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Newspaper
Raleigh Register
Location
Beckley, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Feb 28, 1932
Page
2
The Slab Fork board of education weighs a move toward economy in public affairs with hope it will extend to other taxing bodies from local boards to federal government. Taxpayers are expected to welcome efforts to reduce costs and improve service.
The Register praises long standing harmony in Fayette and Raleigh counties coal towns, noting good schools roads and churches, worker loyalty and public improvements. It cites risks from absentee ownership and company stores undermining broader community commerce and warns against disrupting the era of goodwill.
The Slab Fork board of education plans to scale down salaries for high school teachers and administrators and cut expenditures elsewhere. Officials cite poor trade, industrial slump, and declining values in Raleigh county as factors. The district aims to ease unemployment and favors unmarried women for teaching roles when all else is equal.
Cambridge therapist Dr. W. E. Dixon argues the machine age shifts life from survival to social standing. He links caffein overuse to neurotic traits and says artificial relaxation drives alcohol and tobacco use, while normal play and exercise offer safer relief. He advocates adaptation and self management.
The report notes missionary work in the Orient yielding visible results as Japan and China act in ways likened to Christian nations during the 1914 1918 period. The comparison emphasizes wartime like mobilization and moral framing of their actions.
Greenbrier Independent reports Rep. Black of New York in Washington deriding Cabinet praises of Hoover on Lincoln’s birthday. He imagines Lincoln’s stance if Weaver and Grant figures had shaped policy, urging a separate holiday for Cabinet eulogies rather than national holidays.
The Mayetteville State Sentinel notes a second wage cut for miners, urging acceptance with fortitude. It argues wage reductions stem from external economic forces, not operator will, as coal faces fierce competition from electricity oil and Venezuelean oil, leaving industry paralyzed until demand returns.
By Alphonso a column of commentary and observation raises questions and quotes on public life and culture. The piece surveys current events with opinionated tone and pointed reflections.
A fragmented 1920s style column riffs on Washington myths, weddings, laws, and winter mood, noting Bicentennial celebrations, increasing women’s roles, and political overreach. It lampoons public events and social habits with humorous asides and stray quotes from public figures.
Stace High School Lega sent six students and adviser G.2 Harvey to a West Virginia high school press conference in Huntington. Representatives included Aubrey Thompson Ray Cole Traphes Bryant Keith Peters Glenn Mooney and Billie Clark, marking the first time Sloco sent delegates to the event.
Orice Lilly a well known Beckley man announces his candidacy for constable. Lilly was born in Raleigh county and is a Beckley High School graduate class of 1023. He has worked in real estate, initially with his father Jale Lunda Lilly.
William Morrigan Daly, a reticent yet prolific musical figure, recalls his career from early Boston study to a Metropolitan Opera balcony orchestration and a stint on a western editorial desk. He candidly sketches his past, joking about autobiographies and his blend of stage lineage with a bartending maternal line.
A fragment quotes performers and writers on Broadway life. It notes Evelyn Roberts and Petronia, with mentions of a Navy officer turned actor, Malcolm Law the Broadway lawyer, and fashion ads offering free tinting to attract customers.
Mrs Stone Shultz hosted her son and daughter in law Jarrell Shultz of McDonald at her Sprague home. Several guests and visitors are named including Patsy Ruth Miller, Beulah Hoffman, Frank Rogers, and Elizabeth Ballard. Epworth league events at the Community hall featured a one act patriotic play Plantation Days and various musical numbers with refreshments after.
On a honeymoon voyage, Hope Fairfield Ross schemes to provoke a reaction from her estranged husband Dickey Dale while Judy Schemes watches. Dickey arrives with a new partner, Jane, heightening tensions as Hope uses social maneuvers and a staged auction bid to gain Tom’s attention and force a confrontation at sea. The shipboard drama escalates with family radio missives and mounting jealousy.
The Price Hill Parent Teacher Association will hold a special meeting Monday night at 7 30 featuring a George Washington program. Fred Dixon superintendent of Price Hill Collieries company will be the presiding officer.
The discourse features Mt Tope mine inspector Robert Lilly as chief speaker with a Lilly paper and an Epitaph on Washington by O A Phillips Beckley school principal. Music by Price Hill string band accompanies the program.
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