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Newspaper

Raleigh Register

Location

Beckley, West Virginia, United States of America

Date

May 07, 1971

Page

8

Fayette County training for food service staff celebrates new graduates

About 60 Fayette County school employees attended a Fayetteville High School cafeteria commencement for in service food service personnel. A dinner, ceremony, and diplomas were part of the event with presentations by school officials.

Fayette County Food Service Fayetteville High Kathryn Drennen Helen Counts Jack Akers Irene Williams Eva Weeks Gilda Magliano William Hickman Fayetteville RNS H. H. Wills Board of Education Josephine Blake John T. Hedrick Kathryn Drenne Cannelton No. 4 Corinne Lambey Margie Peyton Falls View Ruby Lavender Dolly McAtee Wanda Miller Edith Mae Totten Gauley Bridge Nancy [. Hess Jodie Eva I. Weeks Irene M. Williams Kingston Ruby Hickman Betty J. Kincaid Anna L. Szuch Mount Hope

Luncheon Honors Library Assistants at Pineville Event

In Pineville a luncheon honored library assistants with Mae S. Belcher of the Wyoming Library Association as guest speaker. She spoke on Walt Whitman s There Was A Child Went Forth using book form illustrations.

Pineville Mae S. Belcher Wyoming Library Association

Spruce Up Week Planned for Oceana Community

The Oceana Town Council announces May 10 to 22 as Spruce Up Week. Residents with rubbish or non-regular items should place them curbside for special trucks, while regular garbage collection remains on schedule. The Oceana Woman's Club will help plant flowers in planters and Laurel Park as part of the beautification effort.

Oceana Fisher Bottom Oceana Woman’s Club Laurel Park

Spring Nature Tour Scheduled

The fifth annual Cranberry Mountain Spring Nature Tour will be held May 7-9 in Richwood. Activities include helicopter ride over the Glades, a back country pack trip, boardwalk traverse, and a visit to Hills Creek Falls. Sponsors are Cherry Glade Garden Club Rhododendron Garden Club Richwood Chamber of Commerce DNR WVU and the U S Forest Service. Contact the Richwood Chamber of Commerce to attend.

Richwood Cranberry Mountain Glades Bear Town West Virginia Falls of Hills Creek Cherry Glade Garden Club Rhododendron i Garden Club Richwood Chamber of Commerce Department of Natural Resources West Virginia University The iDepartment of Agriculture U. S. Forest Service

Minutemen Named For Quick Activation in Revolutionary War

A class of American militia known as Minutemen pledged to take the field at a minute's notice during the Revolutionary War.

Oceana Council Moves Ahead With Street Paving Plan

The Oceana Town Council, after three meetings, plans asphalt paving on most streets. City authorities prepare ordinances and bid documents, with property owners to pay over ten years. Bids will be advertised if the cost is acceptable, then a public meeting may approve the project.

Oceana Vaughn Cozort Fred Lokant Sam Minachi W. French Manning Manning Cozort Opey

Special Sunday Programs Planned by Mullens Methodist

The Mullens United Methodist Church will present two Mother’s Week programs Sunday. Morning worship will honor mothers with gifts for the oldest and youngest present and a scripture reading by Margaret Shrout. Evening MYF program includes flowers pinned on each mother and musical and dramatic offerings led by Vickie Ball, Dianna Whitt, Jennifer McGraw, and Susan Kemp.

Methodist Youth Fellowship Margaret Shrout MYF Vickie Ball Dianna Whitt Jennifer McGraw Susan Kemp Mark Caffee Debbie England Phillip McGinnis Vickie Steele Sandy Goad R. J. Chenoweth United Methodist Church

Bishop Hodges To Visit Kilsyth Church Sunday

Kilsyth Kilsyth Saint Anthony Guild members prepare for Bishop Joseph Hodges visit and confirmation at Kilsyth Saint Anthony Catholic Church. The event will include a Sunday dinner at Oak Hill Catholic Center and a school skit with Fayetteville High School Glee Club. A towel project and a Saint Anthony sign funding were approved.

Kilsyth BNS Myrtle Flaherty Saint Anthony Guild Kilsyth Saint Anthony Catholic Church Saint Anthony Leo Werner Joseph H. Hodges Kilsyth Church Oak Hill Catholic Center Flaherty Ann Kody Landanese Pax Avenue Road Oak Hill Burgerland Kilsyth-Mount Hope Bishop Hodges Fayetteville High School Father Werner Asso

New Officers Installed by Glen Jean Garden Club

The Glen Jean Garden Club held its first meeting of the year at Mrs. R. E. Core’s home. Mrs. F. E. Foster was installed as president for 1971-72, along with other officers including Mrs. Eupha Farley secretary and Mrs. Hazel Samples vice president. The next regular meeting is set for June 3 at Mrs. Lon T. Marks’ home.

