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Newspaper
Raleigh Register
Location
Beckley, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Mar 23, 1960
Page
10
Cincinnati Enquirer obituary style narrative recounts a cancer patient who loses his voice box, endures surgery and a long recovery, and gradually learns to speak again through therapy and adaptation. The piece highlights medical choices, post operative changes, and the emotional impact on life and communication.
A Beckley City Council meeting reopened a yearold feud over a 12foot alley between Dr S A Ford and Mrs Beulah George Sydnor on East Prince Street The council debated whether to open the alley or leave it partly blocked by bushes and a tree Dr Ford built a cement parking slab after last year’s action and now asks for enforcement of that decision. The issue centers on a flagstone walkway Mr Ford claims blocks access and snow removal disputes have aggravated tensions, prompting a letter from the city attorney to Mrs Sydnor outlining the next step.
The Raleigh County Board of Education amended retirement policy with three special conditions. 65 year olds may be kept employment if not Social Security eligible and certain retirees may be retained with State Retirement Board approval. Voting abstention noted for Strake Walker on the motion.
Former U S Senator Chapman Revercomb of Charleston announces Larry Allen as press representative. Allen, Pulitzer Prize winning foreign correspondent, previously covered revolutions in the Caribbean and South America for 26 years with the AP, and began in Charleston in 1933. He left after Fidel Castro's Cuban Revolution. Revercomb praises Allen as a longtime friend and skilled writer.
John Albert Knight, 47, of 301 Worley Road, charged with driving to the left of the highway center after a two car crash on South Fayette Street. Police estimate $400 in vehicle damages. The 6:15 p.m. collision at the Second Street intersection involved Knight in a Nu-Way Cab and Arnold C. Bush, 50, of 1052 1-2 S. Fayette St.
Eight men listed by Selective Service Local Board No 18 Beckley are directed to report for induction at 9 a.m. April 4 at the Army Recruiting Main Station. They are Billy Edward Stover Whitesville Lonnie David Caldwell Jr Odd Morris Marlin Hope East Beckley Marvin Dwaine Billings Slab Fork Dennis Cari Hylton Coal City formerly of Coal Ridge Jackie Lee Fortner Daniels Jackie Oliver Ames Piney View and David Norman Lilly Odd. The Salvation Army Advisory Board meets at 7 30 p.m. Friday at the Bank of Raleigh with Major Mary McVicker noting important business on the agenda.
Public notice states that Raymond Holliday will not be responsible for debts or obligations made by anyone other than himself. The notice lists 405 Park Ave Beckley West Virginia and the date 3-23 Wednesday with a reference to RR.
James Lester Orren, 58, of Piney View, died March 22 in a local hospital. Funeral arrangements at Rose and Quesenberry Funeral Chapel. Jirney Ray Duncan, 49, of Midway, died March 22 at home. Funeral services set for March 24 at a Midway home, Rev. Dewey Wilson officiating, burial Cannady Cemetery Glen Jean. body to Williams Funeral Home Sophia, then Duncan home March 23.
Two obituaries note the deaths of Allie Thompson Brown 59 of Coal City and Mary Elizabeth Barska 52 of 1330 Harper Road. Officials list funeral plans, burial sites, and pallbearers with services set at Coal City Community Church and St Francisco Sales Catholic Church respectively. The notices mention cremation not shown and local funeral homes Caffee and Williams.
Wallpapering and painting by contract. New American floor sander and edger for rent plus disc and vibrator sanders. Fabulon sold by Foster Hardware Co Beckley. Wanted junk including jewelry cars stoves and appliances. Highest prices for used pianos and outboard motors. Davenport and a living room chair offered for viewing March d.
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