Van Dyke and Rev Davis To Speak At Trap Hill Graduation
Trap Hill High School will hold graduation exercises on Tuesday June 7 at 8 p.m. in the school auditorium with Jack Van Dyke Dean of Beckley College as commencement speaker. Rev Robert L Davis will deliver the baccalaureate sermon on Sunday June 5 at 8 p.m. Other clergymen assisting are Rev Carl Payne and Rev M H Dinsmore. Lonnie Ray Barker and Eugene Donald Schuman Jr head the class of 89 as valedictorian and salutatorian. The class will be received by Sherman Trail, with diplomas presented by Dr E B Wray. List of graduating candidates includes numerous local students from Glen Daniel Eccles Bolt and surrounding areas.
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RNS
Trap Hill High School
Harvey Pauley
Robert L. Davis
Glen Daniel
Davis
Carl Payne
Breckenridge Baptist Church
Bolt
M. H. Dinsmore
Lonnie
Piedmont Planes Boarded Per Day Above CAB Minimum
A survey shows Piedmont Airlines averaged 9.25 passengers daily at Raleigh County Airport in 1965, with all 69 served cities exceeding the CAB five-per-day minimum. In early 1966 Piedmont averaged 8.65 daily at the same airport, with January 8.54, February 7.79, March 11.70, and April 11.60 totals. The CAB sent survey letters to mayors of all communities served by local service airlines.
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Piedmont Airlines
Raleigh County
Civil Aeronautic Board
Piedmont
CAB
Raleigh County Memorial
Seventh-day Adventist Sabbath Services Saturday
The Seventh Adventist Church at 1210 F Street will hold Sabbath School at 10 50 a.m. Saturday. The sermon will be delivered at 11 30 a.m. by Elder Louis Preston, according to publicity chairman Mrs. Grace Thompson.
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Seventh Adventist Church
F. Street
Louis Preston
Grace Thompson
VIS Awards Program Set at Raleigh County School
The Raleigh County Vocational Technical School will honor students in an awards program on Friday May 27. An outstanding student in each shop will receive awards and certificates for perfect and faithful attendance. A Moose Merit Award will be presented to a senior student.
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Raleigh County Vocational Technical School
Long hair debate in school ethics dialogue
In a Dear Mrs Light column a student complains teachers enforce hair rules by pinning back long hair while boys’ hair over the eyes is discouraged. The adviser argues teachers break the spirit of the rules and notes educators have their own ethics codes, citing George Washington’s era as context.
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Newspaper Enterprise Assn
George Washington
Chesapeake and Ohio Railway sues Knoxville coal firms
The Chesapeake and Ohio Railway Co. files civil action in Circuit Clerk's Office against Associated Coals, Inc. and Southern Collieries Corp. for 3100 dollars plus interest and costs for failing to remove their tipple from railway property. Attachment sought on the tipple at Cleve, Raleigh County Town District. Huddleston and Bolen of Huntington represent the plaintiff.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chesapeake and Ohio Railway Co
Knoxville, Tenn
Associated Coals, Inc
Southern Colleries Corp
Cleve
Raleigh County
Huddleston and Bolen
Huntington
Dear Mrs Light Boots or rubbers at school
A reader questions a school rule requiring boots or rubbers even on good days. The adviser defends rules as teaching respect for authority and notes weather can make puddles tempting for children, citing recess time suspensions for noncompliance.
School problems sent to Susan Light care of The Raleigh Register
Readers are invited to send school problems to Susan Light in care of The Raleigh Register. The column will address letters of general interest, though she cannot reply personally to each one.
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Susan Light
Raleigh Register
Eight area residents fined for conservation law violations
Captain Raymond V. Eye reports eight locals fined for conservation law violations. Earl Williams 22 Oak Hill was fined 20 dollars plus 4 costs for removing dirt from a park. George Austin 41 Garten paid 20 plus 4 costs for littering New River near Fayette Station. Clyde Sanders 53 Madison fined 20 plus 4 costs for unlicensed motorboat operation on New River at Hinton. Kenneth M. Howard 28 Newport cited for improper fishing license at Greenbrier River. Edna Sexton 38 Oak Hill fined 20 plus 4 costs for fishing without a license at New River Fayette Station. C. C. Blevins 50 Mayberry charged with highway littering on Secondary 1952. fined 20 dollars plus 4 costs. Hearld L. Doss 49 Clear Creek Raleigh County pleaded guilty to permitting fire to escape. fined 20 dollars plus. Ellison H. Acord 26 Slab Fork charged with possessing fishing gear without a license near a stream. fined 20 dollars plus 4 costs.
