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Newspaper
Raleigh Register
Location
Beckley, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jul 09, 1962
Page
3
A niece under pressure from a widowed sister argues about her father's nursing care. The columnist stresses mutual respect for each person's life choices, noting love cannot be commanded and suggesting open dialogue to balance duty and personal needs. The piece urges recognizing resentments and avoiding coercive sacrifice.
More than 2,000 private citizens from 102 nations gather at the Kremlin for a Soviet promoted world congress for peace and disarmament. Khrushchev is expected to deliver a major disarmament speech Tuesday afternoon as delegates plan a week of speeches covering political technical moral legal and cultural aspects of disarmament. The U.S. delegation of 125, led by Dr. Carlton B. Goodlett of San Francisco, arrives without prior coordination and includes ministers students professionals and some businessmen.
Thomas C. Stone of Pineville has been awarded a bachelor of science degree in education with teaching fields in social studies and biology from Concord College in Athens. He is the son of Mr and Mrs Edgar Stone of Pineville and is married to Marilyn Forren of Beckley. Both he and his wife work for the Wyoming Board of Education.
Pineville residents hosted and visited relatives across several states. Prof Robert Nunley and children Jack Bert and Lou Ellen from Lawrence Kansas stayed with Jack and Mrs Martin in Crowley-Worrell addition before returning to Kansas. relatives including the Pendrys in Keyrock hosted Kimberly Scoleri’s family from Princeton and others traveled to Columbus Roanoke Detroit and Cleveland for visits. The report notes multiple residents planning two week trips and upcoming returns by July 23, with some families settling new employment or visiting relatives in Ohio Michigan and Virginia.
Oona ONeill Chaplin gave birth to her eighth child, a boy weighing 7 pounds 2 ounces, at Montchoisi Clinic in Lausanne. Charlie Chaplin, 73, said that was about the number he planned for now. He arrived from England Sunday, visited his wife and children, then spoke to reporters. The Chaplin brood now ranges from a day old to 18 years, with two grown sons from his second marriage. A separate note recalls the United States planning Washington as its capital.
West Virginia state agencies report improving living and working conditions for migrant farm laborers in the Eastern Panhandle. About 4,000 workers harvesting cherries and later peaches and apples are housed in clean, one-story buildings with two to three per room under supervision of a crew leader who manages food and work orders. A health record system is being piloted to streamline medical certification. The Employment Security Department also sends urban youth to farms in other states, a program that continues after a successful first year.
Washington UPI reports the Blatnik committee will start hearings Tuesday on the West Virginia Road Commission’s management of land acquisitions for highway construction funded in part by federal aid. About 30 witnesses, including state and federal officials, are expected to testify over roughly a week.
Sunday guests at Mr. and Mrs. W. C. Reedy's home were Mr. and Mrs. Jarrell Marshall and their sons David and Robert. Also visiting were Selfridge Air Force Base personnel from Michigan and Mrs. Martha Kaylor from Princeton.
Veteran Bob Emerson remains in critical condition at Beckley Veterans Administration Hospital after a heart attack at home Sunday. The article notes Crawford County, Pennsylvania, as the first U S use of direct primaries in 1868.
New healing substance Bio-Dyne, discovered by a world famous research institute, purportedly shrinks hemorrhoids, relieves itching and pain without surgery. The product Preparation H, available as suppository or ointment, is marketed nationwide from drug counters.
Rupert Davies stars as Inspector Maigret in a British TV series based on Georges Simenon thrillers. Davies, voted Best British TV Actor, notes Maigret’s warmth and humanity amid France filmed interiors and French attire, contrasting with the crimes and downtrodden figures he helps.
The Rev. Tally Hanna, newly installed at Oak Hill Methodist Church, spoke at the Oak Hill Lions Club on human relations and cooperation. He noted the town losses include its sole bookstore and urged citizens to support a branch library or a museum, hoping for cultural options to keep minds free.
The Toneda Women s Mission Society met at Toneda Baptist Church Fellowship Hall for its regular meeting. Verne Cook led, with Hurley Brown and Audrey Daniels presenting a skit Bread For The Soul. Wirt Cook led a Numbers Bible Study and Don D. Cook led a One Day at a Time devotional. A song session included Kneel at the Cross and Leaning on the Everlasting Arms.
Miss Becky Pizzino of Charleston spent the weekend with her parents Mr. and Mrs. Frank Pizzino and with Mr. and Mrs. Herbert Hall at Gassaway. She attended the Folk Festival at Glenville. Mrs. W. K. Griffith, visiting relatives in Washington D C., accompanied the Griffiths home for the holidays and will stay until September.
Oak Hill Jaycees member Robert K. Holliday will cover the legal ad costs to annex Collins High School to the city limits. Club president Carl Lorant says this clears the way for City Attorney Jack Higgins to proceed, with Higgins donating his services.
Mrs. Jean Humphrey and sons Alan and Dan of Pax visit relatives in Pax and Oak Hill with Ralph Humphrey Homer Cliff families. Jim Humprhey Kathy Jimmy Randall Beckley Paul Humphrey and boys Danny Jeffrey, plus Faye Thompson Cindy Norfolk visits. Hazel Kocekian of Nassau visited Pax relatives C S Humphrey Carrie Miller and two weeks in Miami with Phillip Humphrey and Carl Humphrey families. Neices of Mrs Kochekian noted.
J Paul England of Pineville Wyoming has been named by Governor Bar ron as delegate to the Legislative Work Conference on Southern Regional Education August 16 to 18 in Biloxi Mississippi The theme is Planning State Systems of Higher Education England also attended last year's Tampa Florida conference on Financing Higher Education in the South
Phillis Ekian and companions Carla and Sherry Humphrey escorted by a woman sailed back to Nassau for a month long visit. Jimmy Mowell from Cleveland Ohio visits his parents Clyde Mowell and spouse in Weirwood for an extended stay.
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