Centennial Play Day at Concord College
Concord College hosts Centennial Play Day on Saturday with 144 high school girls from 24 regional schools. Teams carry Centennial-themed names such as Cardinals Black Bears Maple Leaves Rifles and The Jugs. Activities include tumbling demonstrations campus tour lunch swimming exhibits and team sports followed by awards for the top three teams.
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Concord College
Concord
Cardinals
Black Bears
Rifles
West
Virginia
Theodore Lockwood
Tyann Maxey
Princeton High School
Joe Renzi
Princeton
Women’s Recreation Assn
Virginia Price
George Swan
Athlete's Foot Germ How to Kill It in 3 Days
An advertisement promises fast results with T-4-L stating it dries instantly and sloughs off infected skin within three days. It claims immediate relief from itching and burning and offers a 48 cent back guarantee at Cohen Drug Company.
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Cohen Drug Company
Parents Avoid Brushing All Teeth Says Child Health Guide
A playful note urges keeping up with brushing, stressing kids should not neglect back teeth. Dentists emphasize comprehensive care and regular checkups for lasting oral health in children.
Spelling Bee Champions Named From Tri-County Schools
Mary Jean Brady Mount Hope Grade School 5 6 division champion Pamela Cook Wyoming Grade School 5 6 runner up Nancy Dickson Glen Jean Elementary School 7 8 division champion Deloris Harper Lester Junior High School 7 8 runner up. Nancy among 69 spellers set for 1963 National Spelling Bee June 10 15 at Mayflower Hotel Washington DC co sponsored by Raleigh Register and local associations and about 50 papers nationwide.
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Mary Jean Brady
Mount Hope
Pamela Cook
Wyoming
Nancy Dickson
Glen Jean Elementary School
Deloris Harper
Lester Junior High School
Nancy
The
Raleigh Register
Fayette
Raleigh
Wyoming County
Mayflower Hotel
Washington, D. C
Twelve Men Enlist and Three Re-Enlist in Army Beckley Station
Twelve men enlisted and three re enlisted in the U S Army at Beckley Recruiting Main Station. Enlistees and their fields include Raymond White unassigned David McDaniel airborne George Frye unassigned Edward Ash Europe Clarence Eldridge field communications Kenneth Williams unassigned Homer Taylor unassigned Johnny McDaniel radio and carrier repair James Lovins unassigned Thomas Madison infantry Harry Ferguson unassigned Dewey Green prior service Earl Miller prior service Hutchinson prior service The group is sent to Ft Knox Kentucky for processing while prior service men receive assignments.
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Beckley
Ft. Knox
Raymond Darrell White
Eva White
Clendenin
Billie Jess Childress
Jesse Childress
Grundy
David Clyde McDaniel
Clyde McDaniel
Airborne
George Edward Frye
Victoris Frye
Lyburn
Edward Daniel Ash
Carl Ash
White Sulphur Springs
Europe
Clarence Daniel Eldridge
Clarence Eldridge
Kimball
Field Communications
Kenneth Alvin Williams Jr
Beatrice Williams
Pembroke
Homer Franklin Taylor
Ulysses Taylor
Charleston
Johnny Ray McDaniel
John McDaniel
Piney View
James Orville Lovins
Edgar Lovins
Beauty
Thomas Joel Madison
Virginia Lovell
Marlinton
Infantry
Harry James Ferguson
Troop 21 Leads In Cookie Sale In Raleigh County
Raleigh County Girl Scouts Alpine District report Troop 21 led cookie sales with 9 502 boxes this year. Intermediate Troop 21 at Methodist Temple sold 828 boxes the highest for a troop, while Brownie Troop 65 at First Baptist Church sold 492 boxes, placing first among Brownies. Sale ran from March 26 to April 6.
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Raleigh County
The
Methodist Temple
First Baptist Church
Three Default Judgments and Two Dismissals Granted
Raleigh County Circuit Court Judge Norman Knapp signed orders granting three default judgments and two dismissals. Dismissed were suits by Earl Haynes against William R. Prince and against Nationwide Mutual Insurance Co. and related Ohio entities. Default judgments awarded include Universal CIT Credit Corp. v Calvin Persinger for 673.35 plus costs and Universal CIT Credit Corp. v Earnest Hensley for 366.68 plus costs. Elk Refining Co. v Donald Wickline et al. ordered payment of specified sums.
