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Newspaper
Raleigh Register
Location
Beckley, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jun 05, 1962
Page
2
Eleven job seekers filed applications with Employment Security. The list includes a routeman a stock boy a service station attendant a retail auto manager a race car loader a car loader a macineman a general office clerk and a timber man. In total 32 persons were placed in local employment last week by the Beckley office.
The Salto de Aldeadavilla in Spain is described as the world’s greatest reservoir with an estimated volume around 150 million acre-feet. The claim highlights its vast capacity and prominence among global water storage sites.
Miss Alice Lane of Cool Ridge, 1959 School for the Blind graduate, today began operating the Raleigh County Courthouse concession stand. She lost sight at 10 to a brain tumor, trained three months in Charleston with Vocational Rehabilitation, reads Braille, with instructor James Burk remaining in Beckley to assist. Lane attends Primitive Baptist Church at Mount View and has a sighted family. The stand was previously run by Robert Holdren, Crab Orchard, who gave it up due to illness.
Salvador, also known as Sao Salvador and Bahia, is Brazil's oldest city, established in 1549 by Portuguese settlers. The port and regional center grew as a key colonial hub.
Nine more Raleigh County high school teachers will attend summer institutions under the National Defense Education Act bringing the total to 19 credits received from the courses may be applied toward higher degrees. Names include Jack E. Patton Mark Twain High School West Virginia University Ralph S Webb Marsh Fork High School West Virginia University Mrs Geraldine Mullins Trap Hill High School Marshall University Richard A Mann Shady Spring High School Marshall University Alfred H Harper Shady Spring High School Randolph-Macon College Dix E Manning Shady Spring High School University of Tennessee James Brown Stratton High School Central Connecticut State College Charles R Jones Stratton High School Ohio State University Carrie Parker Woodrow Wilson High School Marshall University.
West Virginia University will offer extension courses this summer in eight state cities including Beckley. Registration for Beckley classes is at 8 a.m. June 11 at Beckley Junior High School. Instructor is Patrick W. Gainer, English professor at WVU, courses titled English 242 Literature for Teachers and English 272 Folk Literature.
Three men enlisted in the Army at the Recruiting Main Station in Beckley on Friday. Teddy Combs Jr of Pineville joins Air Defense Command, William F. Taylor of Elkview also joins Air Defense Command, and Theodore Lester of Wyoming enters engineering equipment repair. They were sent to the reception station at Fort Jackson, South Carolina.
The National Junior Honor Society at Eccles School presents awards to Gregory Terry as the most outstanding student. Freshmen recipients include Rodney Clay Chris Stoots Janice Lawson and others. Athletic letters go to Brasky Herron Terry Lawson Stoots and three more. Officers and charter members of the newly formed NHS chapter are listed with names of other members.
An illustrated Bible study will be presented at 7 30 p m today at the Crab Orchard Church of the Brethren with Mr and Mrs Arnold Carl Westphal Michigan City Ind in charge The program will feature a choral concert played with glasses and other musical oddities Westphal is an inventor author world traveler musician and has pastored several churches.
Fifteen men enlisted in the Army at the Recruiting Main Station in Beckley Thursday. Each recruit is assigned to a different branch or assignment, including administration, radio carrier repair, combat engineering, Army Air Defense, and communications center operations. They were sent to the reception station at Fort Jackson, South Carolina.
A New Yorker visiting Mrs. David Fitts in New York City is with her son-in-law and daughter Mr. and Mrs. Robert Redd at 105 Hoover Ave and will return to New York on Wednesday.
Beckley area residents marked the 98th annual graduation as numerous degrees were awarded across colleges. Notable honorees include Joel Alderson Gwinn and Thomas Mason Freeman earning master of business administration, and several recipients in education, engineering, pharmacy, and arts. Names span Beckley, Mullens, Pineville, Oak Hill, and Whitesville among others.
Real estate deeds recorded by the county clerk show Macil Mae Long and others conveying to L A and Mary Irene Landers property in Beckley Town District for 14360 dollars. J H Lilly Land Co transfers to John and Verna Hawkins property in Amigo Slab Fork District for 1100 dollars. W M Rutherford Merlie Rutherford and others deed property in Richmond District to Blain C and Maxine L Pauley for 1200 dollars.
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