Concord College Chooses SGA Officers in Close Vote
Bud Wyatt of Damascus Virginia was elected president of the Student Government Association at Concord College. James L. Stone, Pineville. Nancy Sue Miller, Blacksburg. and Jim Miller, Barnley, were named respectively vice president secretary and treasurer.
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Concord College
Bud Wyatt
Clifford Wyatt
Damascus
SGA
Phi Delta Pi
Interfraternity Council
Bud
Men's Hall Council
James L. Stone
Edgar Stone
Pineville
Nancy Sue Miller
Vance Miller
Blacksburg
Jim Miller
Howant Miller
Barnley
Stone
Delta Delta
Delta Tau
Nancy
Hutchens Funeral Set For Tuesday In Beckley
Funeral services for Mrs. Leslie Ellen Hutchens 52 will be at 1 p m Tuesday in the Webb and Neal Funeral Home Chapel with Rev. Carl Hibsman. Burial is in Blue Ridge Memorial Gardens. She died Sunday at her Old Fitzpatrick Road home from a heart condition. She was born March 5 1895 at Dunns Mercer County and was a Jehovah’s Witness. Survivors include husband James C Hutchens five sons Fields of Alpaca James E Ira O Charles T Manuel D a daughter Deborah Lois nine grandchildren and nine siblings. The body was taken from the funeral home to the residence today. Pallbearers are Ancil Gentry Frank Mills Ellsworth Hutchens Franklin Waddell Junior Hutchens Dan Stull Arlo Rogers and Charles Logan.
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Leslie Ellen Hutchens
Webb and Neal Funeral Home
L P.m
Carl Hibsman
Ashland
Blue Ridge Memorial Gardens
Hutchens
Fitzpatrick Road
Dunns
Mercer County
Richard C
Vira Tiley Richmond
Jehova Witnesses
Berkley
James C. Hutchens
Fields
Alpaca
James E
Ira O
Charles T
Manuel D
Beckley
Deborah Lois
Lanham = Richmond
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Flat Top
Earnest
Ancil Gentry
Frank Mills
Ellsworth Hatchens
Franklin Waddell
Junior Hutchens
Dan Stull
Arlo Rogers
Charles Logan
Personal responsibility urged for safe driving
West Virginia State Police Colonel Hazen H. Fair says driving is each motorist’s duty to be safe and accident free. April highway fatalities in the Company D area totaled nine, with overall WV fatalities at 22 including seven drunken drivers and pedestrians.
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West Virginia
Fair
Company D
Wite
Beverly Hayworth Columns into Alpha Iota Sorority Honor
Beverly Hayworth of 120 Austin Ave Roanoke Va completes second quarter at National Business College Roanoke with top A average in medical secretarial course She is among 10 girls named to the Kappa Beta Chapter of Alpha Jota Sorority and served as head basketball cheerleader during the season A 1956 graduate of Woodrow Wilson High School
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Beverly, Hayworth
G. W. Hayworth
Austin Ave
National Business College
Roanoke
Alpha Jota Sorority
Woodrow Wilson High School
Ex Beckleyan Injured in Washington Mishap
A former Beckley resident, Mrs. Marguerite Blankenship Jett, was injured in an auto collision in Washington DC last week. She now lives at the Cairo Hotel in Washington. Details of the accident were not available. Frank Brubeck of Kinzer Street left for Washington Friday.
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Beckleyan
Washington, D. C
Marguerite Blankenship
Cairo Hotel
Washington
Frank Brubeck
Kinzer St
Blankenship
Jett
Child Over Six Not Likely To Outgrow Stuttering
Mrs. C. C. Lewis of the Raleigh County Tuberculosis and Health Association warns that a child over six is unlikely to outgrow stuttering and will need professional help. She notes stuttering often worsens in school and stresses a speech pathologist should tailor treatment, with therapy sometimes including psychotherapy.
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C. C. Lewis
Raleigh County Tuberculosis and Health Association
Hightower Rites Set On Tuesday
Last rites for Walter E Hightower 69 of 206 Dock St will be held at 1 pm Tuesday in Central Baptist Church with Revs A Abram and W P Strickland. He died Saturday at home born November 26 1888 in Pittsburgh Tennessee. Survivors include wife Maggie daughter Elizabeth Washington son Walter Hightower Jr in U S Air Force Brooks Field Ohio three brothers and two sisters. Ritchie and Johnson Funeral Home to the church one hour prior to services.
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Dock St
Central Baptist Church
A. Abram
W. P. Strickland
Hightower
Pittsburgh
Tenn
Eli Hightower
Greyhound Bus
Beck Jey
Central Street Baptist Church
Maggie Hightower
Elizabeth Washington
Walter Hightower Jr
U. S. Air Force
Brooks Field
Ohio
Charles
Clarence
James
Chicago
Ill
Crissie Hicks
Brighton
Ala
Gladys Craig
Cincinnati
Ritchie and Johnson Funeral Home
Beckley to Host Six-Week Speech Therapy Clinic
A six week speech therapy clinic for Raleigh County children opens in Beckley on June 30. Organizer TOM HAYES says Austin expert Mee Celesle Dodd will run the program at no charge with priority given to children needing evaluation for language delays.
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Raleigh County
Beckley
Tom Hayes
Raleigh County Society For Crippled Children and Adults
Mee Celesle ¥. Dodd
Austin
Tex
London
Manchester University
Manchester
England
Texas
Naves
Raleigh
Viola St. Clair
R.N
Hayes
Dodd
Six Raleigh residents naturalized as U S citizens
Six people became naturalized citizens of the United States during ceremonies in Raleigh County Circuit Court. Judge Norman Knapp administered the oath of allegiance to a group including Eva Ver bofsky Beckley Lorenzo Mira Mount Hope Mrs Tomiko Shrewsbury Daniels Eli Opacich Eccles Dr Goelz Juergen Klein Beckley and Stojan Uzelak Raleigh.
