Four County Schools Name Best Spellers In Bee
Four Raleigh County schools Cranberry Whitby Tams and South Glen White announced their top spellers for The Register ninth annual Tri County Spelling Bee co sponsored by the Elementary Principals Associations of Fayette Raleigh and Wyoming counties. Cranberry 5 6 champion Raychel Bailey 11 and 7 8 champion Valeria Suptic 13 plus runners up Michael Adkins 10 and Sharon Tabor 13. Whitby 7 8 champion Eva Pearl Bolen 13 with runner up Ian Laverne Farley 12. Tams 5 6 champion Wayne Skelton 11 and runner up Billo Williams 11 also top next spellers Earlene Lytton Cindy Fisher Sandra Brown Brenda Brooks Gary Bowens. South Glen White 5 6 champion Sturgis A Wooten 10 and runner up James Bailey 11.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Raleigh County
Cranberry
Whitby
Tams
South Glen White
Register
Elementary Principals Associations
Fayette
Raleigh
Wyoming
James B. Deck
Raychel Bailey
Ray Bailey
Stamford
Valeria Suptic
Steve Suptic
Prosperity
Michael Adkins
Curtiss Adkins
Hubert Skelton
Billo Williams
Hartsog
Wayne
Earlene Lytton
Cindy Fisher
Sandra Brown
Brenda Brooks
Gary
County Plans Centennial Observance in April Meetings
Raleigh County will begin preparations for West Virginia's 1963 Centennial with two meetings scheduled for April 18 in Beckley announced by county observance chairman George B. Chambers. A dinner for program personnel precedes a public meeting with county and city officials invited.
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Raleigh
West Virginia
Beckley
George B. Chambers
Wheeling
Huntington
Parkersburg
Morgantown
Clarksburg
Fairmont
Martinsburg
Charles Hodel
Fund Drive To Begin For New Nursing Home
A fundraiser kicks off at 8 p m on April 6 in the Greenbrier Dairy dining room to support construction of the East Beckley Nursing and Convalescent Home on Antonio Avenue. Speakers include L A Toney G C Porter Mrs W W Withrow A David Abrams and Clay S Crouse with a musical program by a WV State College ROTC double male quintet directed by P A Williams.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
East Beckley
Antonio Avenue
Greenbrier Dairy
L. A. Toney
Institute
G. C. Porter
W. W
Jackie) Withrow
A. David Abrams
Clay S. Crouse
Reserve Officers Training Corps
West Virginia State College
P. A. Williams
Skating Archer Injured In Fall At Raleigh Armory
Miss Ann Marston, famed archer of Adventures On Ice, was injured in a fall during her final Raleigh Armory performance Sunday night. She received treatment at Beckley Memorial Hospital for a right wrist injury as 6,850 people attended the five shows, manager Tom Minter reported. He noted overall turnout was disappointing but the attendees were enthusiastic.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ann Marston
Raleigh County Armory
Beckley Memorial Hospital
Tom Minter
Armory
Revival To Begin At Citadel Tonight
The Rev. John Long of High Point North Carolina Wesleyan Methodist will be guest speaker for a revival service at 7 p.m. tonight at the Beckley Salvation Army Citadel. Youth Night is set for Wednesday and Family Night for Thursday per commander Major Mary McVicker.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Long
High Point
N. C
Beckley Salvation Army Citadel
Mary McVicker
Women's Activity Division To Meet in Raleigh County
A special Raleigh County AFL-CIO Women’s Activity Division meeting is set for Tuesday night at the Beckley Area Labor Council Hall on Valley Drive. Co chair Elizabeth Bowling urges all to attend to help register voters for the May Primary election and says members may bring a friend.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Raleigh County
Women's Activity Division
Afl-Cio
Beckley Area
Labor Council
Valley Drive
Elizabeth Bowling
Cochairman
Model A Club Auxiliary To Be Organized
An Auxiliary committee led by Mrs. Bill Bair plans to boost member and family participation using period costumes at future Club events. The group toured Bluestone Dam at Hinton with Beckley members and two new enrollments. A swap meet showcased coupes and sedans, drawing spectators, as planners discussed the May 28 29 Spring meeting in Charleston. The Beckley Grandview Chapter trails Charleston Kanawha 32 28 in membership race.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bill Bair
Grandview
West Virginia
Clarence Gills
MacArthur
Emmett Foley
Brenda
Darrell
Stamford
Clarence Wilson
C. Hawley
Bill Bare
Earl Snider Jr
Harold Brown
Buford Crouch
Austin Tucker
Beckley
Bluestone Dam
Bud Weikle
Sinks Grove
Don McNeal
Reginald Meyers
Charleston
Beckley Grandview
Charleston-Kanawha
Bible Quiz Winners at Pierpoint Free Will Rally
A Bible quiz conducted at the Free Will Baptist Youth rally at Pierpoint Free Will Baptist Church was won by the Maynor church team on Saturday night.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Free Will Baptist
Pierpoint Fwb
Maynor
Hurt in Fall Leaves 74 Year Old Woman in Critical Condition
Mrs Minnie Elliott aged 74 of 106 Hill Street is in critical condition at Beckley Hospital after a head injury from a fall Saturday. She is under medical care and observation as doctors treat the injury.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Minnie Elliott
