Marsh Fork High School to Graduate 60 Students
Marsh Fork High School will graduate 60 candidates on May 24 with B W Humphrey and Mildred Howell named valedictorian and salutatorian. U S Rep Robert C Byrd will deliver the main address Foundations of Strength at 8 p m. Reverend Connie Dickens will give the baccalaureate sermon May 20 at 11 a m.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marsh Fork High School
B. W. Humphrey
Mildred Howell
U. S
Robert C. Byrd
Claude Worley
Adeline Vecellio
Board of Education
James B. Deck
Mount View School Set for May 23 Commencement
The 24th annual Mount View Junior High graduation is at 7:30 p m May 23 in the school auditorium. Valedictorian Nancy Lonker and salutatorian William Workman. honorarian Larry Wiley. Reverend H E Smith to give invocation and August Thulman Jr to deliver address. Diplomas by Carl Jarrell. 52 graduates listed with Lonker and Workman receiving top honors.
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Mount View Junior High School
Lawson Barrett
Barrett
Nancy Jean Lonker
William Russell Workman
Larry Arthur Wiley
H. E. Smith
Rebecca Chapel
Rock Creek
Mount View
Miss Lonker
Johnny Lonker
Naoma
Theta Rho
Whitesville
Methodist Youth Fellowship
Naoma Methodist Church
Dogs receive anti rabies shots at Sprague clinic
A Raleigh County clinic administered anti rabies serum to 95 dogs from 1 30 to 3 30 p m Saturday in Sprague according to Deputy Sheriff Fred Aaron.
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Sprague
Raleigh County
Fred Aaron
Youth Honor Mothers With Church Program
Beck ley Seventh-Day Adventist Church honored mothers from its youth at a Friday program. Four mothers representing Bible figures Samuel Moses John the Baptist and Timothy were named: Mrs. Joe Farrow Glen Morgan Mrs. Herman Bostick Sprague Mrs. Russell Cook Beaver and Mrs. Clyde Poland Skelton. Carnations were given and attending pupils presented handmade gifts. Mrs. M. E. Fealick directed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Beckley Seventh-Day Adventist Church
Samuel
Moses
John the Baptist
Timothy
Joe Farrow
Glen Morgan
Herman Bostick
Sprague
Russell Cook
Beaver
Clyde Poland
Skelton
M. E. Fealick
Lester Junior High Graduation Set for May 23
Lester Junior High will graduate 18 students in a May 23 ceremony at 8 p.m. in the auditorium. Valedictorian Margaret Hamm, with a 3.89 average and a double promotion, leads the class alongside Salutatorian Bonnie Mae McKinney with a 3.75. Honorary student Shelby Deck has a 3.20 and serves as class treasurer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lester Junior High School
Edward Birch
Trap Hill High School
Margaret Hamm
I. Roy Hamm
GAA
Bonnie Mae McKinney
Wiley McKinney
Bonnie
Shelby Deck
Frank Deck
RDC Accepting Princess Entrants for Dairy Contest
Nomination for the Dairy Princess Contest are due to the Beckley Rural Development Council. Odell Jessup urges county chairmen to submit up to three contestants for area judging on Farmers Day in Beckley June 6. Eligibility requires age 16 by Oct 1, 1956 and not over 25, unwed, high school graduate by July 1, 1956, and dairy farm background. Area includes Fayette, Greenbrier, McDowell, Mercer, Monroe, Nicholas, Pocahontas, Raleigh, Summers, Webster, Wyoming. County chairs listed. Also notes 1,919 licenses sold Dec 15, 1955 to Apr 30, 1956.
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Beckley Rural Development Council
Odell Jessup
Beckley - Lewisburg
Dairy Princess Area Committee
Beckley
Jessup
Beckley-Lewisburg
Fayette
Greenbrier
McDowell
Mercer
Monroe
Nicholas
Pocahontas
Raleigh
Summers
Webster
Wyoming
Vane D. Warner
Frankford
William Keyser
Welch
M. S. Turner
South Bluefield
Local Newspapers Win Cancer Citation in WV Drive
The Raleigh Register Beckley Post-Herald earned second place for newspaper coverage by the West Virginia Cancer Society in the April Cancer drive. Weirton Daily Times won first place by a narrow margin. The Register also received praise for its cancer news coverage extending to surrounding counties.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Raleigh Register
Beckley Post-Herald
West Virginia Cancer Society
Weirton Daily Times
Register
The
Armed assailant sought after Crab Orchard robbery
Police hunt an armed assailant who attacked Sulli van Starling of Crab Orchard Tuesday night. Starling reported being robbed of $99 after cashing a $100 bill at Thompson's Drug Store and being struck with a club like weapon while returning home.
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Sullivan Starling
Crab Orchard
Starling
Thompson
Five Glen White Residents Injured in Route 19 Crash
Five Glen White residents and a Summersville boy were injured in a two car collision near the Summersville city limits on Route 19 around 3 p.m. Tuesday. Lennis Tyree the lone occupant of a sedan collided with a car driven by Willie Spencer. Spencer’s passengers Roberta Mae Nutter Earl Lucian Acord Wiley B Acord and Donald Dean were injured. Tyree is hospitalized at Sacred Heart in Richwood while the Glen White group is at McClung Hospital. Ambu lances transported the victims and Cpl C D McClain of Summ ersville State Police is investigating.
