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Newspaper
Raleigh Register
Location
Beckley, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Apr 19, 1960
Page
14
Raleigh County Physical Education Association sponsors its first annual program at Woodrow Wilson High School at 7 30 p m May 9. It features modern dance waltzes calisthenics tumbling balancing pyramid building relays rope jumping and more. All Raleigh County schools are invited to participate.
Blue census forms printed on blue paper were distributed to one quarter of households during the first census stage now underway. The 25 percent sample provides population and housing data while protecting privacy under federal law, with forms to be completed and mailed back.
Jerry A. Lilly of Concord College serves as co director of the College Service Committee for the Young Republican National Federation Region III. A 1959 Woodrow Wilson High School graduate, he was active in student council and service clubs, became organizational chairman at Concord, and now executive secretary. Lilly reactivated the Raleigh County Junior Republican Club, serving as its president for a year.
Years before the Rocky Mountains began forming, Red Cloud stood as a famed Indian chief of the Oglala Tribe, his leadership shaping memory and legends of the plains.
Pupils and other Girl Scouts in the County, including Troop 39, take part in a project with leaders and several named participants such as Marjorie Shumate and Connie Harris. The passage notes large Amazon sediment flow and seaweed consumption in the Orient and Oceania as background details.
Twenty one men enlisted in the Marine Corps at the Beckley Recruiting Station last week. Names include Shumate Spangler Rogers Mor Lynch Helmondollar Breckenridge Mab scott Meee Franklin Phipps Fannock O Neal Lewis Harmon Jr Branch Pendergrass Burnside Bever ly Jr Par rish Lookout Pender grass Burn side and Edward Beverly Jr. The group will train at Paris Island South Carolina. Re enlisting are Harry Fisher and Joseph Caponiti both to be stationed at Cherry Point North Carolina.
Local cast member James Dean Roanoke Virginia and freshman Maxine Harris Beckley lead the star roles in Death of a Salesman. Supporting players include James Creasy Prince det James Crawford Raymond Howell Robert Crawford Fred Morris June Lester Lawrence Clark Elgie Winston Ruby Nixon and James Price with PRINCESS Patterson studying for the female lead.
Delegates from across the United States and overseas will attend a Methodist Church conference to chart the denomination’s course for four years. Bishop Lloyd C. Wicke heads a 24 person Western New York delegation. West Virginia Conference elected 215,000 members from 1,500 churches. Ministerial nominees include Dr. Lacy H. Burns and T. Sterling Evans among others. The episcopal address from the Council of Bishops will be delivered at the gathering.
The West Virginia Chamber of Commerce will sponsor its annual state dinner for Congress members on May 3 at Washington's Willard Hotel. A WVU School of Journalism visiting committee names Max R. Fullerton as chief, with Harry Brawley Lyell B. Clay John A. Jones and B B Lovins on the panel. Disciples of Christ groups from the Ohio Valley New York and New England meet Bethany College April 25 26. A radio intercommunication published by July 1. A Charleston meeting Wednesday will discuss implementation.
A bishop delivers a report outlining the church past activities and goals for the next four years. The address highlights ongoing programs, community outreach, and strategic plans to strengthen the diocese and its ministries.
Johnson says the Benedum Foundation has granted 100000 dollars to Alderson Broaddus College, requiring state citizen, trustee and alumni matching. Trustees approve two new buildings valued over 800000, including a men’s residence hall attached to Whitescarver Hall and a two story dining hall student center with a large game room and offices, slated for completion in early 1961.
Three Raleigh schools announced spelling champions in the Tri County Spelling Bees at Griffith Elementary and Odd Elementary, with Karen Sue Anderson spelling GUile winning 5 6 division and Bertha Dickerson taking 7 8 and Melanie Martin runner up in 5 6 7 8 divisions. Richard Walker claimed 5 6 division with AMPLY as winning word while Darrell Meador fell on ambitious. Lois Ann Plumley won 5 6 division at Plumley Mountain Elementary. Ida Mae Plumley was runner up.
Alderson Broaddus College trustees launched a second major capital expansion within three years by letting bids for a new men s residence hall and a dining hall student center. Contracts total over 800000 with Parrott and Co Roanoke lowest for the residence 373000 and Vandegrift Co Cumberland Md lowest for the dining hall 287178.
The American Iron and Steel Institute’s Steelways predicts steel research will yield fabrics of steel with polka dot or multicolor patterns and a fabric like feel. The forecast mentions potential impact on automobiles and consumer perception as steel gains new aesthetic versatility.
Pat Earey has coached the North Carolina swimmers the last two seasons and each time the Tar Heels won Atlantic Coast Conference titles.
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