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Newspaper
Raleigh Register
Location
Beckley, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jan 21, 1959
Page
12
A co sponsored spelling bee event for grade school students, involving Fayette Raleigh Wyoming as hosts with support from the Raleigh Register and Principals Associations. The record captures clip ready scraps for a scrapbook, noting attendance, efforts, and ambition.
The Rev Don Francis youth director of The Methodist Temple Beckley will speak at the Mid-Winter Banquet of the Young Adult Fellowship of the Methodist West Virginia Conference at St Pauls Methodist Church Parkersburg Saturday. He will report on the Regional Young Adult Workshop at Clifty Park Madison Indiana Other Beckleyans attending include Mr and Mrs W R Straub the Rev J B C Dryfield and Miss Margaret Thornton Straub will report on plans for the 1959 Young Adult Summer Conference Conference officers meet with district adult directors at 3 pm A fellowship period precedes a 6 pm banquet Dr Robert C Howe pastor Will be after dinner speaker on Between the Times.
The First Baptist Church Beckley kicks off its annual School of Missions with five weekly sessions starting at 6:30 p.m. The theme is Our North American Neighbors. Dean is Mrs. C. R. Ratliff. publicity chair Miss Margaret Sullivan. Teachers include Mrs. Harold Dew, Mrs. G. L. Anderson, H. A. Pierce Jr., and Charles C. Callaway Jr. Dinner at 6:30, classes 7:15, general assembly 8, adjournment 8:30. nursery for under five.
John S. Covington of Sprague was sentenced to six months in Raleigh County Jail after arraignment on shoplifting charges. Earlier offenses led to a 30 day term and a $10 fine for taking cigarettes from Acme Super Market. A second offense involved a six pound bag of coffee from G C Murphy Co on Main Street.
Frank Tilsley’s Sea Tale Mutiny portrays 1796 naval peril as Napoleon overruns Europe and England relies on the 38 gun frigate Regenerate. Vicard Evans plot mutiny, a bridegroom is shanghaied, Stanhope dodges a beating, and Capt Crawford confronts a perverted first lieutenant Paget. The Mediterranean campaign tests discipline, wind, and brutal sailors as the sea’s salt tang emerges.
Lorie Jenkins of Anchor age Alaska enjoys spring skiing at Mt Alyeska near Anchorage. Alaska celebrates statehood Feb 17 to 22 with Eskimo sports including a blanket toss exhibition drawing visitors from Alaska and the southern states alike.
Delegate Roy Lee Harmon of Raleigh County seeks to widen the vandalism law to hold parents liable up to 300 dollars for forest fires started by juveniles. The 1957 act already made parents liable for other vandalism by their children, and Harmon hopes this deterrent will reduce juvenile vandalism and forest fires. He cites Wyoming County cases and notes most fires are man made.
A North Lester Elementary School Parent-Teacher Association meeting appointed Loretta Shellows to chair the Founders Day banquet set for February 20. The group also discussed the Traveling Basket report by James Lewis and named John Moorehead as finance officer.
Lloyd Shutko of Grafton Sr and Tommy Jones of MacArthur were sidelined by foot sprains from falls at Bald Knob Ski Slopes. Shutko wore a cast a week before doctors ruled it a sprain. Jones missed work with a slight sprain.
The club named Mrs. John Clark and Mrs. Moorehead as hostesses for February. Mrs. Shellow led the discussion on the month’s topic Religion, Its Taproots Lie in Childhood.
The claim states gloves were first reported in Homer’s Odyssey describing peasant clothes with long sleeves over his hands to guard against brambles. This interpretation notes ancient texts as potential origin, though scholarly debate remains.
David Fred Webb and Nor man Quention Evans of Clear Creek were released from Raleigh County Jail on bond to await Criminal Court disposition on charges of breaking and entering. They had been jailed after a capias for failing to appear when the docket was set. The case was reset to January 28 at counsel’s request, with Judge Harry R Moe Creery granting the rescheduling after discussing with counsel.
The Parent-Teacher Association of Beaver Elementary School voted to support the proposed school program. The PTA will present the resolution to the Legislature and send copies to lawmakers. The resolution backs legislation sponsored by the State Department of Education and state teacher groups.
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