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Raleigh County
Norman Knapp
Earl Haynes
William R. Prince
Nationwide Mutual Insurance Co
Nationwide Mutual Fire Insurance Co
Nationwide Life Insurance Co
Ohio
C. M. McKinney
Universal Cit Credit Corp
Calvin Persinger
Earnest Hensley
Elk Refining Co
Donald H. Wickline
Alma J. Wickline
Harold McDaniel
Paula TI. McDaniel
Deeds On File Record of Local Real Estate Transfers
Real estate deeds recorded in the county clerk’s office list transactions from multiple parties. Transfers include Maple Fork and Beckley properties with prices ranging from 400 to 15,000 dollars, among others in Stanford Daniels Addition Coal City Trap Hill and Town Districts. Notable deeds include Carl Stover to Frank Mann for 10,000 and L H Martin to Johnny Matics for 3,500 with 767.98 plus six percent interest from Jan 3 and costs.
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Carl Stover
Frank B. Mann
Juanita Mann
Maple Fork
L. M. Armstrong
Mabel A. Armstrong
William Fisher Smith Jr
Alma Eva Smith
Stanford
Maude Sutton Olinger
Elbert J. Olinger
Marvin Sutton Acord
Beckley
Bailey Chosen Finance Chief By Democrats
Democrats' Beckley session named Bailey as finance chairman with Edwin Ratcliffe, David T. Kennedy, and Joe Rodriguez to assist. E M Payne III announced more members. Payne will be general campaign chairman. He stressed turnout after Ward IV results showed close voting and urged a May 9 courthouse meeting.
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Democrat Party
Beckley
Jack Bailey
Edwin Ratcliffe
David T. Kennedy
Joe Rodriguez
E. M. Payne III
Payne
Local Marine Recruiter Fitzwater Promoted to Staff Sergeant
Staff Sergeant Robert L. Fitzwater a Beckley West Virginia Marine Corps Recruit Sub Station recruiter was promoted in a South Charleston ceremony. The native of South Charleston served since 1960 at Beckley and earlier tours included Korea Japan Okinawa and multiple Camp Lejeune duty stations. Fitzwater and his wife Barbara Waldron reside in Beckley with two children Tonya and Ronald.
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Robert L. Fitzwater
South Charleston
Marine Corps
Beckley
W. Va
Donald N. Rexroad
Fitzwater
Sgt
Katie Fitzwater
Route 7
Washington District High School
Parris Island
S.C
Camp Lejeune
N.C
Korea
1St Amphibious Tractor Battalion
United States
N. C
Albany, Ga
Japan
Okinawa
U.S
Huntington
Charleston
Sarbara J. Waldron
Alum Creek
Kanawha St
Tonya
Ronald
Outstanding Woodrow Wilson Students Chosen for 1963-63
Judy Bolash and Gene Curtis named Outstanding Citizenship Boy and Girl for Woodrow Wilson High School. Faculty selected nominees. Senior Class voted. Judy, daughter of Frank and Mrs Bolash, earned Best All Around and holds multiple offices while pursuing a college prep program and Marshall University. Gene Curtis, son of Ewell and Mrs Curtis, chosen Most Likely to Succeed with strong academic record and track and wrestling roles. planning to attend Virginia Tech.
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Woodrow Wilson
Judy Bolash
Gene Curtis
Daughters of the American Revolution
Judy
Frank Bolash
Whitestick Sr
Hall of Fame
Methodist Temple
MYF
Marshall University
Ewell G. Curtis
Oak Grove
Gene
National Honor Society
Virginia Polytechnic Institute
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Sinks
Lcller
H.P. Briggs & Stratton
Hoover
Iton
Congo
NNIS
Prince St
Coma Ea
Neville St
Beckley, W. Va
Troop 21
Bailey
Democrats
Donald Rexroad
Beckley Marine
Robert L. Fitzgerald
Rooster Club
Washington
Weather Bureau
Continental Divide
Northern Plains
Great Lakes
Ohio Valley
Bolton, Conn
UPI
Board of Selectmen
Richard Morra
Morra
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