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Newspaper
Raleigh Register
Location
Beckley, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Aug 12, 1958
Page
8
Mabel J aged 27 describes a anxious marriage with a chemist husband who rushes home claiming a missing child. The column argues women’s erotic hunger is less than men’s, cites Kinsey survey flaws, and promotes a booklet on sex problems in marriage offered by the clinic.
John W. Cox, an engineer at Beckley Veterans Hospital, was welcomed as a new member of the Appalachian Chapter of the West Virginia Society of Professional Engineers during a Monday night meeting at the Glass House. About 26 members attended as Leslie Gates reported on the state society meeting in White Sulphur Springs. Felix Fisher led the session with guest Sgt. Charles Canterbury and W. Stevens of Beckley present.
Twenty nine Beckley area Army reservists are undergoing 15 days of annual field training at Camp Breckinridge Kentucky. Captain Carl L Neff Midway commands the group. All members of K Company 39th Infantry boarded the train in Hinton Saturday night and will return August 23. The Division Review is slated for August 21 and the program includes range firing night patrols and platoon tactics.
A Beckley Police Court Monday night collected 252 dollars in bond forfeitures. Telford Johnson of 10th Street forfeited 57 dollars for leaving the scene of an accident on South Fayette Street in October 1957. Four others forfeited 20 dollar bonds for speeding: Richard J. Amon Harper Road Leonard Scales Raleigh Virginia Fekete MacArthur and Charles Hutchinson Flat Top. Jimmie Meade 440 Bailey Avenue forfeited 15 dollars for defective equipment. Eugene Daugherty 127 East Main Street forfeited 15 dollars for improper registration. Clyde Daniel Saxton forfeited 30 dollars for drunkenness and trespassing. R. J. Brown Beckley forfeited 5 dollars for running a red light. Three persons charged with no drunk forfeited a total of
Raleigh County Clerk C. O. Smith Jr. distributes expense forms for all last week’s primary candidates. Each candidate must file a statement of receipts and expenditures before Sept 4. The after primary form includes a summary of prior statements.
The Raleigh County Society for Crippled Children and Adults plans a summer speech and hearing clinic in Beckley next year after the success of the 1958 session run by Celeste V. Dodd. Vice President K. D. Bowers stated the society seeks ongoing programs and coordinated school follow up led by Mrs. Viola St Clair with the health nurse, urging parents to have children checked before school begins.
About 15 to 20 committee members met at the Beckley Chamber to outline a five day caravan schedule for September 15 to 19 in Raleigh County and surrounding areas. The caravan will also visit the West Virginia State Fair in Lewisburg on August 20. A 25 member band was discussed and free parking cards for residents along the route were proposed. Cay Dooley will recruit Raleigh County residents and check band availability and fair entry. The caravan departs August 20 at 8 am from Woodrow Wilson High School.
National advertisers rely on newspaper ads to convey urgency and newsiness. Experts Gallup Bedell and others argue news elements boost ad effectiveness, linking price changes and fashion updates to news appeal. Retail ads draw readership like local market news, as communities expect newspapers to cover latest market developments.
Proceeds from a chicken and steak supper at Beaver Church of God will go to the church building fund. The dinner is scheduled at the church on Saturday from 1 p.m. to 6 p.m.
Nurses from the Raleigh County Health Department schedule four clinics this week including a free polio immunization for residents under 20 and expectant mothers. The polio clinic runs today at 9 a.m. in the courthouse health office, with a general immunization session at Richmond High School 10 a.m. to noon. A prenatal clinic by Dr. A D Belton is Wednesday 2 p.m. to 4 p.m. by appointment. A well‑child clinic with Dr. W F Pomputius is Friday 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. at Slab Fork office.
A short critique notes Shirley Ann Gray’s Knopf novel set on a hurricane vulnerable delta island. It follows vivid regional characters Claverie LeBlanc Richaud and others in a poetic patois yet it argues the work remains an overextended sketch lacking cohesive head and tale. Piney Oak PTA To Meet mentions a 7 pm meeting with a Wiener roast planned at Mary Jackson’s home Friday night.
Raleigh County school principals meet to set a five year census schedule using new census cards and close schools on September 5 for the count of all children birth through 20. Merit diplomas will be added to regular diplomas for students maintaining a scholastic average. A committee including Virgil A. Sarrett and several high school principals will map the new program. Sarrett seeks two girls physical education teachers for Mount View Junior High and Clear Fork High, requiring first class high school certificates.
Mrs. Virginia Holston of the Just-A-Mere Club announced nine entrants for the annual Miss Bronze Contest to be held August 30 at the RVA Club in East Beckley. The listed contestants are Vivian Reavish, Mary Pearson, Patricia Hill, Lucille Bates, Joan Crawford, Gladys Strickland, Rosetta Dare, Christine McCray, and Elinor Mann, with ages and street addresses provided.
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