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Newspaper
Raleigh Register
Location
Beckley, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Mar 22, 1963
Page
7
Mrs Muriel Lawrence advises a mother to stop pushing and doing her son’s homework. The adviser suggests the pressure stems from parental fear of failure and urges the mother to let the child work at his own pace and accept whatever grades come.
Members of the Woman's Missionary Society at Mount Hope Baptist Temple met with president Mrs. J. C. Gwinn. They announced the 10th annual women's conference will be held July 13-20 at Green Lakes Wisconsin. The group also voted to donate to the Valley Forge project and set a spring rally for April 25 at Oak Hill Baptist Church.
The article notes historians fear the upcoming American Revolution centennial could rival Civil War commemorations. Professors warn colonial scholarship may surge as media and scholars push for 1970s through 1989 celebrations, with anniversaries of World War I and other events sketched as context.
In Tanganyika capital Dar es Salaam grocer Hamissi Kallaghe pleads for improved secondary schools as TANU rules ban opposition. President Nyerere defends a one party system, warning two-party democracy could fuel violence and intraparty strife. Kallaghe laments local trade woes and dependence on supplying networks.
Logan WV March 25 SBA disaster loans available for Boone Lincoln Kanawha Greenbrier Logan McDowell Mingo Raleigh and Wyoming counties. Office in Aracama Hotel Building Logan open weekdays 8 30 to 5. Pledges collateral and 3 percent interest with 20 year max. Farmers and stockmen directed to Farmers Home Admin. Applications due by Sept 30 1963.
A progress report on the Centennial Ball set for June 8 was given at the Oak Hill Civic League meeting at Hotel Hill. Johnny Combs and his orchestra will provide music. committee members include Mrs. James B. Hess, Mrs. Margaret Jones, Miss Carolyn Jasper, and others.
Nineteen men appealed a $20 fine by Magistrate Jack Pizzino in Glen Fork for stream pollution. They were cited for dumping refuse into the Guyandotte River, with companies Pocahontas Fuel Co Norfolk and Western Railroad Co and local contractors implicated. Appeals were filed in Wyoming County Circuit Court with attorney Clarence Worrell representing the group. Additional named individuals include Hershel Burks Kimball H M Maloyd Jr Tanner sville Virgil Scott Bluefield James Echols Roanoke Ralph Huff Riner William Shumate Pearisburg Burle Mills Peterstown Randolph Orange Cobel Sidney Murphy Matewan Freeman Akers C J Dunn Ellison Jesse Maretto Lashmeet Walter Huches Itmann W L King Bluefield Pat L Price Princeton.
Mt Hope notes show Ray Collins and family returning to Akron Ohio after visiting in Mount Hope with Lee Fontana family in Maple Fork. Jimmy Huffman of Columbus stayed with his parents A L Huffman last weekend. Jerry Billingsley joined as guest. Garland McLain and children from Toledo visited Mount Hope relatives, with Harry McLain and William Humphrey as hosts in Beckley.
At the Monday PTA gathering for Rosedale School Oak Hill, 30 Girl Scouts from Troops 98 100 180 and 199 performed a camp fire program. District chairman Mrs Robert H Webb Jr of Carlisle and Oak Hill organizer Mrs L C Portman led presentations on organizing new troops and program levels.
Each person in the United States shouldered roughly $228 in food handling costs during the previous year. The expense covered meals eaten at home and food purchased at restaurants and cafeterias.
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