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Newspaper

Raleigh Register

Location

Beckley, West Virginia, United States of America

Date

Apr 05, 1961

Page

9

Full-Time Music Teacher Pleased With Shady Spring Pupils Progress

At Shady Spring Elementary School a full time music program teaches grades one through eight with three weekly 30 minute lessons in 15 rooms nine classes per day. Mrs Betty Moye Brown Flat Top a Shady Spring High School graduate directs with rhythm band pitch pipe piano tape recorder and baton twirling. She resides at Flat Top with her husband Vernon and son Vaughn Lee and serves as pianist at Flat Top Missionary Baptist Church.

Shady Spring Betty Moye Move

Nine-Year-Old Injured in One-Car Crash on Kanawha Street

Frankie Dempsey was treated and released from Raleigh General Hospital after a one-car crash on North Kanawha Street. The vehicle driven by his mother Blanche L. Dempsey struck a utility pole. damages were estimated at $650. Mrs. Dempsey was not charged.

Frankie Dempsey Raleigh General Hospital Kanawha Street Blanche L. Dempsey Maxwell Hill Road

Five Raleigh Scouts Advance in New District

Five Raleigh County Boy Scouts have been approved for advancement by the District 3 Board of Advancement, the first since Raleigh and Summers counties merged. Eagle Scout honors went to Pete Lilly of First Baptist Church Troop No 6. Life Scout nominees are Steven Bratton, Phillip Hughes, and Bill Harvey. Star Scout recipient is Roger Lilly of St Marys Methodist Church Troop No 139.

Raleigh County District 3 Board of Advancement Raleigh Summers Pete Lilly First Baptist Church W. B. Lilly College Ave Steven Bratton Methodist Temple H. W. Bratton Hargrove St Phillip Hughes Calloway Heights Baptist Church James Hughes Johnson St Bill Harvey James Myron Harvey Canterbury Drive Roger Lilly St. Mary's Methodist Church William L. Lilly Earhart St

Ten Seek Work at Beckley Employment Office

Twenty persons filed applications for work at the Beckley office of Employment Security Mon ey. They were: one stenographer, one maid, one nurse aid, one route man, one general office clerk, one service station manager, three truck drivers, one motel manager, three waitresses, one sheet metal worker, one carpenter, one electrical repairman, one electrician, one construction laborer, one pipe fitter and one coal loader.

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Masked shoppers enter Rawlins store amid picket line

A man and two women wearing Halloween masks entered a Rawlins food store during a strike by the clerks union. The manager, fearing a holdup, alerted police. The trio said they wore masks to avoid identification while crossing the picket line for weekly groceries.

Rawlins, Wyo Rawlins

Doctor outlines pyelitis risks in infant girls and prevention

The article explains how high fevers in infant girls can stem from urinary tract infections like pyelitis. It details hygiene tips to prevent infections, such as not diapering too tightly, cleansing away from the urethral opening, using clean water to prep specimens, and seeking specialist evaluation if attacks recur. It also offers a 10 cent leaflet request to Dr Hyman.

Flat Top Lake Association Elects Officers

Brooks Adair 503 S Ka nawha St will be president for the coming year after a meeting at Raleigh County Courthouse on Monday I Wilbur Bays 106 Bishop St is vice president and Ross Irle 115 Beaver Ave serves as secretary treasurer

Flat Top Lake Association Brooks Adair S. Kanawha St Raleigh County I. Wilbur Bays Bishop St Ross Irle Beaver Ave

Washington's Addition to the Presidential Oath

The article notes George Washington added the phrase So help me God to the presidential oath as prescribed by the Constitution and affirms the intent to faithfully execute the office and defend the Constitution to the best of his ability.

Washington U. S United States George Washington

Stoco Elementary Audited for First Class Rating

Stoco Elementary School is set for a first class rating after Wednesday scoring. The shortfall stems from lacking a Parent-Teacher Association and only four of six teachers holding first class certificates, despite excellent marks in spelling, library, teaching aids, playground, and lunch programs.

Stoco Virgil A. Sarrett Sarrett Mason Anderson Boots Dilley Edythe Clay Mary Abbott

Library Week Committee Appointed By Chairman

Mrs Barnard announces a committee to organize Raleigh Beckley county libraries National Library Week events April 1 to 22. Members include Mrs Graham librarian, Mrs Amick co chair, Miss Keyser, Rev Francis, Mrs Bright, John Flanagan, Charles Hodel, Mrs Lawson, Mrs Burke, James Green, D W Kinzer, Kermit Locke, Mrs Lazenby, and others to promote reading and library use with the theme For a richer fuller life Read.

W. C Barnard Cecil H. Graham Raleigh County Public Library Robert L. Amick Friends of the Eva Keyser Raleigh County Don Francis George W. Bright Commit‘tee Woman's Club of Beckley Raleigh Register John Flanagan Junior Chamber of Commerce Charles Hodel West Virginia Centennial Commission Roy Lawson Arnold C. Burke Friends of the BC Public Library James Green Jayceeettes D. W. Kinzer Kermit Locke K. S. Lazenby Beckley Art Group Barnard National Library Week

Three Sunbury Widows Named Minnie Aged 287 Years

In Sunbury Ohio three elderly widows share the name Minnie and total 287 years. Minnie Williams is 97, Minnie Gorsuch 95, and Minnie Hoover 95.

Sunbury, Ohio Minnie Sunbury Minnie Williams Minnie Gorsuch Minnie Hoover

Also Mentioned on This Page

Shady Spring Elementary Janet Staton Alan Staton Shady Spring High School The First Methodist Church First Church of the Nazarene Johnstown Rd Carl W. Gray Jr Walton Hurt Missionary Society of the Church Lad Harold Thomas Hyman M. D Newspaper Enterprise Assn Dr. Hyman Care Dept. B Radio City Staition New York N. Y Flat Top Association Stoco Elementary Library Week Montgomery Ward Neville St Phon Liberal Credit Plans
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