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Newspaper
Raleigh Register
Location
Beckley, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Feb 04, 1963
Page
8
Report notes that African elephants influenced the arrangement of ancient paths across the savannas and forests. Researchers point to migration corridors guiding human travel routes and trade routes long before modern roads existed.
Cathy McClung was installed as worthy advisor of Assembly No. 14, Order of Rainbow for Girls, at Mount Hope Methodist Church. Installing officers included Mrs. Max McClung and officers from Winolia Chapter No. 59 of the Order of Eastern Star.
Twaddle and Robert Williams lead a local advisory board with Flora Twaddle Dan Stevenson Jr. and Eula Trail as members, outlining oversight and community involvement.
Concord College will offer two extension courses at Pineville High School if each course enrolls at least 12 students. Professor Fred Rogers teaches History 307 West Virginia History Geography and Government for three credits, while Dr. George F. Moore offers Political Science 201 American Federal Government for three credits. The first class meets Wednesday at 6 30 p.m. Interested students should attend the initial meeting.
A note clarifies that Hong Kong’s name translates from Chinese as a harbor with generous or spacious harbor meaning. The phrase commonly cited as Fra grant Harbor is noted as a learning aid rather than scholarly consensus.
An advertisement offers life insurance by mail from Central Security Life Insurance Co. No medical exam required for ages 40 to 90. The pitch promises relief for funeral costs with no agent visits and asks readers to send name, address, and year of birth to Fort Worth Texas.
The Glen Fork Independent Baptist Church Woman's Missionary Society met for February with theme The Challenge to Prayer. President L C Shrewsbury urged prayer as a virtue against temptation and a path to peace, noting prayer shapes national and global issues. Officers were installed, bake sale planned, and a $10 monthly donation agreed to replace the clothing drive. Fifteen members attended the basement gathering with a salad course.
Mount Hope Lions Club dinner meeting featured the Union Carbide Male Chorus of South Charleston, a 38 voice group under Eunice Perry. The chorus, funded by Union Carbide, performs at hospitals schools and civic groups statewide. 150 attendees heard Sanford McNeely lead the event.
Mr. and Mrs. Dowl Gibson hosted Timmy Gibson for a birthday party at their Hatcher home on Saturday evening. Dorothea Woolwine and Connie King led games with prizes for Kay Repass, Danny Davis, and Corky Lugar. several friends and relatives attended.
Margaret McCool of the United States Bureau of Mines in Mount Hope fractured her left arm in a fall at work Friday morning. She received treatment and was released from Oak Hill Hospital.
President Kennedy recalled receiving the Democratic legacy award from the Anti Defamation League of Bnai Brith. His wristwatch alarm rang as he spoke, reminding the crowd that it was nearly 11 o clock. He turned it off and quipped about the time.
Lisle Blackbourn, former Green Bay Packer coach, is in satisfactory condition after a blood vessel operation at Houston Methodist Hospital. The report comes from UPI.
Asa Stewart of Herndon attended funeral services for William W Alderman on Wednesday afternoon among out-of-town mourners were Mr and Mrs Carl Webb Jesse Rev and Mrs Robert Perry Mrs Bessie Drysdale Beckley Billy Jack Sizemore Donald Allen and Tommy Gwinn of Arlington Virginia
Fayetteville area couples sought marriage licenses in late January at the Fayette County Clerk’s office. The list includes Margaret Kraus and Donald Blythe, Judith Collins and Herbert Bellew, plus many others from West Virginia, Maryland, Virginia, and Washington, D C, all seeking licenses to wed.
Sammy Lay, a first grader at Glen Fork Grade School, led the March of Dimes collection ending Friday. Ricky Bailey and Eddie Bailey followed in second and third place. the third fourth grade room guided by Mrs. Viola Jenkins earned a room party to claim intra classroom honors. Principal Ralph Sewart led the school.
At Bowie Maryland a six horse field led by Hilltop Stables Benny Johnny was expected to start Friday in the $10,000 added Palmer Heagerty Stakes, the opening day feature.
Long-Airdox unveils the mobile Rosco Model MFBM-40 Feeder-Breaker built at Oak Hill for Gateway Coal. The unit, mounted on hydraulic crawlers with a 6.5 ton hopper, is designed for belt conveyors to handle large lumps, aiding Emerald Mine operations near Vestaburg, Pennsylvania.
The State Road Commission proposes five major projects in District 10 for 1963, involving Raleigh McDowell and Wyoming counties with about 3.26 million dollars for 6.34 miles of roadway and two bridges. Projects include grading draining and paving on WV 16 and WV 54 to Sophia, a two lane bridge on WV 10 at Elmore, and a new bridge on WV 80 at Jaeger.
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