Schools Donate to Red Cross via Raleigh County
Contributions to the American Junior Red Cross from Raleigh County Schools total $121.92 this year per Board of Education receipts. Listed contributors include Workman's Creek Beaver Crescent Montreal- Stickney R.M.I. Clear Creek Mount View Junior High Egeria West Wickham Princewick Piney Oaks Daniels Tams Star Fairdale West Lillybrook Bradley Institute Whitby Blue Jay. Jaycees to Meet Dec 7. Board votes to shift meetings to first and third Wednesdays. membership to vote Dec 7. New York City bank vault weighs 985 tons and rests on bedrock to resist tidal waves.
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American
Piney Oaks
Daniels
Tams
Star
Fairdale
West Lillybrook
Bradley
Institute
Whitby
Blue Jay
WVEA Aims to Raise Expenditure Per Pupil
Woodrow Wilson High School Principal C G Peregoy told the Raleigh County Secondary Principals Association in El Chico that West Virginia would push to raise per pupil spending toward the national average of 369 dollars. He outlined goals including funds for exceptional children, National Defense Education Act compliance, clerical support, school enumeration, teacher retirement study, and mandatory master's degrees for first time county superintendents. The plan also calls for a five point, four year pay and benefits program to attract and retain teachers, plus a 10 month term to provide 180 days of instruction.
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West Virginia
West Virginia Education Association
Woodrow Wilson High School
C. G. Peregoy
Raleigh County Secondary Principals Association
el Chico
WVEA
Peregoy
State Board of Education
Bishop Gabel to Speak at St Stephen's Advent Service
Right Rev Wilburn C Gabel head of the West Virginia Episcopal Diocese will address Advent service at St Stephen s Episcopal Church in F mg Wednesday Dec 7 The event caps a state evangelistic Sword of the Spirit movement led by Bishop Campbell and involves clergy and laymen from four area churches in Beckley and the New River Convocation. The speaker has held major church roles including leadership in lay ministry and international missions.
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Wilburn C. Gabel
West Virginia
St. ’S Episcopal Church
Campbell
Church of the Redeemer
Ansted
St. Andrews
Oak Hill
Church of the Ascension
Hinton
St. Martins
Summersville
Beckley
New New River
Charles Draper
Joseph A. Richards Jr
St. Stephens
Richards
Abe
Episcopal Church
North Carolina
Kenyon College
Amherst
Bexley Hall Theological Seminary
United States
Pittsburgh
Ascension Academy
St. Edmund’s Academy
Pennsylvania College For Women
Johannesburg
South Africa
Miss Harvey Returns To Institute School
Miss Barbara Harvey returns to West Virginia State College Institute as a freshman after holidays with her parents Mr and Mrs Will Harvey Skelton. Mr and Mrs William Wright North Beckley hosted weekend guests their daughter Miss Dorothy Wright a student at Morehead State College Morehead Ky and Melvin Wright a nephew at West Virginia State College. Mrs Ruth Anderson Institute was a weekend guest of her sister Mrs John Christian Jr 115 Adkins St.
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Barbara Harvey
West Virginia State College, Institute
Will Harvey
Skelton
William Wright
North Beckley
Dorothy Wright
Morehead State College
Morehead, Ky
Melvin Wright
West Virginia State College
Ruth Anderson
Institute
John Christian Jr
Adkins St
Miss Thompson
Daisy Thompson
Alexandria
John Thompson
Cranberry
Woodrow Wilson High School
Jeanne
Western Electric
Clyde Roland
Motorcycle Crash Leaves Teenwith Injuries in Coal City
Gary Moorefield 17 of Route 1 Sullivan a son Ed gar Moorefield is treated in Beckley Hospital for head and right leg injuries after his motorcycle struck an at Coal City around 3 30 p m Monday in the afternoon.
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Gary Moorefield
Edgar Moorefield
Sullivan
Beckley Hospital
Coal City
Sisters Open Drive-In Dress Shop on By-Pass
Beckley hosts Grace Wilkes Dress Shop opening featuring antiques and a full line of dresses lingerie jewelry and handbags. The shop at 811 Eisenhower Drive will be open evenings and Sunday afternoons with sisters Joan and Betty Wilkes assisting. Grace Wilkes brings art history to the venture with a background from Salem College Mary Baldwin College and West Virginia University.
