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Newspaper
Raleigh Register
Location
Beckley, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Mar 01, 1962
Page
5
Land O Hills Kiwanis Club members saw color slides of Mexico by Ed Armstrong of Beckley who spoke as lieutenant governor of the West Virginia Kiwanis Club. Eight club members attended an interclub meeting with Meadow Bridge Kiwanis Club: Woody Zinker, Bill Maynard, John Shumate, Walter James, Shelby Stump, James Lilly, Bill Jamison, and Armstrong.
More than 116 artists from 25 states and one Canadian entry show interest in the Contemporary Christian Art Festival at West Virginia Wesleyan College. The event runs April 26 to 28 in the L. L. Lear and Family Memorial Building with a April 1 deadline and artwork due by April 15. Keester notes early submissions, aims to foster contemporary religious expression, and the festival is funded by a Methodist Church education grant.
West Virginia State Police are now driving marked vehicles with 61 new 1962 model cars placed at detachments across the state. The blue and gold cars feature a flashing top beacon and the words State Police in luminous letters on the front.
The Raleigh County Chapter of the Morris Harvey Alumni Association conducts a second Phone-A-Rama on Tuesday to raise funds for scholarships and college needs. In the first round-up, 64 pledges were obtained from 87 alumni contacts, with 150 county members to be contacted next week, announced president Ken Jennings.
Armco representative Harold Scott showed a film titled Selling America to Raleigh County Secondary Principals Association. About 18 principals discussed marble dust for football field lining, replacing lime, with a 40 ton Georgia order to arrive soon and storage space arranged under the Raleigh County Board of Education. Each car door features a West Virginia State Seal.
George J. Titler and James Leeber Jr of District 29 UMW explained 1962 West Virginia mining law amendments at Beckley Holmes Safety Association meeting. January data show eight accidents with no fatalities. Next council meeting set for March 26, 1962.
Cub Scout Pack 7 of Beckley presented achievement awards to 38 boys during ceremonies in the Raleigh Coca-Cola Bottling Co social room. About 75 people attended the Friday session, including parents and guests, with the meeting themed Presidents. Skits were enacted with Cubs in costume. Den Two led the event.
William G. Cole of Sandstone and Roger Lee Ward of Phelps Kentucky enlisted in the Army at Beckley Main Recruiting Station on Friday. Cole will go to automotive maintenance while Ward heads to radio and carrier repair. They were sent to reception at Fort Jackson South Carolina where mothers of Den Two Cubs received recognition pins from their sons.
Twenty students and 20 Civil Defense class graduates convened at the Raleigh County Courthouse Tuesday night. Led by first aid instructor Lewis Jones, the group includes Gertrude C. Riffe James V. Fragale Mable Slaughter Albert Hart Mrs Grace Harrell and 17 others from Beckley Daniels Beaver Shady Spring and surrounding areas.
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