Mountain State Arts and Craft Fair set for Ripley
Exhibitors from 100 artists and craftsmen will showcase age old and modern techniques at Cedar Lakes June 30 to July 4 near Ripley. Sponsors include West Virginia departments and arts groups with nightly entertainment by Billy Edd Wheeler and mountain folk concerts. Eugene Noble of Charleston plans to display as a master craftsman.
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Mountain State
Cedar Lakes
Ripley
West Virginia
Billy Edd Wheeler
Is Curve Grading Fair in School And You Dialogue
An anxious mother asks if grading on the curve in English classes is fair for her junior son. Susan Light argues curve grading can compensate for ability groupings and may be the fairest method when class sections share one overall standard, though it risks masking true failure rates and should be used with discretion and review.
Prosperity Clean Up Day Slated for June 21
Prosperity Dry Hill community center hosts Clean Up Day on June 21 to ready the annual fair and horse show. Mrs. Lawrence Comer publicity chair of the Country Life Group calls on all residents to assist, with a 6 p.m. pot luck dinner and committees for the horse show and fair to be appointed.
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Prosperity Dry Hill
Lawrence Comer
Country Life Group
Comer
Senators extend July recess beyond Fourth of July
Washington officials say Senate leaders Mike Mansfield and Everett Dirksen agreed the mid July break should run longer than the planned July 16 recess, likely extending it to at least July 11 to allow a longer holiday period.
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Washington
UPI
Senate
Mike Mansfield
GOP
Everett M. Dirksen
Welfare Cases Decline In Raleigh County April Totals
Raleigh County welfare officials reported 1,848 cases in April, down 6.3 percent from April 1965’s 1,971. March total was 1,838, a slight rise. County cases make up about 4.2 percent of West Virginia’s 44,370. Breakdown shows Old Age Assistance 506, Aid to Families with Dependent Children 609, AFDC Work 326, Disabled 300, General Assistance 65, Other 8. Nearby counties Fayette 2,118 and Wyoming 997.
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Raleigh County
Register
Fayette County
Wyoming County
Raleigh
Allen Post elects new commander and officers
Albert Allen Jr. was elected commander of American Legion Post No. 32 Beckley at a Tuesday meeting. Also chosen were Orville Shade first vice commander Roy Keister second vice commander Doug las T Bryant third vice commander Ira Holliday chaplain and W M Brown sergeant at arms. Clarence Pierce remains as outgoing commander.
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Albert Allen Jr
American Legion
Minute Hair-Spring in Women's Watch Less Than Hair Width
A note on precision in horology states that a modern watch comprises over 135 components, with the hairspring in a lady's watch measuring under one third the diameter of a human hair, highlighting extraordinary miniaturization in timepieces.
More Countians Ride Autos in First Nine Months of 1966
Raleigh Countians registered 974 more vehicles in the first nine months of the 1966 fiscal year than a year earlier, totaling 25,590 registrations. Statewide average rose 3.6 percent, with Raleigh’s gains led by passenger autos and trucks, while three counties posted declines.
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Raleigh
West Virginia Department of Motor Vehicles
Poca Fuel Fined for Pollution and Violations in West Virginia
Poca Fuel Co. of Poca hontas WV was fined 25 dollars plus 5 costs by Magistrate Ivan Pizzino for polluting a stream at Lynco Wyoming County. David McDaniel Beckley 20 faced charges of fishing without a license and hindering. Hawkins Davy was fined 20 dollars for barbed hooks in a fun fishing stream. McDaniel received jail time and fines on multiple charges.
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Poca Fuel Co., Inc
Pocahontas
Ivan Pizzino
Glen Fork
Lynco
Wyoming County
David McDaniel
Beckley
New River
McCreery
Herbert Hawkins
Davy
McDaniel
Joe Rodriguez
Hawkins
Pineville
Gilbert Goode
Ladies Night Planned by Beckley Lions Club
Final plans were made for Beckley Lions Club Ladies Night and installation on Tuesday June 28 at 6 30 p m in the Elks Club ballroom. Members watched slides of Madrid Mexico City Rome and Caracas with James Lowe providing running commentary. Guests included Eugene D Pecora formerly of Welch now Beckley resident Phil Hazel dine of Huntington and Sam Worley of Beckley.
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Elks Club
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Spain
Mexico City
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Italy
Caracas
Venezuela
James Lowe
Lowe
Eugene D. Pecora
Welch
The
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Beckley
Phil Hazeldine
Huntington
Sam Worley
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