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Newspaper
Raleigh Register
Location
Beckley, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Dec 23, 1968
Page
3
SRC spokesman says the deslicking cover remains experimental and needs a higher mineral filler or cement and more asphalt. Several days of 40 degree weather are required to repair the road, with repairs promised as soon as conditions permit.
A Raleigh County American Cancer Society survey found about 32.4 percent of students across Beckley three junior highs smoke, with 16.6 percent of those smokers planning to quit after film shows on lung cancer dangers. 67.6 percent had never smoked. The board notes the health risks and urges continued education amid state highway work discussions.
Morris Harvey College announces nine extension courses to be taught in Beckley and one in Oak Hill for the spring term. Classes start Jan 27 in Beckley Junior High School at 6 30 p.m. with Economics 202 and Principles of Economics and Business Administration 320. Other courses follow on Tue Wed Thu evenings. In Oak Hill English 421 Chaucer begins Jan 27 at 6 30 p.m. at Oak Hill Elementary School. Salvation Army seeks $1 230 more to distribute Christmas food orders to 123 families awaiting certificates and cover the annual Christmas program and party costs. Captain Roscoe Hines urges prompt donations to prevent standstill.
Beckley Loan Co sues in Raleigh County Circuit Court seeking $779.10 on a promissory note dated Jan 2 plus $84.61 interest and further interest from Dec 20 at specified rates.
The sensitive ears of Africa's aardvark are noted for perceiving termite activity underground, enabling it to locate food by listening to vibrations and movements beneath the soil.
Elmer Scarbrough of Oak Hill gives Santa Claus hug to 92 year old Lanie Bragg, oldest patient at Hilltop Nursing Home. Beckley Manufacturing Co employees hosted a 29 patient Christmas party with Ivora Scarbrough and others helping. Shady Spring FFA Chapter raised 30 dollars for the Overbay family after a recent fire, also gifting a sugar cured ham to Mrs Effie Furrow, widow of Henry Furrow, and her sons Eugene and Johnny.
In Farmington UPI reports that families of the 78 men killed in a nearby mine last month received Christmas gifts from an outpouring of contributions. At a Saturday party, each family got a $1,000 check, two hams, a turkey, and five gifts per child, with enough funds left to give each child five more presents next Christmas.
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