Mark Twain Valedictorian Receives Union Carbide Scholarship
Gilbert Miller, valedictorian of the 1964 Mark Twain High School graduating class, received a Union Carbide Co scholarship of 500 dollars a year for four years to study mechanical engineering at West Virginia University. He earned the Balfour award, held Student Council and senior class offices, served as NHS treasurer, was yearbook business manager, and played on the basketball team. He attended Mountaineer Boys State and a Virginia Tech science institute, and took part in state Student Council, Elks Youth Day, a Kiwanis English luncheon, and an Engineer's Banquet last term.
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Gilbert Miller
West Virginia University
Mountaineer Boy’s State
Virginia Polytechnic Institute
Elks
Dinkler Buys Esso Service Center in Beckley Area
Ed Dinkler, long time automotive equipment salesman, has purchased the Esso service center at 269 Eisenhower Drive. He plans to install model 1,000 Marquette dyna-vision engine analyzer and a generator alternator regulator tester to service customers’ cars. The sale was from Danny Warren, now commercial agent for Esso Bulk Plant at 313 City Ave. Dinkler is active in local clubs and churches and seeks additional operating space.
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Esso
Eisenhower Drive
Ed Dinkler
Westwood Drive
Dinkler
Danny Warren
City Ave
Baldwin Supply Co
Motor Car Supply Co
Beckley Lodge
AF & A M
Royal Arch
Scottish Rite
Charleston
the Elks, Moose
First Baptist Church
United Parcel Service expands to Beckley West Virginia
United Parcel Service begins package delivery operations in Beckley as part of a six center West Virginia network serving a 77 000 square mile area in the Middle Atlantic states and the District of Columbia The service aims to enable prompt deliveries of small parcels to out of state customers in the Northeast and Middle Atlantic regions with ten centers planned in Virginia four in Maryland two in Delaware and one in Washington DC UPS will pick up and deliver parcels up to 30 pounds and 108 inches total in length and girth, with company trained drivers The Interstate Commerce Commission approved the rights in March to operate interstate in the four state area connecting to UPSs nine state Northeast network The agreement reflects expansion aided by regional development efforts and UPSs commitment to expanded coverage
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United Parcel Service
Beckley
West Virginia
Middle Atlantic
District of Columbia
South Oak
Elkins
Fairmont
Huntington
Wheeling
Virginia
Maryland
Delaware
Washington, D. C
UPS
Interstate Commerce Commission
Ohio
Ennsylvania
Area Development Department of
Woman Cited After Accident On Sunday
Phillis Ross, 17, of Tams, ordered to Beckley Police Court July 6 on a charge of pulling into the path of oncoming traffic. The collision occurred Saturday at 11:30 p.m. on Valley Drive and Third Avenue, damaging two cars including a 1954 model and a 1962 model driven by Robert Schumacher of South Heber Street, with total damages of 400 dollars.
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Phillis Ross
Tams
Beckley
Miss Ross
Valley Drive
Third Avenue
Ross
Robert Schumacher
South Heber Street
Tent Meeting Opens with Rev. James E. Parrott Evangelist
An old fashioned tent revival starts and continues at 7 30 p m each evening all week at Bud Alpoca with evangelist Rev James E Parrott. Special singing and out of town ministers will be featured nightly. Mr Parrott urges everyone to take their vacation now under the big top.
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Bud Alpoca
James E. Parrott
Now You Know By United Press International
The average length of sci bacteria is about 130000th of an inch, according to Science World.
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United Press International
Sci
Science World
Burdette to Attend National Woodmen Conference in NYC
Paul C. Burdette of Beckley leaves with family for New York City to attend a Modern Woodmen of America national sales conference at the New York Hilton Hotel through Wednesday. Burdette, district manager for the Legal Reserve Fraternal Life Insurance Society, is among over 150 agents and 17 Rock Island home office officials attending. He retired in 1961 after 25 years in the Army as a sergeant major and served 12 years in Beckley recruiting.
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Paul C. Burdette
Beckley
New York City
Modern Woodmen of America
New York Hilton Hotel
Burdette
Legal Reserve Fraternal Life Insurance Society
Rock Island, Ill
United States Army
Swimming Classes Completed By Maxwell Community Pool
Mrs. T. C. Moorefield of the Raleigh County Chapter of the American Red Cross announced that 29 people completed Red Cross swimming classes at Maxwell Community Pool. Instructor Mark Slack led the sessions which finished June 26, with 18 Advanced Beginner certificates and 5 Junior Lifesaving certificates awarded to named participants.
