Mullens High School student named top journalist nominee
Polla McClellan, Mullens High School business manager of Mullens Hi-Lights, is a candidate for the Raleigh-Wyoming Scholastic Press top journalist honors. The Raleigh Register will announce the association’s best journalist and present a plaque at the annual banquet Monday night at Mullens.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Polla McClellan
Mullens High School
Raleigh-Wyoming Scholastic Press Association
Raleigh Register
Mullens
Oceana
Donald Meadows
Stoco
Judy Barbour
Brenda Kay Dean
Ned Crews
Pineville
Zsoldos Elected 1965-66 Holy Name Society President
Dr Frank Zsoldos elected 1965 66 president of the Holy Name Society of St Francis de Sales Church at a monthly meeting. Other officers named include William Aurednick vice president Robert Keaton second vice president Edwin Davidson secretary Angelo Patrinicola treasurer and Dr J C Campa and Paul Croteau marshalls. Isoldos reported on the National Convention of Catholic Men in Dallas April 28 May 1 with about 600 delegates. The Holy Name men will run the Communion breakfast for the Catholic Daughters after the 8 am Mass Sunday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frank Zsoldos
Holy Name Society
National Council of Catholic Men
Statler Hilton
Dallas
Tex
Zsoldos
Wheeling
Secretary of State Seeks To Free Man Inmate Griffith
Charleston report states Griffith Industries Inc holds a state charter to operate in grantsville as a cotton hemp and yarns maker and dealer. The goal is to win clemency for William Hollie Griffith 72 who is serving three life sentences for three first degree murders at Huttonsville Medium Security Prison. Governors Smith review focuses on releasing Griffith to run a garment factory. incorporators seek experienced tailors and a qualified partner to share leadership duties.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charleston
Griffith
Smith
I. V. Yoak
Weut
Local Women To Attend State Food Convention
Three Raleigh County women will attend the West Virginia School Food Service Association convention today and Saturday at Camp Caesar at Cowen. Included are Mrs. Don Thomas and Miss Mary Williams, cooks at Maxwell Hill Elementary School, and Mrs. Ted Stover, who cooks at Teel Elementary School.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Raleigh County
West Virginia
School Food Service Association
Camp Caesar
Cowen
Don Thomas
Mary Williams
Maxwell Hill
Ted Stover
Teel
Byrd Announces $226K Coal Research Grant to ISU
U S Senator Robert Byrd announces a $226 200 contract awarded by the Office of Coal Research to Iowa State University in Ames to study converting coal into organic chemicals for plastics and to accelerate coal to gasoline production.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
U. S
Robert C. Byrd
D-W.va
Byrd
U.S. Office of Coal Research
Iowa State University of Science and Technology
Ames
Iowa
Revival at Lanark God's Tabernacle Begins
Rev Billy Samms of Charles ton leads revival services at Lanark God's Tabernacle starting Monday night. Services are at 7 30 p m daily with Rev Lewis Meadows serving as pastor of the Lanark church.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Billy Samms
Charleston
Lanark
Landfill to Stay Open During Spring Clean Up Campaign
Beckley Mayor John W. Smith announced the city landfill will stay open until 8 p.m. through June 1 to give residents more time to dispose of trash as part of the Spring Clean-Up campaign.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Beckley
John W. Smith
Two Car Crashes Cause $450 In Damages In Beckley
Beckley police investigated two minor crashes Thursday totaling about $450. A Valley Drive North collision at 1 35 p m involving a 1951 truck driven by Donald L Voters and a 1964 car driven by William Curtis Davis caused roughly $200 in damage. A second crash at East Prince Street and Scott Avenue at 9 p m involving a 1962 car driven by Richard Casey Beardsworth Jr and a 1960 car driven by Ethelen McClure caused about $250 in damage. No charges or injuries were reported.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Beckley
Valley Drive North
Donald L. Voters
Bradley
William Curtis Davis
Bristol
Davis
East Prince Street
Scott Avenue
Richard Casey Beardsworth Jr
Wayneridge
Ethelen McClure
Summers St
McClure
Area Guardsman Heads 65 Camp
A Youth Leader's Camp will be conducted June 13 19 at Camp Dawson Kingwood W Va under the sponsorship of the West Virginia National Guard Brig Gen Gene H Williams state Area gem general announced today The camp aims to give selected high school seniors an understanding of military life The one week program will feature demonstrations by National Guard commands in Army Airborne Engineer and Artillery activities and athletic pursuits Colonel Clarence E Galaspie Beckley named Camp Director for 1965 The camp approved by the West Virginia Secondary School Activities Commission More than 60 young men are expected to attend
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Camp Dawson
Kingwood
W. Va
West Virginia National Guard
Gene H. Williams
Gem
National Guard
Clarence E. Galaspie
Beckley
Williams
Galaspie
150Th Armored Cavalry
West Virginia
West Virginia Military Academy
West Virginia Secondary School Activities Commission
Bluestone Project Faces Rural Electrification Opposition
