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Newspaper
Raleigh Register
Location
Beckley, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Feb 12, 1965
Page
11
Mrs Muriel Lawrence advises resolving a bullying incident by reassuring the boy and praising his effort rather than insisting on harsh punishment. The columnist links fear of bullying to fear of personal failure, urging parental support and pride in the child’s conduct.
Fayetteville officials and Chesapeake and Potomac Telephone Co. broke ground for a new dial central office to serve the Fayetteville exchange. The project, costing nearly half a million dollars, will feature All Number Identification and a Centralized Message Accounting Machine for long distance billing, plus Touch Tone service. Construction this year aims for activation in 1966 with upgraded cables and facilities.
Oak Hill Assembly No. 55 of the Rainbow for Girls held installation services at Oak Hill Methodist Church. Installing officers included Kaye Berry Lydia Pugh and Mary Miller with Mrs Mary Stevenson and Judy Stevenson as soloist. New officers and board members were installed along with color stations and choir staff. Judy Stevenson performed three songs My Task You Are A Wonderful Mother and You'll Never Walk Alone.
Bluefield City Manager Randolph Whittle announced Thursday that a parade permit will be issued for the anti segregation March on Bluefield this Saturday. The permit goes to organizer John Nettles after he reviews stipulations. officials say failure to issue could trigger a mass arrest situation.
Miss Violet Lusk served as program chairman for Castle Rock Garden Club, guiding a bird themed program with exhibits and charts at Mrs Mae S Belcher’s Pineville home. Assisting was Mrs W C Bailey Jr. President Mrs C B Martin led the meeting, with Mrs Jack Lambert receiving the hostess gift and new member Mrs Woodrow Spean welcomed.
Pax PAX reports Oren Miller of Sweeneysburg hospitalized at Beckley Hospital undergoing treatment and observation. Lois Whitlow, daughter of Claude and Mrs. Whitlow, returns home to Weirwood after a second Oak Hill Hospital stay. Jack and his wife return to Cleveland after attending a funeral in Lewisburg. Oscar Vealey, former Pax resident now of Mount Hope, is a patient at Appalachian Regional Hospital.
A women students group at the University of Mississippi rescinded its ban on coed posing for photographs in sportswear. The council said pictures must be taken at a time and place where sportswear is acceptable.
The Christian Women’s Fellowship of the First Christian Church of Mullens voted to retain current officers at the Wednesday gathering. Plans were laid for a church dinner hosted by the Christian Men’s Fellowship and a anniversary dinner. Worship centered on “Churches, Old and New” with a devotion from Ephesians and a poem “I Love Thy Churches” followed by prayer. Kitchen shower gifts were displayed and several members received gifts as hostesses served refreshments.
DELOS SMITH reports that cancer can be reliably cured if detected in early stages and treated promptly. Regular checkups help, but not enough physicians can screen all adults yearly. Public actions include self exams, yearly pap smears for women, and chest X rays for men over 40, plus stricter controls on pollution and radiation use.
Miss Karen Francis of Glen Fork will be crowned Glen Rogers High varsity queen at tonight’s Sharples Glen Rogers game halftime. Attendants include Drucilla Price and Karen Blevins, with escorts Tommy Brooks and Daniel Sizemore among others. last year’s court reappear. pre schoolers as trainbearers. Kenny Vaught and Tommy Lewis crown bearers. ceremonies led by James Y.M. Lewis and Damon Clay. Honor guards from Owls and Sharples teams.
Mr and Mrs Finley Shumate hosted a Glen Fork supper in honor of Mrs Sylvester Stiles birthday nearing celebration. Attendees included daughters Gladys Stiles Beckley and Lucille Harold and sons Robert Edward and Gene Stiles both Glen Fork, son-in-law Arthur Harold Chapmansville, grandson Jimmie Harold Chapmansville, granddaughters Donna Sherry Serenia Kay and Shumates.
Tony Perry recuperates at home after several days in Beckley hospital and returns to Ravencliff Tuesday. Weekend visits include Hurley Shumate and Doris Shumate of Roanoke. Nolley family from Mullens and a Roanoke trip. Reverend Duty returns from Chapmansville after his sister Pearl Simpkins died of a heart attack. Mrs. Walter OBrien in Washington to visit relatives. Adkinses travel from Glen Fork to Manassas. Stewart and son visit Welch to see Joyce Kay in Stevens Clinic.
Rodney Fortner, brother-in-law to Glen Rogers resident Rodney Fortner, leaves Glen Rogers for Fairfax Virginia after weekend stay. Marie Fortner plans to move to Fairfax. Glen Rogers residents Mr and Mrs Richard Blake and family relocate from Sabine. Harvey York hosts his brother Cecil York from Philadelphia as a guest.
Mullens PTA marks its anniversary with a program titled This is Your Life PTA as told from 68 years ago in 1897 in Washington DC then National Congress of Mothers. Cast included W J Brooks Joyce Moore and others with sixth graders providing musical selections. A proposal was made to request education officials to acquire nearby property for beautification and parking. The next meeting will feature a spaghetti dinner March 9 to raise funds for four youths to Camp Horseshoe.
Mrs. Albert Dale of Corinne is due back Sunday from Woodbridge Virginia where she stayed with son-in-law Dick Wilson and Harvey Hinchee. The visit marked her first with a new granddaughter born Nov 18. Corinne’s relatives from Corinne and nearby towns joined Sunday dinner with extended families in Black Eagle Amigo and Athens, and hospital updates noted Mrs Gladys Blankenship and Mrs Jane Lusk returning to Beckley area hospitals.
Education board member Hal Holmes urged separating girls and boys into different classes in Richmond County schools, arguing that sex and education do not mix.
The Mount Hope Lions Clubhouse hosted district governor A G Sugar Jr and Ladies Night with a Sweetheart Dance. About 100 attended the dinner and dance as Mrs Ralph Dorsey was named Sweetheart Queen and presented a centerpiece. Guest speakers included C E Jones and George Scott Vargo presided.
Mount Hope Lions Club announces committees for the annual minstrel at Mount Hope High School on April 2 at 8 p.m. Martha Amorine, director, names assistants and a large team handles script, stage props, ticket sales, programs, publicity, lighting, equipment, makeup, parking, and traffic. Ends with classified display.
A head-on crash near Pineville injured three people. Osie Brown of Pineville and Larry Duty, 19, of Marianna, plus 18 year old Jean Marie Halsey of New Richmond, were hurt. Brown remains hospitalized at Wyoming General in Mullens while Duty and Halsey are at Stevens Clinic in Welch. State Police Corporal D P Hellems investigates the Jackson Hill incident involving Brown driving a 1953 sedan into a 1962 model carrying Duty and Halsey.
The past week at Wyoming General Hospital Mullens lists numerous admissions across February 5 to 11 including James Harrold Jr Pulaski Virgil Shumate Soulsville Nel lie Farley Mullens Virgil Hawley Amigo Clifford Farley Helen Bonnie Count Oceana and many others with multiple discharges such as Miss Gayle Shrewsbury and several infants. Names span Mullens Oceana Rhodell Clear Fork Pineville Justice Simon Denny Browning and surrounding areas.
The Almanac notes Friday February 12 as the 43rd day of 1965 with 322 to follow. It lists Mars as the morning star and Jupiter as the evening star, Abraham Lincoln’s birth on this day in 1809, and historical events including China becoming a republic in 1912, Whiteman’s 1924 symphonic jazz program, Russia-Israel diplomatic break in 1953, and a 1963 Everglades airliner crash with 43 deaths. It ends with Leonardo da Vinci’s thought of the day.
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