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Newspaper
Raleigh Register
Location
Beckley, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Apr 16, 1962
Page
3
Color the second Bugs Bunny sketch for the Raleigh Register contest open to all children through 12 years old. Print name age and address, color freely with crayons or paints, and submit by mail to the contest editor for a chance at prizes.
Raleigh County schools transport 60.3 percent of 20 742 students using 84 buses. Buses range from 1945 to 1961 models and travel 3 446 miles daily with 971 gallons of gasoline used. Transportation serves 88 of 111 schools with 78 county drivers and the rest on contract.
Beckley Recreation Board members met with Ernest Slater of a Pittsburgh firm to review ice skating rink types and cost ranges. The session sought information only, with no decisions. A committee was named to study concession stand equipment and field improvements requested by Babe Ruth League spokesman W. H. File. The board also thanked citizens for passing the levy at Tuesday’s election.
Dear Kathy advises that high achieving teens should study alone and use occasional joint sessions. If a student is in the bottom two thirds, independent study remains best and copying is discouraged. The column also notes a hospital discharge and U.S. population figure from 1960.
Stratton High School students modeled outfits at the Annual Spring Fashion Festival April 4 in Bluefield State College’s Dickason Hall. Patricia James wore navy wool with matching accessories. Brenda Griffin wore a blue wool coat and pill box hat. Jeri Simon placed second with a tangerine striped two piece dress and coat. Nadine Wooten wore a green plaid wool outfit. The Home Economics Department organized the affair with a tea hosted for attendees and teachers.
President John F Kennedy will pen a foreword for the official West Virginia Centennial book to be issued late this year. Centennial Commission Chairman Charles Hodel announced color illustrations will appear on about half of the 125 plus pages under the title West Virginia in Color. The commission will recognize the book as the official centennial volume and it will be distributed by Illustrated Publications of Parkersburg and sold through civic organizations at a yet to be announced price.
Raleigh County Health Department weekly report shows four mumps, two chickenpox, four German measles and two influenza infections, indicating the county is not afflicted with widespread health issues. Secretary Miss Mildred Mill.
Beaver Elementary School PTA hosts a pot luck dinner and Easter fashion parade at 6 p m in the Beaver Lions Club. Mrs Karl Okes chairs the program with a comedy style by parents. Participants include Tracy Miller Donald Skelton Basil Worley Jr Fred Stump Beryl Currence Ralph Greene Warren Davis Carl Noor Benny Miller and Mary Evelyn Meadows as Peter Cottontail Shady Spring High School vocal group will perform and Sherry Lynn Okes will play piano. About 80 licensed automobile drivers in the United States are noted.
Eligibility includes all under twelve except Beckley newspapers employees. Clip three Bugs Bunny sketches color them and include name age and address on each. Submit to Bugs Bunny Contest Editor Raleigh Register Box R Beckley by noon Friday April 20 in Class I up to six years and Class II seven to twelve. Prizes equal in both classes first place 3 dollars second 2 dollars third 1 dollar.
Eleven persons filed applications for work at the Beckley Office of Employment Security Thursday. They were a waitress, a tree pruner, a carpenter, a jackhammer operator, a power saw man, a turret lathe operator, a service station attendant, a sales clerk, a mine foreman and two construction laborers. Out of the area openings include a statistician, clerk, typists and stenographers.
Three men enlisted in the Army at Beckley Main Recruiting Station on Thursday. James E. Chafin Jr of Carretta, assigned to armor, George V. Smith Jr of Huntington, un assigned, and Ralph L. Fisher of Hacker Valley, administration, were sent to Fort Jackson South Carolina reception station. Gerald Covelli, Chicago hoodlum, faced trouble testifying in a whisky hijacking trial as the government’s star witness.
Daniels Beaver and Whitby schools won district spelling honors at the Shady Spring District Spelling Bees. Lorra Hatcher of Daniels claimed the 5-6 division title with Brenda Lester as runner-up. Janie Taylor of Beaver led the 7-8 division with Eva Bolen of Whitby as runner-up.
Three Crab Orchard youths ages 15 and 14 faced Juvenile Court Judge Harry L. McCreery for an auto theft in Wyoming County. The ringleader, 15, was sent to Prunytown Industrial Home. another 15 received a suspended sentence on probation. the 14-year-old was placed in his mother’s custody with future juvenile days. A Mabscott pair charged with fighting settled their dispute and were released.
The former concrete bunker where Hitler died in Berlin is being converted into a park extension. What remains will be covered with flowers grass and trees to create a memorial landscape.
New healing substance Bio-Dyne found to shrink hemorrhoids while relieving itching and pain without surgery. Case after case shows actual shrinkage and reports piles no longer a problem. Sold as Preparation H in suppository or ointment form with money back guarantee at druggists.
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