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Newspaper
Raleigh Register
Location
Beckley, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jun 07, 1961
Page
6
The Beckley Civitan Club awards Citizenship to outstanding students in Raleigh County schools. The program, started 13 years ago, selects winners based on grades, extracurriculars, cooperation, and moral integrity with 23 county students receiving the honor this year and each school’s reasons for nomination.
A long list of Beckley area students earns school honors across multiple institutions. Brenedine Toler at Morton Reeves Elementary leads with 4-H and choir roles, while Ruann Ernst, James James, Parry Stanley, Rexanne Bennett, and Bernice Davidson receive awards at Beckley Junior High and other schools for scholarship, leadership, and participation. Other honorees include Carol Jones, Harry Craghead, Janie Lilly, Karen Radford, Barbara Lilly, Robert Hairston, Michael Griffith, Drema Abram, Daniel Speilman, James Hurley, Darlene Whitlow, Mike Feazell, Pete McKinney, Carson Meade, Suzanne Clay, and John Wilson Smith across Shady Spring, Mabscott, East Beckley, Woodrow Wilson, and related elementary campuses.
The article reviews a Rockefeller Institute nine year study showing blood fats depend mainly on how the body converts carbohydrates into fat, not on dietary fat. Dutch monk studies found no blood pressure differences between lac tovegetarians and mixed diets, higher cholesterol in Benedictines, similar myocardial infarction rates to monks but lower than general population, and hints that mixed diets may modestly raise arteriosclerosis risk while monastic life may lessen stress related heart events.
A veteran asks if extra compensation for a son under 18 continues after he joins the service. The answer: yes, payments continue until the son turns 18. Other questions cover GI term insurance conversion minimums, general GI loan eligibility for a beach cottage, VA hospitalization priority, and domiciliary care with potential hospital transfer.
Chester West Virginia UPI reports Waterford Park will open its summer meet on July 3 featuring a Firecracker Handicap for 3year-olds and up over six furlongs. Twenty three feature races are planned through September 16 with a double program on July 4 including a mile and a sixteenth Independence Day race. First full schedule starts at 10 a.m. EDT and 2 p.m.. regular weekday start is 4:15 p.m. with Saturday post time at 2 p.m.
Mrs Kathryn Ramey of 1002 West Neville Street was admitted to Raleigh General Hospital Sunday for fracture ankle treatment and is listed in satisfactory condition.
Records detail transfers in Maplewood and Maple Fork Truck Farms Shady Spring District and Central Beckley additions. Deeds show R J and Alma Burmeister and others to Helen A and Sterling T Lewis for 4000. County Court to Helen A and Sterling T Lewis for no consideration. Blackburn Patteson Realty to Gertrude Snuffer for 1500. Georgia Hill and Alvin H Carter to Eugene Carter Woodbridge for 1500. Harry L Cook to Hope Stansbury for 2500.
Lifesaving course begins at 10 a m at Waterdale Pool conducted by Raleigh County Red Cross with Janet Wood in charge. The program targets juniors and seniors with age rules. beginners start June 19 through June 30 for ages eight and up.
West Virginia Lions Club wrapped its 39th annual convention in Clarksburg with the election of four new district governors C. E. Queen of Fairmont Walter Smith of Winfield Walter Swiger of Wilsonburg and J. J Jons of Welch.
Bluefield Virginia man Jesse Boitnott aged 47 died when his automobile lost control and crashed on East River Mountain Saturday. He was a traveling salesman returning home from a business trip.
United Press International reports Los Angeles spans from sea level to 5,082 feet at Sister Elsie Peak in Angeles National Forest, all inside city limits.
Twenty six recruits named Billy Ray Woodyard James Houston Finney Janis Murrell Donald Kay Gillispie James Robert Aslinger Perry Dale Williams Coulter Maurice Powell Siegel Roman White Jr Cleveland Edward Tyson Robert Edward White Roger Lee Lane Ronald L. Johnson Jack Laverne Cox Oakley Dandridge Freddie Ray Greenlief Jerry Lee Long Charles William Blevins Jr Harry S. Newbill Bobby Joe Skeens Charles William Warner iDonnie Edgar Mynes Paul Adrian Haynes James L. Giles Bobby Eugene Daniels John Frederick Hill Colman Frayne Peck Jr will be stationed at Fort Knox Kentucky for basic training.
The Beckley area AFL-CIO labor council will sponsor advance ticket sales for the Raleigh County Horse Show in Bradley on July 15 and 16. At a Valley Drive Union Hall meeting they opposed admission fees to Little Beaver Park and voted to request the Raleigh County Court to discontinue the fee. Plans for a June 15 dinner and charter presentation were discussed, with the venue to be announced.
A 1955 Interior Department survey finds 8 percent of fishermen and 3 percent of hunters are 65 years or older, indicating an aging cohort in these professions and activities.
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