United Fund Drive Decision Expected Soon
Beckley Raleigh Chamber of Commerce board meets to gauge support for renewed United Fund Drive. Chairman Gene Morehouse says decision on participation will come soon after representatives from women’s groups confer. W C McMahan to draft letters urging Congress on medical aid for the aged.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United Fund
Gene Morehouse
Beckley-Raleigh Chamber of Commerce
Rive
W. C. McMahan
Congressional Action Committee
Beckley-Raleigh County Chamber of Commerce
Congress
Clark Kessel
Chamber
Beckley Business Bureau
Bill Sutphin
Rural Areas Development
Chesapeake and Ac Telephone Co
Bradley
Beckley
Registration Set June For WWHS Summer School
Summer school opens with registration at 9 a m June 8 at Woodrow Wilson High School. Six weeks long, closing July 27. No sessions July 4 26. Principal C G Peregoy notes courses offered include English social studies Algebra I II plane geometry and biology with other subjects possible if demand remains.
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Woodrow Wilson High School
C. G. Peregoy
WWHS
College Project Taps Patteson
A Beckley bank president Okey L. Patteson of the Raleigh County Bank will serve on a 36 member development council for a 10 year program at West Virginia Wesleyan College. The council will guide financing for expansion with an estimated $22 million. Paul G. Benedum of Pittsburgh is chairman and J. Roy Price of New York Union Carbide is vice chairman. Dr William R Laird of Laird Foundation is a member.
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Beckley Bank
Okey L. Patteson
Raleigh County Bank
West Virginia Wesleyan College
William R. Laird
Laird Foundation, Inc
Montgomery
Development Council
Paul G. Benedum
Pittsburgh
Plymouth Oil Co
J. Roy Price
Union Carbide Corp
New York
Sugar's Role in Iranian Diet Highlighted
Next to tea and bread, sugar stands as a vital staple in Iranian daily life, underscoring its cultural and practical importance in meals and routines. The note points to sugar's central place alongside common staples.
Ex-Beckleyan Mary Mulholland Named Life Week Co ordinator
Miss Mary Jane Mulholland, former Beckley girl and Raleigh Register alumnus, has been appointed Life Week coordinator at West Virginia University. She is daughter of Mr and Mrs Eugene H Meadows of St Albans and holds multiple campus roles including president of Alpha Phi, secretary of Sigma Tau Sigma, and coordinator for Foreign Students Guides and International Awareness Steering Committee.
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Mary Jane Mulholland
Beckley
Life Week
West Virginia University
Miss Mulholland
Eugene H. Meadows
St. Albans
Raleigh Register
Miss
Pi Delta Phi
Sigma Tau Sigma
Greater W. Va
Monticola
Mountainair
Mountainair Week
Sophia Baptists Plan Sunday Sunrise Service
Sophia Baptists plan sunrise services at 6 a m Easter at The Sophia Friendship Baptist Church led by Rev W F Tolliver with the Young Peoples Class presenting the Easter Program at 11 a m under W W Withrow. A song festival featuring Floyd Farley and The Revelators quartet is set for 7 30 p m Saturday at Best Church of God, pastor Rev Boyd England inviting all to attend.
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Sophia Friendship Baptist Church
W. F. Tolliver
W. W. Withrow
Floyd Farley
Revelators
School stamps program aids thirty children weekly
Seated, a volunteer dispenses about $30 of stamps every Wednesday afternoon at the school to roughly 30 to 40 children. The savings program operates with the approval of Principal Charles W. Akers, who is shown standing.
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Charles W. Akers
Savings Stamp Program Engages 600 Beckley Students
About 600 pupils in area schools take part in the annual savings stamp program led by the Woman's Club of Beckley. The drive, begun under Miss Topsy O'Dell, is chaired this year by Mrs. Roy A. Cunningham. Volunteers sold $2,367.45 in stamps and aim to surpass that by year end, with participants and assigns listed for Teel, Maxwell Hill, Crescent, Central, Lincoln, Sylvia, and Institute schools each day.
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Central Elementary School
Woman‘s Club of
Beckley
Rusty Hodge
The
Woman's Club of
Topsy O'Dell
Roy A. Cunningham
Teel
Joe Pack
iMaxwell Hill
W. L. Cole
Dentists Elect Year's Officers
New River Dental Society members elected A E Higginbotham as president for next year with Gray Gallaher as president elect, K K Rand vice president, Oliver Peck secretary treasurer, James Farris executive council delegate, D E Neil executive council alternate, and C C Cottrell trustee for Dental Services Corp. Adjacent reports note Roy H Green’s visit and convention plans for The Greenbrier, plus a Cedar Lakes workshop and aJune 14 summer outing.
