Raleigh County Faces Teacher Surplus Yet Open Posts
Raleigh County schools report a surplus of applicants this spring with 12 to 14 vacancies mainly in one room schools. Superintendent D W Bryson says transfers will come later, continuing contracts granted to 71 teachers, and additions to staff list including five new names. Two delegations sought removals but were denied. Leonard Sims remains assigned at Sylvia Elementary as a promotion.
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Raleigh
D. W. Bryson
Board of Education
Momen
Place Trent Jist Es
Bryson
Othella Belcher
Clear Fork High
Cornelia Ware
Shady Spring High
Justland
Esther Jackson
Sylvia Ele
Fred Roberts
Mt. Vi
Wilma Lee Shumate
Gwendalyn Adkins
Noah Crotty
Betty + Jo Goode Justus
Madelan Baies
Myrue Walker
Nelson Bragg
Woodrow Wilson High
Louie Gipson
Stoca High
June Wiley
Thomas Bradford
Buffalo
Alpha David
Mt. View Junior High
Hila Richardson
Stoco High School
M. E. English
Morton
Reaves
Teenen G
Norma K. Bryant
Sylvia
East Gulf
Mary Ann Davis
Helen
Harvey
Rita Flinchum
Tom Meadows
Rhodell
Erma Foster
Central
Sophia
J. S. Rishmond
Blue Jay No. 6
Beaver
Leonard Sims
Cley Ferguson
Mark Twain
Shady Spring
Anna Brown
Mills Branch
East Killigan
Andrene Sydnor
East Killivan
Mills
Froda Richardson Cantabery
Maxine O. Humphrey
Marsh Fork High
Wittie Rose McGee
Richmond High
Robert Murphy
Elizabeth A. Rupp
Beckley
Marguerite St. Clair
Berkley
Hattie Christian
Ia Cook
Stanaford Elementa
Bashia Hamilton
Colonrd
B. B. Chambers
Sims
Sylvia Elementary School
East Beckley
F. Walker
Appalachian Council
Shanklin's Ferry
Summers County
New River
Hinton
McAlpin
Eccles
Penman
Af Wyco
Shanklin
Winding Gulf
Wilderness
Council Scout
Beaver Creek
Trict
Daniels
Army and Air Force recruit 21 here at Prince Street station
Twenty one men enlisted Wednesday at the Prince Street recruiting station for four years in the U S Army and U S Air Force. Army enlistees include three to the Army Security Agency sent to Washington and Meade. Air Force recruits to Langley Field and Sampson AFB. Veterans among the Air Force joiners bring prior service from both services. Notable names and hometowns are listed among the new soldiers and airmen.
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U. S. Army
U. S. Air Force
Prince Street
Army
Army Security Agency
Washington, D. C
Ft. George G. Meade
Air Force
Langley Field
Hampton, Va
Sampson Air Force Base
N.Y
Earl Thomas
Stater
Charleston
Robert Joseph Pearman
Welch
Robert Jne Rickman
Konova
Cleo Francis Stevens
Grantsville
Atva Evpene Starcher
Annamoriah
Ralph Duane Wease
Lonnie Bradshaw, Jr
Huntingtn
Edward Lee Jackson
Warne
Robert Marion Underwood
Emmett
Emmett Davis
Naugatuck
Russell Irvin Earnest
Carol Flagg Jr
Lake
Boyd Grimmett, Jr
Sampson
Granville Woodrow Stull
Richwood
Gertrude Catherine Stull
Doyle Lee, Workman
Huntington
Donald Eugene Branch
Coalwood
Leonard Lee Weekley
Raymond Lewis Walls
John Norman Howell
Jeffrey
Elliot C. Fannin
Williamson
Ralph Kermit Blevins
New Richmond
Roby Winfield Blevins
Funeral for Polk Child Planned at Sophia Today
Funeral services for Nathaniel O'Dell Polk six day old son of Mr and Mrs Landon Polk of Sophia were scheduled for 2 p m today at McKinney Cemetery in Sophia Rev Lee Tolliver to officiate The child died in a meat hospital at 12210 a m Thursday Survivors include the parents paternal grandfather and maternal grandparents Norman Blankenship Crab Orchard and others
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Nathaniel O'Dell Polk
Landon Polk
Sophia
McKinney
Lee Tolliver
W. H. Park
Norman, Blankenship
Crab Orchard
Picnic Foods Featured For Holiday Week End
Holiday shoppers flocked to stores for Memorial Day weekend with prices on smoked meats canned goods and fresh produce stressing bargains. Despite small irregular reductions on items like fryers, beef roasts lamb legs and produce including corn lemons and watermelons, many prices remained steady higher or unchanged as supply issues persisted especially for potatoes with warnings of a slow market recovery into late summer.
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Agriculture Department
California
Pacific Coast
Los Angeles
Carolinas
Virginia
East Beckleyan Charged With Theft of Pistol
Glasco Smith of East Beckley faces arraignment on a robbery charge for allegedly stealing about $20 and a pistol from Mrs Beulah Wood. She said Smith followed her into the home, grabbed the gun under a pillow, then took cash, and threatened Mrs Annie Hunt who tried to call police.
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Glasco Smith
East Beckley
Magis
T. N. Thurman
Smith
Beulah Wood
Field House Committee Named By Powers
Chamber president M W Powers will appoint a committee within a week to promote a field house for sports and community use. The panel will size the facility with traffic engineers and identify bonds and financial backing. Managing Director G A Bentley aims to attract large conventions after construction. Chamber membership reaches 61, with 41 new members.
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Field House Committee
Chamber of Commerce
M. W. Powers
Ondine Financial
Tatmienis
Fayetteville
G. A. Bentley
Bentley
State Trooper Faces Two More Civil Cases
State Police Sgt W E Webb named defendant in two new suits totaling 20000 brought by attorney W A Thornhill, seeking damages for alleged false imprisonment of Crawford and Farley. Webb, who has four suits filed in recent days, says the state pays no defense costs. The suits, set for July 1, follow prior actions over alleged drug involvement and arrest incidents.
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W. E. Webb
Webb
James E. Crawford
Beckley
L. E. Farley
Whitby
W. A. Thornhill
Crawford
Farley
Walker
Appalachian Council
Thornhill
Soa
S. Fayette Street
Staliows
Marfark
MacArthur
iTroop 36
Princewick
Troop
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Polk
Beckley Insulation Co
Dyanshine
James B Bean Steadcote
Ames B
Kentucky
Adkins
Jackson L. Adkins
Nina C. Adkins
Cranberry
U.S. Marines
Marine Corps
Parris Island
S. C
Imaster
Meg
Pee Roett
MT. Hope
Gail Ak
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