Raleigh County Science Fair Opens at Sophia High School
Entrants at the Raleigh County Science Fair open today at Sophia High School. Seventh graders Jackie Cook and Dale Farley display a Col. John Glenn orbital flight exhibit using a battery powered motor to propel the space capsule. Posters outline 1960 launch timetables and interplanetary flight explanations. The fair runs today and Wednesday for the public.
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Raleigh County
Sophia High School
Jackie Cook
Dale
Farley
Lester
Col
John Glenn
Globe
Exhibits Shine at Raleigh County Science Fair
Arlene Johnson of Soak Creek presents Experiments With Light at the Raleigh County Science Fair as competition runs today and Wednesday. Her eighth grade project uses Japanese and American paper money with mirrors to show multiple reflections and light travel in a straight line. The exhibit also features a goldfish to illustrate refraction. Judging concludes Wednesday with awards to be presented at 9 p.m.
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Arlene Johnson
Soak Creek
Raleigh County
Arlene
Amigo Smokeless Pleads Innocent Decision In Pollution Cases
The West Virginia Water Resources Board will decide within 30 days whether to order two coal firms to stop dumping wastes into Raleigh and Mingo County streams. Amigo Smokeless Coal Co admitted polluting a Guyandotte tributary in Raleigh County last February during a transfer from a full waste pond to an empty one while pleading innocent to the charges. Borderland Collieries Co pleaded guilty to polluting Tug River in Mingo County on several days, with Royalty Smokeless Coal Co and United Pocahontas Coal Co set for hearings.
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Charleston
UPI
West Virginia Water Resources Boad
Raleigh
Mingo
Bern Wright
Amigo Smokeless Coal Co
Guyandotte River
Borderland Collieries Co
Tug River
Mingo County
Royalty Smokeless Coal Co
Sneaker Named Glenn Armstrong Guest Speaker at AFL-CIO Meeting
Charleston state director Glenn Armstrong of the Committee on Political Education will speak at the 7:30 p.m. meeting of the Women’s Activities Division of the AFL-CIO. Elizabeth Bowling, cochairman, says the session aims to recruit new members and mobilize voter registration ahead of the May primary.
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Glenn Armstrong
Charleston
Committee On Political Education
Women's Activities Division
Afl-Cio
Elizabeth Bowling
Cochairman
Coal Company Worker Injured in Landisburg Incident
John Alley Jr. of Meadow Bridge is listed in good condition at Beckley Memorial Hospital with multiple injuries from an accident at G S Coal Co in Landisburg on Monday afternoon.
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John Alley Jr
Meadow Bridge
Beckley Memorial Hospital
G and S Coal Co
Landisburg
Three Enlist In Army From Beckley Recruiting Station
Three men enlisted in the Army at Beckley Main Recruiting Station Friday. Sonny W. Farley of Princeton, airborne. Jerry W. Smith of Princeton, airborne. Dallas C. Owens of Grundy Virginia, administration. They were sent to the Fort Jackson reception station in South Carolina.
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Beckley
Sonny W. Farley
Burnace Farley
Princeton
Airborne
Jerry W. Smith
Millard Smith
Dallas C. Owens
Robert S. Owens
Grundy
Fort Jackson
8. C
Recovering Mrs Braxton Visited by Friends List
Mrs Sarah G Braxton of Broad way Street is recovering at home after ten days illness. Last week visitors included Mrs K L Anderson of Church Street Leroy, Thelma Tomlinson of Lillybrook, Miss Claudine Crockett of Eccles, Elder and Mrs J H Dunlap of Mahlscott, Mrs Mary Clark and daughter Hazel of Harper, Cooper Wright and daughter Carolyn of Beckley, and Mrs Mary E Evans and grandson David of Church Street.
