. Among them were John Lilly of Beckley who earned a Master of Business Administration from the Graduate School of Business Administration. Barbara Hindson earned a Bachelor of Science in Nursing. Also graduated were Michael McNeer of Hinton, Steven Jarvis of Madison, and Fletcher Arritt of Fayetteville with BA, BC Civil Engineering, and BS Education respectively.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
University of Virginia
Beckley
John Lilly
Harper Road
Graduate School of Business
Barbara Hindson
Gene Hindson
Box 42
Scarro
Michael McNeer
Buford McNeer
Hinton
Steven Jarvis
Don Jarvis
Madison
Fletcher Arritt
Fayetteville
Officers Elected by St Luke Lutheran Women Group
At a Thursday meeting hosted by Mrs. Mary Dinkler at 227 Westwood Drive, St Luke Lutheran Women’s Group elected officers for the coming year. Mrs. Fred Gambrel became president, Mrs Cliff Moore vice president, and Mrs Dinkler secretary treasurer. The program noted Norman Vincent Peale’s Inner Right ness. Attendees included Mrs. Bob Shepherd Mrs Ralph Koiner Mrs James Fultz Mrs Fred Gambrel and Mrs Charles Delaney Jr. In Fremont California police seek a three person thief gang with an open door policy who took front doors from three new homes under the pretense doors needed refinishing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Luke Lutheran Women’s Group
Mary Dinkler
Westwood Drive
Fred Gambrel
Fred Thorne
Cliff Moore
Dinkler
Norman Vincent Peal
Bob Shepherd
Ralph Koiner
James Fultz
Charles Delaney Jr
Birth Control Debate Moves to Interim Conflict Panel
Charleston lawmakers appointed a special committee to study conflict of interest legislation with an initial $1,000 appropriation. The group, led by Charles McElwee, will report by July, while a subcommittee heard arguments for state supported birth control clinics but took no action.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charleston
UPI
Charles McElwee
Sen
Noah E. Floyd
D-Mingo
Del
William McCoy
Pendleton
McElwee
Robertson
Board of Public Works
Ned Payne
D-Raleigh
House Judiciary
James H. Davis
O-Kanawha
Bernard H. Jacobson
Hulett C. Smith
Citizens Task Force
Floyd
Legislative Interim Committee
Jacobson
Sen. Davis
Payne
University of Virginia
Smith
Hilarion V Cann
Wheeling
N. H. Dyer
Subcommittee
D-Kanawha
Jack Weller
Whitesville
Dyer
L. L. Vincent
Vincent
Bank Official To Attend 3rd Summer School
Callaway Brown, vice president and cashier of Raleigh County Bank, will attend The Stonier Graduate School of Banking at Rutgers, New Brunswick, June 14 to 25, for his third summer session. About 1,100 bank officers will attend the two week session sponsored by the American Bankers Association. Brown joined Raleigh County Bank in 1961 as assistant vice president after serving as cashier of First National Bank in Gate City, Virginia.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Callaway Brown
Raleigh County Bank
Stonier Graduate School of Banking
Rutgers
New Brunswick
N. J
Brown
American Bankers Association
Beckley
First National Bank
Gate City
West Virginia
Virginia
Georgia to Build Drive-In Fishing Ponds in Cities
The Georgia Game and Fish Department announced plans to create drive-in fishing ponds in Georgia’s largest cities. The ponds will offer easy access and parking so anglers can fish from their cars, bringing urban residents closer to the sport.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Easy Fishing
Atlanta
UPI
Georgia Game and Fish Department
Georgia
Fifty County Girls To Spend Summer On Tobacco Farm
Fifty Raleigh County girls will travel to Amherst Massachusetts to work on shade tobacco farms this summer. Sponsored by the Shade Tobacco Growers Association in cooperation with the Beckley Department of Employment Security, the camp lasts eight to ten weeks with pay of at least one dollar per hour. Contingent on favorable weather, workers will be supervised and housed in university housing while touring New England and major cities. The program marks its third year with Raleigh County participants joining Clay and Wyoming counties and boys from the area also assigned to farms in Connecticut.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Karen Wickline
Raleigh County
Shade Tobacco Growers Agricultural Association, Inc
Beckley Office
Department of Employment Security
Amherst
Mass
Shady Spring High School
