Salute To 49th State Set In Annual Musical Revue
Beckley Junior High students present Salute to Alaska March 28 at 8 p.m. in Raleigh County Memorial Building directed by Mrs. Macie Williams with Christine Clay co directing and Barbara Zimmerman and Faye Rogers as accompanists. The program features songs from Wildcat and Alaska history, Russian and Yukon scenes, solos and choral numbers with a large cast and finale of God Bless America.
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49Th State
Beckley Junior High School
Alaska
Raleigh County Memorial
Macie Williams
Christine Clay
Barbara Zimmerman
Faye Rogers
Pat Tucker
Glenn Sallack
Wildcat
Russia
Karen Hodel
Mike Blymyer
Dale Tredway
Lucinda Wirtz
Mona Williams
Nicky Smith
Joan Wooddell
Pam Thacker
Nancy Dunn
Seward’s Folly
Douglas
Beckley Junior High
Lloydette Humphrey
Johnette Evans
Gayle Conelly
Annabel Hollandsworth
Suzanne Sikora
Cathy Luchini
Linda Farmer
Sara Steffey
Shirley Sumner
Shelia Davis
Robert Foster
Leonard Weid
Jimmy Ford
L. A. Gates
Stephen Foster
Fred Lewis
Kathy Gwinn
Bonnie Jacobs
Ellen Dance
Patty Lively
Barbara Bailey
Helen Dillon
Sally Murphy
Renetta Farris
Ellen Laing
Jane Stanley
Rebecca Richmond
Davis McCollum
Susan Moran
Barbara Williams
Don Shanklin
Clyde Smith
Barbara Barbera
Tom Martin
Judith Mays
Richard Teel
Janie Lilly
Mary
Inez
Catherine Wirtz
Melvin Hancock
Judith Harrah
Cave Man
America
Home and Sports Show Booths Going Fast
Only 11 display booths remain for the Home and Sport Show sponsored by the Beckley Jaycees at Raleigh County Armory May 10 13. Jaycee director Mike Eckler announced feature events to be released next month. New members Reese Malette Danny McGraw and Jim Fraley were welcomed.
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Beckley Jaycees
Raleigh County Armory
Jaycee
Mike Eckler
Blaine Wright
Reese Malette
Danny McGraw
Jim Fraley
A.K. Minter
Jaycees
George King
Gene Corum
West Virginia University
Bud Spears
Minter
Bud Kurtz
Bill Brewer
National Library Week
Real estate deeds filed in county clerk records
Deeds on file show transfers in multiple districts with prices. Ada Brinegar and J C Brinegar sell to Levi and Dorothy Hornsby for 1800 in Slab Fork District. Myrtle Holstein and Arthur Holstein sell to Guy E Boggess for 800 in Marsh Fork District. Orb James and Virginia James sell to F E Roberts for 1400 in Town District. C F Jordan and Relda Jordan sell to Millicent Redden and others for 100 in Shady Spring District. Tony Paulette and Minnie Paulette sell to William Boyd Robert for 800 in Town District. Madison Enoch and Mandy Enoch sell to H P Stone and Dora Stone for 450 in Trap Hill District. Edward H Logan and Martha Eliza beth Logan sell to Orville Canaday and Ruby A Canaday for 3000 in Town District.
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Ada
J. C. Brinegar
Levi
Dorothy J. Hornsby
Slab Fork
Myrtle
Arthur R. Holstein
Guy E
Mina M. Boggess
Marsh Fork
Orb
Virginia James
F.E. Roberts
C. F
Relda Jordan
Millicent Redden
Shady Spring
Tony
Minnie Paulette
William Boyd Robert
Madison
Mandy Enoch
H. P
Dora Stone
Trap Hill
Edward H
Martha Elizabeth Logan
Orville
Ruby A. Canaday
Three Hurt At Work In Unrelated Incidents
Three area residents were treated at Beckley Hospital for injuries from separate accidents. Sam Bolling and Glen White injured his left hand, Clarence West from Beckley cut his left hand on steel at Trottino Brothers, and Geneo Placidi from Sophia dropped an arm shaft on his right little finger at Sophia Electric Shop. A separate UPI report notes a University of Wisconsin perch study showing they avoid ice covered surfaces and sonar noise.
