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Newspaper
Raleigh Register
Location
Beckley, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jan 26, 1960
Page
5
A reader recounts following health magazines promoting raw vegetables and athleticism, then contracting smallpox after exposure. Dr Cranes explains immunity derives from blood chemistry, not muscle mass, with city dwellers often healthier due to exposure to diverse germs enhancing chemical immunity.
Shady Spring Farm Women's Club met at Mrs. Ted Meadows home with Mrs. Dennis Allen presiding over devotions. Miss Nancy Boyd taught Home makers Important Decision. Mrs. Worthy Harris announced plans for a garden school and a new meeting date the third Thursday monthly. Committee appointments include family life and health and nutrition. Officers were retained: Harris president Griffith VP Sweeney secretary-treasurer. Members attending listed among the group.
No clear article item present. The fragment discusses vaccination concepts, polio, and public health advice attributed to F D Roosevelt. It urges vaccination for diphtheria smallpox tetanus and polio and contrasts external bugs with internal immune defense.
The Country Cousins Square Dance Club will hold a dance at 8 p.m. Friday in the Dry Hill Prosperity Community Building. A club member said all area clubs are invited to attend.
Members of Xi Alpha Delta Beta Sigma Phi will honor husbands at a dinner at 6 30 p.m. Wednesday in the home of Mrs. Robert Fleming 513 Orchard Ave.
Mr and Mrs A J Adams of 201 Bostick Ave traveled to Wayne on Monday for the funeral of Earl Farley 67 who died Saturday at Huntington Hospital after a long illness. Farley was brother to Mrs E C Wilkinson of Huntington. His widow, a Wayne High School teacher, survives. The Rev Albert Ostrander will be honored with a 3 to 5 pm open house Sunday at Mount Tabor Baptist Church. Mrs S C Lewis, recently a Beckley Hospital patient after a fall, has returned home on Wickham Ave. The couple has two daughters Janie and Suzann. the mother is Hazel Bennett daughter of J R Bennett Beaver.
Recuperating at her home from a week long illness is Mrs. M. J. Starr of 220 Croft Street.
John Keith is a seven pound one ounce son born to Mr and Mrs John W Taylor of Beaver on January 25.
Mr and Mrs James Lucas arrived back at their Westwood Drive home after a two week vacation in Florida.
Miss Alice Brown arrived last Tuesday from Marshall College Huntington to spend the semester break with her parents Mr and Mrs Saul Brown in Sophia. Also visiting are Miss Scarlett McKinney daughter of Mr and Mrs George McKinney from Tams Mountain and Miss Dorothy Neal from Slab Fork.
Local column invites women’s organizations to submit notices for regular and special meetings. Readable events include Beckley Business and Professional Women at 7 p.m. and various lodge, church, PTA, Girl Scout, and club gatherings across Beckley with times and locations.
Our Workers for the New Mothers March will cover Beckley and surrounding towns Thursday at 6 p.m. with the fire department siren. Porch lights should be on and contributions ready for this nationwide campaign to fight birth defects arthritis and polio. Raleigh County campaign leaders urge support and describe canvass details and headquarters at the Beckley Moose Lodge.
Regular Baptist Church ladies aid holds a regular meeting in the Pinecrest Nurses Home living room at 7 30 p m. The Practical Nurses Association of West Virginia Inc district 3 also meets at Raleigh County Vocational School at 7 30 p m.
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