Beasley staffer tours Raleigh jail duties with sheriff staff
The Register notes Bill McNeish and Beaver lead a tour with high school journalists in the composing room. Connie Waller and Mrs Helen M Hume describe sheriff office roles while Hume recalls arresting a drunk for the courthouse elevator. The Hume family, linked to Beckley and Mount Hope origins, shares ties to the Raleigh County Chapter.
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Register
Bill McNeish
Beaver
Jack Varney
Connie Waller
Helen M. Hume
Reservation St
Raleigh County
William Beverley Hume
Beckley
School Bus Driver Award Banquet Set
The Raleigh County School Bus Drivers Association will hold its annual awards banquet at 7 p m May 26 in El Chico. The event will name the driver of the year. Speakers were John W. Saunders and Carl G. Jarrell. The group voted a $10 contribution to the Raleigh County Society for Crippled Children and Adults fund drive.
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Raleigh County School Bus Drivers Association
el Chico
Wendell Thurman
J. N. White
West Virginia
John W. Saunders
Raleigh County Schools
Carl G. Jarrell
Board of Education
Saunders
Jarrel
Raleigh County Society For Crippled Children and Adults
Beckley Police Court Forfeits $135 In Case
Beckley police court Monday night forfeited $136.50 in bonds and one person waived to the grand jury. John B. Hartman 31 of Beckley appeals to Raleigh County Criminal Court after a DUI finding. Charles Hodges 16 of Coal City forfeited $50 on speeding and unnecessary noise with a vehicle. Drunk forfeitures totaled $85.50.
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Beckley
John B. Hartman
Raleigh County
Charles Hodges
Coal City
Budget Bus Bids Set For Board Meet
The Raleigh County Board of Education will convene at 7 30 p m to review the budget for the 1962 63 fiscal year and the opening of sealed bids on 10 new school buses.
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Raleigh County Board of Education
Maxwell Hill Community Group Chooses Officers Tonight
Members of the Maxwell Hill Country Life Group will meet in the community building tonight to elect new officers and set the date for the 1962 community fair. Tony Gonzalez, president, urges all residents to attend the 7:30 p.m. meeting and participate in the two important matters.
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Maxwell Hill
Young Journalist Of Year To Receive Register Trophy
The Raleigh Wyoming County Press Association will honor the outstanding school news reporter at the annual Raleigh Register banquet. Students from Stoco Oceana Trap Hill Conley Marsh Fork Clear Fork and Shady Spring High Schools will be recognized by each school before the overall Young Journalist of the Year is named by The Register staff. DON MEADOWS.
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Oceana
Trap Hill
Conley
Marsh Fork
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Shady Spring
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McQuade
Fork
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Don Meadows
the Register
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Patricia Ann Raines
Beckley Junior High School
Raleigh County
Southern Soil Conservation District
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Beckley Junior High
Nolan Dinsmore
Trap Hill High School
Patricia
John Raines
Raleigh
Penny
Kristoffer Pedersen
Beckley
Nolan
Beckleyan To Attend Christ Child Meeting
Mrs Sheri J Winter of 522 Wooldawn Ave left Raleigh County Memorial Airport for Washington DC to attend the final sessions of the National Christ Child Society. She served on the Dayton Ohio board for 10 years and on a Washington hospital committee handling psychiatric care for emotionally disturbed children. Her daughter Mary, a Washington student, plans to join tonight's final dinner. Miss Winter has directed waterfront activities at the Washington Christ Child Camp on Island Creek Maryland for two summers.
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Woodlawn Ave
Raleigh County Memorial Airport
Washington, D. C
National Christ Child Society
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Ohio
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Washington Christ Child Camp
Island Creek
GOP Women Invite Candidates Wives to Raleigh Meeting
Raleigh County Republican Women plan 7:30 p.m. gathering at Mrs Reginald Meyers home to name a nominating committee and discuss furnishings for new offices at 118 12 Main Street Wives of area candidates are invited per president Mrs Harold Hedrick
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Raleigh County
Reginald Meyers
Locust Drive
Main Street
Harold Hedrick
Miner Injured in Winding Gulf Coals Mine
Gerald Eudy a 43 year old miner from Midway is listed in satisfactory condition at Beckley Memorial Hospital after being admitted at 1230 am for treatment of a back injury suffered in a Winding Gulf Coals mine.
