Becktley Head Start crowns King and Queen at church program
At Welcome Baptist Church Beckley the Head Start Center crowned James C. Pryor and Pamela Bradley as King and Queen during a Friday program. Their parents are Mr. and Mrs. Robert Bradley and Mrs. Alline Pryor of Beckley. James led with the largest contribution to a school picnic raising part of the $221 total collected on May 27.
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King and Queen
East Park
Welcome Baptist Church
James C. Pryor
Pamela Bradley
Robert Bradley
Eighth St
Alline Pryor
Scott Ave
Beckley
James
Pamela
Scholarships Open For 4-H Members In Forestry And Agriculture
Current and former 4-H members planning study in forestry crop protection crop production animal science or agriculture may apply for nine scholarships totaling 10000. Applications available through WVU Extension Raleigh County Courthouse or state 4-H office with winners announced at the 50th National 4-H Congress in Chicago November 29 to December 3.
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4H Club
West Virginia University Cooperative Extension Service
Raleigh County
University
Cooperative Extension Service
Chicago
Ill
Homelite
Textron, Inc
Chevron Chemical Co
Ortho
Chevron
Allied Mills Foundation
Alpha Gamma Rho Educational Foundation
National
Pre-Enrollment Set For Sylvia Elementary First Graders
A pre enrollment session for children entering first grade at Sylvia Elementary School will run 12 45 PM to 2 45 PM on Wednesday. Six year olds before November first qualified parents should bring birth certificates and immunization records per Principal Dewey Bone Jr.
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Sylvia Elementary School
Dewey Bone Jr
BARH and Alderson-Broaddus Launch Physician Assistant Training
Beckley Appalachian Regional Hospital will train Alderson-Broaddus College PA students in surgery emergency and outpatient care through an eight week surgery course and four week emergency outpatient modules. AB College becomes first US college to offer a four year PA program leading to a degree.
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Beckley Appalachian Regional Hospital
Alderson- Broaddus College
BARH
Alderson- Broaddus
Mountaineer Family Health Plan
Alderson-Broaddus
United States
Arh-Beckley
A-B
Beckley
Shady Spring FFA Honors Leon Cooper With Top Chapter Award
Leon Cooper, president of the Shady Spring FFA chapter, received the Star Chapter Farmer of the Year at a banquet at Shady Spring High School. Other honors went to Timmy Smith as Star FFAer of the Year and Billy Massie as Star Greenhand of the Year. The chapter announced plans for a Europe study tour and aims to become a gold chapter at the 1971 national convention.
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Leon Cooper
Shady Spring
Future Farmers of America
Star
Shady Spring High School
Larry Watson
Cooper
FFA
Edward Cooper
Raleigh Road
West, Virginia
Jackson’s Mill
FFA Foundation
Timmy Smith
Memcher
Billy Massie
Raymond Massie
Ritchie. Redden
Steve Ragland
Doug Richmond
Pete Carper
Watson
Ray Massie
Murray Shoff
Wade Waddell
Charles ‘Farrow
James Lilly
Harold Atkinson
David Lilly
Europe
Sophia High MOD Squad Presents Self-Produced Drug Film
The Sophia High School MOD Squad, directed by Richard Patterson, produced a film about a teen who becomes addicted to drugs and dies. The film features 12 squad members and is shown at Beckley events and Slab Fork Elementary School with talks on marijuana and various drugs by named presenters.
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Sophia High
MOD Squad
Sophia High School
Beckley Lions Club
Henry’s
Beckley Kiwanis Club
Town and Country
Richard Patterson
Diane King
Kathy Mace
Rocky McKinney
Janet Thomas
Janet ‘Blevins
Slab Fork
Mark Twain
Sophia
Soak ‘Creek
Midway
Roger Hunter
Patty Stone
Johnny Atilli
Terry ‘Poe
James Loving
Sharon ‘Hatfield
Suits Filed Over Bank Card Debt and Auto Accidents
Three Raleigh County Circuit Court suits arise from auto collisions and two bank suits target Elgin and Madelia Thompson of Beckley. United Virginia Bank and State Planters Bank seek $1,061.31 plus interest. Faith Toney Lewis sues David Ray Andrews for $900 over a Nov 27 1970 wreck on Second Street. Charles E. Perkins seeks $500 from Betty J. Blevins and Charles Alderman for a 1970 auto collision. Wayne Jarrett sues Harless A. Cook for $999.51 from an Jan 8 1971 crash.
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BankAmericard
Elgin
Madelia Thompson
Beckley
United Virginia Bank and State Planters Bank
Atrustees
Raleigh County
Faith Toney Lewis
David Ray Andrews
Lewis Auto
Andrews
Second Street
Tom Lewis II
Lewis
Charles E. Perkins
Betty J. Blevins
Charles Edward Alderman
Perkins
Alderman
Blevins
Wayne Jarrett
Harless A. Cook
Cook
Eccles Mine Promotes Three Foremen In Coal Division
Wind ing Gulf Division of Westmoreland Coal Co announces promotions at Eccles No 6 Mine. Woodrow Mullins becomes night foreman, Ralph Grose named assistant to Mullins, and Omer Bailey promoted to mine foreman. Details cover each man’s years in mining, family ties, and current residences.
