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Newspaper
Raleigh Register
Location
Beckley, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jul 15, 1958
Page
4
Raleigh County Vocational School Director William B Connoley announces the county cannery at Shady Spring will open Thursday for the 1958 canning season. He adds the cannery also will open July 22 with its schedule dependent on cannery demand.
Beckley Post Office stocks updated stamps cards and envelopes as new postal rates take effect August 1. Postmaster A Fray Lilly notes supplies of four cent Lincoln stamps four cent Champion of Liberty stamps three and five cent air mail stamps and other denominations will arrive, with old stamp stock usable by adding a penny stamp after August 1.
New tablet claims rapid relief from sinus congestion and pressure without discomfort. It allegedly works through the bloodstream to shrink swollen sinus passages and promote drainage. Sold without prescription for 98 cents a bottle of 24 with a money back guarantee.
Sophia Madison Lowry presided over the Odd Fellows Lodge business session Saturday night. The group reported on the installation service held Friday and plans to attend other lodges installations this month. A past grand association meeting discussed the annual picnic with Congressman Robert C. Byrd as guest speaker. Final picnic plans will be decided at the next past grand meeting in Beckley on July 29. all members urged to attend.
After two weeks of illness at home Mrs W D Aldridge was admitted to Beckley Hospital on Monday for observation and treatment.
Dr George W Crane in The Worry Clinic addresses misconceptions held by middle aged husbands about sex differences. He cites reader letters from Pittsburgh and explains how wives observe husbands reading the column, urging sending for his booklet Sex Differences Between Men and Women to ease marital tension and prevent divorce.
Revival services led by Rev. W G Light of Ashland Kentucky will run nightly at 7 30 p m at the Sophia Church of God with Mr Light in charge. A vacation Bible School starts July 28 and runs through August 1 from 9 to 11 30 a m each day for children urged to attend by Pastor W J Blair.
Local AUD agents recovered a contraband British Sten from a pawn shop and had it deactivated at a welding shop. The DEWATS program ended May 29. reactivating it would be a federal offense with penalties up to $2000 fine or five years' imprisonment. Owners should contact AUD at Room 7 Beckley Post Office or write Box 70 or call Clifford 3-4841.
Morris Harvey College continues second term registration through Wednesday as summer classes began Monday. The first six weeks conclude Friday and Dean Harry G. Straley expects enrollment to exceed the 1951 high of 1242, with nearly 1,000 students already registered for term one.
Australia issues an 8 pence stamp celebrating Charles Kingsford Smith and the Southern Cross on the 30th anniversary of the Tasman Sea air crossing. Also planned are stamps for the 200th anniversary of Fort Duquesne occupation and two pictorial stamps for Ceylon marking the Universal Declaration of Human Rights anniversary with a design contest concluding May 31.
Australia releases a four stamp set with 1c a Quetzal on a map of Guatemala, 2c a woman with child, 3c a priest aiding an ill man, and 4c a Raphael Ryan portrait with the Red Cross. Mexico adds a 50c air mail stamp for human rights and a four stamp set for the petroleum industry 20th anniversary.
Eighty seven new aliens joined the Marshall College home study Americanization program in the past year, bringing state totals to 908 enrollments since inception and about 220 current students. Dr. Charles P. Harper directed referrals from the Immigration Service, with participants from 22 counties led by those from Germany and Japan.
Greater Beckley Lodge No. 74 and Silver Star Rebekahs No. 77 plan a joint installation at 8 p.m. Friday in the Lodge Hall at 1171 2 Main Street. W W Covey and Mrs Imogene Shumate will oversee the ceremony installing Millard G Jarrell Noble Grand, Mrs Guy Pennington Noble Grand Rebekah, Wilmer Phillips Vice Grand, Mrs Orville Smith Vice Grand Rebekah, Dean Richmond Treasurer, Delmer Davis Past Grand, and Mrs L P Savage Past Noble Grand. Public invited per Mrs Savage.
Wednesday charges a late registration fee and the evening classes office stays open until 9 45 p m during the three day period for those who cannot register during working hours. The college offers two full programs of day and evening classes during a six week term that began Monday and will close August 2. Education 351 Guidance in the Public Schools and Education 451 The Teaching of Reading in the Elementary Schools are workshop type courses of special interest to teachers and group leaders.
The Winding Gulf Baptist Ministers and Deacons Union meets Second Baptist Church East Beckley Wednesday and Thursday with themes around The Hebrew Sabbath. Rev Maceo Early leads Wednesday evening service then committees are named. Rev S P Prince speaks Thursday at 7 pm. Union officers include Rev W M Freeman president Rev J L Higginbothan secretary Rev G C Gilbert financial secretary and Rev J A Divers treasurer.
Publishers' Weekly compiled fiction and nonfiction best sellers including Anatomy of a Murder, Ice Palace, The Winthrop Woman, A Summer Place, North from Rome, Russia Today, Masters of Deceit, Dear Abby, Kids Say the Darned Things, and Please Don’t Eat the Daisies. The list mirrors midcentury popular reads and media personalities across genres.
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