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Beckley
Rural Acres Drive
Perdue Trans
Grace Wilkes
Wilkes
Joan
Betty Wilkes
Crab Orchard
Mary Baldwin College
Salem College
Winston-Salem
N. C
West Virginia University
W. W. Wilkes
Eisenhower Drive
Woman's Club of
Rhododendron Garden Club
Vogue
Hub
Joseph W. Bissett
Sidney Fink
Bissett
Steubenville
Ohio
Reiner
Notre Dame Football Power Question Sparks Campus Debate
At Notre Dame the question of whether the school is a football power dominates talk after a 2–8 season. President Hesburgh defends academic standards, praises coach Kuharich, and urges not to sacrifice academics for winning while noting potential top recruits.
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South Bend
Ind
Notre Dame
Theodore M. Hesburgh
Joe Kuharich
Corby Hall
Father Hesburgh
Hesburgh
Kuharich
Terry Brennan
Forty applicants seek work in Beckley office notice
Thirty nine persons filed applications for work at the Beckley office of Employment Security Monday. The readable portion lists one maid one stock clerk one kitchen helper two sales clerks one clerk typist one waitress one lineman three coil winders seven truck drivers four construction laborers two bulldozer operators one carpenter helper one fuel analyst four mine mo
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Beckley
Sorority Raises Funds for Salvation Army Christmas Drive
The Beta Lambda Chapter of Beta Sigma Phi collected 72.77 for the Salvation Army Christmas fund in a Neville Street booth. Total to date is 177.77. Major Mary McVicker, commander of the post, noted applications for food will be taken at the SA Citadel 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. daily Nov 30 through Dec 9 to serve as a food-basket clearing house.
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Beta Lambda
Beta Sigma Phi Sorority
Salvation Army
Neville Street
Rho Beta Sigma Phi Sorority
Mary McVicker
McVicker
SA Citadel
Citadel
MecVicker
Man Kills Deer Fined For Continuing Hunt
Two convictions on game and conservation law violations were reported this morning at the office of District Officer Raymond regarding Mrs. Frank Humphrey a 52 surveyor who was arrested by Officer L M Berkel on a charge of illegal burning. She was fined $20. Larkin Lilly 51 White Oak was arrested by Berkel for participating in a deer hunt with firearms after killing a deer. Lilly was tried before Magistrate J E Mays Beaver and fined $100.
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Raymond
Frank Humphrey
L. M. Berkel
Hugh Brooks
Glen Daniel
Larkin Lilly
White Oak
Berkel
Lilly
J. E. Mays
Beaver
Coal loading crew roles named in brief notice
A brief item lists personnel including four coal loaders, a coal loading machineman, a mine brakeman, a mine conveyor loader, a plumber helper, and a core fitter. The notice names each role without additional context or details.
Bowl Bound Teams Nursing Injuries
Major bowls prepare for holidays with teams easing wounded players into post season work. Duke aims to beat UCLA as Arkansas and Minnesota brace for bowls, with key stars returning from injuries and full squads anticipated for Rose and Cotton Bowls.
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Duke
Blue Devils
UCLA
Los Angeles
Bill Murray
Razorbacks
Joe Paul Alberty
Leslie Letsinger
Minnesota
Washington
California
Tom Robbins
Gophers
Hurt
Huskies
Bob Schloredt
Don McKetn
Washington State
Florida
Tom Smith
Dick Skelly
Baylor
Bears
Navy
Missouri
Tigers
Jim Johnson
Mississippi
Rice
Penn State
Oregon
Bluebonnet
Texas
Alabama
New Mexico State
Utah State
Utahs
Jim Swindle
Fairley Lusk Back as Oceana Regular Leader
Paul Greer, Oceana basketball coach, again relies on Fairley Lusk 5-9 to anchor a young lineup after last season’s Class AA tournament exit. Four veterans departed. Dillo and Stewart earned scholarships. Schedule opens December 10 vs Shady Spring with two 6-2 returnees, Lusk and Connie Dancy, plus senior Larry Acord, junior Gary Gallaher, and others.
