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Newspaper
Raleigh Register
Location
Beckley, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jan 10, 1962
Page
7
In Somerset Maugham’s Miss Sadie Thompson tale a missionary’s zeal exposes his desire for control. The column argues that grownups and children lie to preserve a moral image, and explains how to respond when a child denies breaking a bottle with cleaning fluid.
West Virginia Institute of Technology at Montgomery will offer a three hour credit course on The Structure and Functions of American Government as part of a continental classroom TV program. Taught by Dr Peter Odegard the course runs Jan 29 to May 25 with morning broadcasts and four in person discussions, costing 25 dollars.
In Maysville Oklahoma Kent Melton aged five impresses with football knowledge. At a church service he told his mother he was tired and ready to leave at halftime, showing surprising interest and insight for his age.
Mullens announces a two day Wyoming County Band Festival this spring led by Mullens Band Director Gene Allen. A senior meeting heard plans for majorette tryouts and a musical test requirement including scales and performance. Alternates will be chosen yearly. eighth graders may try out. Attendance listed many parents and local officials.
The Kanawha Valley Chapter of the Concord College Alumni Association will banquet at the Daniel Boone Hotel Charleston Monday at 7 p.m. It is the first major off campus gathering in West Virginia for the association with Governor Barron and President Joseph F. Marsh among speakers and many state officials and dignitaries listed as attendees.
Jurors originally scheduled to report for the current Fayette County Circuit Court term will not be needed today. They are asked to report Thursday morning. Deputy clerk C H Maxwell notes many jurors have unobtained telephone numbers and asks that the change be passed along.
National Commander Charles L. Bacon called on American Legion posts nationwide to back the Red Cross fund drive set for March. Adjutant Walter Caldwell of LaFayette Post No 149, Fayetteville, announced the directive, noting nearly 17,000 posts and 2,700,000 legionnaires nationwide.
NYU Professor Liepmann delivers final lecture in Concord College series on Automation and the Arts at 10:30 a.m. He, a former BBC executive, WW II IW official, is chair of NYU’s Department of Communications in Education and is a Frank Stanton Award recipient. He authored TV in our School Crisis and wrote Radio's Second Chance among others.
Mt Hope area notes include Myrtle Flaherty visiting Charleston and staying with Mamie Parker. Minor L Parker Jr. from Moorestown and Earl Duncan also present. Glen White, Florence Duncan’s son, is seriously ill at Beckley Memorial Hospital. Emily Gwinn recuperating at home with planned Beckley Memorial Hospital return. A C Carman improving after illness. Mark Kirk with granddaughter Marietta Kidd and children Susie Joyce and Jayne visiting Charleston. Lucy Howell recuperating after Oak Hill Hospital treatment. Pvt. Marshall Sutphin at Fort Jackson is patient in Beckley Veterans Hospital with pneumonia. Mike Dower, fifth grade Mount Hope Elementary, ill and homebound.
Prospective teachers must submit NTE examination applications for Concord College by Jan. 12 to ETS Princeton. Feb. 10 testing includes common exams in professional information culture English and nonverbal reasoning plus one or two optional subject tests. Candidates receive admission tickets and testing times with start 8:30 a.m. for common exams, 9 a.m. start, optional tests 1:45 p.m. to 4:45 p.m.
The first half of fiscal year 1961-62 saw 175 persons rehabilitated for gainful employment in the tri county area. Lin n Hardman, district supervisor, notes about 75 Raleigh County residents, 67 Fayette County residents, and 33 Wyoming County residents among the rehabilitated. 451 were referred, 271 accepted for service, and 237 names remain on the list for planned rehabilitation. The court rate is higher than the previous year.
An ad touts COLONAID as a breakthrough laxative addressing aging colon weakness. It promises three actions: prevent dry hard waste, rebulk and retone colon muscles, and gently stimulate lower colon reflexes to move waste. It claims overnight relief, hospital safety, and no vitamin absorption interference, with an introductory 43 cent size.
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