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Newspaper
Raleigh Register
Location
Beckley, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Mar 15, 1960
Page
12
Jim Wheeler portrays Dr. Gerald Lyman and Sandra McKenzie is Elma in a roadside restaurant scene. Cherie played by Mrs Susie Otey Harrah is consoled after a fight as a severe storm traps bus passengers seeking shelter. Show runs 8 p.m. Friday and Saturday.
Two Beckley newspapers carrier boys, brothers Mike and Jackie McCullough, found a billfold with $25 on Ewart Avenue and returned it to owner Louis Blevins of Tams. Blevins rewarded them with $5 for their honesty.
A cheetah known as the hunting leopard of India can reach speeds up to 70 mph. It will race with people or other animals but refuses to race against high speed automobiles.
The East Beckley Elementary School Parent-Teacher Association meeting and talent show scheduled for last week will be rescheduled. PTA officials announced a new date soon, urging participation from students parents and staff.
Three representatives from the Beckley Department of Employment Security will attend an area meeting in Charleston today. Mrs. Sarah Elder, manager. Mrs. Ruth Parsons, senior interviewer. and Mrs. Wilma Bennett, junior interviewer, will discuss Interstate Claims Procedures.
Mrs. Joseph Themen, program chairman, said the event took place on March 31 at the school. The report notes details of activities and participants connected to the school program.
A two day joint meeting of the Winding Gulf Baptist Ministers and Deacons Union and Collins Temple Baptist Church will be held at Collins Temple. The event runs Wednesday and Thursday with sermons music roundtable discussions and a youth program led by Rev. William Freeman Jr and other ministers.
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Woodrow Wilson High School Orchestra members bound for the West Virginia All State Orchestra after selection for March 20-31 events at Fairmont. Fourteen girls named to first and second violins, viola, cello, bass, clarinet, and alternates. Guest conductor leads two rehearsals before a Friday concert April 1.
Beckley attorney David D. Ashworth was elected president of the State Bar Association Board of Law Examiners succeeding Berkeley Minor Jr. of Charleston who resigned last September and died December 1. C Lee Spillers of Wheeling was elected vice president, with Charles C Wise Jr. of Charleston appointed to fill the vacancy. Other board members include Fred L. Davis of Parkersburg and Morgan V. Martin of Martinsburg. Two Woodrow Wilson High School groups scored 10 points higher than last year in a nationwide math competition by the Association of American and the Society of Actuaries. A nine member group and 19 participants from 69 state high schools took part. awards are due at year end.
Mrs. K. J. Klaus of 101 Wilson Street was struck by a large icicle during the unusual weather. The incident underscores hazards from freezing conditions and falling ice in urban areas.
The Department of Employment Security invites applications for competitive merit examinations in April. Thirty positions across five categories will be filled with salaries from 220 to 787 dollars monthly. Examinations establish lists of qualified applicants for agencies under the merit system. One application covers all positions.
If you want luxury and sport in a small package there is only one choice the Ambassador V-8 by Rambler. It is 9 inches longer than the Rambler 6 and up to 2 feet shorter than competing models offering high performance in a compact body.
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