Health Education Training Observed in Raleigh Center
A week long course for 24 state health departments centers in the Culinary Arts Department of the Raleigh County Vocational Technical Center. Margaret Ferguson of the State Health Department photographed equipment with a 35 mm camera, joined by a team including Robert Bates and James McDiarmid from CDC. State Health Director N. H. Dyer urged public health education to extend life expectancy by about ten years, while George Osman led Culinary Arts students in a sanitary cooking demonstration and gala meal for the sanitarians and other health personnel.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Raleigh County
Dyer
USPHS
State Health Department
Dryer
Culinary Arts
George Osman
Osman
Beckley Child Care Center reports 70 percent pledged paid
Letters from Rev J M Helm announce mailed notices to 1100 supporters showing 70 percent of pledges fulfilled from a $187000 goal with $130000 paid. The center now houses 18 children in two cottages and processes five orphan applications as plans outline four more cottages to provide homes for 80 to 95 children.
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J. M. Helm
Buckhannon
Beckley Child Care Center
Virgil Cook
Home For Forsaken Children
Lina Hamrick
Elkins Children’s Home
Willa Hall
CYF Rally Set Sunday at Mount Hope Church
The Southern District Christian Youth Fellowship rally meets at First Christian Church Mount Hope from 2 to 6 p.m. Sunday with about 46 Beckley First Christian attendees. Rev. John Atkins Bluefield will speak. other participants include Rev. Caude R. Berry Mount Hope Dr. W H Griswold Beckley Rev. Amos W Huffman Mullens Gale Young Princeton youth sponsor. About 100 people from Bluefield Princeton Mount Hope Mullens Beckley expected.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Southern District Christian Youth Fellowship
First Christian Church
Mount Hope
CYF
Beckley First
John Atkins
Bluefield
Caude R. Berry
W. H. Griswold
Beckley
Amos W. Huffman
Mullens
Gale Young
Princeton Church
Carolyn Pierce
Beckley Cyf
Princeton
Elks Honor Past Rulers At February 14 Meeting
Beckley Elks Lodge to observe Past Exalted Rulers Night February 14 with George Springer returning as exalted ruler. More than 20 new members to be initiated. Local officers and dignitaries named. dinner planned for past exalted rulers. New Beckley initiates include William Clarke Detwiler Dick Durrett and others from Beckley and nearby towns.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Beckley Elks Lodge
George Springer
Springer
Sid Larrick
G. R. Bartley
Emmett Pugh
Gene Larrick
Robert J. Ashworth
Mason Anderson
Ross Irle
John Earl Lilly
Pers W. W. Buchanan
Lucien Davis
Lawrence Pruett
D. W. Bryson
Clarence Bibb
Schulte and Saunders
Eugene R. Foster
A. R. Braun
John Dellinger
W. A. Riffe
William F. Watts
Beckley Lodge
Beckley
William Clarke
D. K. Detwiler
James S. Dick
Thomas C. Durrett
John W. Gray
Edward M. Kirk
Joe V. Lagowski
Robert J. Lechowski
Lyle O. Loflin
Daniel Martina
J. Calloway Brown
Young Adult Class Plans Saturday Meeting at Coal Marsh Church
The Young Adult Class of Coal Marsh Church will hold its monthly meeting at 7 p.m. Saturday in the church. Kelly Barrett is the teacher of the group. There will also be choir practice at the church Saturday at 7 p.m. under the direction of Elmer Hawley, choir leader.
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Fairdale
RNS
Coal Marsh
Kelly Barrett
Prac Ae
Elmer Hawley
Calfee Among Berea Mid Term Graduates
Donald Robert Calfee, a 1957 Woodrow Wilson High School graduate, was among 34 Berea College seniors at a mid term graduation recognition service in Gray Auditorium Berea Ky. Calfee of Beckley is to receive a bachelor of science in business administration. He previously attended Warren Wilson Junior College in Asheville NC, graduating in 1959.
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Woodrow Wilson High School
Donald Robert Calfee
Berea College
Gray Auditorium
Berea
Calfee
T. D. Calfee
Beckley
Warren Wilson Junior College
Asheville
N. C
Legion Post Plans Treat For Patients At Circus Night
Raleigh County American Legion Post 32 won approval to treat ten hospitalized veterans from Veterans Administration Hospital to a display at Hamid-Morton International Circus. The event runs February 9 to 11 at the new Armory. Commander Howard Pettry chaired the meeting.
