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Newspaper
Raleigh Register
Location
Beckley, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Mar 03, 1959
Page
11
Clar ence Wooten Raleigh County 4 H Agent received a new 49 star American flag from Mrs. Gene Keatley of Keatley's Inc for display at the County 4 H Camp. A flag dedication is set for July 1 during National 4 H Week. The flag replaces the original donated July 4, 1955, and cannot be legally flown until July 4.
John J Flanagan Frank Patton and Nancy Boyd all of Beckley form a committee to plan a covered dish dinner for the Raleigh County Agriculture Workers Council at its next regular meeting. The April 6 event will be at Shady Spring High School with about 55 to 60 attendees. Dues of 1 per member per year were approved. The council will meet in the Memorial Building unless otherwise invited. A selection committee for a Conservation Camp student was named including Harry Headley Charles T Shackelford and O C Hutchison all of Beckley. The ham bacon and egg show is set for March 21 co sponsored by Rural Development Council and RCAWC at the Beckley Hotel.
Joseph Baily presents a fast paced novel from Atlantic Little Brown about George Jason a speed obsessed racer. He faces a highway death linked mystery surrounding his wife Marva and a jailed past while deciding whether to aid a dangerous racing crowd or quit and risk losing a friend to reckless drives. The narrative relies on dialogue over polish.
New York reporting that the World Council of Churches designated Refugee Year aligning with UN aims to clone the campus by 1900. Dr Edgar H. Chandler head of the Councils Service to Refugees says an end to Europe s refugee problem may be possible for the first time in history. Council has resettled about 200 000 refugees but officials warn it will take more than a year even with intensified effort.
Firemen in Farmington New Mexico seized 50 pounds of dynamite from a dirt contractor home after children playing in the yard found loaded boxes and used the sticks as toys. Fire Chief said the dynamite was boxed and discovered by curious youngsters.
Norman Southern of Beckley pleaded guilty to operating a motor vehicle for hire without a permit and driving without a chauffeur license. He was fined 10 dollars plus costs on each charge after arrest by a Motor Carrier Division field inspector. Muriel Dowdy, 31, Beckley, faced a charge of driving with expired Utah registration and was ordered to appear in Beckley Police Court. Edward Pittman of Beckley was moved from jail to Lewisburg while held on a parole violation.
Dent of Beckley on Barwood Street pleaded guilty to allowing a juvenile to play a pinball machine and was fined 35 dollars plus costs by Beckley Police Judge Edward P. Stansbury. additional local cases include Ralph Freeland fined 50 for reckless driving, bond forfeitures for speeding and expired registration, and a drunk charge bond of 18.
Plainview Texas AP reports Wayland Baptist College disclosed a gift from an elderly Tulsa couple Mr and Mrs SS F Flores. The donation covers 27 sections of West Texas farmland valued at over two million dollars.
Nashville AP reports that contributions to the Southern Baptist Convention and its 22 agencies reached a record $24,408,919 in 1968, up $1,969,600 or 48.58 percent from the previous year, according to Treasurer Porter Routh.
The Chicago Motor Club notes careless passing near hill crests causes highway accidents as drivers cannot see beyond curves. It urges patience over risky lane changes and shows an impatient driver about to pay for his cautionless act.
Members of the Intermediate Sunday School Class at Freewill Baptist Church Glen Daniel are awarded for offering and attendance. Recipients shown include Dwight Win Attendance Banner Farl Daniel, Jimmy Daniel, David Saulsby, Larry Lemon, Johnny Allen, Eddie Saulsby, Andy Holland, George Barrett Jr., Jerry Smith, Larry Allen, Marty Allen, Johnny Smith. Other members listed include Marshall Christian Jr., Billie Cole, Bobby Cole, David Cole, Buddy Cole, Jimmy Ratliff, Chucky Morgan, Gary Lambert, Arnold Hill, Danny Morgan, Larry Ratliff. class teacher Sharkey Byrd.
Raleigh County officials met with Attorney General W. W. Darron and aides in Charleston to discuss a combined National Guard armory and fieldhouse. They discussed guaranteeing 30 years of debt service, anticipated rentals, and potential sites at Skelton Airport or Sprague carnival grounds, with optimism for agreement.
A Beckley Hotel interview session for 20 Washington DC guard openings was canceled. Chauncey James of the hiring agency said hundreds applied at Monday’s session and no additional interviews will be held.
Lucas Loucopoulous of Bartlesville Oklahoma ran into Peter Paptis, owner of a Nogales restaurant, while en route to California. The two Greeks, former Memphis cafe workers, had not seen each other in 42 years and shared a joyful reunion.
Three Beckley groups contribute to the library expansion totaling 700 dollars. The Beckley Lions Club contributes 300 dollars while the Junior Department of the Woman's Club of Beckley gives 300 dollars and the Beckley Area Ministerial Association 100 dollars.
St Stephen s Episcopal Church holds second lenten house church meeting tonight at 8 with parish homes listed across Harper Road Oakwood Avenue Springdale Avenue and nearby streets. Led by G T Puckett W F Watts Clement Schulte L O Helton Clement Schulte and others. Rev O Worth May says the aim is to help members get acquainted followed by prayer discussion and a social hour.
The stone and metal gates built at the University of Manitoba in 1912 have been removed for being too narrow for contemporary vehicles. University president Dr H Saunderson noted only a single car can pass through at a time.
A compact list highlights iconic works by Pasternak Nabokov Den nis Marquand Uris. Includes Doctor Zhivago Lolita Around the World With Auntie Mame Women and Thomas Harrow Exodus. A brief anthology nod to literary classics and authorial impact.
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