Fire Protection Fee Considered For City
Beckley mayor says council will consider a fire protection fee to buy and maintain equipment and pay firemen. No election needed. council to draft ordinance and set rate later. Some WV cities use 35 to 45 cents per $100 of improvements. vacant lots not taxed. Revenue would stay in fire protection and not exceed estimated annual amount.
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Beckley
John W. Smith
Smith
West Virginia
Bluefield
Charleston
Huntington
Wheeling
Clarksburg
Parkersburg
Humphrey
Raritans Annual Barbecue Slated at Shady Spring
The Raritans will hold their annual chicken barbecue from noon to 7 30 p m Saturday at Shady Spring Grade School. Food served in the cafeteria with advance orders. Proceeds benefit Shady Spring High School Scholarship Foundation and Boy Scout Troop 295. $75 pledged by Ruritans to the scholarship fund. Members voted to donate $1 per member to the new national headquarters in Dublin Virginia.
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Shady Spring Raritans
Shady Spring
Shady Spring High School Scholarship Foundation
Boy Scout Troop 295
Ruritan National
Dublin
Raleigh Countians Attend Welfare Classes in Charleston
Three Raleigh County residents plus colleagues from Fayette County will join intensive staff development sessions in Charleston May 24 28. The WVU hosted courses train 180 social workers on welfare structure ethics and interviewing. earlier 105 workers completed three week WVU courses and more training is planned for June.
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Raleigh
Morgantown
Chester Bullock
Sadie V. Campley
Mary Lacey
Raleigh County
Dorothy K. Hess
Margaret M. Hinte
Billy W. Crane Jr
Fayette County
Division of Family Services
Division of Child Welfare
WVU
Department of Social Work
Welfare Agency
Daniel Boone Hotel
Charleston
Seven Grants Awarded Sophia Scholarship Winners
Sophia Citizens Scholarship Foundation Inc announced seven Sophia High School seniors as scholarship recipients. Recipients include Roger Emory receiving 150 dollars to Beckley College, Tommy Meadows 200 dollars to Concord College, George Berry 200 dollars to Berea College Beckley, Kathy Dunn 200 dollars to Charleston Beauly Academy, Tommy Blevins 200 dollars to West Virginia Institute of Technology, Ann Walker 75 dollars to Beckley College, and Brenda Riggs 75 dollars to Beckley College. First alternate is Larry Paul Farley who plans to attend West Virginia Institute of Technology, second alternate Joan Saunders who will attend Berea College, third alternate Susan Lambert and fourth Brenda Rivers.
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Sophia High School
Sophia Citizens Scholarship Foundation Inc
Roger Emory
Beckley College
Tommy Meadows
Concord College
George Berry
Berea
Kathy Dunn
Charleston Beauly Academy
Tommy Blevins
West
Virginia Insiitute of Technology
Ann Walker
Brenda Riggs
Larry Paul Farley
West Virginia Institute of Technology
Joan Saunders
Berea College
Susan Lambert
Brenda Rivers
Beckleyan Will Receive Order Of Vandalia
West Virginia University selects Beckley resident Harry A. Stansbury and Parkersburg civic leader Mrs. Thomas L. Harris to receive The Order of Vandalia for long distinguished service to WVU and the state. Stansbury, a former athletics director, helped found the Mountaineer Scholarship Fund and led WVU through its Golden Era. Harris, named by President Johnson to a national committee, is the first woman chosen for the honor.
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Harry A. Stansbury
Beckley
West
Stansbury
West Virginia Wesleyan College
Buckhannon
West Virginia Conference Seminary
Wesleyan
West Virginia
WVU
England
Vandalia
Paul A. Miller
Commission Approves City Tone Change
Beckley Planning and Zoning approved rezoning a Croft and North Kanawha Streets building from residential to commercial to serve as an office. The change, requested by T. R. Wilson and backed by attorneys Cunningham and Sparacino, faces City Council approval within 10 days. The commission also allowed two lot consolidations at 400 Hunter St and in the Glen Morgan Addition on Berkett Street.