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Raleigh County
American Legion Post 32
Veterans Administration Hospital
Howard Pettry
ACT Registration Deadline Near for Beckley College Test
Area high school students must register by February 3 to take the February 24 ACT at Beckley College. The ACT is a college entrance exam accepted by West Virginia colleges. Inquiries should be directed to Beckley College via executive vice president Ken Shroyer.
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Beckley College
Colleges of West Virginia
Ken Shroyer
Man In Good Condition After Burn Injuries At Anjean Coalmine
Gene Redden of 104 Walnut Street remains in good condition at Beckley Memorial Hospital with burns to his face and hands from a Tuesday evening incident at Anjean Coal Co mine in Anjean.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gene Redden
Walnut St
Beckley Memorial Hospital
Anjean Coal Co
Rmine
Anjean
Doctor Counters Menopause Myths for Middle-Aged Women
In a Q and A style exchange a physician addresses complaints linked to the menopause, arguing most discomforts are situational with reassurance and mild sedatives often enough. He warns against long hormone courses, and suggests aging changes and life shifts contribute to symptoms beyond menopause. A separate query notes a tipped uterus does not cause cancer, and relief from surgery is usually temporary.
District FOE Meeting Sunday at Beckley Aerie
The Beckley Aerie 2377 of the Fraternal Order of Eagles hosts a district meeting at 2 p.m. Sunday at Eagles Home 204 Woodlawn Ave. Elkins state chairman TED STEMPLE will speak for the men's program. Mrs Stemple, head of the Max Baer Heart Fund for West Virginia, will address the Woman's Auxiliary meeting including members from Williamson Bluefield Huntington Charleston Montgomery Beckley.
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Beckley Aerie
Order of Eagles
Eagles
Woodlawn Ave
Ted Stemple
Elkins
St. Mary’s
Williamson
Bluefield
Huntington
Charleston
Montgomery Beckley
Fifteen Seek Jobs at Beckley Employment Office
Fifteen persons filed applications for work at the Beckley office of Employment Security Wednesday. They included a cashier a sales clerk a practical nurse a mica scraper an electrical repairman a structural steel erector foreman a floor manager a department store manager a bull dozer operator a porter two mine foremen and three construction laborers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Beckley Office of Employment Security
Secretary Burdett Plans Raleigh Heart Fund Ball Visit
Secretary of State Joe Burdett, longtime state Heart Fund chairman, meets Raleigh County delegates to discuss plans for the Charity Ball in Beckley Saturday night. He accepted an invitation from Mrs. George Lowry to attend the dance at the newly completed National Guard Armory on the By-Pass, and plans to attend with a party.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joe Burdette
State Heart Fund
Raleigh County
House of Delegates
Beckley
Burdett
George Lowry
Raleigh County and Area Heart Fund
National Guard
D. W
Woody
Progress Unlimited If Chamber Clicks
Past President M F Barksdale urges Beckley and Raleigh County to join the Chamber of Commerce. He says all business places should be members and cooperation can make Raleigh and surrounding counties a leading tourist area if everyone works through the chamber for a better community.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Beckley
Raleigh
Chamber of Commerce
Chamber
Travel Clinic Plans To Be Made Tuesday
Committees will be named and other plans for the 1963 travel clinic will be formulated at the third annual meeting of the West Virginia Travel Clinic at the Stonewall Jackson Hotel Clarksburg Tuesday. A workshop is scheduled at Blackwater Falls May 10-11. The meeting is open to anyone interested in boosting the state's travel business.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
West Virginia
Stonewall Jackson
Clarksburg
Blackwater Falls
Widow Sends $1,000 Gift To Bible School
Niagara Falls widow Florence R Shields sent a 1000 gift to Appalachian Bible Institute Bradley. The money will outfit beds for the women's dormitory. Shields earns about 65 a week as a factory worker and has given previous gifts to the school.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Appalachian Bible Institute
Bradley
Niagara Falls
N.Y
Florence R. Shields
New York
Were You Born Before 1911 Life Insurance Ad
An old classified style ad offers $1,000 life insurance for those born before 1911. It targets people aged 50 to 80, requires no medical exam, and promises no agent calls. Send name, address, and year of birth to Central Security Life Insurance Co. in Fort Worth Texas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Legal Reserve Life
Central Security Life Insurance Co
Dept
West Rosedale
Fort Worth 4
Texas
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Harold Thomas Hyman
M. D
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Dr. Hyman
Raleigh Register
Dept. B
Radio City
N. Y
M. F. Barksdale
Plymouth
Johnny Dol
S&h
Johnny Doller
Borden's
McCutcheon & Drake Motor Co., Inc
City Auto Service, Inc
Canterbury Motor Co
Second Street
Mount Hope Beckley
Pineville
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