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Newspaper
Raleigh Register
Location
Beckley, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Aug 22, 1956
Page
9
The Raleigh County Board of Education adopted a 15 point policy list to guide principals for the 1956-57 term. Rules cover textbooks, smoking, supervision, playgrounds, building work, school hours, trips, fundraising, bus policy, student stores, sales practices, and annual financial reporting.
Raleigh County Board of Education approves 3.9 acres in Oak Grove Shady Spring for potential future camp use while delaying school construction due to lack of funds. Meeting also approves contract with State Board of Vocational Education to hire instructors. several vacancies noted. Three area ministers to attend the West Virginia Methodist Ministers Conference at Camp Caesar August 27 to 29 with Bishop Wicke and other leaders speaking on church administration missions and finance.
Raleigh County Board of Education approved a large slate of elementary level personnel moves, including resignations and appointments. The actions cover clerical staff, teachers, principals, leave approvals, transfers, and bus drivers across multiple schools such as Pineknob, Soak Creek, Fairdale, Collins, Sophia, and Amigo.
J A Jarre, Glen Daniel, waved to a friend from Route 3 at Glen Daniel causing loss of control and a crash into a field. No injuries, but car and fence damage around $56. Wrecker service recovered the vehicle. Wave interviews set for WAVE enlistment on Friday at Beckley Post Office building with Miss Ruth Quire.
The Shaffer family of Mabscott, led by Kirby Lee Shaffer, leaves for Lincoln Air Force Base Nebraska with 17 month old Sandy to re establish residence. Mrs. Shaffer thanks Fidelis Class Calvary Baptist Church Beckley Hospital staff and local funeral home workers for support during Kirby’s illness and notes cards from across the country and Canada.
The Public Library announces a one week extension for returning overdue books without fines. Librarian Mrs. C. H. Graham says response has been good with several books already returned. No fines will be charged if items are returned or placed in the deposit box. Fireco man Nathaniel Moss jailed after a sheriff's warrant entry.
Mrs. Nunley B. Smedegar Democratic National Committeewoman plans to attend the Raleigh County Young Democratic Club dinner. The event at Beckley Hotel ballroom starts 7 38 p.m. with Robert H. Mallehan, candidate for Governor, as key speaker. Gov. William C. Marland is expected to attend. Over 300 people anticipated as the party launches its 1956 General Election campaign.
The Raleigh County Board of Education heard delegations during Tuesday night’s meeting. A Whitby PTA group led by Paul Warden asked for Whitby school kitchen improvements including painting the kitchen, repairing the concrete floor, and buying a screen door.
The Beaver Lions Club will finalize Friday Circus plans at Thursday’s Wheel Daniels meeting. Sello Brothers Circus opens Friday at 8 p.m. in Beaver off Route 1921 for Lions Club benefit, featuring Bozo the chimp and other trained acts.
Four prisoners at Raleigh County Jail tried to escape Monday night using hack saw blades. Sheriff Ward called them the worst group he has seen and said they will have no visitors for the rest of their stay. He noted bars are extremely hard to saw and blades were not found in a Tuesday search.
The Raleigh Summer Wyoming Community Committee discussed tentative observance plans for October 7 to 13. Charles L. Rolfe, head of the Governor's committee on employment for the physically handicapped, outlined statewide efforts to interest employers in hiring disabled workers and promote workplace opportunities.
The passage of the levy this summer expands free textbooks to all seventh and eighth grade students in Raleigh County schools. Previously only seventh and eighth graders in elementary schools received free texts, while junior and senior high students faced purchase or rental costs. The $5 million budget includes $16,815.65 for textbooks with $7,000 funded by the State Board of Education.
Twenty four Raleigh County school custodians received certificates after a two day Custodial Training Conference in Beckley. Sponsored by the state department of education the event was held at Woodrow Wilson High School and Beckley Junior High School. Ronald Thomas presented awards to custodians including Jess Calloway W C Chambers Emanuel Hardy Cassie Bennett Ollie Matrick Lola Snuffer Mattie Huffman Wilmer Lilly J H Snuffer Gaylord McKinney Sandy Wade Jesse Lilly E J Fourney George Calders Adam Zataut Elsie Witt Edgar Salley William Stewart Henry Doss Letcher Thompson Pete Dietch Arena Taylor George Anderson and Ben Adkins. The program covered floor maintenance custodial housekeeping organizing custodial work schedules inventories store rooms and requisitions.
The city editor’s vacancy is filled by B S Palasky who becomes wire editor under Robert Dwight. Dwight a former farm editor for The Register. Miss Anna Frazier joins the city news staff after working on the area desk. John Stewart transferred to the area desk.
A new list of about 1,000 Raleigh Countians has been completed for grand and petit jurors in Raleigh County Criminal Court. Jury Commissioners Arthur Goldstein and John Yazo announce the roster will be used for selections through July 1, 197.
Harry W. Stewart of the Veterans Administration Office at 144 McCreery St. notes that VA does not administer state bonuses. State bonuses are enacted and administered by the states without federal financial or administrative assistance, and information is only available from the paying states. No federal agency maintains state bonus data.
Coal City Church in Coal City hosts the annual Indian Creek Primitive Baptist Association conference beginning Friday at 10 a.m. and continuing through Sunday with Elder J I Bowling as moderator. Sessions include churches from Raleigh Monroe Mercer and Wyoming counties and a picnic dinner around 1 p.m. Sunday.
Commodities will be distributed Thursday at the rear entrance of 106 S. Kanawha St by Local Union 3821 United Mine Workers of America. Pegons receiving commodities are asked to bring containers.
The city council approved the fiscal plan at a special meeting to 1 p.m. The budget and the recreation levy received state approval. Estimated receipts total 435 379 23 dollars with 145 225 35 dollars raised by the levy.
The Long Branch Methodist Youth Fellowship hosted a Monday evening subdistrict meeting at 7 30 pm. Nancy Pettry led the devotional, Claudine Ison read scripture, James Craddock spoke on Broadening Horizons, and Nancy Pettey gave a reading. The program ended with the song I would be True and refreshments after a business session conducted by Sallie Honaker.
Navy Recruiting Station presents an exhibit at the West Virginia State Fair in Lewisburg featuring cutaway models of a 28 cylinder Pratt and Whitney piston engine, a Pratt and Whitney turbojet, a 22 mm gun, a 50 caliber machine gun, and a 3 mm to .22 caliber ammunition display. Furnished by the Naval Air Station Norfolk overhaul and repair department, with additional items from Naval Air Station Columbus including a 45 inch carrier model USS Forestal and a 10 foot deck model for carrier landing training.
Homer Martin Moore Jr. of Beckley faces arraignment on armed robbery charges. State Police say the offense involved David Lee Bower Jr. also of Beckley on Old Eccles Road around midnight Monday. Bower reported Moore grabbed him with an armlock and took a billfold containing about $3 before fleeing.
John Gray Hooker of King North Carolina was booked by a U S Marshal at 5 45 p m Tuesday and jailed in Raleigh County on a charge of impersonating a federal officer.
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