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Gray Gallaher
K. K. Rand
Oliver Peck
James Farris
D. E. Neil
C. C. Cottrell
Dental Services Corp
State of
West Virginia
Roy H. Green
West Virginia Dental Society
Greenbrier
Cedar Lakes
Robert W. Laidlaw
Tecumgah
Mich
Detroit Dental Clinic Club
Corning
Family To Present Musical Program At Chapel A M E Church
The Taylor family of Sophia will present a musical program at 2 30 p m Sunday at The Tams Chapel A M E Church led by Rev David L Smith pastor. The public is invited to attend.
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Tams Chapel
A.M.E
David L. Smith
Taylor
Sophia
State Warns About Two Insurance Firms
West Virginia Insurance Commissioner Virginia Mae Brown warned residents that Prudential Life and Casualty Insurance Co. of Oklahoma City and National Benefit Life Insurance Co. of Chicago are not licensed in the state. She said neither meets the minimum financial requirements and customers lack the protections offered to licensed firms.
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Charleston
West Virginia
Brown
Portsmouth Group To Join Pinochle Bugs
The Beckley Chapter of the National Pinochle Bugs Inc held a Saturday meeting at Mrs. Alberta Singley’s home. A Portsmouth Virginia chapter will be inducted April 28 with Mrs. Eli Killian as delegate and Mrs. Irvin Leece as accompanying president. Delegates for the national conclave in Petersburg on June 1 to 3 were chosen as Mrs. Hembrick and Mrs. Tatum, with alternates Mrs. Cosby and Mrs. Cox. The group will co sponsor a girl for Rhododendron Girls State in June. A salary course followed business.
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Beckley
National Pinochle Bugs, Inc
Alberta Singley
Grant Street
Hubert Tatum
Portsmouth
Eli Killian
Mount Hope
Irvin Leece
Petersburg
Oliver C. Hembrick
Clareritte Cosby
Kathleen Cox
Rhododendron Girls State
Jackson's Mill
Tatum
Singley
Leece
Killian
Cosby
Hembrick
Cox
Herbert _ Wright
R. J. Howard
Kinney Martin
Hot Coal Cemetery Clean Up Set Saturday
Ott Rhodes announces annual Hot Coal Cemetery cleanup to be held Saturday morning. Volunteers are asked to bring an axe or hatchet to remove brush. Rhodes notes complaints of containers and flowers being stolen and warns that offenders will be punished.
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A. m
Ott Rhodes
Rhodes
Sunrise Service Set By Beaver Baptists
The Beaver Baptist Church will host an Easter Sunrise service at 6 a.m. Sunday led by Rev. E. W. Powers. The Resurrection Story will be told through song pantomime and a colored film strip narrated by Kenneth Lilly. Music by church trios and others, with Miss Winifred Bucy at the organ. Regular Easter worship and evening services follow.
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Beaver Baptist Church
E. W. Powers
Kenneth Lilly
Winifred Bucy
Coal City Soldier Among Volunteer Berlin Guards
A Berlin guard detail at United States Headquarters features West Virginian soldiers Pfc. Kenneth L. Pack and Specialist 4 Vincent D. Stevens Jr. Their six month volunteer duty supports security across three key installations in divided Berlin amid high alert for espionage and ceremonial acts led by General Lucius D. Clay. Colorado minerals note ends.
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Berlin
Germany
United States
Clayallee
West Berlin
Kenneth L. Pack
Florence N. Pack
Coal City
Stoco High School
Vincent D. Stevens Jr
Vincent D. Stevens
Hansford
East Bank High Sc
Lyndon B. Johnson
Robert Kennedy
Lucius D. Clay
Kennedy
United States Headquarters
U. S
Allied Kommandatura
Allied Control Authority
Kommandatura
Choir To Present Blakely In Recital At Central Baptist
The Senior Choir of Central Baptist Church presents lyric tenor Rob ert O'Neil Blakely in a Sunday recital at 3 p.m. in the church auditorium. Miss Delores Blakely, Bluefield State College student and Blakely’s daughter, performs two selections with Donley P. Shannon as accompanist. Blakely, a McDowell County resident and former West Virginia State A Cappella Choir member, belongs to Rock Hill Baptist Church. Public invitation extends to attendees.
