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Beckley Post-Herald from Beckley, West Virginia • Page 8

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EIGHT BECKLEY POST-HERALD, BECKLEY, W. TUESDAY MORNING, JUNE 9, v-X Valley Area Program For State Fair Released LEW1SBURG (RNS) Thelceremony will be held at 1 p.m.jbe held. The Open and Junior of West Virginia willjas well as the judging of Hoi- Sheep Shearing Contest and stein cattle and Junior of the Junior Swine jbe held eight days and mne.g^ The band show will be held at 11 a.m. jnights beginning Aug. 21-29 andj a coacert at i 3oJFlag raising ceremonies will be schedule of ine aaiiv heW at with guest, jof events for the week follow: 19 0 Raciog begmfband presenting concerts at Friday Amusement Mid-j at 2 p.m.

in front of the'and 7:30 pan. Racing begins I way Opens featuring Ken Pennigrandstand an i iU be free tojia front of the grandstand, frees i Amusement, and the first public. Judging of Charolaislto the public, at 2 p.m. with jPony Show to be held at catt jn be "held at 2 p.m.!the Horse Show in the Blue jp.rn. in the Blue Grass Bowl, judging of sheep at Bowl at 6 p.m.

and the Saturday A tlp.rn. The first Horse "Show will (Grand Livestock Parade at 6:30 Midway will be ooen with held in the Blue Grass Bowljp.m. in front of the grandstand. Junior' Horse and" Pony 6 p.m. and another coneertjThe p.m.

grandstand show for 4-H and Future Farmers! by ihe guest band will be will feature Danny Davis and America members only at'presented at 7:30 p.m. in frontlThe Nashville Brass, followed p.m. At 6 p.m. ihe the grandstand followed byjby fireworks. sPony Show wilf be held in ihe the p.m.

grandstand show! Friday the JBlue Grass Bowl. At p.m.jfeaturing Johnny Tillotson, whofoe the Philip Barbour 1 ithe Blue Ridge Quartet, featur-lsings to all ages'. Brought baekjSchoo! Band from Philippi MRS. VERA AKERS MRS. MARY AUCE FUIAER MRS.

ROBERT BAILEY Officers ElectedTransportation Group By Pineville i fa Wyo MiVU UI will! High; un-i ing Helen and Billy Scott will ihe State Fair by popular jder the direction of Arnold perform. this young star hasjWeese. The Draft Horse Pulling 1-30 Sundav a devo-i captured audiences in Contest free to the public in will be' heM in! Australia and on ghoutjfront of the grandstand, will ifndsLd'lviSiEurope. A frequent guest on be held. At 1 p.m the flag Benefield Jr TV variety shows, he claims raising ceremony will be held cVr special music a number of hit records.

The followed by the band concert fireworks will follow the at 1:30 p.m. Racing will begin igrandstand act. sat 2 and me Horse Show wiU I Wednesday will a urejbe held in the Blue Grass Bowl JGreenbrier West High Schooljat 6 p.m. The Implement 'Band as the guest band underjParade will be held at 6:30 p.m. directi on of ames A.

An-'followed bv the guest band oi Steep and the 8 p.m. Dr" i ervi of the William rng tte from -11 i Monday will oe The judging of fte Junior PINEVILLE (RNS) officers were elected by As progress continues with the development of a public water facility and flood control system for the Jumping Branch Nimitz area, a job showin" was conducted at 1 -Tl VT 4- rtrto rt UtUoUll. VJL OiltCU VTiiijV.UllV.tit lliiljt iJIV- be at 10 a.m. be hdd at a followed bylgrandshow show a i p.m. Friday at the sight of Knevffle Chapter No.

210, Order! SABINE (RNS) The Laural of Eastern evening in ilasonic HalL They are Beulah Cook, worthy jmeade Baptist Church by low Star, -Thursday Valley a a i the Pineville I Cooperative was organized Friday at a meeting at the Belle- matron; Eugene Cook, worthy patron; Mae Cook, associate matron; Edith Mae Browning, secretary; Edythe treasurer; Opal Goode, conductress, and Mrs. Betty Mae Cook, trustee for three years. Installation services will be held June IS. income members from the Glen Fork, Sabine, a i McGraws and Glen Rogers, areas. Officers are Mrs.

Mary Alice Fuller of Glen Rogers, president: Mrs. Vera Akers of Glen Rogers, president, and Bryant and the of the Monday Flower Show udging of shorthorn andjBrowning 11 ceremony jerse at 9 a at p.m.; Sing aisillg ceremony will Saturday the guest bands will Parkersburg" Concert at 2p.m. at i an judgingjbe Mullens and Herndon High in front of the grandstand; a secretary-treasurer. Board" of Directors named were Mrs. Hazel Gentry, Mrs.

