Mullens Student Emerges Journalist of the Year
Sue Cline, Mullens High senior and co editor of Mullens Hi Lights, was named Journalist of the Year by the Raleigh-Wyoming Scholastic Press Association at the Raleigh Register banquet at the Beckley Elks Club. She led an All-State paper effort, published over 210 inches of copy, and held multiple student leadership roles while her parents watched.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sue Cline
Mullens High School
Raleigh-Wyoming Scholastic Press Association
Mullens Hi- Lights
Raleigh Register
Organiza
Ister
Sue
Cheryl Toombs
Woodrow Wilson
Mike Metz
Pineville
Barbara Milam
Stoco
Sharon Neal
Oceana
Sharon Been
Clear Fork
Mullens
Hi-Lights
W. C. Neal
Tri-Hi-Y
Thespian Club
King Coal District
Future Homemakers of America
Quill and Scroll
National Honorary Society For
Latin Club
Future Business Leaders of America
National Honor Society
Wayman McKinney
Maben
Register
Mullens High
Wyoming County
Donald Cook
Don Meadows
Judy Barber
Brenda Kay Dean
Ned Crews
Phyllis Carpenter
Gloria Whitt
Mary Sigmund
Fred Crowson
Debby Bowman
Honey Villain Returns in Cliffside Amphitheatre Drama
Thomas Gordon Dennis returns in a dual role as Herman Cantrell and Union Army Colonel Jones for his third year in Honey Villain. The outdoor spectacle at Cliffside Amphitheatre Grandview State Park near Beckley features 60 professional performers, runs June 25 to September 4 nightly at 8:30. Tickets range 3 dollars for special seats, 2 dollars for regular, 1 dollar for children under 12. reservations via Honey in the Rock P. O. Box 1205.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pittsburgh Playhouse
Vanguard Theatre
Pittsburgh
Vanguard
Beninger
Eugene Ionesco
Shakespeare
Eugene Gant
Angel
the Dauphin
Shaw
Nat Bartlett
Eugene O’neill
Cliffside Amphitheatre
Grandview State Park
Beckley
West Virginia
Post Office
Beckley records first road death of 1966
Beclky officials report Donald Slayton died when his car slid on slick Harper Road at 9 05 pm into a tractor trailer. Truck driver Elwood Rice of Lakeland Fla was hospitalized with neck injuries and shock but later listed in satisfactory condition.
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Donald Slayton
Dexter Ave
Beckley
Harper Road
Slayton
Elwood Rice
Lakeland
Fla
Rice
Sleeping Bag Danger Highlighted By Health Group
A 1964 health bulletin warns campers about sleeping bag cleaning fluids, noting perchloroethylene risks. It recalls a Minnesota boy who died after using a bag cleaned in the solvent, urging airing of bags before use and storage.
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Walter I. Jacoby
Ohio - West Virginia
Y.M.C.A
Minnesota
M. D
Precincts Listed by Raleigh County With Numbers
A long list details Raleigh County precincts by number and location across Beckley areas Trap Hill Shady Spring and surrounding districts. It enumerates schools buildings churches homes and businesses used as precincts from Beckley to Clear Fork and Clear Creek areas with numerous street and place names.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Raleigh County
City of Beckley
Duncan-Catron Motor Co
Beckley Junior High
City
Lincoln School
East Beckley School
Raleigh County Vocational Technical Center
Woodrow Wilson High School
Institute School
East Park School
City Municipal
Pat H. Wheeler Plumbing and Heating
Raleigh Coca-Cola Bottling Works
Patterson-Haats, Inc
Sylvia School
Rimmer Drugs
Stratton High School
Second Baptist Church
Nash Campbell
Electrolux
Cole’s Cabinet Shop
Crescent
Mabscott School
Prosperity School
Cirtsville School
Crab Orchard
Hollywood
Cranberry School
the Haga Home
Skelton
Brooks Adair Special Education
Stanaford
McGraw Brothers
Mt. Tabor
Piney View
Bradley School
Mac's Beauty Shop
MacArthur
Pemberton Baptist Church
Pennington’s
Raleigh
WWNR
Pinecrest Sanitarium
Maxwell Hill
Brooks Adair
Blevins
Sullivan
Teel
Terry School
Capone
Green Valley
Cleveland Community Center
Stamford School
Glen White
Trap Hill
Lester Town Hall
New Lester School
Harper Union Hall
Eccles School
Glen Daniel
Trap Hill High School
Fairview School
Fairdale
Slab Fork
Rhodell Town Hall
Blaine Porter
Tommy's Creek
Amigo
Helen Church
Bill Linkous
Tams
Mark Twain
Ronald Leffen
Winding Gulf
Princewick School
Slab Fork School
East Gulf Union Hall
Stoco Junior High
Stoco High School
Odd School
Sophia High School
Midway School
Soak Creek School
Shady Spring
Glen Leigh
Whitby
Ghent
Eppard
White Oak
Crow
Blue Jay School
Beaver
Haney
Grandview
Fireco
Arthur Martin
Richmond
Luther Bennett
Abraham
Davis
Madam Creek
Richmond Falls
Marsh Fork
Pettus
Mount View
Christie Stover
Pine Grove
Peters
Eunice
John Lonkers
Flats
Naoma
T. E. Harris
Arnett
Clear Fork
Presbyterian Church
Ameagle
Dorothy
M. P. Morris
Leevale
Clear Creek
Dillon Creek
Lower
Upper Building Home
Colcord
Carey Lashes Out At Lilly Over Primary Ballot Incident
Raleigh County Prosecuting Attorney C Berkley Lilly is accused by Al J Carey of Beng political footballing the premature availability of a county Democratic primary ballot. Carey challenged Lilly to charge individuals or retract. The dispute centerst on a luncheon where GOP candidate John Callebs allegedly received the ballot.
