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Newspaper
Raleigh Register
Location
Beckley, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jan 31, 1961
Page
12
Approximately 250 new books were on exhibit at the Stoco High School book fair held on Wednesday. Miss Angelene Amato sponsored the project with help from Jean Mitchem, Sandra Trump, Barbara Edwards, Judy Cochran, and Bill Spalding.
In Raleigh County Criminal Court on Wednesday Ethel Mae Davidson of Hilltop pleaded guilty to drunkenness and resisting arrest receiving 30 days in jail on the first offense and 60 days on the second with probation for one year. Jesse Worrells of Beckley pleaded guilty to an attempt to commit arson resulting from a fire at the Cannon Shoe Store on Main Street receiving 60 days in jail and a $25 fine.
Conductor Reginald Stewart of the Baltimore Symphony, former Peabody Conservatory director, states he has long advocated Dalcroze Eurhythmics after witnessing its remarkable effects on his children and regards its Peabody offerings as a labor of love and honor.
The Labor Department announces under the Labor Management Reporting and Disclosure Act that all union officers and representatives handling union funds or property must be bonded unless the union property and annual income fall below five thousand dollars. For more details contact H. G. Borchardt area director Bureau of Labor Management Reports U S Department of Labor 802 Victory Building 212 9th St Pittsburgh 22 Pa.
Twelve persons filed applications for work at the Beckley office of Employment Security Friday. They sought positions including stenographer truck driver stock clerk plumber meat cutter dump truck driver bricklayer service station attendant stock boy automobile mechanic helper electrician and mine car repairman.
Charles Young Saxon was booked at Raleigh County Jail at 7 a.m. Monday on reckless driving after a State Police arrest. Firecoman Walter Farley was jailed by a deputy sheriff at 5 p.m. Sunday on a peace warrant. Ronald Leffew Epperly was jailed at 10 p.m. Sunday by U S Treasury agents on moonshine charges. Kenneth Garten Shady Spring and Larkin Lilly White Oak were jailed at 10:30 a.m. Monday on hunting deer after the season closed. The pair were fined $100 and costs each by Magistrate J. E. Mays and remanded to jail in default of the fines.
West Virginia University Mountaineer Week teams will visit seven area high schools during the between-semester break to discuss the benefits of a college education. The tours are funded by Mountain, the men's honorary, with students Arthur Corey Sophia Marsh Fork Wayne E Gregg Pineville Thomas Goode Collins High Oak Hill Charles Green Mullens Stratton Beckley Conley Mullens.
Grover Everett of Greenville North Carolina will captain the 1961 North Carolina cross country team. The junior won the Atlantic Coast Conference run last fall.
A senior executive from Leo Burnett urges a son to pursue advertising, painting a vivid panorama of work, industry, and progress. He argues advertising sustains jobs, economy, and higher living standards, while warning it demands sacrifice and constant giving.
Appalachian Power Co Beckley District honored Thursday night at Elks Club for long service. Pins awarded for 35 years to M. E. Secondo and C. L. Mollohan. E. L. Lawson absent. Manager W. C. McMahan and dept heads presented pins to R. R. Griffith, W. E. Mitchell, C. E. Pitsenberger, B. H. White Jr., Bernard Corker, L. F. Pomykata absent along with R. L. Hardy and A. C. Altizer. Other honorees include J. S. Hicks, T. A. Dickenson, P. P. Hancock, E. L. Hutchinson, W. H. Lively, C. E. Pate, B. C. Thomas, J. W. Begley, Helen Troutman, E. F. Pioch, Mason T. Wood. Charles Honaker, Herbert F. Thomasson and C. E. Pitsenberger cited as retirements with 32, 24 and 34 years respectively.
A Raleigh Register reader asks why cortical steroids have many names and treat varied conditions. The doctor explains brands differ little beyond dose size, and steroids suppress inflammation to relieve symptoms temporarily while not curing underlying issues.
R C Godsey sued Blossom Dairy Inc in Raleigh County Circuit Court. The suit was dismissed on orders signed by Judge Norman Knapp on Wednesday. An out of court settlement was reached by the litigants.
A fragment from a 1961 RaleighRegister page lists spelling bee terms and themes including Words Of The Champions No 12. It references Fayette Raleigh Wyoming and a co sponsorship by The Raleigh Register and Principals Associations.
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