Boy Scouts Rise With United Fund Aid in 1966 Budget
The 1966 Raleigh County Boy Scouts will receive United Fund support as part of the new budget. Since 1914 the local program grew from a single troop in Raleigh to 72 units serving over 1,300 boys in the Seneca District. The program emphasizes Cub, Boy Scout, and Explorer phases, with faith, leadership, and community service features.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United Fund
Raleigh
Robert Thomson
Boys Brigade
England
Lord Powell
Scout
Boy Scouts of America
West Virginia
R. B. Holmes
John W. Whitlock
Raleigh Heights
Seneca
Paul Perkins
Perkins
Order of the Arrow
Appalachian Council
Virginia
Tucker Enrolled in Honors Program at VPI Blacksburg
Patrick A. Tucker of Beckley is listed in a special honors program for outstanding freshmen at Virginia Polytechnic Institute in Blacksburg Virginia. The program recognizes high achieving students during their freshman year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Patrick A. Tucker
Beckley
Virginia Police Institute
Blacksburg
UF Contributions Stand At 11632 Before Noon Lunch
Campaign director Harry Culp cites totals for United Fund before today's noon luncheon. Local groups donate to the UF including Salvation Army 14500 and Red Cross 14500 along with Boy Scouts 9000 Girl Scouts 4000 YMCA 10000 and other agencies. Gates urges all residents to pledge at the UF office 106 McCreery St to support services for veterans and community welfare.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United Fund
Harry Culp
Winding Gulf Coals Inc
Slab Fork Coal Co
Salvation Army
USD
Red Cross
County Cancer Association
Boy Scouts
Girl Scouts
County Mental Health Association
Camp Galahad
Golden Age Club
YMCA
County Dental Health Council
Gates of Gates Ss
Raleigh County Public Library
Gates
McCreery St
State Police Probe: attempted break in at Crab Orchard Elementary
State Police investigate an attempted break in at Crab Orchard Elementary after a window broke Sunday night. No injuries reported in a separate Eccles accident. Multiple arrests followed for speeding, drunkenness, and other charges with several awaiting court appearances. One death noted at Appalachian Regional Hospital.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Crab Orchard
Old
Eccles
Harold Dean Hicks
Bible Ave
City Itfice
Jimmy Brinkley
Browning
Fore
Joe Rodriguez
West Virginia
Grover Fred Wenger
MacArthur
Wenger
Beckley
Billy Hall
Terry
Raleigh
Charles Branham
Bailey Avenue
Douglas Price
Ernest S. Smith
Shady Spring
Smith
Dennis O’neal
Coal City
John Voichovich
Voichovich
Cornelious Bonham
Joe
Bonham
Y Fire Department
Ellison Avenue
F St
Lewis Dobson
Appalachian Regional Hospital
Open House Promotes Brooks Adair Mental Health Effort
Brooks Adair School Mental Health Association hosts an open house Friday to showcase facilities for mentally retarded children, with a tour film and refreshments. Teachers and the principal will attend, and pamphlets will be available. figures from the President's Panel on Mental Retardation cited three percent of school age children affected. Raleigh County counts about 493 mentally retarded youths aged 6 to 19, with 281 under six, and 10 classrooms able to educate only about 150. Civic leaders are invited to view the facility and discuss shared responsibility for hope tomorrow.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brooks Adair
Raleigh County
Peer Ge Og
Comake Aan
NIH Committee
Fayette Rates High USDA Program Boosts WV Aid
The USDA reports 128 625 needy across West Virginia received donated food commodities in August 8757 with Fayette County among the top areas aided at 9 005. The Commodity Distribution Program, run with WV Public Welfare and USDA, places seven counties under Food Stamp operations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States Department of Agriculture
West Virginia
Raleigh County
Phillip B. Hearn
C and MS Northeast Area
New York City
Fayette County
Local Draft Board To Call 22 In Nov
The Beck ley area draft call for November will be the lowest since July when President Johnson announced plans to boost Viet Nam manpower. Local Draft Board No. 18 reports 22 men to be called for induction next month. Six men were inducted in November last year and two of the 36 called in October joined the Navy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Beckley
Johnson
Viet Nam
Navy
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United Fund Aid
St. Mary’s Methodist Course
Alied Fant
Ratcen
Cootine
Lloyd Sweeney
Sears’ Roebuck
Roger Lilly
Stinson
Ronald Ballard
Bobby Holley
Tucker
VPI
Raleigh County Cancer Association
American Red Cross
Sunda
Brooks Adair School
Mental Health Association
liam _ Binderman
Jackie) Withrow
Verlin Walker
James Edmundson
Mrs. Nella Bailey
E. W. "Elliott
W. Siliett
Sea We Main Oety Association For Mental Health
Fayette
USDA
Tire, Inc
Ver
Conwood
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