Bulah Preslev, Mrs. Magdalene TMTM r-- CUJ.W- Ai J- l' AiiW VJ. Ellis and Mrs. Mary A. utter pUD ii and at the grand- steer of Show.

The guest bandlClasses will be held in the Blue Glen Rogers, Mrs. stalld ow 1 2 p.m. all departments Ayrshire Cattle, Junior Baby i School Bands under the direc- exhibits in a Steer Show andltion of Louis J. Kaman. be open to a ij breeds and Champion Fatj The Quarter Horse Halter Wagoner feature the Ppr-j nii present Show including an i 7-30" concerts at Grass- bowl at 10 a.m.

and also Racing begins Ithe Junior Market Lamb, Swine Sizemore of McGraws, Mrs.j^ er aii Virginia Tilley of oliy partonT Speck "Rhodes andjarV'pVriii "front" Baby B'eef Auction Salewiul Mrs. French Brooks of a on Masters followed by tfrandstand and be free to be raising ceremony the SO-acre proposed lake which will be located north of Route 3, near the D. B. Abshire Farm at Jumping Branch. Clement E.

Crowe, overnment representative with the SCS Area Construc- of and tion Project Office Princeton, shows plans specifications to Mrs. Mary Garnet Stanley, secretary- treasurer of the Jumping Branch-Nimitz Public Service District. Shown in the background is the Jumping Branch Grade School and the residential district along Route 3 East toward Nimitzl Bids for the construction of- the multiple purpose earttt filled dam are being received in the Soil Conservation Office in Morgantown and construction is expected to begin ia mid-summer. and Mrs. Pearl McMillion and Clinton Acord of Glen Fork.

Officers and the board of directors will meet at 12:30 the Spectacular Pyro Display of fireworks. Tuesday Day Mrs. Robert Bailey of Sabine, p.m. Wednesday at the Sabine will feature the for ajf- churcli to submit bus driver, to decide on bus fees to Pineville, Oceana and Mullens and bus schedules. This transportation project was selected because of a survey taken for the past eight Buffalo the High SANDRA M.

GIBSON MRS. VIRGINIA SMITH Crisco Trophy Is Awarded Oceana High School Senior OCEANA (RNS) Missjin ae Future Homemakers of Sandra Marcella i daughter of Mrs. and Mrs. Dow Gibson of Oceana, was awarded America. She was an Oceana High School representative at the FHA State Convention in April die(1 a and participated in the devo-i suffering the Crisco outstanding economics 1 was made by Mrs.

Virginia Smith, homeilocal group the Saturday economlcs instructor at High. School where Miss Gibson I tended Trophy for aer work in home The presentation Itional, "I Purpose to Thursday morning which was presented "by the tion of William T. -Bradley HI. The judging of Market Lambs will be held at 8:30 a.m. and at 9 a.m.

the exhibition Hall, State 4-H Fair and exhibits' in all other departments will be the public. The Horse Show will be held at 6 p.m. in the Blue Grass Bowl and the 8 p.m. grandstand show will feature Jennie C. Riley, whose hit recording "Harper Valley PTA" sold two million in less than will be at 1 p.m.

followed by the guest bands presenting concerts at 1:30 and 7:30 p.m. Racing begins in front of the grandsand, free, at 2 p.m. which will include the-Farmer's Race and Pony Races. The Citizenship Awards Given To Peterstown Graduates PETERSTOWN (RNS) Two i McDonald, Marva i 11 a month, followed by the; Quarter Horse Performance fireworks display. iCiasses in the Blue Grass Bowl Peterstown High School seniors received Citizenship Awards Thursday Governors and! will be held at 6 p.m.

and the West Virginia Day will have 8 p.m. open to the public. Also at 9 as guest band the Wahama feature aides, Mrs. Shirley Burlington of Lynco and Mrs. Roger Morgan of Fanrock.

"Wnen low income families were making trips to get their food stamps or purchase groceries, they would-have to pay five, eight or ten dollars for transportation. This money being paid needlessly for transportation, it was decided by aides, can go for shoes or much needed items. The Wyoming County Community Action director, William Hall of Oceana, outlined the program. Also inroduced were R. J.

