National YMCA Camp Focuses on Appalachia Program
A National YMCA program trains boys and girls in grades 1-8 in a coal mining area with physical, recreational, and educational activities. Fifteen college students will assist, led by Robert N. Daniel, with Susan Appel and Stephen Henning from Miami University as possible camp directors. The eight week camp runs June 24 to August, with a temporary Glen Daniel office and local coordinators Hall and Clarence Laverty involved.
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15 College
United States
Robert N. Daniel
Theiss
Trap Hill
Glen Daniel
Susan Appel
Stephen Henning
Miami University
Oxford
Ohio
YMCA
Pic
Ture
Trap Hill Country Life Group
Hall
Clarence Laverty
Driver Charged After One-Car Wreck on College Avenue
Beckley City Police charged Pamela B. Hogan, 17, of 108 Westwood Dr., after she backed a 1962 model car down College Avenue, climbed a sidewalk, and struck rails causing about $75 damage. She was uninjured and ordered to appear in Beckley Police Court. Three other violators were cited.
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College Avenue
Beckley City
Beckley
Pamela B. Hogan
Westwood Dr
Apar
Beckley Students Named to State College Honor List
West Virginia State College at Institute lists 98 scholars for 1964 65 first semester with a B average or higher. Beckley’s honorees include sophomores Leslie Carter Robert Simms J Diane Redd and juniors Phillip Hodge along with freshmen Braxton Toler and Norgina Wright.
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West Virginia State College At Institute
Beckley
Leslie Carter
Louise Taylor
Robert Simms
Edna Simms
J. Diane Redd
Robert Redd
Phillip Hodge
Jesse Hodge
Braxton Toler
Norgina Wright
Warren Wright
Retirement Benefits Paid To 970000 Workers
President Johnson told Congress the railroad retirement board paid benefits to 970000 persons in the year ending June 30. The report shows 704 million dollars to retired employees, 119 million to wives, and 274 million to survivors.
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Washington
UPI
Johnson
Congress
Railroad Retirement Board
Help Needed Says MH Coordinator Bill Byrd
William Byrd of the State Mental Health Department urged community leaders clergy nurses and educators to engage in local mental health efforts. The association elected board members Louise Klaus Verlin Walker Mrs Duke James Charles Dowdy Ray Hawley Mrs Hope Thompson Helen West Bonnie Wickline Mrs J Edmundson Mrs Mary Bassett and E W Elliot. Scholarships were awarded to Elsie Bowman and Pearl Hodge for further study in mental retardation at West Virginia University.
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William Byrd
State Mental Health Department
Byrd
Association
Louise Klaus
Verlin Walker
Duke James
Charles Dowdy
Ray Hawley
Hope Thompson
Helen West
Bonnie Wickline
J. Edmundson
Mary Bassett
E. W. Elliot
Elsie Bowman
Pearl Hodge
West Virginia University
New Coal Sale Record Reported by Eastern Coal Corp
Pittsburgh based Eastern Associated Coal Corp. said March overseas coal sales set a new record from West Virginia and Pennsylvania mines. The company and its Castner Curran Bullitt foreign unit shipped 556 115 net tons abroad and export sales for the first four months of the year were 40 percent higher than the same period last year.
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Pittsburgh
UPI
Eastern Associated Coal Corp
West Virginia
Pennsylvania
Eastern
Castner, Curran & Bullitt, Inc
Two men charged with auto tampering and petty theft
State Police troopers arrested Carlos Bennett 22 of Shady Spring and Basil Plumley 18 of Abraham at 6 p.m. Sunday on petit larceny and auto tampering charges. They admitted stealing a tire wheel and battery from Hobart Bragg on Pluto Road, and were fined $25 plus costs by Magistrate Paul Epperly. Bennett was returned to jail in lieu of fine and costs.
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Carlos Bennett
Shady Spring
Basil Plumley
Abraham
Raleigh
Hobart Bragg
Pluto Road
Paul Epperly
Epperly
Bennett
Health Careers Day engages 93 area students at Beckley VA
Ninety three students from four area high schools attended Health Careers Day at Beckley Veterans Administration Hospital. Morning sessions saw forty seven from Princeton and Mark Twain high schools, while Stratton and Bluefield pupils totaling forty six joined afternoon tours led by hospital volunteers.
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Beckley Veteran's Administration Hospital
Princeton
Mark Twain
Stratton
Bluefield
Blanton E. Russell
Russell
Terry Catron
Celia Bryan
Bluefield High School
Lester Area Horse Show Draws Four Hundred Attendees
About 400 people attended the annual horse show by the Lester Area Development Association and Trap Hill Saddle Club. Some 40 horses competed, with trophies awarded in Pony Lead-in and numerous prizes across Western, English, Pony, and Trail classes plus relays, muscial chairs, keyhole and obstacle events.
