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Newspaper
Raleigh Register
Location
Beckley, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jan 03, 1963
Page
6
The article profiles Vince Edwards as he confronts being typecast by his Ben Casey persona. It notes his rise to fame, wealth, and public image while urging readers to see the real person behind the surly TV neurosurgeon. Edwards asks fans not to call him Ben, insisting the name is Vince.
Six marriage licenses were issued last week by the Wyoming county clerk. Recipients include Rodney Hatfield, 25, Hanover, and Alice Shannon, 18, Hanover. Johnny Sipple, 19, Florida, and Larua Workman, 18, Covel. John Whisenant, 24, Oceana, and Hannah Steffey, 21, Oceana. Ernest Thomas, 52, Simon, and Edith Jordan, 42, Simon. Harold Palmer, 23, Chicago, and Janice Snyder, 23, Mullens. George Taylor, 21, Alpoca, and Gloria Pennix, 19, Alpoca.
The Sizemore home played host to Pvt. Kenneth Sizemore stationed at Aberdeen Proving Grounds Maryland who will report to his station this month. James E. Cline visited from Guantanamo Bay Cuba, returning with Phyllis to Camp Lejeune North Carolina. En route they visited relatives in Ohio. Other guests included Connie Beverly Lynn and Terry Garfield North Carolina and holiday visits from Blake Cook family Madison and Oceana with Barbe Cook Becky Susan Dick Cook Judy Jimmy Otis Cook Peggy Lou Donnie Cook Buddy Cook Brenda Carla Alvin Goddard Johnny Pinville.
Russia's Mars 1 space probe reached more than 12 million miles from Earth on Tuesday as Tass reported. The craft launched on November 1 and continues its seven month journey toward Mars.
Multiple local residents and visitors are listed visiting relatives over Christmas and New Year. Roger Brown left for Montclair New Jersey to return to work after holidays with his parents. Harry Powers, son of Ansel Powers, shows improvement after hospital surgery at Beckley Memorial.
Horace Mc Graw and son Joe came home Friday from Norton where they had been with Mrs. Mc Graw to see her mother Mrs. J. W. Riley who is in an Elkins hospital in critical condition. Mrs Fulton Brown visited her husband in Raleigh General Hospital where his condition improved. Jim Brown joined them in Beckley to visit Charleston. Wendell Stewart resumed work Thursday in Covington Virginia after spending the holidays with his parents Mr. and Mrs. Glen Stewart.
In Bayonne New Jersey brothers Joseph Samuel Anthony and Carmen Maita took turns on their bar roof Sunday to steady a 30 foot television antenna as 300 patrons watched the NFL championship game disrupted by high winds broadcast by a Philadelphia station.
West Virginia total personal income rose to $273 million in October up 1.6 percent from October 1961. For the first 10 months of the year income reached about $2.7 billion, a 4 percent increase over the previous year, according to Business Week in its December 22 issue.
The Mount Hope Federated League will hold its January meeting Monday at 8 p.m. at the Lions Clubhouse with Mrs. C. R. Harnsbarger presiding. Plans for the Dental Clinic at Mount Hope Elementary School and the Centennial Store project will be discussed. A Mental Health film from the State Federation will be shown. Members should bring gifts for Weston State Hospital patients. Hostesses are Mrs. W. B. Poling, Mrs. D. B. Stevenson Jr., Mrs. Miller Gwinn, and Mrs. Sarah McWilliams.
Overnight guests Sunday at Mr and Mrs Hayden Wolfe included Mr and Mrs John Dugan and son Tom with Mrs Dugan a Wolfe cousin. Several relatives travelled between Beckley Cleveland Akron Garfield NJ and Hamilton Ohio for family visits and to attend the funeral of Mrs Wilson’s husband.
Saulsville youth Kenneth Dixon will head the Baptist Youth Fellowship at Sweet Home Baptist Church in 1963. Named to support Dixon are Jimmy Lester secretary and treasurer Damon Clay sergeant at arms Rachel Clay reporter Lorene Birchfield song leader and Harrison Tyree BYFer of the month. all are named with parental connections.
The World Almanac notes that only the pyramids of Egypt remain among the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World, while the other six have vanished.
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