Awards Assembly Honors Trap Hill High School Students And Personnel
Trap Hill High School held its annual awards assembly with FFA member present actions led by Surveyor Chapter. Honorary Chapter Farmer awards went to Robert Worley and Eleanor Stover. Numerous students earned top awards in mathematics accounting typing shorthand business and more with straight A averages noted. Awards covered English music library valedictorian savings bonds and athletic honors with presentations by teachers and staff.
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Surveyor Chapter
Future Farmers of America
Robert Worley
Eleanor Stover
Trap Hill High School
Surveyor
ANS
Commerce
FFA
Rocky Lucas
Edward Tilley
Gary Daniel
Kenneth Cline
Gary Snuffer
Rodney Stover
Robert Cline
Cynthia Lomax
Linda Tolbert
Mary McKinney
Lonnie Barker
Janet Surratt
Cindy Levert
Arlene Phipps
Bill Daniel
Judy Dillon
Judy Maynard
Anita Lilly
Linda O'Neal
Vernon Turner
Helen Bailey
Lin
da McGinnis
Linda O’neal
Cathy Farley
Rita Acord
Linnie Workman
Shirley Trump
Linda Griffith Tolbert
Retha Richardson
Carmen Nicolau
Debbie Jones
Karen Graves
Jack Stewart
Shelia Wade
Sheryl Davis
Jesse Richardson
Ramona Lilly
Rene Mitchell
Keith Bailey
Morgan Richardson
Crisco
Hazel Honaker
Sharon Arthur
Sara Godby
Brenda Harrison
Johnna Brooks
Carolyn Campbell
Phillip Worley
Earl Canterbury
James Lilly
Star Farmer
Faron Lucas
Ruby Clyburn
Valerie Reeves
Vickie O'Neal
Debbie Gunnoe
Vickie Reeves
Martha Snuffer
Debbie Newman
Patty Lane
Carrie Allen
Linda Brown
Alma Lucas
Gwynn Barker
Gloria Gates
Cheryl Davis
Robert C. Byrd
Reader’s Digest
Doug McGhee
Garry Hall
Fred Griffith
Jerry Miller
William Kitchen
Dennis Birchfield
James Lucas
Roger Stover
Gary Pauley
Pete Stone
Randy Furey
Donald Manning
Stone Coal Chapter joins Raleigh County Civic League
The Stone Coal Chapter with Nathan Payne as chair and Rev Russell Johnson as co chair joins the Raleigh County Civic League. The new chapter hopes for 500 members to advance housing employment education and cultural opportunities for black citizens, while uniting the community.
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Stone Coal
Nathan Payne
Russell Johnson
Raleigh County Civic League
League
Payne
Beckley
John T. Seay
Stone Coal Chapter
Johnson
Thirsty Hairston
Allen Dailey
Gulf
Albert Lindsey
Raleigh County League
Mercer County
Ward V Beckley Council Contest Highlights Two Candidates
In Beckley Ward V, Democrat John H. Stinson and Republican Mrs. John T. Seay present rival plans. Stinson backs fire station placement in Ward V, urban renewal, recreation funding, and enhanced police staffing. Seay advocates civic center funding, housing programs, traffic fixes, and street paving with a focus on public cooperation. Polls open 6:30 AM to 7:30 PM Tuesday.
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Beckley
The
Register
Council
John Stinson
John T. Seay
Eve Breck
John H. Stinson
Stinson
Beckley College
U. S. Bureau of Outdoor Recreation
Piney Avenue
Valley Drive
Willow
Bellevue
Ward V
Armory
Pinecrest Hospital
Woodrow Wilson High School
Skelton
YMCA
Iity
Common Council
Shady Spring Man Elected President of West Virginia Young Farmers
Charles Furrow of Shady Spring is elected president of the West Virginia Young Farmers Association after the Cedar Lakes convention. He runs a local cattle farm and works for DuPont in Beckley, and serves on multiple ag boards. Furrow is a former FFA state officer and 1965 American Farmer Degree recipient.
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Shady Spring
Young Farmers Association
Charles Furrow
West Virginia
Young Farmers Convention
Cedar Lakes
Furrow
Estil Furrow
June Davis
Register City
Mark
Crab Orchard
Weather Details and Extremes From Regional Report
The report lists airport conditions with highs to 100 and lows near 26, sunrise 6 08, sunset 8 35. Extended outlook calls for showers Wednesday and gradually cooler and clear by Friday with highs in 60s to 70s and lows in 40s to 60s. River levels include Greenbrier slightly above normal and clear with Lake at normal.
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Hinton
Laredo
Tex
Flagstaff
Ariz
Heritage Week Picture Of The Day Spotlight
Col. Paul Peck, West Virginia’s first pilot and first to fly in the state, is pictured in his plane with an unidentified passenger. A Beckley relative, he carried the first air mail in the United States, according to records of American pilots.
