Duncan Fund Nears Goal for West Virginia Singer
West Virginia student Faye Duncan, of Stoco High School, nears a 1400 goal to join the All National Choir in America's Youth in Concert. Recent gifts include 200 from Westmoreland Coat Co and 38.25 from a tournament. Donations urged by June 1 to fund chairman William Martin or to Stoco High School.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stoco
Faye Duncan
Westmoreland Coat Co
West View Missionary Baptist Church
Odd
Miss Duncan
West Virginia
Universal Academy For Music
Princeton
N. J
Plants and Produce In Stock At Beckley Farmers Market
Porter Lewis market manager says Beckley Farmers Market offers a variety of plants and fresh vegetables. Tomatoes beefsteak Rutgers oxheart and yellow peppers strawberries green onions rhubarb and home ground corn meal are available.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Beckley Farmers Market
Porter Lewis
Rutgers
Utah Hosts Over Sixty Museums Including Dinosaur Fossil Display
Utah features more than 60 museums with one gallery dedicated to dinosaur fossils found in the state. The collection highlights paleontological discoveries and regional heritage.
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Utah
Stoco HS Plans Annual Spring Concert
Stoco High School music department directed by Mrs. Sara Bailey presents its annual spring concert Friday at 7 30 p m featuring senior high bands and chorus and the junior high band Be selections include Star Spangled Banner Alma Mater Overture The Good Daughter Ode to Joy Joy to the World America the Beautiful Stars and Stripes and Red Rhythm Betty Vencili solos Color My World Junior high numbers The Crusaders A Roving Aura Lee and Merry Go Round The chorus performs Py Walk With God A Rose Touched by the Suns Warm Rays The Lord s Prayer Sing Me a Song Good Night and a medley Country Road This Land is Your Land and West Virginia Hills A select group sings I Got a Key Accompanists are Patsy Shrewsberry Karen Kelly Debbie Reynolds and Wayne Hungate
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stoco High School Music Department
Sara Bailey
Stoco High School
America the Beautiful
Betty Vencili
West Virginia
Beckley AFEES Earns February Achievement Award
The Beckley Armed Forces Examining and Entrance Station won an achievement award for the lowest error percentage in February under mechanized reporting. Mrs. Kay Pegram received the award from Sgt. Jerry Kirkhart after supervising 428 records with 40 entries each. Maj. Williams Martin noted only three other AFEES out of 74 achieved perfect records that month.
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Beckley Armed Forces
Kay Pegram
Jerry Kirkhart
Pegram
Maj
Williams Martin
Beckley
Local Street List Notes May 17 1972 Odess a Maryland Area
A dated reader list outlines streets in the Hillcrest area including Druid Ave Maryland Ave Odessa Ave Forrest Ave Chip Ave Hodges St Sunrise Ave Wilkes Ave N Fike St Woodland Dr Max Hill Dogwood Lane Laurel Terrace Spangler St Larkin St Thurmond St Totten St Rice St Ve St and other cross streets. The compilation appears to catalog street names and sections within the locality.
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Wilkes Ave
N. Fike St
Woodland Dr
Max. Hill
Dogwood Lane
Lilly Dr
Highland
Forrest Rd
Cross Rd
Ridge Rd
MacArthur St
Bond Forfeitures Result In Beckley Court Fines
A Beckley Municipal Court session forfeits total fines of 1302 dollars on Monday night. Names include Ronald Lively Earl Miller Melianda Shraye Robert Flinn Carl Nolin Dennis Hatfield Mason Elliott Kenneth Hebb II Bitty Whittaker Garner Holdway Andrew Sampson Larry Redden Daniel McKinney Lloyd Webb Mary Richardson and others. Charges range from red light violations to reckless driving and speeding with varied addresses.
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Beckley Municipal Court
Ronald Lively
Bailey Ave
Earl Miller
Melianda Shraye
Robert Flinn
Carl Nolin
Coal City
Dennis G. Hatfield
Coal Mountain
Mason Elliott
Daniels
Kenneth E. Hebb II
Rt. 3
Beckley
Bitty Ray Whittaker
Sophia
Garner R. Holdway
Glen Daniel
Andrew J Sampson
Harper
T. C. Clinebell
Larry Redden
Beaver
Daniel K. McKinney
Pineville
Lloyd Robert Webb
Mary F. Richardson
Lester
M. M. McGwigan
Elizabeth Cantley
Clyde L. Lilly Jr
David Evan Roberts
Vance Dr
Buhl Brooks Boggs
Guyan
Grace Primitive Baptist Church to Dedicate New Building
Shady Spring Grace Primitive Baptist Church hosts a dedicatory service Saturday at 6 p.m. with invited elders from Primitive Baptist churches in Virginia North Carolina Kentucky and Tennessee. Clerk Wade Waddell says the event may become an annual observance. Church built in 1967 and now meets final obligations. Sunday worship moves to 10 a.m. Elders Merriall Lilly and George Foley are pastors.
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Grace Primitive! Baptist Church
Shady Spring
Wade Waddell
Primitive! Baptist
Virginia
North Carolina
Kentucky
Tennessee
Waddell
Grace Primitive Baptist Church
Merriall Lilly
George Foley
Canvass Begins in Raleigh County May Primary
Commissioners of the Raleigh County Court opened the canvass of ballots from the May 9 primary. Minor Scott reported District I precincts fully canvassed and about half of District II with only minor honest errors in math found, aiming to complete all precincts by day’s end and review challenged ballots on Wednesday.
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Raleigh
Minor Scott
District I
Scott
Miracle Baby Dawna Vernon Home from Burn Center
Dawna Vernon, nearly three, returns from six months at Shriner's Burn Center after surviving a December 1 water heater explosion that caused third degree burns. Doctors plan periodic therapy and possible reconstruction, with potential up to 15 operations in five years, as family expresses gratitude for care and prayers.
