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Newspaper
Raleigh Register
Location
Beckley, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Feb 03, 1960
Page
12
The report lists servicemen assigned to Fort Jackson and Fort Hood, a Marine Corps visit in Spain, and a Mol Mull Mullins profile. It also covers a West Virginia veteran affairs column arguing for a cold war GI Bill and a World War I general service pension bill with congressional activity and organizational support.
The report notes 18 year old Caryle Cooper of Stamford who joined the Army in June 1959 after graduating Woodrow Wilson High School in 1959 and training at Fort Jackson. It also profiles Robert A. Ormandy aboard the USS Essex in the Mediterranean, son of Miley and Nell Ormandy of Lophia, Ga.
Deeds on file record real estate transfers in Lake and Slab Fork and other districts. Maxwell to Hatcher with no consideration. Ashworth trustee to Foley in town district for $1,902. Lilly to Blevins in Shady Spring district with no consideration. Coleman to Alma Coleman in town district with no consideration. Adkins to Stone in Trap Hill district for $1,800. Pendry to Sherman and Mary Williams for property at Helen for $2,300.
STANDING ROOM ONLY NEW YORK AP The Sound of Music at Lunt-Fontanne Theater seats crowds for about 75 000 dollars weekly and 619 dollars weekly with standing room limited by fire regulations. Mary Martin stars and partly owns the production benefiting from the box office.
Milton J. Williams a former Winding Gulf resident celebrates 31 years as a character actor. He stars in Tennessee Williams Sweet Bird of Youth at Martin Beck Theatre New York with Paul Newman and Geraldine Page. Williams studied at West Virginia State College and Bluefield State Teachers College where he joined the dramatics club. He previously appeared on Broadway in A Hole In The Head and acted in Green Pastures among other works. Williams plans a six month tour with the Sweet Bird of Youth company starting in February.
Mt State Miscellany reports savings bonds sold in West Virginia totaling 49 496 588 with Brooke County contributing the largest share at 4 421 557. Corning Glass Works Parkersburg workers gain a 3 4 percent wage increase agreed by Local 570. Pfalzgraf re signs as Parkersburg Police Court judge to serve until successor. Gerald Rakes named district executive of Mountaineer Area Council, replacing Kent Moore. Construction begins on a Star City branch post office to be finished by July. Gov Underwood proclaims Feb 22 West Virginia Insurance Day. Crawford named outstanding young man of 1959 by Parkersburg Jaycees. Marshall County Court to convert sheriff’s residence floor for juvenile detention as part of a 65 million project. Charleston residents face a retroactive 1 monthly garbage fee from Oct. 1. WVU’s aerospace engineering department renamed from aeronautical engineering. Morgantown police drop annual policeman’s ball to fund uniforms. Herbert S Glenn reelected president of Clarksburg Chamber of Commerce. Northern Panhandle raid yields 3828 in coins. some owners provided opening keys, others used sledgehammers. Fairmont mayor says Morgantown sewage phases four and five go to planning boards. State Penitentiary needs full-time chaplain and social services per warden Donivan Adams. Bethany College receives Bierstadt painting donated by John Phillips Johnson. 75 to 100 Wheeling area families may seek rentals due to Pike Island Dam construction north of Ward Wood. The husbands are the su- (truncated)
Four apprehended in the Crab Orchard break-in saw Patrick Doyle Ryan, 45, Baltimore, re arrested Saturday after his bondsman withdrew the $1,000 bond. He was later released and re arrested on possession of stolen property tied to cartons of cigarettes from W. M. Horton hardware and grocery store.
Mrs. Gerald Richardson travels with sons David and Kenneth by plane to Stoughton Mass to join her husband the second engineer in charge of medical electronic instruments at Epsco Worcester. They will stay with Mr. and Mrs. Willis Pitts until settling in Framingham Mass. Mrs. Richardson is Portia Mitchell daughter of Rev. and Mrs. Corey O Mitchell 405 S Fayette Street.
Enrollments are still being accepted for Morris Harvey College spring extension classes in Beckley and Oak Hill. Director Fred S. Coffindaffer announced. Classes at Beckley Junior High School start Feb 8 with Education 214 and Investments 405 on Mondays, History 201 on Tuesdays, English 271 on Tuesdays, Sociology 300 on Wednesdays. Oak Hill Center offers English 401 on Fridays, starting Feb 5 at Central Grade School. All sessions begin 6:30 p.m. and carry college credit taught by Morris Harvey faculty. Enrollees must attend the first class to determine if the course continues.
Theodore Roosevelt McKeldin, former Baltimore mayor and Maryland governor, will speak at the Republican Lincoln Day Dinner in Charleston on February 17 at 6 30 p m at the Civic Center. Sponsored by Kanawha County Executive Committee, the Republican Women's Club, and the Young Republican Club, the event is not a fundraiser. Organizers expect 2500 to 3500 attendees, with Raleigh County Republicans and about 50 Kanawha County Republicans at Beckley the prior Monday.
The 1,000-year-old Noh dramas often feature flickering wood fires as footlights to illuminate the stage, creating atmospheric lighting that enhances the restrained, symbolic performance style.
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