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Newspaper
Raleigh Register
Location
Beckley, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Apr 25, 1943
Page
13
Hinton registrars will sit at eight precincts Monday and Tuesday to register voters and correct registration lists for the May 11 city election. Miss Roxie Brown, county clerk, announced that voters may register at the county clerk's office until May 27.
Palm Sunday to Easter Week services closed with baptisms and a farewell sermon. Dr. W. S. Dunlop will deliver his last message today as pastor of the Old Greenbrier Baptist Church before retirement May 1, 1943.
Alderson chapter of the American Red Cross surpassed its quota by 8108. War fund chairman J N Arnold reports 2208 raised to date with appreciation for solicitors and workers. He notes that cooperation was essential and mentions a $75.41 scrap metal sale from last fall, largely gathered by local schoolchildren, with profits donated to the Red Cross.
Dr. A P Meador of Hinton, a state osteopathic board member, will attend a Charleston meeting Monday and Tuesday. Approximately 100 doctors from the osteopathic school of surgery and medicine will take examinations at the Daniel Boone hotel as six reciprocity applications await action.
Five students in West Virginia University's College of Agriculture earned gold medals for excellence in livestock judging. Alvin Porterfield of Monroe County received the Governor M. M. Neely medal for beef cattle, a prize created by Governor Gore and awarded by state leaders for 15 years. Richard Skagas of Greenbrier County earned the medal for swine, while James Williamson and sons donated the Duroc Jersey herd prize in Jackson County.
West Virginia residents worried about shortages for bean poles and tomato stakes received relief as the OPA announced a new order. Dealers may sell stakes and poles made from new materials at established price ceilings, and waste material options are allowed if price parity with last year is maintained.
Eight new members join Browning Scout Troop No. 18 in Glen Morgan at a candle light investiture led by Mrs. George Daniel and Mrs. J E McKenzie. Recipients include Mary Ann Harris and Maxine Martin. Harris wins an Easter cap. Georgia Daniel gets consolation cap in egg hunt. Troop committee members and several guests attend the ceremony.
Joseph I Colfer has been inducted into the armed services and sent from Fort Thomas Kentucky to the Air Force Command Medical unit at Kearns Field Utah.
Cincinnati Ohio resident Lewis Alderson news arrives for a brief visit with his sister Mrs F G Lobban during the week.
Raleigh County agent H B Thomas advises victory gardeners on aligning planting to shifting springs. Start with lettuce radishes turnips carrots broccoli potatoes and onions as ground warms, then add leafy greens and early vegetables. Space beans corn and other staples after May and sow successive plantings through summer for steady harvests next winter.
West Virginia has shifted toward equal educational opportunity under state supervision. Sam M. Lambert touts a decade of county unit progress with 53 percent state funding and 47 percent local revenue, enabling nine month terms and improved schoolhouses even in remote areas.
Conservation Director T. D. Gray rejected charges that wardens were too rigid in enforcing brush burning regulations. He said officials enforce the law to protect timberlands during wartime, noting deaths and serious injuries from fires. Agriculture agent W. D. Click defended investigations of arrests for burning without permits.
The Summers County National Farm Loan Association plans its annual member meeting in Hinton on Tuesday April 27. It will begin at 10 00 a m in the courthouse.
Delegates from local Baptist churches will gather at 2:30 PM at Memorial Baptist Church on F Street off South Kanawha for an Easter conference led by Rev. Charles Emerson Walker. A number from Hollywood Baptist will follow with delegate addresses.
A vandal slashed an almost new tire on J. W. Twohig’s car, parked on Virginia Street in Alderson, rendering the tire unusable. The act occurred one night last week and was described as unpatriotic during the wartime period.
A crowded church guide lists services across many Beckley area churches with pastors, service times, Sunday schools, and meeting notes. It notes morning and evening worship times, Sunday school, and various youth, women, and fellowship groups for churches including Community Church, Brethren, Eccles Community, St Stephen, Church of God, Oakwood Avenue, Amigo Church, Church of Christ, First Christian, Baptist, Methodist, Nazarenes, and others with specific pastors and hours.
The sermon proclaims Easter as both present and future, linking Christ’s resurrection to personal renewal. It calls believers to rise with Christ, seek heavenly things, and bear fruit for the Master, celebrating victory over death and the dawn of a new life echoing in Easter.
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