Beckleyan Becomes Honor Student John Lynn Graduates in Tennessee
John Arthur Lynn son of Mr and Mrs D Crawford Lynn of 221 Mercer St graduated June 7 from Tennessee Polytechnic Institute Cookville with a Bachelor of Science in Business Administration majoring in accounting He maintained a 3 7 average over four years and was named an honor graduate He will report Aug 4 as a second lieutenant in ROTC and then serve at Fort Benjamin Harrison Indiana He has accepted a position with Price Waterhouse in Nashville Lynn served as president of the Associate Student Body and was a national ASB delegate He was a member of the Society of Business Accounting Club Circle K Scabbard and Blade was listed in Who's Who in American Colleges and Universities and received a faculty scholarship in 1963 He graduated Woodrow Wilson High School in 1959 where he was in the All State Chorus for three years basketball team manager and an honor student Mr and Mrs Lynn attended the TPI ceremonies last week.
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Lynn
Reserve Officers Training Corps
United States Army
Fort Benjamin Harrison
Indiana
Society of Business
Circle K Club
Scabbard and Blade
Woodrow Wilson High School
TPI
McKinneys Awarded 38531 28 in Beckley Case
A Raleigh County Circuit Court verdict awarding 38531 28 to Isa ac and Bertha McKinney of Beckley was affirmed in final orders signed by Judge Norman Knapp. The amount covers 31250 plus interest from July 17, 1959 for property occupied by Armour and Co taken for Route 16 improvements by the State Road Commission. Four suits dismissed as settled involved SRC actions against Clyde and Ruth Grace Stone Roy Lee Harmon against Continental Casualty Clifford Slash against W D Washington and Rhoda Virginia and Leonard Nelson Bennett against Lawrence Stoots. The court granted a divorce to Charles Adrian Martin from Joyce Lee Martin and decreed an annulment for John Kenneth Allen and Carol McNeil Allen.
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Raleigh County
Isaac
Bertha McKinney
Beckley
Raleigh County Circuit Court
Norman Knapp
Armour and Co
State Road Commission
SRC
Clyde
Ruth Grace Stone
Roy Lee Harmon
Continental Casualty Co
Clifford Slash
W. D. Washington
Rhoda Virginia
Leonard Nelson Bennett
Lawrence Stoots
Charles Adrian Martin
Joyce Lee Martin
Joyce Lee Kirby
John Kenneth Allen
Carol McNeil Allen
Colonaid Promises Gentle Constipation Relief
A newspaper ad promotes Coronalp tablets with a colonic nerve stimulant and bulking action to relieve constipation overnight. It claims the product restores colon activity and includes an introductory price of 43 cents.
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Colonaid
Deeds On File Record Of Real Estate Transactions
Real estate deeds recorded in the county clerk's office list Carrie Shumate and others transferring property in Marsh Fork District to J. E. Daniel for 20 dollars. Betty Lou Shaver and Frank H. Shaver transfer property in Mabscott Town District to John Paul Moore and Martha Moore. Ida Ina Gross and Kenneth Gross transfer property in Shady Spring District to Evelyn M. Phillips for 5500 dollars.
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Carrie Shumate
J. E. Daniel
Marsh Fork
Betty Lou Shaver
Frank H. Shaver
John Paul Moore
Martha Moore
Mabscott
Ida Ina Gross
Kenneth Gross
Evelyn M. Phillips
Shady Spring
Nursing Home Boosters to Convene in Raleigh County Court
All area citizens interested in the East Beckley Nursing and Convalescent Home development are urged to attend a 7 30 p m meeting in the Raleigh County Court Room. J T Thompson, campaign chairman, says the next fund drive phase seeks 35000 to secure a federal grant of about 89000 in matching funds for a 124000 project. To date 8629 has been contributed, less than one fourth of the local goal.
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East Beckley
Raleigh County Court Room
J. T. Thompson
Thompson
Fourteen Apply for Work in Beckley Office
Fourteen persons filed applications for work at the Beckley office of Employment Security on Tuesday. The listed jobs include two maids two nurse aides one pin boy one auto mechanic three service station attendants one dump truck driver one carpenter helper one route man one construction laborer and one watchman.
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Beckley
Storks Hatch at Whipsnade Zoo on Tall Chimney
Whipsnade Zoo in Dunstable England reports its first hatching of European white storks atop an imitation chimney after previous nesting refusals due to low chimney height. The event marks a milestone for the zoo and its conservation efforts.
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Dunstable
England
UPI
Whipsnade Zoo
Fairmont Graduate Mary Ann Bolton Accepts Denton Teaching Post
Beckleyan Mary Ann Bolton, a Fairmont State College Cum Laude graduate with an A B degree in Education, has accepted a teaching position in Denton, Maryland. At Fairmont she earned Future Teacher of the Year, led Kappa Delta Pi, Sigma Kappa, Die Wissenschaftler, and the Student National Southern Education Association, and belonged to Pi Kappa Phi Newman Club and the choir. She is the daughter of Mrs E R Bolton and will spend the summer at home.
