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Newspaper
Raleigh Register
Location
Beckley, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jun 18, 1963
Page
6
Members of West Virginia Historical Drama Association meet at Cliffside Amphitheatre Grandview State Park for dress rehearsals of Honey In The Rock. A business session is set at 7 p.m. and members are invited to stay for further rehearsals.
Statehood Day Thursday will mean a holiday for county and state agencies and two Beckley banks, with a half day at Beckley College. Most federal offices stay open, except Board of Education and courthouse offices. Some banks and liquor stores close. College will dismiss at noon. night classes normal. Stores remain open until 7 p.m. Saturday for the Centennial Parade.
Forty one members of Boy Scout Troop 219 sponsored by Crab Orchard Baptist Church finish a week at Glen Daniel Youth Camp. Scoutmaster is Jack Lawton.
The record notes weaving existed about 5,000 to 6,000 years before Christ, highlighting early humanity's textile skill and cultural development across ancient eras.
The Regular Baptist Church began its Vacation Bible School on Monday with 85 children registered. Rev. John Atkinson leads the program assisted by Rev. Everett R. Shafer. Classes run two weeks, Monday to Friday, 9 to 11:30 a.m. A graduation service is planned for the evening of June 30.
Ronnie Lee Smith Christopher Frederick Barone and Ronald Wayne Van Aaaken waived extradition before Raleigh County Criminal Court Judge Harry L. McCreery and remain in Raleigh County Jail awaiting transfer to California authorities on burglary charges.
Visiting Mrs Sarah G Braxton on Broadway Street last weekend were her great grandson David Evans of Charleston Elder Willie Coleman of Cleveland Ohio and Jacob Scott of Lanark.
A Sprague warehouse spokesman reported nine new applications approved during the June commodity sign-up, down from 16 accepted in May.
Cabinet officials are appointed by the president while the postmaster general serves only during the president’s term and one month. The distinction highlights different tenure rules for these federal positions.
Mrs Bair of Beckley wore a 1920s flapper outfit to the Charleston Spring Meet where her ensemble captured first prize. Attendees included Beckley, Crab Orchard, Glen Daniel, Mabscott, Beaver, Princeton, Huntington, and Charleston residents and their families. Several Grandview Chapter members planned antique car entries for the Raleigh County Centennial Parade on June 22.
Seventeen men enlisted in the U S Air Force and departed for Lackland AFB Texas for basic training. Names include Paul Dennis Driscoll of Bluefield David Lee Meadows of St Albans George Ronald Reece of Clintwood VA Robert Carroll McCaskill of Charleston Jack Martin Killen of Clintwood Virginia Gary Wayne McBride of Princeton Edgar Jackson Clark of Princeton Jack Paul Allen Jr of Roderville Ernest Michael Mullins of Bluefield Donald R Walters of Princeton Joseph David Cline of Gary Thomas Lee Tysor of Charleston Teddy N Jackson of Honaker John Howard Haynes of Gary Johnny Jackson Wagner of Bluefield Richard Alan Pack of Rodderfield and Phillip D McCormick of Gary.
Beckley retail stores will stay open until 7 p.m. Saturday following the Centennial parade. The decision was approved at the June meeting of the Mercantile Division of the Beckley Raleigh County Chamber of Commerce conducted by Division Coordinator J. W. Kern.
Medical explainer on phenylketonuria PKU describes its hereditary basis and metabolic defect. It outlines early detection by blood or urine tests, strict phenylalanine free diets for infants, and the goal of normal mental development if started before age five or six.
Pastor Louise Dunlap returns from Niagara Falls to lead Rose of Sharon Holiness Church on Green Street. Installation date will be announced later.
The report estimates national weed losses at about four billion dollars each year across agriculture and related sectors, highlighting economic impact and potential recovery strategies.
Pfc Larry C Vaught from the Army Recruiting Station demonstrates a display of opportunities for registered nurses entering the Army Nurses Corps Several Army hospitals are listed including Fort Huachuca Martin Fort Benning Watson Fort Dix Ireland Fort Knox DeWitt Belvoir Madigan Leterman Fitzsimmons Beaumont and Tripler Hospitals The exhibit is in the window of G C Murphy Co.
In Louisville Kentucky 125 union members from the Rolland and Adamston plants of Fource Glass Co and the Window Glass Cutters League of America reached a new work contract to replace the expired pact. The company also operates a plant in Arkansas. Workmen picketed the two local plants over the weekend to back new contract demands. Terms of the agreement were not disclosed immediately.
Fletcher David Hayes Parker 15 of Beckley had appeal denied after a jury convicted him of attempted rape in Moundsville State Penitentiary. The West Virginia Supreme Court noted the defendant was tried as an adult for a capital charge before turning 16. Parker’s counsel is Clay S. Crouse.
Mrs. Bernice Tyree a Stratton High home economics teacher returned Friday from a leadership training conference at Cedar Lakes sponsored by the Future Homemakers of America. She was joined by Stratton High students Jeri Simon Charlene Anderson and Ginger Williams with Jeri serving as state FHA reporter and Deborah Hart as president Deborah Short as secretary and Karen King as historian who led the conference. The theme was For a Better Tomorrow Future Homemakers Today.
Gov W W Barron will address a 1 30 p m luncheon at West Virginia State College Institute on Friday. The event sponsored by the West Virginia Emancipation Proclamation Committee will focus on Equal Employment Opportunity with Rev David L Smith and Rev George Fagan among attendees from local churches.
Dwight Billings of the Social Security Administration urges high school seniors and students seeking summer jobs to apply for Social Security cards early. Cards are obtainable at the Beckley district office and local post offices. He notes coverage applies to most summer work and advises keeping earnings statements every three years.
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