Glen Jean RNS F. E. Foster Madge Callaway Eupha Farley Hazel Samples Lon T. Marks Strong AIM W. W. Hunter R. E. Core J. L. Wilkins Helen Thrasher Flower Fund Clara Craig Mame Darlington N. J. Jobe Robert Lilly

Humorist to Speak at Concord Workshop May 12 14 1971

Athens based humorist and professor Harry Finkelman will headline the Education Business Relations Planning Workshop at Concord College May 12 to 14. He will address 100 guidance counselors teachers and business leaders with the talk Business Is Not a Dirty Word It Doesn t Even Have Four Letters.

Athens Concord College Dean R. Kenny Center For Economic Action Harry Finkelman State Room West Virginia

Mullens Moose Women Present Degree at Spring Conference

At Mullens Chapter 19 Women of the Moose Academy of Friendship night honored Mrs. Alice Webb who received a corsage and gold ring symbolizing the degree. Webb and 75 state women earned degrees at the Fairmont Spring Conference on May 1 and 2. Chapter members Ruth Lynch Francella Tennant Jean Lilly and Betty Grose attended and helped with the program. Twenty six local members have already received the degree.

Academy of Friendship Mullens Women of the Moose Alice Webb Webb Fairmont Ruth Lynch Francella Tennant Jean Lilly Betty Grose Lynch Lilly

Oceana Prom Queen crowned in 1971 ceremony

Debbie Brown daughter of Weldon and Mrs Brown of Matheny was named prom queen at Oceana High School in a Saturday ceremony. She was escorted by Gary Bostic with Miss Mary Brown crowning her as queen.

Oceana Debbie Brown Weldon Brown Matheny Oceana High School Miss Brown Gary Bostic Arthur Bostic Mary Brown Cindy Walls Guy Walls Cyclone Kathy Trull Jennifer Blankenship Henry Cook Kopperston Jackie Lynn Davis Jack Davis David Branham Bob Branham Hazel Vance Charlie Morgan

Vice squadmen at bookstore refuse arrest in Cincinnati

An adult bookstore operator told police two men loitering refused to leave. The officer, citing official business, said the pair did not identify themselves and were believed to be vice squadmen copying book titles on assignment from the prosecutor's office.

Cincinnati UPI St. News

Order of Publication in Raleigh County Court

Civil action to obtain a divorce in Raleigh County West Virginia against Demera Slone. Non resident defendant must answer by May 31 1971 or judgment by default may be entered. Copy of complaint available from Clerk. Entered April 29 1971 by Clerk Harold Hanks.

Demera Slone West Virginia Kermit A. Locke Beckley Harold Hanks

Obituary notices and funeral details for several residents

Obituary items list service times and burial sites for multiple residents including W. M. Bauges 68 of 305 Wyoming Avenue Charles H. Walters 82 of White Sulphur Springs William Felix Tyree 65 of Glen White Fred Buster Ward 56 of Lester and others. Services are at Melton Mortuary Calfee Funeral Home Glen White Missionary Baptist Church and Fred X Williams Funeral Home with burial at Blue Ridge Hot Coal and Canaday Cemeteries. Also memorial verses for Arthur Utt and Frento Gagalone.

Baugues W. M Slim Wyoming Avenue Melton Mortuary Blue Ridge Memorial Gardens Walters Charles H White Sulphur Springs Beckley Calfee Funeral Home Shirley Donnelly Calfee Tyree Tyree William Felix Glen White Glen White Missionary Baptist Church James Akers Canaday Cemetery Glen Jew

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Department of Education Ray Carson William R. Moore Fayette Schools James B. Twohig Mount Hope Elementary School Jeff Betty Kincaid William T. Craft Luis Stuch Harry Goodman Billy R. Williams Fayette Bethany Milton Friedman Bethany College Friedman University of Chicago Thelma Goodman l Manota Akers Billie Rachel Williams Pax Alma Craft Scarbro State Department of Education Faith Gravenmier Martha Hughes George M. Edwards Holly M. Kessler Ronald A. Steel David L. Hypes Wilhelmina Ashworth Gene R. Bowling Tom Davis Willard Deane Evelyn Hinton Alice Humon Charles H. Jones John Witt Jr Calvin Wooldridge Fayette County Board of Education Gordon Billheimer C. D. Carson John M. Frazier C. R. Hill Jr Oceana Council Mullens Church Sandy Good United Methodist Youth Fellowship Ciation Helen O’neal Mary Falvo Elizabeth Linsky Josephine Stella Edward ‘Marchio Andy Huzoski Mike Belley Frank i Lancianese Louis Angius Concord Finkelman Division of Business and Economics Princeton Center For West Virginia Society of Cpa’s Athens Lions Club Princeton Community Hospital Association West Virginia Association For Bluefield American Institute of Cpa’s American Accounting Association New York City City College of New York Columbia University New York University Prom Order OF Publication Circuit Court Raleigh County Slone Fred X. Wiliams Sophia W. Va Plains Dias Floral City Ave Memoriam Arthur Utt Ophelia Frento Tony Gagalone Frento Gagalone Crise Memorial Gardens
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