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Newspaper
Raleigh Register
Location
Beckley, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Feb 13, 1959
Page
8
Coal River area reporters note visits and family events from Colcord to Artie and Pomeroy Ohio. Detroit relatives return from Colcord visits as Fords and Burns families host and travel for illnesses births and surgeries. Local hospital reports list Lula Hyden surgery and Tad Burgess and Camie Jane Stover medical cases with Beckley care.
In Omaha AP report theologian Dr Barth says Sunday schools condition children to hear only loving messages and, at ages 12 to 14, they face the broader world and turmoil. He spoke at a Division of Christian Education meeting of the National Council of Churches.
Rutgers University began as Queens College in 1766, later adopting its current name. The institution emerged in colonial New Jersey to serve higher education needs, growing into a major public research university.
Carol Sue Likens of Fayetteville High School has the highest score in a 50 minute homemaking exam. She will receive a Josten's homemaking pin and compete with other state winners to crown the Homemaker of Tomorrow.
Glen Rogers area personals list weekend visitors to several households including Thurman Brooks Violet Daniels and Raymond Brooks plus families from Crab Orchard Glen Fork and Oak Hill. Notable events include the Johnsons second wedding anniversary and Eliza Allen Bob Allen’s improving health after a week at home.
Mr and Mrs Sherman Foster hosted last week’s guest Paul Sears of Topeka Kansas who also visited his brother Albert Sears of Stamford and his mother Nellie Sears a Beckley Memorial Hospital patient He returned home Friday Mrs Henry Canterbury visited her sister Effie Clyburn in Beckley Thursday Mr and Mrs Dave Endicott and family of East Kingston were Sunday guests of Virgil Dangerfield Mr and Mrs Ralph Abshire and son Mike of Meadow Bridge were weekend visitors of Mrs George Sparks and Sherman Williams
Sunday guests of Mr and Mrs Lloyd League included Mrs James Jones and daughters Sharon and Judith Beckley and Mrs Ross Jones and grandson Butch Price Lilly Haven C C League Lester visited his brother and sister in law. Mrs Harold McPeak visited Mrs Tony Lambert Sunday. Mrs Basil Nichols and son Wayne are in Charleston visiting her ill mother.
RNS Lilly Haven column lists visits among Massey, Ruth, Wheeler, Jones, Morgan, Lambert and other families. Recurring social rounds mention Mrs Hicks Massey Jr and kin, Arthur Ruth in Beckley, Judy and Sherry Jones with Ross Jones family, Edna Kirk with Linda Morgan, and Marshall College student Roger Toler visiting his parents Acie and family.
An estimated 10 percent of the nation s licensed engineers are educated through correspondence courses.
AP reports the steel industry sees a recovering year with higher sales and rising orders in late 1958. Despite a 30.3 percent drop in combined earnings from 1957 to 1958, most large firms end the year in the black. Costs cut during recession and shutdown of weak facilities helped profits, while insurers stockpiled to avoid potential strikes or price increases. Automakers boosted output, supporting the recent gains, though the permanence of the upturn remains uncertain.
New York AP reports NBCs Peter Gunn blends private eye plots with jazz and romance to boost appeal among younger viewers. Composer Henry Mancini provides most original music, creating mood with instrumental scores and musical motifs around Mothers jazz club setting.
An FBI survey shows lone amateur robbers dominate recent bank heists, with 416 robberies in 1958 and 322 by single bandits. Women have appeared as robbers, and riskier, crowded-branch holdups raise banker nerves. Agencies push alarms, surveillance, and teller guidance to reduce losses.
Boy Scout Troop 6 led the Sunday service at First Baptist Church Beckley for Boy Scout Week. James “Jimmy Mack” Snider received the Eagle award after earning 29 merit badges since 1957, attending 1958 summer camp, and participating in community drives and fund activities. Tenderfoot and second class badges were also awarded to several scouts as the service featured solos, choir numbers, and a sermon by Dr. Alvin J. Cook.
Mancini says jazz audience is not vast but specific and special. He notes television can integrate jazz by tying it to story and characters, expanding the genre to a broader audience without diluting its distinct appeal.
Hollywood AP report notes Marlon Brando is 20 million over budget on One Eyed Jacks with costs rising from 1.5 to 4 million due to reshoots and added scenes. Brando defends the move, cites lack of script and inexperienced actors Karl Malden and Katy Jurado, yet expects the film to profit.
The central theme of Ephesians is that Jesus Christ breaks down divisions between races nations science and morals says Karl Barth. The book The Broken Wall from the American Baptist Convention will be used in evangelism courses in churches nationwide this year.
A Protestant Council report for New York City finds 55 percent of the city’s 960,000 Protestant church members are nonwhite, with 440,000 Negro and 90,000 Puerto Rican adherents. The study highlights shifting demographics among city congregations.
The discussion centers on installing a secret alarm for tellers to lock doors during robberies. Neilson notes feasibility but questions the peril of being trapped with a robber capable of blowing up the bank or turning it into a shooting gallery.
In this 1946 reminiscence from a Havana student, Fidel Castro is described as a country bumpkin by peers from Oriente Province. The piece recalls his bid to lead the Federation of University Students, his Bohemian dress, and rival Rolando Masferrer, a Batista-era figure, linking student politics to future Cuban leadership and opposition currents.
April 3 marks the 175th anniversary of the Treaty of Friendship and Commerce between the United States and Sweden. The United States side was negotiated by Benjamin Franklin.
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