Beckley College to graduate 111 students in May
About 111 Beckley College students will receive degrees at 8 p m Friday May 26 in the Beckley Hotel ballroom. Dr. James W Witherspoon will speak, with Miss Topsy O'Dell and Hulett C Smith assisting. A reception and dance follow. The list covers Associate in Arts Business Administration General Science and Secretarial certificates among others with dozens of named graduates. The VA Amateur Radio Club re elected officers at a Beckley hospital meeting.
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Beckley College
Beckley Hotel
James W. Witherspoon
Beckley Presbyterian Church
Ken Shroyer
Shroyer
Topsy O'Dell
Hulett C. Smith
Frances Mae Brogan
Beaver
Joe D. Calvert
Whitby
Clarence D. Carte
Hico
Oretha Carter
Bozoo
Barbara Ann Conley
Hatcher
Nola E. Cornett
Beckley
Paul Keith Cox
Jay R. Daniel
Eccles
Charles D. Duncan Jr
Coal City
Sharon Lee Evans
Eric Lowell Foley
Daniels
Charles R. Fox
Huntington
Pete J. Francesa
Fayetteville
Dana K. Griffith
Gassaway
Lillian A. Grose
Shady Spring
Evelyn E. Harvey
Alice Mae Holdren
Glen Morgan
Linus R. Holloway
Vernon L. Hurt
Mullens
Ann C. Janutolo
Lloyd Lee Jarrell
Naema
Roscoe B. Lafferty Jr
Bradley
Giovannie L. Lancian
Jerry L. Rose
Georgia Mae Shumate
Mabscott
Robert Thomas Smith
Sophia
Virginia Kay Snyder
Homer E. Stanley Jr
Carl R. Stennett
Hinton
Nicholas J. Taraczkozy
Glen Rogers
George W. Thompson
Glen Daniel
Quincy D. Thompson
Edward S. Tincher
Charleston
William R. Tolley
Oak Hill
VA Amateur Radio Club
Beckley Veterans Administration Hospital
Eleven Seek Work at Beckley Office of Employment Security
Eleven persons filed applications for work at the Beckley Office of Employment Security on Friday. They were one sales clerk one television installation man one soda dispenser one truck driver two service station attendants one vehicle loader two construction laborers one electrical repairman and one coal loader.
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Beckley Office of Employment Security
Ball Game Wednesday To Aid Cancer Drive
Josephine Women's Club to meet Stoco Junior High faculty for a 12 30 p m game in the Junior High gymnasium. Proceeds go to the local cancer drive.
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Josephine
ANS
W. W. Plymale
Cancer Crusade
Josephine Women’s Club
Stoco Junior High School
Hebrew Christian Scholar Dr Gitlin Headlines Appalachian Bible Institute Conference
Dr Moses Gitlin Hebrew Christian scholar and missionary and director of the Messianic Message in Philadelphia will be a featured speaker at the Ninth Annual Spring Bible and Missionary Conference of Appalachian Bible Institute today through Friday. He speaks eight languages and is the Hebrew consultant to the American Bible Society for translating scriptures into White Russian. The conference is expected to draw the largest crowd yet, with meetings at 9 30 a m and 7 p m daily.
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Moses Gitlin
Messianic Message
Philadelphia
Appalachian Bible Institute
Gitlin
American Bible Society
Medical Secretarial Certificate Recipients Named
A list of individuals including Jane Gadd Beckley Robert Lee Harper Bradley Judith Anne Lusk Matheny Linda Lee Mc Manus Mount Hope Claudia B Mitchem Fannock Helen M Nelson Beaver Jerry T Ratliff Hinton Sandra Gayle Slater Williamson Eleanor Jean Snodgrass Beckley and Billy W Wickline Union. Also Carol Jean Jacobowski Scarbro listed as recipient.
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Jane Gadd
Beckley
Robert Lee Harper
Bradley
Judith Anne Lusk
Matheny
Linda Lee Mc
Manus
Mount Hope
Claudia B.mitchem
Fannock
Helen M ‘Nelson
Beaver
Jerry T. Ratliff
Hinton
Sandra Gayle Slater
Williamson
Eleanor Jean Snodgrass
Billy W. Wickline
Union
Carol Jean Jacobowski
Scarbro
Five Raleigh teachers to attend summer institutes
Five Raleigh County teachers will join 40 others from West Virginia at national institutes this summer. Dix Manning of Shady Spring High and Mrs Frances Cooke of Woodrow Wilson High will study at the University of Tennessee, focusing on advanced mathematics and statistics. Dorothy Evans of Stratton High plans a third year of Spanish at Virginia State College. Herbert E Jacobs and Gerald Miller of Stoco High will attend science institutes at Davis and Elkins College and the University of Maryland respectively. The Maryland program runs June 26 to August 7.