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Paul Greer
Oceana
Bill Mapphis
Romney
Morgantown
Fairley Lusk
Kenny Dillo
Ken Stewart
Doug Bailey
Jack Perry
Stewart
Dillo
W. Va. Tech
Concord
West Virginia University
Ronald Cook
Shady Spring
Larry Acord
Connie Dancy
Lusk
James Stewart
Richard Williams
Gary Gallaher
Gary
Logan
Chapmanville
Bluefield
Welch
Baileysville
Mullens
Pineville
Princeton
Man
Polio Clinic Set at Mount Tabor School
A polio clinic will be held Thursday at Mount Tabor School from 10 a.m. to 12 p.m. Sponsored by Homeroom, the price is one dollar per shot. Nurses from the Raleigh County Health Department will administer the injections.
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Mount Tabor School
Raleigh County Health Department
Princewick Miner Injured in Coal Mine Incident
George Hudson Pr of Nell Jean Coal Co Mullens was treated at Beckley Hospital Tuesday for a back injury after being caught between the top and a shuttle buggy in the Nell Jean Coal Co mine Mullens.
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Princewick
George Hudson
Beckley Hospital
Nell Jean Coal Co
Mullens
Beckley Deaths and Funerals Notice Pack
Obituaries list for Joanie Price Michael Sedanko Maud Emmons Alma McMillan and Alma Lou McMillan with funeral times dates and burial details. Includes pallbearers and church and cemetery names from Beckley area and local funeral homes Melton and Rose Quesenberry.
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Hea
Stoco High School
Stoco
Norma Payne
Secre- Dent
Patricia Blanktary
Lacy Meadows Jr
Presi- Enship
Charles Kent
Joyce Lilly
Press- Miller
Red Cross
Jaycees
Beckley Junior Chamber of Commerce
George D. George
New York City
St. Stephen's
al Crusade
London
Society For the Promotion of the Industrial Mission
Kanawha-Clay
The
American Red Cross
Virginia Theological Seminary
American Committee For the Brotherhood of St. Andrew
Japan
West Virginia Council of Churches
Buckskin Council
Boy Scouts of America
Reynolds Memorial Hospital
Glendale
Charleston Symphony Orchestra
Governor's Conference On Mental Health
Ymca Board of Directors
Crusade For Freedom
West Virginia Council On Crime and Delinquency
Confraternity of
St. Wencelas
Charleston
New Charleston Civic Center
West Virginia School of Religion
Bishop Wilburn Campbell
Eve Breck
Robin Carol Thompson
House Organ
Com
Jody
Impressario
Washington, D. C
Santa Fe, N. M
Switchboard of
Western Electric Co
Virgil C
Pat) Jones
E. E. Myers
Philippi
Daniel Boone Hotel
Jones
Cecil H. Underwood
Roy Bird Cook
Delf Norona
Moundsville
Phil Conley
Sorority
Salvation Army Booth
Mike Rathet
Associated Press
Aystation
Price
Joanie
Gene
Elizabeth Prunesti Price
Route 3
Melton
Okie Cox
Maynor
Sandlick
Russell Newman
Paul Price
Ralph McGinnis
Roger McGinnis
Melton Mortuary
Sedanko 'Sedanko
Michael
Roanoke
Virginia
Caffee
St. Francis de Sales Catholic Church
John Helsley
Sunset Memorial Park
Caffee Funeral Home
John H. Pachuta
John J. Pachuta
Joe C. Pachuta
Steve J. Pachuta
Joe Pachuta
John Valesky, Sr
Mike Vargo
Calfee Funeral Home
Emmons Emmons
Maud McVey
College Avenue
Alvin J. Cook
Virgil Cook
Mike Smisko
Andy Cook
E. D. Armstrong
W. A. White
O. B. Kirby
O. F. Cain
Earl Snead
Wedy Anderson
Wheaters
Fred Hurt
E. . Wilburn
Kenneth Farley
Albert Gregory
Bernard Sweeney
Rose & Quesenberry Funeral Chapel
Dias Floral CO
City Ave
Mary R. Jarrett
Mom
Us Husband
Coren
Quesenberry Funeral Chapel
Kanawha Street
Sophia
Webb & Neal Funeral Home
Vance
R. H. Neal
Mgr
E. W. Powers
R. C. Egnor
Crab Orchard & Logan Dial Beckley
Prince Street
Ad. Beckley Newspapers
Maxwell Hill Park
Maxwell Hill Building Fund
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