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Newspaper
Raleigh Register
Location
Beckley, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jun 21, 1962
Page
9
Dear J E N loses feel discouraged yet coach urges focusing on self improvement. Set small goals raise skills and vocabulary. Track personal records last week’s exam marks and daily effort to gain satisfaction and happiness while acknowledging that not all win and competition helps some and hinders others.
The FDA tests four Washington area market baskets prepared for a 19 year old, then analyzes waste to calculate strontium-90 intake. Average edible portion intake is no more than 6 percent of the Federal Radiation Council's safety level, though atomic tests may shift the figure. A leaflet by Dr. Hyman is offered for 10 cents.
Freshman students entering West Virginia University this fall can join a summer counseling program to explore suitable study areas. Dean Betty Boyd explains the program guides incoming students and parents through ACT results with counseling psychologists. Sessions include aptitude and personality tests, followed by interviews with counselors and faculty. Nine two day sessions run June 5-7, 10-12, 12-14, 14-16, 18-19, 20-21, 22-23, 25-26, and 27-28, with additional counseling available for those unable to attend June sessions.
Workmen began removing vaults from the old Bank of Raleigh building at Main and Fayette Streets and will sell them to a broker. Executive vice president J. R. Carr disclosed no completion time estimate. The upstairs vault was installed in 1947 and the downstairs vault had been in place longer.
Confederate paper money deteriorated rapidly in value. In 1863 it traded at about 33 cents per dollar, and by war’s end the rate had fallen to roughly 1,200 to the dollar, reflecting severe hyperinflation and collapse of monetary trust.
About 250 surplus machine tools and related equipment with a total original cost around 3 million dollars will be sold by auction June 26 at the Naval Weapons Plant in Washington DC. Delbert Williams of the Small Business Administration notes it offers tools for upgrading production and capacity, with items including automatic screw machines turret lathes drill presses and more. Inspection runs through June 28 at the Naval Weapons Plant 8th and M Streets SE. Auction IFB 62-75 starts noon June 28 in Building 159. Parking and directions provided. further information from the Defense Surplus Sales Office Ft Holabird Baltimore.
Fourteen Raleigh County 4-H leaders plus county agent Mrs Gustine Elliott joined junior and senior leaders at the Washington Carver 4-H Camp in Clifftop for workshops in music courtesy 4-H information career guidance and crafts. Counties represented included Braxton Cabell Fayette Raleigh Mercer Pochontas Kanawha Summers Mc Dowell and Jefferson. Nine Raleigh attendees list Mary Lee Cooney Katherine Tyree Coretta Wright Llewelyn Reynolds Christine Mays Victoria Bradshaw Catherine Higgins Kenneth Morris James Thomas William Craig Rosetta Thomas Juanita Christian and Mrs Leroy Leftwich plus Mrs Elliott assisting with classes. Mrs Smith and Mrs Jones received leadership pins for 10 or more years of service.
Ernest Richards of 213 Myers Ave obtained a city permit from the Beckley recorder on Monday to remodel the basement of his home at an estimated cost of $2,000. The permit cost $10. A separate permit was issued for two signs at Kountry Korner House, 469 Vance Dr, with a $10 permit fee.
U G Nichols, 67, of Sprague retired since 1961 from the Chesapeake and Ohio Railway, keeps his mind and hands active. He turned a company house into a livable home, runs a full wood shop, completed a grandfather clock, and built a pine-paneled living space with a corridor fireplace. He tends flowers and six beehives while wife Letha works as a telegraph operator for C&O at Meadow Creek.
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