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Newspaper
Raleigh Register
Location
Beckley, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Mar 03, 1961
Page
11
Advice for selling a home from Kay Sherwood. Emphasizes realistic pricing, preparing the house for showing, cosmetic fixes, and creating the perception of ample storage. Encourages highlighting positive local features and minimizing negatives to attract buyers.
Rebel Rec adult and youth councils meet in Mullens with Mrs. Carl Compton presiding. A record hop rescheduled for March 25 will feature two Welch disc jockeys delayed by high water. March schedule for senior nights March 4 10 11 18 24 25 30 and junior openings March 3 and 17 include a beatnik party March 17. Next meeting March 27. chaperones provided by First Methodist Church.
Miss Ruby Lee Farley, employed in Washington, D C, visits Ravencliff with her parents for two weeks. Ronnie Lilly, WVU student, weekend with Cameron Lilly family. McGraws travel to St Albans to see Kenneth McGraw family. Mae Dixon visits Len Priddy in Winston Salem. Henry Childers and Porter Buck visit Lon Stewart family. Gail Stewart leaves for Alabama after 15 day leave. Mrs Jesse Trump attends funeral of uncle C H Brown in Oak Hill.
Mount Hope High School choral class will send seven altos five sopranos four second sopranos all tenors and basses to the County Chorus Festival at Fayette Memorial Auditorium Fayetteville April 21 22 selections based on voice quality effort and musicianship will be made in early April with practice continuing before the festival The festival concert is scheduled for April 22 at 8 p m and will feature guest conductors a choral reading clinic will accompany the performances
A healthful bulletin urges readers to rest if not feeling well and postpone chores. It encourages optimism about the future and avoiding health risks. The note adds that in 1960 the United States became more export minded, with exports totaling 19.5 billion dollars, up from 16.3 billion in 1959.
Aries warns to guard against risks while Taurus should take the lead with plans likely succeeding. Gemini urges selflessness for peace of mind, Cancer recalls past guidance with elders, Leo receives mixed short entries, Libra notes project completion, Scorpio favors choosing work over personal duties, Sagittarius calls for facing consequences, Capricorn slows to enjoy life, Aquarius mentions friends offering support, Pisces advises balancing social and work activities.
The Almanac notes today as Friday March 3 1961 the 62nd day of the year with 303 remaining and lists historical milestones including Supreme Court changes Florida statehood Bell birth interior department and Civil Service Commission acts Star Spangled Banner designated as national anthem and a thought for today by Joseph Conrad about straying onto the wrong road.
Pineville residents hosted family and friends over the weekend. Mr. and Mrs. Robert Stone of Orlando visited relatives. Mrs. William McNemar and daughter Sarah of Holden spent time with Mr. and Mrs. Ray C. Taliaferro and daughters. Ike Belcher hosted his son, daughter-in-law Robert Belcher and their son from St. Albans, plus son-in-law and daughter Oley Grose and daughter Robin from Orlando. Mrs. Icle Griffith and Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Richard Griffith and children of Charleston visitedSun-
Three circles of the First Methodist Church in Pineville held their regular meeting Tuesday. The Brooke Cooke Circle met at Mrs. Sam Lambert’s home with topics on The Lord's Prayer and a Roger Wagner Chorale recording. The Luna Worrell Circle met at Mrs. O. E. Wilks’s home with program on The Christians Glorious. The Susanna Wesley circle met at Mrs. John S. Lambert’s home with The Lord's Prayer as the topic.
A Swedish group from Stockholm will visit Concord College in Athens on Monday to observe American business education. They will meet President Marsh and other administrators, attend classes in accounting finance and marketing, tour the campus, dine in the dining hall, and be guided by Concord College business students assisted by Dean Wooddell. The visit is arranged with Mrs. C. C. Carter of The Bluefield International Student Service.
Mrs. Luigi Cinotti and their daughter Angelina Yates join Mrs. Angelo Yates in Kilsyth for a weekend visit from Detroit. The gathering highlights family ties and travel between the two cities.
Mrs Elma Hayhurst and son Donald from Welch joined Mr and Mrs W F Rose at East Pineville. Marcia Nutter of St Albans and her parents Mr and Mrs Charles Shields visited. Mrs Nutter stayed on to be with her mother recently returned from Stevens Clinic Hospital in Welch.
Admittances and discharges reported at Wyoming General Hospital Mullens over five days. Names include Robert Davis Shady Springs Mrs Elda Morgan Ami go Kenneth Meadows Stephen son Mrs Ada O Neal Bud Mrs Davie Bentley Pineville Roscoe Stewart Jesse Mrs Pearl Rose Hunter Herndon Mrs Grace Mullins Bud. Discharged list includes Jackson McDaniel Boyd Belcher Mrs Connie Pizzino Mrs Kathleen Collins Mrs Dorothy Vandall Mrs Ollie Halsey Mrs Lara Brown. Subsequent entries list more patients and discharges through Feb 27 with many Mullens and Ravencliff residents.
Bill Nunley, resident of Oak Hill, has been appointed secretary of the Oak Hill Smyrna, Georgia, store. Nunley is employed at the National Finance Co. office.
Fayetteville reports Acting Secretary S J Crouse announced the annual Fayette County Fair and Farm Exhibit will be held at the Four-H Camp at Beckwith in August, noting last year’s event occurred successfully at Beckwith after years at Oak. Separately, a public notice from the State Road Commission of West Virginia invites sealed proposals by March 21 1961 for asphalt wearing course work on State Route 3 in Glenfel l Arnett and Surveyor Eccles Road segments in Raleigh County with specific bid guarantees.
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