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Newspaper
Raleigh Register
Location
Beckley, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jun 13, 1958
Page
3
A Spain zoo showcases an elephant that plays the harmonica, drawing visitors and highlighting unusual animal talents. The exhibit spotlights the pachyderm’s musical routine and the staff’s observations on trained behavior and enrichment practices.
Funeral services for Manuel Rodriguez 34 will be held at 2 p.m. today in the Webb and Neal Funeral Home Chapel with Rev Hambrick officiating. Rodriguez, a brakeman for the Chesapeake and Ohio Railway, was killed in a Raleigh yards accident around 10 p.m. Wednesday. Burial will be in Sunset Memorial Park. Pallbearers include E Gallagher, E V Martin, N L LiveLy, R T Epperly, J W Cook, and R C Taylor.
A health department release lists animal bites as leading disease sources for the week ending June 7. Raleigh County records show dog, rat, and squirrel bites. Fayette County reports cat and dog bites while other diseases include gonorrhea measles and syphilis with tuberculosis noted.
Dr George W. Crane discusses his Worry Clinic column, its reception, and its medical psychology approach. He notes criticism from an elderly publisher and explains how combining medicine and psychology aims to prevent juvenile delinquency and divorce, praising newspapers as an in print university.
Funeral services are planned for Hairston with rites on Saturday. The body will be moved from C. D. Trent Funeral Home to the Raleigh residence at 9 p.m. today. Burial will follow at Green Wood Memorial Park.
Funeral services for James Clarkson Prince are set for 2 p.m. at Beckley First Christian Church with Rev. A H. Wilson presiding. An additional service will follow at 3 p.m. at Oak Grove Christian Church led by Mr. Wilson and Rev. Marlin McNeil. Prince, 71, of 2145 Vance Drive, Raleigh County resident since 1921, died at 12 05 a.m. Thursday at home after an extended illness. The body will be moved from Caffee Funeral Home to the residence at 4 p.m. today with burial at Oak Grove Cemetery. The Beckley Masonic Lodge No 95 will conduct graveside services.
Raleigh County will be represented by four Beckleyans B S Palausky Jack A Mann Floyd Sayre Jr and William A Shumate at the 4th biennial convention of the West Virginia League of Young Republicans in Wheeling today and Saturday They will join state and national GOP leaders including U S Senator Thurston B Morton John D Hoblitzell Jr Chapman Revercomb Arch A Moore Jr Secretary of State Helen Holt and State School Supt R Virgil Rehrbough The convention opens with a Friday reception followed by a dinner hosted by league president Fred O Blue of Bluefield
Beckley Woman Jean Shadle Sines was ordered to appear in Beckley Police Court Monday after arrest at 5 p.m. Thursday by City Police for driving without a city operator's license. David Clewer, 23, was arrested for operating an employment agency at 206 East Prince Street without a city license and ordered to appear in court Monday night.
W G Rogers lauds Bernard Malamud’s The Magic Barrel as a collection of vivid short stories rooted in urban life. He praises character warmth and naturalness, noting standout pieces like The Lady of the Lake and The Visitation, while minor peaks exist in The Prison and other tales.
Beckley firemen put out a gasoline pump fire at the Blue Sunoco Service Station at Second Street and Third Avenue at 6 05 p m Thursday after a parked car rolled into the pump when its brakes failed. The pump toppled but the car was undamaged.
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