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T. C. Moorefield
Raleigh County
American Red Cross
The
Red Cross
Maxwell Community Pool
Mark Slack
Beatrice Atkinson Receives Reward Dinner For Found Money
Wigan England United Press International reports 68 year old Beatrice Atkinson found 1680 dollars in the street and returned it to the finder Godfrey Johnson who lost the money. Johnson rewarded her with a champagne dinner at his nightclub Wednesday night.
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Wigan
England
UPI
Beatrice Atkinson
Godfrey Johnson
Tests To Be Made On Beckley Fire Pumps
Charles E McGinley engineer with the State Rating Bureau said tests on the Beckley Fire department pumps will be made in September On a Beckley visit Friday the engineer checked on the men on call regular duty training and on hydrant and valve inspections as part of the city effort to obtain lower insurance rates
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Charles E. McGinley
State Rating Bureau
Beckley
Fire Department
John Wesley Smith
Hornsby Booked After Hinton Road Crash
Joseph E. Hornsby aged 23 of Shady Spring was jailed on a drunken driving charge after a late night accident on Hinton Road near Pluto. His 1950 car left the road, hit a gas meter in Leslie Phillips’s yard and struck a parked car, causing unknown damage.
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Hornsby
Joseph E. Hornsby
Shady Spring
Raleigh County
Hinton Road
Pluto
Leslie Phillips
Phillips
Kangaroo Athletes Reach High Jump and Speed Milestones
A kangaroo can jump 42 feet and nearly 11 feet high, reaching speeds up to 30 miles per hour.
Presidents and the White House exception
The sentence notes all U.S. presidents have lived in the White House except George Washington. The statement highlights a unique historical fact about presidential residence.
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The
United States
White House
George Washington
Miller Honored For Good Work As U.S. Marshal
Beckley native John Robert Miller chief deputy marshal in Charleston received the U.S. Department of Justice Sustained Superior Service Award with a $300 incentive check. Mil ler joined the department in 1934, has served under six marshals and five federal judges, and lives in St. Albans with his wife and four of six children.
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Beckley
U.S
Department of Justice
West Virginia
Department
John Robert
Bob) Miller
St. Albans
Marshall
Cornelius J. (Needy) McQuade
Raleigh Register
Robert F. Kennedy
Miller
Charleston
Raleigh County Bank
John Anderson
J. Hugh Miller
Beckley High School
New River State College
West Virginia Institute of Techno
Tennessee Military Pool
Sweetwater
Tenn
Highland Dr
Minister Of Music Enrolls In Wheaton Summer School
E Lauren Bigger of Beckley enrolled in Wheaton College Illinois 50th annual summer school for the first summer semester. The course runs from June 20 through July 17. Bigger is minister of music at First Baptist Church of Beckley and is taking a music course.
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E. Lauren Bigger
Beckley Avenue
Wheaton College
Illlinois
Bigger
First Baptist Church of
Honey in the Rock draws 1687 amid tourist turnout
Attendance for Honey in the Rock in its first full week plus a day reaches 1687 with visitors from 27 states and international guests from Istanbul Canada Mexico and India. A livelier Indian dance version pleases crowds as weather remains mild. Saturday's 353 paid admissions topped the week while the smallest Sunday attendance was 117 on June 21. Officials aim for up to 40000 to view the Civil War drama before the Sept. 6 close at Cliffside Amphitheatre Grandview State Park with 830 pm curtain times on Tuesdays through Sundays.
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Cliffside
Grandview State Park
Employment Office Seeks 32 Positions in Openings
The Employment Service reports 32 job openings including two cashiers four sales clerks three general office clerks three light truck drivers two bookkeepers and various trades and clerical roles such as automobile mechanic helpers auto mechanics shipping clerks carpenters rough flower raiser cement finisher highway street motorman and others.
Raleigh County Unit Cancer Society falls short of goal
In a June report Raleigh County Unit of the American Cancer Society posted a $3,775 total toward its $5,000 goal. District 10 counties totaled varied results with Monroe at $2,005 of $2,000, Mercer $14,587 of $15,500, Summers $2,002 of $2,300, and Fayette $4,175 of $6,000. District 10 Logan reached $10,336 of $10,000, Wyoming $3,514 of $4,300, Boone $1,262 of $2,700. District 6 Nicholas $2,280 of $2,200, Greenbrier $4,718 of $6,000, Pocahontas $1,308 of $1,800. Statewide total $206,361, 84 percent of the pledged goal.
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Raleigh County
The
American Cancer Society
Raleigh
Monroe
Mercer
Summers
Fayette
Logan
Wyoming
Boone
District
Nicholas
Greenbrier
Pocahontas
Colonalp Serials Claim Quick Constipation Relief
Tense nerves block bowels and cause constipation. New Colonalp tablets use a colonic nerve stimulant and bulking action to gently restore regularity overnight. Clinically proved Colonalp promises prompt relief and restores feeling of well being. Introductory size 436.
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