Deaf and Blind Schools Home for Many County Children
The School for the Deaf with 238 pupils teaches lip reading through the ninth grade and offers vocational work in shoe repairing linotype operation woodwork upholstering baking laundering beauty culture arts and crafts and home economics. Buses from Beckley Wheeling Huntington Charleston Parkersburg Clarksburg and Welch shuttle students to Romney for a nine month term with holidays. Superintendent Stanley R Harris notes strong yearly improvements and a balanced program including sports such as football basketball wrestling track and softball. The 1951 football record stands four wins one loss with a schedule against nearby and national peers. County enrollments at Romney spread across many counties with MacDowell Barbour Berkeley Cabell etc reaching numbers up to 25 in some districts.
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School For the Deaf
Romney Institution
Romney
Beckley
Wheeling
Huntington
Charleston
Parkersburg
Clarksburg
Welch
Stanley R. Harris
West Virginia Athletic Association
West Virginia
Fort Hill's
Franklin
Virginia School For Deaf
LaSalle
New Jersey
Education, Health, Fun All Have Proper Place
Raleigh County and surrounding counties record 17 and 34 pupils respectively at the Romney WV Schools for the Deaf and Blind. The combined enrolment totals 51 from area counties at the Romney institution, a two-school campus established by 1970 state law to offer free education to white children unable to attend public schools. The School for the Deaf and the School for the Blind provide rigorous curriculums, regular schedules, and broad vocational training from Braille reading to Woodwork and home economics, preparing students for life after graduation.
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West Virginia
Romney
Raleigh County
Raleigh
Romney Institution
School
Three Groups Participate In Bonus Payoff
West Virginia plans state veterans bonus payments to surviving relatives. Deputy director Roy I. Smith explains eligibility: unremarried widows, children under 16, and dependent parents who are West Virginia residents. Parents qualify if income supports dependents and proof of veteran separation is provided with an official discharge document.
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Roy I. Smith
Wests Virginia
West Virginia
Magistrate Meadows Led October Fines and Costs
Magistrate J P Meadows of Beckley led in fines and costs turned over to the sheriff for October with 96 cases and 1181.75 dollars. In total 2832.02 dollars was collected from 295 cases across seven magistrates. Others named include J E Mays Shady Springs 29 cases 324.71 dollars TN Thurman Beckley 26 cases 519.81 dollars J K Cole Slab Fork 92 cases 272.50 dollars Hilbert Burgess Clear Fork 14 cases 163.36 dollars C T Kessinger Richmond 13 cases 968 dollars Charles E Keesee Trap Hill 12 cases 102 dollars. Survival benefits notes follow about separation orders and veteran service records for claims.
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J. P. Meadows
Beckley
J. E. Mays
Shady Springs
TN. Thurman
J. K. Cole
Slab Fork
Hilbert Burgess
Clear Fork
C. T. Kessinger
Richmond
Charles E. Keesee
Trap Hill
Parker Baby Born in Beckley Hospital
Nathaniel Parker and wife of Lillybrook welcome a son born November 9 at Beckley Hospital. Mother and child are doing nicely at home. Recent visitors include John Parker Bristol Parker Frances Fruit Eugene Tucker and families all of Lego. Local notes mention revival work by Mrs. Sarah G Braxton in Abingdon Virginia and community visitors from Bristol Gary and Beckley. A Junior Stewardess Board program is announced at St Matthews AME Church and the New Hope Baptist Usher Board plan a meeting. Be ladle Homemakers Club members organize under Cordelia Oden with officers named and other members listed.
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Parkers
Nathaniel Parker
Lillybrook
Nathaniel, Jr
Beckley Hospital
John Parker
Bristol Parker and
Brinda
Frances Fruit
Eugene Tucker
Lot Lego
Sarah G. Braxton
Beckey
King’s Chapel
Abingdon, Va
McAlpin
Joe Reed
Eccles
Bertha Herman
Arthur
Reed
C.J. Abbott
Albert Taylor
Harry Johnson
Virginia
Abbott
St. Matthews A.mle
New Hope
Allie Medley
Edna Buster
Gladys Hardy
Vipla Dillard
Mary Grasty
Ronnie Barrett
Mattie Watkins
Augustine Barrett
Marion Man Arrested On Charge Of Murder
Charles D. Radcliff, 66, of Panther Lick Run, was held in Marion County Jail on a murder charge. Sheriff James D. Cain said Radcliff is accused in the pistol slaying of Andy Gorman of Grant Town, who died at Fairmont General Hospital after being shot Saturday night. Grant Town Police Chief Antonia Merico found Gorman on the kitchen floor.
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Une Associated Press
Fairmont
Charles D. Radcliff
Panther Lick Run
Marion County
James D. Cain
Radcliff
Andy Gorman
Grant Town
Fairmont General Hospital
Antonia Merico
Radcliffe
Merico
Gorman
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Deaf and Blind
Gnshee — i
Barbour
Berkeley
Braxton
Brooke
Cabell
Calthoun
Clay
Doddridge
Gilmer
Grant
Hampshire
Hancock
Hardy
Harrison
Jackson
Jefferson
Kanawha
Lewis
Lincoln
Marion
Marshall
Mineral
Mingo
Monongalia
Morgan
MacDowell
Onie
Pendleton
Putnam
Randolph
Ritchie
Roane
Taylor
Tucker
Upshur
Wayne
Webster
Wetzel
Wirt
Lj Wood
Allcomers
West Virginia School For the Deaf
John R. Blue
David Bower
Ronnie Davis
Bill Hoover
Lenville Stallings
Jack Harman
Richard Tingler
Sam Brown
Hugh Boyd
Hawkins
Rebal
Ray Rogers
Pedro Dela Pas
Harry Oates
Bob Smith
Max Pyles
Jack Riggleman
Charles Yackett
Roy Pyles
Curtis Hamilton
Williams
Jack Reed
Mer
Bradley Tuell
Leonard Sox
Meritt Snyder
Vincent Perry
Charles Pyles
George McConaha
Bob Eye
Deimos Roy
Lawrence Carroll
William Corns
Tommy Bryant
Scotty Mill
Mgr
Arthur Burnside
Montreal
Edward Hundley
Leevale
Alice Joe Lane
Cool Ridge
Freida Williams
Arnett
Myrtle Williams
Ronald Davis
Mabscott
John Kelly
Comas
James Lambert
Crab Orchard
Robert K. Moon
Glen Daniel
Accie Perry
Ameagle
Freeman Smith
Odd
Ann McCune
Beelek's Knob
Greenbrier
Patricia ‘Kincaid
Lewisburg
Mercer County
Shelby Horton
Bluefield
Kareen Rose
Beeson
Monroe County
Samuel Brown
Bozoo
Donald Lee Jones
Gar Mills
Palmer Weikle
Sarton
Hazel Hester
Grace
Arlene Weickel
Nicholas County
James MelClung
Red Star
Lula McClung
Summersville
Pocahontas County
Nancy Barlow
Dunmore
Seebert
Roy Pyres
Summers County
Franklin D
Gill
Tophitt
Garnet Cooper
Pipestemn
Wyoming County
Thurman Adkins
Ropperston
David Lee Bower
Itmann
Dwight Les Brooks
Washington, D. C
Virgina
Mary Edley
Lynchburg
Kentucky
Shenley Dist, Inc, A, Aly
Gibson
W. Neville St
Kellogg’s Allbran
Ann
Kellogg's
Battle Creek
Mich
Marion Man
Prather Bros. Plumbing & Heating Supply
Prince St
Beckley Newspapers
Oak Hill
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