County Schools Progress Highlighted by PTA Speaker
Raleigh County superintendent John Saunders spoke at Mt View Elementary PTA on school system scope budget staffing and facilities. He noted 77 two room schools nine one room schools ten high schools five junior high and one vocational school with 83 buses. The 1962 63 budget totals 5 877 945 72 with per pupil expenditure 274 09 and 20 547 pupils. Saunders emphasized reading and the shift from one room schools to a primary block letting children progress at their own pace. He noted gains in science and math through the National Defense Education Act and highlighted updates in counseling testing and diversified high school curriculums. The meeting included a ham dinner, a survey on gardening, and awards for attendance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rock Creek
RNS
Raleigh County
John Saunders
Mt. View
Raleigh
Saunders
Lawson Barrett
Barrett
Notice of Mabscott special election for extra levies
A 1962 Mabscott notice describes a town council plan to seek voter approval for a three year additional levy to fund a council chamber building, street resurfacing, and gravel road work. It details levy amounts by property class, ballot form, publication rules, and eligibility for a Federal grant match to cover 25 percent of costs. The election is set for December 18, 1962 with a three year tax plan beginning July 1, 1963.
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Mabscott
Raleigh County
West Virginia
South Hill Street
Whitestick
Fourth Street
Mabscott Tipple
Wesley
Hudson Street
Fulton
Chestnut Street
School Street
Pershing Avenue
Railroad Avenue
Raleigh Hardware
Council
Whitestick Street
Wesley and Hudson Sreet
Town of
Community Facilities Administration
J. W. Gravely
Fayette Cubs Meet at Legion Home in Fayetteville
Den No 4 of the Cub Scouts gathered Wednesday afternoon at the Legion Home on Maple Avenue. Den mothers Mrs Dilliard Inge and Mrs Ben Akers led the meeting with a flag ceremony by Jim Bob Akers and color bearers Jerry and Mike Dickerson. Guests included Bill Stewart Buckskin Council field executive and Kenneth Wood Cub master. Dues were collected during roll call and plans plus items to bring to the Pack meeting on November 30 were discussed. Participants listed include R C Godsey Wayne Inge Charles Mahan Randy Propps Louis Reynolds John Vernon and Sheryl and Tommy Akers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fayetteville
RNS
Legion Home
Maple Avenue
Dilliard Inge
Ben Akers
Jim Bob Akers
Jerry
Mike Dickerson
Bill Stewart
Buckskin Council
Kenneth Wood
R. C. Godsey
Wayne Inge
Charles Mahan
Randy Propps
Louis Reynolds
John Vernon
Sheryl
Tommy Akers
Dream House Woman, 70, Dies After Rooftop Plunge
In Yonkers New York a 70 year old widow, Madeline Wood, completed no formal plans yet built a one story frame house by hand and daily climbed to the roof to hammer shingles. After Thanksgiving she was missing and investigators found her body in the basement, death caused by a fall from the unfinished roof.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Madeline Wood
Vets to receive dividends early in January plan
President Kennedy announced that over five million veterans will receive government insurance dividends in January. The VA will pay 327.6 million dollars in advance to boost the economy and ease Christmas bills, including 222 million for World War II policyholders, 90 million as a special WWII dividend, and 15.6 million to World War I veterans with government life insurance. Checks are expected to mail in January, with regular dividends normally paid on policy anniversary dates.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
UPI
Kennedy
Veterans Administration
Hyannis Port
Mass
John S. Gleason Jr
Young Adult Class Dinner Meeting at Fayette Methodist
Fayetteville ANS reports the Young Adult Joy Sunday School Class held a turkey dinner at 8 30 p m Sunday at the home of Mrs Elsie Wright with Mrs Charles S Thompson presiding over a brief business meeting. December plans include a covered dish dinner and devotion. volunteers and attendees listed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fayetteville
