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Newspaper
Raleigh Register
Location
Beckley, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jul 26, 1960
Page
12
George Halash of the Beckley Post Office was awarded a superior accomplishment certificate and a $50 check Friday for his action on March 22. He notified R. C. Hornbrook of Woodlawn Ave. and assisted the family when he noticed their home was in danger.
A Virginia man, James Lewis Walden, paid a $25 fine and costs after a reduced charge for a Turnpike incident. Previously charged with drunk driving, Walden was arrested by State Police. Also facing magistrate actions were Gilmore Shamblin, found guilty of drunk driving and fined $50 plus costs, with an appeal bond set at $500, and Charles Turk of Bristol, Pa., who pleaded guilty to speeding and was fined $10 and costs.
The commission on membership and evangelism of The Methodist Temple will meet at 7 30 p.m. Wednesday at the church with L B Shrewsbury in charge of the session.
The earliest college fraternities date to the United States era with Phi Beta Kappa established on December 5 1776 at William and Mary College in Virginia.
The Department of Public Assistance reports June totals for a tri county area totaling 5,604 assisted. In Raleigh County 2,079 cases received aid with breakdowns across old age, blind, dependent children, disabled, general, and other assistance totaling thousands in cash and care payments. Fayette and Wyoming counties show similar distributions across old age, blind, disabled, dependent children, general, and other aid with county totals and per person averages.
A Rhode Island polio epidemic prompts Raleigh County Red Cross to recruit 16 nurses. Charles Chapin Hospital Providence reports 67 confirmed cases and 20 possible, Rhode Island Hospital notes seven cases with one death. Interested nurses should contact Mrs T C Moorefield Beckley office.
George C. Marshall, who later served as U S Secretary of State, completed his studies at the Virginia Institute in 1901 marking an early milestone in his long career.
A collage of items includes a Peanuts cartoon remark on politics and Uncle Sam, Tom Tryon film notes about King Richard III and The Story of Ruth, a West Virginia optometry graduate commissioned as second lieutenant at Beckley, plus local health clinic activity and Holland canal dike history.
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