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Lester Area Development Association
Trap Hill Saddle Club
Jeff Cochran
Lester
Ringo
Alasia Grubb
Beckley
Shorty
Chuck Grubb
Rusty
Tom Susman
Baby Doll
David Lipscomb
Nancy
Lisa Marie
Mount Hope
Lightning
Chelya Seymour
Inky
Cindy Snuffer
Surveyor
Coco
John Bowyer
Maynor
Buckshot
Robin Green
Trigger
Robin Payne
Fury
Douglas Lipscomb
John Kizer
Ida Kay Amon
Bradley
Christie McNeely
Richard Snuffer
Pat Whitlock
Summersville
Karen Caldwell
Oak Hill
Ricky Grubb
Nicki Kizer
Ben Susman
Bonnie Boggs
Sprague
Tom Carpenter
Nancy Tieche
Dry Hill
Cathy Comer
Prosperity
Emily Hatfield
Billy Farr
Missy
Bill Sisk
Little Joe
Princess
Farr
Miss Boggs
David Farr
James Daniel
Glen Daniel
Max
Kizer
Ginger
Charles Cook
Mustang
John Grubb
Trixie
Steve Rose
Roger Darnell
Thunder
Farley Hill
Dally Allen
Bolt
Lucky
Junior Moody
Asbury
Billy Parker
Princeton
Roger Grubb
Silk
Parker
Jimmy Joe
Dale Shrewsbury
Herndon
Dusty
Honeycomb
Shrewsbury
Revival To Continue At Killarney Freewill Church
Revival began Sunday at Killarney Freewill Baptist Church and will run through the week. Evangelist is Rev. Major Holt of Coal City. Services are at 7 30 p m daily with special singing. Church pastor is Rev. Kepple Bolen.
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Killarney Freewill Baptist Church
Major Holt
Coal City
Kepple Bolen
Name Meanings from Hebrew Roots
A linguistic note observes that the boy’s name John and the girl’s name Joan derive from Hebrew words meaning God is gracious. It contrasts usage and historical forms across languages and regions.
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John
Joan
Ground ivy once touted as cure for bite and envy
Creeping myrtle or ground ivy was historically believed to cure snakebite intestinal trouble and envy.
Worrell Canterbury among Journalist of the Year contenders
Oceana High School student Darrell Worrell competes for Journalist of the Year in the Raleigh Wy oming Scholastic Press Association banquet at Mullens High School. He serves as business manager and has sold about 700 dollars in advertising. praised for initiative, responsibility, and accuracy. Nancy Canterbury of Stoco is the other candidate, associate editor of The Smoke Signal and active in Quill and Scroll and NHS. she has the highest junior GPA and performs as senior class escort.
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Oceana High School
Raleigh-Wyoming Scholastic Press Association
Darrell Worrell
Mullens High School
Darrell
Oceana
Catherine Crews
Miss Crews
Quill and Scroll
Ohio University
Raleigh
Wyoming Scholastic Association
Nancy Canterbury
Stoco
N and W predicts great future after post merger
Norfolk and Western officials in Roanoke forecast strong earnings for 1965 after absorbing Wabash Nickel Plate Sandusky Line of the Pennsylvania Railroad Pittsburgh and West Virginia and Akron Canton and Youngstown Railroads. Net income for the first quarter reached 19.7 million.
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Roanoke
Perler
Bellvue
Ohio
Science Shrinks Piles Without Surgery
New York special reports a healing substance called Bio-Dyne, used in Preparation H suppositories or ointment, that shrinks hemorrhoids, stops itching, and relieves pain without surgery. Case after case shows actual shrinkage and statements that piles have ceased to be a problem.
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New York, N. Y
Beckleyan Honored For Dean's List At Indiana Univ
Beckley resident Mrs. Peggie Reid Webb of 235 Church Street Beckley is among about 4000 students named to Indiana University's dean's list at Bloomington. The recognition honors those with at least a 3.3 GPA on a high achieving slate during a convocation marking IU's 145th founding anniversary.
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Peggie Reid Webb
Church St
Beckley
Indiana University
Bloomington
Ind
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Ohio- W. Va
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Lawrence E. Ward Jr
Washington, D. C
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Cleveland
Grayson Brantley
Whitby
Bill Byrd
Health Careers
Kings Point
N. Y
Dean Rasmussen
Merchant Marine Academy
PSP
Crown Cleaners
N. Vance
Roger Cook
Crozett
Little Beaver
Little Beaver Park
Bill Elkin
W. G. Elkin
Kathy
Nordstrom
Bill
Worrell
Canterbury
the Smoke Signal
H. L. Knapp
Fireco Methodist Church
N&w
John P. Fishwick
Erie-Lackawanna
Delaware & Hudson
Boston
Maine
Fishwick
E&l
Beckleyan
Mountain State
Hearing Aid Center
DIAL
Main ST
W. VA
OLD Line Legal Reserve Life Insurance
Central Security Life Insurance Co
West Rosedale
Fort Worth
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