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Newspaper
Raleigh Register
Location
Beckley, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jun 17, 1960
Page
2
An open house was held honoring the Rev. and Mrs. Brcs. WWater with guests from the Beth Baernely area. Mrs. W. B. led a Bible lesson on Christ as the unifying center of life in the church. Mrs. C. R. Harnsbarger, Women of the Church president, attended. The next meeting was announced.
Charlie J. Collins, a 1941 West Virginia Tech graduate and former football tackle under Coach Harrick, will return to campus this September as an assistant professor of industrial arts. He earned a BS in 1941 and has worked as administrator at Morris Memorial Hospital and a teacher in Putnam and Kanawha counties. He currently resides in Nitro.
Aug. 8 at the home of the chair man Mrs Canterbury. Attending were C Burgess, Mrs Corrie Graff, Miss Loretta Jones, and Miss Ir Ma Jones.
Bernard M Baruch's father Simon served as a field surgeon in the Confederate Army.
In Montgomery county a fireman from Montgomery Smithers and Boomer was dragged from the Kanawha River. The body was recovered after midnight.
Mr and Mrs Bill Meee hosted a reunion with former close friends Mr and Mrs Meee Beaver and Mr Alderman after a 90 year separation. Rev Robert Perry, pastor at Sw Beaver, helped arrange the surprise. The Whites and a visiting family learned the how of the encounter during a church visit. The Aldermans plan to visit soon.
Weekend guests in Lebanon and Beckley include Judge and Mrs A G Lively and their visitors Harvey and Mills Watts and grandchildren Sharon and Gary Meadows. Other gatherings feature the Tyree and Mowell families in Indiana Kentucky Ohio and Fort Campbell. Local hospital treatment shares focus on Nina Wingrove’s arm and several passes of relatives visiting in Oak Hill Fairdale and Sophia.
Mr Hope Mrs C E Jones and sister Mrs O G Callison of Slab Fork attended graduation exercises at the University of Cincinnati where Patsy Callison daughter of Mr and Mrs O G Callison of Slab Fork earned a B S in education and serves as executive director of the YWCA in Cincinnati. Also noted are visits from Pulas ki Virginia relatives and Chicago Illinois travelers visiting family in Beclay Florence North Carolina and Weirwood Virginia with a mention of Mr and Mrs B Williams.
Mr and Mrs Sc ents of a son born Tuesday at the Maternity Hospital Pineville. She is daughter of Mr and Mrs Wayne Clay Saulsville he is son of Mr and Mrs Henry Clay Saulsville. Sunday guests of Mr and McGraw were Mr and Mrs C J Clayborne Donna and Joyce. Their son Michael had been a for a few days of the Mrs returned home with them. Mrs eame C beb tee returned Sunday from Morgantown where they spent two weeks in the home of her son-in-law and daughter Mr and Mrs James Pettites Pettites are the parents a daughter who has been Renee eight pounds and three ounces. Charles spent the week in Mor tity and in Mrs and Kerry home Johnny Petitte returned home with them for a week's visit. Mrs Doreen Lilly Hallis summer at Fort Lewis Wash with her husband PFC Donald Hall. She will return and reenter West Va University Morgantown in the fall. LARRY LILLY who graduated from Glen Rogers High School in May and plans at a West Va to has returned from two where he as in two-day counseling gui the Umerty program for freshmen at e U children at au Mr Agee an o Mr Mrs Layman Farmer Matoaka. en ant Mies Sehany Gere and children Loraine Ohio visiting in the home of his and Save te dene edie ae turned Thursday to her home at Charleston after spending a few days in the home of her parents JAMES A Tolliver who is a patient in the W Gener Bobbie Bonnie and Drema Tolliver daughters of Mr and me Posey Tolliver are attending the Church of God Youth Camp at Cul-
Glen Rogers hosts a weekend gathering of the Sloboda family including Taraczkosy and Barrett, Kyle and sons Greg Earl and John Deal, Robert Safiger of Oak Hill, Velma Bennett of Beckley, Shelby Fitzpatrick and Charles ton, Barbara and Debra Sanger of Charleston, with Linda and Susan Woods of Spencer.
The board finalized utility tax assessments for major companies, noting merger effects and high rates on Classes III and IV properties. Appalachian Power Co led last year with 3.07 million. total 1959-60 assessments reached about 114.8 million with Class I additions. N and W and Virginian property levies are cited, while adjustments to C and O Railway and Atlantic Seaboard Corp are noted. Final 1959 figures set for Pennsylvania Railroad at 3.85 million, 1.3 million below prior year.
Washington AP reports Kentucky’s population at 3,012,051 in preliminary Census Bureau figures, up from 2,944,806 in 1950. The rise reflects continued growth across the state with gains likely spread among urban and rural areas.
The Republican State Convention will be held Aug 6 at the Charleston Municipal Auditorium. Delegates and alternates total 88, with representation by Kanawha 124, Cabell 58, Harrison 44, Ohio 38, and Wirt 3. The session begins at 10 a.m. and runs into late afternoon. Eight presidential electors will be chosen. Oman Convention speakers to be announced.
Gien Rogers Charles Durham visits his brother in law and sister Mr and Mrs Bob Sheppard in Cleveland Ohio. Mrs Fred Dowdy, summer student at Morris Harvey College Charleston, spent the weekend at home. Mr and Mrs Michael O Kane Huntington are on an extended stay with her parents Mr and Mrs Claude Robertson, and both were last term students at Marshall College. Sunday visitors included the Robertson family in Charleston and Mr and Mrs Walter Brooks Beckley.
Maria, daughter of Mr James Monroe and Mrs James Monroe, was the first were at the White House.
Pineville residents hosted relatives and friends over Sunday and weekend visits. Guests included Brenda and Connie Sands from Mr. and Mrs. James Hracke r, plus Mr. and Mrs. Neen and family. Carl Parks welcomed Mrs. Bessie Parks and Sonny and Patty Parks, with Grady Stebbins of San Antonio visiting relatives in Pineville and Marianna. Ralph Looney visited C. L. Workman in Peytona. Shielah Parks and Susie Parks joined guests from Marianna. Floyd Lucas of High Point and Kenneth Maze with Barbara Sue, Sharon, and Darlene planned a weeklong stay nearby Parkersburg.
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