Top MTHS Students Shared Similar Elementary Honors
Billie Morris daughter of Mr. and Mrs. W E Morris is valedictorian with a 3 9 average at Mark Twain High School. Linda MacRae Wood daughter of Mr. and Mrs J W Wood is salutatorian. Billie is National Honor Society treasurer Student Council chair Rhododendron Girl State rep freshman class president vice president of Pep Club four years varsity cheer leader head cheer leader two years band All State Band chorus Bible Clubs and Future Business Leaders of America. Linda served NHS secretary treasurer freshman secretary junior class president sophomore class secretary senior class secretary head majorette four years Student Council four years and BYF pianist. She plans to study sociology at Marshall College Huntington. Other graduates listed followed.
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Billie
W. E. Morris
Linda MacRae Wood
J. W. Wood
Mark Twain
National Honor Society
Rhododendron Girl State
Business Leaders of America
Helen Baptist Church
Baptist Youth Fellowship
Darlene
Mark Twain High
Helen Elementary
Linda
MTHS
Jackson's Mill
Marshall College
Huntington
Wanda Marie Atkins
Crab Orchard
Phyllis Lea
Bar Mitzvah Service for Jerry Saks Held at Temple Beth El
Jerry Saks, son of Bernard and Ruth Saks, reached age 13 with a Bar-Metzvah service Friday night at Temple Beth El. He read a Torah portion and assisted Rabbi Jerry Schuster and Izadore R. Wein during the ceremony. The event began at 7 p.m. and was followed by a buffet in the Vespry Room for the Saks family and their guests.
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Jerry Saks
Temple Beth-El
Jerry
Bernard
Ruth Saks
Real estate deeds filed for numerous town district transfers
Deeds On File records show multiple property transfers in Town District and surrounding areas with varied consideration. Names include Louella Flint, Oscar Flint, Nancy Harrah, Charles Halstead, Edith Vealey, Myrtle Meadows, Janese Stover, Roscoe Wikle, M W McCollum, Flynn Canaday, Margaret Canaday, Turner, A Hamilton, Ethel Sneed, Ivan Harry, Mary Harry, Kenzie, Crum, Stover, Snuffer, Stover, Lemley, Goldie Martin, Bert Vance, Virginia Vaes, Jessie Phillips, Hildreth Clemens, Jack Scragg, Margar et Guy, Ronald Thompson, Virginia Thompson, Maggie Maddy, Jo L. Puckett, F Redman, Gekutnen, Anna Meadows, C H Earehart, Jasper Boyd, Adeline Wiley. Many tracts in Town District and Shady Spring District with prices from 300 to 10,000 dollars.
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Louella Flint
Ann and
Howard Reitz
Oscar Clarence Flint
Nancy J
Arnold L. Harrah
Charles J
Zella Virginia Halstead
Shady Spring
Edith
Oscar D. Vealey
Myrtle Alice Meadows
Janese Stover
Roscoe D. Wikle
M. W. McCollum
Paul Boyce
Cora Shepler
Flynn
Margaret Canaday
Trap Hill
O. E
Norene G. Turner
A. Hamilton
Richmond
Ethel Marie Sneed
Ivan and
Mary A. Harry
Herbert
Charlotte LouieKenzie
Charles P
Roxie E. Reynolds
Lawrence
Lavadie Mae Crum
Clyde Worex
Margie
James Kuhn
Town
Richard
Helen Hope Snuffer
Orval L. Stover
Lemley
Goldie Martin
Bert Vance
Virginia E
Crab Orchard
McMillan Land and Finance Company
Azel
Ae French
Crow
Ae W. Sluss
W. T
Maggie J. Maddy
Terry
Juanita Smith
Jo- L. Puckett
Spencer
F. Redman
Kenneth and
Jon ‘Gekutnen
Slab Fork
Anna Jean Meadows
Janie Meadows
C. H
J. B. Earehart
Perty
Jasper Boyd
Adeline Wiley
Beckleyan Receives Research Fellowship
William R. McCutcheon of Beckley has won a pathology research fellowship at West Virginia University. He is among eight dental students nationwide receiving NIH grants under a HEW program to orient students toward research with basic training and hands on experience. McCutcheon is a sophomore.
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William R. McCutcheon
Beckley
West Virginia University
School of Dentistry
National Institutes of Health
U. S. Department of Health, Education and Welfare
McCutcheon
Five Other County Bands Rated Good at Regional Festival
Five county high schools earned third division good ratings at the Regional Band Festival held Saturday at Bluefield. Mark Twain, Marsh Fork, and So- are named among participating schools, with judges noting solid performances across the field.
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Bluefield
Mark Twain
Marsh Fork
Eight Execute Bonds Following Police Raids
State Police from Beckley Whitesville and nearby towns carried out raids on five taverns Saturday night. Arrests were made at Skyline Club Julia's Tavern Basil's Place The Ritz Mabscott Lunch on liquor law violations. Bonds posted totaled 1400.50 with most cash bonds. Whisky seized from most locations. Betty Jean Rice of The Ritz poured out whisky when officers arrived. Miss Rice posted 26150 cash bond to face charges. Other arrestees posted bonds 56.50 to 500 cash and property bonds. Names and charges noted for Mabscott Lunch Basil's Place Julia's Tavern Sky line Club Julia Bailey Fleet Rollins Jess Carter Sadie Sullivan Treadway Charlotte Parsons Huelette Harriett Marshall Basil Duckler and others.
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Beckley
Whitesville
Skyline Club
Julia’s Tavern
Basil’s Place
Ritz
Mabscott
Betty Jean Rice
Miss Rice
W. A. Burke
Burke
Charlotte Parsons Huelette
MacArthur
Harriett Marshall
Basil Duckler
Julia Bailey
Fleet Rollins
Julia’s
Jess Carter
Sadie Sullivan Treadway
Crab Orchard
Valedictorian Named At Stoco In Close Salutatorian Race
Commencement at Stoco School set for May 26 at 8 p.m. with Marion Canterbury named valedictorian after a tight salute for salutatorian. Graduation sermon to be delivered May 22 by Rev. James W. Witherspoon. Dozens of graduating seniors listed, among them Marion Canterbury, 16, daughter of Julius and Fireco, active in Honor Society and Girls State, planning to study English and teach.
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Stoco School
Kermit
James W. Witherspoon
Beckley Presbyterian Church
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Vernon Ray Smith
Kyra Lynn Thompson
Leta Gay Thompson
Marcella Mae Hornsby Tipton
Mary Lucile Trystuck
John Dee Waddell
Peggy Lou Wagner
Joyce Delight Walker
Larry Arlee Walker
Sandra Grace Waller
Gerald Clayton Wallace
Evelyn Kay Wallen
Patricia Ree Whitely
Canterbury
Harold W. Blake
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