Alfred, Wyoming County Health. Specialist of the Community Action Program, Homer Clitie, who represents on-the-job training, and Mrs. Helen Younce. communiy action, aide, who will meet regularly with the group. judging of Aberdeen Angus and Guernsey cattle and rabbits wiU be held and at 10 a.m.

the judging" of exhibits in the Agricultural Hall Flag raising grandstand snow will Pat Buttram, The Hinton Resident Has Fatal Attack HINTON (SNS) Nathan E. Bowling, 72. of Madams Creek died at 11:30 a.m. Monday after evening session. She also at- is.

a member of the graduating Camp last summer. the FHA Leadership class. Otier awards won by Miss a heart attack on Temple Street in Hinton. He had been in ill health for two years. Born at Jumping Branch, Dec.

22, 18S7, he was a son of the late Jasper and Rufina Richmond Bowling. In presenting the trophy. at the annual awards He lived in Summers County Smith congratulated i ass enibly were English, corn-post or his Me, was a retired she felt that her achievement i scholarship aware. She in' home economics would be graduate lith in a class of 148.1 Brooklyn r.Ietnodist Cntireh at a lasting inspiration to other! Miss Gibson won tiiird Creek and the Railroad Students Hiss Gibson has I in the West Virginia Governors! Carmen of America. completed two years of homejCommitee Contest this Survivors include his wife, and has been active TTiA rrmtpcf -ic crvwienrAr? KIT a son rviatnan BOWMTIJ? Pineville News The contest is sponsored by a son, Nathan Bowling President's Committee on Employment of the Handicapped.

This years essay competition marked the 22nd annual "Ability Counts" survey contest PINEVILLE (RNS) Mr. tnd Sirs. Bengy F. Sizemore Disabled Veteran As a have returned noine after power Resource in My and the 1970 theme was "The Man- spending several days in Richmond, with their son-in-law and daughter, Mr. and Mrs.

Dennis R. Wagner and son, They also attended graduation exercises at Eastern Kentucky University where Mrs. Wagner received master of arts degree. Mrs. Jack George of her Jr.

of Hinton; a brother, Everett of Jumping Branch; a sister, Mrs. Winnie Cole of Darnell, six grandchildren and four great-grandchildren. The funeral will be at 2 p.m. Wednesday in the Brooklyn Com- Methodist Church with Rev. J.

munity." She received fi $75 Johnson and Rev. Robert cash prize. She also won third place in the Voice of Democracy and Freedom's Challenge, sponsored this 1 spring by the Veterans of Foreign Wars. She is active in the Honor Society, Spanish Honor tfngton is spending this week with her parents, Mr, and Mrs. Hue Schoolcraft.

Mr. and Mrs. Clarence BSckman have returned home after spending several days with their son and daughter-in- law, Mr. and Mrs. James Hickman, and sons, Jimmy and Timmy, in Goldsboro, N.

C. U. J. Shannon is a patient In Bluefield Sanitarium. He underwent major surgery last week.

Hun-j Society, Spanish Club, Co-ed Hi- Shield in charge. Burial be in Restwood Memorial Estates. The body will remain at the Ronald Meadows a Parlors and will be taken to the church one hour before the funeral. Friends may call after 4 p.m. High School Band of Mason un- County Con who der the direction of Gerald Simmons.

At 9 a.m. judging of Hereford Cattle, Junior Market and Draft Horses williFair. on TV's Acres." The fireworks will close the 1970 West- Virginia State Woman's Club of Peterstown. Mrs. Jerry Miller, president, presented the awards to Donetta Buckland and alike Spanglerjmer, Chester Blevins, during graduation exercises onjBoggess, Dean Boggs, George the high school athletic field Wednesday evening.

Runners-up were Carol Tuggle, Pam Sazelwood, WADE MILLER LORADO (RNS) Mrs. Jeanette Daniels, 78, died Sunday in a Man hospital. Born in Kanawha County, JEANIE FISHER BECKT UPTON Mrs. Daniels, 78, Two Greenville Students In re Given Essay Awards I 1 i Ti LMDSIDE RNS) Two students were given awards by the Lindside Ruritan Club Thursday evening. They were given the awards on Citizenship June 15, 1891, she was daughter of the late Patton and Mary Gibson Daniels.

She was a member of the Lundale Free Will Baptist Church. Survivors include a daughter, Mrs. Eileen Johnson of Lorado: three sons, William of Braeholm, Isom Jr. of Lowell, and Estil of Cleveland, Ohio; 18 grandchildren and 3 great-grandchildren. The funeral "will be at 2:30 p.m.

today in the Lundale Free Will Baptist Church with Rev. a jEssay Contests held at the Greenville Junior High School. Rufus Houehins, principal of the Greenville introduced the girls and their mothers. They were Beeky Upton and her mother. Mrs.