Hill St
Beckley Hospital
Raleigh County buses pass state inspection
Raleigh County school buses were inspected by the West Virginia State Department of Public Safety on Saturday. All 15 buses passed, according to Dewey Bone, director of transportation for the Raleigh County Board of Education.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Raleigh County
West Virginia State Department of Public Safety
Dewey Bone
Flying Lessons Among Prizes For Newsboys
Nearly 200 Newsboy delegates will attend the first National Newspaperboy Convention at Disneyland April 30 to May 4. The top Balloon Derby prize offers 20 free flying lessons plus nine runners up view a chartered aircraft. Each representative's helium balloon will carry a card with name and paper. Balloons released from Disneyland will drift. the furthest card lands the prize, with aviation training near the winner’s home. Finders receive a gift from Pioneer Rubber Co. for returning the card.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Disneyland
Raleigh Register
Beckley Post- Herald
Pioneer Rubber Co
Carrier Bay
Pioneer
Earth
Ecard
Ex-Beckleyans Half Brothers Jailed In S C
Two Beckley youths Gary Marshal Hicks 16 and Niles Porterfield Saunders 20 along with James T Kimberly 19 of Chula Vista Calif were arrested in Spartanburg S C after an attempted armed robbery of a service station They escaped from a minimum security detention home Friday Robbery was thwarted when Mrs Edward Keeter grabbed a pistol and pursued the trio Police captured Hicks after Beckley officers had previously jailed him for breaking and entering and later auto theft Saunders had prior juvenile offenses and forgery sentences Kimberly had ties to California authorities The three are jailed on charges of attempted armed robbery house breaking and auto theft
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Beckley
Spartanburg
S.C
Gary Marshal Hicks
Niles Porterfield Saunders
Vance Drive
James T. Kimberly
Chula Vista
Calif
Edward ¥. Keeter
Edward Keeter
Keeter
Hicks
Beckley City
Judgment Ordered Paid in Raleigh County Court
A $619.44 judgment against Carlos Walker doing business as N & W Coal Co now Clear Creek Coal was ordered paid by Raleigh County Circuit Court Judge Norman Knapp. Payment to Independent Explosive Co. from funds held by Winding Gulf Coals Inc to satisfy a garnishee dated Feb 19 served Feb 27. In a separate order, Allen C. Kale's suit against Marshall Erdman Associates Inc was dismissed as compromised. The case arose from injuries Kale allegedly suffered during construction of the First Professional Building in Professional Park on Stanaford Road.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carlos Walker
N & W Coal Co
Clear Creek Oal
Raleigh County
Norman Knapp
C. Harold Hanks
Independent Explosive Co
Winding Gulf Coals, Inc
Allen C. Kale
Marshall Erdman Associates, Inc
Kale
Professional Park
Stanaford Road
Beckley Corps Cadets Win Efficiency Trophy
Beckley Salvation Army corps cadets won the Efficiency Trophy at the Young Peoples Council in Richmond Virginia for six months of church activities and Bible lessons. It marked the second straight year they earned the trophy with 27 corps participating, and a Blue Crest award was given for overall activity.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Beckley Salvation Army
Young Peoples Council
Richmond
McVicker
Beckley
WWHS Singers Named To All-State Chorus
Woodrow Wilson High School will have 11 students in All-State Chorus with Carolyn Pierce and Michael Harvey named. They will perform in Charleston March 22 24 during the West Virginia Music Educators conference, where All-State Chorus Orchestra and Band are presented. Carolyn will sing second soprano and Michael bass.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Woodrow Wilson High School
Carolyn Pierce
Michael Harvey
Charleston
West Virginia Music Educators
Carolyn
Michael
Clarence G. Pierce
Orchard Ave
Breakings and Enterings Lead List In Murder Charge Hearing
Grand jury presentments list breakings and enterings and grand larceny counts led by 78 items prepared by Raleigh County Prosecutor Anthony Sparacino. One murder charge involves Roy Ardo Meadows of Ghent who has waived to the grand jury in the Donald Pack homicide. Pack, father of ten, was killed with a .16 gauge shotgun after a dispute between moonshine still owners in Meadows home January 29. Petit jurors summoned to report March 28. List then details armed robbery, grand larceny, breaking and entering, burglary, unarmed robbery, hit and run, drunk driving, and other charges against numerous defendants.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Raleigh County
Anthony J. Sparacino
Roy Ardo Meadows
Ghent
Donald Pack
Meadows
Pack
Wilbert Buford
Charles Frederick Miller
Billy Gene Gunter
Charles Robert Miller
Frank Lee Bowyer
John Amos Reed
Glenn MacArthur Shrewsbury
James Coleman
Granville Bragg
Sammy Ray Donelow
Ausby E. Boggess
James K. Miller
Benny Franklin Casto
Walter William Chapman
John Dikes Mitchell
Emil Jefferson Kirk
Lawrence Johnson
Henry Shannon
O. C. Ronney
Macaroni
Benny Bryant
