Tri County Spelling Bee Showcases Six Schools
Six Tri County schools from Fayette, Raleigh and Wyoming counties enter the tenth annual spelling bee co sponsored by The Raleigh Register and the Elementary Principals Associations. Winners earn Paper Mate pens and certificates with district and county champions advancing toward Lincoln Library prizes and a national trip for the 7 8 division champion.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fayette, Raleigh
Wyoming
Raleight Register
Elementary Principals Associations
Mary Ann Milano
The
Register
Johnny Milano
Sophia
Norvale R. Cooke
Aaron Jones
Kent Martin
Aaron
Clarence Jones
Kent
Raleigh Martin
Carmen
Hollywood
Hume Vogt
Linda Garten
Brenda
Mrs. L. A. Garten Jr
MacAr
Lincoln Library
Beckley
158 Students Take Merit Scholarship Tests In County
A total of 158 Raleigh County students took three hour merit scholarship tests last week at six high schools Shady Spring Mark Twain Marsh Fork Sophia Woodrow Wilson Stratton and Trap Hill. Results will be ready in about six weeks and scores will guide counseling and scholarship decisions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Raleigh County
Shady Spring High
Mark Twain
Marsh Fork High
Sophia High
Woodrow Wilson High School
Stratton High
Trap Hill High
Shady Spring High School
Richard A. Mann
Sharon Miles
Sherry Okes
Linda Moore
Randall Mullins
Stanley Neuman
Rebecca Scott
Sandra Cook
Kathleen Shrewsbury
Sandra Griffith
Terry Taylor
Randy Scott
Ida Sweeney
Sandra Epling
Becky Frye
Diane Williams
Danny Phlegar
James, Richmond
Billy Baldwin
David Jarrell
Junior Underwood
John Lilly
Richard Lucas
Sam Wood
Meryl Cole
Loren Winston
James Sweeney
Judy Farley
Robert Shrewsbury
Sharon Bowling
William Worley
Brenda Reed
Barbara McCormack
Timmy Campbell
Larry Cook
Neal Cochran
A Bucklin
Douglas Johnson
Bobby Ames
Sarah Henry
Mary Higgins
Sandi Wesver
Linda Cole
Roger Cole
Sue Barr
Bill Sturgill
Marion Mitchell
Paula Wilson
Norgena Wright
Marion Brown
Braxton Toler
Charles Moss
Lloyd Boyden
Charlene Anderson
Quentina McDaniel
Geraldine Boyden
Florence Ferrell
James Topsale
Frances Colvin
Three Concord College students reunited in Beckley
Three "bushed" Concord College students traveled about three miles per hour and reached Beckley at 7 07 p m Saturday. Jeff Fryer and Bernice Bookattending workshop Linn Hardman Beeking supervisor of District 4 Rehabilitation Division State Board of Vocational Education attends the fourth annual supervisory workshop in Charlottesville Va today through Friday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Concord College
Beckley
Jeff Fryer
Bernice Book
Linn Hardman
State Board of Vocatonal Education
Charlottesville
Party chaperones for teens keep guidance without hovering
Dear Kathy says a 15 year old party should be chaperoned but parents need not supervise every move. Occasional presence helps steer behavior while teens organize activities. Discuss plans with your daughter to prevent romantic setups and keep guests engaged.
