Guest speaker at Gulf Sub-Delts March session
Trooper J N White regional safety director for the State Police spoke at the open meet presenting accident photos for his talk on safe driving. Guests included Ronald Taylor Donna Davis Mary Testerman of Mark Twain and Lacy Meadows Jr of Stoco. June Davis led the meeting with senior club and Woman's Club attendees.
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March Sesson
The
Gulf
J. N. White
State Police
Ronald Taylor
Donna Davis
Mary Testerman
Mark Twain
Lacy Meadows Jr
Stoco
White
June Davis
First Rehearsals Set Wednesday For Family Fashion Show
Gulf Sub-Debs of the Gulf Woman's Club plan a Family Parade of Fashions at Mark Twain High School 7:30 p.m. April 7 to raise funds for their treasury and the coal-town Stotesbury museum. Rehearsals begin 5:30 p.m. Wednesday at Mark Twain with many local youths and adults in performances and dances. Proceeds support the Raleigh County Crippled Children or Easter party and cancer crusade efforts later in April.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gulf Woman's Club
Stotesbury
Mark Twain High School
Gulf Woman's
Sophia
Mark Twain
Maybelle Maxey
Patty Eller
Diana Stone
Norma Parker
Nancy Creager
Dana Burdiss
Linda Murphy
Loretta Walker
Drema Lytton
Myra Kay Barr
Carole Kelly
Jesse McElrath
Carol
Danny
Kathy Benfield
William Benfield
Hampton Thomas
Jane
Walter Crickmer
Jennifer
Fred X. Williams
W. W. Lovell
W. E. Morris
Edwin Lewis
Sherry
Donna Davis
Jerri Walker
Franklin Gregory
Lacy Mea
Lows Jr
Stoco
Jo Ann Kish
Anthony ‘Gregory
Ronald Taylor
Madison ‘Lowry
Evan Maynard
Steco High
Beyond the Sea
Diana Williams
Peggy Bonds
Starlighters
Eugene Ross
Eddie Lynch
James Dews
Robert Anderson
MTHS
Barbara Bucklin
Billy Philpott
Paulette Cole
Paulette
Patsy Smith
Nancy Eddins
Paul Young
Sophia High
James Zeigler
Furnihing
Vagabonds
Richard Pietrantozzi
Andy Lucas
Woodrow Wilson
Lloyde Boyden
Bobby Webb
Stratton High
Carolyn Gwinn
Stoco High
Frank Gregory
Raleigh County Crippled Children’s Association
Beta Sigma Phi Sorority
Slab Fork
June Davis
Beckley Women's Group to Elect Officers on April 3
The Women’s Activities Division of the Beckley Area Labor Council AFL-CIO will meet in the union hall on Valley Drive to elect officers. Miss Elizabeth Bowling announced workshops in the union hall twice weekly to register voters before the May primary. The group, linked to the Committee on Political Education, will mail information on candidates to residents in the weeks ahead.
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Women's Activities
Beckley Area Labor Council
Afl-Cio
Union Hall
Valley Drive
Elizabeth Bowling
Cochairman
Committee On Political Education
Man Injured Hand At Mead ows Coal Co Mine
Tony Jackson of 214 Westmoreland Street was treated at Beckley Hospital at 4 40 p m Monday for a right third finger injury sustained while coupling mine cars at the Meadows Coal Co mine in Fireco.
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Tony Jackson
Westmoreland St
Beckley Hospital
Meadows Coal Co
Fireco
Musical Revue Planned As Salute To Alaska
Beckley Junior High School stages Salute To Alaska in the Memorial Building. The 8 p.m. program features chorus songs directed by Mrs. Macie Williams with co-director Miss Christine Clay and appointed ushers. Included are ninth grade chorus members and seventh and eighth graders, with lists of many names.
