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Newspaper
Raleigh Register
Location
Beckley, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Apr 19, 1961
Page
6
The piece argues truths are contextual and that people often fixate on a single fact. It compares blunt judgments to medieval executions, noting that truth gains value when related to surrounding facts. A mother dismissing a daughter's look is cited as an example of misapplied truth.
Ex-Pineville resident T Sgt Miles Wyatt of Westover Air Force Base Mass aided a 39 year old motorcyclist after a collision in Chicopee Mass He arrived at the scene on his shopping trip and applied a tourniquet to the injured leg then rode with the victim to hospital maintaining pressure to stop bleeding Wyatt a father of five and Pineville High School alumnus is credited with likely saving the man’s life and avoiding a severed main artery context notes his family remaining in Noblesville Ind Pineville residents include his parents sister and another sister.
Fayetteville residents learn May 6 as the first political convention date to nominate candidates for the forthcoming municipal election on Tuesday June 6. Incumbent Mayor Dr M G Hresan announced the convention at a special council meeting. No opposing party convention date has been set yet.
Americans consume about 60 million cans of food each day across households and institutions. The figure reflects widespread demand for canned goods and the role of packaging in modern eating patterns.
Dayton couple Mr and Mrs David Williamson return from a visit with H L Canterbury in Lively and Mrs Bilfe Clyburn in Beckley. Numerous guests arrive in Lively, Beckley, and Horse Creek to visit relatives including Mrs Grace Pyle, Ronnie Troutman, and Rev Robert Dean. Families host gatherings with extended kin from Charleston Pax Logan Mullens Princeton and Detroit during the weekend.
Mrs Bettie Sears of El Cajon weighing under 140 pounds hauled a 419 pound sea bass from a sports fishing boat near the Coronado Islands about 20 miles southwest of San Diego Officials called it the largest fish of record caught with medium tackle marking a new record for the area
Collins High School and guest artists stage a full fledged variety show in the elementary auditorium. James Tully directs with Greene brothers Johnny and Carroll, Rick Thomas on drums, and Warren Hatcher of St Albans. Proceeds fund new band uniforms. Starlighters headline with four numbers as the first public appearance.
West Virginia health director N H Dyer warned at West Virginia Tech that immediate action is needed in the Kanawha Valley and nearby areas to curb industrial smog. He cited London and Donora disasters, urged source reduction over tall smokestacks, praised some reductions, and supported interstate pollution accords to limit cross-border contamination.
Clarence Tiz Jones a former boxer and preacher from West Virginia is to be returned to Huttonville Medium Security Prison after a parole violation in California. He had been paroled in January 1960 and held in Kanawha County Jail since returning from California. Jones served part of a 115 year Monroe County grand larceny sentence and parole board chair J Alexander Creasey said he will be eligible for parole again in about a year.
In Pineville Wyoming County Court last week three individuals were released from probation. Rush Little of Clear Fork Lucy Mae Darman Basin and Teddy Shumate Keyrock were freed from probation on the probation officer Everette H. Collins recommendation. Two divorces were granted: James Stewart and Nina Stewart custody of four children to the father and Ellen Hatfield Bledsoe custody of six children to the mother.
A 28 year old Hinton man Hobart Samuel Judy died by self inflicted gunshot around 2 30 pm Tuesday. He was found seated in a car near his parents home between Meadow Bridge and Springdale. Deputy Lessie W Fox said a note mentioned family troubles and returning the borrowed shotgun. Judy survived by his wife Lola Lemon and two children, plus four siblings. An inquest was held by a Rainelle physician with assistance from state police Corp F A Roberts.
West Virginia Institute of Technology has 36 students doing directed teaching in local high schools under director Hubert L. Near. The program includes two formats: half day for a full semester or full day for nine weeks. Nearby participants include James Fitzwater of Oak Hill and David West of Fayetteville, who began in the second nine weeks, and Paul Grygiel of Mr. Hope as well as Carrell Toney of Collins, who started in February.
A note on Belgian cuisine highlights fritures d anguilles et anguilles au vert fried eels and eels prepared with shredded herbs oil and vinegar as distinctive regional specialties across the country.
Mount Hope High School instructor Mrs. Dorothy C. Harris led 53 students on a chartered bus to Charleston for home economics study. The group explored furniture history at Woodrum’s, observed textiles at the Diamond, watched bread and cake making, and toured several businesses before shopping time at the end.
Dr. James H. Shelton district governor of Lions International will be honored by his home club at a 6 30 p m dinner Thursday at White Oak Country Club. Dudley L. Simms of Charleston will be principal speaker and many West Virginia Lions dignitaries plan to attend as guests or members of Shelton's cabinet. The article notes invitations to other district governors and club presidents and lists several locals and officials as attendees. Also mentioned is Caspian Sea coastline recession causing inland fishing villages to sit miles from water.
Mount Hope Lions Club members await the appointment of a nominating committee led by George E. Williams to propose officers for the coming year. The panel, named by president J. M. Wade, includes six assistants and will present a slate on April 27 with elections May 11 and duties starting July 1. Also five directors will be chosen for two-year terms.
Mrs Thelma Boyd and Robert Phillips of Maple Fork Dairy joined 375 New England Dairymen representatives from 14 states in St Louis Missouri for a Purina Co conference. Attendees toured Purina Research Farms Gray Summit and Purina Research Laboratory downtown. Beckley Ice and Feed Co arranged the all expense paid trip.
Girl Scout Troop No. 105 members were honored at a Friday night party in Fellowship Hall at First Methodist Church. Leader Miss Judy Jones and assistant Miss Peggy Mann hosted to acknowledge the girls' Slave Day efforts, which raised 30 dollars for the Wyoming County Society for Crippled Children and Adults.
Mossy resident Mrs Susan Granny Scarbro was honored on her 98th birthday Saturday by the Ladies Willing Workers Band with a fruit basket. The presenter was group president Mrs Maggie Aliff. Scarbro lives with her grandson John Dugan at their Paint Creek home, where they have resided for 25 years. She is the widow of Webb Scarbro and a Virginia native. She recalls childhood vividly and notes today’s generation would struggle with post Civil War hardships. Her three living daughters are Mrs Mary Hall Seattle Mrs Martha Taylor Belle and Mrs Francis Deel Cleveland.
Bids totaling nearly five million dollars on 24 West Virginia highway improvements were opened by the State Road Commission. An out-of-state firm submitted the apparent low bid for the biggest project, 2.1 million from Allied Structural Steel Co of Chicago for the I 64 Kanawha River bridge superstructure at Nitro. Other low bids include Boone & Wyoming for 15.7 miles of WV 79, Andersons Inc of Charleston for 499 629 on US 219 Princeton to Oakvale, Brown & Wright for 21 645 on US 3 Union to Gap Mills, and Andersons for five miles of US 52 Wyoming Justice to Johnny Cake for 103 075.
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