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Beckley Hospital
Sam Bolling
Glen White
Eastern Gas and Fuel Associates
Helen
Clarence West
Beckley
Trottino Brothers
Geneo Placidi
Sophia
Sophia Electric Shop
Missing teeth haunt Bournemouth soccer match
Brian Watkins, 21, a goalkeeper, laments missing false teeth after a game and pleads for their return. The piece also references Erle Stanley Gardner and a feature on The Case of the Bluebelles Last Voyage in Family Weekly.
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Bournemouth
Eng
UPI
Brian Watkins
Erle Stanley Gardner
Ten Seek Work At Beckley Office
Ten persons filed applications for work at the Beckley office of Employment Security Wednesday. They were: one nurse aide, one practical nurse, two sales clerks, one waitress, one spotter, one taxi driver, one stock boy, one service station attendant and one construction laborer. Out-of-the-area openings are available for an economist, architect, electronic engineer, mechanical engineer, case worker, group worker and chemist.
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Beckley
Seven Men Enlisted at Beckley Army Station
Seven men enlisted at the Main Recruiting Station in Beckley on Tuesday. Foster F Wilson of Belair was assigned to combat engineering. Eldie D Simpson of Hurricane received airborne. Paul L Spradling of Charleston will handle radio and carrier repair. Roger L Boyd of Honaker Virginia entered administration. Jimmy C Allen of Richlands Virginia also administration. James C Hess of Honaker Virginia was unassigned. Dallas L Honaker of Honaker Virginia goes to administration. They were sent to the reception station at Fort Jackson South Carolina.
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Army
Beckley
Foster F. Wilson
Pat Wilson
Belair
Eldie D. Simpson
Eldie E. Simpson
Paul L. Spradling
Joe M. Spradling
Charleston
Roger L. Boyd
Luther J. Boyd
Honaker
Jimmy C. Allen
James H. Allen
Richlands
James C. Hess
Bernard Hess
Dallas L. Honaker
Thurman H. Honaker
Ft. Jackson
Young People's Bible School to Sponsor Church Program
The Young People's Holy Association and the Bible Church School sponsor a program at Holy Church East Park. It will be held at 11 a.m. Saturday and 9 45 a.m. Sunday.
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The
Young People’s Holy Association
Bible Church School
the Holy Church
East Park
Byrd Protest On Radiosonde Contract Fails
U S Senator Byrd protest against a $208 000 radiosondes contract to General Instrument Corp failed to gain reconsideration. The award to Molded Insulation Co of Philadelphia was upheld citing delivery issues to Norfolk Virginia and Oakland California within 90 days and General Instrument being ineligible for the remaining contract portion.
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U. S
Robert C. Byrd
D-W. Va
General Instrument Corp
Byrd
Sophia
Molded Insulation Co
Philadelphia
Beckley
Beckley Manufacturing Co
General Instruments Corp
Newark
N. J
Comptroller
Army Enlists Six Men From Beckley and Charleston
Six men enlisted in the Army on Monday. Buckey W. Honaker and Paul R. McManamay, both Beckley residents, join airborne units. Jackie H. Hoskins also Beckley, unassigned. Edgar L. Bell Lilly Brook, communications, and Teddy J. Bennett Glen Morgan, unassigned. Leslie C. Anderson Charleston, medical care. They reported to reception at Fort Jackson, South Carolina.
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Buckey W. Honaker
Carl Honaker
Beckley
Airborne
Paul R. McManamay
Frank A. McManamay
Jackie H. Hoskins
Abraham Hoskins
Edgar L. Bell
Jessie Bell
Lillybrook
Teddy J. Bennett
Dale Bennett
Glen Morgan
Leslie C. Anderson
A. M. Anderson
Charleston
Fort Jackson
S. C
PTA Hears Speakers From Several Educational Depts
Beckley Junior High PTA heard remarks from Jack Van Dyke of Beckley College James D Robinson Raleigh County Vocational Technical Center director and Miss Ruth Laren Woodrow Wilson High School Tuesday night.