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A Beckleyan
Mary Ann Bolton
Fairmont State College
Denton
Fairmont
Kappa Delta Pi
Sigma Kappa Sorority
Die Wissenchaftler
National Southern Education Association
Pi Kappa Phi
Air Force Enlists 19 From Beckley Station
Nineteen men enrolled at the Beckley Recruiting Station in Denver will be sent to Lackland AFB Texas for basic training. Names include Ray Stump Jr James Floyd Barnett Glenn Allen Parsons Leonard Parker Wolfe Roger Shafer Richard Anderson Eddie Lynch James Smith Bobby Tibbs Haven Stone David Crowder Harry Wade Jr Darrell Smith Carroll Jonas Anthony Lewellyn Carl Hale Michael Roberts Joseph Fitzpatrick Ronald Kidd and others from Glen Daniel Given Clendenin Corton North Tazewell Gary CabIn Creek Vienna Honaker Parkersburg Elk View Dry Branch and more.
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U. S. Air Force
Beckley
Denver Ray Stump Jr
Glen Daniel
James Floyd Barnett
Glenn Allen Parsons
Leonard Parker Wolfe
Given
Roger Eugene Shafer
Richard Lee Anderson
Clendenin
Eddie Joe Lynch
Helen
James Eugene Smith
Corton
Bobby Eugene Tibbs
North Tazewell
Haven Darrell Stone
David Lee Crowder
Sharon
Harry Wesley Wade Jr
Gary
Darrell Gene Smith
Army Enlists 33 At Beckley Station In Army Enlists 33 At Beckley Station
Thirty three men enlist in the U S Army at the Beckley Recruiting Station. They are assigned to Airborne Europe Engineer Equipment Maintenance Communications Center Operations General Supply School for Wheeled Vehicles Infantry Air Defense Command Field Carrier Equipment Repair and other posts. All sent to Fort Knox Kentucky reception station.
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U. S. Army
Beckley
Jackie McMillen
Cyclone
Clyde Griffith Jr
Danny Morrison Mullins
Richlands
Jimmie Lee Naylor
Corinne
William Floyd Utterback
Cashmere
George F. Carter
Powhatan
Robert A. Allen
James Lee Williams
Lansing
Richard C. Persinger Jr
Oak Hill
Europe
Arthur T
Charles E. Dunavant
Keith
Harold Lee Wolfe
Costa
C. T. Mills Jr
Charleston
Dennis Ray Stepp
Air Defense Command
Robert Lee Beverly
Milburn
Roger Lee Stephenson
Zela
John W. Brock III
Scarbro
John E. Sizemore
Matheny
Bobby C. Seacrist
Florence Wiley Receives Junior Leaders Scholarship
Florence Wiley daughter of Thomas Wiley Jr and the late Adeline Wiley has won a Junior Leaders Scholarship to the 1963 Conservation Camp at Camp Caesar Summers County per Mrs Gustine B Elliott Raleigh County Extension Home Demonstration Agent. Florence is Ever Ready 4 H Club president of Hyar and a June Stratton High School graduate planning to attend Bluefield State College in fall.
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Harper
Florence Wiley
Thomas Wiley Jr
Adeline Wiley
Gustine B. Elliott
Raleigh County
Camp Caesar
Summers County
Florence
Haryer
Stratton High School
Bluefeld State College
Former Beckley Girl Becomes Suburban Columnist
Nancy Minyon, former Beckley resident Nancy Carpenter, debuts a new column Our Woman's World in The Suburban weekly for six New Jersey suburbs. The Audubon resident and nurse blends practical tips with breezy advice on running a household while pursuing her duties as wife, mother of two, and advertising helper for her husband’s beauty shops.
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New Jersey
Nancy Minyon
Nancy Carpenter
Beckley
Mary Carpenter
Melody Shop
Neville Street
Minyon
Audubon
N. J
Michele
Christopher
Pennsylvania Hospital
Ohio State University
Massachusetts First to Pass Compulsory Education Law in 1852
Massachusetts became the first state to enact a compulsory education law in 1852, marking a landmark move in public schooling policy. The measure mandated schooling for children within a specified age range, shaping future educational reform nationwide.
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Massachusetts
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Tennessee
John Arthur Lynn
D. Crawford Lynn
Mercer St
Tennessee Polytechnic Institute
Cookville
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Nursing Home Boosters
ZOO
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Tomchin
Dad
Mom
Tomchins
Muntz TV
Low Boy
Moran Avenue
Mullens
W. VA
Maryland
Air Force
Army
Givin
Richard Wolfe
Coal Museum
Stotesbury
Seth L. Wolfe
Miamisburg
Ohio
Mrs. Minyon
Asia
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