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Newspaper
Raleigh Register
Location
Beckley, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Mar 02, 1930
Page
6
Chief Moran notes changes to checkers increasing play area to 72 squares with 16 men per side, creating millions more possible moves. The article reflects on past checker champions in Raleigh County and recalls regional tales and local personalities amid March breezes and Beclky recollections.
The text notes a delayed project on Hinton and Beckley Princeton road with water pumping attempts failing to hold. The Shady Spring area hints the project was abandoned though that may be wrong. The writer cites an unrealized highway east of the corner and urges consideration of local factors.
Mrs. W M Thompson and others attended the Stoco-Helen basketball game Wednesday. Various residents like Jamila Walker Opal Thompson Pacis Phonicly and Mavis Bolen are listed with visits to Rhodesl Sprague Helen and nearby towns. Other social calls include Mrs George Burdiss Maxine and Rosalee Murray visiting Rhodesl and Devils Fork.
Pittsburgh March 1 workers rejected the Parmelee Transport Mission proposal to settle the drivers strike. A separate note states a man en route to Arabia faces no punishment for laying hands on a woman's skirts.
Dr Grissinger outlines a plan where Rutherford seeks affiliation with state general hospitals to place student nurses in three month tuberculosis courses at a sanitarium. He argues staffing, safety, and community health benefits, noting focus on rest diet and exercise and the sanitarium’s role in enforcing treatment rules.
Discharged patients and hospital operations are cited as lessons for protecting the public from disease. Kiwanis members heard informative remarks emphasizing early action to nip a foothold in the bud.
R C Pilkington of Calloway Heights was fined 25 dollars and 334 90 costs after pleading guilty to possession of home brew. Prohibition officers led by W H Chrisley MC Karnes and John Biggs reported 30 quarts found behind the kitchen stove and cabinet. Pilkington paid the fine and costs and was released. he was not arrested but appeared before Magistrate C V Cottle on officers orders.
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