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Newspaper
Raleigh Register
Location
Beckley, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jan 24, 1961
Page
8
The Raleigh Register and Principals Associations co sponsor the 1961 Words Of The Champions No 7 spelling bee in Fayette Raleigh and Wyoming communities.
The Beckley League of Women Voters board will meet at 112 East Main Street the home of Mrs John Gorsica Jr at 8 p.m. Friday.
On October 19 1864 Confederate soldiers from Canada raided St Albans Vermont the northernmost Civil War battle point.
The Tri-State Area Chapter of the National MS Society will hold its third MD clinic at St. Mary's Hospital Out-Patient Clinic in Huntington on Monday from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. Three physicians and a physical therapist will attend. The clinic is free to MS patients in West Virginia and neighboring counties in Ohio and Kentucky. Attendees should notify the chapter by mailing MS Box 1712 Huntington or calling JA3-0735.
Mrs. G L Anderson chairs a Feb 11 luncheon at First Baptist Church Beckley to acquaint high school students and parents with Alderson-Broaddus College its programs and admissions. The event, one of ten statewide, aims to train lay leaders and ministers in recruitment efforts.
The Citizens Improvement Committee of Raleigh County will select officers for 1961 Wednesday night, according to Dr. W B Lilly president. The meeting is in the Coca Cola Bottling Co recreation room S Oakwood Ave at 7 30 p m All affiliated and interested persons are urged to attend, Dr Lilly said.
A K Minter of 108 Beaver Ave is listed in satisfactory condition at Beckley Hospital after about four weeks of treatment.
A class of 15 will receive diplomas from the Raleigh County Vocational School of Practical Nursing in exercises at 7:30 p.m. Thursday. Dr. Fred Richmond of Beckley will deliver the graduation address to the seventh class to complete the nursing course. Graduates will be eligible to take state licensure exams. Now in its fourth year, the school has been accredited since its organization and all but one graduate has obtained a state license. New classes open in February and September. Music will be provided by Mrs. Cary McClure and the Woodrow Wilson High School Chorus. Rev. Shirley C. Donnelly will give the invocation and benediction. Diplomas and certificates will be presented by J. A. Blackburn. The graduates are Helen Nadine Brown, Mae A. Byrd, Bernice N. Clayton, Kathleen Davidson, Melba Jean Gadd, Helen M. Gagalis, Carol Jean Long, Opal M. Richmond, Ruby E. Richmond, Edna M. Shuck, Carrie Mae Scott, Louise Sims, Douglas L. Stanley, Gertrude Tabor and Virginia C. Wright. Staff: Mabscott. Mrs. Blackburn is from Montgomery, and Miss Whitely is a former Beckley Post Office clerk.
Raleigh County principals will host a joint banquet with the Classroom Teachers Association and the Raleigh County Education Association at the Beckley Hotel in May. A principals committee was formed to plan the event. Assistant Superintendent Virgil A. Sarrett announced that National Defense Education Act requisition forms for supplies will be ready soon, with Title III funds supporting math science and modern languages. John W. Saunders urged timely constitution change suggestions to Bill Farmer by February 1.
A weeklong fellowship revival continues at the Church of the Brethren in Crab Orchard with services at 7 p.m. each evening. Speakers include Rev. Allen Herr’s listed companions Clarence Herrin Gilvia Huffman Wade Webb Leslie Garten Cameron Lilly and earlier speakers Glen West Bill Waddell French Williams. The revival is open to the public.
A note on Jordan’s geography states its borders extend about 1,000 miles, with only five miles of coastline along the Gulf of Aqaba. The fact highlights Jordan’s largely landlocked boundary and limited access to sea waters.
An open paragraph notes the Woman's Club of Beckley raised 3600.55 in United States Savings Stamps for local elementary schools. The drive ran from late December through mid January, with seven schools participating and volunteers listing per-school totals and days.
Harold Clayton Webb of Eccles, son of Mr and Mrs Lloyd Webb, will receive a bachelor of arts in social studies from Morris Harvey. A member of Kappa Sigma Kappa, he attended Concord and Beckley Colleges before Charleston school. A 1955 Trap Hill High School graduate and band member, Webb expects to take a teaching post in Kanawha County.
Simia Crook seven year old step daughter of Chester Grubb of 210 Hancock Street was treated at Beckley Hospital Monday for a back injury suffered in a fall.
Six men enlisted at the Beckley Recruiting Station Thursday. Names include Norman Gilbert Ratliff Eagland Larry Joseph McCormick Cumberland Road Bluefield James Earl Dalton Mohawk Ralph Edward Mullins Mabscott Larry Curtis Wilson South Charleston and Mary Virginia Annie 808 Fifth Ave St Albans They will report to Lackland Texas for basic training Also McRae Banks Riley Mabscott re enlisted and will be stationed at Keesler Mississippi.
New Haven, Conn. Yale University's School of Drama schedules four major productions and six workshops for the year. The lineup tops with Clifford Odets Flowering Peach, a new version of Chekov Macbeth, and either Sheridan The Rivals or Bertolt Brecht Good Woman of Setzuan. Each play runs for one week.
Dr. Roshdy Habib, a Cairo native educated in Egypt and England, joins Beckley VA Hospital as its newest staff surgeon. He earned a Royal College of Surgeons diploma and has U S surgical board equivalency. Habib served in Baghdad, arrived November 1957 with wife Elizabeth and 15 month old son Paul, planning American citizenship next August. He enjoys painting, music, photography, bridge, and chess and praises Beckley.
Applications for West Virginia University 1961 Conservation Education Workshop are now in Raleigh County School Superintendent's office. The three week course targets teachers, features field trips, and offers three graduate or advanced undergraduate credits. Scholarships of about 90 dollars are funded by County Conservation Education Committees across WV.
During National Youth Week Beckley Protestant Youth Council presents a radio drama titled The Wave directed by Mrs. Frank Vass and Miss Flicka Daniel. Broadcast on WJLS, it follows two American youths shipwrecked in the Indian Ocean meeting diverse islanders as they seek to share Christian faith.
Forty persons filed applications for work at the Beckley Office of Employment Security Monday. Occupations listed include maid waitress cashier sales clerk routeman bulldozer operator stock boy maintenance mechanic truck driver plumber foreman service station attendant carpenter machinist mine laborers coal loaders mine shuttle car operators coal cutting machine men brick layer helper power saw man construction laborers vehicle loader asphalt plant operator combination welder and automobile mechanic.
A series of questions and answers covers handling monthly insurance deductions from disability pay, eligibility for widow pension and child benefits after remarriage, claiming deadlines for disability compensation, and whether family members can care for a disabled veteran to receive additional aid payments. The guidance outlines direct payment requirements, eligibility ages for children, timing of retroactive benefits, and that a qualified family member can provide necessary care without outside hiring.
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