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Newspaper
Raleigh Register
Location
Beckley, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Apr 29, 1963
Page
3
District Advisor Meg Bailey leads a two day meeting at the Methodist Temple as Raleigh Girl Scouts adopt a four level program changing from four to four groups Brownies Juniors Cadettes and Seniors effective September. The change aims for troop stability stronger leadership and a unified program across age groups with new handbooks in September and broader community engagement.
Eight men enlisted and one reenlisted at the Beckley Recruiting Station. They were sent to Ft. Knox for processing. Enlistees include Thomas Jon Ayres of Mount Hope Alaska in airborne field Gary Blaine Cutlip of Diana in airborne Hershal Edward Sears Thurmond Hawaii Earl Ray Sutherland Poca Europe William Thomas Morris Scarbro Hawaii James Noble Price Dry Creek airborne Paul Eugene Chapman Charleston unassigned Harold Edward Yoder St. Albans field radio repair and David Lafayette Hutchinson St. Albans prior service.
Raleigh County Vocational Technical Center students Frank Richmond, Beaver, and Michael Hidalgo, Maple Fork, will represent their auto mechanics class at Charleston Civic Center for the second annual Plymouth Auto Trouble Shooting Contest. Alternate David Lucas, Daniels, was named from the local school. Teams from 12 other vocational schools will vie for the state title, a Detroit trip, a national shot, and $500 scholarships. Last year’s winners from Wyoming Vocational and Technical School later worked as mechanics in West Virginia. The event starts after a Charleston parade, with 2 p.m. start on the Civic Center lot. Each two man team faces 1963 cars with 15 to 50 malfunctions, judged by state ed and Plymouth Chrysler officials.
Beckley teacher Patty Jo Walls succeeds Ethel Rothlisberger as fifth and sixth grade instructor at Mark Twain School. Rothlisberger, diagnosed with cancer, is hospitalized at NIH Bethesda room 3721 and will remain through July. Rothlisberger has 18 years at Mark Twain, plus prior teaching in Wetzel and Putnam counties, with an AB from West Liberty and PTA treasurer role. Walls will earn her degree from Morris Harvey College this summer.
The Engineering Division standardizes curve signs on Primary Routes with advisory speed plates as needed. Signs are 18 to 24 inches square with black text on yellow, and are warning signs not enforceable limits. Data gathering aims to extend to additional routes. Advisory signs posted on U S 60, 35 and 21 between Charleston and Parkersburg.
The SRC reported over 4 million dollars spent in 1962 63 winter for snow removal and ice control in West Virginia. For December 1 to March 31 period total spending reached 4 143 341 36 dollars with 2 777 528 85 on primary roads 1 314 222 44 on secondary roads and 51 590 07 on Interstate highways.
A short note identifies the mandrill as a ferocious beast living in Guinea and parts of western Africa. The fragment mentions its habitat without expanding on behavior or context.
The Beckley Curtain Callers closed programs Saturday night with membership cards for the 1963 64 season. Many cards were returned by mail or turned in at the door as about 1,200 people attended the four day run of King of Hearts with Saturday's show a full house.
Darrell Thomas Coffey of Diamond and Roger Lee Berry of Charlestown enlisted at the Beckley Recruiting Station and were sent to Lackland AFB Texas for basic training. Coffey is the son of Mr and Mrs Darrell Coffey. Berry is the son of Mr and Mrs Charles Berry.
A concise reflection notes that a highly successful individual achieves more than expected after the main effort ends. It emphasizes continued impact and sustained productivity beyond the visible climax or achievement.
New York report describes a non surgical healing substance named Bio Dyne used in Preparation H. Case after case shows reduction of hemorrhoids, relief from itching, and pain relief. The drug comes as a suppository or ointment from drug counters.
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