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Newspaper
Raleigh Register
Location
Beckley, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Aug 12, 1952
Page
6
Patients at Pinecrest Sanatorium engage in hospital recreation as part of treatment. Weekly church services, Sunday hospital activities, monthly newspaper updates, and a daily program led by Midkiff offer mental rest and structure. A Newcomers Club and birthday observances enhance morale and recovery through hobbies and social events.
A Princeton native, Mrs Rose Peters, died in Martinsville, Virginia after a long illness. Funeral services will be held at Seavers Funeral Home in Princeton with burial in Princeton Cemetery. She was the widow of the late Hon. Dr C F Peters.
Russell Cook of Midway described the object as a white saucer with ice cream on it, seen by him Sunday night as a light flashed across the sky toward Sophia from his home. The report notes that flying saucers are interpreted differently by observers.
Mrs. Bora Robbins 91 of Berkeley, California, died about 8 a m PST. She was a last direct Hull descendant and kin to Henry Hull a Shady Spring settler who ran Hull Tavern. Her father Andrew served as a Union soldier in the Civil War. She is survived by two Beckley area aunts.
The one hour old son of Mr. and Mrs. V. S. Fitzgerald of Shady Spring died in a local hospital at 1 a.m. today. Surviving are five siblings, maternal grandparents Mr. and Mrs. Otis Smith Sr., and paternal grandparents Mr. and Mrs. E. L. Fitzgerald. The body remains at Quesenberry and Webb Funeral Home until arrangements are made.
The event honors Bluefield with a plan to parachute lemon drops as lemonade serves in 90 degree heat. Jaycees ride a five car motorcade from Beckley toward Bluefield with state police escort aiming to reach the chamber of commerce at the stated hour despite CAA objections.
Haleigh County school bus drivers will undergo physical exams Friday and Saturday in the Medical Arts Building at 1285 Heber Street. Transportation supervisor Jess Spangler announced the exams, replacing those previously set with Dr. J M Corem, Raleigh County health officer, who died recently.
City police arrested Monroe Miller of East Beckley and Ralph Poole of Beckley on Monday. Miller faced a driving while intoxicated charge, while Poole was jailed on intoxicated and loitering counts.
City records show Beckley issued licenses totaling 10 844 35 with 37 licenses for non intoxicating beer and ale yielding 3 376 85. Dealers bought 61 restaurant licenses at 640 50 and 2 086 50 for tobacco and soft drinks. Phonographs, pinball, and automatic machines added 253 00 37 00 and 814 00 respectively. Theaters 301 50 wholesale beer 250 50 taxi stand 10 30 and collection agency 402 00 are listed.
Opening night for the presentation of The Family Upstairs has been moved to Wednesday by the Studio Players Curtain time is 8 30 p m Each week's play runs five nights for the remainder of the season with each new production opening on Wednesday
Beckley reports show about four miles of new sidewalks and 3500 feet of streets nearing completion. Dennis Leary says the Mabscott underpass will be widened and obstructions cleared at City Ave and Oakwood. Projects include S Kanawha St walk from Limit St to Black Knight Club and Scotty Ave paving.
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