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Newspaper
Raleigh Register
Location
Beckley, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Feb 10, 1959
Page
10
The State Mine Inspectors Board reports grading of Charleston written exams from Dec 8 to 13, 1958 is complete. Thirty-nine of 160 candidates scored enough to proceed to final oral tests to be held in Charleston on Feb 2, 27, and 28. Names will not be released until applicants pass both exams and qualify for appointment as mine inspectors.
Bluefield College and Bluefield State College will greatly enlarge the Adult Education Extension Program in the second semester. Courses will be offered at Beckley Junior High School including basic mathematics music as an art and science and music materials and procedures. Registration is set for 6:30 p.m. today at the local school.
In Hartzell Marteney's Volga area home a glass shattered by a double pane window as a ruffed grouse crashed in and died. A Copper's hawk followed, hitting the wall and was subdued with a club. Marteney suffered a head cut but remained in good spirits. Also notes a teen radio hobbyist KN8MMX Butch Yazell and a Woodrow Wilson High School meeting photo. Raleigh County Animal Shelter reports January figures: 240 dogs and 60 cats cared for, 230 destroyed, 3 returned, 3 rehomed.
The West Virginia All State Chorus and Orchestra will gather at Woodrow Wilson High School from April 15 to 17. Willis W. Beckett of the Cincinnati College Conservatory of Music will conduct the chorus, with Glenn Sallack and Harris Bergh named as orchestra conductors. Beckett led the Cincinnati May Festival while Bergh authored a new string method for large classes. High schools across West Virginia will be represented.
At Rhodell School last Tuesday the annual mother daughter and father son basketball games raised a total of 18 dollars for the March of Dimes. The mothers won the mother daughter game 19 to 10 while the men edged their sons 29 to 28.
The Beckley recruiting station tops 9 competing stations as January Station of the Month and Robert Hersey earns Recruiter of the Month for Ashland area. Hersey led in enlistees with scores in the upper half, among 55 recruiters across Kentucky and nearby states.
Local Conservation Commission responders found a deer dead from strangulation after attempting to jump a fence at Seaver and becoming entangled in the wire strands. The incident highlights dangers of fencing in wildlife areas and prompts possible safety reviews.
Deeds on file in Raleigh County Clerk's office record property transfers. P L Charles to Georgia Meadows Lot 13 Lilly Land Addition with no stated consideration. Gladiola Jewell to Warren and Mollie Shrewsberry in Slab Fork District for about $1,000. Auldy and Verne Cecil to R B Gibson Lot 19 Price Hill Subdivision for about $1,500. G F Cooper to Willie Howell in Marsh Fork District for about $500.
Highway deaths in West Virginia during January totaled 22, states Col. Hazen H. Fair, superintendent of the State Police. He called the figure a catastrophe yet noted it was the lowest January toll since 1956 and urged drivers to maintain vigilance to keep the level down.
Miss Barbara Ann Ferri of Glen Jean was honored with a bridal shower Saturday at the Oak Hill home of Mrs. Lon Jones. The event, hosted by Mrs. Fred Kennedy Mrs. James Lively and Mrs. Lon Jones, followed a red and white color theme with gifts under an umbrella and a miniature bride and groom centerpiece flanked by car nat ions and greenery. Attending were numerous relatives and friends from Glen Jean Oak Hill Hill Top Mount Hope and St Albans.
A recent National Industrial Conference Board survey shows more companies paying full or partial wages during jury duty and urging workers not to shirk civic duty. The trend now includes supervisors, though many firms exempt key personnel or handle exemptions by management. Among 363 firms, 302 protect supervisors from financial loss, 199 offer full pay plus fees, while rank and file policies vary between time off with pay and fee deductions. Some employers require attendance even if not in court, and others allow keeping jury fees if part of the work week is fulfilled.
Ethyle Hope Miller, 25, of Beckley, was briefly jailed in Raleigh County Jail after a $20 fine for driving with expired New York registration. A friend paid the fine, and she was released from Beckley Police Department custody. A second charge of driving without a city driver’s license was dropped when she did not know such a license existed. Miller said she had lived in Beckley since August and was unaware of local rules. Local arrests and bonds: Fred Meredith $5 stop sign, Earnest A. Stewart $55 reckless driving after a crash, Ira Garten $15 defective equipment, James W. Bryant $15 expired Alabama registration, Scott Adams $108 drunk driving, Allen C. Kennedy $20 no state license, and one $14 drunk charge bond forfeiture.
Veterans with permanent GI life insurance can borrow up to a percentage of their policy cash surrender value without surrendering coverage. Beckley VA Hospital official explains borrowing reduces protection by the loan amount, but keeps the policy in force. If the veteran dies with an outstanding loan, the debt is deducted from the policy proceeds. Interest is four percent on the unpaid balance and loan terms require repayment by the due date. Loans apply only to permanent GI policies.
Sen Robert C Byrd proposes on the spot studies of low in spirits areas in West Virginia and Kentucky. He plans to have a Senate group study these zones in connection with legislation to aid areas with persistent unemployment. West Virginia would likely receive a large share of the aid under a bill backed by Byrd and the West Virginian.
The Rev. F. E. Peace of First Christian Church Charleston spoke at First Christian Church Beckley Monday at 6 30 p m The meeting elected William H File Jr chairman of the Board of Elders and Deacons The program featured invocation introductions remarks and music by the Ninth Grade Boys Choir with Hal M Scott as toastmaster The banquet committee was led by Phill A McDaniel with Fred Brewer Virgil Horton Carroll Hutchison and George Massing.
Lonnie Alfred Meadows died at White Oak hospital Saturday February 7 after a heart attack. Body to be moved to residence February 9 at 3 p.m. Funeral services February 10 at 2 30 p.m. at Shady Springs Missionary Baptist Church officiated by Rev. Sam D. Smith. Burial in Sunset Memorial Park. Arrangements by Melton Mortuary Florists.
Home and auto radio repairs with pickup and delivery guaranteed work by Right's Radio Service. Gas stove and appliance repairs contact CL 3-4937. Wall cleaning by new machine saves painting. Nichols Wall Cleaning. Venetian Blind Laundry offers free estimates Beckley WV. dial CL 2-4401. Will Laibach, former 300 Ridge Ave, reachable at CL 23-3321 ext 62 before 5 pm. Avon earning opportunity for ladies four hours daily. write Avon at Bostick Ave Beckley WV.
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