Haven Upton of Alderson and Jeanie Fisher and her mother, Mrs. Elwood Fisher of Union. Wade Miller, i presented the girls with checks Charles Woodrow Crum Lindsay Burial will be in and Rev. in charge, the Daniels Cemetery at Saunders. James Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.

Students Honored FAYETTEVILLE (RNS) -The Fayetteville Rotary Club held its annual a Fellowship Banquet night in honor of students of Fayetteville high school, grades 7-12, who made straight "A's for the year at the Legion Home. The following students were welcomed by Principal John Hedrick; Becky Hunley, Terry Lavender, Linda PanneH, Barbara Shurck, Maxine Treadway, Christy Tygrett, John Wilson, Judy Young, Ann Blume, Linda Cody, Florence Eary, Katy Jo Fazio, Vickie Keith, Haymond Stump, Belma Treadway. Terry Cook, Nancy Dileanar- fee Lively, i Workman, Nidia Cottle, Diane Hedrick, Sarah Neff, Susan Summerfield, Debra Shirley Salmons, Tom Wendell, Charles Waugh, a Feazell, Frances 11 Thomas Roberts and Karin Warfield. Twenty-five Rotary members were present Oceana High School Student Council Representatives Mr. and Mrs.

Norman Brown fitt, daughter of Mr. of Oceana; Darlens Hurley, Mrs. Claude Proffitt Class representatives to the Oceana High School Student Council were named Thursday and will assume their duties when school opens for the fall term. To represent the 3970-71 junior class are (left to right, front) Kathy i daughter of Mr. and Mrs.

Elbert; Justice of Jesse; Mary Kathryn Brown, daughter of daughter of Mr. and (Mrs. Anthony Hurley of Oceana, and Linda Cook, daughter of Mrs, Sonia Cook of Cyclone and the late Cletus Cook. Representing next year's sophomore class will be (back row, from left) Eva Lou Prof- and of Matheny; Randy Short, son of Mr. and Mrs.

Dutch Short of Matheny; Bruce Sparks, son of Rev. and Mrs. Boyd Sparks of the Toncda Community, and Carol Justice, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Elbert Justice of Jesse.

Thelma Mills, Rebecca Noble, Jean Reed, Bonnie Sanderson, which were presented by the Rita Shrader, Anne Thomas, Carol Ann Tuggle, Beverly Walker, Lula Wickline, Jean Williams, Shirley Hicks WM- Keith Francis, Bonnie Kathy a i Bostic, Danny Bradley. Donald Broyles, die Broyles, Mike Broyles, Dennis Burdette, Lewis Roger Copeland, Campbell, i i Calvin P. Harnest Dies; Rites Slated ALDERSON (RNS) Calvin Penn Harnest, 59, of Alderson died Monday in a Beckley hospital after a long illness. He was a retired farmer and a veteran of World War H. Born at Alderson, April 4, 1911, he was a son of the late Thomas E.

and Elizabeth Thomas Harnest. Survivors include a brother, Luther Harnes of Alderson, and three sisters, Mrs. Ella Taylor of Alderson, Mrs. Hettie Straley of Ronceverte and Mrs. Alice Porterfield of Sinks Grove, The funeral will be at 2 p.m.

Thursday in the Mount View Methodist Church on Muddy Creek Mountain with Rev. Richard McCallister and Rev. B. B. Mitchum in charge.

Burial will be in the Phillips Cemetery. The body will remain at Lobban Funeral Home where friends may call after 3 p.m. Wednesday. Pallbearers' will be Theodore Albaugh, Roy Ralph Kincaid, Steve PsMo, Jloy Kincaid Jr. and Rorxrrt of $15 and $10.

Becky received first place and Jeanie, seconc place. The girls read their winning essays to the group. The club plans to paint and cleanup the building and the Lindside Community a Thursday evening for the coming summer season. Plans for the annual 4th of July celebration were made and committees were appointed, The celebration is held each year at the Lindside Community Park in which there will be a parade, prizes, entertainment and food. The full day of entertainment will begin around 10 a.m.

The. parade wiU begin at the Community Building and end at Community Park. It was announced that the Mrs. Beckelheimer Dies; Funeral Is Set TJ fRNS) -Funeral serviejs Sirs. Callie D.

Becfcftiheimer, JSO, of Mullens wH). Jx; ttdd at 11 a.m. today in The First United Methodist Church ai, MulJenR with Kcv. William Nelson in charge. Burial be in the famity cemetery at Huffville, Va.

