Talent Show to Feature 20 Acts at Sophia High
Twenty acts are set for Sophia High School Saturday night talent show sponsored by the Student Council. Curtain calls at 7:30 with Jack Branham as emcee. Judges include C A Phillips Mrs Lionel Travis and Claude Atwood. Performers include Beverly Lavis Connie Barr Priscilla Suiter Frank Mitchell Garnet Manning Sara Ellison Peggy McVey Peggy Bonds Roger Lilly Nancy Eddins Nancy Bowman Lisa Whetsel Wilma Tester man Pam Moran Tawnna Whetsel Priscilla Sutter Connie Barr Paul Young Carman Stone Libby Young Patty Monk Penny Lozier and The Komets with Dont Cruel among others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sophia High School
Jack Branham
C. A. Phillips
Lionel Travis
Claude Atwood
Beverly Lavis
Soak Creek
Connie Barr
Sophia
Priscilla Suiter
Frank Mitchell
Midway
Garnet Manning
Tams
Little Corner of the World
Sara Ellison
Linda Cole
Bill Bailey
Peggy McVey
Coal City
America
Peggy Bonds
Stotesbury
Patty Stone
Vicki Smoksy
Pat Newland
Nancy Eddins
Nancy Bowman
Lisa Whetsel
Wilma Testerman
McAlpin
Pamela Moran
Tawnna Whetsel
Priscilla Sutter
Paul Young
Carman Stone
Libby Young
Patty Monk
Penny Lozier
George Wood
Dreama Bauquess
The
Tornados
Kenneth Bowers
Bill Farley
Wayne Bowman
the Komets
Ronald Copeland
Darrell Mentz
Bill Crawford
Bucky Trail
UMW Director James Leeber Listed In Good Condition
James Leeber safety director for District 29 of the United Mine Workers of America was reported in good condition at Raleigh General Hospital after a throat ailment followed by a stomach or digestive upset.
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James Leeber
United Mine Workers of America
Raleigh General Hospital
Leeber
Doctor Answers Snoring and Drooping Stomachs
Dr Harold Thomas Hyman discusses common nocturnal noises and dark under eyes. He says eye circles are usually cosmetic and fatigue related, not medical, and advises makeup tips. The dropped stomach is rarely distressing and surgery is not recommended. use an abdominal support when lying down. Readers may mail questions for future columns.
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Harold Thomas Hyman
M. D.snover
Mozart
Charleston Symphony Plans Annual State Contest
The Charleston Symphony Orchestra will hold its eighth annual State Contest on Saturday June 10 at Morris Harvey College Auditorium in Charleston. Applicants must be WV residents or studying in state schools, with entries due June 1. Winners perform with the Charleston Symphony Orchestra in the final 1961 62 season concert, amateur winner $50, open $100. Attendance is open to the public.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charleston Symphony Orchestra
Morris Harvey College
Charleston
West Virginia
P. O. Box
Robert E. Martens
Henry Sloman
Bunny Hop Planned To Raise Trip Funds
Stratton High School Boosters will sponsor a bunny hop to raise funds for the band's trip to the regional festival in Bluefield in May. The decision was made at a meeting of 10 Boosters members on Wednesday with Mrs Alease Mc Daniel presiding. March 30 is the date set for the affair from 8 to 11 p.m.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stratton High School
Boosters
Bluefield
Boosters Club
Alease McDaniel
Beclay Fire Rescue Aids Mrs Davis At Home
Beckley Fire Department rescue squad was summoned to the National Finance office on Heber Street at 3 05 p m Tuesday to assist Mrs Jean Davis of 311 Johnstown Road who was suffering a nervous condition She was attended by Dr A A Bliss and taken home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Beckley
Here Are Some Grounds For Justifiable Mayhem
Ruth Millett lists common indignities that threaten a woman's vanity ranging from aging peers wearing the same dress to belittling comments by clerks and awkward social misrecognitions. The piece surveys subtle slights that provoke feeling of unfairness and prompts readers to reflect on gendered expectations.
Astro Guide: Daily Horoscope by Ocean Present For You
Daily forecast outlines tensions and restraint across signs. Aries urged to avoid excess and ignore irritations while social activity wanes. Taurus should ease pressure and tackle routine tasks. Gemini advised to discuss money concerns calmly with a partner. Cancer notes health treatment success possible. Libra expects a productive work day but strained relationships. Scorpio promotes ease in company and charm, Leo hints at cautious resume efforts, Virgo seeks fresh outlook and removal of prejudices.
