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Newspaper
Raleigh Register
Location
Beckley, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jun 24, 1963
Page
8
A reader asks how to handle a best friend who constantly criticizes her. The adviser says personal taste differs and a friend should defend you, not spread negative gossip. If criticism lasts, consider spending more time with friends who give genuine, supportive compliments.
Two former students Frank Wiegel and Hans Schmitt 17 and 15 were arrested after targeting Dr. Ernest Burghart with a string of pranks. Fire trucks ambulances taxis and a fake obituary were used to stage the hoax prompting police to intervene and arrest the alleged instigators the same day.
Wayne Peters and John Peters are graduates of New Mexico Highlands University Las Vegas and West Virginia University Morgantown respectively. They earned BA and MA degrees this June while visiting their parents Mr and Mrs W W Peters in Cool Ridge.
Deeds on file record real estate transfers in Slab Fork Beckley Town and Shady Spring districts with prices. Biographical notes list Wayne, Shady Spring High School, lands in Epperly Winding Gulf and Iowa District, college and graduate studies, marriages, and plans to teach. Also John, SSHS, animal husbandry degree, Wisconsin study, and family updates including Wanda Cook and Tommy in the U. S. Air Force.
Clarence Jackson waived a preliminary hearing in Rhodell before Magistrate Madison Lowry and posted a $500 property bond to appear before the grand jury on charges of illegal parking and obstructing an officer. Arrested May 25, he was booked at Raleigh County Jail. his attorney says a policeman struck him from behind with a blackjack and that charges against Rhodell officers may follow after the grand jury deliberates.
About 45,000 children and 30,000 dependent parents of deceased veterans will see roughly a 10 percent boost in monthly dependency and indemnity compensation. The adjustment, enacted by the 88th Congress and signed by the President, becomes automatic with July checks mailed by August 1, 1963. No action needed by beneficiaries.
Moscow and Peking drift toward an open split as the Soviet leadership denounces a Chinese document as scurrilous while Beijing insists war with the West may be desirable. The July 5 summit is seen as a potential face-saving departure from public quarrel.
Kentucky's outdoor pageant Stars in My Crown by Kermit Hunter opens Saturday in the new amphitheater at Kentucky Lake State Park. State officials and regional guests attend. The cast includes Alben W. Barkley of Paducah Nathan Stubblefield of Murray and a Rivers figure representing the area’s rivers. Hunter also produced The Wilderness Road at Berea and Honey in the Rock which opened its third summer season in Grandview State Park near Beckley West Virginia.
Beckley Post Office began selling the West Virginia Statehood Commemorative postage stamp with 135,000 stamps on hand. Postmaster A Fray Lilly urged residents and businesses to use the stamp throughout the Centennial year to show Centennial spirit, noting that 14 would be a good way to end the year.
Circle No. 1 of Crab Orchard Baptist Church dressed in old-fashioned clothes for a Centennial circle meeting. Guest speaker Miss Bernice McCreary Beckley spoke on Migrants. An annual July picnic at New River Park was planned. The photo shows modeling members across three rows including Mrs. Ennis Deck and Ter ri McCraw.
Barboursville reports 17 year old James H. Ball charged with murder in the fatal shooting of his father William A. Ball at a drive-in restaurant. Police say the son admitted shooting five times with a .32 revolver after his father fired at his mother, then began to shoot him. Ball’s body found behind a counter. he is held at Cabell County jail awaiting a preliminary hearing Monday.
Federal Judge Charles F. Paul of Wheeling was named the third judge on the three member panel to hear Kanawha County’s legislative reapportionment suit. He replaces Judge Harry E. Watkins who died June 7. The panel also includes Southern District Judge John A. Field and 4th Circuit Judge Herbert S. Boreman. The suit seeks to force the Legislature to reapportion the House and Senate in line with state and federal constitutions.
Alfred H Harper of Beckley Route 1 will join 73 science and mathematics teachers for the sixth annual summer science institute at Randolph Macon Woman's College in Lynchburg Virginia. Sponsored by the National Science Foundation, the program runs June 26 to August 7.
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