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Newspaper

Raleigh Register

Location

Beckley, West Virginia, United States of America

Date

Jun 04, 1963

Page

8

Ten Convicted For Violations In District IV

Ten convictions under Department of Natural Resources laws were reported Tuesday by Capt. Raymond Eye, chief enforcement officer, District IV. Names include Clyde Sanders of White Sulphur Springs for fishing without a license and Gary P. Col o of South Charleston for having an uncased gun. All were fined $20 by various magistrates. other cases cover fishing without licenses, littering, fire safety, and hunting without a license in several counties with multiple officials named.

Department of Natural Resources Raymond Eye District TV Clyde Sanders White Sulphur Springs Greenbrier County Frank B. Crigger James Arbogast Gary P. Colo South Charleston Fayette County Fred Welch Ansted Wyoming County William Harper Rainelle Walter Bowens Sweet Springs Monroe County Gerald L. Crosier Bowens Herbert Guerin Union Dale Belcher Ballard Crosier

Army Enlists 21 Recruits at Beckley Main Station

Twenty one men enlisted at the Beckley Main Recruiting Station and are sent to Ft. Knox for processing. The group includes Emmett Harrison Buchanan Jr in welding, Barry Harless in engineering equipment maintenance, Charles David Andrews in information, Joseph Patrick Akers Jr in office machine repair, and others with assignments like airborne, combat engineers, administration, and unassigned. Prior service noted for Roger Lynn Madden.

Beckley Ft. Knox Emmett Harrison Buchanan Jr Maben Barry Allen Harless Blair Harless Danville Charles David Andrews W. A. Andrews Clendenin Joseph Patrick Akers Jr Bluefield Marshall Allan Gordon Lacy Gordon Europe James Shanklin Carter Paul Carter Tazewell Infantry Claude Preston Register Alvin Register Palatka Fla Airborne William Howard Goings Josephine Goings Winding Gulf Tommy Roscoe Hinkle Roscoe Hinkle Griffithville Earl Murriel Greathouse Jr Woodrow Armstrong Charleston Oscar Paul Phillips Mary Doss Williamson Stevenson Jimmie Ferr Robert Cassie Kirk Cassie Kirk Jerry Randall Asbury Georgie Davis Robert Eugene Isaac Ralph Isaac John Calvin Branch Ira Branch Earl Lewis Smith Earl Smith Cleath Smith Meadow Bluff Earl Gene Phillips Ocle Frazier War Lewis Eugene Hedrick Homer Hedrick Fayetteville James Lee Turner James Tweedy Logan Johnny Lee Woods Kelly Woods Besoco Roger Lynn Madden Paul Madden Julian

Picketing Spreads at White House Over Segregated Housing

Negro pickets demonstrated in front of the White House protesting segregated housing in the North. A protest sign read Attorney General Kennedy considers segregated housing in northern suburban areas a laughing matter.

White House Washington UPI White House Kennedy

Fluoridation Gains Ground in Beckley and Nation

Beckley began water fluoridation a few weeks ago as part of a broader trend in the United States. Newsdata shows 61 large cities, with 27 fluoridating, 1 approving in Detroit, and 5 naturally fluoridated. nationwide over 51 million people in 4,251 communities drank fluoridated water by end of 1962.

Beckley Detroit Houston Dallas Fort Worth Albuquerque Jacksonville Chicago New York

Glen White Ninth Grade Banquet Honors Becky Luther

Principal Paul Craghead announced Becky Luther as the Glen White Junior High ninth grade’s most outstanding student for the year. Her name was engraved on the school hall of fame plaque, and she received a certificate. The event at El Chico in Beckley included a class prophecy, a class will, and a post banquet movie. Becky Luther is the daughter of Mr and Mrs Charles Luther of Glen White.

Glen White el Chico Beckley Paul Craghead Becky Luther Glen White School Becky Betty Holstein Charles Lilly Craghead Charles Luther

Bank Debits Rise in Beckley Area in May

May debits in Beckley area banks totaled 25.934 million, up 3.5 percent from 25.310 million last May. County figures show Boone 6.725 million, Hinton 3.366 million, Lewisburg 2.492 million, Logan 14.660 million, Marlinton 2.441 million, Montgomery 7.852 million, Mount Hope 2.113 million, Oak Hill 5.212 million, Princeton 8.089 million, Summersville 5.767 million, and Wyoming County 6.176 million, with various percent gains. The statewide May increase was 11.1 percent.