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Kathy
Kathy Peterson
Former Shady Spring Man Accepts Texas Post
Gordon A. Bragg formerly of Shady Spring has taken a position at Denton State School in Denton Texas. He will oversee student life at the Texas school after teaching chemistry at Woodrow Wilson High School. Bragg holds a BA from West Virginia University and an MA in education from the University of Texas. He served as a WWII chemistry training officer and later headed education services at Fort Sill Oklahoma. He is the son of Maria Williams of Pasadena Maryland and has spent about a decade as a public school administrator in Central Texas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gordon A. Bragg
Shady Spring
Denton State School
Denton
Texas
Bragg
Woodrow Wilson High School
Texas School
West Virginia University
University of Texas
Fort Sill
Oklo
Maria Williams
Pasadena, Md
Central Texas
Columbus man ordered to appear for license and equipment violations
Bobby Ray Redden, 23, Columbus, Ohio, is ordered to appear in City Police Court at 7:30 p.m. today on charges of no operator's license and defective equipment. He was cited by City Police on Eisenhower Drive at 12:15 a.m. today.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bobby Ray Redden
Columbus
Ohio
Eisenhower Drive
Evans Appointed on Lilly’s Recommendation by House Speaker
Appointed two weeks ago by House Speaker Julius Singleton on Lilly's recommendation, Evans says the position is engaging. He lives with his grandmother Mrs. Mary Evans at 227 Church St. A Stratton graduate, he briefly worked at Ormond's in Beckley and currently is employed at The Homestead in Hot Springs Virginia. He is the great grandson of Mrs. Sarah Braxton of Beckley.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Julius Singleton
Lilly
Evans
Mary Evans
Church St
Stratton
Ormond’s
Beckley
Homstead
Hot Springs
Sarah Braxton
Masonic Groups Plan Convention for 70th Grand Communication
Plans for the 70th grand communication of the Royal Craft Grand Lodges of Free and Accepted Ancient York Masons were laid out at Beckley meeting. Attendees included Carl Wilson, J. R. Hairston, C. A. Mitchell, Hattie Trent, Elizabeth Lewis, Alma Wooten, Irene Hairston, and other Western Virginia Masonic and Eastern Star leaders.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charleston
Beckley
Royal Craft
York Masons
Bluefield
Mullens
Northfork
Carl Wilson
C. A. Mitchell
J. R. Hairston
Hettie J. Trent
Elizabeth Lewis
A. F. Carter
Irene R. Hairston
Alma H. Wooten
Order of Eastern Star
William Hughes
OES
T. W. Wright
Ethel Wright
Jericho
Sinkler Martin
Joshua
Ernest Callowy
L. B. Goins
Shriners
James E. Hill
Bramwell Lodge
Injury to Elizabeth Bolton From Fall at Home
Elizabeth Bolton aged 12 daughter of Mrs Edna Bolton was treated at Beckley Hospital at 8 15 p m for a right foot injury suffered in a fall at her home on 331 1 2 Bur ess Street Burness?
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elizabeth Bolton
Edna Bolton
Buress St
Beckley Hospital
Reorganization Set For Glen White Cubs
Dale Mosslander district scout executive of Beckley will meet at 7 30 p m Wednesday with interested Glen White residents to reorganize the Glen White Cub Scout Pack inactive for months Ernest Wood chairman of the Boy Scouts urges parents with Cub Scout age boys and others to attend.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Glen White
RNS
Dale Mosslander
Beckley
Ernest Wood
Boy Scouts
Glen Daniel Student Teacher At Ansted High School
Victor Giammerino, son of Mrs. Bernice Lotz, Glen Daniel, is doing practice teaching at Ansted High School. He is a senior at West Virginia Institute of Technology and expects a bachelor of science in industrial arts this spring. His wife, Mrs. Eva Giammerino, teaches physical education for girls at Ansted High School.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Victor Giammerino
Bernice Lotz
Glen Daniel
Ansted High School
Giammerino
West Virginia Institute of Technology
Eva Giammerino
I Girls
Methodist Bishop To Hold Week’s Services In City
Bishop Fred G. Holloway of the West Virginia Conference will lead a week of 7:30 p.m. services at The Methodist Temple in Beckley commemorating Aldersgate Year and John Wesley’s founding. Readings and music will feature Rev. Eastwood and Rev. Carpenter with The Methodist Temple Choir.
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Beckley
Methodist Church
Aldergate
Fred G. Holloway
West Virginia
The
Methodist Temple
John Wesley
Bishop Holloway
Maryland
West Virginia Conference
Drew University
Drew Theological Seminary
Westminister Theological Seminary
Western Maryland College
Newark
N. J
Delaware
Virginia
Holloway
Holloway Is President of the Board of Hospitals and Homes
Board of Education of
Church
Interboard Committee
Council of Protestant Colleges and Universities
National Association of Schools and Colleges of the Methodist Church
Association of Methodist Theological Schools
