Raleigh County Science Fair heads to Sophia High School
Nearly 100 projects enter the eighth annual Raleigh County Science Fair at Sophia High School in Sophia. After Thursday judging the fair opens to the public at 7 p m with visiting area schools from 9 a m to 3 p m Friday and closing 7 to 9 p m. Prizes include medals and certificates. regional winners advance to Bluefield State College and to the National Science Fair in Indianapolis.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sophia High
Raleigh County
Sophia High School
James K. Towry
Bluefield State College
Raleigh
Dickie Wolfe
Pocahontas Industrial Council For Education
Sophia
Bluefield
Concord College
Athens
Wyoming
McDowell
Pocahontas
Indianapolis
Ind
Thomas Laqueur
Laqueur
Eleven Men Sign For Army Duty At Beckley Station
Twenty one men enlisted at Beckley Recruiting Main Station last week. The group includes Bobbie Ray McKendree from Corinne and Burlin J. Hurley from Tockland Virginia among others. All will be sent to Fort Jackson South Carolina for basic training. Jesse Selly of Thacker reenlisted and was sent to Fort Knox for assignment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Beckley
Bobbie Ray McKendree
Nina McKendree
Corinne
Burlin J. Hurley
Alta W Hurley
Tockland
Robert Eugene Huffman
Alma Huffman
Bluefield
Harry Filmore Coe
Greenwood
Gene Greigger Price
Betty Blevins
Van
William Johnson Farthing
Hubert Farthing
Stotesbury
Noah Winford Howerton
J. A. Hovwerten
Billy Gene Waddell
Bradshaw
Lonnie Ray Hatfield
Elliot E. Hatfield
Harper
Robert Henry Rife
Lee Rife
Vansant
Kenneth Lee Dorton
Leona S. Dorton
Oakwood
Harold Richard Stafford
Elmer Stafford
Baileysville
Bobby Ray Bannister
Herbert Banister
Ragland
Billy Jo Messer
Jewell Hager
Alkol
James Clifford West
Nadine McClanahan
Grundy
Ouglas Dean Crews
Thelma Crews
McComas
Tony Roop
Caldwell
Cooper Valley
Harvey Lee Yanko
Virginia Y. Perry
Pecks Mill
Clarence Dexter Mathena
Ingleside
Fort Jackson
S. C
Jesse Selly
Thacker
Army
Fort Knox
Sprague Driver Cited in Beckley Speeding Charge
Jack Darrell Gunther, 2, of Sprague, was ordered in Beckley Police Court to answer to a speeding charge. He was arrested by City Police at 9 55 pm Monday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jack Darrell Gunther
Sprague
Beckley
Three County Schools Name Spelling Champions
The Raleigh County schools Mabscott Hollywood and Piney Oaks selected champions and runners up for the Town District Bees. Linda Cadle from Mabscott and George William Sparks from Hollywood lead teams with peers Peggy McGowan Frances Irene Jennings Eddie Sharrett and others as young spellers from sixth to eighth grade. The Piney Oaks champions Nelson Staples and Frances Colvin topped their five to eight grade rivals along with runners up Marion Miller Carol Jones Roi Colvin and Carol Jones. The sixth annual TriCounty Spelling Bee is co sponsored by The Register and county principals associations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Raleigh County
Mabscott
Hollywood
Piney Oaks
Basil Anderson
Linda Cadle
Peggy McGowan
Linda
Frances Braga
B. G. Cadle
Quarry St
Eastern Gas and Fuel Associates
Helen
Mabscott Calvary Baptist Church
Baptist Youth Fellowship
Bertha McGowan
Peggy
Mabscott Baptist Church
Hume Vogt
George William Sparks
Patricia Gaye Meadows
Frances Irene Jennings
Eddie Sharrett
George W. Sparks
George
Frances
Lowery B. Jennings
Treva Meadows
MacArthur
Vogt
Mary C. Abbott
Pat
Raymond Sharret
Eddie
Letha Simms
Sharrett
Carolina Super Market
M. K. Austin
Nelson E. Staples
Frances Colvin
Marion V. Miller
Carol Jones
Nelson
Nelson B. Staples
Morris Ave
James A. Wright
Veterans Adminis
Roi
West Virginia Club
Carol
Lorraine Jones
Seymon Ave
The
Register
Elementary Principals Associations
Fayette
Raleigh
Wyoming Counties
Ranchit to head Grand Bahama Club in West End Bahamas
Thompson moves up to resident manager at the Grand Bahama Club Grand Bahama Island joining Jack Tar Hotels Co ranchil will manage the 320 room renovated hotel with pool private yacht basin golf courses and other facilities his family plans to join him in Grand Bahama Ranchil has 21 years in hotels and will depart Beckley on April 15 also a card and gift shop opening planned in Beckley and Charles Sindzich will join Beckley Wrecking Co as parts counter salesman after 15 years with Beckley Motor Co in the machine shop and is a World War I veteran
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James A. Thompson
Beckley Hotel
Jack Tar Hotels Co
Grand Bahama
West End
Grand Bahama Island
Thompson
Grenoble Hotel
Beckley
Tolley Drive
Maxwell Hill
Church of Christ
Ranchil
Grenoble Company
General Brodhead
Beaver Falls
Warrenton
Grand Bahema
West Palm Beach
Carrbbeans
Jack Tar
Galveson
Tex
San Francisco
Ranchis
Rotary International
West Virginia Hotels Association
American Hotels Association
Black Knight Country Club
The
Presbyterian Church
Charles Sindzich
Beckley Wrecking Co
Temple St
Beckley Motor Co
Eagles donated to Sophia Elementary trophy case
Eighth grade students Billy Blevins and Don Johnson donated an American Golden Eagle to the school trophy case. They obtained the eagle from the Mitchel collection and presented it to Norval Mitchell, the principal, who accepted the item and placed it atop the front hall display.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sophia Elementary School