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Raymond V. Eye
Department of Natural Resources
Earl Williams
Oak Hill
Plum Orchard Lake
Fayette County
Williams
Martin Piotrowski
George Austin
Garten
New River
Fayette Station
Austin
Piotrowski
Clyde Sanders
Madison
Hinton
Summers County
Sanders
John Wingfield
Kenneth M. Howard
Newport
Greenbrier
Two GOP Candidates File Election Expenses for May Primary
Two Republican nominees for the House of Delegates filed statements of expenditures and donations covering May 3 through election day. Robert B. Sayre reported no expenses or donations in the recent period, plus a $15 filing fee before May 3. Robert Thomson Jr. reported $33.86 in expenses for the entire election and no entries for the recent period.
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House of Delegates
Robert B. Sayre
Robert Thomson Jr
Easter Island Lacks Potable Water Options
Easter Island has scant potable water due to the absence of springs or streams and few wells. The island relies on limited sources to meet local needs, highlighting ongoing water supply challenges for residents and visitors.
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Easter Island
Land-Of-The-Hills Fire Department Retains Directors
Land-of-the-Hills Fire Department kept its 18 directors for 1967 at a meeting held at Dry Hill Prosperity Community Center. Officers were reaffirmed, and a first four-month 1967 election was planned. The group outlined a six road-mile service area and cited a goal of 40,000 dollars to fund equipment and a firehouse, with donor receipts refundable if the project fails.
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Land
Land-of-the- Hills
David Kennedy
Dry Hill
Kennedy
Bnai B’rith Donates To Two Beckley Scholarship Funds
Members of the Bnai B’rith Beth E Congregation of Beckley voted Sunday to donate to two local scholarships. A spokesman said $100 will go to the Beverly Samans Memorial Scholarship for music and $50 to the Citizens Scholarship Foundation of Beckley, Inc.
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B'nai B'rith
Beth E
Beckley
Beverly Samans
Citizens Scholarship Foundation of Beckley, Inc
Military Men In The News At Home
Sergeant Alphonso Mitchell of Camp Drum New York completed training with the 196th Light Infantry Brigade from Fort Devens Massachusetts. Airman Steven Braskey and Lieutenant Kenneth Williams also advance in service with assignments and education completed. The piece lists recent enlistments in Army and Air Force across multiple West Virginia towns with trainer names and training sites.
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Alphonso S. Mitchell
Mildred M. Mitchell
Resoco
Camp Drum
N. Y
196Th Light Infantry Brigade
Fort Devens
Mass
Mitchell
31St Infantry
196Th
Fort Benning
Camp Kaiser
Korea
Byrd-Prillerman High School
Amigo
Richard E. Powell
Theodore W. Powell
Kopperston
Army Southwastern Signal School
Fort Gordon
Powell
Army
Fort Knox
Oceana High School
Wyoming Vocational Technical School
Pineville
Area Journalists Boost Loan Fund
The Raleigh Wyoming County Press Association donated $100 to the National Defense Loan Fund at West Virginia University. Miss Karen Snider of Oceana High School said seven member schools funded most of the money through brownie sales. The WVU Foundation received the donation and a $900 federal match, totaling $1,000. Active high schools include Marsh Fork Stoco Clear Fork Mullens Oceana Woodrow Wilson Beckley Pineville.
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Raleigh-Wyoming County Press Association
National Defense Loan Fund
West Virginia University
Karen Snider
Oceana High School
RWCPA
WVU Foundation, Inc
Marsh Fork
Stoco
Clear Fork
Mullens
Oceana
Woodrow Wilson
Beckley
Pineville
MacArthur Girl Cast In Honey For Sixth Year
Miss Joan Mills of MacArthur will join the Honey troupe for the sixth consecutive season opening June 25 at Cliffside Amphitheatre Grandview State Park. The WVU student and dancer, daughter of Mr and Mrs Kenneth Mills, has appeared in Honey in the Rock since 1961 and will perform with the 14 member cast through September 4. Tickets range 1 to 3 dollars with reservations through Honey in the Rock Beckley.
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MacArthur
Joan Mills
Kenneth Mills
Alan
Joan
Honey
West Virginia
West Virginia University
Woodrow Wilson High School
Orchesis
WVU Modern Dance Group
Lizzie Borden
Fall River
University
Jaycees Honor Lilly And Fraley
Beckley Jaycees cited James Lilly as Jaycee of the Month for work in recent months at a Wednesday meeting. James Fraley named spark plug of the month for election as National Jaycee chairman at a Huntington regional meeting last week. Cabe announced the upcoming Jaycee Road-e-o with applications at the club house Saturday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James Lilly
Beckley Jaycees
James Fraley
Huntington
James Cabe
Rhododendron Bloom Unhindered by Park Freeze at Grandview
Park Superintendent Hunter Boggs says the recent freeze will not stop rhododendron blooms at Grandview State Park. A few plants may bloom this weekend with full bloom expected by Memorial Day May 30 when the park opens. The flower is late due to cool spring weather. Easter to date attendance mirrors 1965’s record level around 170 000 visitors.