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Central Baptist Church
Robert O'Neil Blakely
Delores Blakely
Bluefield State College
Donley P. Shannon
Blakely
McDowell County
West Virginia State
Rock Hill
Martha Calloway Rotan
Lester
Beckley Court Actions on Moonshine Related Offenses
Ward waived to Raleigh County Criminal Court after Beckley Police Court found him guilty of transportation of moonshine and released on a $500 property bond. James Clark pleaded guilty to possession of moonshine and was fined $150 plus costs. Emma Fox Patrick forfeited $250 bonds on sale and possession of tax paid whisky. Eveline Branham forfeited $100 on sale of tax paid whisky. Harold Cave forfeited $38 for permitting an unlicensed driver and drunkenness. Two persons charged with drunkenness forfeited bonds totaling $33.
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Samuel E. Ward Jr
Beckley
Raleigh
James Clark
Emma Fox Patrick
Eveline Branham
East Beckley
Harold Cave
Skelton Mullens Students Named Phi Beta Kappa
Ferrell Jo Pauletto of Skelton and Carolyn Ann Worrell of Mullens will be initiated into the West Virginia University Chapter of Phi Beta Kappa in a 2:30 p.m. ceremony on June 2 in Elizabeth Moore Hall. Paulette is a pre medicine student and Worrell majors in political science.
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Ferrell Jo Pauletto
Skelton
Carolyn Ann Worrell
Mullens
West Virginia University
Phi Beta Kappa
Elizabeth Moore Hall
Miss Paulette
Miss Worrell
Stoco Majorettes May Attend Camp at Oglebay Park
A committee from Stoco High School Band Mothers considers sending the Stoco Majorettes to a week long camp at Oglebay State Park in Wheeling this August. A May reception is also planned with Mrs Earl Farley in charge of refreshments.
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Stoco High School
Oglebay State Park
Wheeling
Stoco
Earl Farley
Beckley Civitan elected leader and banquet set
Guy Rumberg was named president of the Beckley Civitans for 1962 43 with Chester Roberts and Dr Francis L Edwards as vice presidents and B H White Jr and D C Lynn continuing as secretary and treasurer I D Christian elected to a three year board term The All Sports Banquet honoring Woodrow Wilson High School athletes is set for Tuesday at The Methodist Temple with 42 tickets sold No Civitan meeting will be held next Thursday A documentary Wake Up America shown by Secretary White outlined communism and featured guests Dr Max Fisher Danny Warren and Hulbert McClung Lieutenant Governor of the Civitan District
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Guy Rumberg
Beckley Civitans
Chester Roberts
Francis L. Edwards
B. H. White Jr
D. C. Lynn
I. D. Christian
Civitans
White
Lenin
Max Fisher
Danny Warren
Beckley
Hulbert McClung
Civitan
New Church To Hold Services Sans Pastor
A new Free Will Baptist Church will hold its first services Easter Sunday in the new building on the 1921 By-Pass near Wipperman Construction Co. No pastor is secured yet. J W Berry will conduct services as a layman. Sunrise service at 6 a m Sunday, Sunday school 9 45 a m, morning service and 7 30 p m evening service. Organizational meetings planned. everyone invited.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Free Will Baptist Church
Wipperman Construction Co
J. W. Berry
New York City Hires 4100 Telephone Information Operators
Four thousand one hundred telephone information operators are employed in New York to assist callers with local exchanges and urban directory inquiries, reflecting a surge in public communications work and city service staffing.
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New Yorkty
Elks Honor Top Students On Youth Day
Beckley Elks Lodge will honor 46 top scholastic seniors from four counties at a 6:30 p.m. May 1 smorgasbord and program as part of Youth Day theme Let’s Make It American. Robert Fleming explains the event promotes youth in a democratic society with 23 high schools invited.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Beckley Elks Lodge
Raleigh
Fayette
Wyoming
Nicholas
Elks
United States
Robert Fleming
Lodge
Don Wise
Bill Wilbur
Wise
Fleming
Wilbur
John Ashworth
Donald Hodson
Adrian McKinney
Bill Hurst
Beecher Cummings
Lewis Buchanan
Warner Stanley
Robert Sayre
George Davis
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Patteson
Beckleyan
Crescent
Garrett ‘Childress
Central
Robert F. Hamilton
Lincoln
E. S. Pugh Jr
Sylvia
Daniel Lane
Institute
Robert Frisen
A. E. Higginbotham
Gauley Bridge
New River Dental Society
NRDS
Pinochle Bugs
Hot Coal Cemetery
Beaver Baptists
Stoco Band Mothers
Paul Cole
Austin Privett
David Thompson
Paul Gwinn
Colorado
Air Safety Center
Fic
Pfc
App D. Stevens
Universal Corporation
S. Kanawha ST
Ward
Bank of Raleigh Main
Kanawha Streets
Federal Deposit Insurance Corp
New Church
John McKay
Eatwell Cafe
Lake
Neville St
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