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Newspaper
Raleigh Register
Location
Beckley, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Aug 13, 1962
Page
8
In Waldemar Bonsels The Adventures of Maya the Bee Maya struggles as a spider weaves a sticky trap. Theqa of the cross spiders warns Maya while her cries for help go unheard until Bobbie the tumblebug arrives to aid her.
An always available telephone promises constant readiness for emergencies or convenience, operating 24 hours a day. In West Virginia, residents can make unlimited local calls without extra charges, highlighting a consumer benefit of the service.
Long Island testing soaps in labeled boxes foreshadows a national push to curb pollution from synthetic detergents. Health officials note detergents contribute up to 25 percent of organic pollutants in water, while disposal systems remain inadequate. Researchers vie for new sewage methods and even a plan to aerate and skim detergents from waste water.
Weekend traffic toll includes eight West Virginians and an Ohio woman. Among the dead are five out-of-state victims from Virginia to Kentucky, with multiple teenagers among the local losses in Hampshire and Nicholas counties. Pedestrians also among the fatalities, and a Bridgeport family car crash injures three.
Newly elected McGraw Association officers met Sunday afternoon to plan the year and discuss the upcoming year. Pictured left to right are Mrs. Ella Connell Ronceverte vice president H E McGraw president Mrs Horace McGraw and J Ernest Shumate secretary and co program chairmen. Standing are J D McGraw Meadow Bridge and Darrell V McGraw both making suggestions adopted by the new officers.
Fayetteville society notes Mrs Robert Fisher and children Kathy and John Bowine Maryland visiting in Fayette Avenue home of her mother Mrs Irene Cavendish. Mr and Mrs Shell Hunsaker of Princeton Kentucky visiting in the home of their son and daughter in law Mr and Mrs Tunney Hunsaker on Fayette Ave. Mrs Nell Gladwell of Daniel Street is a patient at University of Virginia Hospital Charlottesville Va where she is under care.
State Police find a serial numbered hand grenade handle at the Curry Funeral Home scene in Alum Creek after a mysterious explosion that shattered car glass and broke nearby windows. Gene Curry discovered the handle. authorities say the grenade caused the blast. Mr and Mrs N A Lamoreaux and others were mentioned in recovery notes.
The column notes a brighter outlook with radiation boosting energy and confidence, favoring sports and shopping. It advises checking children's wardrobes and starting school clothing purchases. It mentions August 14 as a historical military date and envisions future swallowable battery-powered diagnostic telecasts.
Aries through Pisces provide terse guidance with scattered garbled phrases. Nearly every sign offers caution, emphasis on planning, calm, and effort, though the text includes errors and incomplete lines. The fragment ends noting 1962 Field Enterprises.
Packsville resident Mrs. George M. Jarrell known as Aunt Molly marked her 95th birthday Monday. Eight children joined by several grandchildren and great grandchildren attended. Attendees included sons Pete and Hubert from Ohio, six daughters Lula Hunter Whitesville Frankie Smith Donna Hunter Charleston Esther Snipes Marion NC Minnie Summerfield Essie Opal Jarrell, granddaughter Janie Jarrell, and great grandchildren Dickie and Mary Leigh Holland and Joey Soto with relatives from Huntington Paducah Greenbrier and Indianapolis.
RNS reports Buster Bradley of Rock Creek is resting well at Charleston Memorial Hospital after a fall at the Montroal mine last week. His left leg is in a cast from the knee to the ankle, and his wife and daughter Miss Jo Alice Bradley visit daily.
Mt Hope Lions Club treasurer William B McCoy presented 350 dollars to George Scott Vargo president of the Mount Hope Band Boosters for new band uniforms. Vargo says 1200 dollars remains to cover costs and contributions may be sent to Vargo or secretary Blanche.
Mullens High School announces registration for first time students before August 23 from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. at the school office. Principal Lewis D Antoni stated the dates and hours.
Seven members of Cub Scout Pack 5 Den 3 attended a show titled Honey In The Rock in Mullens. After the drama they toured backstage and collected autographs from cast members. Accompanying the boys were den mother Mrs. J E Chapman assistant den mother Mrs Randy Akers and Mrs Edison Lookaill. Cubs named include Steve Akers Terry Tilley Johnny Chapman Eddie Lookabill Daniel Tilley David Chapman and David Rinehart.
HINTON The annual Ennis reunion will be held at Bass Lake Park Route 20 on New River just below Hinton on Sunday Aug 19. All members of the clan and guests are urged to bring picnic baskets. There will be music contests entertainment favors and prizes.
Headmaster Leslie Stephens in West Buckland England apologized for a circular mailed to parents advertising a guest speaker as St Bernard Waley Cohen. Sir Bernard Waley Cohen said the remark about the speaker dog breed was a misattribution in the notice.
An old line life insurance ad promotes mail order burial coverage for ages 40 to 90 with no medical exam. It urges tearing out the notice, sending name, address, and year of birth to Central Security Life Insurance Co in Fort Worth Texas, and notes no agent will call.
At Pineville Presbyterian Church the Women's Mission Society held its annual combined meeting. Program chairman was Mrs. Joe McClellan with devotion led by Mrs. Joseph Williams and a Bible study by Mrs. D. F. Hamlin on A Person's Vocation After Retirement. The project will host birthday exchanges with students at the nearby Dar dis-Stuart Presbyterian School.
Mr and Mrs Robert Danner of Mansfield Ohio announce the birth of a son on Aug 1. The baby weighs seven pounds eight ounces and is named Robert Scott. The parents are teachers in Mansfield schools and Morris Harvey College graduates. The mother is daughter of Mr and Mrs Charles E Jarrell of Rock Creek.
FANCY GAP Virginia Doctor Dr John Reuben Branscombe marks his 99th birthday celebrating a long career delivering babies in southwest Virginia and northwest North Carolina. He still makes house calls, recalls improvised past methods, and believes medicine will advance with new drugs and techniques while recounting a sawdust brain patch after a sawmill accident.
George Lincoln Rockwell, leader of the American Nazi party, boasted he could have stayed in England undetected after a 11 day trip. He said he slipped in via Belfast and predicted the FBI would have caught him in the United States. Rockwell also said he ordered three storm troopers to Albany, Georgia to oppose desegregation and to demonstrate against Rev. Martin Luther King.
Mrs. Charles E. Jarrell of Rock Creek spent two weeks with her son in Mansfield Ohio. She was joined by daughter Mrs Glen Tabor and her children Glenda Lou Dale and Johnny of Naoma. They returned home Thursday and Mrs Jarrell stayed in Mansfield.
Charleston report quotes Civil Defense Director William J. Mathews Jr stating West Virginia lags national shelter space averages. The Federal Shelter Survey found space for 60 million people nationwide, or one per three, while WV averages one space for four. In Charleston population around 100,000, local shelters cover about 22,800 residents.
The Oceana Woman's Club hosted a bake sale in the Kopperston and Oceana areas raising 25.27 for the Wyoming County Cancer Unit. Assisting in Kopperston were Mrs. Tom Long, Mrs. Ray Eppling, Mrs. Kenneth Hager, and Mrs. Dorothy Caton. in Oceana, Mrs. Pres Wright, Mrs. Ruth Atwell, Mrs. Louise Cook, and Mrs. Harlan Ellenburg supported the effort.
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