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Newspaper
Raleigh Register
Location
Beckley, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jul 29, 1960
Page
2
Dennis Moorefield of Shady Spring is in satisfactory condition at Raleigh General Hospital after being struck in the face by a ball bat at the Blue Jay School ground. He was admitted about 8 30 p m Thursday.
Mrs. Londa Sweeney is reported in satisfactory condition at Beckley Memorial Hospital after major surgery Thursday. She was admitted to the hospital July 23.
The state’s first International Folk Music Festival will start at 3 p.m. Sunday on an outdoor stage in Coon skin Park near Charleston. More than 200 performers from West Virginia and other states and nations present folk music and dances from Spain Norway Bavaria Scandinavia and other countries. Notable acts include Creole music Scotch Bagpiper Paul George Jerry Wildman Wick Craig The Wilson Family John sons the Hoffrau Band and the Charleston Light Opera Guild. Promoters Rand Schoolfield Bob Barron Gloria Barron and Bill McDowell organized the festival under the Coon skin Folk Music Festival Association with support from West Virginia’s Industrial and Publicity Commission. The event aims to be a family-friendly picnic with top talent from across the country.
Five open classes and 10 gymkhana events will be featured at the show to be held Sunday at the Tams Mountain Ball Field. Trap Hill Saddle Club arranges the 2 30 p.m. program. Proceeds go to a playground on property bought from Chesapeake and Ohio Railway Co. Bill Trail chairs, Victor Birchfield leads Lester Area Development Inc. entries accepted until show time.
Douglas Hungate of Crab Orchard was treated at Beckley Hospital at 11 p.m. Thursday for an injured left ankle suffered during a ball game.
Three members of the Beck ley Air Force Recruiting Station earned honors at the Group Conference in Philadelphia. M. Sgt. Eugene R. Carpenter received a certificate as top detachment sales supervisor for fiscal 1960 after the detachment sector achieved 111.15 percent of its assigned mission. S. Sgt. William Cochran won a trophy as top support airman of the year for all Armed Forces Examining Sta
A county wide Baptist Youth Revival will be held August 1 through 7 at Crab Orchard Baptist Church with Rev Jim Franklin Handley as guest speaker. Sponsored by the Baptist Youth Fellowship of Raleigh County the nightly services start at 730 pm with Mason Lilly as song leader. Special singing features a youth choir from Raleigh Baptist Association churches with solos duets and quartets. Frances Wilcox Crab Orchard will be organist each night. The Stuarts note appears as historical side content about Charles II.
The Calvary Baptist Church hosts the Fifth Sunday Fellowship of the Fayette and Raleigh Baptist Association led by Rev. Cecil H. Perry. Rev. C. H. Billy Painter of Dothan will deliver the message The New Birth with music by Mabscott Calvary’s Senior Choir and the Breckenridge Quartet from Breckenridge Baptist Church.
A Beckley 17 year old was arrested by City Police at 10:15 p.m. Thursday on a shoplifting charge at the Pagoda Shopping Center and posted a $50 bond for appearance in Police Court while awaiting certification from Raleigh County Juvenile Court.
George J. Titler of District 29 declares UMWA welfare and retirement fund payments cannot be supplemented by locals. He notes legality prohibits extra contributions and even large endowments would require a change in law. Raymond O. Lewis of District 17 says he has heard nothing about miners seeking to pay into welfare benefits.
Josephine Wright of 305 Westmoreland St. received a building permit on Wednesday to add an extra room to her home. The permit cost $10, and the estimated project cost is $1,000.
Melvin Acord 17 son of Cora Acord of Slab Fork is in Beclky Memorial Hospital in good condition after injuries from a tractor accident on Thursday.
A list of recent additions to the Raleigh County Library includes titles across many subjects. Notable entries feature Lively Ambition by Mary E. Chase, Encyclopedia Of Gardening Vol 3 by T. H. Everett, Man High by Lt. Col. David G. Simons, and energy related works, nature titles, biographies, classics, and reference volumes from publishers and authors such as Patricia Highsmith, Kenneth Grahame, Robert Hutchins, John K. Galbraith, and more, reflecting broad acquisitions after inventory.
Beckley liquor receipts totaled 5119 for April May and June according to a report from the state treasurer in Charleston. Fayetteville recorded receipts of 527 for the same period.
Marion Massinople, 17, of Beckley, was arrested at 10 05 p m Thursday by City Police on a speeding charge. He posted a $50 bond for appearance in Police Court.
Twenty four Town District Democrats were named to attend the State Democratic Convention on August 12 at the Charleston Civic Center. Raleigh County will send 28 delegates and 28 alternates overall, with 12 Town District delegates listed and a separate slate of alternates. The convention ends with a fundraising dinner. The Raleigh County Young Democratic Club plans to name delegates August 4 in the Circuit Courtroom. The state Young Democratic meeting will be August 25 to 27 in Huntington.
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