Affinity Students Graduate From Smoke Blackened School
The 65 pupils of Affinity Elementary move from an aging, smoke-polluted building to a new three-room school with central heating and a hot lunch room. Principal James B. Deck urged careful use of the new facilities including the first inside toilets, warning that vandalism could lead to outside facilities again. The new school cost $19,226 to construct and sit beside a safer, cleaner campus.
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Thomas F. Stafford
Affinity Elementary
Affinity
Dla
James
B. Deck
Suse
Deck
Schol
Fireco
Juveniles Charged With School Breaking and Entering
Two Sprague area juveniles are in Raleigh County Jail awaiting a Juvenile Court hearing before Judge Harry Lo Creery on charges of breaking and entering. They are accused of entering Sprague School according to State Police and were booked at the jail Monday.
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Sprague
Raleigh County
Harry Lo “Me. Creery
Sprague School
On University Campus highlights from campus events and honors
George Garcia of Oak Hill wins the Warner Brothers Star 3 Discovery Contest at the Warner Theater Morgantown and advances to the regional Clarksburg contest. He also stars as pitcher for Tau Kappa Epsilon and plays for the Oak Hill Saints. Other items note Sandra Ballard on Mountainfair dance committee, music by Johnny Long, and the annual Rose Breakfast honoring ten senior girls. Additional notes mention Lambda Chi Alpha, Mu Phi Epsilon, and other campus activities and a new Suncrest baseball field opening for the final game against Pitt.
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George Garcia
Oak Hill
Warner
Oak Hill Saints
Sandra Ballard
Lewis-bourg
Erved
Mountainfair
Mountainlair
Johnny Long
Terrace
Woman's Halls
Dean H. R. Varney
Freeman
Tuckwiller
Dolores Lawson
Beckley
Epsilon Nu Chapter
Mu Phi*’Epsilon
New Music
Margaret Tuckwiller
Lewisburg
Kappa Phi
Frederick W. Bailes
Lambda Chi Alpha Fraternity
George Williams
Tams
Richard Stout
Charles Abergast
White Sulphur Springs
Betty Roe
Allen Grub
Libby Baker
Suncrest Addition
Pitt
The
Maple Fork Man Charged With Felonious Assault
James Davis of Maple Fork charged with felonious assault on Lacy Lilly of Maple Fork. Lilly treated at Beckley Hospital after head injuries from an alleged fork strike. Davis jailed in Raleigh County awaiting preliminary hearing per State Police report.
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James Davis
Maple Fork
Lacy Lilly
Raleigh County
Lilly
Beckley Hospital
Dai Wis
Beacford Beckley Fraternity Elects New Pledgemaster
William Clark of Beckley was elected pledgemaster for the Tau Kappa Epsilon Fraternity in Beckley. The ceremony marked a notable initiation into the Phi Epsilon group with insignia and duties assigned.
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Sigma Lege
Phi Epsilon Fraternity
Criscont
Beckley
Elect League Park
Tau Kappa
William Clark
Re- Epsilon
Date Set for Raleigh County Levy Election
The Raleigh County Board of Education tentatively sets Tuesday June 26 for a 2.4 million levy to finance new construction and school improvements. Superintendent D W Bryson will submit the election call to the attorney general for approval as soon as possible. The board will consider the levy at its next meeting, ensuring the call is published at least 28 days before voting.
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Raleigh
Glen White Principal Listed in Who's Who
East Beckley resident jailed for non support Raymond Belcher is arraigned in Elkins before Magistrate J P Meadows on a tot for support warrant. He is ordered to pay 50 and 35 a month for each of three children, jailed a year if failure to post bond. Belcher is from Beckley and has degrees from West Virginia and Peabody and has worked as teacher and principal in several counties.
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East Beckley
Raymond Belcher
Delmas Negro
Elkins
Glen White
J. P. Meadows
Meadows
Burgess
Beckley
Mingo, Boone
Lege
Raleigh County
Mabscott Woman Wins Mother’s Day Honor at Salvation Army
Mabscott resident Mrs. Allie Ballard, 81, received the oldest mother award at Sunday night Mother’s Day services at Beckley Salvation Army. Captain John Roy Jones announced gifts for youngest mother Mrs. June Jones, 25, of MacArthur, and for the mother with most children, Mrs. Virginia Walters, mother of six, also of MacArthur.
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Mabscott
Allie Ballard
Beckley Salvation Army
John Roy Jones
The
Citadel
June Jones
MacArthur
Virginia Walters
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Sherman McKinney
Sophia High School
Board of Governors
West Virginia University
McKinney
Henry McKinney
Tams Mountain
GE Home
Jacquard
ECHO
Kentucky
Spring, Distilling Company
Louisville, Kentucky
General Electric
MFR
Virginian Electric Inc
Charleston, W. VA
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