Age-Old Arts Gain Popularity At Beckley College
Beckley College art students under Mrs. A David Abrams Jr learn tie-dyeing and batik as a growing fad. The article covers batik steps from fabric prep to waxing dyeing and finishing and notes Abrams credentials and teaching roles along with her family and husband serving in Vietnam.
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Sharon Turner
Beckley College
A. David Abrams Jr
Langhorne Lewis
Beckley
Orient
Cinnati U
Abrams
Stephen’s College
Columbia
State crews plant 100000 trees on 100 acres in Sullivan area
Beavo Coal Co and partners lead a joint effort with the Soil Conservation Service to plant 100000 trees across about 100 acres in Sullivan and Jonben this week. The project includes white pine pitch pine poplar autumn olive and some walnut as a long term land restoration effort not mine-site rehab. The nearby crews from Summers County will perform the work and trees can be purchased through the state DNA for planting by the SCS crew or hired locally.
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Beaver Coal
Sullivan
Jonben
Sullivan and
Beaver Coal Co
Don Summers
Beckley Office
Soil Conservation Service
Summers
Department of Natural Resources
Ray Arnold
Thomas Howard
Beckley Beaver Coal Co
Howard
Orville H. Bullitt
Philadelphia
Bullitt
Summers County
Raleigh County
Gospel Sing at Crab Orchard Church of the Brethren
A gospel sing is set for Saturday at 7 p m at Crab Orchard Church of the Brethren. Singers invited include Singtime Quartet Evangeliers Quartet and Gospel Belles with Wayne Gunge along with the host church adult choir and Gospel Tones. Rev Glen Sege serves as host pastor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Crab Orchard
Atomic Powered Pacemaker Meets Success In Testing
Washington reports on a compact atomic powered intracardiac pacemaker tested in dogs for a year by Dr. J William Spickler of the Cox Heart Institute Dayton Ohio The device delivers 100 beats per minute with no complications and uses a nuclear battery expected to last five to ten years. French trials replace a conventional battery while U S design implants the entire unit in the heart.
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Washington
D. C
National Society For Medical Research
William Spickler
Cox Heart Institute
France
Spickler
United States
Medical Research Society
Atomic Energy Commission
Beckley-Raleigh Wins Second in State Chamber Contest
The Beckley Raleigh County Chamber wins second place in the State Chamber of Commerce 1970 Community Betterment contest division five for areas with 10,000 plus. A $500 award will be presented to President-elect John W. Saunders at Black Knight Country Club by Oscar Adams. The prize is split among nine local groups including YMCA Beaver Volunteer Fire Department Woman's Club of Beckley and City of Beckley. Huntington won first place.
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State Chamber of Commerce
Beckley-Raleigh
John W. Saunders
Saunders
Oscar Adams
Bluefield
West Virginia Chamber of Commerce Board of Directors
Black Knight Country Club
Robert Hamilton
Beckley-Raleigh County Chamber of Commerce
YMCA
Beaver Volunteer Fire Department
Woman’s Club of
Beckley
Quota Club
Community Preps
City of
Allen Junction man arrested for drunken driving
Walter M. Moore age 75 of Allen Junction was arrested Wednesday on a drunken driving charge and released after posting a $111.50 bond to the city.
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Walter M. Moore
Allen Junction
Groundbreaking Planned for Mount Tabor Church Addition
Groundbreaking ceremonies for a 40 by 80 foot two story addition at Mount Tabor Baptist Church are set for May 23 during the 10 am Sunday School hour. Rev Lee Fullmer will speak on Prepared Workers at 11 am. BYF meets at 6 pm then 7 pm service. Construction begins the following week by Harold Arthur and others. The $60,000 bond will fund the project at 6 percent interest, with occupancy planned for November.
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Mount Tabor Baptist Church
Lee Fullmer
Baptist Youth Fellowship
BYF
Harold Arthur
Piney View
Rudolph Arthur
Bradley
William Arthur
Oak Hill
Real estate deeds filed in county clerk records
Deeds on file list transfers: Horse and Thelma Stover to James A and Betty Dearing for two tracts on Maple Fork waters at 30000 dollars. Feleksi Perkowski to Ike Mjovich for two Trap Hill District lots at 4000 dollars. Rhonda Adkins to Okey R and Janet G Cox for land in Soak Creek Slab Fork District at 7500 dollars.
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Horse
Thelma Stover
James A
Betty Dearing
Maple Fork
Feleksi Perkowski
Ike Mjovich
Trap Hill
Rhonda Adkins
Okey R
Janet G. Cox
Soak Creek
Slab Fork
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Stoco, Sophia
Shady Spring
University of Cincinnati
Jessie Paul
Cincinnati U
Department of Art Education
University
Albert P.streitman
Delta Delta Delta Sorority
Delta Phi Delta
C. S. Lewis
Virginia St
Vietnam
U.S. Army
Helena Cox
Steve Isaac
Donald
Madonna
David Abrams Jr
Madonna) Abshire
Ernestine Cochran
Wanda Miles
Thomas Hardy
The
D'Urbervilles
New Hope Baptist Church
Gregory Street
Wood
Newark
N. J
Cornerstone Baptist Church
J.L. Bly
Richard ‘Snuffer
Surveyor
Vinleigh & Register
West Virginia
Imperial Fine China
Beckley National
W. M. Dalton
Beckley National Bank
Lender Federe
Deport Reference Corporetion
Mevala
Robert Pulliam
Main
Prince Streets
Pol. Adv
Central Avenue
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