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Newspaper
Raleigh Register
Location
Beckley, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jun 09, 1961
Page
11
Raleigh County Horseman's Association plans an all day barn raising at Bradley Show Grounds starting 8 a.m. Saturday to erect 24-stall stables for a July 15-16 horse show. About 75 members and friends will participate. women will provide refreshments. participants should bring hammers and ambition.
George Washington started as a surveyor in 1748 in Winchester Virginia. The note mentions his early profession and location.
Five daughters of Mrs. Jamile Farris receive her jewelry per a May 17 probate in Raleigh County. The will, dated Oct 4 1944, names Gus Farris as executor with a $20,000 bond. A portion directs cashing of personal property for funeral costs and $500 to each of grandsons David and Donald Farris on ages 21 and 22. The estate provisions split real estate among the husband, trustees, and nine children with specific lifetime or descendant interests and a corner property exception for 20 years.
A modern horoscope cautions restraint and steady work while advising constructive action. The text recalls a June 10 1945 ceremony where Marshal Zhukov awarded General Eisenhower the Order of Victory, one of Russia?s highest military decorations.
The article speculates on long term human evolution noting larger brains higher intelligence smaller jaws fewer teeth and longer life expectancy over immense geological timescales. It discusses gradual genetic and environmental influences shaping future humanity.
Daily sign by sign guidance notes risks and actions for Aries through Pisces. Emphasizes handling criticism, staying prudent, pursuing careful progress, and managing emotions with a 1961 Field Enterprises, Inc. attribution.
Over 300 tickets for couples have been sold for the annual Policeman's Ball scheduled for 9 p.m. Saturday in the Beckley Hotel Ballroom. Patrolman Steve Peelish, a member of the arrangements committee, says proceeds will benefit the Fraternal Order of Police Black Diamond Lodge 81 for projects like last year's safety patrol hats for city schools. Paul Wills and His Orchestra of Charleston will provide music for the informal dance.
Carolyn Sue Pack Callopi daughter of Mr and Mrs Leeburn Pack of 117 Miller St will graduate among National Business College Roanoke Va 100 candidates at the 75th commencement Saturday The graduates assemble at 8 pm in Kazim Temple ballroom to hear Dr Ken August Bunner of the United States Office of Education A schooner gets its name from the boys game to schoon or to skip a flat pebble across a river or lake.
In a Q and A from Newspaper Enterprise Assn a California study suggests limited link between adoption and subsequent pregnancy. Among 78 wives with no prior pregnancies only four conceived within two years, eight more later but not attributed to adoption. The doctor frames adoption as a boon, not a guaranteed path to pregnancy.
Notices detail a June 17 1961 members meeting of the Southern West Virginia Independent Coal Operators Association at 111 Main Street Beckley led by President Lewis Meadows, plus a June 20 1961 public hearing in City Hall Beckley on 407 Sylvia Street for Willard and Verna Hoskins with planning commission secretary Walter Humphrey overseeing. Florists ad follows.
Joyce Perdue, granddaughter of Mr. and Mrs. Lawson Perdue of Sophia, receives a scholarship for Columbus Art and Design College. A former Rhodell resident, she is the daughter of Virgil Perdue and Mildred Grady, a North High School standout in art, home management, and sports.
The Rev James Burnette of Carbondale with church junior and senior choruses will present a program at AME Church McAlpin at 3 p m Sunday according to pastor Rev Abner Wright.
Mrs. Mary Emma Pritchard age 79 formerly of Princewick died at 5 a.m. Monday in Detroit Michigan Funeral services will be held at 2 p.m. Friday June 9 at Webb and Neal Funeral Home Chapel 471 Vance Drive with Rev. Johnson Meador of Charleston officiating Burial will follow at Sunset Memorial Park Body remains at the funeral home until service Active pallbearers are Charlie Hambric Forest Calvert Cecil Travis Alvie Dodd Ed Edmonds and W E Southern Arrangements by Webb and Neal Funeral Home
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