New Band Students Entertained At SOPHIA High Open House
SOPHIA high school band mothers held a meeting to plan an open house for new band students and parents on Wednesday at 7 30 p m. The event will help students try instruments for next year while new officers were elected. Members approved purchasing 10 new uniforms and distributed game shirt T shirts for sale to elementary students. Home games grant free admission to students in the shirts. Refreshments were served to 13 attendees.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sophie
Retirement Approved For 19 Beckley County Teachers
The State Teachers Retirement Board approved annuity applications for 19 Beckley area teachers on Friday. Names include James R. Deitz Lookout John Q. Deitz Meadow Bluff Roxie S. Hall Ramage Carl B. Hamric Richwood John A. Johnson Rupert Mayme H. Kirk Pineville Vera R. Martin Ethel Mason Oak Hill H. Rodgers McVey Alderson Wiley H. Meadows Coal City Florence Y. Moore Madison Stella M. Nelson Alderson H. J. Shumaker Blue Jay Welford R. Smoot Seth Wilm Stewart Rhodell Anna M. Warden Oak Hill James W. Williams Rupert Bertha D. Wood Montgomery. In other action the board approved 2351 membership applications for teaching and non teaching county board employees and 440 from state educational institutions. Eighty one requests from counties and units to retain personnel age 65 plus for 1959 60 term. Counts include Monongalia McDowell Mercer Taylor Tyler Woods West Virginia State College and 41 from West Virginia University.
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Beckley
State Teachers Retirement Board
James R. Deitz
Lookout
John Q. Deitz
Meadow Bluff
Roxie S. Hall
Ramage
Carl B. Hamric
Richwood
John A. Johnson
Rupert
Mayme H. Kirk
Pineville
Vera R. Martin
Ethel Mason
Oak Hill
H. Rodgers McVey
Alderson
Wiley H. Meadows
Coal City
Florence Y
Welford R. Smoot
Seth
Wilm Stewart
Rhodell
Anna M. Warden
James W. Williams
Bertha D. Wood
Montgomery
J Board
County Boards of Education
Monongalia County
McDowell
Mercer
Taylor
Tyler
Woods
West Virginia States College
West Virginia University
Sophia School honors team and cheerleaders in tournament
Sophia Elementary School basketball team, led by co captains Doug Basham and Kenneth Bowers, and players including Mickey Stone Gerald Fathing Clyde Goins Bill Blevins Keith Hartson Paul Crutchfield Ronald Akers Mickey Lawrence Curtis Hunt Ross Hutchens and John Tilley, won best cheer trophy in both Raleigh County tournaments. Managers were Rodney Saunders and Gary Allen. Cheerleaders Jo Ann Kendrick Myra Barr Nancy Eddins Diani Calvert Jesse McElrath Veronica Wolfe. Special guests Mrs Nelle Keefer and Norval Cook attended as principal.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sophia
RNS
Raleigh County
Doug Basham
Kenneth Bowers
Mickey Stone
Gerald Fathing
Clyde Goins
Bill Blevins
Keith Hartson
Paul Crutchfield
Ronald Akers
Mickey Lawrence
Curtis Hunt
Ross Hut
Methodist pastor Charles B Cox undergoes major surgery
The Rev Charles B Cox pastor of the Methodist churches of the Stephenson charge underwent major surgery Friday at Laird Memorial Hospital Montgomery. His condition Sunday was reported as satisfactory. The Stephenson charge includes churches at Rhodell Stephenson Wyco and Alpoca.
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Rhodell
Charles B. Cox
Methodist Churches
Stephenson
Laird Memorial Hospital
Montgomery
Rhodell, Stephenson, Wyco
Alpoca
Yaeger Breaks Sonic Barrier in First Faster‑Than‑Sound Flight
In 1947 Captain Charles E Yaeger from West Virginia shattered the sound barrier, flying at 671 miles per hour to achieve the first ever faster‑than‑sound flight marking a milestone in aviation history.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles E
Chuck" Yaeger
West Virginia
Measles Plague State Youngsters
influenza like diseases were most prevalent in Raleigh County for the week ending May 9. the report shows 428 measles cases in the state versus 310 influenza like disease cases. Raleigh County reported 19 measles and 34 flu type cases along with streptococcal infections and tuberculosis. Wyoming County logged six measles and 25 influenza like disease cases with six streptococcal infections and six whooping cough. Fayette County reported nothing.
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Raleigh County
West Virginia
Department of Health Disease Control
Wyoming County
Fayette County
Legionnaires Gather for Beckley District Convention
About 85 American Legion members attended the Beckley district convention. Three resolutions were adopted to back Bonn Brown Elkins for July, urge December 1 as USS West Virginia Day, and to issue veteran car emblems. Delegates for the national convention were elected: Coffey Welch Massey Jr. Also named were department convention committees with various members and roles. The Sixth District vice commander was J C Cole Bluefield. State convention heads to Parkersburg July 24-26. national meeting in Minneapolis and St Paul.