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Raleigh
C. Berkley Lilly
al J. Carey
Berkley
House of Delegates
Carey
Lilly
John Callebs
GOP
C. O. Smith
Robert Thomson
Natlie Austin
Stotesbury
Callebs
Smith
Raleigh County
No Change In Strike Faces Beckley Plant Today
Beckley Manufacturing Company officials and Local Union 2011 of the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers plan to resume negotiations at 1 p m today at Beckley Hotel. About 820 workers, mostly women, walked off Monday at two local plants seeking higher wages and fringe benefits, with the company offering seven to 11 cents wage increases. Picketers gathered at Skelton and South Valley Drive locations. The last strike occurred in 1963.
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Beckley Manufacturing Company
International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers
Beckley Hotel
Skelton
South Valley Drive
Beckley Residents Undergoing Treatment
Two Beckley residents, Mrs. Theresa Stansbury of 103 Ewart Ave and Kyle Cook of United Fuel Gas Co, are patients in separate hospitals. Stansbury was taken by ambulance to Bluefield Sanitarium on Saturday for tests and treatment, while Cook underwent surgery at Raleigh General Hospital and was regaining consciousness at press time.
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J. D. Teague
Clear Fork
Raleigh
W. A. Burke
Beckley
Jeff Cunningham
Sprague
Cunningham
Robert Andrighetti
Harper Rd
Andrighetti
W. A
Gene) Burke
George Lilly Jr
Dixie Ave
Burke
Lilly
Arthur W. Alberty
Crab Orchard
Sammy Kaye Waldron
Mas Sillon
Ohio
Paul Blevins
Blevins
Beckleyans
Herbert
Theresa) Stansbury
Ewart Ave
Bluefield Sanitarium
Kyle Cook
United Fuel Gas Co
Raleigh General Hospital
Queen Elizabeth Seeks Improved European Ties During Belgium Visit
Queen Elizabeth and King Baudouin urged unity on Atlantic defense and European economics during a state visit gala. The Queen expressed hope for cooperative steps to build a wider Europe, while Baudouin endorsed Britain's likely participation to strengthen European cohesion.
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Brussels
API
Elizabeth
Belgium
King Baudouin
Europe
Baudouin
Britain
Queen addresses NATO ties amid France group doubt
The Queen stated that interdependence is a matter of principle, a remark aimed at France's move to loosen NATO ties and signaling steadfast alliance support.
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North Atlantic Treaty Organization
France
NATO
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the Register
RWSPA
Oceana High School
Maullens
Register City
Honey
Dexter Avenue
City Records
South Kanawha Street
G Street
Ralph W. Wiseman
Glen Morgan
South Kanawha
Wiseman
Danny K. Redden
Timmothy E. Anderson Jr
Scott Ave
Redden
Kanawha Street
W. C. Sizemore
Sophia
Valley Drive
City Avenue
North Valley Drive
Joseph Harry Perdue
Whiterspoon St
Gilbert Lonnie Ward
Beckley Ave
W. Va
Coal City
Todd
Mary Elaine Ramey
Frankie Carter
Carter
Beckley Hospital
Harry Woodridge
Cleveland
Jimmy Dale Cook
Fred Davis
R. L. Stinson
Friends of the Library
Carradines
Palace Playhouse
Paul Nitschke
The
Elks Club
C. Richard Daniel
Warren A. Thornhill, II
L. T. Durrance
Arlena Miller
E. H. Hedrick
John McKenzie
Clement Schulte
Richard Dye-Carradine
Jaclyn Lord
Jon Karl Baldwin
Constance Powers
Echo
CieOsuer
MTL
Rambi Technicolor
Wess
Otto
North Kanawha
Democrat
McManus
Veterans Affairs
Lewis McManus
Citizens Committee
Carroll D. Simpkins
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