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Aries
Taurus
Gemini
Your Social Security Disability Eligibility Clarified
A 42 year old asks if they must wait to 50 for disability benefits. Answer: file now at the Social Security office. eligibility may allow immediate payments. The 1960 amendments let disabled workers receive payments without waiting to turn 50. Another reader asks about work requirements. current law keeps the minimum at 1 1 2 years, but someone unhappy with past denials should check eligibility under the new rules.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Social Security
College Students Visit Home Weekend
Miss Sandra Allen a sophomore at West Virginia State College Institute stayed weekend with her parents Mr. and Mrs. James Page Jr. Fragnine Mitchell a student at Marshall University visited her parents Rev. and Mrs. Corey O. Mitchell. Mrs. James Arthur Payne recuperated from illness at South Fayette Street. Mrs. Paul Wilson of East Beckley is in satisfactory condition at Beckley Memorial Hospital after treatment. Miss Mary Ella Wright returned to work at Lakin State Hospital after several days with her parents on Rawlins Street.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sandra Allen
West Virginia State College Institute
James Page Jr
Ringleben St
Francyne Mitchell
Marshall University
Corey O. Mitchell
South
Fayette St
James Arthur Payne
South Fayette Street
Paul Wilson
East Beckley
Beckley Memorial Hospital
Mary Ella Wright
Lakin State Hospital
Mrs. Herbert Wright
Rawlins St
Almanac highlights and historic events for March 17
This Almanac entry lists today’s date March 17 1961 with day count and celestial observations. It recalls historical moments including Holland’s submarine 1898 Gulick Camp Fire Girls 1912 Murder Incorporated 1940 a 50 year alliance 1949 Tell City airliner disaster 1960 and a thought by Arthur Schopenhauer about limits of vision.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United Press International
Jupiter
Saturn
Venus
Mars
John Holland
Staten Island
New York
Luther Gulick
Lake Sebago
Maine
Camp Fire Girls
Brookyn
England
France
Belgium
Netherlands
Luxembourg
Tell City
Indiana
NOW YOU KNOW By United Press International
The United States reports 2.5 percent illiterate men and 18 percent illiteracy among women indicating a wide gender gap in literacy levels.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United Press International
United States
Five Marshall alumni plan reunions for 1961 Alumni Day
Marshall University announces planning committees for five class reunions on Alumni Day May 27. Class of 1911 leads with co-chairs Lucie Lewis and Erin Tru choveski, joined by Huntington residents and others from Barboursville and Charleston.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marshall University
Marshall
John M. Sayre
Lucie Lewis
Erin Dillon Truchoveski
Isabelle Gordon
Valerie Freeman
Ruth McCullagh Wilson
Frances Webb Moore
Goldie L. Gibson
Helen Brandebury Harvey
Josephine Garrison Stephenson
Arthur Clinton Albert
Huntington
Price Williams
Hansford
Ernest E. Cox
Spring Hill
Betty Rosenheim Caldwell
Leona Ward Adkins
Grayson Thornton
Otis Ranson
Willis Hertig
Barboursville
W. A. Barringer
Charleston
Clark Todd
Mary Elizabeth Dilworth Morris
Nancy Moore Polan
Emma Jean Huffman Allred
Hugh Daniel
C. E. “Eddie” King
Nada Parsons Steelman
Ruth McGuire Turnbull
Dorothy Pryor McClure
Peggy Moore Neal
Ruth Dulling Vin
Robert A. Anderson
Winfield
Jack Arnett
David Daugherty
Robert Sayre
Claude Chapman
John Sayre
Norma Carey Carroll
Jean Stephenson Modlin
Ruth Napier Wild
Peggy Wooster Hull
William Trowbridge
Marshall Alumni Association
Office of Development and Alumni Affairs
Five New Armory Contracts Let in West Virginia
Charleston reports five National Guard Armory contracts awarded by the State Armory Board. Southeastern Construction Co. to build a Charleston armory for 980,873. George P. Black to build a Kingwood armory for 366,200. A joint 339,338 contract to Clyde My Schrum and Neilson Construction Co. for an Ekins armory. Lewis Worsledge Co. to build a Hinton armory for 254,880. H. B. Agsten Jr., Inc. to construct the Spencer armory for 259,028.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charleston
UPS
National Guard
West Virginia
State Armory Board
Southeastern Construction Co
Kingwood
George P. Black
Parkersburg
Clyde My Schrum
Clarksburg
Neilson Construction Co
Harrisonburg
Ekins
Lewis Worsledge Co
Mt. Lookout
Nicholas County
Hinton
Spencer Armory
H. B. Agsten Jr., Inc
Litter and Fishing Violations Reported in Fayette County
District Conservation Officer Raymond Eye reported two convictions for unlawful litter disposal and one for illegal fishing. Carter Fleming of Oak Hill was jailed after failing to pay a $20 fine, and Robert Adelan Rees of Oak Hill was fined $20. Stanley Neal of Victor was fined $10 for fishing without a license.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Raymond Eye
Carter Fleming
Oak Hill
Fayette County
Dennis Keffer
Frank Simms
Fayetteville
Fleming
Robert Adelan Rees
Keffer
Simms
Stanley Neal
Victor
Neal
W. B. Mullins
Ansted
United California Bank Opens Under New Name
The United California Bank began operations under its new corporate name Monday and suffered its first robbery, with a young thief escaping with 2000 dollars before a painter completed the door sign. The Sahara in North Africa is the world’s largest desert, spanning over 3.5 million square miles.