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Glen White
Summersville
Lennis
Red"’ Tyree
Willie Spencer
Spencer
Roberta Mae Nutter
Earl Lucian Acord
Wiley B. Acord
Donald Dean
Tyree
Sacred Heart Hospital
Richwood
McClung Hospital
Jack Waters
Cpl. C. D. McClain
Rhodell School Plans Graduation
Rhodell Elementary names Beverly Ann Shrewsbury valedictorian and Loretha Meadows salutatorian for the eighth grade promotion. Beverly Ann, daughter of Mr and Mrs Paul Shrewsbury, has top grades. Loretha Sue, daughter of Mr and Mrs Lacy Meadows, is second. Exercises May 22 at 7 30 p.m. in the school auditorium. Eighth grade class includes Sharon Atkinson Carol Cunningham Connie Hart Janice Manning Janet Martin Nancy Maynard Loretha Meadows Juanita Powell Janice Sanders Beverly Ann Shrewsbury James Bailey Darrell Beamon Carl Sneed Roger Sneed.
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Rhodell
RNS
Beverly
Ann Shrewsbury
Loretha Sue Meadows
Beverley Ann
Paul Shrewsbury
Loretha Sue
Lacy A. Meadows
Sharon Kay Atkinson
Carol Cunningham
Connie Hart
Janice Lee Manning
Janet Martin
Nancy Carol Maynard
Juanita Powell
Janice Sanders
Beverley Ann Shrewsbury
James Bailey
Darrell Wayne Beamon
Carl Ray Sneed
Roger Delane Sneed
Authorization Granted for City Construction Permits
City Recorder's office issued permits totaling 25000 last week for J W Walters on Earle St for a five room frame house costing about 5000 with a 10 city fee Walter Crook on Dexter Ave for a four room brick veneer house costing about 15000 with a 35 fee Claudine Pietrantozzi on Mankin Ave for a five room house costing about 5000 with a 10 fee paid to the city.
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City Recorder’s Office
J. W. Walters
Earle St
Walter Crook
Dexter Ave
Claudine Pietrantozzi
Mankin Ave
Shady Spring Senior Near Perfect Attendance Graduation
Emogene Bailey, a Shady Spring High School senior, will graduate this month with 11 years of perfect attendance. She is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. H. F. Bailey of Daniels. Emogene recalls missing one day in first grade which kept her from a perfect record. Her goal is to become a teacher or a housewife.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Emogene Bailey
Shady Spring High School
H. F. Bailey
Daniels
Emogene
Jonben Motorist Given Jail Term
Raymond Meador of Jonben was sentenced to 30 days in Raleigh County Jail and fined $50 plus costs after arraignment Tuesday on operating a car with a revoked license. Before Magistrate J. E. Mays he also paid $5 plus costs on a DUI charge. Police arrested him at 10:40 p.m. Monday. the drunk driving charge was reduced.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Raymond Meador
Jonben
Raleigh County
J. E. Mays
Meador
Alex Michael Waives Hearing on Check Count
Alex Michael of Beckley waived a hearing on the count related to a bad check. He was released on a $500 bond after arraignment before Magistrate J P Meadows. Michael was arrested after writing a $375 check to Hewell Tobacco Co. in Raleigh County.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alex Michael
Beckley
Raleigh County Grand Jury
Michael
J. P. Meadows
Hewell Tobacco Co
Pat Wheeler Named To Plumbing Group Director
Beckley resident Pat Wheeler has been named a director of the West Virginia Master Plumbers Association at the annual convention. Huntington hosts the 1957 convention with Don Kennard elected president. Other new directors include T. R. Johnson Huntington Jack Burton Barboursville Dave King Clarksburg G W Lawrence Princeton Glenn Varney Williamson Carle Lewis Parkersburg.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A Beckleyan
West Virginia Master Plumbers Association
Pat Wheeler
Huntington
Don Kennard
Bluefield
John Jackson
Madison
K. M. Burford
Jack L. Hagan
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Blue Jay
Blue Jay Elementary School
Peggy Cook
Virgil Cook
Lennis Jane Hart
Walter Hart
Peggy
Lennis Jane
Mount View School
Workman
Bill Workman
Pine Knob
Dubert Free Will Baptist Church
Wiley
Methodist van Chapel Church
Cove Creek
Patricia A. Acord
Patricia Lee Adans
Etta Jean Aliff
Shirley A. Blankenship
James E. Bongalis
Fern Deloris Brown
Shelby E. Brown
Virginia L. Buchanan
Howard D. Canaday
Ruth Carver
Juanita Clay
Jerry L. Dickens
Charles L. Dickens
Margaret L. Gravely
Joyce Imojean Gunnoe
Joseph L. Gyovai
Patsy Honaker
David L. Hughes
Georgia G. Hunter
Charles S. Jarrell
Frankie Lee Jarrell
Jane Lou Jarrell
Nathan R. Jarrell
Walley Mae Johnson
Glenna Gaye Lafferty
Carlos G. Lane
Nancy J. Lonker
Noah W. Lovely
Judith Ann Maddix
Tracy Miller
Lonnie F. Moorehead
William E. Moorehead
Peggy A. Morris
Betty June Mullins
Helen M. Perry
James K. Peters
Paul C. Pettry
Kenneth L. Price
Ronnie
Nancy Lonker
William Workman
Larry Wiley
Lester Junior High
RDC
Illinois Sheet Metal Contractors
Moose Child City Tinshop
Moosehart
Iil
Plumbing Group
Esso
Esso Research
Thau
God
Sophia
W. VA
Fred X. Williams
Dole
Wevival Clea
Richmond Cleaners
Word
Maine
Louisiana
Atlas
Esso Standard Oil Company
Esso Ine
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