Pierce Receives State Alcoholism Study Scholarship
Clarence Pierce of Beckley in the Family Services Division of the State Department of Welfare was chosen to receive a scholarship to the School of Alcoholism Studies at Morris Harvey College. The eight day program opens Sunday at 7:30 p.m. with speaker Peter Barton Hutt on The Chronic Alcoholic Offender in our Courts and Prisons. The session is public, featuring Mildred Mitchell Bateman and Chauncey Browning Jr. Attendees from various county offices will join the combined Sunday evening meeting.
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School of Alcoholism Studies
Morris Harvey College
Clarence Pierce, Beckley
Family Services Division
State Department of Welfare
State Department of Mental Health
Division of Alcoholism
Donald Dancy
Peter Barton Hutt
Hutt
Chauncey Browning Jr
West Virginia
Mildred Mitchell-Bateman
West Virginia Sheriffs Association
The
Prosecuting Attorneys Association
League of Municipalities
North Carolina
California
Washington, D. C
American Civil Liberties Union
Capitol Area Civil Liberties Union
Washington, D.C
Working Pupils Earn 19449 75 At Woodrow Wilson High
Distribu ive Education workers at Woodrow Wilson High School logged 22911 hours and earned 19449 75 in wages. Betty Jarrell reports 34 students started, 27 completed both classwork and work experience. Fourteen worked in variety stores, five in supermarkets, five in restaurants, one at a service station, and 10 in clothing shops.
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Woodrow Wilson High School
Betty Jarrell
Four Mines to Open in West Virginia Hearings
The Beckley office of the West Virginia Department of Mines announces the opening of four mines. R and A Coal Co No 11 in Raleigh County with four employees owned by I B Mooney of Whitby. Renick Coal Co No 2 in Fayette County with four employees owned by Kenneth Renick Jr of Oak Hill. A and A Coal Co No 3 in Greenbrier County with four employees William Amick of [location].
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Beckley
West Virginia Department of Mines
New River
Winding Gulf Division
R. and A. Coal Co
Raleigh County
I. B. Mooney
Whitby
Renick Coal Co
Fayette County
Kenneth Renick, Jr
Oak Hill
A. and A. Coal Co
Greenbrier County
William Amick
County Home Demonstration Council Exhibition and Tea
The County Home Demonstration Council will hold activities in the Arts and Craft Building at New River Park. Exhibits are judged 9 a.m. to noon and on display 1 to 2 p.m. A tea is planned at 2 p.m. and a Style Revue at 3 p.m. Fenwick and Charles Gary Coal Co. are mentioned along with C. R. Stover of Rainelle as owners or locals.
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County Home Demonstration Council
New River Park
Fenwick
Charles Gary Coal Co
Greenbrier County
C. R. Stover
Rainelle
Taprobane the ancient name for Ceylon
The ancient Romans knew the island of Ceylon as Taprobane.
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Ceylon
Military Men In The News At Home And Overseas
Cadet James E. Johnson, 20, son of Mr and Mrs James F Johnson of Charlton Heights, will attend ROTC summer camp at Indiantown Gap Pa starting June 18. A Marshall University student, he will receive six weeks of advanced military training and potential commissioning as a second lieutenant. Johnson, a Kappa Alpha member, Scabbard and Blade and Pershing Rifles member, is a 1963 Gauley Bridge High School graduate. Specialist Five Eugene A Hicks, 25, of Sophia, has completed a 40 week clinical specialist course at DeWitt Army Hospital Fort Belvoir Va with training in preventive medicine and emergency patient care. Lt Daniel E Spielman Jr, son of 105 Kinz er St, commands the 1st Platoon, 3d Squadron, 4th Cavalry in Viet Nam, part of Bravo Troop near Tay Ninh. A West Point graduate, he earned a B S last June and is a Woodrow Wilson High School and Sophia High School alumnus.
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James E. Johnson
James F. Johnson
Charlton Heights
Reserve Officer Training Corps
Indiantown Gap
Marshall University
Huntington
Army
Johnson
Kappa Alpha Order
Scabbard and Blade Society
Pershing Rifles Society
Gauley Bridge High School
Eugene A. Hicks
Sue
Amos M. Hicks
Sophia
DeWitt Army Hospital
Fort Belvoir
Hicks
Daniel E. Speilman Jr
Kinzer St
4Th Cavalry
Viet Nam
Bravo
Tay Ninh
U. S. Military Academy
West Point
N. Y
Woodrow Wilson High School
Airman Lawson named Outstanding Airman of the Quarter
Airman First Class Stephen M. Lawson son of Mrs Henneretta V Lawson 100 Dock St has been chosen Outstanding Airman of the Quarter at North Camp Drake Army Installation Japan. Lawson a communication equipment repairman in the Air Force Communications Service trained with five million miles of channels and over 1,000 air traffic control facilities globally. He graduated Stratton High School attended West Virginia State College and Wiley College. His wife Joann is daughter of Mr and Mrs Joe Johnson Shreveport La.
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Stephen M. Lawson
Henneretta V. Lawson
Dock St
North Camp Drake Army Installation
Japan
Lawson
Air Force Communications Service
Stratton High School
West Virginia State College
Wiley College
Marshall, Tex
Joann
Joe Johnson
Shreveport, la
Navy seeks construction workers for CB enlistment drive
A Navy Recruiting Service appeal highlights construction background recruits for CB units. Eligible men ages under 40 with three years in construction may enlist with pay grade up to E-6 and a starting monthly package of 465 dollars including benefits. No prior training required. enlistment terms of two to four years offered. Local recruiter details provided. Recent Air Force enlistments listed include Hershel Facemyre and others from Nitro Belle, Cowen, Sissonville, Princeton, Seth, Cairo, and Pocahontas.
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U. S. Navy
Navy
Federal
AIR Force
Hershel A. Facemyre
Nitro
Richard T. Allport
Belle
Paul P. Giles
Cowen
Otis Damos
John W. Sawyer
Herbert M. Wolford Jr
Bristol
Tenn
Johnnie F. Tucker Jr
Sissionville
Mill
Alum Creek
Estes W. Williams
Sophia Council Examines Telecable Survey and Road Plans
Sophia town council heard Dent Addresses Sophia Council report a survey for Telecable extension or tower investment. Plans include street light changes by Thomas and Polly, bidding delays, road blacktopping from World of Monument to Sophia Stotesbury Road, and raises for Mann Haga and Peak.
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Sophia
RNS
Cy Oe
Beckley T
Soph Town Council
Dent
Counil
Hampton Thomas
Thomas
Raymond Polly
Po Dume Company
Sherman Akers
Railroad Avenue
Sophia- Stotesbury
Woodrow Smith
Critics boycott Tel Aviv Orff Carmina Burana over Nazi charges
Israeli music critics refused to attend the Israeli Opera performance of Carl Orff’s Carmina Burana amid calls for clarification of charges that the composer was a Nazi. Several dozen leftist partisan and anti Nazi groups protested outside the music hall.
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Tel Aviv
Israel
UPI
Israeli
Oper
Carl Orff
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Pierce
Raleigh
Asst
Thomas Canterbury
Charles Burdiss
Okey Mills
Wesley Thompson
Clarence Pierce
Katy Heatherlin
Marti Vozel
Lad and
Lassie Sr
Sophia High School
Madras
Reg
Richard K. Corbin
Stella Corbin
Fombell
Ent Afb
Colo
Corbin
Air Defence Command
United States
Stephen Lawson
Richard Corbin
Beckley National Bank
Neville ST
Federal Reserve System
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
Tareyton
Muddy Creek Township
Porterville
Peggy
A. R. Winston
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