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Newspaper

Raleigh Register

Location

Beckley, West Virginia, United States of America

Date

Mar 02, 1966

Page

3

Local Underwriters To Hear State President On Friday

Samuel B Urso state president of Life Underwriters Association will speak at Beckley Life Underwriters Association Ladies Night dinner Friday at 6 30 p m at Town and Country Drive In Urso a 40 year Penn Mutual agent and member of Top Million Dollar Club life member of Million Dollar Round Table and National Quality Award honoree for 22 years also on program Beckley Modern Woodmen rep Paul Burdett to attend five day training in Rock Island Ill Catholic doctors form St Luke s Physicians Guild led by Dr Frank Isoldos president new guild aims to help physicians with medico moral issues March 7 Beckley radio WBKW to resume all full time fm stereo broadcasting after Jan 10 install Transmitter at Flat Top location

Samuel B. Urso Life Underwriters Association Beckley Life Underwriters Association Town and Country Urso Penn Mutual Insurrance Company Penn Mutual Million Dollar Round Table Clarksburg Thomas Kerrigan Saint Francis de Sales Catholic Church St. Luke’s Physicians’ Guild Frank Isoldos J. C. Campa W. F. Pomputius Campa Felow

February Temperature and Snow Totals At Raleigh

February temperature averaged 34.9 degrees at Raleigh County Memorial Airport with precipitation near normal at 3.69 inches. Snowfall reached 15.9 inches 5 6th deepest 14 inches 23rd 24th 24th.

U. S. Weather Bureau Raleigh County Memorial

Sing Convention Here At Jones Memorial Baptist Church

J L Pitzer publicity chair announces Raleigh County Singing Convention will be held March 6 at 2 p.m. at Jones Memorial Baptist Church near the 192 By-Pass. Elmer Hawley, president, invites all singers to attend.

J. L. Pitzer Raleigh County Jones Memorial Baptist Church Elmer Hawley

New School or Old By SUSAN LIGHT

A parent asks whether to move to Connecticut with two boys in sixth and eleventh grades. The columnist urges prioritizing school continuity, advising to visit high schools in a new area to find a near match in courses and culture, and to consider honors, merit, and SAT benchmarks while keeping younger son’s schooling in view.

Memorial Baptist Youth Fellowship Tours to West Virginia Screening

About 100 members and chaperones of Memorial Baptist Church Youth Fellowship chartered two buses for a premiere showing in Princeton West Virginia of The Restless Ones a Billy Graham Crusade film. Eight members were named among the bus riders and five adults were listed as staff and sponsors. The film portrays today’s life and problems and drew some eight hundred attendees for the Saturday showing.

Youth Fellowship The Memorial Baptist Church West Virginia the Restless Ones Billy Graham Crusade Princeton Tom Seckett Robert Alderson Jenny Darnell Marsha Humphrey Sharon Jessup Cathy Sanna Ray Franklin Jr Harold Griffith Princeton Ministerial Association America Ordie Shrewsberry

Morgantown Lab to Boost Appalachian Education Network

A $99,989 contract announced by the U S Office of Education will create an Appalachia Regional Education Laboratory in Morgantown West Virginia. The lab serves the Northern Appalachian region including parts of Western Pennsylvania and will be one of 10 regional headquarters linking colleges to improve elementary and secondary schools.

Washington UPI Appalachia Morgantown W. Va U. S.S. Office of Education Appalachian Pennsylvania

Medical student fails due to exceptionally neat handwriting

A medical school student failed because his handwriting was too good. The institution cited excessive legibility as a hindrance to exam grading and required revisions to demonstrate standard writing clarity.

Piedmont boards 218 despite cancellations in February

Piedmont Airlines boarded 218 passengers at Raleigh County Memorial Airport in February despite 33 cancellations. Piedmont agent Bob Harper said total boardings last month fell two short of last year’s record 220, with 100 in 1964, 71 in 1963, and 74 in 1962. He noted all cancellations were due to hazardous weather.

Piedmont Airlines Raleigh County Memorial Airport Bob Harper Piedmont Harper

Charleston Pfc Dies in Waco Auto Crash

Pfc. John Spradling 25 of Charleston West Virginia died Monday night at James Connally Air Force Base hospital from injuries after his car struck a mail truck on Interstate 35 east of Waco. He was stationed at Ft Hood in Company A 501st Battalion 1st Armored Division and was thrown from the vehicle.

Waco, Tex UPI John Spradling Charleston W. Va James Connally Air Force Base Hospital Cateer Spradling Ft. Hood Co. A 1St Armored Division Interstate 35 Waco

Tentative Zoning Rules Placed Before Beckley Commission

City Attorney E M Payne presented to Beckley s Planning and Zoning Commission a tentative report titled Zoning Ordinance urging members to study the document against prior reports. The ordinance aims to develop the city through zoning within the planning commission jurisdiction.

E. M. Payne Beckley Planning and Zoning Commission Payne City Planning Commission

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