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Newspaper
Raleigh Register
Location
Beckley, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Aug 09, 1965
Page
5
A farewell shower at Fellowship Hall First Baptist Church honored Mrs. Jack Sheehand who will leave Aug 14 for Newark Delaware to join her husband. She is the former Melva Sharp. The couple wed June 25 in Newark.
Bernadette Behring, 12 months, of Paterson New Jersey, crawled to victory in Palisades Amusement Park Diaper Derby 60 foot course. Behring clocked 61 seconds to tie last year’s time set by Edgewater’s Thomas Hogan who could not race this year after learning to walk.
The Mount Hope Minden Methodist Parish hires Mrs. H N Riley as church and community worker to expand ministry with Rev Ralph E Thompson Jr. The parish runs worship services, evangelism, Sunday school, weekday classes, and social services. A vacation church school for 108 Minden children completed. day camp, rustic camp planned. weekday classes run for grades 1-3 and 4-6. The cooperative program aims to train leadership within West Virginia Methodists.
A pre convention musical at 7 30 p m tonight will be at Hill top Baptist Headquarters. The convention opens Tuesday morning with Rev E L Johnson of Montgomery presiding. He will call the business session at 9 30 a m and appoint committees and hear delegates reports.
Mr and Mrs Curtis Davis and sons from Aiken South Carolina return home after visiting Lilian Davis and Floyd Bonifacio. Other visitors include Mrs Bessie Nesbit in Stadium Terrace with M Lewis and N A Comer in Beckley. Mary Dower's guests D D Thompson Dan R Crawford visit Huntington and Charleston areas.
The article outlines Medicare and Social Security nursing home coverage starting Jan 1 1967. It details 100 days per illness with 20 free days and 80 days at $5 daily, hospital stay requirements, physician supervision, facility standards, and the need for transfer agreements and utilization review. It notes not all facilities qualify and emphasizes extended care facilities and professional oversight.
Mullens residents are invited to a Monday meeting at 7 10 p m at the Club House to plan financing for the Mullens Teen Club also known as Teen Town with the goal of opening in September per president Mrs Carl Compton.
Four Meadow Bridge high school girls join 230 baton twirlers at the Oglebay Institute Twirling and Drum Major Camp at Bethany College. The 18th year program runs through Saturday Aug. 7 with training from nationally known experts. Meadow Bridge residents are Mildred Ellen Fox 15 Nancy Suzette Walker 15 Rhonda Walker 13 and Sandra Pettinaro 14.
Miss Wendy Hurt daughter of Mr and Mrs Lacy Hurt was honored with a party Friday night for her 10th birthday. Games were played and refreshments served. Attending were Jennie Jordan Janey Stone Lynn Stover Scrappy Honaker Pamela Stone Keith Jordan Doug Stover Connie Bowling Rebecca Lilly Darlene Bowyer Judy Ward Betty Allen Jesse Buckland Donald Tate Regina Woods Kylene Woolridge Becky Hurt and hostess Gilda Magliano.
Miss Mary Lee McFalls returns home to Weirwood after treatment at Beckley Hospital. Mrs Clara Blake back from Oak Hill Hospital after several days. Mrs Mamie Hall improving at Oak Hill Hospital. Miss Mary Glisson of Jacksonville visits her Glisson siblings in Weirwood. Mrs Jessee Tyree recovering from major surgery at Appalachian Regional Hospital with son George Tyree visiting from Fort Lewis. Rufus Christian family returns to Elyria Ohio after visit. Cpl George Canterbury returns to Camp Lejeune after visiting Mount Hope. Mrs Juanita Harmon and son Bill visiting Pax family due to Mamie Hall illness.
Mrs Freddie Garrett former Miss Carol Anderson was guest of honor at a household shower Wednesday night at the Cow Shed Pineville Hostesses were Miss Judy Cook Mrs Bill Owens Mrs Jimmy Parks Mrs John Anderson and Mrs Roger Cline The gift table displayed summer arrangements with forest greenery and lily of the valley The honoree was assisted at the gift table by Mrs Owens Miss Cook and Miss Pam Lyons Others included a long list of guests with multiple ladies attending from Pineville Mullens and nearby areas.
Mrs. Louise Bailey was admitted Friday to Beckley Hospital for a heart attack. Accompanied by Mr. and Mrs. Willie Milam, she receives family support as Mrs. West and others visit. Garner Bailey Jr. arrives home from Vietnam to visit family in Beckley, with John Frederick joining them. Several relatives travel between Ravenscliff, Daniels, Glen Fork, and Wilmington sharing visits and hospital stays.
A historic note records the establishment of the first factory built solely for manufacturing internal combustion engines in Cologne Germany during 1864, marking a milestone in industrial engine production.
Mrs Frances Wilson aged 102 donates 5.60 pounds to support the Lyme Regis lifeboat fund and 2.80 pounds to buy drinks for the lifeboat crew.
The five cent piece, commonly called a nickel, contains three times as much copper as nickel by alloy. This composition detail explains why the coin retains a coppery tint despite its name.
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