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Newspaper

Raleigh Register

Location

Beckley, West Virginia, United States of America

Date

Jun 12, 1962

Page

7

Personnel Changes Told At School Board Meet

Pineville WV Harolds Vass was hired as band instructor at Baileysville High School and W C Worrell will audit county schools records for 500 dollars monthly. Kathleen Dobson commerce teacher at Conley High School gets 5 more dollars for bookkeeping. Jack Gentry named county coordinator of instrumental music. Bear Town and Sand Gap Schools to be abandoned. Beartown students to enroll at Herndon, Sand Gap students at Stephenson Grade School. Sand Gap School approved for 4 H activities and 165 dollars added for summer program. The board backs county school insurance rating plan with a shift to Oceana Insurance Agency. No action on Covel Grade School request for third teacher. One retiree and several resignations accepted. new hires listed for various schools.

Pineville RNS Harold Vass Baileysville Weesee Board Ofucation W. C. Worrell Kathleen Dobson Conley High School Conley Jack Gentry Beartown Sand Gap Herndon Stephenson Robert E. Kuhn Rating Bureau Claude Phillips Wyoming County Insurance Agency Oceana Insurance Agency Covel Lemuel Lusk Paul Goode Kuhn

Thieves Smash Window To Gain Store Entry

Pineville officers probe a Sunday night break in at Smith and Mink Furniture Store. A plate glass window was smashed, covering front furniture in glass shards. A transistor radio is missing. other items like radios and tables were damaged. Police were alerted Monday morning by a street cleaner.

Pineville RNS Smith and Mink Furniture

$310 Robbery Reported in Mul­lens

Mullens police investigate the Thursday robbery of a doctor's office where $310 was taken from a cash box. Dr W W Wells was away. the office nurse was out to lunch. The nurse returned at 1 20 pm to find the main office lock broken and a desk and cabinet broken into. Police Chief Wendell Cook says thieves entered and left through the front door. Cook and Deputy Marvin Martin continue the investigation.

Mullens RNS W. W. Wells Wendell Cook Cook Marvin Martin

Miss Fayette County Beauty Pageant Set Saturday

Fayetteville hosts six contestants for Miss Fayette County at the Memorial Building on Saturday with judges including Harrison Ash and Joe Conner. Winners receive college scholarships and travel cheques to compete for Miss West Virginia and Miss America, with significant prizes for contestants.

Fayette County Fayetteville RNS Leon Spencer Atlantic City N. J Fayette County Memorial Building Harrison O. Ash Cincinnati Oak Hill New Kanawha Industrial Corp Joe E. Conner Inez O’brien Beckley Rita Bowling Mountaineer Mt. Hope Hale D. Morris Robert W. Abbot Rose Ann Walkup Ansted Sherry Swann Linda Smith Patricia Coleman Lois Bandy Memorial Nancy Navassa Kershner Marian Gail Smith Donna Jaye O'Dell Elizabeth Ann Radford Carolyn Sue Johnson Sherry Jo Caldwell Nancy Cameron W. Kershner Fayetteville High School Thespians Arion James A. Smith Future Homemakers of America Future Homemakers of America and Student Council American Legion Valentine Marian Cecil Harold

Weekend Fishing and House Guests Across Hinton

Mr and Mrs Lacy Hurt and children Becky and Wendy spent the weekend fishing on New River below Hinton. Guests in the home of Rev and Mrs Ernest Barley include Mr and Mrs Johnny Thomas and children Johnny Ray Jimmy and Cathy Baltimore Md Miss Shirley Parsons and Gillie Parsons Kincaid and Miss Jackie Taylor Sophia Wendy Hurt recuperating at home after tonsillectomy at Beckley Hospital this week Mrs Lois Angell and children visiting in the home of her parents Mr and Mrs Gobal Lilly Hinton.

Sam DeVita Chicago David Blevins Diane Sheila Donald Mann Byram Blevin Glen Fork Jacksonville Fla Beckley Hospital Lois Angell Gobal Lilly Hinton

Mullens Citizens Vote for Mayor and Four Commissioners

Mullens voters go to the polls to elect a mayor and four commissioners for a four year term. The Citizens Party slate is led by Luther Kerns with Grover C. Dooley C. E. "Blackie" Allen Tracy Hylton and Jack Dick. The Peoples Party backs W. F. "Bill" Staats for mayor. Martinsburg and Philippi also hold ballots today.

Citizens of Mullens Citizens Party Luther Kerns Grover C. Dooley C. E. “Blackie” Allen Tracy Hylton Jack Dick The Peoples Party W. F Bill Staats Martinsburg Philippi

Asthma Formula Becomes Nonprescription Drug

The article announces Primatene tablets, an asthma formula once prescribed by doctors, now sold without prescription in many states. It claims rapid relief within minutes and hours of freedom from attacks, using eight medicines in full strength to open airways relieve congestion and ease nervous tension.

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