09 Dec 1957
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Newspaper
Raleigh Register
Location
Beckley, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Dec 09, 1957
Page
1
Don Goodwin notes that both adults and children exhibit possessiveness, especially around others' belongings. He offers etiquette guidance for guests at homes, urging respect for furniture, rugs, chairs, and table settings, and advises avoiding damaging or soiling a host’s possessions.
Oceana High School students from Oceana Nigh School joined Oak Hill residents on WOAY-TV's Juke Box Dance Party. The school majorette corps performed an Indian war dance with Johnnie Duty Karen England Connie Burkett Eulenna Tyree Helen Daniels and Sue Shields. Music featured Robert Rider tom tom drummer and Pat Wallace trumpeter. Oceana students also joined the quiz segment with Donna Cook Margaret Berta and Sebert Stewart.
Clear Fork High School plans to send one boy and one girl from the junior class to the seventh annual Know Your State Government Day in Charleston on March 3. The event is sponsored by the National Education Association. Representatives will be chosen through two ballots and by character and leadership.
Deadline set for the annual high school essay contest in Wyoming County sponsored by the Ocean a and Pineville Woman's Clubs with the Mat lens Civic Club. Mrs R H Breeden of Pineville chairs. Topic Today's Youth Tomorrow's Leaders. Each school may submit four essays 800 to 1000 words. First prize a $95 savings bond. Second and third prizes of $10 and $3 respectively.
Norma Barnett, a junior at Oceana High School, won the Voice of Democracy script writing contest after nine finalists. Elba Dillenwater was runner up. judges included Laura Hinchman Ted Wolfe and the Rev Kenneth Maze. Barnett’s script advances to the state finals at WHIS TV Bluefield with other contestants noted.
Beckley Woodrow Wilson High School Flying Eagle Band joins Beckley Junior High Band for the annual Christmas Concert at 8 p.m. in the WWHS auditorium. Under Glenn Sallack, performances include 62 beginner, 85 junior high, and 131 high school players with selections ranging from Woodland Moods to The Buglers Holiday and Santa's Toy Shop.
Patricia Reld Stratton High School argues science has reshaped modern life through home tech like gas furnaces refrigeration air conditioning and remote watching of programs. It cites Sputnik medicine vaccines and antiseptics as key advances and notes the shift from superstition to systematic inquiry.
Hollywood interview with Frank Sinatra detailing his shift from crooner to diversified star. He credits psychiatric insight and practical focus for his renewed energy, noting he now handles projects one at a time. He says success comes from planning, partnerships, and profits from films like The Joker is Wild and Pal Joey.
John W. Law, 39, was cited by police in Columbus, Ohio for a traffic violation according to a local report.
Casali and Walker head The Echo yearbook staff at Woodrow Wilson High School with Jim Anderson as business manager. Sean Crawford directs poems. Highlander Howery Spinelli handle athletics. Senior write ups by Brash May Evans Oscar Phlegar Laws Stanley Chambers Wray Snyder Lagos Moses Cook Goodman. Hall of Fame by Laws and Pickett. Baby photos by Carson Anderson. Snapshots by Highlander Walker Estep. Art editor Marlene Moore. Mary Butterworth oversees special pictures. Other staff include Coram Johnson Kobella Lowe Maples Anne Pipkin Roles Wonder.
Stan Laurel, 67, surviving member of Laurel and Hardy, says he cannot return to acting after a stroke two years ago. He speaks from Malibu about health, Babe Hardy, and the state of comedy, noting his left side paralysis and limited activities while writing fans, watching TV, and recalling a rare late-life closeness with Hardy.
New England town faced a two month gap in law enforcement after Chief Howard Taylor and his three-man force resigned, citing unruly teen drivers and vandalism. Officials later expanded the force, increased patrols, and worked with parents to curb hot rodding and dangerous driving.
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