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Newspaper
Raleigh Register
Location
Beckley, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jan 31, 1961
Page
3
Pediatrician turned child psychiatrist argues children must learn parents are separate beings with their own rights and possessions. The piece uses a birthday cake scene to illustrate the clash, noting adolescence brings genuine parental suffering when children assert autonomy and deny permission.
Oak Hill Elementary PTA meets tonight at 8 p.m. with teachers in rooms at 7:30 p.m. Fourth grade pupils present a program and a film titled Your Child's Intelligence will be shown. A secret ballot will decide if the school safety patrol gets a trip to Washington, D. C. or Charleston. Each father present counts two points toward the attendance banner.
Pax article notes visits and arrivals among local families. Willis Wingrove and daughters Sherry and Geneva visited Mr and Mrs Virgil Williams in Willis Branch. PFC Max Tyree arrived from Germany for a 30 day furlough with his parents. Others moved from Elyria Ohio to Pax and will reside here. Arnold L Thompson from Winter Harbor Maine arrives for 30 day leave with wife Ramona. R E Greer and sons returned to Baton Rouge Louisiana after visiting local relatives. Alfred Tyree and son David were Sunday visitors of T R Spears.
Earl Dempsey serves as circuit court bailiff for Fayette County, handling court sessions, prisoner escorts, and field duties. He has served eight years as a deputy, presiding over four terms yearly and contacting about 360 jurors. His notable case involved a civil suit resulting in a $50,000 verdict. Dempsey lives in Fayetteville, previously Lansing, native of Victor, married with four children. He has worked in education maintenance and coal mining, and is a Mason.
Local couple Carol Ann Tilley and Johnny Musser wed at the bride’s Mullens home in a 5 30 p m double ring ceremony. Rev Gilbert Dodson officiated. matron of honor was J E Chapman, best man Ronald Roach. A reception followed. the couple will reside on Highland Avenue and pursue schooling and work in Mullens.
A 17 year old Glen Jean resident is held in Fayette County Jail awaiting a hearing on a juvenile petition for burglarizing the home and shed of Grover Cleveland Treadway. Tools stolen from an outhouse were found at the youth's sale site. Treadway returns from Florida to discover the ransacked home and shed and work on valuing missing items and damages. A petition was to be filed this morning before Judge C L Garvin Jr.
The final appeal for donations in Fayette County's March of Dimes Campaign will be made tonight in the annual Mothers' March. Co-chairman Shirley Love said mothers will call on homes in all communities throughout the county with the exception of Mount Hope and the Gatewood Road area. Also notes the For mos a Strait is 75 miles wide at its narrowest point separating Communist and Nationalist China.
Glen Rogers Elementary will have a two day holiday due to lack of water caused by the Raleigh Wyoming Mining Co removal of mine equipment. Plastic lines froze in the cold snap and heating could not be maintained. Water service resumed and pupils returned briefly before sent home. A pump was installed at Sore Hollow to support remaining families and school facilities. The company has completed removing track wire and equipment with shaft demolition and tipple teardown planned next.
Mullens police report a $1,409.67 theft from the State Liquor Store over a weekend. A key and known safe combination allowed entry, with $1,241.96 from Saturday receipts taken and a $44.19 changemaker untouched. A $11.20 stock shortage was found in an audit. Lie detector tests were arranged for two employees. four former staff who knew the combo were contacted. Trooper J D Fairchild and Chief Wendell Cook lead the investigation.
In Fayetteville, three condemnation suits linked to the Oak Hill Expressway were dismissed after litigants settled on purchase prices. Eight suits have been filed. three more are slated for Feb. 13. Pending suits involve Dr. R. M. German and others, with the Road Commission contesting appraisal figures of about eight acres on the Zink farm.
The Bureau of Mines estimates bituminous and lignite coal output for the week ended December 3 at 7.31 million net tons, up 0.92 million from the prior week but below 9.221 million tons in the same week a year earlier.
Raleigh Fayette Regional Library announces new acquisitions via Mrs. C. P. Anderson Jr. The list spans Easy Reading Juvenile Fiction Biography Non fiction and Adult titles with works by Gekiere Caudill MacDonald Lewis Kingman and many others available at the Memorial Auditorium Fayetteville or through local bookmobiles.
Mrs. Blanche Canada hosted for her daughter Kathy who marked her 8th birthday Saturday at 3 p m with games and refreshments. Guests included Linda Francis Ray Tilley Gale Bailey Judy Griffith Linda Bower Kathy Vruitt and Dreama Jane Canada plus others.
Mr and Mrs Clyde Denoff of Fayetteville announce the birth of an eight pound three ounce daughter on January 26 at Oak Hill Hospital. The report notes blood makes up about eight percent of a person s total weight.
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