Holloway Up
Christ
C. G. Eastwood
Richard Carpenter
Methodist Temple Choir
R. A. Hinckley
L. R. Mason
Sophia
Robert Brown
Mabscott
Eastwood
Christianity
Tally Hanna
Oak Hill Methodist Church
Oak Hill
God
B. L. Moss
St. Mary’s Methodist Church
St. Mary's Methodist Church
Unitarian Fellowship Plans April 7 Election and Votes
The New River Unitarian Fellowship sets its April 7 annual meeting to elect officers for the May 1 fiscal year. Members voted to back six UUA resolutions at Chicago next summer, oppose separate status for the UU Service Committee, and donate 11 dollars per member to the Joint Fund.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New River Unitarian Fellowship
National Unitarian Universalist Association
UUA
Chicago
Unitarian Universalist Service Committee
Unitarian and Universalist
Eva Keyser
John Hodel
Washington, D. C
Beckley Man Fined After Charleston Wreck
Charles J. Wilson of Beckley paid a 50 dollar fine and costs on a drunk driving charge and had his license revoked for six months after a two car crash near Charleston. His vehicle hit a state patrol car driven by Trooper Russell H. Miller and damaged the patrol car. Miller and Deputy Sheriff Alva L. Hamrick were taken to Charleston General Hospital for observation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles J. Wilson
Beckley
Henry Chinn
Charleston
Wilson
Russell H. Miller
Ripley
State Police
Miller
Alva L. Hamrick
Charleston General Hospital
Mark Twain PTA and Boosters Plan Evening Meeting
The Mark Twain High and Elementary PTA and Booster clubs will meet in the school gymnasium at 7 30 p m. The band club convenes at 6 30 p m in the band room. Officials will discuss school improvements unfinished at the last meeting and consider approving new playground equipment. Refreshments will be provided by McAlpin patrons with Mrs Susie Lewis as chairwoman.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stotesbury
BNS
Parent-Teacher Association
Mark Twain High
McAlpin
Susie Lewis
United Fund Raleigh Dinner to Honor Contributors
The United Fund of Raleigh County will hold a recognition dinner Thursday at the Beckley Hotel Ballroom. UF Fund President W. C McMahan will present a complete financial report and recognize cooperators and county firms whose employer J. W. Kern will discuss campaign costs and agency disbursements to date.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United Fund of
Raleigh County, Inc
Beckley Hotel
UF Fund
W. C McMahan
Land County
J. W. Kern
Beckleyan Reports Theft Of His Car
Beckley State Police investigate the theft of a 1952 Pale blue two door Chevrolet owned by Harold Long of 217 North Fayette Street. A separate theft from J T Motors Corp at 406 Second Street Saturday night was recovered Sunday afternoon after a state trooper located the 1956 model on Glen White Road. The car was undamaged and abandoned. officers continue the investigation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Beckley
Harold Long
N. Fayette St
J. T. Motors Corp
2Nd St
Glen White Road
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Thomas E. Ashe Jr
Valerie Jane Wallace
DuBois Elementary
James Lonnie Lang
Valerie
Rufus B. Wallace
Mount Hope
James
Evelyn Lang
Amabile Milano
Kerry
Vertina Starks
Patch St
Charles
Sallie Cor Ibidge
Plumley Ave
Shirley
Geraldine Ross
Mool Ave
Sandra
Elmer Henry
East Beckley
M. K. Austin
Raleigh County Elementary Principals Asso
Ciation
Anjita Hunter
Sherry Henry
Paula Manns
Victoria Shepherd
Bertha Bradley
Rose Stevens
Marion Miller
Clarence Goodson
George Jessup
Wilma Walker
Covel
Nancy Lusk
James L. Lusk
jCovel
Ellaine Gordon
Daugh
Ter
William Gordon
Harvey B. Stoneman
K. L. Starks
S. D. Ross
N. Lusk
E. Gordon
Mutual of
Omaha
B. Garten
J. Matthews
B. Brown
K. Martin
Margaret Thomson
Carolyn A. Akers
Theresa K
Alex D. George
Sharon A. Gorman
Joyce E. Gravely
Lewis W. Gravely
Harriet A. Hall
Gary Halsey
Jerry L. Handley
Terry W. Handley
William E. Heaberlin
Robert C. Hildalgo
Phillip P. Hughes
Robert W. Jackson
Nancy W. Jenkins
Carol A. Johnson
Francis Keiling
Robert J. Lamb
Longhorne Lewis
David A. Lickliter
Robert B. Lilly
John D. Lodmell
John P. Lynch
Robert L. Shrewsbury
George E. Shriber
Caroline M. Smith
James M. Snider
Joseph M. Sparacino
Virginia C. Stover
Mary A. Totten
Jo Anna Ubeda
Leo A. Vecellio
Barbara K. West
Phillip S. Vogel
Danny G. Warden
John G. West
Ronald G. West
Judith B. Williams
Everett B. Wray
Martin Y. Yapp
Viaraan
Mutual of Omaha Insurance Company
Omaha, Nebraska
RCA Victor
Marks
RCA
New River
Neville St
Beckley — Main St
Beckleyer Jr
Ed Fryer
Joy
Seph Joy
Amores
Waterbury
Clarksburg
By Kathy Peterson
Texas Post
Chase Darkness
Teleti Molail
Mehl
Appalachian Power Co
Page
David Rudolph Evans
Stratton High School
House of Delegates
C. Berkley Lilly
Masonic
Glen White Cubs
Ansted HS
Unitarians Plan
Mark Twian Pta
Boosters
United Fund
KERN
McMahan
Leslie Gates
Coopers
Beckleyan
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