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Newspaper
Raleigh Register
Location
Beckley, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Mar 26, 1956
Page
4
Four join services and named business manager positions are noted for Monticola at West Virginia University. The Beckley recruiting station process marks enlistment in the yearbook staff with Raleigh County connections and Wednesday timing.
Fourteen persons were booked at Raleigh County Jail over the past weekend, mostly on drunkenness charges. The report lists names including David Haga, son of Mr and Mrs D L Haga, and Faye Ward of Mount Hope among others, with several connected to university fraternities and local social groups.
Glen Daniel Elementary School PTA selects committee chairs for a May 12 turkey dinner at the school from 5 to 7 30 PM. Mrs Everett Shumate is general chair with roles named for tickets donations food preparation kitchen duty and more. Co leaders for a PTA sponsored Boy Scout troop are also named and a March 31 teacher mother basketball game is planned at Trap Hill High School gym. Proceeds support the playground fund.
Linda faces pressure from Ma'am to leave her marriage as Seretha and Alan weigh family loyalty against Linda's rights. Alan wrestles with love desire and duty while Rupert’s past looms, and Linda braces for possible separation as tensions rise in the Vienna-era household.
Four former area high school athletes joined the Marine Corps two year enlistment plan and were inducted at the local recruiting station then sent to Parris Island for training. The group includes Glen W Ramey of Mount Hope Norien Lee Canterbury also of Mount Hope Sgt Edward Burgess the local recruiter and brothers Robert and William Phillips of Mullens. Robert earned a scholarship to West Virginia University.
The Welcome Baptist Missionary Society plans a rally at the church at 6 p.m. Mrs Flossie Price leads. A separate meeting at Marion Reaves School 7 p.m. Tuesday includes a brief business session and a showing of the film Industrial West Virginia. West Virginia history teachers and junior citizens invited. The West Virginia Improvement League notes a meeting at Mrs Henry Powell’s home. A fashion colorama dance group from Conley High School is set for April 3 at Morton Reaves School, with rehearsals today.
Beckley residents bought 11 city driver licenses at the City Recorder's Office on Thursday and Friday. The tally since the ordinance began stands at 6,319 licenses with revenue of 13,198 dollars. Mayor A K Minter said spring weather will allow roadblocks to catch unlicensed drivers. Sgt Howard K Manning named new recruiter at Local Recruiting Main Station living in Crab Orchard.
The Glen Daniel Elementary PTA and Trap Hill High School host a basketball game Saturday at the gym. Women PTA members face the teachers to raise funds for paving a black-top surface on the school playground. Clayton Farley is PTA president and Mrs Everett Shumate is principal.
Examinations for Besaco Post Office postmaster will be given by the Civil Service Commission with applications due by April 10. Annual salary is 1886 dollars. Applicants must reside in Besaco and be over 21. Forms are obtainable from the Civil Service Commission Washington 25 D C.
Area women aged 15 to 35 may enter the first Coal Festival Queen contest to be held April 2 in Washington DC. Registration for regional contests is at local TV stations. The event, sponsored by the West Virginia Society of the District of Columbia, will crown a queen at the Sheraton Park Hotel with a committee of West Virginians selecting the winner.
A centennial commemorative three cent stamp for Booker T. Washington will be sold April 5 at the Booker Washington Birthplace in Va through the Beckley Post Office. First day cancellations available by sending addressed envelopes and a money order to the birthplace postmaster.
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