WWHS Mock Election Shows Kennedy Leads in Democrati
Students at Woodrow Wilson High School staged a mock election with 213 votes for local businessman Bartchell against 19 for W. W. Barron and seven for Orel J. Sheen. Kennedy won the Democratic presidential slate with 196 votes to Humphrey's 47. Neely led Republicans for governor with 151 votes. County commissioner went to Ted Kessinger, 68 votes. Board of Education saw Melton lead with 168, and Wray, Walker, Ashworth, Slack also top ballots. Several Republican and Democratic county and state posts were filled by student selections, with each class simulating a full polling process. The project honors Miss Ethel Keyser's 1932 mock-election origin and uses student officials, booths, and ballot boxes.
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W. W. Barron
Orel J. Sheen
John F. Kennedy
Massachusetts
Hubert H. Humphrey
The
Ledger
Harold E. Neely
Chapman
Ted Kessinger
Coun
Ty Level
J. E
Jessie’’ Daniel
Board of Education
H. E
Buster
Melton
Everett B. Wray Jr
A. J
al’’ Walker
Ezra M. Ashworth
H. W. Slack
House of Delegates
Jean Lucas
County Committee Executive Committee
Keyser
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Garnet Reynolds
Paul J. Vennari
William A. Buchanan
Howard C. Thompson
Fred Shuff
H. Beuran Atkinson
Woodrow C. Darnell
C. Berkley Lilly
James E. Littlejohn
George C. Porter
R. Keith Lipscomb
Herbert Kiser
T. E. Bazzarre
Chapman Revercomb
J. T. Jarrell
D. E. McGinnis
J. E. Daniel
Harold H. Smith
Lewis Meadows
Charles M. McKinney
Perry Clay Price
George B. Chambers
James G. Windle
Model A Club Rally to Be Held in Charleston Saturday
West Virginia Model A Ford Club Inc plans a statewide rally in Charleston at 9 a m with a get acquainted session a citywide banquet and contests judged by year classes. Esso and Chesapeake and Potomac Telephone Co sponsor prizes parking at 1500 McCorkle Ave and a group motorcade will travel from Beckley to Oak Hill Montgomery Chelyan and Kanawha City before a 6 p.m awards banquet at the Esso building.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
West Virginia
Ford Club Inc
Charleston
Bill Bair
Esso
Chesapeake and Potomac Telephone Co
McCorkle Ave
Beckley
Beckley Kroger
Bair
Oak Hill
Montgomery
Chelyan
Kanawha City
Coonskin Park
May Week program ends with Delta Sigma Theta guest speaker
Mrs. Corey O. Mitchell spoke at the Lexington May Week finale held by the Lexington and Roanoke Alumnae chapters at First-Church Lexington. Theme culture for Service and Service for Humanity guided her remarks. The day closed with a dinner at Odd Fellows Hall. Visitors included Sgt. Archie Majors and Lenore from Washington to Arizona. Weekend guests were Paul Adkins and family from Pittsburgh. Friendly Eight Bridge Club host Ada Robinson led scoring. State Federation convention delegates Mrs. Lottie B. Redd and Mrs. Jo. Payne attended Welch event, with Payne as vice president.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Delta Sigma Theta Sorority
Lexington
Corey O. Mitchell
S. Fayette Street
Roanoke
First — Church
Suny
Mitchell
Odd Fellows Hall
State Federation of Colored Women's Clubs
Welch
Lottie B. Redd
Hoovyer Avenue
Jo. Payne
G Street
Sophia Church Plans Home Mission Study
Sophia Church hosts an interdenominational home mission study titled People, Land, And Churches at the Methodist Church. Professor Rockwell C. Smith leads the themes on the church's mission locally and nationally. Morning session at 10 begins with worship by Mrs. C. J. Kirby Jr. and an intro by Mrs. O. A. Phillips. Afternoon session at 1 features worship led by Mrs. Calvin Saunders with five Sophia churches represented. Attendees may bring a sack lunch. dessert and coffee served by Sophia Society.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rockwell C. Smith
C. J. Kirby Jr
O. A. Phillips
Saul Brown
Jack Thomas
Macy Proffitt
Iva Gaye Smith
Coy Barr
Pat Ruble
Wanda Martin
C. W. Wood
Sophia Woman's Society of Christian Service
Calvin Saunders
Sophia
Pastor Honored On Anniversary At New Hope Baptist Church
Special services mark the 11th anniversary of Rev Henry Dubois at New Hope Baptist Church. Rev H E Davis Raleigh Choir and chorus lead the 7 pm service with nightly sermons by Rev J W Goins Rev J W Carter and Rev G C Gilbert. Dinner to follow Sunday service at 1 pm with welcome by James Jones and bios by Mrs Mittie Hairston.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Hope Baptist Church
Henry Dubois
H. E. Davis
Raleigh
J. W. Goins
J. W. Carter
G. C. Gilbert
F. W. Wilee
Mittie Hairston
Betty Hairston
James Jones
Mothers in Hospital Care Transform Child Health
A hospital controversy over a mother staying with her daughter during an appendectomy led to rule changes. A Yale pediatrician warned hospital separations threaten a child's psyche. The column urges keeping parents with hospitalized children, noting faster recovery and fewer long-term scars, backed by Raleigh County Tuberculosis and Health Association.