Clayton Farley
Billy Estes Fink
Jerry Lee
Cubs of Pack 175 Sophia Receive Scout Badges
Drawing admiring glances from their mothers are these cubs of Pack 175 Sophia. They have just received their badges in scout work and stand with their mothers during the ceremony. The Cubs and their mothers include Mrs. Dan Pinson and son Danny, Mrs. Falcus Blevins and son Clifton, Mrs. Millard Powers and son Kenny, and David McKinney and his mother, Mrs. Roscoe McKinney.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sophia
Dan Pinson
Danny
Falcus Blevins
Clifton
Millard Powers
Kenny
David McKinney
Roscoe McKinney
Old-Timers Picnic Planned by Burial Fund
The Burial Fund committee of Stotesbury plans an July old-timers' picnic for members and their families. E E Bragg MacArthur presides, with Dennis Saunders George Niday Houston Hall and Alex Fralin outlining plans. Speakers Clay S Crouse Beckley and Cecil H Maynor Midway spoke at a Sophia Odd Fellows Lodge meeting. Mrs Sam Leslie and Mrs Sam Flanagan promoted coal-town museum memberships. a $100 check from Beckley Civitans included $50 for cards. 47 memberships were sold including six-year to Crouse and five-year to Tom Saunders Beaver.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Burial Fund Committee
Stotesbury
E. E. Bragg
MacArthur
Burial Fund
Dennis Saunders
George Niday
Houston Hall
Alex Fralin
Odd Fellows Lodge
Sophia
Clay S. Crouse
Beckley
Cecil H. Maynor
Midway
Well Child Conferences Scheduled This Week
Raleigh County Health Department lists two well child conferences and a polio clinic this week. On Wednesday 10 to 12 at Health Center Harper Road Dr. C. A. Smith will supervise. The Montreal doctor’s office hosts a second conference 12:30 to 2:30 with the Montreal-Stickney PTA. Thursday 10 to 12 polio vaccine at Glen White Elementary School with PTA sponsorship. nominal charge.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Raleigh County Health Department
Harper Road
C. A. Smith
Woman's Club of
Beckley
Montreal
Montceal-Stickney Parent Teacher Association
Glen White
Parent Teacher Association
David Fleeman Treated After Iron Pipe Incident
David Fleeman ten year old son of Mr and Mrs William Fleeman Eccles was treated at Beck ley Hospital Sunday for cuts to his head sustained when struck with an iron pipe while at play.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
David Fleeman
William Fleeman
Eccles
Beckley Hospital
Beckleyan to join North Carolina law firm
Harold H. Smith of Beckley will join Hartsell, Hartsell and Mills of Concord, North Carolina, April 1, after residing in Beckley since 1950. He is admitted before multiple courts and maintains extensive civic roles. His family will relocate to Concord when schools close.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hartsell, Hartsell and Mills
Concord
N. C
Harold H. Smith
Beckley
Charlotte
Cabarrus County
Smith
North Carolina
Supreme Court of the United States
United States District Court For
Southern District of
West Virginia
West Virginia Supreme Court of Appeals
Treasury Department
West Virginia State Bar
West Virginia Bar Association
Harvard Law School Association
E. Lee Spillers
Wheeling
West Virginia University
Paul E. Miller
Raleigh County Agricultural Extension Service Committee
WVU Board of Governors
Shady Spring Ruritan Club
Central Elementary School
Parent-Teacher Association
Beckley Junior High School
PTA
West Virginia Heart Association
Heart Fund
Raleigh County
B.P.O. Elks
Black Knight Country Club
American Legion
Homeseekers Insurance Agency
Flat Top Lake Association
White Oak
American Angus Association
Raleigh County Horseman's Association
John Flanagan
United States Infantry
Part Of Stolen Money Recovered In Craborchard
Part of the $2,088 stolen from Thompson Drug Co in Crab Orchard was found Sunday morning on the steps of the Crab Orchard Church of the Brethren parsonage. The Rev. Alan H Herr reported an anonymous call directing him to check his back door for a package. A cash box containing $1,224 in cash and $314 in checks was recovered and identified as stolen. Authorities continue the investigation with no arrests made.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thompson Drug Co
Crab Orchard
Church of the Brethren
Alan H. Herr
Beckley State
Conference Fellowship Revival Begins Tonight
The Free Will Baptist Headquarters hosts a two week revival starting tonight at 7 with Rev Milburn Bailey as today’s speaker and Rev Ronald Adkins leading devotions. Daily programs feature various speakers, devotions, and music by named choirs and quartets, with a committee of Rev French D Williams Rev Wayne Sisk and Rev Bedford Morris organizing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Free Will Baptist
Milburn Bailey
Ronald Adkins
Bethel Choir
Bethel Airs
Huling Brown
B. L. Baldwin
Sophia Choir
Family Four
F. C. Calhoun
L. J. Combs
Shady Spring Choir
Shady Spring Quartet
W. C. Combs
L. Craghead
Kilsyth Choir
Combs Sisters
W. R. Gouldin
Wesley Grose
James Lester
Gospel Keys Quartet
L. A. Lilly
John Spencer
Crab Orchard
Jessee Sneed
Sherman Turner
Pierpoint Choir
Kenny
Turner
Roy Tyree
B. Shrewsbury
Fair
Science Fair Awards Slated Wednesday P.M.