ANS
Joy
Fayette Methodist Church
Elsie Wright
Charles S. Thompson
Virginia Stone
Roane County couple ruled murder death by own action
State Police say Roane County couple J. B. Epling 54 and Edna 53 were found dead in their home in a case ruled murder death by own action. Authorities said Edna Epling apparently shot her husband with a shotgun then killed herself. Woodrow Epling discovered the bodies in the bedroom Sunday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Spencer
UPI
Roane County
J. B. Epling
Edna
Ezra Cantley Returns Home From Raleigh General Hospital
Ezra Cantley of Rock Creek after thirteen weeks as a patient at Raleigh General Hospital left for a brief home visit on Wednesday and was scheduled to return to the hospital today for further treatment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rock Creek
RNS
Ezra Cantley
Raleigh General Hospital
Federal tour to aid West Virginia wood industries
A preliminary meeting in Charleston set the stage for a five county tour by federal officials to assist southern West Virginia in developing wood using satellite industries. The group includes ARA, Business and Defense Services Administration, and forestry and interior department representatives. The tour visits Mercer Logan Wyoming McDowell and Mingo counties with stops in Princeton Welch and Williamson and ends with a Logan luncheon and a Varney facility visit.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charleston
UPI
West Virginia
Frank G. Tsutras
Williamson
Area Redevelopment Administration
U. S. Interior Department
Mercer
Logan
Wyoming
McDowell
Mingo
ARA
Farmers Home Administration
State Department of Commerce
Governor’s Committee On
Princeton
Pruitt Upholstering and Manufacturing Co
Forest Products Marketing Laboratory
Pineville
Georgia- Pacific Lumber Co
Welch
National Seating and Dimensions Inc
Varney
Logan County
Woman's Club Meeting At Mt View Tonight
Marsh Fork District Woman's Club hosts student council members from Marsh Fork High School Pete Bragg Charlotte Hale and Marilyn Brinegar with sponsor Ralph S Webb at 7 30 p m in the Mt View Club Room They will discuss the councils purposes activities and business and report on the Jacksons Mill trip Also invited are others connected to the council and Kathleen Simmons Raleigh County Centennial Queen contestant Grace Tabor and Mrs Buster Bradley hostesses two are listed for the event
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rock Creek
Marsh Fork High School
Pete Bragg
Charlotte Hale
Marilyn Brinegar
Marsh Fork
Ralph S. Webb
Jackson’s Mill
Kathleen Simmons
Marsh Folk Club
Raleigh County
Beckley
Grace Tabor
Buster Bradley
Mt. View
Cancer Films At Naoma Church To Be Shown
A Naoma Methodist Church meeting Tuesday at 7 p.m. will feature three cancer films with a Q and A. Attending are Albert Tieche of the American Cancer Society and Mrs. Jack Clemens. The first two films Time and Two Women and The Warning Shadow target men and women, followed by a women’s film Never Alone.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
NAOMA
RNS
Naoma Methodist Church
Albert Tieche
American Cancer Society
West Virginia Division Inc
Raleigh County
Jack Clemens
Joe Buffarine
Astrological Forecast and Park Permit Note
Astro guides urge favor seeking and prompt appointments with favorable cycle for sales. Notable historic item: on November 27 1889 Curtis P Brady received New York parks commissioner permit to drive in Central Park with care to avoid frightening horses. Future outlook predicts legless furniture hanging beds and plastic kitchens in 25 years.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Curtis P. Brady
Commissioner of Parks of
New York
Central Park
Brady
Daily Horoscope for Aries Through Pisces 1962
A 1962 Field Enterprises horoscope column offers daily guidance for all sun signs. Aries faces delays with a taxing interruption, Taurus should avoid vacillation, Gemini seeks a pace change, Cancer feels a stretched day, Leo needs rest, Virgo mood swings, Libra wary of jealousy, Scorpio improve bonds with affection, Sagittarius should resist overconceding, Capricorn curb expenses, Aquarius act on procrastination, and Pisces avoid tangents and overtime.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gemini