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Middle West
Yale
Mommy
Debbie
Jimmy
Raleigh County Tuberculosis and Health Association
Beckley Newcomers Honor Hodel for 50 Years of Service
The Beckley Newcomers Club honored Charley Hodel publisher of Beckley Newspapers Corp for fifty years of community service in Beckley. A gold cup was presented at a hotel dessert prior to the meeting. Officers for the year were elected and a May 28 dinner dance planned.
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Beckley
Stoco Ninth Graders Favor Kennedy and Smith
Ninth grade civics voters at Stoco Junior High backed John F. Kennedy for president and Hulett C. Smith for West Virginia governor. In early balloting Mrs. Williams’ 130 students cast 95 Kennedy to 13 Humphrey, and 64 Smith to 36 Barron. Other contests included Jack Nickoll 67 votes for state treasurer, C. A. Thompson 61 for sheriff, Charles Burdiss 60 for county commissioner, and multiple House of Delegates and Republican races with scattered tallies.
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Stoco Junior High School
John F. Kennedy
Hulett C. Smith
West Virginia
Daryl Williams
Kennedy
Hubert H. Humphrey
Smith
W. W. Barron
Jack Nickoll
George Barker
C. A. Thompson
Hary Anderson
Karantonis
Halstead
Charles T. Burdiss
H. Dale Covey
H. G. Farmer
Anthony J. Sparacino
Thomas Dan
Cotton’ White
Ira Whitlock
Ted T. Stacy
W. W. Withrow
O. D. Hall
Dennis R. Saunders
Roy Lee Harmon
Health Dept Personnel To Attend State Meet
Raleigh County Health Department staff plan to attend the three day State Health Conference in Bluefield opening Wednesday. Senior Sanitarium W B Hume and Secretary Miss Mildred Miller attend all sessions with Miss Miller in nomination for vice president. Thursday and Friday attendies include Mrs Lillian Melton Mrs Naomi Cole Mrs Phyllis Hereford Miss Marytz and Mrs Minna Kellman.
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Raleigh County Health Department
Bluefield
W. B. Hume
Mildred Miller
Stratton High to stage Spring Fashion Revue
The Home Economics Department will present its annual Spring Fashion Revue at 11 a.m. Thursday in the school auditorium. Students, aided by instructors Mrs. Bernice Tyree and Mrs. C. E. Merritt, will model self-made clothing, with a parade of male fashions and entertainment between scenes. Parents and the public are invited to attend.
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Stratton High School
Bernice Tyree
C. E. Merritt
Two Supervisors Named By Board
The Beckley Recreation Board approved Lola Clay and General Hannah to supervise the F Street Park and Stratton Recreational Field this summer. Other hires include a woman supervisor a caretaker laborer for New River Park and a supervisor at Sylvia School. Robert Harding will manage City Park at no salary besides a rent free concession and will perform maintenance for the recreation board. Parks open June 6 with different closing dates. Improvements at New River F Street and Sylvia Elementary School are approved with costs up to 750 500 and 400 dollars respectively funded from the recreation levy. City Council committee will budget next year for F Street and Sylvia work. members include M F Barksdale chairman Paul Fourney James B Kessinger and Frank Rodriguez.
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Beckley Recreation Board
Lola Clay
General Hannah
F Street
Stratton
New River Park
Sylvia School
Robert Harding
Recreaton Board
New
Sylvia
City Coun
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Woodrow Wilson High School
Eddie Highlander
Aurelia Cappellari
Judi Thorn
Quest
Warren Hager
Carol Southern
David Pack
Scotty Price
Humphrey
Smith, Neely
Woodrow Wilson
Beckley School
Clarence Carte
Carte
Joe F. Burdett
Edgar P. Sims
Jack A. Nuckols
C. Donald Robertson
William B. Fox
Ward Wylie
Okey
Letty’’ Mills
Robert M. Fleming
C. A. “Slim
Thompson
Cotton White
James Leeber Jr
Carolyn H. McCulloch
Herbert L. Kiser
W. A
Jackie” Withrow
Roy
Lee Harmon
Joe Rodriguez
Charles C. Callaway
Justice of the Peace
Buzzy Bowling
Freddie Thorne
Frank G. Turner
Lena M. Parker
E. K. Stevens
Carl E. Weimer
Elmer H. Dodson
Oppie Lee Hedrick
Emile J. Hodel
E. “Eddie” McGinnis
J. T. Jarrell Jr
Charles Misone
John E. Tanner
Earl Bragg
C. W. Jones
Republican County Executive Committee
Asteeth
Euaiater
East
Rainelle
Hinton
Mullens
Richwood
Beckleyan
Virginia
Boulden Jackson
S. Fayette St
Sgt
Archie Majors
Lenore
Majors
Washington, D. C
Arizona
Air Force
Ivy Joe Majors
Williamson
Roscoe Mackins
Westmoreland St
Paul Adkins
Irving Spencer
Pittsburgh
Rufus Hawkins
Eight Bridge Club
Westmoreland Street
Ada Robinson
Robert Gaskins
Howard Monroe
Cora Brown
Harold Trotter
Var Bland
Robert
Fete Hodel
B. G. Jameson
Michael Guerino
Cecil White Tington
Beckley Hotel
Charles Delaney
Ripley
Paul
Stoco
Kennedy, Smith
Health Dept
M. F. Barksdale
Paul Fourney
James B. Kessinger
Frank Rodriguez
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