Woodrow Wilson High School Class of 1961 Reunion Planned
Nearly 150 reservations have been made for the Woodrow Wilson High School Class of 1961 reunion at the Ramada Inn with a planned 250 plus attendees after final mailings on May 6. Activities include a 6 p.m. cocktail party, 7 p.m. smorgasbord dinner, and a 3 p.m. dance with music by Living Free, plus a Sunday picnic at Grandview State Park.
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Ramada Inn
Woodrow Wilson High Schools
Hold Richmond
Richmond
Living Free
Rich
MAGAG
Grandview
State Park
Mullens Rider Wins Top Award At Lester Horse Show
Mullens rider Joe Lusk earned the Ira Canaday Memorial Trophy for most points in Classes 5 to 12 aboard X Caliber at Lester Area Development’s 12th Annual Horse Show. About 600 spectators attended at the Lester Showgrounds amid a long list of winners across 12 classes including Pony Lead, Western Pleasure and Trail events.
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Mullens
Lester Horse Show
Joe Lusk
Ira Canaday
Lester Area
Cheryl Mann
Crab Orchard
Jeanne Bailey
Ron Goodwin
Beckley
Richie Redden
Crow
Sonny
Lisa Cumbo
Hilltop
Larry Cochran
Big John
Chris Adkins
Beverly Books
Glen Daniel
Steve Sawyers
Bill
Hope B
Walter Farmer
Midway
Suzie
Vicki Redden
Pat Rose
Cottageville
Tommy Pauley
Oceana
Danny Boy
Jonie Wilcox
Sampson
Sue Green
Fairdale
Nifty
Janet Waddell
Beaver
New Carpet Business Opens at 815 North Kanawha Street
Magic Carpet Cleaners launches selling and cleaning carpets at 815 North Kanawha Street with Frank McMillion in charge. The building houses ABC Decorators. Island Beauty carpeting priced from 2 dollars per square yard. McMillion previously worked for Nash Campbell Floors and will be assisted by his son Frank Jr and Mrs McMillion.
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Magic Carpet Cleaners
North Kanawha St
Frank McMillion
ABC
McMillion
Island Beauty
Nash Campbell
Frank Jr
Mecmillion
Annie McMillion
Five Die In Kitchen Fire At Fordyce Ark
A grease fire in a wooden frame house occupied by two families in Fordyce Arkansas killed five people Saturday. Police said four escaped, one with serious burns, as firefighters battled the blaze.
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Fordyce
Ark
Subist
Newport
West Virginia Drama Association seeks $1,500 more for season fund
The West Virginia Historical Drama Association nears its 10 000 dollar goal with about 1 500 still needed. Six new members raise contributions to 8 535 from 295 members including Sears Roebuck Nellie Gundersen Bays Buick James Dodson and Dr R G Broaddus. The Beckley quota club directs the drive as weather and first year strains hit last season. The 1972 season opens June 17 with Hatfields and McCoys and Honey in the Rock running alternately through September.
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West Virginia Historical Drama Association
Sears Roebuck &Co
William C. Covey
Nellie Gundersen
Bays Buick Inc
James L. Dodson
R. G. Broaddus
Quota Club
Beckley
Drama Association
Hatfields and McCoys
Shady Spring Student Wins Kiwanis Recognition Award
Juanitay Ransom a nursing assistant program student at Raleigh County Vocational Technical Center received a Student Recognition Award from the Beckley Kiwanis Club marking the second year of such honors. The presentation by Fred Burdiss occurred at the Elks Lodge luncheon. Ransom a Shady Spring High School senior and National Honor Society member plans to enter WVIT nursing program this fall with further plans discussed at a June 3 meeting in Magistrate Joe Rodriguez's office. parents invited.
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Juanita Ransom
Raleigh County Vocational Technical Center
Beckley Kiwanis Club
The
Elks Lodge
Fred Burdiss
the Kiwanis Board of Directors
Juanitay Ransom
Club
Shady Spring
Beckley Church of God
Joe Rodriguez
Prince St
Woodrow Wilson High to Host Graduation Dance at Elks Lodge
Woodrow Wilson High School seniors will attend a graduation dance at the Beckley Elks Lodge on June 9 starting at 10 p.m. A four dollar cover charge was approved by parents who met Sunday to plan the event with Mrs. Joe Rodriguez in charge of collecting the money.
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Woodrow Wilson High School
Beckley Elks Lodge
Joe Rodriguez
Road Projects Under Way in Raleigh County
Two road improvement jobs are active in Raleigh County. Black Rock Contracting Inc. of Charleston holds a 42779.59 contract for 3.30 miles on Mount Hope Garden Grounds Road from Routes 41 and 19 to the Fayette County line, featuring a hot laid bituminous wearing course and drainage works. Acme Construction Co. of Beckley handles a 24623.75 skid resistant surface treatment on 1.07 miles of Stamford Road, with traffic control by flagmen as work progresses. Weather permitting, completion is planned for June 23.
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Raleigh County
State Department of Highways District
H. F. Schulte Jr
Black Rock Contracting Inc
Charleston
Mount Hope Garden Grounds
Fayette County
Schulte
Stamford
Acme Construction Co
Beckley
Sun bursts drive northern lights phenomenon
The aurora borealis or northern lights occur when bursts of protons and electrons from the sun strike the Earth's atmosphere, producing shimmering displays across polar skies.
Chevelle Named Best Intermediate Sedan of 1972
Car and Driver readers chose the Chevelle Malibu Sport Coupe six cylinder as The Best Intermediate Sedan of 1972. The featured price includes white stripe tires and wheel covers as popular options.
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Impala
Car and Driver Magazine
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