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Newspaper
Raleigh Register
Location
Beckley, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Apr 07, 1959
Page
12
The public is invited to an open house at Raleigh County Vocational School located at 229 Second Street. The event runs Friday from 7 p.m. to 9 30 p.m. Visitors will tour shops where vocational programs are taught and observe high school students and adults at work.
An advertising feature for FASTEETH explains that sprinkling the alkaline powder on denture plates keeps false teeth steadier and more comfortable. It claims no gummy taste or odor and advises purchasing FASTEETH at drug counters.
Funeral services for John W. Evans, 66, of 205 Fairview Ave., will be at 2:30 p.m. Thursday at the First Christian Church with Rev. A. H. Wilson officiating. Evans died Sunday while vacationing in West Palm Beach, Florida. Pallbearers are John Ward, W. M. McCutcheon, Lewis Graveley, Joe Bower, B. B. Shumate, A. A. Ross, and Kermit Hill. Survivors include his wife, a son, a daughter, two sisters Mrs. Margaret Koontz and Mrs. Millie Hill of Beckley, two brothers Baden Evans and Ross Evans, and three grandchildren. He was a member of the First Christian Church and the Elks. The body will be taken to the church from Melton Mortuary one hour before the service.
Nine men enlisted at the U S Army Recruiting Main Station Beckley on Tuesday and Wednesday, entering eight weeks of basic training at Fort Jackson South Carolina. Names include Paul F Sayers Rufus L Linkous Frederick C Hutchison James C Spears John E Combs Billy J Shuck Newman W Bryant Dallas F E Conley Raymond C Williams and others from Virginia and West Virginia with parent names listed.
The Raleigh County Girl Scout Leader's Association announced a busy spring schedule. A May 13 workshop on Neighborhood Service Teams will be led by Mrs. Scotty Powell at Beckley Presbyterian Church, 10 a.m. to 3 p.m., bring a nose bag lunch. An Advance Leadership Course will run April 21 and 28, 6:30 to 9:30 p.m., at the same church. May 23 plans a nature trail and birdwalk at Little Beaver Park. Mrs. Edwin Davidson reported 9 615 boxes of cookies ordered by the Raleigh County Council. The Spring Festival exhibit reservation deadline was extended to April 14.
The 23rd annual Farm and Home Electrification Conference at Jackson Mills will cover West Virginia's Worst Enemy Trends in West Virginia Home Management Information Survey and Mechanization in Agriculture with John J Flanagan of the Rural Development Program attending.
Sophia youth led by Kay Snyder asked the town council Monday night to aid in founding a youth center. Leighton Farley assisted with the presentation as a group from Sophia outlined needs and plans. Mayor D B Winfrey ordered Water Commissioner Buford Mann to address low water pressure in McKinney Hollow and other areas. A committee including the mayor and council members will meet Mann to review improvements.
Deeds on file record real estate transactions in the county clerk office. Catherine S Cunningham Kenneth Cunningham and others to Garnet Edward Slack lots eight and nine Wildwood Addition no consideration. A E Bowyer to R H Bowyer.
Curtain Callers present My Three Angels in Memorial Building auditorium today and Wednesday at 8 30 p m. Max Baer Gene Hall and Pete D Agostino lead the three crooks who embezzle forge and even murder with genteel flair in a comedy tied to the Beckley stage. Tickets available at Saks Jewelers and the box office.
Thomas and Rosabelle Birchfield sell to Hazel Fraley a parcel in Slab Fork District with no consideration. Willie and Anna Plumley transfer property in Richmond District to Earles and Myrtle M Adkins for about 500 dollars.
To be on stage at SSHS today enacting a scene from the annual junior class play Are Teachers Human. The production begins at 8 p.m. in the school auditorium and is directed by Miss Marilyn Forren with cast including Helen Smith Howard Morrison Edward Fowler Sandra Sanderson Betty Gregg Doug lay and C Solomon Stone.
The Stratton High School Parent Teacher Association sponsors a minstrel rehearsal for The Old Home Town to be presented at 7 p.m. in the school auditorium. The event is set for April 24 and aims to showcase student performers.
The Beckley district of the Methodist Church held an extended session at First Methodist Church with Rev. Claude R. Collins presiding. Members from Raleigh Nicholas Fayette Wyoming and Boone counties attended as registration was led by Elbert Perkins. Lectures cover evangelistic teaching for children and Christian higher education. A film on television religion titled To You the Sponsor was shown with a Talk Back panel discussion. Parking was arranged by city officials for attendees.
Two members of St. Stephen's Beckley joined 20 representatives from 11 parishes at a Sandscrest conference. Bishop Wilburn C. Campbell appointed the group for a weekend retreat aimed at increasing Christian awareness in the West Virginia Diocese.
Lew Leslie, famed for booking Negro entertainers, plans a new Broadway Blackbirds revue. He produced seven Blackbirds from 1922 to 1936 and has already named several hopefuls for the show.
Dr. M. D. Mobley executive secretary of the American Vocational Association in Washington will be a featured speaker at the second Regional Area Development Conference on April 17. The Raleigh County Vocational School hosts the event with Appalachian Power Company Beckley Area Rural Development Council and 17 area chambers of commerce. The one day meet aims to unite civic business and industrial leaders to discuss vocational education driving area development.
New tablet Dristan claims to relieve congestion and sinus pressure quickly without discomfort. It works through the blood to shrink swollen sinus doors and promote drainage, promising relief or money back. Available at drug counters for 98 cents a bottle of 24.
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