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Raleigh County
Dix Manning
Frances Cooke
Shady Spring High School
National Science Foundation Institute
University of Tennessee
Manning
Shady Spring
West Virginia University
Penn State University
Woodrow Wilson High
Cooke
University of Tennessee Institute
Marshall College
Stratton High School
Dorothy Evans
Stratton High
National Defense Education Act
Virginia State College
Petersburg
West Virginia State College
National University of Mexico
Mexico City
Western Rehe University
Cleveland
Herbert E. Jacobs
Gerald Miller
Stoco High School
Stoco
Jacobs
Raleigh
Davis and Elkins College
Eleanor Franklin
Woodrow Wilson
Miller
WVU
Science Institute
University of Maryland In
College Park
WWHS sophomores earn first aid certificates
About 151 sophomores at Woodrow Wilson High School received standard first aid certificates after completing seven Health and Physical Education classes and a Hygiene course last week. The Raleigh County American Red Cross chapter sponsored the program conducted by WWHS instructors Miss Pauline Alderman and Mrs. Dix Manning.
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Woodrow Wilson High School
Raleigh County
American Red Cross
Pauline Alderman
Dix Manning
WWHS
Betty Allen
Judy Bazzie
Brenda Biggs
Bonnie Bostic
Ruth Ann Bowyer
Janet Brewster
Martha Brown
Connie Buckland
Jennie England
Rose Mary Feijo
Carolyn Garten
Sparkle George
Margarite Hargis
Sue Hunter
Sandra Lilly
Jane Linsky
Sue Lovelace
Sue Mason
Judy Meadows
Rita Meadows
Donna Nagye
Mary Pat Nuckols
Margaret Radford
Shirley Shifflette
Betty Simmons
Drema Smith
Linda Underwood
Dale Vandall
Susan Vandall
Sandra Waddell
Jean Waycaster
Frances Wilcox
Lois Wills
Jane Wit
Carol Richardson
Virginia Romine
Sandra Smith
Gloria Teubert
Carol Vaught
Jean Walker
Paulette Willams
Carolyn Withrow
Carolyn Atkins
Cora Avey
Jean Bailey
Elizabeth Belcher
Toni Bowers
Anita Cassity
Jo Ann Coffman
Helen Cridlin
Margaret Dancy
Mable Daniels
Brenda Frye
Carla Gillian
Betty Jo Greco
Christine Higginbotham
Margaret Hoskins
Janet Linsky
Carol Lively
Nancy McClaugherty
Barbara Morris
Monica Pegram
Louise Pomeroy
Barbara Quesenberry
Jill Ratliff
Patricia Roberts
Donna Robertson
Carole Ann Rowsh
Victoria Sanna
Sandra Shriver
Alice Sims
Sonia Smith
Sharon Smith
Valerie Streho
Patricia Taylor
Jennie Treola
Marion Underwood
Jerry Via
Joan Walker
Lynda Wender
Myra Wesley
Linda Williams
Sue Williams
Barbara Wood
Marsha Wooten
Mary Allen
Diana Banfield
Katherine Beckelhimer
Patricia Belcher
Karen Beukema
Joyce Bird
Ellen Burleson
Norma Clay
Lara Cook
Margaret Dinkler
Sherrvn Dodson
Versie Lee Eaton
Gloria Fralin
Linda Gates
Ruby Goodson
Lula Bell Harris
Linda Hayden
Katherine Jones
Betty McClanahan
Susie Meadows
Barbara Melton
Donna O'Neil
Darby Osborne
Tina Oscar
Frances Pachuta
Shirley Payne
Vicki Shumate
Elizabeth Stanley
Nancy Stover
Carole Terry
Betty Jo Tucker
Linda Webb
Patty Webber
Donna White
Agness Whiting
Ankie Wickline
Reba Wilbur
Carol Meyers
Patty Rice
Carolyn Williams
Wanda Williams
Brenda Wills
Karen Wood
Ida Kay Amon
Charlotte Susan Daniel
Diane Elizabeth Daniels
Nancy Evans
Reba M. Elliott
Coretta Joyce French
Janice Holstein
Valerie Jones
Shelia Johnson
Sonja Marquis
Margie Pittman
Mary Pittman
Army signs six men enlist at Beckley Recruiting Sta tion
Six men enlisted in the Army at Beckley Recruiting Main Station on Monday and Tuesday. Names include Thomas Andrew Peters of Charleston and Kenneth William Erb of Scott Depot, with several others listed as unassigned or in specific training paths. They will be stationed at Fort Benning for basic training. Two men reenlisted: Charles Dale Pridemore headed to Fort Eustis and Tommie L Weeks Jr. to attend an ordnance school at Aberdeen Proving Ground.