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Sarah G. Braxton
Broadway Street
K. L. Anderson
Church Street
Leroy Thelma Tomlinson
Lillybrook
Claudine Crockett
Eccles
Elder
J. H. Dunlap
Mahlscott
Mary Clark
Hazel
Harper
Cooper Wright
Carolyn, Beckley
Mary E. Evans
David
PTA Meets Thursday in East Beckley School
The East Beckley Parent-Teacher Association will hold its regular meeting Thursday at 6 p.m. All patrons are urged to attend.
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PTA
East Beckley
Parent-Teacher Association
Two Area Students Accept Internships
Robert P. Pulliam of Beckley and Larry A. Tyree of Pax are among 47 Bow man Gray School of Medicine seniors accepting internship appointments for 1962 63 after graduation. Pulliam will go to the University of Washington Hospital in Seattle Washington and Tyree will join the staff of St Elizabeth Hospital in Youngstown Ohio.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert P. Pulliam
Beckley
Larry A. Tyree
Pax
Bowman Gray School of Medicine
Winston-Salem
N. C
Pulliam
University of Washington
Jabberwock Set for April 13 at Raleigh County Memorial
The Delta Sigma Theta Sorority plans Jabberwock on Friday April 13 at 8 p m in the Raleigh County Memorial Building. Chicago dancer and dramatist Miss Alice in Mayhew headlines a varied show that funds the chapter scholarship program and supports local youth education with $1 200 in four $300 college awards to region students.
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Raleigh County Memorial
The
Delta
Jather
Wock
Delta Sigma Theta Sorority
Judy Wells
Mount Hope
Bluefield State College
Minnie Smith
Beckley
New York City
Lula Bell Harbison
Hinton
West Virginia State College
Brenda Johnson
Mullens
Knoxville College
Knoxville
Tenn
Jabberwock
Snyder to Lead Raleigh County PTA Council
William G. Snyder of Beckley was elected as the new president of the Raleigh County Parent Teacher Council. Other officers named Monday night included Tony Gonzalez of Beckley as vice president, Mrs. Paul Oaks of Beaver as secretary, and Mrs. Charles Martin of Slab Fork as secretary. Outgoing president Woodrow C. Darnell of Sophia. Region Six of the West Virginia Congress of Parent Teacher Associations will meet in Beckley April 16 with Mrs. Joe Tassillono in charge. Region Six includes Raleigh Mercer and Summers counties.
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Tony Gonzalez
Beckley
Paul Oaks
Beaver
Charles Martin
Slab Fork
Woodrow C. Darnell
Sophia
West Virginia
Congress of Parent Teacher Associations
Joe Tassillono
Raleigh
Mercer
Summers
Twelve Seek Jobs at Beckley Office of Employment Security
Twelve applicants filed for work at the Beckley office of Employment Security on Monday. Openings include a high school teacher a short order cook two sales clerks a highway foreman a ticket agent a meat cutter a porter a dump truck driver and three construction laborers. Out of the area openings are available for bookkeeping machine operators a silk screen cutter medical technologist and machining and tool designer.
Raleigh County Horse Show Sponsors Reported Obtained
Collis Amon, chairman for Raleigh County Horseman's Association 1962 horse show, told Monday's meeting that about half of the class sponsors have been secured. The show is set for Bradley Show Grounds July 14-15. Miss Bonnie Boggs and Miss Ida Kay Amon led the Monday night program.
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Collis Amon
Raleigh County Horseman's Association
Bradley Show Grounds
Bonnie Boggs
Ida Kay Amon
Price Satisfactory Following Heart Surgery
Wally Price, 110 Ewart Ave, former employee of Greenbrier Dairy, is reported in satisfactory condition after 12 hours of heart valve surgery at Richmond Medical College in Virginia. A family member said he came through the operation well and has moved from the recovery room.
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Wally Price
Ewart Ave
Greenbrier Dairy
Richmond Medical College
Richmond
Price
Stam ford man forfeits $50 bond in auto tampering case
Baxter Shrewsberry of Stamford forfeited a $50 bond in Beckley Police Court Monday night on a charge of tampering with an automobile. The only other business before the court was an $18 drunk forfeiture.
