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Newspaper
Raleigh Register
Location
Beckley, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jul 06, 1960
Page
6
Oak Hill council approves two sports projects. A power cable right of way with Appalachian Power Co. will supply lights at the Little League ballpark. Jaycees may sponsor midget racer events at the Oak Hill football stadium.
Clarence D. Tamplin resigns as Boone County schools superintendent effective July 4 after 15 years, to join Morris Harvey College as director of extension courses beginning Sept 1. Van High principal Troy Floyd named replacement. Protests arise from Boone citizens over the resignation and board conflicts, with pay scales and wage rates set for teachers drivers and coaches under a new levy.
Glen Rogers reports Mrs Azel Beckelhimer returned home after surgery at Beckley Memorial Hospital. Guests visiting included Mr and Mrs Arnold Broyles with Dickie Broyles from Fort Lee Virginia, and James Tolliver in Soulsville. Other visits covered relatives in Charleston Rainelle and Celina areas, with extended journeys from Cleveland Cincinnati Pope AFB Washington DC and Natural Tunnel Virginia.
Rosenberger, Summers County superintendent, handed his resignation to the board on July at its meeting. effective Sept 1. After 23 years in the county system he will join Clearwater Florida schools. The board tabled appointing a successor until August. Rosenberger, Belington native, began in 1937 as a science teacher and rose to superintendent in 1959. He cites a strong staff and community support and plans to move with his family for a Pinellas County opportunity. He and wife June Saunders have one son.
Mrs. James Gentry honored her husband on his 76th birthday with a Sunday lawn picnic at their Ravencliff home. Attendees included their son Captain Roy Gentry and family from Fort Bragg, their daughter-in-law, relatives in Baltimore and Glen Rogers, and many extended family members from Detroit Pittsburgh Patterson and Oceana. Karlen Gentry, the granddaughter, attended from Pittsburgh.
Avis Partain was named head football and head basketball coach at Oak Hill High School by the Fayette County Board of Education. A longtime Oak Hill basketball coach, Partain will start football duties this September after replacing John Duda.
MEMPHIS AP An enlisted man's wife, Mrs. Thomas A. Box, delivered triplets rather than four expected. The first child, two boys and a girl, was born around midnight at Memphis Naval Hospital. An X ray earlier suggested four infants, but a later film showed three fetal skulls. The captain explained reduced radiation exposure. Mrs. Box, 38, and husband, 40, already had four children. the trio are reported to be thriving.
David Moody about 24 Baileys ville was arrested at his home at 7 p m Tuesday for being drunk and disturbing the peace. The warrant was obtained by his father Otis Moody. Deputy Sheriff Ward Sheppard and State Police Trooper J D Fairchild made the arrest. Moody will have a hearing this afternoon and was released on a $500 bond.
James Edgar Wooten 50 of 213 Hale Ave Princeton died at 5 p m Monday from a head wound ruled personal safety related by investigators Sgt D E Kessinger and Patrolman Edsel Belcher Wooten owner of Mid Way Supermarket and active in local civic groups survived by wife Viola Patterson Wooten and two daughters Patricia and Barbara Jo Funeral 2 pm today Memorial Funeral Chapel with Dr Ross McClung officiating burial Roselawn Memorial Gardens pallbearers named.
Rufus Green, 23, of Mount Hope, was sentenced to one to ten years in the State Penitentiary at Moundsville for breaking and entering. Judge Garvin denied Green probation. Other defendants tied to the case included Clarence Barker Penn, 21, and Clark Stephens, 20, each also from Mount Hope, facing similar charges and sentences.
Four youths caused a span of a long swinging bridge over Coal River to collapse Tuesday night in Whitesville. They jumped to entertain themselves and allegedly tried to knock Cotton Thompson, nearly blind, off the bridge. One boy fell eight feet into the water. the others fled. Thompson crossed safely. Fire crews searched the river by dragging. The boy who fell changed clothes, then reported to his father, who took him to the police, ending the search.
Englewood hospital launches a beauty program for female patients using a hospital salon or bedside glamour wagon. The project, sponsored by the hospital auxiliary, aims to help patients feel better by looking their best.
The Wyoming County Court at Pineville awarded a one year maintenance contract for the police radio system to Anderson Radio and Television Co. of Bluefield. Hillcrest Memorial Garden, represented by attorney Paul Viers of Pineville, requested a tax review. A decision was postponed due to the assessor's absence until a special meeting with the County Court.
MULLENS AP Sen John F Kennedy will receive 19 West Virginia first ballot votes at the Democratic National Convention. Dr Ward Wylie predicted Kennedy would secure the nomination on the first ballot and scheduled a state delegation meeting for 3 p.m. PDT in Los Angeles next Sunday.
Marsh Fork reports a flurry of travel during the Miners Vacation. Families and friends from Dry Creek, Patriot, Chicago, Buffalo, Toronto and beyond are visiting relatives, vacationing at Myrtle Beach and Nags Head, or touring destinations like Colorado Springs and Old Mexico. Several readers plan extended trips and reunions while others return from travels in Ohio, Indiana, and Florida.
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