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Gerald Eudy
Midway
Beckley Memorial Hospital
Gulf Coals
Stratton High talent show winners announced at gym event
Eva Martin Lelia Turner and Lenore Majors the pom pom girls won first with a dance. Second place went to the Marquettes a singer group led by Mary Go forth Brenda Webb Lelie Turner Quentina McDaniel and Brenda Hairston with Robert Webb on guitar. Third went to the Trovubadours James Moten George Hairston Berton Johnson Robert McMillion Percy Galloway George Coleman and William Davis.
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Stratton High School
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Lelia Turner
Lenore Majors
Mary Goforth
Brenda Webb
Lelie Turner
Quentina McDaniel
Brenda Hairston
Robert Webb
The
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Trovubadours
James Moten
George Hairston
Berton Johnson
Robert McMillion
Percy Galloway
George Coleman
William Davis
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Driver Education Moves to Summer at Raleigh County
Raleigh County will offer driver education as a summer course at the Raleigh County Vocational Technical Center. The move, approved by the Board of Education after discussion with principals, aims to widen access by using countywide transportation and avoiding regular session limits. The district will hire more instructors, with registration announcements to come through individual schools. Seventeen instructors at the center are set to attend an Area Vocational Association meeting at Cedar Lakes, Ripley, April 13-15.
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Raleigh County
John W. Saunders
Board of Education
Virgil Sarrett
Raleigh County Vocational Technical Center
Saunders
Baskerville Couple Dines With Reid at Church Street
Dr and Mrs Samuel J Basker ville of Charleston were dinner guests Sunday of Mr and Mrs W C Reid at 235 Church Street.
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Samuel J. Baskerville
Charleston
W. C. Reid
Church St
Sophia Graduates Enter Lipscomb College as Junior
A 1960 Sophia High School graduate and son of Mr and Mrs Jesse Davis plans to enter David Lipscomb College Nashville Tennessee in September as a junior. Brenda Kay Davis, a sophomore at Ohio Valley College Parkersburg, will major in elementary education.
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Ohio Valley College
Parkersburg
Brenda Kay Davis
Sophia
David Lipscomb College
Nashville
Tenn
Lipscomb College
Davis
Sophia High School
Jesse Davis
Liscom
Luther Hodges He Lives the American Dream
The April 1 issue of Family Weekly features another installment in "The Men Who Decide Our Destinies." Read the profile "Luther Hodges He Lives the American Dream," highlighting Hodges and his impact on American policy and industry.
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Family Weekly
Luther Hodges
Wilford R. Trump Injured Working on Car in Glen Daniel
Wilford R. Trump, 56, of Glen Daniel, is listed in good condition at Beckley Hospital after a left knee injury suffered while working on his car.
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Wilford R. Trump
Glen Daniel
Beckley Hospital
Ten Seek Work at Beckley Office of Employment Security
Twenty persons filed applications for work at the Beckley Office of Employment Security Monday. They were one cook, two maids, one nurse aid, one waitress, one pipe fitter, one stock boy, one painter, one janitor, one service station attendant, two plumber helpers, one electrician, one dump truck driver, one watchman, three construction laborers, one mine foreman and one truck driver.
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Beckley
Army Signs Two Enlistees At Beckley Recruiting Station
Two men enlisted in the Army at Beckley Main Recruiting Station on Monday. Danny Harrison Buchanan of Princeton is assigned to airborne and Donald Kegley of Cleveland Virginia is assigned to medical care and treatment. They were sent to Fort Jackson South Carolina reception station.
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Army
Beckley
Danny Harrison Buchanan
Marion H. Buchanan
Princeton
Airborne
Donald Kegley
Kyle Kegley
Cleveland
Fort Jackson
S. C
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