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Newspaper
Raleigh Register
Location
Beckley, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
May 04, 1972
Page
7
West Virginia gardeners can grow many vegetables with tomato cultivation highlighted. Home gardeners should choose well drained sunny sites, improve soil with organic matter, plant after frost danger passes, and select sturdy plants. Pruning and staking aid cultivation though blossom end rot risk exists.
Gale Elyse Trent of Beckley Woodrow Wilson High School was named Most Valuable Student by the National Honor Society chapter. She ranks eighth in a 465‑member senior class with a 3.6857 GPA and will enroll at West Virginia University. She belongs to WVHS Drama Club and Junior Historians and attends Beckley Presbyterian Church.
Tests before and after installing the Educational Learning Center at Clear Fork Elementary and High School show improved listening and reading skills for students using the center's special equipment. Miss Ann Martin leads a reading group using cassette tapes while Mrs. Phyllis Barrett reviews vowel cards with students. The center, funded by Title I with 5000 dollars for equipment and upgrades, includes aides to assist teachers in individual and small group work.
A citizens march on the state capital April 26 spurred two State Department of Highways representatives to tour Raleigh County. They photographed road conditions from Rhodell to Besoco and Eccles, after a coal truck knocked into a narrow curve. Fire damaged two homes as firefighters arrived. a dog alarm aided the blaze response.
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