Methodist Temple Hosts Wesleyan College Choir Tour
The West Virginia Wesleyan College choir of forty voices presents a concert of sacred and secular music at 7:30 p.m. Sunday at the Methodist Temple Church directed by Mrs. Irma Helen Collins with Fred Husk as accompanist. The program features works by Mozart Morales Berger Purvis Bach and Parker-Shaw, part of a 19 piece repertoire. The trip marks a West Virginia tour with stops in Peterstown Prince, Beckley, Parkersburg, South Charleston, Huntington, Charleston, and South Charleston, with 14 Virginians in the roster.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
West Virginia Wesleyan College Choir
Forty Voices
Methodist Temple Church
Irma Helen Collins
Wesleyan
Fred Husk
McMechen
Mozart
Morales
Berger
Purvis
Bach
Parker - Shaw
West Virginia
Waverly
Nashville
Tenn
Peterstown
Princetown
Beckley
West
State funds may revive Raleigh County Health Center aid
A five member Raleigh County delegation learned that state funds for the County Health Department would be reinstated if the County Court formally requests aid. State officials met in Charleston to plan help to reopen the center, with Dr. N H Dyer stating personnel would assist and funding could cover two nurses a sanitarian and possibly a part time lab tech.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Raleigh County
Raleigh
Charles Burdiss
N. H. Dyer
Charleston
Raleigh County Health Center
State Health Department
Dyer
Raleigh County Board of Health
China Extends Praise To Soviet Space Flight
Communist China ended a three day silence with a congratulatory cable to the Soviet leadership. Radio Peking said Mao Tse-tung Chou En-lai and Liu Shao-chi signed the message to Brezhnev Kosygin and Mikoyan.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tokyo
UPI
China
Kremlin
Radio
Peking
Mao Tze-tung
Chou En-lai
Liu Shao-chi
Leonid I. Brezhnev
Alexei N. Kosygin
Anastas Mikoyan
11 To Graduate At Mark Twain
Mark Twain High School in Stotesbury will present its 49th and last graduating class in exercises June 8. Twenty seven seniors are expected to receive diplomas. Rev Charles L Delaney will deliver the bac calaureate sermon at 8 p m June 6. Graduates include Danny Watters Brenda Hensley Sally Riddle Sandra Riddle David Testerman and others. Mark Twain organized in 1921 and first graduation was in 1924 with plans to reopen as a junior high in September. high school pupils will attend Sophia High School.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mark Twain High School
Stotesbury
Charles L. Delaney
Lutheran Church of
Dennis Hale
Janet Blackburn
Walter Dean Mitchem
Linda Price Moore
Woodson
Kyle Carte
Cornelia White
Reginald Dean Walls
Anthony Gregory
Edward Moore
Lacy Aliff
Freida Allman
Larry Jones
Linda Hawley
Milton Mahan
Luther Oglesby
Mark Twain
Sophia High School
Lake Authority Plans Advertisements for Three Projects
Lake Stephens Tourist Development Authority eyes April advertising for three bid sets on construction at Stephens Lake including bath house superintendent's residence and miscellaneous buildings. HHFA reviews add bids for electric power lighting water supply and sewage with readvertisement contingent on Philadelphia office approval.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stephens Lake
M. A. Johnson
Lake Stephens
HHFA
McGraw Brothers Construction Co., Inc
Basile N. Meadows
Wipperman
Radford and Farley, Inc
Vipperman Construction Co
Vipperman
Radford and
Farley
Johnson
Nine Raleigh County Schools To Close For Budget Gash
The Raleigh County Board of Education voted to close nine county schools and tentatively approved a 6,181,034 budget for 1965 66. Thirty teaching positions will be abolished but moved to other schools, and the district will integrate remaining one room schools into the consolidation plan.
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Raleigh County
Beckley Moves Ahead With Incinerator Planning
City officials, aided by a federal grant of 43,100 from the Community Facilities Administration, outline financing and construction plans for a new municipal incinerator. Mayor John Wesley Smith announced the award, with support from Senators Byrd and Randolph.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Beckley
Housing and Frome Finance Agency
Community Facilities Administration
John Wesley Smith
Sens
Robert C. Byrd
Jennings Randolph
CFA
Dennis Leary
E. M. Payne III
Washington
Congress
Beckley Council Approves 1965 Budget and Projects
Beckley City Council approved a proposed 1965 66 budget of 655 929 52 to be sent to the state tax commissioner for final approval. Last year 602 898 63. Other actions included appointments to the health board, studies on an excess levy extension, and funds for the Raleigh County Library and a swimming pool. The meeting also approved pension fund reports, new audible signals for crosswalks, a 100 yearly rent from Stanford Signs for a sign near Beckley Theatre, and amendments to the 1964 65 budget. ordinances create a loading zone on Ellison Avenue extend parking on Heber Street and curb parking on Vance Drive at certain intersections.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Saunders
Helen
Arnold Yost
RMI
Yost
Institute
Beckley Junior High
Marsh Fork High
Keith Jarrell
Carl Jarrell
Beaver Land Co
City of
Beckley
John H. McCulloch
John W. Smith
Raleigh County Court
Raleigh County Health Center
Board of Health
Smith
Stanford Signs
Beckley Theatre
Humphrey
Council
Police
City Atty. E. M
Ned) Payne
Ellison Avenue
Heber Street
Vance Drive
Marshall Avenue
Eisenhower Drive
Payne
McCulloch
Officers Elected By Park Board
Raleigh County park leaders were reappointed after a reorganizational meeting. J W Buster Foster of Slab Fork was again elected president and Mrs W W Withrow of Sophia was re elected secretary for four year terms. County Court member Charles T Burdiss attended as a guest alongside Carrington Lewis Larkin Philpott Simeon Kenge and Mrs Frank M Vest.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Raleigh County
County Court
Park Board
J. W
Buster) Foster
Slab Fork
W. W. Withrow
Sophia
Withrow
Carrington Lewis
Larkin Philpott
Simeon Kenge
Frank M. Vest
Also Mentioned on This Page
West Virginia Wesleyan College
Sie
Wesleyan College Choir
Charleston High School
First Methodist Church of
South Charleston
Ross P. Daniel
Raleigh Group
Edward Neil
West Virginia Dental Society
Walter James
W. W. McKinney
Warren D. Elliott
Raleigh County Medical Society
Lake Authority
Dorothy Gray
Saturn
Eppy’'S Drug Store
Valley Drive
Krogers
Staitus
Price Hill
Bradley
Stamford Top
Stanaford
South Glen White
Glen White
Pemberton
Coal City Elementa
L Stoco
Harper Heightts
Crescent
Raleigh Mininng Institute
Tams
Blackberry
Amigo
Sophia High
Charles Lester
Helen Elementary
G. G. Greene
Don Moses
Hancock and Moses
Ghent
Stoco Junior High
Richmond Falls
Sherman Trail
Fire Department
Walter L. Humphrey
Telephone Pioneers of America
Main
South Fayette
South Fayette and
Prince Streets
W. A. Teubert
Charles Parsons
al Ellison
H. F E. Melton
Kentucky
Yellowstone Distillery
O. Louisville
Owensboro
Peoples Life Agent
Peoples
F. F. Harness
Peoples Life Insurance Company
N. Oakwood Avenue
Cifled Life Insurance Company
New Hampshire Avenue
N.W
Washington, D.C
States
District of Columbia
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