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Newspaper
Raleigh Register
Location
Beckley, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Feb 16, 1965
Page
3
The Beckley Raleigh County YMCA launches a week long drive starting Wednesday at 7 am with radio and TV support. Members joining Feb 17 receive theater passes and meals. various membership options and payment plans are offered plus scholarship support.
Miss Margaret Dinkler was crowned Valentine Queen by Norman Richardson at a First Assembly of God Valentine party. Attendants Peggy Bryant and Stona Johnson joined the queen as the fundraiser raised 142 dollars for the Speed the Light project to aid a vehicle for missionaries Eldon A. Brown and wife in Korea. The Browns left Feb. 5 for a four year mission tour. Hostesses included Elizabeth Richardson Janice Elkins Sharon Shaffer and Gayle Atwood.
A coal mining tipple housing about 60 workers was destroyed by fire Sunday. Owner Lewis Meadows said the structure between Odd and Resaco caught fire around 4 p.m., razing both an old tipple and a new addition. Beaver Volunteer Firemen battled the blaze. no damage estimate was provided.
Three Arnett men Roger Taylor Cledith Taylor and William T Bowman waived charges of operating a moonshine still and mash seized by Alcohol Tax Division agents at a Sand lick Creek location near Arnett. They appeared before U S Commissioner Paul J Fourney in Bluefield. Other local cases: William R Knox Charleston paid 25 fine for reckless driving. Charles L Helvey Beckley paid 10 for speeding. Richard Earl Biggs Beckley paid 25 for hazardous driving. George Dolinger Crab Orchard jailed on peace warrant. Lloyd E King Mabscott jailed for drunken driving.
The Prosperity church will show the film Old Glory at 7 30 p m during the organizational Men s Fellowship meeting at First Baptist Church Prosperity Rev Ray M Walls pastor Officers to be elected during the business session and refreshments will be served after the film by church ladies The pastor invites men and their families to attend
William H. Fink son of Mr and Mrs William A Fink of Jaeger former Beckley residents serves this week as a page in the West Virginia House of Delegates. A Jaeger High School senior, he attended Beckley elementary and often visits his grandfather Jesse A Fink at Laurel Terrace. He was chosen by Delegate Harry Pauley of Jaeger and will enroll at Marshall University this fall to study pre law and journalism.
A two day workshop in Raleigh County will train leaders to analyze protection of farm rural buildings against radioactive fallout. Co sponsored by USDA Civil Defense the course teaches shelter analysis and modifications to improve protection. Contact Larry Cavendish or Paul Fourney to attend.
William C. Campbell the 1964 U S amateur golf champion and Huntington insurance agent will be the featured speaker at the 10th annual West Virginia I Day on March 1 in Huntington. About 300 independent agents and company personnel are expected to attend with Art C. Dannecker Jr and Thomas Gallagher also on the day long program. The event is co sponsored by the West Virginia Association of Independent Insurers and the Huntington Association of Independent Insurers per Earl N. Flowers of Clarksburg president of the state group.
Robert Cantrell, a senior son of Mrs. Grethel Cantrell of 925 Valley Drive, is among 15 students in the West Virginia University School of Pharmacy named to the Dean's List for the first semester Becklevan noted in campus coverage.
The Mel Gillispie Orchestra of Huntington will perform at the Raleigh County Heart Fund Ball on February 27 from 9 a.m. to 1 a.m. at the Raleigh County Armory. The 14-piece big jazz dance band, praised as the finest in the East, travels across six states. Proceeds benefit the county Heart Fund drive. reservations via Mrs. Eugene Allen, Scott Avenue.
Beckley police investigate an armed robbery at 2 12 a m in which R B Herron of City Cab Service says a man he picked up at the Greyhound terminal held a gun and stole his money as they traveled to the Raleigh Hotel on Prince Street. Other Monday complaints cite rocks thrown at two South Fayette Street addresses Juanita's Grocery and 1719 South Fayette.
The Raleigh County Mental Health Association will hold a dinner meeting at 6 30 p m Friday at the Glass House New officers will be elected during the business meeting The speaker will be Robert Alfred assistant director of the local Social Security office who will discuss and answer questions concerning the NIH program of home service for the chronically ill.
United Press International notes that Christians of Western Europe launched crusades to reclaim the Holy Land from Muslims, beginning in 1096 per the Encyclopaedia Britannica.
Charles Hodel, 76, publisher of the local newspaper, is reported in poor condition by a Raleigh General Hospital spokesman. He has been critically ill since a stroke on February 5.
Former con man Stanley Lowe, who has spent 14 of his 42 years in prison, invited 30 of his former victims from whom he bilked 40,000 pounds to lunch at a hotel in London. None appeared, Lowe said none showed up, joking they feared another con and would be left with the bill.
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