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Beckley
Thomas Andrew Peters
Thomas E. Peters
Baines St
Charleston
U. S. Army
Kenneth William Erb
William Erb
Scott Depot
Orville Roger Sizemore
Cecil Sizemore
Peach Creek
David Elmer Whitman
Herman Whitman
Joseph Edward Cox
Nelson Cox
Tams
Charles Edward Loudin
Alma Mae Loudin
South Charleston
Glenn Harold Childress
B. H. Childress
Tockland
Fort Benning
Army
Charles Dale Pridemore
Grace Pridemore
Route 1
Bluefield
Fort Eustis
Tommie L. Weeks Jr
Tommie Weeks
Skelton
Aberdeen Proving Ground
Sophia Lions Install New President At Outdoor Ceremony
Carl Neff will become president of the Sophia Lions Club at ceremonies June 21 at the Tams Mountain picnic site. Elected officers include James L. Hornbeck vice president Doug Johnson secretary C O Bennett treasurer Ross Hutchens lion tamer and Fred Williams tail twister. Hampton Thomas outgoing president notes Ladies Night will be observed.
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Carl Neff
Sophia Lions Club
Tams Mountain
James L. Hornbeck
Doug Johnson
C. O. Bennett
Ross Hutchens
Fred Williams
Hampton Thomas
Decree Grants Divorce in Raleigh County Court
In Raleigh County Circuit Court Martha Clarice Cooper and Mell Cooper were granted a divorce. The decree restores the plaintiff Martha Clarice Legg as her maiden name.
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Raleigh County
Martha Clarice Cooper
Mell Cooper
Martha Clarice Legg
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Walter W. Wikle
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Ameagle
Rives A. Witt
Danny Edward Byers
Richwood
Daniel J. Elam
George A. Glover
Norman W. Isaacs
Clifftop
Dorsey R. Reid
Crab Orchard
Carl E. Rose
James E. Shumate
Joe Shur
Carol Jean Parsons
Shady Valley
Tenn
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Michael F. Richmond
Linda Carol Walker
Egeria
Martha Jane Adams
Margaret Louise Eades
Jumping Branch
Theresa June Kidd
Carrie O'Bryan
Sandstone
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Goldie Lee Spence
Verdunville
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Donna R. Campbell
Stamford
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MacArthur
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Josephine Lee Fuqua
Joyce Ann Graham
Marianna
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James H. Poore
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Vermont
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Pauline B. Farmer
Donald P. Gray
Richard D. Hale
Cyrus A. Holdren
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Pax
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Ashland
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Schoolcraft
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Meadow Bridge
Johnny M. Vergis
Tuscon
Ariz
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Sarton
Howard H. White
Connie Kay Clark
John L. Denny
Grace Marie Chirico
Logan
Pauline Anne Sheffield
Katie M. Grounds
Kincaid
A. Juanita Legg
James Lee Martin
War
Lynda S. Beavers
Arbutus Mae Craddock
Wayne A. Kesler
Mattie
Frank Perry
Ivan Thompson
Jay Tanner
Joe L. Smith
Harold Dew
Joe Baker Jr
Gary Gill
Flat Top Mountain
Amateur Radio Club
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Janet Smith
Lynn Smith
Jacqueline Spence
Joyce Stewart
Nora Taylor
Nancy Tomeczyk
Scarlet Toney
Betty Walker
Ann Walker
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Linda McCoy
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Rhooda Lipscomb
Mary Ellen Lusk
Antionette Peters
Doris Jean Peters
Jane Raines
Phyllis Rhodes
Rita Smith
Betty Sparks
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Sue Treadway
Katy Jo Vargo
Essie Wood
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Jackie Biggs
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