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Croft
North
Kanawha
Beckley Planning and Zoning Commission
T. R. Wilson
Roy A. Cunningham
Anthony J. Sparacino
Beckley Post Office
Hull
Cunningham
Wilson
Post Office
James F. Vaughan
Charles T. Moore
Hunter St
James
Frankie Wilkes
Glen Morgan
Berkett Street
Wilkes
Spring Choral Set At Pax Junior High
Pax Junior High will present the Spring Choral on Thursday at 7 p.m. in the school auditorium. The Pax Glee Club will perform with detailed participation listed across sixth through ninth grades including Mary Deal, Nancy Maynor, Cathy Wright, Sherry Wingrove, Ethel Holdren, June Maynor, Bruce Danserfield, Tracy Bailey, Elaine Tyree, Mike Godbey, Geneva Spears, Julia Thomas, Jennifer Dickerson, Joy Penn, Debbie Davis, Mary McFalls, Connie Holly, Audrey Whitlow, Darrell Ewing, David Hizey, Mike Humphrey, David Lively, John Bowyer, Violet Craddock, Kay Painter, Barbara Brown, Glenna Penn, Jeanne Williams, Yvonne Smith, Gladys Wade, and Alvin Souder.
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PAX
Pax Glee Club
Mary Deal
Nancy Maynor
Cathy Wright
Sherry Wingrove
Ethel Holdren
June Maynor
Bruce Dan¢erfield
Tracy Bailey
Elaine Tyree
Mike Godbey
Geneva Spears
Julia Thomas
Jennifer Dickerson
Joy Penn
Debbie Davis
Mary McFalls
Connie Holly
Audrey Whit
Curtain Callers promote family togetherness in Beckley play
Curtain Callers productions showcase family involvement with husbands wives and children taking on stage and backstage roles. The Man opens tonight with the Snyder family featuring Bill and Mike Snyder in speaking parts while Mrs. Snyder handles makeup and Richard distributes programs. The Patterson family also contributes with Ginger and Bill Patterson on stage and behind the scenes. The group invites local volunteers to join in producing entertainment at The Playhouse.
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Snyder
Bill
Mike
Daniel
Bette
Richard
Nancy
Playhouse
Daniel Snyder
Armed Services Get Seven Here
Four men enlisted in the Army and three entered the Air Force at the Recruiting Main Station this week. Army enlistees include Arthur Ellis Moore of Charleston and Joseph Leon Snodgrass of Charleston. Air Force recruits include Martin Lewis Tippens and Hassel Allen Boggs, both Parkersburg area natives. All Army and Air Force recruits will begin basic training at Fort Jackson and Lackland Air Force Base respectively.
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Army
Air Force
Arthur Ellis Moore
Charleston
Charles
Mary Moore
Joseph Leon Snodgrass
Julius
Kathryn Skiles
Walter Edward Lampinen
Troy
N. H
Tauno
Martha Lampinen
Gary Allen Anderson
Hacker-Valley
West
Ella Anderson
Fort Jackson
Martin Lewis Tippens
Parkersburg
Lewis and
Agnes Tippens
Hassel Allen Boggs
Wise, Va
Hasel
June Boggs
James W. Dawkins
Joe and
Bernice Dawkins
Lackland Air Force Base
Tex
Don’t Give Up The Kitchen Ants Are Easily Defeated
A county extension agent Lawrence Cavendish urges kitchen ant control using commercial sprays or dusts. He cites Chlordane Malathion and others like Dianzinon Dieldrin Lindane with directions on containers. Apply on baseboards cracks and behind baseboards in hidden areas and keep away from food, children, and pets until treated surfaces dry.
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Lawrence Cavendish
Cavendish
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Alvin
Sam) Wood
Raleigh Countians
Sophia
Beckleyan
Order of Vandalia
Commission
Pax Junior High
Teek Rice Register
Family Togetherness
Norris Garrison
Cleveland
Ohio
Rhodell Church of God
Denver Stevens
Howard Smith, Rita Wingrove
Brenda Hall, and
Lynn Craddock
Glee
Mount Hope High
Howard Wilton
the Playhouse
Ginger Patterson
the Man
Armed Services
Marsh Fork High School
Sue Underwood
Linda Hughes
Pam
Marsh Fork
Indus
Halstead
Sarah Daniel
Susie Wills
Wyoming Scholastic Press Association
Mullens
Yellowstone Distillery CO
Louisville
Kentucky
CIDAA
Earehart
Chrysler
Plymouth
Valley Drive
City Auto Service, Inc
Pineville
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