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Newspaper
Raleigh Register
Location
Beckley, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jul 16, 1971
Page
7
Mount Hope invites new students to join summer sessions for basic education. The program runs Monday 6 to 9 PM at Mount Hope High School with Bruce Miller as instructor. Open to ages 16 and up with under eight years of schooling or GED prep. Call 253-7204 for details.
Edwin Lee Sonny Dunbar and his son David from Akron Ohio visited Fayetteville on Sunday and Monday. Mrs W S White of 2nd Avenue hosted a cousin gathering. Mrs James Dowdy and her Columbus Ohio family visited over the weekend with Mr and Mrs J Haynes Miller of High Street. William Stewart returned home with his mother after a week with grandparents.
George Smith 124 of Fayetteville, oldest SS beneficiary for West Virginia, received his first social security check. Born March 23 1847 in Dallas Texas, he spent decades in coal mines across Kopperston and Scranton before settling in Fayette County. He now lives at the Treadway Nursing Home, where staff helped secure his benefits after a 1933 relief record and a June Xray.
May data show mutual fund redemptions exceeding sales for the first time since 1940, totaling about $428 million redeemed versus $307 million in new sales. Despite a stock market drop, analysts see potential for June improvement and advise long-term investors not to panic, noting strong results for T Rowe Price no-load funds.
The West Virginia Public Service Commission canceled the Franklin based Superior Bus Service Inc license after a May Clarksburg hearing found inadequate service under its operating certificate. The firm served Franklin Brandywine Elkins and Ridgeley communities.
Hollywood shoots Lapin 360 on location at Midtown School behind ABC. Budget around 600000 with union concessions and a small technical crew. Lead actors Terry Kiser and Peggy Walton supported by Anne Baxter Nehemiah Persoff as producers eye five films in 18 months.
Forty Ohio senior citizens of the Senior Citizens Activities group attended the outdoor drama Hatfields and McCoys at Grandview State Park Tuesday night. Tickets were provided by the West Virginia Arts and Humanities Council and transportation by volunteers from the Citizens Center and Methodist Church women.
Mrs Tony May of Keyrock visits with daughter Mrs Dale Cook and family from Norfolk Virginia and other relatives in the area. Mrs Charlotte Gay Compton of Marianna is a patient at Stevens Clinic Hospital in Welch.
Congressional subcommittee plans an in depth review of the USDA Soil Conservation Service Watershed Development Program begun 15 years ago. Initial sites include Caddo Creek Oklahoma Admore, Iowa Rocky Branch Iowa Leutzinger Lowe Run Iowa and Brush Creek West Virginia with hearings in July in Ardmore Davenport Princeton and Cincinnati.
Health ministry reports about 20000 vasectomies performed in 13 days in Cochin as part of a large birth control program led by around a hundred doctors. The effort aims for 50000 procedures within one month to curb population growth.
Three deputy sheriffs Wendell Cook Ed Hayworth and Curtis Darby were relieved from duty after turning 60 by July 1 under House Bill 676. County Clerk Bill Houck informed Sheriff H L Hatfield that checks could not be signed. Prosecution later reinstated them on July 8 amid legal doubt on deputies over 60 serving in enforcement roles.
Miss Pamela Sue Wallace daughter of Mr and Mrs George Wallace of Matheny wed Rickey Lee Browning at 5 30 pm Monday in the bride’s home. Rev Boyd England of Matheny officiated. The bride wore a pink satin empire gown. They will reside in Marion Ohio where Browning works for Marion Driveway Co.
UPI reports the National Science Foundation confirming detection of hydroxyl OH outside the Milky Way by Dr. Leonid N Weliachew, a French visiting fellow at Caltech, during observations of a distant exploding galaxy. The discovery suggests pre life chemical precursors exist beyond our galaxy.
Mrs. Janney spends the week in Orlando Florida with her brother in law and sister Mr and Mrs Donald Akers and son Dwight and Mrs Janneys son Wayne Janney. Beatrice Lively Hazel Lively Randolph Hendrickson Nola Massing honor Mr and Mrs Taylor Borradaile of Beckley on Mrs Borradaile birthday anniversary. A triple celebration by Mr and Mrs Jess Humphrey for their 37th wedding anniversary their parents 47th anniversary and Mr and Mrs Seibert Lively of Orlando as guests of the Canterburys and Humphreys at Mount Hope Restaurant.
Coal mine safety advocate Dr. I. E. Buff plans a Sunday rally in Hyden Kentucky, the site of last December's disaster that killed 38 miners. He will discuss requiring a $1 per ton assessment in any new contract to fund black lung benefits.
Mayor Hutchinson called for a grand jury to investigate reports that Charleston policemen may receive as much as 4000 dollars per month to shield vice interests. He released a report from unnamed officers to Kanawha County prosecutor Patrick Casey.
Residents of Fayette Raleigh and Wyoming counties are urged to report news to the Raleigh Register via regional correspondents marked with the RNS logo. Citizens should contact nearest correspondent by name and phone number to speedily have stories written and dispatched for publication.
Oak Hill Merchants' Association approves 100 lantern lighting fixtures at a $1,000 cost and a $15,000 fund drive for the September 25 festival. A committee led by Bernard Patton and others will run the drive. The festival will feature sidewalk displays sales events parades dances and sports events with no business assessment fees to cover costs.
A federal grand jury recessed Wednesday after meeting here and reportedly investigating federally funded housing projects. They plan to reconvene August 2. Former Gov. W. W. Barron testified under immunity, with focus on alleged interstate bribery and conspiracy.
Oak Hill hosts a Musgrave family picnic at the home of Mr. and Mrs. H. E. Janney and Mrs. Nell Bannister. Attendees include W. H. Musgrave and children Tom Jenny and Lisa from South Charleston, Skipper Musgrave and Cindy, Dodge Kily and Barbara Musgrave Wilson with Rickey, Paige Janney of Radford, Happy Bannister and Barry, and Ralph Lawson with Shannon Graham of Oak Hill.
A cornerstone laying for the Vining Library at West Virginia Tech is set for Tuesday July 27 at 10 a m. Attending will be Dr. Leonard C. Nelson president Dr T G McWilliams library committee chair and Victor C Young library director who will host. The library named for Dr R H Vining will replace Conley Hall and serve faculty students and the community with a dedication planned after summer 1972.
Fayette residents Mr. and Mrs. S F Lively of Orlando visited family in Pax Lively Beckley Galax Rich Creek and other towns en route to West Virginia. Also notices call for bids on air conditioning for Raleigh County Courthouse and a trustee sale of Lot 4 Section 2 Gulf Highway Addition with cash sale terms.
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