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Beckley Junior High School
Parent-Teacher Association
Jack van Dyke
Beckley College
James D. Robinson
Raleigh County Vocational Technical Center
Ruth Laren
Woodrow Wilson High School
Nelson blasts Army Corps over Kickapoo flood study
Gov Gaylord Nelson denounces the Army Corps of Engineers bureaucratic ineptness after being given only four weeks to study a report the agency has prepared for 26 years in a telegram to the engineers. The March 25 issue of Family Weekly Magazine notes a man’s safe driving formula spanning 62 years and 250000 miles without a collision.
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Madison
Wis
UPI
Gaylord Nelson
Army Corps of Engineers
Kickapoo River
Nelson
Engineers
Family Weekly Magazine
First Donation Received For Stotesbury Restaurant
A Soak Creek woman, Edith B. Day, donates a grill to the Stotesbury restaurant project in the nation’s first coal town museum. She memory-donates the grill to her late husband Everett Cockerham and promotes museum support with memberships. Other boosters donate mining relics and items. the museum plans showcases and a craft center as shelves are built and operations begin soon.
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Soak Creek
Stotesbury
Edith B. Day
James Fef
West Virginia Wildflower Pilgrimage Scheduled May at Blackwater Falls
Mrs. Robert Parker outlines the First Annual West Virginia Wildflower Pilgrimage to be held May 15-18 at Blackwater Falls State Park. Sponsored by Raleigh County Garden Council with WVU and the Department of Natural Resources, the event features $2 registrations, guided tours, box lunches, bird walks, lectures, and varied hikes from Shale Barrens to Dolly Sods.
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Robert Parker
West Virginia
Blackwater Falls State Park
Raleigh County Garden Council
West Virginia University
Department of Natural Resources
Parker
Rhode Island
Wellesley
Spruce Knob
Cranesville Swamp
Canaan Valley
Dolly Sods
Seneca Rocks
Shale
Blackwater Lodge
Shale Barrens
Blackwater Canyon
Blackwater Falls
Beckley business leader appointed to chamber board
A. Dave Abrams, re elected president of the Beckley BBDC, is named to the Beckley Raleigh County Chamber of Commerce board to represent the BBDC. His appointment aligns with legislation giving the chamber president five new directors for a one year term, increasing total directors to two.
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A. Dave Abrams
Beckley Business Development Corporation
Beckley-Raleigh County Chamber of Commerce
BBDC
Chamber
Rondey Webb
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Tolbert
Titovsky
Gagarinovitch
Danny Patton
Robert Short
Yukon
Elizabeth Richmond
Lou
George Davis
Douglas Tolbert
Columbia
Corinee Harvey
Paul Mallamas
Nancy Thompson
Robin Keese
Roberta Hollandsworth
Norman Christian
Doris Jane Mitchell
Pat Bailey
Cathy Bryant
Mike Bosley
Margaret Louise Thorne
Clark Sweptson
Mary Sue Philpott
Tommy Ray Mullins
Susan Stowers
Sam McGee
Angela Smith
Mike Snyder
Charlotte Blevins
Beverly Gilkerson
Sandra Barbera
Susan Frisen
Cathy Wirtz
Judy Johnston
Kathy Zimmerman
Frankie
Johnny
Bill Jackson
Frank West
Billy Hancock
Robert Rappold
Tom Jarrell
Barbara Bera
Madison, Wis
UPID
University of Wisconsin
Lake Mendota
Dr. In
Yul Brynner
Mitzi Gaynor
STARS
Curt Jurgens
Victoria Shaw
Mountain Air Drive
Glen Jean
Sun
Dick Bogarde
Genevieve Page
Frantz Litz
Plue
PTA
Stotesbury Restaurant
Arthur Utt
Tom Saunders
Beaver
Cecil Maynor
Domenick Martini
Calloway
Okey Mills
Pinecrest Sanitarium
C. O. Carmen
Keystone
Varney Harmon
McAlpin
Winding Gulf Coats Inc
Chesapeake and Potomac Telephone Co
Herbert Henderson
Harvey Meadows
Thomas White
Evan Maynard
Mrs. James
Edith) Day
Robert Taylor
Richard Widmark
Loaw
Jake Wade
MGM
Deborah Kerr
Jack Clayton
Charmettes
Red Cross Fund
Vickie Price
Pam Jackson
Linda Symonds
Dorin
da Lilly
Elaine Thurman
George Lowry
Ward Ill
Bachelor Flat Co
Richard Beyimer
Lake
Weiners
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