Beckley Montgomery Boone County Hinton Lewisburg Logan Marlinton Mount Hope Oak Hill Princeton Summersville Wyoming County

Catholics Select WWHS Senior Sparacino for Xavier Institute

Woodrow Wilson High School senior Joseph N. Sparacino is chosen to attend Operation Youth a weeklong summer institute at Xavier University Cincinnati Ohio sponsored by the Holy Name Society of St Francis de Sales Catholic Church. He will join talks on government law history economics and human relations with Q&A sessions and group discussions culminating in a Flag Day rally with Maj Lloyd Burke as principal speaker. Sparacino son of Mr and Mrs Joseph Sparacino Jr of 210 Locust St is 17 and active in Junior Historians Latin Club Catholic Youth Organization and Moose Teenage Club. He works at Camera Corner this summer.

Woodrow Wilson High School Joseph N. Sparacino Operation Xavier University Cincinnati Ohio Holy Name Society St. Francis de Sales Catholic Church Joseph Sparacino Jr Locust St Don Wise Xavier Armory Auditorium Cin Cinnati Sons of the American Revolution U. S. Citizens Committee Maj Lloyd Burke Wise 10 Freedoms Foundation America Woodrow Wilson Joseph St. Francis de Sales Moose Camera Corner

Clean-Up Group Plans Paint Pot Sunday in Beckley Area

The Beckley Raleigh County Chamber beautification group will meet Thursday at 7 30 p m to review the Centennial Clean-Up and plan Paint Pot Sunday. Old paint cans will be collected and massed at a central site for public use while Raleigh County’s dilapidated shacks are surveyed for recommended action by July 1. Health and fire authorities will receive the list if no progress is made. Raleigh County leads the state with 630 unoccupied shacks in the latest cleanup tally.

Beckley-Raleigh Beckley-Raleigh County Chamber of Commerce Raleigh County

Surprise Valley Camp Clean Up Plans and Officers

Plans for a social work evening at Surprise Valley Camp Youth grounds are announced. The Board of Directors elected Clifton Inman as president, Frederick Dinkler as vice president, Jim Bob James as secretary, and Jim Hiser as treasurer. Junior Week directed by Jim Hiser is set for July and Senior Week directed by Clifton Inman runs July 29 to August 2. All interested urged to attend Friday clean up. Also noted is a prior financial figure of 911,842,000 with an 11.1 percent increase from May 1962.

Surprise Valley Camp Dry Hill Road Clifton Inman Parkersburg Frederick Dinkler Sand Branch Jim Bob James Prosperity Jim Hiser Charleston Clifton Inman Willl

Millions of Youth Entering U S Labor Market in Sixties

Britannica Book of Year projects about 26 million Americans under 25 will join the labor force during the 1960s, signaling a significant demand for jobs and shaping economic trends.

Britannica

Beckley Cadet William Kent Bair Promoted at VPI

Beckleyan Cadet William Kent Bair of Beckley has been promoted to Second Lieutenant and becomes Honor Squadron Administrative Officer at Virginia Polytechnic Institute Corps of Cadets. Son of J. W. and Mrs. Bair of 108 East Main St, he serves on the Chapel Committee YMCA Distributive Education Club and is active in Cadet Corps intramural sports and Circle K.

A Beckleyan William Kent Bair Virginia Polytechnic Institute Corps of Cadets J. W. Bair East Main St VPICC YMCA VPI

Vacation Bible School Slated by Prosperity Church

The Church of Christ at Prosperity will host its first Vacation Bible School themed Living for Jesus from June 10 to 14. Frederick Dinkler, pastor, directs with aid from Norma Hilbert Frances Woods Forrest Ogden E E Carddock E E Carddock Jr Jon Jaap Doris Mitchell Tina Oscar Jim Bob James and Herbert Bellamy. Sessions run 9 to 11 a.m. daily with a picnic planned for June 15.

Church of Christ At Prosperity Frederick Dinkler Norma Hilbert Frances Woods Forrest Ogden E. E. Carddock E. E. Carddock Jr Jon Jaap Doris Mitchell Tina Oscar Jim Bob James Herbert Bellamy

Six Attend Meet Mrs Lovelace at West Virginia AME event

Mrs Mittie Lovelace director of the Young Peoples Department of the AME churches of West Virginia and St Paul AME in McAlpin led a Saturday Missionary Conference Branch meeting in Parkersburg. From Beckley’s St Mark AME church Reverend G E Fagan Ann Scott LaChone Fagan and George Johnson attended. Mrs Lovelace and Miss Dorothy Mahan represented McAlpin. Miss Mahan was chosen Young People's Department Queen.