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Grandview State Park
Hunter Boggs
Boggs
Raleigh County
Grandview Park
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Charlie Barker
Eccles
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Johnny Allen
Fairdale
Lincoln
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Rose Lee Fugate
Lester
Sandra Hale
Katrina Hamby
George Harrison, Jr
James Herron
Andrew Holland
Darell Hollandsworth
Lois Holt
James Hurst
Saxon
Jerry Hurst
Richard Jenkins
Gloria Johnson
Toby Johnson
Frankie Kyle
Larry Lemon
Drema Lear
Surveyor
Sharon Lomax
Billie Manning
Carlos Manning
Sharon Martin
Judy Miller
Clarence Mitchell
Nee Mitchem
Michael Mouvich
Jerry McMillion
Larry McMillion
Boyd O'Kelly
Roger O'Neal
Peggy Painter
Darleen Permelia
Violet Persinger
Sandlick
Treva Rakes
Eugene Schuman Jr
Patricia Levert
Sandra Simms
Sonny Smith
Cleo Snuffer
David Soulsby
Herbert Stover
Harper
Alfred Taylor
Martha Tolley
Sharon Toney
Leon Trent
Loudeman Trent
Danny Trump
Jerry Turner
Donald Wahl
Carolyn Walker
Jerry Waller
Loralie Williams
Danny Young
Carol Young
Margaret Dillon
Rt. 3
Bonnie Bennett
R. L. Davis
John van Dyke
Sabbath School
VIS
By Susan Light
Fire Department
Beckley Plaza
U. S. 19
W. Va
Batoff Mountain
Raleich Heights
Bradley
Corporation Fine
City of
of Beckley
Steven W. Braskey
John Barry, Eccles
Sheppard Afb
Tex
U. S. Air Force
Braskey
Trap Hill
Sewart Afb
Tenn
Tactical Air Command
Kenneth J. Williams
Gertrude L. Williams
Box
Army Command and General Staff College
Fort Leavenworth
Kan
Harold K. Johnson
U. S. Army
Colonel Williams
Morgantown
Reserve Officer Training Corps
Thomas N. Williams
James Leroy Haynes Jr
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Darrell Leaton Clark
Charleston
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Carl Randolph Holton
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James Howard Elmore
Clendenin
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Leone Elmore
AIR Force
Amarillo Afb
Ronald A. King
Frederick King
Charles E. Campbell
Crab Orchard
James W. Campbell
Dennis D. Andrews
Bluefield
Kenneth W. Phillips
Lerena
Lackland Afb
Ottoway F. Elkins
Oceans
Ulvert Elkins
Gary J. Campbell
James Campbell
William F. Smith
Alex Smith
James W. Fern
Bristol
William R. Lawrence
South Charleston
Norman L. Hall
Charles W. Reed
Princeton
Gary L. Carpenter
Hurricane
Charles L. Allen I
Everett W. Gibson
Buddy G. Thaxton
Terry G. Browning
St. Albans
Larry C. Deaton
Blacksburg
Larry J. Pack
Hillsville
Larry E. Kennedy
William F. Spence
Gilmer A. Wade
Shortt Gap
Bobby E. Hatfield
Boston
Kenneth D. Meadows
George R. Hays
Elkview
Donald R. Ratcliff
Grover E. Rye
North Tazewell
Gary W. Duffield
Duck
Jackie D. Mullins
Robert D. Taylor
Allen R. Means
James C. Vaneris
Webster Springs
Kenneth W. Beaty
Belpre
Ohio
Carl L. Connell
Summersville
James A. Thomas
Kingsport
Tommy R. Sarah
Superior
Darrell R. Jenkins
Covel
Ronald C. Kirby
Vienna
Daniel J. Braley
Garland B. Brown
Whitewood
William P. McNally
Carrolls D. Luther
Coeburn
Charles A. Lawson
Pulaski
Robert L. Crockett
William M. Clark
Michael D. Harra
Watertown
Russell E. Melvin
Dublin
James F. Slack
Belle
James L. Akers
Wytheville
Joseph M. Neenan
George S. Barrett
Larry E. Atkins
Charles H. Haulsee
Marion
Rodney D._ Shepherd
Bishop
Frank E. Reedy
Warriormines
Thomas E. Harper
Paul A. Carmean
Stewart W. Redden
Meadow Bridge
William D. Hayes
Ronald K. Hypes
Winona
Daniel L. Taylor
Anawalt
Bank of Raleigh
Kanawha Streets
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Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
Orkin
Kanawha Street
Jaycees
Lilly
Fraley
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