New River Project for Deaf Children Planned
A new program in West Virginia will serve Raleigh and Fayette County deaf students starting 1972-73. Classes will run in Mount Hope under Fayette County Board of Education, with future options at Romney’s special school. The plan aims to develop communication, reading, writing, and social skills while coordinating with parents and evaluating individual needs.
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West Virginia
Raleigh and
Fayette County
County Board of Education
University of Virginia At
University
State Department of Education
Special Education Division
Fayette
Raleigh
Ashworth
Deed Transfers and Military Notices From Local Records
Real estate deeds list multiple transfers in Trap Hill Beckley Mabscott and surrounding districts with prices from 500 to 58 000 dollars including Lot 61 and 62 Rolling Wood Acres and Highland Addition. Military notices report service members aboard USS Independence Norfolk Naval Shipyard and assignments to Camp Pendleton Lackland AFB and Fort Jackson with family ties.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Troy Cole
John and
Inez Cole
Charles Stansbury
Trap Hill
Fred and
Myrtle Hawley
Horace
Maxine Stover
Raleigh Real Estate Co
Raines and Raines Inc
Craft Builders, Inc
Edward M. Cory
Beckley
Bessie May Meador
Robert L
Elsie Jane McDowell
Highland Addition
Mabscott
Blackburn-Patteson Realty Co
Lillie Harbison
Wood Addition
G. T
Johnson and Mary Wood
Fairview
Raleigh Real Estate Co., Inc
Thomas A
Angelene B. Foote
Rolling Wood
Vernon
Ray Massie
Marsh Fork
Military Men In The News At Home And Overseas
Military personnel stationed in Vietnam and the United States are profiled. Sgt Grenat of the 1876th Communications Squadron at Tan Son Nhut Air Base is cited for outstanding skill aiding the Air Force mission in Southeast Asia. Other servicemen Sgt Gary Thurman, Spec 5 David Gallaher, and Sgt Howard Ragland are noted with duties, deployments, and convalescent details.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tan Son Nhut
Vietnam
Grenat
U. S. Air Force
Southeast Asia
U.S. Air Force
Air Force
Gary D. Thurman
Deen H. Thurman
Beckley
Kingsley Field
Ore
Thurman
North American Aerospace Defense Command
Gila Bend Air Force Auxiliary Field
Ariz
San Antonio College
Jane
Flora. Robinson
Marriage Permits Six Couples in West Virginia Listings
Marriage records show Charlie Bartley Butler 62 of Sullivan wed Dorothy Plumley 42 of Sullivan. Byron Cantley 23 Beckley married Nancy Diggs 18. Don Jackson 21 Beckley married Patricia Abrams 16. Robert Lilly 19 Flat Top wed Fredia Cox 16 Shady Spring. James Oakes 21 Shady Spring married Rebecca Stewart 21 Beckley. Oscar Roney 73 Beckley wed Ediy Peterson 60 Beckley. Jerry Rice 21 Beckley wed Alice Duncan 20 Coal City.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charlie Bartley Butler
Sullivan
Francis
Alice Ford Butler
Dorothy ‘Melvin Bolen
Marshall
Bertha Goodson Plumley
Byron Ross Cantley
Beckley
Eustace G
Thelma Cavendish Cantley
Nancy Jo Diggs
Samuel T
Peggy Edwards Diggs
Don Edward Jackson
Toney William and
Marie Hicks Jackson
Patricia Ann Abrams
Raleigh
Joe Louis
Ruth Cooper Abrams
Robert Logan Lilly
Flat Top
Dewey R
Ruby P. Hatcher Lilly
Fredia Add Cox
Shady Spring
Freddie Robert
Betty Joe Moye Cox
James Keith Oakes
Scott
Marie Redden Oakes
Rebecca Marie Stewart
James
Virginia Stewart Meadows
Oscar Bill Roney
Len
Carry Gibson Roney
Ediy Shavers Peterson
Jordan
Esther Jessie Walker
Jerry Dale Rice
Bud and
Barbara Ellis Ferrnett Rice
Alice Mae Duncan
Coal City
Clay Louis
Hester Waddell Duncan
Female Clinics Set In County Health Screenings Next Week
The Southern West Virginia Regional Health Council sponsors two free female adult health screening clinics in Raleigh County. Colcord at the Clear Fork District Health Station Monday 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. and Beckley on Harper s Road Tuesday noon to 3 p.m. Services include Pap smears, urinalysis, blood tests, serology, blood pressure, and tuberculin skin tests.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Southern West Virginia Regional Health Council
Raleigh County
Clear Fork
Colcord
Beckley-Raleigh County Health Department
Harpers Road
Paul H.loflin
Raleigh County Health Council
Mountaineer Family Health Plan, Inc
Maternal and Child Health Project
Flea Market Aids Crab Orchard School PTA Fund
Proceeds from a flea market at Crab Orchard Baptist Church will aid Crab Orchard Elementary School improvements. The sale, sponsored by the PTA, starts Saturday at 10 a.m. with a weather backup at the old Crab Orchard School.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
PTA
Crab Orchard Baptist Church
Crab Orchard Elementary School
Crab Orchard School
4-H Roundup Planned at Beckley Junior High
The Raleigh County 4-H Roundup will be held Saturday at Beckley Junior High School beginning at 10 a.m. Four-H'ers will compete in visual presentation public speaking and talent contests.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Raleigh County
Beckley Junior High School
Grafton Choir Invited To Nixon's Mother's Day Service
President Nixon asked Rev. John Harper to lead Mother's Day worship in the East Room and invited a Grafton High School choir to sing. The note recalls that the first Mother’s Day service was held in Grafton in 1806 at St Andrews Church.
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Washington
UPS
Nixon
John Harper
St. John’s Episcopal Church
White House
Grafton
W. Va
St. Andrews Church
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Fairdale
Jancers Pegram
Karen Allen
Sherry Acord
Cheryl Acord
Tina Day
Tina Covey
Kathy Brown
Sandy Acord
Beckley National Bank
FDIC
Hills Savings
Skelton-Beckley
Navy
Ronald G. Mills
Linda C. Mills
Midway
Norfolk Naval Shipyard
Portsmouth
Roger D.D. Hambrick
Nellie M. Wiseman
Route 2
Glen Morgan
Third Marines
Camp Pendleton
Calif
Gerald H. Hambrick
Daniels
Dana F. Blake
Lena W. Blake
Lackland Afb
Tex
Sheppard Afb
Blake
Shady Spring High School
Brenda Farmer
Beaver
Dennis M. Adkins
Milburn Adkins
Ashwood St
Ft. Jackson
S. C
Donna Lee Renfro
Donald Renfro
Bradley
Adkins
Woodrow Wilson High School
Leed’s
Discount
Army
Terrance J. Grenat
Anna Mae Adkins
Mount Hope
Air Force Commendation Medal
Ait
David L. Gallaher
Carol Varney
Mercer St. Beckley
3Rd Field Hospital
Saigon
Ft. Gordon
Ft. Benning
Pvt
Gallagher
Beckley College
Howard David Ragland
Edith Jean Ragland
Pansy Faye
Blue Jay
Ft. Belvoir
Richmond High School
Day and Zimmerman Inc
Give Jackson
Perkins
Prince St
RR Crossing
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