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Newspaper
Raleigh Register
Location
Beckley, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Mar 22, 1954
Page
5
Beckley Junior High pupils will attend Cherry Blossom Time in Washington. The group departs April 9 by Chesapeake and Ohio Railway, with 19 signed and about 40 expected. Teachers and chaperones accompany the students, who tour the city by bus and return Sunday morning.
Ebenezer Baptist Church teams conduct canvassing led by Rev. Corey O Mitchell to fund the sanctuary completion. The drive ends at 6 30 p m Thursday with a dinner for church members.
The Raleigh County Board of Education weighs the number and type of awards to present at year end. Officials request principals submit acquisition sheets detailing approximate counts of West Virginia club certificates reading circle awards pupil reading circle certificates and attendance certificates.
Cattle 1200 with holdovers 200. Early sales good and choice slaughter steers 21.00 to 23.50. Odd lots and various grades, cows and bulls priced from 7.00 to 17.50. Calves and stockers 11.00 to 22.00. Hogs 1900 with weights and prices ranging from 18.50 to 28.00 per 100 pounds. Sheep 25 with a small lot of 85 lb lambs at 27.00 the top.
H. C. Sheets, chair of the Retail Wholesale Department, announced that Richard H. Booth will head the Retail Committee and E. G. Larrick will chair the Wholesale Committee. O. L. Johnston, chamber managing director, confirmed the appointments this morning. The special events committee chair, William T. Blakely, was announced recently, giving all working committees under the department chairmen.
The Central Elementary School PTA will meet at 7 30 p m today in Beckley Junior High Auditorium. The program will introduce 35 junior safety patrol members including Captains Sally Summers Alma Payne Cameron Lewis and Dickie Ashworth and Lieutenants Mary G Wilson Ricky Miller Randy Long Dennis Blair Stephen Bair and Don Foose. Police Chief Evan Hall and Earl C Carter will discuss the May 7 Washington trip for patrol members and explain the patrols relationship with the school.
Funeral services for Lyla May Posey 71 of Eccles will be at 2 p.m. Tuesday at Caffee Funeral Home Chapel. Burial in Sunset Memorial Park follows her death Sunday at Huntington hospital after a long illness. Born July 27 1882 in East Bank she was the daughter of Charles William Elkins and Caroline Elizabeth Ramsey Elkins. She was widow of Thomas J. Posey. Survived by mother of Parkersburg daughter Ruby King Waverly Ohio sister Pearl Wells Parkersburg brother W H Elkins Waverly Ohio and three grandchildren two great grandchildren. Rev B C Jennings will officiate.
District Governor Dalton Hensley will attend the Beckley Rotary Club meeting at 7 30 p m today at the Beckley Hotel The planning committees expect to complete the program for the District 274 Rotary conference to be held at White Sulphur Springs next week Beckley and Oak Hill Rotary Clubs will host the convention which opens next Sunday evening and closes Tuesday Joe Fazio is general chairman for the conference.
Mrs. R. H. Allen, women's editor for Beckley Newspapers and WV Press Women's Association president, will speak at the Raleigh Wyoming Scholastic Press Association meeting at Stoco High School at 7:30 p.m. on Journalism as a Career. High school staff from Mullens to Stoco, including hosts Miss Angeline Amato and Principal Sherman Trail, attend in Stoco's auditorium.
Shelly confronts Everett Carr about delaying firing Dr. Talboy while townsfolk feud over alleged drinking after a street crash. Shelly visits Talboy in hospital, urging truth and defense amid gossip. Craig warns against public battle but accepts Liz Myra’s blunt view before a continuation.
The 22 mines of the Winding Gulf Operators Association produced 84,748 tons of coal in the week ending March 20, with operations active 45 percent of the time. In the previous week, Pocahontas field mines yielded 397,585 tons. Cumulative figures since January 1 show Winding Gulf at 1,110,859 tons and Pocahontas at 4,502,734 tons.
State Police investigate a Mabscott burglary reported after a Sunday entry. Mrs Stells Wilson returned home in the afternoon and found the house entered but could not confirm what items were missing.
Noel Copen announces the appointment of Thomas Milton Crews of Beckley as a sophomore senator at Marshall College Huntington. Crews, son of Mr. and Mrs. T. M. Crews of 1105 S. Kanawha Street, graduates Woodrow Wilson High School in 1952.
A city park development committee is to be organized at a meeting tonight in the Raleigh County Courthouse Criminal Courtroom. Beckley City Council members, the Beckley Recreation Board, and local civic groups will discuss guiding the 28 acre park bought last year in north Beckley.
Work began today as seven workers and a foreman from Beckley Street Department install a 48 inch storm sewer on Sisson Street. The pipe will drain the municipal parking lot and the main business district.
Raleigh County Red Cross drive reaches $5,070.63 toward a yearly goal of $21,442, as executive secretary Mrs. T. C. Moorefield announces today contributions surpassed five thousand dollars.
A certificate of incorporation was filed with Raleigh County Clerk for Beckley Dental Laboratory Inc at 213 1 2 Prince Street. Incorporators are William B. Hume Helen M. Hume Fred O Vogelsong and Mabel B Vogelsong all of Beckley.
Lt. Col. Wilbur H. Sheard, area supervisor for the Second Army Recruiting District, heads for overseas duty in Europe and will be replaced April 1 by Major Quinton J. Walker who will assume the post. Sheard expects to report to Camp Kilmer, New Jersey, around May 1 for departure to the new station.
Seven members of the Mabscott family were hospitalized after a collision on Rt. 219 between Glen Lyn and Hale's Gap. Nobly, Dillon Whitt and his relatives were en route to a relative’s home when the crash occurred. State Police investigated as Marvin Fielder of Narrows and an unidentified passenger in Fielder’s car sustained injuries. Shelia Whitt, 7, possibly concussed. others with bruises and lacerations in satisfactory condition.
At least one Beckleyan plans to attend the Spring Conference of Republican Women in Washington D C April 6 8 Mrs Delmas Elkins a member of the State Republican Executive Committee would present a bust of President Eisenhower if her reservation is confirmed She made the busts in her spare time taking nearly two months Dr Mavis Mann former West Virginia Republican Executive Committee associate chair is also we ll known to attend while in D C on a political science fellowship Reservations are being arranged with Mrs W Fred Kisner Fairmont
Joe Kobor 64 of Killarney died this morning on his birthday at 5 10 a m at his home after a long illness. He worked for Lillybrook Coal Co in Killarney. Survived by wife Lorena O Dell Kobor at home. Body at Keyser Funeral Home pending arrangements. Dr Robert Davis president elect of the West Virginia Dental Society will address the New River Dental Society at 6 p m dinner in Mount Hope Lions Club. Dr Francis L Edwards of Beckley is president.
Advertises Sal Hepatica as a fast acting remedy for constipation. Claims relief within an hour after morning use or by bedtime with evening use. Promotes stomach soothing effect and recommends keeping it in the medicine chest for ready access.
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