She died Saturday in a Beard hospital after a long illness. The body is at the Sarn Foglesong, Nease and Neely Funeral Home in Peterstown Department Volunteer Fire Fund Drive was David Shultz, Jim Webb, Roger; Dunn and Mickey Hazelwood. For the graduation exercises, the Peterstown High School Band played the processional "Promp and Circumstance''" directed by Joe. Gollehon. The "Star Spangled Banner" was played by the band and the Elag salute was led by Mickey Hazelwood.

The salutatory a There is a Hill," was given by Donette Buckland and the valedictory speech. Quality of Youtk, was given by Sharon Martin. The class poem was read by Kathy Garvin and was written by Mrs. Harry Gentry. The class sang Let There Be Peace on Earth." Steve Miller, principal of Peterstown High presented the class to Charles Allen, county superintendent, -who distributed the diplomas to the seniors.

The senior class then sang the school "Alma Mater." Eight seniors wore cowls over their robes indicating academic honors in the various subject fields: Vocational agriculture, grey, Keith Boggess; home economics, red, a Buckland; social studies, blue, Mickey Hazelwood; business, purple, Connie Booth; math, gold, Sharon Martin and Donetta Buckland: science, white, Sharon. Martin and English, green, Sharon Martin. Gold cords were also worn by members of the National Honor Society- Ushers were Neil Cbinault, Robert Hazelwood. Ricky Jones, Bob Perry, Jeff Shrader, David White and the marshals were Bonnie Thornton and Donna Daugherty. Those graduating were Connie Soothe, Brenda Donetta Buckland, Diane Carter, Shelby Christian, Alice DeHart, 'Maranda i 11 Clarissa Ferguson, Pam Fran- Crawford, Ronnie Roger Dunn, Gary Stanley Fortner, Tim Francis, Harold Halstead, Wayne Harmon.

Dale Hazelwood, Micky Hazelwood, OVIike Bines, Casey Jones, Randy Keatley, David King, Teddy Long, Glenn Mann, Marvin Mann, Steve Mann, Lowell Maxey, Eric Mutter, Danny Perdue, Leroy Pitzer, Karl" Reese, Charles Shires, David Shultz, Mike Spanglef, Jackie Suttle, Jim Thomas, Tommy Vass, Jim Webb, Robert Wimmer and Douglas Worrell conducted in the Lindside Community bv -the Ruritan Club. They collected S352.65 and in addition the Lindside Ruritan Club donated $100. MyrlinT. Green Succumbs At 15 WAYSIDE (RNS) Myrlm T. Green, 75, of Wayside ffiecl at 6:30 p.m.

Sunday "irSa Alderson nursing home long illness. A retired farmer, he was born at Wayside, Nov. 19, 1894. Survivors include several cousins. cis, Kathy Hardiman, Garvin, Donna Beverly Harless, Bonnie Hazelwood, Tommie Lou Jones, Stonna Keatley, Rachel King, Rhonda Lephew, Dreama Lilly, Marsha Martin, Nancy The funeral be at 2 p.nu today in the Wayside Methodist Church with Rev.

Doyal Cruikshank in charge. Burial will be in the church cemetery. The body will remain at Lobban Funeral Home in Alderson. and will be placed in the cuurch one hour prior to the funeral. Pallbearers will be Earl Wei- He, Harold Houchins, Cyrus Mann, Everett Bradley Harold McClung.

Bass, Lively i Mark Dillon, and a Sharon Martin, Debrairakes. Alderson Cleanup Set ALDERSON (RNS) Joe Lineberry, chairman of the Alderson Community Riverbank Cleanup, has announced at 6 p.m. today and Friday all interested Alderson citizens should report to cleanup the river bank. f. Each citizen is asked to bring a container for the collection of trash, bottles and tools 1 such, as lawnmowers, scythes and Construction Begins On New School Addition Groundbreaking bejjan Friday at the Jumping Branch Elementary School for the construction of an addition to ihe seven-room building which will include two classrooms, which may also be used as an auditorium-meeting room and an extension to the present kitchen facility and itorage room for refrigeration and utility supplies.

Because of the crowded conditions, the principal's office has been curtained off portion of the fifth grade classroom and also was the storage room for the refrigerated supplies and book store. At times it has been necessary to conduct small classes in the hallway. Shown art Hoy Meadowi, main- nance supervisor Cor Summcri County Schools, and Bobby, Lilly of Ellison removing brick from the kitchen window ledge that portion of the wall may be closed as soon as the children arc out of school this week. Tt expected the new Addition will be completed by the fall term..

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