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Newspaper
Raleigh Register
Location
Beckley, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jan 28, 1966
Page
3
Beckley reports announce the Bank Raleigh corporation annual meeting named a 14 member board including newly elected George W. Hodel J. W. Kern and Eugene R. Foster. Officers for 1965 with Gates include Patteson McKinney and E M Payne III. Also noted are Navy service updates and a baby Lisa Lantz story of a premature infant recovering at University Hospital.
Soldiers stationed in Kentucky and overseas are highlighted for training and service. Bell, 18, entered the Army in 1965 after Fayetteville High School graduation and trained at Fort Knox. Monk, 24, with the 101st Airborne in Vietnam, entered in 1959 after Sophia High School. Shrewsbury Jr., 24, named soldier of the month at Fairchild AFB for Battery C, 1st Missile Battalion, 43rd Artillery. Compton, 20, completing clerical courses at Fort Knox Armor School after Oak Hill Collins graduate. Bell completed automotive training at Fort Knox Armor School following high school.
The annual United Fund contributors meeting is set for 7 30 p m in the Beck ley Raleigh County Chamber of Commerce room per UF president Leslie C Gates A special appeal urges Raleigh Countians to support the fund which has raised 74415 toward a 79425 goal Also noted are military notices about Pvt George E Toney and Marine Pvt Carl E Meador Jr with briefs on training and service details The item ends with a fragment about adult movies and a new dance step for dancers.
A treasury was established for the Raleigh Corn Parents League funded by Raleigh County Medical Society donations. Dr. Richard G. Starr presented a $500 check to league treasurer Mrs. William Earehart at a combined youth adult session at the Woman's Club. Money will underwrite clerical work and printing of questionnaires for students and parents as the league expands.
Nine couples filed applications for marriage licenses at the County Clerk's office. The list includes Robert Patterson Hall Jr. and Nancy Kay Bower of Beckley. Charles Leonard Gray and Margaret Ann Gillenwater of Slab Fork. Samuel Eugene Young and an unnamed partner. Joe Arnold Bailey Jr. and Mary Kathleen Pettry of Pine Knob. Willis Odell Daniel and Margaret Ann Bennett of Glen Morgan. Larry Curtis Garcia and Gail Patricia Henson of Beckley and Sprague. Gary Robert Hatfield and Linda Ellen Compton of Sophia. Daniel George Kincaid and Shirley Ann Jordan of Perry. Jimmy Lee Nicklas and Alice Jeanie Gillenwater of Beaver.
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