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San Francisco
UPI
United California Bank
Sahara
North Africa
Notice to Contractors for West Virginia road projects
State Road Commission of West Virginia invites sealed proposals in Charleston for asphaltic concrete wearing courses on State Roads 2212 and 3864 B C Glen Daniels Arnett Road and Surveyor Eccles Road, Raleigh and Ray Counties. Proposals due 10:00 A M March 21 1961 with guaranties $4800 and $1500. Right to reject all proposals reserved. Executive Secretary A Booth.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
State Road Commission of
West Virginia
Charleston
Ray County
Glen Daniels - Arnett
Raleigh County
West Oepeat
A. BO
Memorial notices haunt West Virginia city area
Obituary notices list James Carl Mitchem, 97, of Baltimore, formerly Harper, died March 16. Funeral 2 p.m. March 19 at Sweeneysburg Baptist Church, burial Mt Tabor. Pallbearers and honorary pallbearers named. Deborah June Bell, 5, of Fort Stewart, died March 14, funeral March 17 at Rose and Quesenberry Peace Chapel, burial Bell Cemetery. Abigail Moles, 86, of 227 Bibb Avenue, died March 16, obituary notes Rose and Quesenberry Funeral Chapel arrangements. Easter flowers ad by Dias Floral. In Memoriam for Yuhal Dixon, died March 17, 1960, from Bertell Dixon and children. Police note on newspaper theft information via Beckley Newspapers. Found watch at Columbia Grill, owner to claim. Wall coverings ad. Printing trade education ad by Southern Newspaper Publishers Association. Delivery and transfer services advertised with Sophia Transfer Co.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Arnold Barwell
R. Huffman
Dorsey Sweeney
Archie Mitchem
Troy Mitchem
Gene Mitchem
Nelson Mitchem
Roy Mitchem
Ed Mitchem
Robert Mitchem
William Mitchem
Jimmy Mitchem
Doff Mitchem
Okey Mitchem
Sam Mitchem
John Cooper
James Cooper
Richard Cooper
Thomas Honaker
Melton Mortuary
Rose and Quesenberry
South Kanawha Street
Rose & Quesenberry Funeral Chapel
New grave plots offered at Mt Tabor Cemetery
Lost and found notice from Beckley Newspapers asks for contact CL 3-6480 for new cemetery plots and services. A separate lost item seeks a woman's brown rimmed glasses near E M Payne Company with contact CL 3-9655. Found four keys in a case near Beckley Junior High School on Friday February 10th and owner must identify and pay for ad.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Addition
Mt. Tabor
E.M. Payne Company
Beckley Junior High School
Beckley Newspapers
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Roger Lilly
Ronald the
Chandler Savgn Fart
Glen Jean
Alan Ladd
Jeanne Crain
Audie Murphy
Joan Evans
Dr. In
William Holden
Grace Kelly —Plus
Mel Torme
Nobu McCarthy
Traweson
Terry Becker
Hsa Lottori
UMW
Oophia
Peter Sellerd
Byt Deltaisi
Fight Films
M. D
Newspaper Enterprise Assn
Symphony Plans
Ruth Millett
Russia
Eee
Air Force
Scorpio
Leo
VIRGO
Capricorn
Aquarius
Field Enterprises, Inc
the Almanac
Arthur Schopenhauer
Order OF Publication Circuit Court
Eula M. Matlock
Edward T. Matlock
Edward T. Matbock
Thomas Canterbury
Plantiff
Dias Floral Co
City Ave
Memoriam
Yuhal Dixon
Earth
Jesus Christ
Omnes
Bertell Dixon
Robert L. Amick
Columbia Grill
Heber Street
Ladies’ Watch
Todd's Grocery and Hardware
Beaver
Scidean
Southern Newspaper Publishers Association
Southern Institute of Graphic Arts
South Street
Nashville
Tennessee
Sophia Transfer CO
W. Va
Jennings Radio & TV
MacArthur
W. Va. c
Barney Gray
W. C. Rogers Plumbing & Heating
Temple St
Fred Sparks
Tadios Aes
Wrights Fiadio
Tomchins Furniture Co
Mullens
Calfee Funeral Home
Oakwood Ph
Douglas T. Bryant
Johnstown RD
Pho
Sophia, W. VA
Webb & Neal Funeral Home
Vance Drive
R. H. Neal
AL Cecere
Associated Music Enterprises
Fayette CL
Smith's Grocery
Beckley Glass CO
Beckley Newspapers Corp
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