Raleigh County Science Fair awards presentation is set for 9 p m Wednesday at Sophia High School director James Lowry announced. The two day event opens public viewing 7 to 9 p m Tuesday and Wednesday with about 100 projects entered including 35 elementary 40 junior high and 25 senior high entrants.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Raleigh County
James Lowry
Sophia High School
Lowry
Poultry expert to visit Raleigh County talks housing, production
B W Moore a West Virginia University extension poultryman will visit Raleigh County Tuesday and Wednesday. He will meet County Agent H B Thomas at Mt View Tuesday at 7 p m and Workmans Creek School Wednesday at 7 30 p m. The sessions cover new housing types and production efficiency with Moore and Thomas visiting local poultry producers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
B. W. Moore
West Virginia University
Raleigh County
H. B. Thomas
Mt. View
Workman's Creek
Moore
Thomas
Red Cross Fund Solicitation Begins Raleigh County 1963
Raleigh County doors to drive kicks off for 1963 Red Cross with Beckley Business and Professional Women's Club backing chaired by Mrs. H. Min Saman. Campaign aims to raise 17350 from county member families as groups cover the rest of the county this week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Raleigh County
Red Cross
Business and Professional Women's Club of
Beckley
H. (Min) Saman
Robert Thomson
Restaurateurs Aim for Beckley 1963 Convention Bid
The Southern Region Restaurant Association seeks Beckley as host for the 1963 convention with a Tuesday meeting at 8 p.m. at Beckley Glass House Restaurant to rally support. The bid will be decided at the state association meeting in Fairmont March 28 to 30, with competition from Parkersburg.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Southern Region Restaurant Association
State Association
Beckley
Natalie M. Austin
Beckley Glass House
Fairmont
State
Mary
Parkersburg
Austin
Chamber of Commerce
Camp Reunion Parties Planned
Children of Eastern Gas and Fuel Associates employees who attended 1961 summer camps at Camp Washington Carver or Camp Thomas E. Lightfoot will be treated to reunion parties in April. Virgil Beckett will greet attendees and re enactments of council circles will feature. West Virginia gatherings include Keystone, Wharton, Kopperston, and Helen with specific April dates and venues. Reunions for Federal mine campers at Grant Town to be scheduled later.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eastern Gas and Fuel Associates
Camp Washington Carver
Thomas E. Lightfoot
Eastern Gas and Fuel Summer Camps Inc
Virgil M. Beckett
Eastern
Beckett
West Virginia
Keystone
Camp _ Lightfoot
United Mine Workers
United Mine Workers Hall
Wharton 1
Camp Lightfoot
Wharton School
Barrett
Kopperston
Helen
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R. Bailey
M. Adkins
W. Skelton
B. Williams
S. Wooten
J. Bailey
Beain
Archer
Citadel Tonight
OKEH
Beckleyans
Beckley Corps
WWHS
First Christian Church
Christian Youth Fellowship Players
Jiveetts
J. M. Harvey
Canterbury Dr
Calloway Heights Baptist Church
BYF
County Byf Association
Frank Pence
Lilly
Frank Pence Lilly
Harry G. Peck
John H Kelley Jr
Ira Clayton Lilly
Bob Ellison
Billy Harold Vass
Robert Deihl Rhodes
Myrl More Gladwell
Paul Dunn
Andy Weaver
Marion Ferguson
Jerry
Ronald D. Elder
Bobby Bailey
Joe Belfrey
Dominic Trombolia
Earl E. Lubich
Willie White
Sophia Cubs
Beckleyan
N.C. Firm
Army
WWII
Mr. Herr
Restaurateurs
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