Consolidated Cigar Corporation
Cecil Neal
New England
New York City
Springfield
Boston
Washington, D. C
New Jersey
Maryland
Connecticut
Massachusetts
University of Massachusetts
The
Cigar Corporation
Clay
Wyoming
Neal
West Virginia
Octavia Miller
Beckley
Coots Celebrate 47th Wedding Anniversary at Clear Creek
The Rev and Mrs H F Coots of Clear Creek celebrate their 47th anniversary. He is Advent Christian minister, retired coal miner and carpenter. They have 10 living children across Ohio California and Michigan, 20 grandchildren and one great grandchild.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
H. F. Coots
Clear Creek
Advent Christian Church
Coots
Dwight
Marie) Williams
Alfred
Helen) Stoner
Beckley
Norman Coots
James
Buddy) Coots
Owen
Tootie) Stoner
Ocie Mae Coots
Louise Coots
Columbus
Ohio
Maylon
Slim) Coots
Sacramento
Calif
Silas H
Si Bob) Coots
Lincoln Park
Mich
Owen E
O. E.) Coots
Detroit, Mich
Insurance Company Is Suit Defendant
Ohio State Life Insurance Co of Columbus is named as a defendant in a Raleigh County suit filed this week. Walter McKinley Duncan is the plaintiff claiming the company issued a policy to Duncan-Catron Motor Co on Sept 18 1961 and insured Duncan from Oct 10 1962. He seeks $2420.77 for medical benefits after surgery and hospitalization and demands a jury trial. Counsel for Duncan is G Berk Lynch.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ohio State Life Insurance Co
Columbus
Ohio
Raleigh County
Walter McKinley Duncan
Duncan-Catron Motor Co
Duncan
G. Berk Lynch
Ragan Named New District Manager at Local Credit Firm
H C Ragan is promoted to district manager of Commercial Credit Corp succeeding Bernard R Sizemore who moves up to division manager in Charleston. Ragan began as an adjuster in Lexington after Kentucky graduation in 1956 and served Charleston as unit and assistant office manager before transferring to Beckley in 1962. He has been finance manager since 1964.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Commercial Credit Corp
H. C. Ragan
Ragan
Bernard R. Sizemore
Charleston
Commercial Credit
Lexington
University of Kentucky
Beckley
Central Park Designated Historic Landmark Plaque Debate
Interior Secretary Udall presented a plaque designating Manhattan's Central Park as a national historic landmark. Parks Commissioner Morris warned placing the plaque in the park invites vandalism after many plaques were stolen, suggesting he may keep Udall's office under lock and key.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
UPI
Stuart Udall Monday
New York City
Manhattan
Central Park
Newbold Morris
Udall
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WVU Math Institute
Rufus Newton Houchins
Penn Ave
War
Edward M. Rinehart
Elm St
Fairmont
Michael R. Spevock
Ferty Ave
Paden
Nancy Lou Waugh
Boston St. Kimberly
Mcdowell County
Rodney Leo Welder
Edward Calvin Wilson
Second St
Spencer
Sondra Elmore Wright
Route One
Rosemary Amato
Joe Amato
MacArthur
Concord College
Woodrow Wilson High School
St. Mary’s School of Nursing
Huntington
Neuman Club
Student National Education Association
Concord
Miss Amato
Thomas E. Lightfoot
Dover
By Dick West
Fremont
Raleigh County Vocational Technical Center
James H. Stover
Beckley Moose Lodge
Stover
Frank Ubeda
J. Calloway Brown
Quay
A Raul
ALL Coats & Suits
Randolph Merrell Halloran
Linville Merrell Halloran
Woodlawn Ave
Halloran
Medical College of Virginia
Geraldine Mullins
Trap Hill High School
Kathleen Shrewsbury
Brenda Bailey
Morris Harvey
Lucille Bonham
Ruby Ramsey
Elise Hurst
Stoco High School
Linda Hatmaker
Linda Williams
Barbara Milam
Eva Lish
Linda Sue Redden
Carolyn Farley
Nancy Canterbury
Reva McBride
Lois Farley
Sophia High School
Marie Cole
Brenda Eller
Christine Billings
Charlotte Minnich
Wanda Wyrick
Carol Ford
Beverly Mills
Gusta Chamberlian
Mark Twain
Lana Blackburn
Joyce Blevins
Marsh Fork
Sylvia Mason
Karen Hatcher
Pamela Foulk
Kathy Jarrell
Sandra Snodgrass
Janie Wiley
Pearl Jordan
Arlene Underwood
Judy Rhodes
Betty Massey
Sarah Daniel
Shady Spring High
Deena Thomas
Betty Hornsby
Jane Thurman
Margarette Cooper
Betty Wills
Loretta Lilly
Doris Thompson
Lois Woods
Faye Cooner
Willa Wills
Margie Wood
Patty
Diana Prince
Beckley Jr. High
Betty Shirkey
Insurance Company
Georges Beckley
OAK Hill Fashions
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