Mittie Lovelace Young Peoples Department West Virginia St. Paul A. M. E McAlpin Parkersburg Missionary Conference St. Mark A. M. E Beckley G. E. Fagan Ann Scott

Groups to Meet County ASCS Committees for Joint Session

Groups from Raleigh and Wyoming counties will meet together here for the first time in record time. The session will be in the ASCS offices on Wednesday, Franklin Lilly, the manager, said. Don Williams, ASCS fieldman, will lead a forenoon training explain duties to community committeemen. In the afternoon a farm tour, weather permitting, will be conducted by H. B. Thomas, Raleigh County Agricultural Extension agent.

Raleigh Wyoming Counties ASCS Franklin Lilly Don Williams H. B. Thomas Raleigh County

Cheese blocks spur sculptor contest at Slade School

London UPI reports twelve students at the Slade School of Fine Arts enter a competition to carve sculptures from 40 pound blocks of rindless cheese.

London UPI Slade School of Fine Arts

6th Annual Speech and Hearing Clinic Opens Monday

Raleigh County's sixth annual Speech and Hearing Clinic starts Monday in the Memorial Building. The eight week program runs 9 am to 3 pm daily with classes for each student, no training charges, and transportation provided by students. About 450 prospective students are being processed for evaluation the first week, up from 270 last year.

Opal Ripley Register Raleigh County Memorial Building Raleigh County Society For Crippled Children and Adults Inc Viola St. Clair St. Clair Anta Marie Osborn The Society Raleigh County Board of Education Osborn Helen Smith Aurelia

Beckley First Rehearsal Held for Honey in the Rock Cast

The Honey in the Rock cast held its opening rehearsal at Cliffside Amphitheatre in Grand View State Park after a Beckley welcome from Norman Fagan. Director Edgar Loessin outlined daily rehearsals ahead of the June 22 opening with sessions at Woodrow Wilson High School and Beckley sites.

Woodrow Wilson High School Beckley Norman Fagan Beckley Junior High School

Morgan Speaks At Rhodell Junior High Banquet

Morgan Jr. speaks at Rhodell Elementary School banquet honoring the basketball team and cheerleaders. He congratulates players for their record and notes the athletic program’s influence on off court behavior while urging upcoming enrollment at Stoco Junior High. Roger Perdue displays trophies earned at Shady Spring and Stoco tournaments as team members and cheerleaders are listed.

Stoce James Morgan Jr Rhodell Stoco Junior High School Morgan Roger Perdue Shady Spring High School Stoco High School Stoco Junior High Tommy Miller Robert Bell Nathaniel Radford Eugene Harvey Marvin Radford Roger McKinney Robert Bolen Warren Cross Mitchell Cooper Isaac Hylton Danny Harold Danny Wyce Stanley Wood Jimmy Dunford Leonard Radford Ralph Shatley Clarence Danley Joseph Tanks Johnny McKinney Larry Howerton William Alexander Billy Lilly Pamela Bolen Cynthia Perdue Belinda Size Janet Murphy Sandra Cox

Blind Chorus From West Virginia School for the Blind Visits Beckley

The West Virginia School for the Blind chorus arrives in Beckley as part of its Centennial state tour. The 27-member group performs Wednesday at 8 p.m. in Woodrow Wilson High School Auditorium with an admission charge. They tour the Raleigh County Armory Field House before the concert and continue to Charleston and Huntington on Thursday and Friday.

West Virginia School For the Blind Beckley Fayetteville Raleigh County Armory- Field House Field House Tom Minter Walter Cooper Armory Woodrow Wilson High School Earl Edgell WVU School of Music West Virginia Elkins Winchester Charleston Huntington

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Army Beckley Open Air Theatre Dayvi Red Buttons Barbara Eden Fabian Chester Chubby Checker Myra Blanchard Seattle Portland Atlanta WWHS Sparacino Surprise Valley Walt Disney Pree of We Uy BUENA Tee Ine Glen Jean Liberty Valance James Stewart John Wayne High School Bigshot Tom Pittman Virginia Aldridge Dr. In Reewmcouse Speech and Hearing Clinic Cappellari West Virginia University E. R. Hartson Sophia Aurelia Cappelari Alta Marie Osborn Director Max Carpenter
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