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Newspaper
Raleigh Register
Location
Beckley, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Aug 20, 1968
Page
9
Mrs Hawchins led a Primrose Garden Club program on proper flower care. She outlined steps for preserving fresh blooms by cutting stems, removing bark, and using tepid water, plus tips to prevent sap loss and underwater decay.
Artie residents DeForest and Ulysses Tenning welcome a son, Thomas Paul, born August 12 at Beckley Appalachian Regional Hospital weighing six pounds. Norman Carl Clifton born August 12 at 1:10 pm weighing seven pounds a half ounce. multiple local births listed with times and weights. community meeting notices for women’s groups, clubs, and lodge events in Beckley and area announced with dates and venues. Includes names: DeForest Tenning, Norman Carl Clifton, John Sherman, Esther Court No. 53, Nabert Preston, Tracy Ann Lyons.
Mrs L Plumley honored with a household shower at Cabell Heights Oak Grove and Pleasant Hills Community Center with hostesses including Mrs Johnny Richmond and Mrs Morrison Plumley. Attendees listed include Miss Wanna Smith Mrs Sally Ellison Marian Tolbert and many others from local circles. Also notes a park ride event for Degree of Honor and District nursing listings plus a parakeet story from England about a pet named Robin returning home after wandering 145 metres from Castle Bromwich.
A jumble of social notices records visits and events in Maxwell Hill area. Goldie Sonak is hospitalized after a fall but expected to recover. Griffiths family from Lynchburg attended a weekend in Beckley and Baltimore Colts game. Dozens more names attend reunions, weddings, picnics, and church events at Maxwell Till Park and community buildings with church music by Suntive Sacred Singers. The next meeting is scheduled at 7:01 p.m. on Sept 20.
Aged with garbled prose, the piece cites lack of communication as a factor in juvenile crimes, mentions the 1963 assassination context, a president signing broad crime control provisions, and notes crime trend reports from police and FBI. It references Judge Burstein of Nassau County and calls for crime prevention measures.
Polly's Probelm column offers home sewing tips and vacuum scent fixes while a lengthy feature profiles Judge Burstein as she prepares to move to Family Court. The piece discusses parental discipline, youth crime, and community roles in prevention, quoting Burstein on accountability and the missing parental guidance in rising behavioral issues. It also notes weekend visits and local community notices, plus a short historical fact about ancient glass beads.
A bridal shower honored Patricia Aurednick Way at Montag College where she is a junior. Guests included Mrs. Prizes and several named hostesses. The event noted she will wed Wilbert Sonck in August at St Francis de Sales Catholic Church Beckley with about 0 attendees.
The Raleigh Register invites area students planning college entry or return this fall to submit information for a special college page in the Sunday August 25 edition. Include name, parents, address, high school, college, course of study, year, and a brief summer activity summary. Deadline is Wednesday August 21. Send to Women’s Department, The Raleigh Register.
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