Notable Beckley Youths Named For College Plans
WWHS students Robin Keesee and Joan Smith, daughter of the mayor, are preparing for college at West Point and Hollins College respectively, while George Sparks Jr. aims for the Air Force Academy. Polly Hale plans pre medicine at Duke. Each student holds multiple honors, club roles, and community activities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robin
Robert E. Keesee
Jackson Ave
United States Military Academy
West Point
N.Y
Key Club
National Honor Society
Beckley Christian Youth Council
The
Presbyterian Church
Ford Club
John W. Smith
Woodlawn Ave
Joan
Hollins College
Tri- Hi-Y
Eagle Dispatch
Rhododendron Girls State
Nationalist Party
First Christian Church
Raleigh County Horsemen’s Association
Five Woodrow Wilson students among Merit semifinalists
Five Woodrow Wilson High School students are among over 14 000 semifinalists named in the 1965 66 Merit Scholarship competition by the National Merit Scholarship Corporation. The semifinalists include Polley K Hale Karen L Keaton Robin L Kee see Joan A Smith and George W Sparks from West Virginia.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Woodrow Wilson High School
National Merit Scholarship Corporation
Polley K. Hale
Karen L. Keaton
Robin L. Keesee
Joan A. Smith
George W. Sparks
West Virginia
John M. Stalnaker
NMSC
Ford Foundation
Carnegie Corporation of New York
City Police Crack Down On Speeders In Beckley
Beckley Police arrested 11 persons Tuesday on speeding charges after radar checks across the city. Chief William A. Teubert said complaints from residents spurred 24 hour radar monitoring. Names of those cited include Flurnoy Ury Redden Daniels Tilly Beckley Hunter Wills Barber Wilburn Beckley Brady Sutherland Smith Freeman Blue Jay. All 11 are set to appear in Beckley Police Court September 27. Separate incidents include a youth injured riding a skateboard on Scott Avenue and a 10 year old struck by a truck on North Valley Drive. Two-vehicle accidents on Ellison and Neville avenues caused minor damage with no injuries reported. Four people were jailed at Raleigh County Jail for drunkenness.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Beckley
William A. Teubert
Teubert
Dorothy Flurnoy
Ury
Juanita Redden
Daniels
Glenn E. Tilly
Ronald E. Hunter
Franklin H. Wills
L. Brady
Jack Edwin Sutherland
Virginia
Paul A. Smith
Thomas E. Freeman
Blue Jay
Temple Street
Scott Avenue
James T. McVay
Delbert Treadway
South Fayette Street
City Cab Service
Sprague
North Valley Drive
Chesapeake and Ohio Railway Co
Kathy Lynch
Margaret Lynch
Beckley Hospital
Ralph Thomas Seymour
Raleigh
Ellison Avenue
Vivian Stover
Charles F. Watkins
Leslie
Valley Drive
Neville Street
Mary Underwood
Mabscott
Michael B. Jones
Teel Road
Special Session Approves Plans for Town District High School
Raleigh County Board of Education okayed final plans for the new Town District High School drawn by Gates Engineering Beckley and McGaughy Marshall and McMillan of Norfolk Va. Advertising for bids set for Oct 1 with bid opening planned at 2 pm Nov 2. Board also approved moving seventh and eighth graders from Crow Elementary to Beaver Elementary effective Thursday morning citing crowded classrooms and a plan to consolidate Crow and Glen Leigh next year. Discussions continued on consolidating Glen Daniel Dillon Creek and Shumate elementary schools amid funding doubts. Salary adjustments approved for junior high and high school assistant principals with raises by enrollment bands.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Raleigh County
Sherman C. Trail
Crow Elementary
Beaver Elementary
Trail
Crow
Beaver
Glen Leigh
Shady Spring
Glen Daniel
Dillon Creek
Shumate
Trap Hill
Dawson Lucas
Lucas
Fairdale
Carl G. Jarrell
Franklin D. Crawford
Beaver- Blue Jay
Bradbury Re elected Church Superintendent In Rhode I
Roy Bradbury was re elected superintendent of the Church of God here Sunday. Re elected to another term as secretary was Mrs Rosa Mc Kinney. All teachers were re elected, also.
PTA Seeks Permit for Oceana Halloween Carnival
The Oceana High School Parent Teacher Association requested a permit to solicit Beckley merchants for prizes to be awarded at the school's Halloween Carnival. Mayor John W. Smith announced the permit would be granted. The carnival is set for Oct. 30 at the school.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oceana High School
Parent-Teacher Association
Beckley Merchants
John W. Smith
PTA
Pole Vault Victory by American in Stockholm Meet
John Cramer an American living in Sweden and competing for Maelarhoejden Track Club won the local pole vault in Stockholm with a vault of 16 feet and a fraction of an inch on Tuesday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stockholm
Sweden
UPI
John Cramer
Maelarhoejden
Safety Institute banquet marks halfway in WV training program
Tuesday evening at the Supervisors Safety Training Institute of the West Virginia Safety Council in Charleston Lt. R. E. Stanley of the State Police spoke on communication as a root cause of accidents in industry and traffic. The two day program uses demonstrations conferences discussions and lectures, with certificates to be issued at the conclusion.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Supervisors Safety Training Institute of the
West Virginia Safey Council
R. W. Wotring
Ogla Coal Co
Coalwood
R. E. Stanley
Charleston
Ernest Allenbaugh
Beckley Manufacturing Co
Stanley
Also Mentioned on This Page
WWHS
George Sparks Jr
George Sparks
MacArthur
United States Air Force Academy
Colorado
Sparks
Mountaineer Boy's State
Crab Orchard Baptist Church
Polly
C. F. Hale
North Kanawha St
Duke University
Durham
N. C
Beckley Presbyterian Church
Raleigh County Horseman’s Association
Woman's Club of
Beckley Veterans Administration Hospital
Rhododendron Girl's
AF Academy
Karen
R. L. Keaton
Bradley
Community Hospital of
Roanoke Valley
Roanoke
Bradley Presbyterian Church
Carl E. Barber
Arnold J. Wilburn
Robert
Earl Richman
Main St
Richmond
State Hearing Center
W. Va
Beckley Masonic Lodge
Wiley H. Meadows
Winding Gulf
Walter S. Bowers
Sweet Springs
E. Earl Bibb
Howard W. Woodrum
Bibb
Beckley Lodge
Woodrum
Lodge
Glenaniel
Bradbury
Oceana
Safety Institute
United Fuel
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