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Baxter Shrewsberry
Stamford
Beckley
Tams Church Fund Drive Raises $640.35 in Public Appeal
The New Salem Baptist Church in Tams completed a fund drive begun January 1 to install running water, raising 640.35 through two teams. The men led by Mrs Daniel Dodson contributed 262.90, while the women led by Charles Clark added 377.45 during a musical program featuring choirs from North Beckley Glen White Mullens Quinnimont and Harper and the Tams Men’s Chorus. The Rev. Elmer Day of Skelton preaches there. A year-old child, Ronda Booker, is hospitalized in Beckley with injuries from a fall from a car seat.
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New Salem Baptist Church
Tams
Daniel Dodson
Charles Clark
North
Glen White
Mullens
Quinnimont
Harper
Elmer Day
Skelton
Library Week Poster Contest Plans Open To Raleigh County Students
Mrs. Paul Nitschke and the Beckley Jaycees announce an NSW poster contest for Raleigh County students to celebrate National Library Week April 8 to 14. Prizes total 5 3 and 1 each for two thirds. Posters must feature books and reading and include the dates. Entries due by April 4 at 5 PM at the Raleigh County Public Library. Judges from the Beckley Art Group will rate neatness originality and theme fit.
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Paul Nitschke
Jaycees
Beckley
Nsw
Raleigh County
Junior Chamber of Commerce
William Brewer
Raleigh County Public Library
Beckley Art Group
Maryland dental professor to speak at New River Society meeting
Dr. Ernest B. Nuttall head of fixed partial prosthesis at Baltimore College of Dental Surgery will speak at a joint New River Dental Society and Beckley Veterans Administration Hospital meeting at 2 p.m. Wednesday at the VA hospital. He is a Maryland State Dental Association past president and VA area consultant with a broad background in education and practice. He will be entertained at a luncheon by local alumni of the University of Maryland Dental School prior to the gathering.
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Ernest B. Nuttall
Baltimore College of Dental Surgery
University of Maryland Dental School
New River Dental Society
Beckley Veterans Administration Hospital
Nuttall
Baltimore College
Maryland State Dental Association
Veterans Administration
Omicron Kappa Upsilon
American College of Dentists
Dr. Nuttall
Black Black Knight Country Club
Rescue squad helps asthma patient at home
Madeline Sarver of 112 Mason Street was given oxygen by Beckley Rescue Squad after an asthma attack at her residence around 8:50 p.m. Monday. She was not hospitalized.
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Madeline Sarver
Mason St
Beckley Rescue Squad
Hatcher Named SRC Maintenance Supervisor in Raleigh County
Edward C. Hatcher of Mabscott was named maintenance superintendent for the Raleigh County Division of the State Road Commission, succeeding Reedie Bryant who resigned. Hatcher had been acting superintendent since February 1 and is noted as a war hero for helping capture 20,000 Germans in 1944 as part of Lt. Sam W. Magill’s platoon.
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Edward C. Hatcher
Mabscott
Raleigh County
State Road Commission
Sam G. McEwen
SRC
Hatcher
Reedie Bryant
Daniels
Raleigh Motor Sales
Bryant
Shady Spring
Sam W. Magill
Magill
Vitamins for indigent children reach Raleigh County center
The Raleigh County Health Center on Harper Road received 288 vitamin vials from the State Health Department for indigent and medically indigent preschool children and infants. Each vial provides a 9 day supplement and includes a dropper for dosing in milk juice or infant formula. A portion of last week’s vials have already been distributed to qualified applicants.
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Raleigh County Health Center
Harper Road
Ross P. Daniel
State Health Department
Centennial Chairmen Meet At Jackson's Mill
George B. Chambers Raleigh County chairman of activities for the Centennial of 1963 will leave Wednesday morning for Jackson's Mill to attend a meeting with 54 other chairmen across the state. The chairmen will coordinate activities for their counties and Chambers will return Thursday.
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George B. Chambers
Raleigh County
Jackson's Mill
Chambers
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William G. Snyder
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