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Raleigh
Eva Verbofsky
Beckley
Lorenzo Mira
Mount Hoge
Tomiko
Betty) Shrewsbury
Daniels
Eli Opacich
Eccles
Goelz Juergen Klein
Stojan
Steve
Uzelak
Immigration and Naturalization Department
The
United States
Wyatt Named Star Farmer at Span ishburg High
Jimmy Wyatt was named Star Farmer at the Span ishburg High School Father Son banquet. The fourth year of supervised farming, he is the son of Sherman and to receive the award from Principal Bruce Fleshman. The award is sponsored by the West Virginia Association of Future Farmers of America and the State Department of Agriculture.
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Jimmy Wyatt
Spanishburg
Stover Services Set For Tuesday in Beckley
Funeral services for Sydney Booker Stover aged 72 of Beckley are scheduled for 2:30 p m Tuesday at Webb and Neal Funeral Home Chapel. Rev Gene Hall will officiate. Burial will follow at Mount Tabor Cemetery. Stover died Saturday at 3:30 a m after an extended illness.
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Sydney
Booker Stover
Webb
FFA supervisors and new honorary members named
At the banquet the FFA chapter welcomed two new honorary members, Sherman Wyatt and Miss Margaret Scott. The listed supervisors and program areas include Star Dairy Farmer Richard Rowland, Soil and Water Management Jimmy Wyatt, Poultry Boy of the Year Carl Meadows, Farm and Home Improvement Conley Wyatt, Farm Electrification Richard Rowland, and Farm Mechanics Junior Honaker.
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Star
Richard Rowland
Jimmy Wyatt
Carl Meadows
Conley Wyatt
Junior Honaker
Sherman Wyatt
Margaret Scott
Lions And Ladies Honor K A Locke At Dinner
About 100 Lions and their wives honored Beckley’s Kermit A. Locke Friday night at the Elks Club dinner dance. Locke exits as Lions District 2 governor and will become an international counselor after July 12. Dudley L. Simms of Charleston attended, slated to be installed international president in Chicago July 9-12.
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Beckley
Kermit A. Locke
Elks Club
Locke
Lions District 2
Dudley L.simms
Charleston
Chicago
Pre Enrollment Set At Central School
Central Elementary holds pre enrollment for first grade entrants this fall on Wednesday and Thursday from 1 to 3 pm. Principal Herbert Ash asks parents to bring the child’s birth certificate and immunization cards to the session.
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Central Elementary
Herbert Ash
Terraced Hills News From Bluefield State College
Bluefield State College on Terraced Hills reports graduations next month for Betty Williams Jackie Parnell and Shirley Wells with May activities including a May Pole wrap and the May Queen ceremony. Kappa Alpha Psi held its Spring Ball. final exams run May 21 to 27 with commencement June 1 and 2.
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Bluefield State College
Betty Williams
Greenstown
Jackie Parnell
East Beckley
Shirley Wells
Mount Hope
TNE Physical Education
Kappa Alpha Psi
Kappa
VA halts streptovaricin TB study after one year
The Veterans Administration ends its one year trial of the anti TB drug streptovaricin used with isoniazid. Data show no clear benefit over isoniazid alone and some patients experienced nausea. The study was conducted with Armed Forces cooperation since 1946 in TB drug testing.
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Twenty two men go to Jackson for basic training
Twenty two enlistees from Beckley Army Recruiting Station leave for Fort Jackson South Carolina for nine weeks of basic training. The group includes Jackie G Moates Boger John T Ratcliffe Hinton Fleetwood Chapman Charleston John H Henderson Tad Leo E Clark Oceana Pauli M Martin Mount Hope Lowe D Leach Lorado Daniel E Kraushaar Princeton Frank T Michael Charleston Arnold L Martin Oak Hill James Cochran Anawalt Melvin Howard Moore Pageton Franklin G Taylor Belya Charles N Knipp Madison Gale B Ellis Elk Lane Bothy G Jackson Charleston David W Guthrie Kansas City Freddie A Jones Gilbea Clarence E Kimble Williamson Donald L Hartley Bluefield Paul F Pruett Bartley William H Wolfond Danese.
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Ralph Moates
Boger
John T. Ratcliffe
Isaac V. Ratcliffe
Hinton
Fleetwood Chapman
William F. Chapman
Charleston
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John E. Henderson
Tad
Leo E. Clark
John D. Clark
Oceana
Pauli M. Martin
Morris Martin
Mount Hope
Lowe D. Leach
Pauli E. Cochran
Anawalt
Melvin Howard Moore
Coley Moore
Pageton
Franklin G. Taylor
Harry M. Taylor
Belya
Charles N. Knipp
Henry
Knipa
Madison
Gale B. Ellis
Hazel W. Ellis
Elkleen
Bothy G. Jackson
Mamie G. Jackson
David W. Guthrie
James D. Guthrie
Kansas City
Kansas
Freddie A. Jones
Kettie P. Jones
Gilbea
Clarence E. Kimble
Gus D. Kimble
Williamson
Donald L. Hartley
James H.hartley
Bluefield
Paul F. Pruett
Bertha B. Cazares
Bartley
Wiliam H. Wolfond
Harry 0. Wolfon
Danese
Diner Burglary Ends With Meager Loot
A Brockton burglary ends with a thief forcing entry at Henri's Diner. He attacks the cash register finding it empty then tries to pry a jukebox with a butcher knife. The loot amounts to a single dime and a one dollar bill with a corner missing, stuck to the wall.
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Brockton
Mass
Henri
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