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Sue
Stover Register
Cincinnati
Ohio
Raleigh County
Dawna Marie Vernon
Shriner’s
Sullivan Road
Richard Vernon
Pat Morrison
Dawna
Vernon
Army Specialist 5 Wilson Baker Jr Receives Joint Service Commendation
Army Spec 5 Wilson Baker Jr a testing specialist at Beckley Armed Forces Examining and Entrance Station was awarded the Joint Service Commendation Medal in a Monday afternoon ceremony. The Greenwood Mississippi native plans to teach after his Army service ending June 5. He is a Jackson State College graduate with a BA in French and English and has served an 18 month Vietnam tour. He also holds the Bronze Star Medal two Army Commendation Medals Vietnam Service Medal and two Vietnam Campaign Ribbons. The citation praises his initiative responsibility and professional performance in tests regulations and improved work methods speeding processing of entrants into the Armed Forces.
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Army
Wilson Baker Jr
Beckley Armed Forces
Baker
Greenwood
Miss
Jackson State College
Vietnam
United States Army
Department of Defense
Armed Forces
Beckley
Spec. Baker
County 4-H Agent Returns From Leave
Gilbert Barnette, Raleigh County 4H agent, returns from a leave of absence and resumes duties. He is pursuing a master’s in elementary education at West Virginia University’s graduate center in Institute and will finish next spring. Barnette holds a 1957 bachelor’s degree from Morris Harvey College and did graduate work at Marshall University.
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Gilbert Barnette
Raleigh County
West Virginia University Graduate Center
Institute
Barnette
Morris Harvey College
Marshall University
Mason
Kanawha
Ruth
Tolley Drive
Beckley
Weather and river summaries from the region
Weather details for a 24 hour period ending at 10 a.m. report a high at 12 15 p.m. of 67 and a low at 11 30 p.m. of 48 with 7 am and 10 am readings showing 58, wind SW at 13 mph, pressure 29.93 and steady, and sunrise sunset times. River levels show Greenbrier 1 ft above normal and cloudy, Lake normal and cloudy with 10 gates open, Hinton gauge 4.4 ft. Today's extremes list Blythe California at 104 and Flagstaff Arizona at 34. Extended forecast through Saturday calls for fair weather and a warming trend with day highs in the 70s Thursday rising to the 80s by Saturday and overnight lows from the 50s to the 60s.
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Greenbrier
Hinton
Fund for Hannah Reaches 1127 in Raleigh County
Contributions to the Edmond Buddy Hannah Fund total 1127.23, per Raleigh County Bank spokesman. Sheriff deputy Hannah has spent four months at Charleston General Hospital undergoing physical therapy for a paralyzed condition from a rare virus. Official said Hannah is doing fine.
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Edmond
Buddy) Hannah
Raleigh County
Hannah
Charleston General Hospital
Head Start Program Receives $12,000 Grant Boost
The Raleigh County Community Action Association Head Start Program gains $12,000 in funding from the U S Office of Education for the current year and future years. Funds will support speech therapy for 22 children, add a social service worker, and upgrade Head Start centers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Raleigh County Community Action Association
U. S. Office of Education
Jennings Randolph
Doris Bradshaw
Bradshaw
Department of Health, Education and Welfare
Monitor
Hew
Alfreida Cyrus
ACCAA
Morris Harvey College Intersession Offers Unusual Courses
In Charleston from May 23 to June 9 Morris Harvey College presents a diverse intersession. Courses include Renaissance music with John Lambros on recorders and madrigals, jazz with Lee McMillen, acrylic painting with Henry Keeling, phonetics with Roselyn Freedman, slide rule and calculator use in math taught by David Ferguson, and a flexible military history course led by Dr. Clarence Roth. Tuition is 25 dollars per semester hour.
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Morris Harvey College
Charleston
John Lambros
Lee McMillen
Henry C. Keeling
Roselyn L. Freedman
David Ferguson
Ferguson
Clarence Roth
America
Roth
Gospel Sing at Bradley Church of God Saturday
A gospel sing is set for Saturday at 7 30 p m at Bradley Church of God featuring the Good News Quartet of Oak Hill Beckley Church of God youth group Debbie and David Wall of Coal City and other performers. The Rev Daniel Moore is pastor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bradley Church of God
Good News Quartet
Oak Hill
Beckley Church of God Youth Group
Debbie and
David Wall
Coal City
Daniel Moore
Beauty Salon Owner Alleges Rival Rumors Target Shop
Yosef Ben-Horin, owner of a Tel Aviv beauty salon, accuses competitors of a smear campaign claiming a young bride died from a scorpion bite at his shop. He published full page ads offering rewards for clues to the culprits.
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Dirty Pool
Tel Aviv
UPI
Yosef Ben-Horin
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Vicki Taylor
Arnold Campbell
Shirley McAlpine
Debe Lilly
David Testement
Lynn Price
Kay Black
Ronnie Prince
Duncan
Stoco HS
the Crusaders
Roving
Aura
J Lee
Merry Go Round
Patsy Shrewsberry
Karen Kelly
Debbie Reynolds
Wayne Hungate
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ESSO
Hillcrest St
Druid Ave
Maryland Ave
Odessa Ave
Forrest Ave
Chip
Hodges St
Sunrise Ave
Halsey Ave
Quarry St
Fulton Ave
Cannaday St. Tom St
Shady Spring Church
Beckley Appalachian Regional Hospital
Dawna Marie
Vernons
Debbie
Miss Morrison
Barn Center
Richard Vernon Relief Fund
Thomas Morehouse
Blythe
Calif
Flagstaff
Ariz
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