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American Legion
Becklley
Bonn Brown
Elkins
West Virginia
Dean Coffey
Princeton
Post
F. A
French
Welch
John Massey Jr
Gary
Department
Massey
H. C
Nicholas
Robert Horton
Mullens
Harry West
Bluefield
Pat Carrie
Coffey
Howard Wade
Kimball
W. R. Fugitt
Beckley
Dewey
Mentz
Buck Jones
Bradshaw
J. C. Cole
Parkersburg
Minneapolis
St. Paul
Minnesota
Off Broadway Tops Broadway With Teachers In Tag
At a Modern Language Association convention in New York five of ten plays rated highly for teachers were off Broadway. Off Broadway selections included Ivanov Quare Fellow Salad Days The Crucible and The Power and the Glory. Broadway picks were J B West Side Story A Touch of the Poet and Two for the Seesaw.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Off-Broadway
New York
Broadway
Modern Language Assn
Ivanov
Poet
Cooperation centers off Broadway box office for public
New York AP reports cooperation among show grievers created a central information exchange during the December newspaper strike. The system proved so successful it became permanent. Public entertainment and shopping readers can learn what is playing or order tickets by telephone or letter to the central box office at 162 Second Ave.
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New York
New Watchword
Publc
Second Ave
Unclear Temperature Reading Reported in Iraq
A fragment notes temperatures as high as 18 peeseee Fahrenheit in Iraq, with the wording indicating a data error or transcription issue rather than a confirmed reading. No other details are provided about location, time, or source.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Iraq
Industrial Development Leader To Speak At Thursday Confab
William R. Davlin, Pennsylvania Commerce Secretary and pioneer in state industrial development, will be the luncheon speaker at Beckley’s Sixth Annual Industrial Conference. The program includes a panel on attracting new industry and features officials from area utilities and chambers. Beckley hosts the event with pre-conference tours and a social hour planned.
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Pennsylvania
Beckley
William R. Davlin
Pennsylvania Department of Commerce
Davlin
U. S. Department of Commerce
Naional Resources Planning Board
Don Crislip
Frank H. Stedman
West Virginia Industrial and Pub
U. S. Chamber of Commerce
Kcity Commission
Hugh Stillman
Utilities Association of the
Virginias
Commerce
Crislip
Morgantown
Charleston
Parkersburg
Huntington
Beckley Chamber of Commerce
Have Guitar Will Travel Smith College Folk Singer
Molly Smith of Smith College aims for a career in folk singing. At 21 she has funded her education with radio TV club and convention performances and travels coast to coast during vacations. She sees growing interest in folk and coffee house venues, valuing atmosphere over crowd noise and hopes to keep touring after graduation.
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Wellsville
N.Y
Molly Smith
Molly
Lord Randal
Smith College
Rhodell PTA Sponsors Outing At Wilderness Camporee
Rhodell Rhode ll area Troop 198 of the Boy Scouts of America, sponsored by the Rhodell PTA, participated in the spring camporee at Camp Wilderness. Attendees included scoutmaster Bill Shrewsbury and several assistants and scouts such as Cline Ritchie Walter Whittaker Charles Hornbuckle Walter Whittaker Jr Freddy Nicely Roger Perdue Wayne Perdue Roger Smith Arthur Burdiss Danny Young Michael Hugbert and Richard Shrewsbury.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rhodell
RNS
Camp Wilderness
Troop 198
Boy Scouts of America
Parent-Teacher Association
Bill Shrewsbury
Rethal Kincaid
Cline Ritchie
Walter Whittaker
Charles Hornbuckle
Walter Whittaker Jr
Freddy Nicely
Roger Perdue
Wayne Perdue
Roger Smith
Arthur Burdiss
Danny Young
Michael Hugbert
Richard Shrewsbury
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Cool Ridge
Posey
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Darvin
Frank Morton
George Blake
Paul Mason
Delmar Darnell
Clinton Shumate
Leighton Farley
Dewey Jones
Sophia School
Webb Florist
Crab Orchard
W. Va
Call Home Modernization CO
FHA
Earwood St
Cincinnati
Columbus
Norfolk
Richmond
Clifford
Governor Underwood
William T. Miller
Securities, Inc
H. Powell Jenkins
North Carolina Business Development
Hulett C. Smith
Frank Barksdale
Beckley Chamber
Gerald Miller
Rhodell Pta
Mutichler, Wood-Mode
Bill Bower
S. Kanawha
Philco
Beckley Music & Electric Co
Prince St
Budget Shop
North Fayette St
Chrysler Corporation
Dodge
Duncan-Catron Motor Co., Inc
Prince Street
Beckley, W. VA
Phillips Motor Company, Inc
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