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Newspaper
Raleigh Register
Location
Beckley, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jun 04, 1947
Page
6
Court approves payment for the yellow paint used to beautify the county clerk’s office. Harry Anderson’s walls feature yellow upper sections with green lower walls as described by H. G. Farmer. The color is to be extended to the rest of the courthouse.
At the Montreal Stickney school, eleven of 97 children examined were in perfect health. A 54-parent turnout saw immunizations and dental exams. A social disease education film was shown to reinforce health messages, with plans for monthly clinics after many were turned away.
Beckley unit of the Sir Perce Association held a meeting to plan Air Force Day on August 1. Commander Ralph Woitener said a committee will be announced soon and that no Air Force general will be available to speak. the group has also asked the Army to send a squad.
Funeral services for Lena Judy 62 of Cranberry are scheduled for Thursday at 2 30 p m at Rose Funeral Home chapel with Dr Alvin J Cook officiating. Burial will be in Sunset Memorial Park. Surviving are son C L Judy of Cranberry daughter Mrs Georgia Eversole of Hazy four brothers and five grandchildren. Active pallbearers named.
Gene Pate age 15 and his brother Joel also 15 are Eagle Scouts. Their father Dudley Pate, a Winnsboro Mills section man, wears the Eagle badge earned recently by his wife. Grandmother Pate and Mrs. Pate support troop 27 as leadership fills gaps left by wartime departures.
Mrs. Robert FE Lowe 91 of Stone Branch died yesterday at the farm home where she had lived for 86 years. She was the last surviving child of Major Lorenza D and Nancy Browning Hill, prominent Logan county residents in pre Civil War days.
C. M. Hill district supervisor of the State Department of Vocational Rehabilitation made an official visit to the Beckley offices on Tuesday. The encounter highlighted administration efforts and local outreach by the department.
Raleigh County 4 H Club members can earn an all expense trip to the National 4 H Congress in Chicago by joining the 1947 Farm Safety Program. Formerly only sectional winners received travel awards. this year no sectional recognition is planned. Medals of honor will go to up to five members per county and a special plaque will be given to the top county reporting the best 4 H safety program in the state.
In Boone Braxton Fay ette Mercer and Wetzel Counties the initiative grows rural safety awareness under the WVU Agricultural Extension Service. Wetzel County received the plaque last year as part of a continuing effort statewide. The program notes show steady increases in safety minded residents across counties.
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