Leo
VIRGO
Almanac Brief for Monday November 26, 1962
This Almanac notes the date as Monday November 26, 1962, the 330th day with 35 to follow. It lists celestial objects Venus Mars Jupiter and Saturn, a brief “on this day in history” section recounting Washington’s Thanksgiving proclamation 1789, Warsaw ghetto 1940, Hull peace envoys 1941, and Kennedy’s State Department reshuffle 1961, ending with a Disraeli quote about man and circumstance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United Press International
Venus
Mars
George Washington
U.S
Warsaw
Poland
Cordell Hull
Washington
Kennedy
State Department
Chester
George Ball
Hunter eyes deer not fox at Michigan camp
In Marguette Eddie Heilala a miner at Champion reports a hunter offered 30 for Heilala’s “deer” but the animal was a fox. Also notices announce creditors claims in the Riley S. Bell estate and an order of publication in Raleigh County West Virginia for Confesora Gonzalez Losada.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marguette, Mich
UPI
Eddie Heilala
Champion, Mich
Heilalaa
Riley S. Bell
Raleigh County Bank
Beckley
West Virginia
Roy A. Cunningham
Raleigh County
Jose L. Losada
James W Dawson obituary funeral plan in Raleigh
James W Dawson age 78 of Raleigh funeral services set for 1 p.m. Monday November 26 at St. John Baptist Church with Rev H E Davis and Rev Elmer Day officiating. Burial in Greenwood Memorial Park. Body to lie in state at the church one hour before funeral. Arrangements by Ritchie and Johnson Funeral Parlor Inc.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dawson Dawson
James W
Raleigh
St. John Baptist Church
H. E. Davis
Elmer Day
Greenwood Memorial Park
Ritchie and Johnson Funeral
Ritchie & Johnson Funeral Parlor, Inc
Smisko Smisko
Lucille
Kanawha Street
St. Francis de Sales Catholic
Sylvester Staud
Mt. Calvary
Sunset Memorial Park
Keyser-Bryant Funeral
Keyser-Bryant Funeral Home
Foley Foley
Bernard Oppie
Beckley
Melton Mortuary
Daniel Dorsey
D. O. Mearns
Co. H. Dew
James E. Sanger
Alex Breckinridge
Eugene Cole
Hayse Bratton
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PTA
H. B. Thomas
Warren Jarrell
Maude Parolari
Fayette Cubs
Yonkers, N.Y
Walker Jr
Tommy
Ernie Hess
Tygrett
Kay
Christi
Ken
Max Nuebert
John Lodder
Jack Wendell
Harry Alliff
Hunsaker
Thompson
Max Cottle
R. G. Tygrett
Jackie Thompson
Ernie Wilson
Miss Dove
Harry Richards
Holliday
Jim Mulligan
Woman's Club
Mr. View
Naoma Church
Aries
Taurus
Scorpio
Aquarius
Field Enterprises, Inc
Ceean
Post-Herald
THE
Raleigh Register
Post-Herald and Raleigh Register
W. Va
the Almanac
Benjamin Distraeli
Confesora
C. Harold Hanks
Dias Floral Co
City Ave
Sheept
Doa Webb Webb S. Neal
Funeral Home Ambulance Service
R. H. Neal
Vance Drive
Barre
GGNOR
Crab Orchard & Logan Dial Beckley
James R. Webb
Todd’s Grocery and Hardware
Beaver
Foster Hardware Co
Main St
Dial
Robert L Amick
Beckley Newspapers
Sam G. Foley
Lowell Foley
Bank of Raleigh Beckley
F.d.lc
Ae Eee
Anaenannenne Eam Meer
Earl S. Huddle
Earl’s Studio
Dee Charles
Charles Littlejohn
Jean Pack
Mable
East Main St
Oak Hill
Eleanoras
Bradley
Ws. Yea
Mt. Hope
Ellen Kayes Comtessa
Jerry Brewer
Bill Lechok
Mable Pittman
Damon
Ional
Etterpress
Southern Institute of Graphic Arts
South
Nashville
Tennessee
Wright
W. C. Rogers Plumbing & Heating
Temple St
Prince St
Neville St
John W. Eye Television
West
Halstead
Ashworth Firestone
Sprague
Willey Brothers
Hinton
Gauley Sales, Inc
Gauley Bridge
Jan Campbell Music Co
Will Jesse Covey
Business Confidential
Jim Green
Raleigh Insurance Agency
O King Aluminum Company
Avon Calling
Bostick Avenue
Sarah Coventry
Call
Care Beckley Newspapers Corp
Lexington
Kentucky
Temple Street
AC and DC Winders
American Finance Corp
D. H. Decker
Leland Cooper
Mount Hope
R. E. Bare
Cp. J. Bennett
E. Beckley
R. L. Stinson
Myers Ave
Dale Seee
Fotos & Co
Bill Ormandy
Edward Snuffer
Dry Hill Rd
S&h
K. M. Walker
Dowdy Sewing Center
S. Kanawha
East Beckley
Hawaiian Islands
San Francisco
Yokohama
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