Future Farmers Of America Hold Scholastic Contests
The Southern Federation of Future Farmers of America held its annual scholastic contest at Raleigh County Vocational School with nine area high schools competing in parliamentary procedure creed public speaking and talent. Shady Spring won parliamentary procedure first, Spanishburg second, Bluestone third. in creed Nicholas County first Odellis Moore Stratton second Harold Day Bluestone third. public speaking Richard Gross Nicholas County first Zeke Wood Shady Spring second John Hutchens Spanishburg third. talent Spanishburg first Stratton second Shady Spring third.
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Shady Spring High School
Future Farmers’ of America
Southern Federation
Southern Federation of Future Farmers of America
Raleigh County Vocational School
Bluestone High School
Trap Hill High School
Richmond High School
Stratton High School
Sandstone High School
Nicholas County High School
Spanishburg High School
Talcott High School
Eigh
FFA
Ible
Shady Spring
Spanishburg
Bluestone
Bruce Malcolm
Nicholas County
Odellis Moore
Harold Day
Richard Gross
Zeke Wood
Johu Hutchens
Gentry Family Dominates Rhodell Church Sunday School
Thirteen members of the Walter Gentry family, including four daughters, are regular Rhodell Methodist Church Sunday school attendees. They account for about a quarter of the class enrollment as the two-group contest to recruit new members motivates higher attendance. Mrs. Vernon Canterbury leads the blue group and Mrs. A. S. Widick leads the red group, with the winning side to be rewarded ice cream supper.
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Walter Gentry
Rhodell
Rhodell Methodist Church
Wal
Rhodelis
RNS
Gentry
Vernon Canterbury
A.S. Widick
Countians To Organize United Fund April 13
A Raleigh County meeting on April 13 will organize the United Fund in the County Court house. Becl key and other communities endorse county wide funding, appoint three committees led by Rev. O Worth May to recruit leadership, gather fact and draft by laws. Public support favors hiring a staff executive for success.
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United Fund
Raleigh
Beckley
VFW To Elect State New Officers At Meeting
Lew Sheffler Post 4469 of the Veterans of Foreign Wars will elect state officers at 7 30 p m today in the Raleigh County Memorial Building John W Taylor commander urges all members to attend.
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Lew Sheffler
Veterans of Foreign Wars
Raleigh County Memorial
John W. Taylor
Old‑timer Dacuycuy spends years in service in Philippines
In Pasuquin Philippines Mrs Maria E Dacuycuy now in older age delegates housework to others and devotes her time to Bible studies hospital visits and distribution of church material. The Seventh day Adventist woman gives her age four score and ten
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Pasuquin
Philippines
Maria E. Dacuycuy
Zimmerman guest at Horsemen's Meet
About 65 attended a Raleigh County Horsemen's Association meeting at Greenbrier Dairy Plant on Standard Road. Guests were D W Zimmerman of D W Zimmerman Company Wooster Ohio and Harry Anderson Beckley Chamber of Commerce. Members toured the dairy plant and watched two films from the American Saddle Horse Breeders Association Louisville Ky titled The Horse America Made and The Horse and Its Heritage in Tennessee.
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Raleigh County Horsemen's Assoccation
Greenbrier
Standard Road
D. W. Zimmerman
D. W. Zimmerman Company
Wooster
Ohio
Harry Anderson
Beckley Chamber of Commerce
Dairy Comepany
Full Program Set For May Woodland Show
West Virginia Forestry Commission reports plans for the Woodland Show to be held May 28 and 29 at the County 4-H Camp. General chairman Carl Lucas outlines busy days from 8 a.m. to 6 p.m. with exhibits on lumber products wildlife forest fire prevention and harvesting equipment. Glendon Keaton notes a sawed lumber identification contest and pest handouts. Francis S. Keiling previews Christmas pruning demos including nut trees and forest health. Charles T. Shackelford confirms Raleigh County 4-H Camp arrangements at Little Beaver Park without disrupting 4-H programs.
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West Virginia Woodland
Jills
Forestry Commission
Rural Development Council
Carl Lucas
State Conservation Commission
Glendon Keaton
Francis S. Keiling
Activities Committee
Charles T. Shackelford
Charles T. Shackelford, Chairman of the Committee On
Raleigh County
Little Beaver Park
Clarence Wooten
City Court Bond Forfeitures Total $314.50
Beckley Police Court collected $314.50 from bond forfeitures during Monday night. Individual forfeitures included Robert White remanded for unpaid fine on improper registration, Jo Ann Muovich on speeding, Howard McKinney for reckless driving, Everette Powers for speeding, Jack Graham for expired vehicle registration, Lawrence Grown for reckless driving, Roger Wilcox for running a red light, Herman and Paul Price for being drunk and fighting, and six others for intoxication charges.
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Beckley
Robert Elmer White
Cool Ridge
Raleigh
White
Edward P. Stansbury
Jo Ann Muovich
Eccles
Howard McKinney
Princewick
Everette William Powers
Beaver
Jack Graham
Harper Road
Michigan
Lawrence Powell Grown
Roger Eugene Wilcox
Queen St
Herman
Paul Price
Sandlick
Willis Awaiting PSC Decision On Water System Upgrades
Willis Water Co. owner George Willis again seeks action from the West Virginia Public Service Commission over needed improvements after a report by an engineer the company hired following a court-ordered study. About 18 of his 500 customers sued for insufficient water over years. one suit ended in a plaintiff-favorable directed verdict.
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George Willis
Willis Water Co
West Virginia Public Service Commission
PSC
Willis
State Supreme Court
Fat Baby A Sign Of Good Health Doctor Says No
A physician argues that a chubby infant is not a sign of health and warns that overeating in early life can set patterns for obesity. The column advises letting a baby self-regulate portions, watching family eating habits, and avoiding dessert coercion. Sponsored by the Raleigh County Tuberculosis and Health Association.
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Raleigh County
Tuberculosis and Health Association
Irish Players Make American Debut in New York
A Dublin acting company named the British Repertoire Theatre will debut in New York in September. The troupe recently toured Australia and will present one act plays by Yeats and Synge along with folk singing and dancing. After New York, a tour is planned to other parts of the country.
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New York
Dublin
British Repertoire Theatre
Australia
Yeats and Synge
Autos of the Future Glass Car Concept
In Toledo Dr George B Watkins of Libbey Owens Ford Glass Co says research may yield a transparent laminated glass composite that could function as a structural automobile body member. In Randolph police pursue burglars who took whiskey liquors soft drinks and glassware from a club.
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Toledo, Ohio
George B. Watkins
Libbey- Owens-Ford Glass Co
Watkins
Randolph
Mass
Dristan Decongestant Tablets Promote Sinus Drainage
An announcement from New York reports a new tablet that drains clogged sinus cavities and relieves congestion and pressure swiftly without discomfort. The medicine works by circulating in the bloodstream to shrink swollen sinus openings, with doctors widely prescribing it already. The Dristan Tablets are sold without prescription for 98 cents a bottle of 24, with a refund guarantee if pain and congestion persist.
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New York
N. Y
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