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Woodrow Mullins
Eccles
Wayne
Rebecca
Palma Sue
Bailey
Fairdale
Semet-Solvay Mines
Tralee
W. W. Bailey
New River Co
Patricia
Keith
Cindy
Debbie
Grose
Sophia
Bernice
Touch Of Larceny In Commuter Heart
Alameda-Contra Costa Transit District suffers umbrella theft as 50 used umbrellas in a San Francisco depot were not returned. A later 150 umbrellas also vanished except one which was broken. Officials plan another 180 umbrellas during heavy rain.
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Oakland
Calif
UPI
Alameda-Contra Costa
San Francisco
AC Transit
Marathon kiss sets British record in Bournemouth
Pete Kilbey aged 18 and Lesley Travis 17 set a nonstop British kissing record by smooching for 181 minutes at a Bournemouth charity event. They paused only when the discotheque owner wished to close.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bournemouth
England
UPI
Pete Kilbey
Lesley Travis
Death notices and funeral arrangements
Emma Lee Thomas of Harlem Heights dies at 34. Funeral at New Hope Baptist Church Whipple 2 p.m. Monday with Evangelist Bessie Carter and Rev Eddie Lowe. burial Greenwood Memorial Park. Arrangements by Ritchie Johnson Funeral Parlor. Tellia Williams of Beckley, 68, body at Rose and Quesenberry Funeral Chapel. service 2:30 p.m. Monday at Rose and Quesenberry Peace Chapel. burial Prosperity Cemetery. Roxie Bowling, 67, of Midway. funeral 2 p.m. Tuesday at Fred X Williams Funeral Home Chapel Sophia. burial Pemberton Cemetery.
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Thomas Thomas
Emma Lee
Harlem Heights
New Hope Baptist Church
Whipple
Bessie Carter
Eddie Lowe
Greenwood Memorial Park
Ritchie & Johnson Funeral Parlor, Inc
Roxie
Midway
Fred X. Wiliams
Sophia
Ronald T. Adkins
Pemberton Cemetery
Floral Special Orders In City Ave Prospect
DIAS FLORAL at 345 City Ave invites orders for wreaths and sprays. Call 253 4561 for arrangements. Free parking available.
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Dias Floral
City Ave
In Memoriam Notices Ad Space Open in Beckley Papers
The Beckley Newspapers invite readers to place In Memoriam notices honoring departed loved ones. Paying tribute preserves memory and offers tasteful public acknowledgment. Rates and deadlines apply.
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Beckley
Beckley Classified Ads Offer Loans and Jobs galore
A long column of Beckley classifieds lists rewards for information on stolen newspapers, requests to buy golf clubs, high payouts for used pianos, West Virginia blue books wanted, money offers for silver coins, welcome help for new neighbors, wedding catalogs, revocation license notices, and dozens of help wanted, shop and pet ads. Multiple employers seek cooks, waitresses, drivers, machinists, and sales staff while pets, livestock, and household items are for sale.
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Jan Campbell Music Co
Dial
West Virginia Legislative
West Virginia
RCA
P. O
Cleveland
Ohio
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Kapyong
Seoul
Alderson-Broaddus College
Eccles Mine
Rose & Quesenberry Funeral Chapel
By Fred X. Wiliams
Wante
W. Va
Memoriam
Statue of Christ
Blue Ridge Memorial Gardens
Robert L. Amick
Beckley Newspapers
Joe Linville
Sam G. Foley
E. Lowell Foley
Gene Crone
R. L. Stewart
Mankin Ave
Hotpoint
Prince St. Ph
Joseph St
Wright
W. Wa
Andy
Halstead
TIMEX
Erics Jewelry
Neville St
Raleigh
A. M. Simmons
Ghent
J. C. Shumate Drilling Water and Industrial
Coal City
Earl C. Allen
Danny
CANON
P.O. Box
Ww. Va
Ed Q. James
MacCorkle
Charleston
R.N
Jewell Bigony
Summers County Hospital
Hinton
Holbran House
Johnstown Rd
Town & Country
Eisenhower Drive
Huntington
W. V
Idee Carpenters
McGraw Brothers Construction Company
Harper Road
Marty’s Furniture
S. Heber St
Nu Way Body Shop
Sprague
Woodbridge
Manassas
Virginia
Arepaaienga
Mr. White
Arnold
Dodge, Inc
Temple Treet
BUICK
CK. Beckley
W.va
Care
Beckley Newspapers Corp
Main Street
Neville St. Beckley
Gary Poling
Free E
Whittaker
Jack Whittaker
Jumping Branch
Royal Carpet Cleaners
Cali
GS & Contractors
AKC
AKC Dalmatian
Radford Kenni Radford
Oak Hill
W. VI
Scort
ARC
Axe
Boston
Tony
Skelton Tipple
Giampalo
Lonestar
Kentucky Rifle and Horn
Whitesville
Thompson Drug
Lextra
Pentecostal Holiness Church
Michigan
Summersville
Red Cedar
Fayetteville
Delux Candy &Drug Specialties
Chexco
16Th St
Phila
COX
Coleman
Best Furniture CO
Fayette St
Walker Furniture
Dana Lee
Beaver
J. L. Mills
Foster Hardware
Sealey
Honda
Nelson Jewelry
Eee
Lambert Transfer & Storage
Reservoir Road
Roscoe
F & M Furniture
American Glass & Mirror
Hill
Calloway
Hts
Martina Tile Co
Pass _ Ph
King Photo
Main St
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