Lad Knew Death was Near But Just Went to Sleep
A 16 year old golf caddy Bob Huston of Talecott told rescuers he knew he was drowning but felt good and went to sleep after a river incident at Greenbrier River. Dr Buford McNeer and Norman Wilson located Huston amid rising bubbles and revived him with artificial respiration. Huston returned to caddying duties within 30 minutes.
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Register
Hinton
Greenbrier
Bob Huston
Talecott
Willow Wood Country Club
Buford ‘McNeer
Huston
Sonny Chattin
Dr. McNeer
Norman Wilson
Wilson
Billy Joe
Lilly
McNeer
Beckley College Softball Banquet Set for Next Thursday
Beckley College softball team runner up to Elks in City League playoff will attend a banquet at Beckley Hotel at 6 30 p m next Thursday. Bursar D K Shroyer announced guests include team managers players college officials and invited representatives from other City League teams. Individual awards will be presented to all College nine players. Bob Wills Raleigh Register sports editor is invited as guest speaker.
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Beckley College
Elks
Beckley Hotel
D.K. Shroyer
College
Bob Wills
Raleigh Register
Exhibit Planned By Forest Council at State Fair
The West Virginia Forest Council will sponsor a forestry booth at the state fair near Lewisburg next week featuring an exhibit of plastic products from hardwood. The information and education committee, meeting in Beckley, prepared the display and folders about the council's goals. Four films will be shown in the main hall: Trees for Tomorrow Scouts in the Forest Real of the Wild Woods and Away.
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New West Virginia Forest Council
Lewisburg
Council
Committee On Information and Education
Beckley
Forest Council
Charleston
West
Mrs Walter Col ers enters St Luke's Hospital
Mullens report that Mrs Walter Col ers Butt has entered St Luke's Hospital in Bluefield for treatment.
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Bluefield Hospital
Register
Mullens
Walter Colers
Butt
St.Luke’s Hospital
Bluefield
Juvenile cases differ as West Virginia courts handle delinquents
Mrs Ethel Williams Raleigh County probation officer and Juvenile Judge W L Al Riffe state that no single rule fits all juvenile cases. Private informal proceedings aim to guide youths away from repeat offenses while enforcing school attendance laws and Child Labor rules to protect and educate children.
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Ethel Williams
Raleigh
WL AL Riffe
Williams
West Virginia
Raleigh County
Board of Education
Army Recruiting Title is Changed
Army Recruiting Service is renamed the U S Army and Air Forces Recruiting Service effective immediately. Lt Col Frank A McCulloch of the Charleston Recruiting District releases the change aligned with the unification bill creating the Air Force as a separate branch under National Defense. Recruitment continues at existing installations for both Army and Air Forces. The future may see a separate Air Force recruiting service, but currently both services share one recruiting office.
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U. ‘S. Army and Air Forces Recruiting Service
Frank A. McCulloch
Charleston
Army
Armed Forces Unification
Congress
Air Force
Navy
Army Air Force
Department of National Defense
U. S.air Force
Army and
Air Forces
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