Sprague PTA Elects Officers for 1956 57
Sprague Elementary School Parent-Teacher Association elected new officers for the 1956 57 year at a Monday night meeting. T R Wilson Jr is president, Mrs Nick Giampalo vice president, Mrs Cordell Way secretary, Cecil Bennington treasurer. A cooking demonstration was sponsored by Beckley Hardware Co and Appalachian Power Co. Mrs Elsie Bowman received a library book for bringing the most parents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sprague
Parent-Teacher Association
T. R. Wilson Jr
Nick Giampalo
Cordell Way
Cecil Bennington
Beckley Hardware Co
Appalachian Electric Power Co
Elsie Bowman
Chinese Theme For Stoco High Prom Prom slated May 11
Stoco High School will host a semi formal prom with a Chinese Garden theme in the gym from 8:30 p.m. to midnight on May 11. Jan Campbell and his Band provide music. Fred Carpenter and Tony Castanon will give the welcome and acceptance speeches respectively. Oriental chorus girls perform at intermission and the refreshment committee will wear oriental attire. Mona Craighead and James Shumate greet guests at the door.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stoco High School
Jan Campbell
Fred Carpenter
Tony Castanon
Mona Craighead
James Shumate
Whitby Men Held on Moonshine and Drunkenness Charges
Glenward Lowe and Wilbur Akers of Whitby are in Raleigh County Jail after being lodged at 6 p.m. Thursday by State Police on charges of possession of moonshine whisky mash and drunkenness.
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Glenward Lowe
Wilbur Akers
Whitby
Raleigh County
Bureau of Mines Men Take Tests at Beckley Detachment
Forty nine Bureau of Mines drivers underwent examinations Thursday at Beckley Detachment, State Police. Federal coal mine inspector M. T. Fuller said tests measure driving ability to improve safety. Workers from Princeton, Logan, and Montgomery offices participated under a new Civil Service rule requiring drivers to pass.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
U. S. Bureau of Mines
Beckley
State Police
M. T. Fuller
Mount Hope
Fuller
Princeton
Logan
Montgomery
Bureau
Civil Service
Graveside Services for Infant Connie Lester Scheduled
Graveside services were set for 2 p m today at Lester Cemetery for Connie Di anne Lester infant daughter of Lonnie and Mrs Lester. The child died Wednesday morning in a focal hospital. Surviving parents a brother Lonnie III Thurmond Jerry Bland five sisters Loretta Marie Vera Mae Ria and Lillian all at home and maternal grandparents Essie and Pressey Lester.
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Lester Cemetery
Connie Dianne Lester
Lonnie Lester
Focal Hospital
Lester
Lonnie III
Thurmond
Jerry
Bland
Loretta
Marie
Vera Mae
Ria
Lillian
Essie Pressey
Two County Bands Attend State Festival in Huntington
Raleigh County high school bands travel for the state festival. The 56 piece Mark Twain High School Band left Stotesbury at 9 a.m. with substitute instructor Kath ryne Williams, a former Stoco High School teacher. The 120 member Woodrow Wilson Flying Eagle Band departed Beckley around 3 p.m. under director Glenn Sallack. Both groups travel in chartered buses and return late Saturday night.
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Raleigh County
Huntington
Stotesbury
Mark Twain High School
Kathryne Williams
Stoco High School
Woodrow Wilson Flying Eagle
Beckley
Glenn Sallack
Revival Services Open Monday at Glen Rogers
Revival services begin Monday at the First Baptist Church of Glen Rogers with Rev. David Powell of East Beckley as speaker through May 18. Also listed are a Sunday choir program at Morning Star Baptist Skelton with several choirs, a New Hope Baptist Church meeting, King Hiram Lodge and Abiff Lodge events, and a Charity Club program at North Beckley with Rev. N. B. Staples. Recent local visitors include O L Tinsley family and others from Thurmond Cranberry Summerlee Minden.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
First Baptist Church
Glen Rogers
David Powell
East Beckley
Hertie Dillard
Morning Star Baptist Church of Skelton
Welcome Baptist Junior Chorus
Mt. Vernon Chorus
Stamford
Central St. Baptist Chorus
West Wickham
Calvin Lilly
King Hiram Abiff Lodge No
Armstead Pollard
Charity Club
First Baptist Church of
Metalton Fire Destroys Home. Neighbors Stop Spread
A noon Thursday blaze in Metalton destroyed the home of Mr. and Mrs. Clifton Williams. Neighbors halted the flames from reaching nearby houses by dousing with water, leaving the Williamses burned out with only their clothing and what they wore. No injuries were reported and the family moved into a neighbor's home. No organized fire department fought the fire.
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Metalton
Clifton Williams
Williams
Mark Twain High School to hold May graduation exercises
Helen Goode and Darlene Morris head the Mark Twain Senior Class as graduation events set for May 20 and 24 in the school auditorium. Baccalaureate speaker Rev. P. H. McKain will preach May 20 at 11 a.m. Commencement speaker Ralph Cunningham of Concord College will speak May 24 at 8 p.m. Goode will deliver the valedictory “To Build a Better World.” Morris is salutatorian and a multi activity student with high averages and honors. The 1956 class list includes 30 graduates. A note mentions a pencil eraser made of rubber with pumice and states there are 85 countries in the U.N. World Health Organization.
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Mark Twain High School
C. E. Walker
P. H. McKain
St. Mary's Methodist Church
Ralph Cunningham
Concord College
Helen Goode
Darlene Morris
Miss Goode
Howard Goode
Crab Orchard
National Honor Society
Southern Interscholastic Press Association
Virginia
Hilltop Baptist Church
Miss Morris
W. E. Morrris
Helen
Journalism
Dramatics
Mark Twain
Hope Blevins
Joan Carman
Janet Coughlin
Barbara Dangerfield
Edna Grose
Ellen Hawley
Barbara Hill
Mary Johnson
Mary Lewis
Sandra Lytton
Mary Maynard
Nancy Meadows
Phyllis Meadows
Marie Millsaps
Joyce Mitchem
Geraldine Niday
Sue Prusett
Fondie Teaster
Winford Agee
Paul Adams
John Beckelheimer
Dale Donley
Gene Hill
Eugene Hooker
Joseph Hope
James Hyer
C. W. Minton
John Poore
Donald Proffitt
Danny Robinson
Robert Shiflett
Jack Sizemore
Barbara Cooper Heads Press Group
Officers of the Raleigh County High School Press Association were elected at the group banquet held at the Sophia Methodist Church. Barbara Cooper was chosen president with Reba Sizemore as vice president Mava Stuart as secretary and Frances Whitt as treasurer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Raleigh County High School Press Association
Sophia Methodist Church
Sophia High School
Barbara Cooper
Reba Sizemore
Mava Stuart
Frances Whitt
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Rubenstein
Yardley
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Parker
Shaeffer
Prince Albert
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Absorbine Jr
West
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Neville St
Stoco High
Bureau of Mines
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Ye Aenita State Treasurer
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Clinton Tinsley
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Billy Penn
Cranberry
Calvin Owens
Summerlee
Luther Page
Archie Corbitt
Minden
William H
Ansel, Jr
Hampshire County
Chapman Revercomb
Wilson
Oleo
Eda
Burgundy
Tore
Fed. Tax Inc
I Beckley
WVA
Revercome
U. S. Senate
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Wchs-Tv
Charleston
Revercomb-for-Senate
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Admiral
Morocco
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Reed & Barton Sterling
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