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Newspaper
Raleigh Register
Location
Beckley, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Apr 19, 1960
Page
10
The Electric Investment Club, formed to educate members in investing, signs agreements approved by a law firm and aims for sound income. Members meet monthly to study companies and vote on stock releases while tracking Wall Street Journal reports for market activity. Officers include B. B.
Stella Thompson age 11 daughter of Mr and Mrs Harold Thompson Route 3 Beckley suffered a possible fracture to her right hand while playing ball Monday. She was treated at the Hospital.
The state plans assistance for mushroom mining projects mainly in Pennsylvania with underground operations near Pittsburgh and above ground farming near Kennet Square. Equipment is often custom built or adapted from surplus items and caverns or old mines are seen as potential growing sites. A pilot study will start near Len z Creek, market is year round with summer mushrooms. The State Department of Agriculture will release personnel and provide technical and on site support, aiding interested individuals or firms. Lewis Meadows of Shady Spring attends the meeting and may convert his Fireco mine to mushroom production.
Beckley National Guard units along with Air Guard members will conduct a house to house cancer awareness campaign on Wednesday in cooperation with the Cancer Crusade. About 120 Guardsmen will cover 165 000 homes statewide during a 5 to 7 p m window with 60 teams visiting 50 homes each. No collections or home entries. porch lights encouraged. Safety records will be kept for follow up by the Woman's Club and Fayette County Cancer Society.
In Marsh Fork District two youth organizations will benefit from a spaghetti dinner at Marsh Fork High School Montcoal from 4 to 7 p.m. Saturday. Proceeds go to the Big Coal River Youth League Auxiliary aiding Little League and Babe Ruth teams from Sylvester Whitesville Naoma Marfork Dorothy Montreal and Mount View. Mrs J D Corbin Whitesville is president. Mrs Inez Webb chairs Girl Scouts day camps. Edith Macy training noted. Tickets on sale.
Three young men from Cranberry were sentenced by Raleigh County Criminal Court Judge Harry L. McCreery Monday to one to ten years in the State Penitentiary for a series of road and breakings. Because of youth, the judge suspended the sentences and committed them to the Forestry Camp for not less than one nor more than two years at Davis. William Harlow Ewing 18 and Robert Dee Acord 17 were joined by Beney Garten Jr. 17 of Dorothy in the sentencing.
Losses estimated at about $2000 resulted from a fire at the Midway home of the Moyer McPeake family Monday. Smoke and water added to the damage. Sophia Fire Department arrived and extinguished the blaze within about 15 minutes. The McPeakes were away. the fire was discovered around 8:30 p.m. by neighbor Raymond Richards who reported the alarm.
Simpkins and Eccles suffered electric burns to both eyes while operating an electric drill at Massey Coal Co Shady Spring on Monday They were treated at Beckley Hospital.
Two fishermen faced $20 fines and court costs after being nabbed for fishing violations in Raleigh County. The Rev. O. T. Moore of Kilsyth and J. Worley of Pratt were arrested on Glade Creek and Little Beaver Lake respectively, by conservation officer L. W. Berkel and tried before Magistrate J. E. Mays. A trout stamp costing $1 plus 15 cents is required this year, and Glade Creek and Little Beaver Lake remain closed until the season opens at 6 a.m. on April 30.
Earl Rogers, 10, son of Mr and Mrs H E Rogers of Raleigh, was treated at Raleigh General Monday for a fractured skull after a rock struck him. His nine-year-old brother Elvin was nearby while the boys dug a hole to make a cabin near the house.
R. B. Herron of Eccles was treated at Beckley Hospital Monday for burns to his right leg caused by hot wax at Beckley Manufacturing Plant.
Student Council elections were held last Wednesday on the Tech campus. Fraternities and other groups campaigned for two weeks. Carl Alberchinski Oak Hill was elected sophomore representative. Alpha Phi Omega's King Alf Ugly contest ends April 22 at the dance to raise funds for the Student Union. Holy Week devotions were held for a week in the men's lounge with Montgomery Ministerial Association speakers. Easter vacation ends as the term resumes.
Gray K Deck 22 of Daniels was fined 40 for failing to report a crash on South Fayette Street April 1 that injured five year old Stephen Hairston. Police and DMV had charges. Hairston treated for broken ribs and kidney injury. Several others forfeited bonds totaling 255.50. one teen fined 20 for exhaust violation. some charges dismissed or reduced.
Presidential hopeful Senator John F. Kennedy plans a Wednesday tour across Fayette County and Kanawha Valley, stopping at Beckley Manufacturing Co at 8 15 a.m. and visiting Mount Hope Oak Hill and Gauley Bridge High Schools, Fayetteville and Montgomery, with a reception at the Hotel Pritchard Huntington that evening.
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