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Newspaper
Raleigh Register
Location
Beckley, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jun 14, 1961
Page
10
The passage recalls King John sealing Magna Carta at Runnymede on June 15 1215 hailed as the cornerstone of American liberty. It adds a future device using evaporation to make ice from sunshine and possible tropical air conditioning. It then lists a set of contemporary star sign advice.
Dr. Harold Thomas Hyman urges shifting retirement from passive decline to reinCarnation through purposeful activity. He names bird watching gardening chess travel and volunteering as paths to fulfillment, weight in life and community help. He advises seeking purpose rather than rejuvenation gimmicks and offers a Henry leaf let for 10 cents.
The Mission Circle of St John’s Holiness Church on Westmoreland Street invites the public to a guest night program tonight at 7 30 o clock. Circle president Mrs Maggie Richmond and pastor Elder W M Neal urge attendance.
Delbert Lee Jackson of 103 Mills Street died Sunday morning June 11 en route to a local hospital. Funeral set for 12:30 p.m. Thursday June 15 at First Baptist Church West Wickham with Rev. Walter Harris officiating. Burial Greenwood Memorial Park. Survived by wife Dorothy Spradley Jackson a son Delbert Lee Jr mother Courtnne Jackson West Wickham brother Ernest L. West Wickham three sisters Mrs. George Hairston Beckley Mrs. William Merchant Beckley and Mrs. James Dews Eatonville Ohio and 4 nieces and nephews. Wright and Anderson Funeral Home.
Newport Ohio resident Virginia Mae Mason received $4000 in a Raleigh County Circuit Court verdict against Gerald Paul Miller of Pineknob. Mason sought $50,000 for injuries from an April 26 1958 crash on Route 2 north of Parkersburg. She suffered facial injuries and scarring. Miller claimed mud caused a sudden emergency and crossing the center line. She was represented by James M. Powell and James C. Powell of Parkersburg.
After weather delays, emergency garden seed program plant kits arrived and were distributed. County Agent H. B. Thomas reports 1 221 kits went out as planned and 18 extra kits were placed by Saturday. A Friday truck delay shifted a 10 am arrival to 1 30 pm at the Farmers Market, testing crowd patience as Market Manager Porter Lewis and Thomas spoke on the program and gardening topics.
County Sanitarian Beverly Hume warns that public cooperation is essential to sanitary landfills. The Raleigh County Court orders a temporary Bradley Landfill shutdown until a solution is found. Logs and debris block access while a new trench is dug or the old one cleaned. A Bradley Lions Club spokesman links issues to improper dumping of logs stumps and refuse.
Six Beckleyans from the Beckley Presbyterian Church are at Davis and Elkins College this week for a Synodical Training School. The group includes Mrs. C. E. Bepler, Mrs. B. L. Clay, Mrs. W. L. Cole, Mrs. E. W. Elliott, Mrs. L. C. Fates, and Mrs. J. W. Witherspoon.
Public notice from Raleigh County West Virginia announces the County Court will convene July 1961 at 10:30 AM in Beckley to review and equalize 1961 assessments. Judge and Clerk C. O. Smith Jr. state the session will last no more than 25 days with adjournments not exceeding three days.
Rural Equipment listing shows items for sale including a 24 cu ft chest freezer at 150 dollars, Majestic coal range 25, Gibson guitar and amp 50, five piece dinette 25, Underwood typewriter 20, and a 14 ft boat with motor and trailer. Finance option noted for a 1958 Cub tractor with attachments at 1495, contact Matthew Graham Beck ley, and several other tools and gifts advertised with contact numbers CL and CV exchanges.
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