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Paul Peck
West Virginia
Peck
Deeds On File Records of Local Real Estate Transfers
Deeds on file record real estate transfers in the county clerk's office. Frank Pachuta and wife sell to James N. Bruney and wife for 8116 square feet in Calla iway Heights Town District for 300 dollars. Ernest C. Argubrite and wife sell to James A. Plemmons and wife for Lot 7 Section 2 Lewis Addition Daniels Shady Spring District for 12900 dollars. Vance F. Christian sells to Peculiar Presley and Vera Mae Lester for Lot 4 Carter Combs Addition Lester Trap Hill District for 2500 dollars. Henry Hylton Jr and wife sell to Cletus G. Shrewsbury and wife for Lot 6 Parker Addition Coal City Slab Fork District for 1000 dollars.
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Frank Pachuta
James N. Bruney
Callaiway Heights
Ernest C. Argubrite
James A. Plemmons
Lewis
Daniels
Shady Spring
Vance F. Christian
Peculiar Presley
Vera Mae Lester
Carter- Combs
Lester
Trap Hill
Henry Hylton Jr
Cletus G. Shrewsbury
Parker
Coal City
Slab Fork
Lester Bridge Repair Completed After Near Collapse
Lester mayor Grady Miller, Joe Joyce, and Marvin Davis view repair work on a damaged bridge deck. Miller says substructure had washed out and the road sank before repairs. He notes state aid was not obtained and that the bridge is now safe with plans to blacktop the approach soon.
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Lester
Joe Joyce
Grady Miller
Marvin Davis
Miller
Lidge Miller
Fourney Named Beckley Civitan Delegate to 34th Boys State
Paul J Fourney Jr president of the Woodrow Wilson High School Junior Civitan Club will be Beckley Civitan Club delegate to the 34th Boys State at Jacksons Mill in June 2026. The event, sponsored by the American Legion WV Department, trains youths in citizenship and state government through party formation elections and municipal roles. Fourney son of Beckley attorney and Mrs Paul J Fourney lives at 303 Witherspoon St and ranks 27th in WWHS junior class of 608. active in Junior Historians Youth City House of Representatives Latin Club Key Club Conservation Club Community Preps and CYO. He plans to study pharmacy or law at WVU.
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Paul J. Fourney Jr
Witherspoon St
WWHS
Historians
House of Representatives
Fourney
Community Preps
Byrd Named Delegate to Mexico United Interparliamentary Conference
U S Senator Robert C Byrd D WV has been named a delegate to the 11th Annual Mexico United States Interparliamentary Conference to be held May 27 June 1 in Puerto Vallarta Mexico Majority Leader Mike Mansfield D Mont will chair the nine member Senate group Vice President Spiro Agnew confirmed the nomination The conference aims to provide a forum for discussions with Mexican legislators and will cover political economic and social affairs Mrs Byrd will accompany the Senator Other participating Senators include Jackson Montoya Bentsen Chiles Aiken Cook Gurney with their wives.
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Washington
U.S
Robert C. Byrd
D-W.va
Marlon W.cook
R-Ky
Edward J.gurney
D-Fla
Plane Strikes Birds at Prestwick Damaging Engine
An Air Canada DC8 jet bound from London to Canada struck a flock of seagulls during landing at Prestwick Airport. One gull was sucked into an engine, crippling it, but the pilot brought the plane to a smooth landing and it was taken out of service.
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Prestwick
Scotland
UPS
amAn
Air Canada
London
Canada
Sunrise Hosts Watercolor Exhibit and Campus Arts Events
The 103rd Annual Traveling Exhibition of the American Watercolor Society comes to Sunrise Art Gallery in Charleston. The center opens Tuesday to Saturday 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. with additional displays from the Permanent Collection and children exhibits. The Brooks Bird Club features mounted birds, a Wildflower Pilgrimage, and a garden shop opening. Lectures on Shakespeare and the Summer Sky run at 2:30 p.m. today and Saturday. A storytelling hour is set for Saturday morning.
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American Watercolor Society
Art Gallery of Sunrise
Charleston
Center’ of Arts ‘and Education
Myrtle Road
Planetarium
Edisonia
Discovery Wall
Woodland
Galaxy Room
Hapgood
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Gladioli
F.T.D. Florist
Webbs Florist
Beckley National Bank
Neville ST
Member
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
Federal Reserve System
County Civic League
Airport
Barometric Press
Nditions
R. D. Watts Insurance Agency, Inc. Insurance Building
Beckley, West Virginia
Heritage Week
Paul Fourney Jr
Chamber of Commerce
West Virginia University
St. Franicis de Sales Catholic Church
Catholic Youth Organization
CYO
Sen. Byrd
Mexico
T.M
Tom” Crews
Democratic
City of
POL. Adv
Warrenizing
Pinecrest Sanitarium
Prince & Neville
Harper Road
Fountain Terrace Shopping Center
Oak Hill
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