Billy Blevins
Don Johnson
R. C. Mitchell
Norval Cook
Chambers Attacks High Gas Tax Rate
George B. Chambers chairman spoke at a Raleigh County Petroleum Association meeting opposing a 55 percent tax on essentials, criticizing the 11 cent per gallon gasoline tax in West Virginia and federal fund cuts affecting road building. The group also moved to approve dealer participation in the 1960 Service Station of the Year contest.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George B. Chambers
Raleigh County Petroleum Association
West Virginia
Talent Show Planned Thursday Night By PTA
The East Beckley School PTA will present a school talent show Thursday at 6 30 p m featuring dances by Vicky Saunders and others, a SKIT Land of the Dutch by first grade, a cha cha number, a piano duet by Renee and Georgianna Hill, and recitals by several students with a production directed by Mrs Joseph Thomas and PTA president Mrs Andrew Durgan with Principal Mrs Josephine Hawkins.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
East Beckley
Parent - Teacher Association
Birdland
Vicky Birdland
Vicky Saunders
Pamela Hughes
Doris Jean Parnell
Diane Sorrelis
Ronnie Boyden
John Carter
Donald
Cecil
Lynn Hairston
William Wright
Joseph Terry
Juanita Brown
Vicky Hill
Diane Saunders
Cheryl Thomas
Jeanette Greer
Marva Washington
Dale Poindexter
Darie Jones
Jessie James
Donald Mayhan
Harry King
Freddie Lawson
Georgianna
Renee Hill
Freda Harvell
Rita Love
Molly James
Willie Carter
Gladys Parnell
Sharon Poindexter
Constance Traynham
Tony Saunders
Ramona Hairston
Gladys Williams
Sandra Parrish
Joseph Thomas
Andrew Durgan
Josephine Hawkins
Seventeen Area Men To Be Marines
Seventeen men enlisted in the Marine Corps at the Beckley Recruiting Station this month for four-year tours. Names include Kenneth Ray Stone Sophia Edward D Akers Allen Junction Barry C Dye Allen Junction William T Davis II Mullens Wayne 8B Shelton Bradshaw Rondel E Scott Rayford Jerry L Ellis Wharncliffe Carl E Wood Beckley Doris M Salyers Coeburn Va Maim B Harrison Jr Coeburn Va James E Martin Beckley Garner Bailey Jr Sabine Cecil Crockett Bradshaw Glen Creger Ansted James H Powell Jr Rhodell Clifton J Belcher Rhodell. They will undergo basic training at Parris Island S C. Mason L Shumate Matheny and Estil E Neely Crow enlisted and requested delay in reporting until after graduation. Richard L Stoots Beckley re enlisted in the service for six years and will be stationed at Quantico Va.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marine Corps
Beckley
Kenneth Ray Stone
Sophia
Edward D. Akers
Allen Junction
Barry C. Dye
William T. Davis II
Mullens
Wayne
Shelton
Bradshaw
Rondel E. Scott
Rayford
Jerry L. Ellis
Wharncliffe
Carl E. Wood
Doris M. Salyers
Coeburn
Maim B. Harrison Jr
James E. Martin
Garner Bailey Jr
Sabine
Cecil Crockett
Glen Creger
Ansted
James H. Powell Jr
Rhodell
Clifton J. Belcher
Parris Island
S. C
Mason L. Shumate
Matheny
Estil E. Neely
Crow
Richard L. Stoots
Quantico
State to Set Up Tourist Centers at Key Locations
Tourism offices will be created at key locations to show statewide friendliness and services. Francis C. Farley, executive director of the West Virginia Petroleum Association, spoke on It’s Your Business, a film on how constructive legislation supports good government. The film will head to schools and groups soon. The state reports 96 percent of 368 secondary schools have ordered over 150,000 teaching aids revised annually and supplied free by the Petroleum Industry.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Francis C. Farley
West Virginia Petroleum Association
Charleston
House Cleaning At Jail Today
Spring cleaning at the Raleigh County Jail involved a morning shakedown by sheriff's deputies who searched cells and cleared trash. Inmates from the penitentiary and drunk sides were moved to the corridor as cells were cleaned and reports noted extensive toilet paper use for heating coffee.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Raleigh County
Penitentiary Side
Commodities Distribution Planned at Newton Meadows
Commodities will be distributed at Newton Meadows on Pluto Road from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. on Wednesday and Thursday. Attendees are urged to bring their own containers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Newton Meadows
Pluto Road
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Grolier Society
Air Force
New American Library of World Literature
Science Service
James Glenn
Feckley Memorial Hospital
Constructioooy
Scientific American
Robert Milliken
Tration Hospital
Marion
Fried
William Miller
A. W. Christian
Mary E. Colvin
P. McGowan
M. Abscott
M. V. Miller
C. Jones
Piney Oaks School
G. W. Sparks
P. G. Meadows
YeLlowstone
Kentucky
Yellowstone, Inc
Louisville
Rambler
Kenosha
Wisconsin
Tone
Nbc-Tv
Barehart Rambler Company
U.S
Valley Drive
Jack Call
Bowen Brothers
Augusta
Dudley Bowen
Cen
Tury
Old
Georgia
Campbell and Call
Ranchit
Bermuda
Watkins Drug Store
Neville St
A. P. Leeber
Bill Fourney
Leeber
Kenneth A. Ranchil
Chambers
PTA
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