Raleigh County Names First 30 To Science Camp Aug 8 13
Raleigh County selects 30 students from 50 schools for the first county Science Camp to be held August 8 through 13 at the Raleigh County 4-H Camp. Fourteen alternates are named from 158 applicants. Coordinators are William G. Clark and James K. Lowry with a broader committee including Kenneth Gross Jennie Amato Lawrence Pruett Jr and Vance Bland.
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Raleigh County
William G. Clark
4-H
James K. Lowry
Kenneth Gross
Jennie Amato
Lawrence Pruett Jr
Vance Bland
Michael Carte
Mark Twain
Charlotte Jackson
Stratton
Charles Smith
Laura Ellen Roach
David Vaughn
Beckley
David Covey
Eccles
David White
Glen White
Peggy Richmond
Margaret Jane Rayhill
Marsh Fork
Alice Duncan
Debra Harris
David McDorman
Stoco
J. D. Robinson
Beaver
Daniel L. Stevenson
Bradley
Frederick L. Cantaberry
Brooks-Adair
Brenda Addison
Dirtsville
Sandra Wood
Linda Wisnewski
Crab Orcharn
Danny Loudermilk
Karen Albert
Linda Gilkerson
Joe Straton
Crescent
Charles Edward Almond
Daniels
Carolyn Canada
East Park
Linda Cadle
Hollywood
Richard Alan Vaughn
Institute
Robert Las
Beckley Women’s events calendar for Friday and Tuesday
Local Women’s Department invites notices for regular and special meetings. Friday listings include Queen Esther Court No 53, Byrd Bible Class, Maxwell Hill Demonstration Club, Willing Workers Club, Gulf Women's Social Club, Social Saving Club, Calico and Jeans Square Dance, and more with times and venues. Tuesday items feature The King’s Daughters luncheon, Degree of Honor Lodge dinner, Dry Hill Home Demonstration Club, Phymosia Garden Club, and Coca-Cola Social Room gathering.
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Women's Department of
Beckley
Disabled Miners Sue DMA Officers Over Misuse of Funds
In Raleigh County Circuit Court Everett Lester C M Elmore John Rupe E P Lilly and William P Hopkins file suit against DMA officers led by President Sokola and others alleging misappropriation and irregular fund handling since 1960 The plaintiffs seek impounding funds reorganizing the corporation returning unlawfully spent money and triggering new officer elections The DMA formed to provide hospital benefits and took powers away from UMWA boards after 1960 decisions.
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Disabled Miners Association
DMA
Raleigh County
Everett Lester
C. M. Elmore
John Rupe
E. P. Lilly
William P. Hopkins
Elmore
Steve Sokola
Sophia
Fiore Reece
Rt. 1
Sprague
Omar Williams
Skelton
Alex Fralin
Stotesbury
Roy McCoy
Sullivan
Sokola
Circuit Court
Treasury
Internal Revenue Service
Joseph Luchini
United Mine Workers of America Welfare and Retirement Fund
NBPSD Ordered to Answer $6,000 Property Damage Suit
The North Beckley Public Service District was ordered by Circuit Court Judge Norman Knapp to answer a $6,000 property damage complaint filed by Maxwell Hill couple Robert W. and Ira Mae Maynor. Co-defendants include James D. Lilly and Basil Bailey. A hearing is set for June 1 at 1:30 p.m. to explain why the judgment should not be awarded. The Maynors claim NBPSD workers trespassed while laying sewer lines in December 1962, damaging four lots in the Maxwell Hill Truck Farms Addition and altering water flow with three unsightly manholes. Counsel for the plaintiffs is Anthony J. Sparacino.
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North Beckley Public Service
Norman Knapp
Maxwell Hill
Robert W
Ira Mae Maynor
James D. Lilly
Basil Bailey
Maxwell Hill Truck Farms
NBPSD
Erty
Maynors
Anthony J. Sparacino
Renowned Actor Cast as John Morgan in Honey in the Rock
Ewel Cornett, hailed as an actor of tremendous talent, is cast as John Morgan in the Civil War musical Honey in the Rock opening June 26 at Cliffside Amphitheatre Grand View State Park West Virginia. Cornett, 6 3 and versatile, has appeared on Omnibus and in Broadway tours and formed the Actors Theatre of Louisville. He will lead a cast of over 50 in a story of Western Virginia’s formation during the Civil War.
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Ewel Cornett
John Morgan
Leonard Bernstien
New York Philharmonic
Cornett
Actors Theatre of
Louisville
Whas-Tv
Chekhov
Genevieve
Betsy Palmer
Papermill Playhouse
Pittsburgh Playhouse
Othello
Curley
Figaro
Tarquinius
Lucrecia
John Worthing
Ernest
University of Illinois
Honey
Dr. McDowell
Stephen Foster
David Saddletree
John Freeman
Cliffside Amphitheatre
Grandview State Park
Tray
Melinda
Rozanne Ellen Gates
Houston
Tex
Roxanne
Vincent Dennis
Whitey Hawkins
Dennis
Rozanne
Bellaire High School
Southern Methodist University
Dallas
Shreveport
SMU
Texas
Western
Virginia
Jeffery Lynn Cowden
Smyrna
Davind
Central High
Teddington
England
Marshall
Alpha Psi Omega
Phi Mu Alpha
Childen
Beckley
Navy has not held an execution since 1842
Records note the United States Navy has not conducted an execution since 1842 per the Encyclopaedia Britannica. The statement emphasizes the long gap in capital punishment by naval authorities and reflects historical penal practices in the 19th century.
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U. S. Navy
Encyclopaedia Britannica
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Fagan
Rock
Raleigh County Vocational School
Phyllis Lindsay
Sharon Polk
Ida Carper
Carper
Esther Court
Heroines of
Jericho
G St
Byrd
Crab Orchard Baptist Church
Maxwell Hill Community Center
Willing Workers Club of
New Hope Baptist Church
Gulf Women’s Social Club
Leon Johnson
Pickshin
Social Saving Club
Olive Lilly
Smoot St
Calico and Jeans Squaredance Club
New River Park Recreation Room
Bob Dubree
Knoxville, Tenn
Woman's Club of
Black Knight Country Club
AME
Mill St
Ladies Savings Club
North Beckley
Carlena Nation
Beckley Legal Secretaries Association
Beckley Hotel
Sunbeam Mission Society of
New Hope
Mountain Top Garden Club
Appalachian Assembly Room
Friendship Hall of
First Baptist Church
IOOF
Valley Drive
Dry Hill Home
Shelby Stump
Dry Hill Rd
Phymosia Garden Club
Coca-Cola
Glen White Road
T Stevens
Jones and Romero
MOM
Wesley
Shirley Malaine
Peter Ustinov
Richard Crenna
Pineville
Troy Donohue
Suzanne Pleshette
Glen Ford
Hope Lange
Romance
Racine
James
Pamela Darren - Tiffin
Dug Joanie McClure “Sommers
Ively AY
Nico
Tommy Kirk
Annette Funicello
Elsa Lanchester
Harvey Lembeck
Jesse White
Jody McCrea
Ben Lessy
Donna Loren
Susan Hart
Bobbi Shaw
Candy Johnson
Sae
Buster Keaton
Dorothy Lamour
American International
Dr. In
Harry Guardino
Shirley Eaton
Pulver
Robert Walker
Tommy Sands
Vincent Price
Debro Paget
Hall
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