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Newspaper
Raleigh Register
Location
Beckley, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Dec 15, 1961
Page
7
The Raleigh County Tuberculosis and Health Association expands chest X ray case finding for its 1961 Christmas Seal Campaign. The piece explains lung structure, function, breathing rates, and cough roles, urging medical consultation for persistent coughing and noting differences by age and gender.
The Doctor explains that a throat lump often labeled globus hystericus is usually not cancer. He notes swallowing discomforts can mimic serious disease and suggests dropping the matter from daily focus. He also confirms pulling a chair in the ear can relieve hiccoughs, and invites readers to request his cancer leaflet.
G G Green explained a new pay plan for Lee County schools cafeteria workers at an Elementary Principals Association meeting. Beginning January the district will send a gross salary check plus Social Security matching to the Board of Education which will re issue and deduct taxes then mail to the principal for payment to the cook. The plan covers compensation and educator's insurance. Wheeler spoke on a county physical fitness program noting a fit child makes a better student and citizen.
The Beckley Recruiting Main Station personnel hold their annual Christmas party tonight in the Beckley-Winn Hotel ballroom. The program starts at 6 p.m. with a dinner at 7 p.m. dancing begins at 8:30 p.m. and continues into the night.
The writer argues against a Charleston based central point system for regulating drivers, defending constitutional local government, the judiciary, and due process. He rejects executive overreach, asserts rights and privileges are bounded by law, and warns a state bureau would burden taxpayers and erode local courts. Maxwell cites Jefferson and the WV Bill of Rights to defend local governance.
Ten men enlisted in the Army at the Main Recruiting Station in Beckley on Wednesday. Named are THOMAS R. KEITH Logan. GARY R. ELLIS Point Pleasant. BOBBY J. BRACKENRIDGE Crawley. ROGER L. WALKUP Rupert. JAMES N. CHILDERS JR Kopperston. RAYMOND D. BALTOFF Chapmanville. JERALD W. SHORT Harmon VA. JAMES O. SNODGRASS Red Jacket. DONALD LEE HAMRICK Sizemore. BENNIE R. BROWN St Albans. They were sent to Fort Jackson, South Carolina.
Raleigh County School Superintendent John W. Saunders attended a Concord College faculty meeting Wednesday to discuss changes in teacher training. Miss Mary Louise Klaus, counselor for guidance and testing, filled in for Saunders at a North Central Association meeting in Princeton Wednesday.
David Evans, grandson of Mrs. Mary E. Evans of 227 Church Street, is in good condition at Beckley Memorial Hospital after several days of treatment following surgery.
Worley, a Beckley resident, serves as principal at Marsh Fork for 19 years, while Britton teaches English and Jenkins handles mathematics.
Washington reports a Bureau of Mines forecast sees coal expanding its share of electric utility use to about 73 percent by 1975 from 65 percent today, driven by a surge in nationwide electrification and continued growth in electric heating, with oil and natural gas holding the industrial and motive-power markets.
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