Safety drive urges Fifth of July highway vigil in West Virginia
Beckley Life Underwriters with seven WV chapters promote safety during the Fourth of July weekend by urging motorists to burn headlights when moving a vehicle. State Police Inspector Ht. H. Meador, Beckley detachment, inspects a crash scene with Life Underwriters William R. Sydnor and CC. E. Goddard. The campaign notes WV highway deaths are up 47 from last year, and cites national figures of 41,000 deaths and 1.5 million disabled in 1963. Col. W. E. Burchett of State Police backs defensive driving and vigilance for drunken, speeding, and reckless drivers during increased patrols and enforcement. The National Association of Life Underwriters, founded 1890, now has 600 local groups and 90,000 members to educate and protect the public from insurance malpractice and to raise life insurance values.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Beckley Life
West Virginia
National Association
Ht. H. Meador
Beckley Detachment
William R. Sydnor
CC. E. Goddard
Life
Goddard
Col
W. E. Burchett
Burchett
National Association of Life Underwriters
School And You Teachers Defended by Susan Light
A reader letters column defends high school workload and teacher effort, with a ninth grade student arguing that homework builds good study habits and children should prioritize education over relaxation. He credits straight A’s and future success to nightly study and insists parental worries are misplaced. The exchange ends with an approving response praising both sides.
Public Library Sets June Record With 7460 Checkouts
Raleigh Countians checked out 7,460 books in June. Librarian Mrs C H Graham said the total narrowly misses the all time July 1963 high of 7,467. The report shows June splits for adult and juvenile fiction and non fiction, plus registrations and recordings as the quadriennial shelf list inventory proceeds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Raleigh Countians
C. H. Graham
Graham
Paul Nietschke
Mary Scott
Elizabeth Perdue
Raleigh County
Mildred Totten
Bookmobile
Tota
Beckleyan To Study Theology Lay School opens near Black Mountain
James D. Lowe Jr. of 202 Clyde Street is among about 30 attendees from nine states to join the Lay School of Theology at Christmount Christian Assembly near Black Mountain North Carolina. The program begins July 12 with instructors from major seminaries and colleges. The UCMS sponsors the event as the first Lay School of Theology at Christmount.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James D. Lowe Jr
Clyde Street
United States
Lay School
Christmount Christian Assembly
Black Mountain
North Carolina
W. B. Blakemore Jr
Disciples Divinity House
University of Chicago
Velva Dresse
Indianapolis
Ind
Department of Men's Work
Department of Christian Women’s Fellowship
UCMS
Christmount
Webb speaks to Crab Orchard Lions on sewage system
Rondney L Webb was guest speaker at the Crab Orchard MacArthur Lions Club meeting with 37 members present. He addressed the sewage system shared by Crab Orchard and MacArthur, as reports from committee chairs on program and floor were given by Calvin Fitzpatrick and others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Raleigh
Rondney L. Webb
Crab Orchard - MacArthur Lions Club
Webb
Calvin Fitzpatrick
Cigarette Tax Revenue Dip Threatens School Funds
West Virginia faces an estimated 1.1 million drop in cigarette tax revenue for 1964 65 as Surgeon General warnings sparked by cancer reports prompt cuts to general and school funds. Kanawha and Cabell counties suffer big losses while Wood and several others gain modestly. County superintendents must file revised budgets by August 1.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charleston
UPS
Surgeon General
State Board of School Finance
General
Hamilton
Kanawha
Cabell
Raleigh
McDowell
Mercer
Harrison
Logan
Wood County
Brook
Berkeley
Putnam
Hancock
General Fund
Veterans Bonus
New River Valley Missionary Baptists Hold 79th Annual Meet
About 150 ministers and lay messengers attended the 79th annual session of the New River Valley Missionary Baptist Association at New Hope Baptist Church East Beckley. The event featured four sermons on regeneration baptistm the communion and church and state and honored moderator W M Jones for 15 years service with a purse of 189. Officers include R J Watson moderator emeritus Lester Jones moderator Corey Mitchell first vice moderator Edward Abram second vice moderator and other officials. The next session will be at Mount Zion Baptist Church Garten.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New River Valley Missionary Baptist Association
New Hope Baptist Church
East Beckley
Corey O. Mitchell
Ebenezer Baptist Church
H. B. Booker
First Baptist Church
Kimberly
W. M. Freeman
Ronceverte
Warren S. Lewis
Mount Tabor
Lewisburg
R. J. Watson
White Sulphur Springs
W. M. Jones
Association
Lester
Edward N. Abram
Emma Cosby
Scarbro
S. W. Williams, Jr
Mount Hope
A. L. Simms
Harlem Heights
R. L. Petty
Hint
Doctor's Mailbag on Sweating and Anxiety
Reader asks about profuse sweating in an 18 year old and anxiety as a cause. Expert notes non exercise sweating may stem from emotional stress and advises relaxed lifestyle with possible medical guidance. suggests aluminum chloride lotion, baking soda, newer topical agents, or Belladonna. cautions about side effects and internal use.
Rotary Fund Helps Beckley Girl Study Abroad
Rotarian J R Carr assists Ginny Sheppard to open a bank account for funds to pay her Rotary International scholarship transport to Australia for a junior year. Carr, executive vice president of the Bank of Raleigh, chairs Rotary student loan funds. About 1,400 dollars are needed, with 1,315 raised. Donations from coal industry figures support her travel. The Beckley club covers expenses after arrival, including monthly spending money. A Holland student will study at Woodrow Wilson High School in Beckley 1964 65, with Beckley Jaycees helping. Sharon Sisk prepares for a Rotary Hawkes Bay NZ scholarship.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. R. Carr
Ginny
Sheppard
Australia
Rotary International
Carr
Bank of Raleigh
Rotary
Beckley Coal Testing Laboratory
Ind
Tray Hylton
Mullens
T. J. McKenzie
Sugar Grove Coal Co
Claude Phillips
Phillips-Robinson Coal Co
Holland
Woodrow Wilson High School
Beckley
Beckley Jaycees
Sharon Sisk
Wayne Sisk
Hawkes Bay
New Zealand
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Safety
Susan Light
Newspaper Enterprise Assn
Food For Thought
Beckleyan
Rondney Webb
Area Lions Club
Truman E. Gore
William Hamilton
Rex M. Smith
Germany
Smith
Boards of Education
New River Valley Group
Wayne Brandstadt
W. P. Riffee Jr
U. S. Army
H. Kenneth Manning
Mike Stover
Gene Church
Stephen’s Lake
Charles Wyant
Johnny Willey
Willey Brothers of
Hinton
Willey
Larry Pennington
Wayne G. Brandstadt
M. D
Dr. Brandstadt
Weill Drilling
Stephen's Lake
Eppy’'S Drug Store
Valley Drive
Krogers
EPPY
Ey of
S&h
Eppy’s
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