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Bill Hutchens
Ronald Lilly
Billy Wooten
Bob Douglas
Tom Thompson
Carolyn Angle
Roberta Davis
Linda Farmer
Constance Gwinn
Karen Hodel
Lloydette Humphrey
Janice Lilly
Susan Moran
Rebecca Richmond
Faye Rogers
Jane Stanley
Sara Steffey
Nancy Underwood
Lucinda Wirtz
Mike Blymyer
George Davis II
Leslie Gates
Bill Jackson
Tom Martin
David McCollum
Don Shanklin
Mike Snyder
Barbara Bailey
Barbara Barbera
Sandra Barbera
Shelia Cochran
Priscilla Field
Deborah Greene
Annabel Hollandsworth
Catherine Luchini
Ellen Meyers
Ella Oliver
Elizabeth Richmond
Susan Stowers
Shirley Sumner Douglas Tolbert
Leonard Weid
Frank West
Clyde Smith
Jimmy Ford
Robert Foster
Stephen Foster
Billy Hancock
Paula Wise
Leslie Wheeling
Barbara Williams
Pamela Hogan
Sarah Huffman
Jane Keeney
Barbara Scarborough
Hal Lynn Scott
New River Gorge Developers Plan To Meet
Officers and directors of the New River Gorge Development Corp. will meet at Black Knight Country Club to advance plans for a gorge recreation area. Rep. Elizabeth Kee announced a $25,000 ARA technical assistance grant to study tourist potential, with Checchi and Company contracted to conduct the survey watch. Directors from Raleigh Summers Fayette and Mercer Counties, along with ARA administrator G Ott Romney and firm officials Vince Checchi, Harry Clement, and James Kee, will attend.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New River Gorge Development Corp
Black Knight Country Club
Gorge
Elizabeth Kee
D-W. Va
Area Redevelopment Administration
Checchi and Company
Washington, D. C
South American Educators Will Visit Raleigh
Seven Argentine educators from Santa Fe will be hosted by the Raleigh County Board of Education Saturday through Tuesday under the governor's auspices and the U S Department of Health Education and Welfare. The group includes leader Amelie Martinez-Trucco and teachers Mabel Palmira Cabutti, Z Amelia Cardonet, Isabel Baliano de Mendoza, Susana Victoria Righetti, Irene Antonia Rosales, Gloria Reguena, and others, along with an escort-interpreter.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Raleigh County
Mario Moreno
National University of Litoral
Rosario
Gloria Reguena
Armory Dedication Set When Guardsmen Home
The Raleigh County Armory dedication, planned on the 1921 By-Pass, is postponed to join homecoming for Beckley’s Troop C on active duty. Brig. Gen. Gene H. Williams says the event will likely occur this fall as a joint home coming and dedication affair. Troop C and other units of the 150th Armored Cavalry Regiment reported to Fort Meade on November 1.
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Raleigh County
Beckley
Gene H. Williams
William E. Miller
150Th Armored Cavalry Regiment
National Guard
Fort Meade, Md
Dry Creek Man To Inherit Estate In Large Raleigh County Probate
A Dry Creek lumberman Albert Bud Jones who died January 13 without a will is to have his estate largely go to surviving brother Luther Jones with Quentin Barrett named administrator after posting a $135000 bond. The estate includes real estate and assorted holdings. multiple other local estates are noted with executors, administratrices and bonds posted.
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Dry Creek
Raleigh County
Albert
Bud) Jones
Luther Jones
Quentin Barrett
Barrett
Marie Plumley Snead
Beaver
Georgia Morton Plumley
Laura V. Henley
Glen Morgan
Don L. Henley
Henley
Marion Plumley
Shady Spring
Jasper Lee Plumley
Mary Lucille Hart
Sophia
Haven Edward Hurt
Vernon Thornton
Skelton
Minnie Thornton
Gilmer G. Hughes
Ruby Hughes
Frances Smith
Pearl Essie Aliff
Mabel Lee Bolen
Coal City
John Henry Fix
Catherine Louise Pate
Beckley
Elton Stanley Pate
K. A. Locke
Brady Keaton
Cecil R. Bryant
Daniels
Lawrence Bryant
Mae Thios
Sam Thios
Lois C. Lewis
Russell A. Lewis
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J. W. Foster
Gulf Woman’s Club
W. W .Jackie Withrow
Charles A. Gregory
Lacy Meadows
Pauline Davis
Alaska
Jim
My Ford
Doug Tolbert
Atives
Danny Patton
Robert Short
Cowboy
Kitty Matherly
Nicky Smith
Pam Thacker
Margaret Thorne
Esther Withrow
Dyonnia Coleman
Share Goode
Denise Hollandsworth
Vicki Hughes
Mary Hunton
Naomi Kistin
Joan Woodell
Brenda Wyatt
Sharon Wheeler
Patricia Lesiter
Mary Molina
Donna Pritchard
Karen Rhodes
Jane Robinson
Shelia Ryals
Sandra Simmerman
Brenda West
Vicki Williams
Sally Winner
Susan Winner
Kathy Zimmerman
Glenda Combs
Shirley Crowder
Mary Lou Davis
Carole Delp
New River Gorge
Raleigh
Armory
Auditorium of Memorial
Pat Tucker
West Virginia
Kentucky
Frankfort
Homart
John Wood White
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