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Newspaper
Raleigh Register
Location
Beckley, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Feb 07, 1961
Page
10
U S and W E Underwood of Shady Spring are defendants in a $1,375.96 suit filed in the Raleigh County Circuit Clerk's office Monday. Lester Lumber Co. of Henry County Virginia, is the plaintiff claiming the amount as principal and interest due from June 15, 1951.
Enrollment will be closed Thursday for Marshall College extension work. Classes taught at 6:30 p.m. each Thursday at Woodrow Wilson High School include Sociology 532 basic course in guidance 590 and basic course in supervision 606.
Morton-Reaves Elementary on South Fayette Street received a model rating after scoring by Carter of the State Department of Education and Raleigh County officials. Sanders Elementary in Eccles earned a second class rating while Cranberry and Prosperity Elementary faces scoring Feb 21 and 22. Commendations praised principals teachers and pupils for advancing to model status and a wholesome pupil teacher relationship with a sound program. Repairs to exterior including painting were recommended and the PTA was praised for cooperation.
The Raleigh County Heart Fund will receive half of the proceeds from Curtain Callers production The Rainmaker. Arrangements were made by Mrs. George T. Lowery, chairwoman, and Dr. W W. McKinney, president of the group. The $10,000 county goal is lagging. The play runs February 17–18 in the Raleigh County Memorial Building auditorium.
Alex Breckinridge of 105 Park Drive is reported in good condition at Raleigh General Hospital after undergoing gall bladder surgery Friday.
Carlos J. Martin, in his second year as Raleigh County Sheriff and court deputy, was named to the post by Sheriff Okey Mills in 1959 and re appointed by Sheriff C Slim Thompson this year. He is married to Nora Smith and they have four children. Martin attends Zion Baptist Church and belongs to Beckley Moose Lodge 1606 and Beckley Masonic Lodge. Born in Raleigh on August 11 1908 he is a lifelong Raleigh County resident. Previously he worked seven years for the West Virginia Liquor Commission and twenty eight years as a coal miner.
Real estate transfers filed: Homeseekers Land and Building Co to Domenick Passaniti for Sunset Memorial Park Cemetery property in Sunset Memorial Park for 120 dollars. Lillie June and Paul Jackson Scarbro to Janet and James Beaver Road Shady Spring District transfer near the tract for 9500 dollars.
The Beckley WV Veterans Affairs field office handled 979 cases and contracts in January. Deputy director Basil R. Sweeney said $45,054.19 was obtained for veterans and survivors for one year from this month’s awards, including burial, insurance, benefits, retroactive pay, education, compensation, and pensions. Services included 915 personal interviews, 523 phone calls, 498 outgoing correspondence, and 849 forms completed as staff served Fayette and Raleigh counties. itinerant trips covered Gauley Bridge, Hill, Fayetteville and Ansted.
Scout Executive Wallace Noble will address the Men’s Club of St. Stephen’s Episcopal Church Tuesday. A 6:15 p.m. dinner precedes an 8 p.m. vestry meeting, with Noble speaking on the aims and purposes of Boy Scouting.
An old advertising note references William Penn and marks an exception for a single mention of Calvin Coolidge, noting branding context and archival insignia.
Merl A. Aitken of Union Carbide Chemicals Co. in South Charleston addressed the Monday meeting of Woodrow Wilson High School's Junior Tech Club. Aitken, co-director of Union Carbide's Quality Control Laboratory, spoke on chemical engineering and his diverse career. He is a Juniata College chemistry graduate, studied at Oklahoma and Rochester Institute of Technology, and holds professional roles in American Chemical Society and American Society for Quality Control. He also serves as music minister, civic leader, scoutmaster, and PTA officer in South Charleston. The session aimed to broaden science education beyond the school curriculum with future tours and dinners at Beckley Memorial Hospital.
Dr Hyman warns that applying sun tanning agents or sunburn protectives before sun exposure can cause dermatitis, stains, or phototoxic skin eruptions. Certain drugs, including diuretics and antihistamines, may intensify photosensitive reactions, making swimming unsafe for some individuals.
Jobs for typists and stenographers in Washington D C announced by M L McSpadden manager Beckley District office of Employment Security. K C Kraft Washington representative to interview applicants Friday morning with tests in the afternoon.
Bolt Church of God in Bolt will hold its midweek prayer meeting at 7 30 p m each Thursday, change from previous Wednesday. Sunday activities remain: Sunday school at 10 a m worship at 11 a m and evangelistic service at 7 30 p m. One of every three Americans in hospitals is there to give it.
M. Sgt. Eugene R. Carpenter of Beckley was nominated top supervisor for outstanding sales for January. His Sector A detachment 202 unit in Southern West Virginia and parts of Ohio and Kentucky achieved 123.53 percent of its 85-person mission, totaling 105 enlisted personnel for the month.
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