The Public Service Commission continued a hearing on Appalachian Power Co. s plan to build a 7.5 million dollar substation and hydroelectric facilities at Bluestone Dam near Hinton. Rural electrification groups from West Virginia Virginia and North Carolina opposed citing cost and rate concerns while four cooperatives entered as interveners.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charleston
API
Public Service Commission
Appalachian Power Co
Bluestone Dam
Hinton
West Virginia
Virginia
North Carolina
Appalachian
Harrison Rural Electrification Association
Clarksburg
Electric Membership Corp of
Raleigh
N. C
Bluestone
Joe P. Gills
Roanoke
Paul J. Johnson
Iver
Grayson County
Blue Ridge
Virginia Corporation Commission
Federal Power Commission
FPC
S. M. McMurray
First Presbyterian Church
PSC
D. M. Miller
Pancakes Sell Fast For County Cancer Society Crusade
The Raleigh County unit of the American Cancer Society sponsors Pancake and Sausage Days on Neville Street at Modern Furniture, with all you can eat for 1. The event aims to raise funds toward a 10 000 goal, having about 4000 already raised from canvassing and donations. The annual parade starts at 10 45 a m Saturday at Woodrow Wilson High School led by Miss Nancy Tieche and featuring 25 units, local high school bands, a wrecked auto pulled by Beckley Wrecking truck, and participants from fire departments Boy and Girl Scouts and volunteer groups. The parade ends at the pancake sale site.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Raleigh County Unit
American Cancer Society
Modern Furniture Company
Neville Street
Natalie Austin
Unit
Cancer Society
Society
Woodrow Wilson High School
Nancy Tieche
Albert Tieche
Beckley
Woodrow
Essay winner named for Beckley student in WVU pill study
Mrs Janet Wirtz Cline of Beckley won the Gay H Dent Essay Award of 25 dollars announced today. She is a second year professional student in West Virginia University School of Pharmacy. Her essay is titled Potential Impact of the Pharmaceutical Center Concept Upon American Pharmacy. The award is given annually to the student with the best pharmaceutical subject essay in the second semester.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Janet Wirtz Cline
Beckley
Gay H. Dent
Cline
School of Pharmacy
West Virginia University
Gay Dent
ABCs Of Appalachia Camp Opens With Directors Arrival
The Beckley Raleigh County YMCA and regional YMCA councils launch the ABCs of Appalachia eight week summer camp for grades 1-8 in a coal mining center. Prospective directors Stephen Henning and Susan Ellen Appel tour Glen Daniel and Trap Hill sites as local leaders coordinate the program. Fifteen college students will join for June 25 to August 20, housed at Daniel Farms with on site food plans and a 24 hour YMCA camp office in Glen Daniel.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
YMCA
Abc's
Appalachia
Beckley-Raleigh
National
Student Ymca
Geneva
Ohio-West Virginia
Ymca’s
Trap Hill County
Lire Group
William H. Theiss
Trap Hill Country Life Group
Robert N. Daniel
James Hall
United States
Raleigh County
Daniel Farms
Glen Daniel
Saidiike
West Virginia
Mabscott Candidates To Be Named At Tonight’s Convention
Mabscott voters will learn names for mayor recorder and five council seats at a 8 p.m. nominating convention in Mabscott Elementary School music room announced by Independent Party executive committee chairman A K Chadwell. Current mayor B C Sisk, recorder John C Graveley, and councilmen Earl Arbauh Everett Godbey Fred Davis Paul Gunter and Adam Mullins expected. Mullins filled a seat after William Vaughn died June 30 1963. Citizens Party also holds its convention at 8 p.m. today in the new Town Hall led by chairman Frelon Lane.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mabscott
A. K. Chadwell
Independent Party
B. C. Sisk
John C. Graveley
Earl Arbaugh
Everett Godbey
Fred Davis
Paul Gunter
Adam Mullins
Mullins
William Vaughn
Citizens 5 Ae
Citizens Party
New Town Hall
Frelon Lane
Loud-mouths irritate others who doubt their greatness
A sharp opinion condemns loud egos as grating to those around them, noting the friction caused by boastful behavior and the social pushback it provokes.
Williams Joins Gates Engineering Company
Cyril H. Williams Jr. has joined Gates Engineering Company, per president Leslie C. Gates. The Pineville Kentucky native came from Alabama By-Products Corp in Birmingham as production foreman. A 1954 West Virginia University mining engineering graduate, he served in the Army Corps of Engineers. He is married to Connie Diaz and has three children. his family will move once housing is found.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cyril H. Williams Jr
Gates Engineering Company
Leslie C. Gates
Pineville
Alabama By-Products Corp
Birmingham
Ala
West Virginia University
Williams
Army Corps of Engineers
Cyril H. Williams
Knoxville
Tenn
American Institute of Mining Engineers
Connie Diaz
Clarksburg
Also Mentioned on This Page
Dr. Zsoldos
Holy Name
Electric Company
Electric Cooperative
Blue Ridge Electric Membership Corp
The
North Carolina Electric
Helen Gagalis
Eleanor Kellow
Louisville
Charles E. Hankin
Son
DuBois Chemicals, Inc
St. Albans
Benny Meador
Ashland Oil Products
County Cancer Society Crusade
Lim
Raauery
Mammoth Gladioli
W. Main ST
Bassett
Prince ST
Earl Burleson
ABC
By Gypsie McQuade
Register
Pep of Parents
Daniel
Country Life Group
Gates Engineering
SUN
Lord
This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!