FOC Ladies Auxiliary Update

The Ladies Auxiliary of the Friends of Coal has begun their classes on “What Is Coal?” for the third grade class of St. Frances De Sales Catholic School in Beckley.  The ladies have prepared a one hour class for 6 weeks consisting of 5 weeks of classroom time and ending a field trip to the Beckley Exhibition Coal Mine on the 6th week.  The classes began on April 29 with classroom instruction by the ladies, Jaydee Fairchild spoke on the procedures of surface mining  on May 6.  Scheduled for May 13 is speaker Robert Worley, discussing underground mining, May 20, Dave Langford with AEP and May 27 will be Bill Raney and Janet Lilly, Assistant Superintendent of Schools.  June 3 will the final phase of their classes with the field trip to the Beckley Exhibition Mine, visiting the superintendent’s house, miner’s house and the company store.