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Newspaper
Raleigh Register
Location
Beckley, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Mar 27, 1956
Page
6
The district conservation office says the Mon day forest blaze along Four Pole Creek near the McDowell Mingo line is under control. Edwin Hall, the county forest protector, checked the fire that day.
The Raleigh County Board of Education will convene at 7 30 p m in a routine session with no items on the docket. Kathleen Kepler from Florida visits Beckley and works at Raleigh County Library cataloging cards. The Raleigh County Post 32 American Legion plans a meeting at 8 p m in Room 10 of Beckley Memorial Building.
Holy Week schedule at St Stephen's Episcopal Church Beckley led by Rev 0 Worth May lists services from Holy Monday through Easter. Events include Holy Communion, devotions, baptisms and an Easter pageant entitled From Death Unto Life performed by church youth under Mrs Crewe Maples and Larry George with music by Mrs T D George Lovell Higgins soloist and costume coordinators Mrs P W Parks and Mrs F W Meyer.
South Korea's Public Information Office announced President Syngman Rhee would run for a third term after saying he wished to retire. The Liberal party nominated him March 5 and supporters mobilized daily protests nationwide. The government expects Rhee to win re election by July 15 with no current opposition.
Imperial Southampton driven by Mal Alsbury of Hollywood won the Mobilgas economy run in Colorado Springs with 61.37 ton-miles and 21.01 mpg on the 1,468 mile Los Angeles start. Pontiac Chieftain Catalina placed second in ton-mile and 21.10 mpg, Oldsmobile 98 third at 18.66 mpg, Rambler six led gas economy at 24.35 mpg and 48.22 ton-miles in its class.
In Omaha a girl cried for her pup shot to death while a lost pup lay at a Winterset filling station. Larry W. Davis and truckers gathered at the Iowa station to unite Cathy Katzenberger, 6, with the surviving pup after a straw vote. The delivery fulfilled a heartfelt pledge and was described as worth it.
Becket Beckley Woman's Club and Junior Department organize the Strike Back Crusade to fight cancer designated as Cancer Control Month in April. Justin Carr chairs the drive with 12 000 letters to be mailed by the Junior Department and volunteers urged to sign up with the Raleigh County Cancer Society. India produced 65 million tons of food grains in 1955, up about 30 percent since 1951.
Beckley hosts a 12:05 to 12:35 p.m. Good Friday service at First Christian Church with Rev. J. W. Witherspoon presiding. The program includes prayers by Rev. J. B. Yoak, scripture by Dr. Alvin J. Cook, a solo by Robert Daniel, a message by Rev. A. H. Wilson, and benediction by Rev. Carden A. Hillman.
Blue Ridge Memorial Gardens on the Beckley Mount Hope Road to host Easter sunrise and dedicatory services at 6 30 a m Worshippers will hear program over loudspeakers with music by Jan Campbell and a quartet The Rev James Neal will give the invocation sing two solos and the Old Rugged Cross hymn Carl Johnson director of Youth for Christ will deliver the sermon Open to the public. relatives and friends of those buried in the cemetery’s first year are expected to attend.
Frank W. Gove Jr girder newcomer to city politics led the mayoralty ticket with 3481 votes and incumbent William G Brown received 2423, advancing to a April 3 election as top contenders in Parkersburg non-partisan primary.
The Albuquerque Post Office announced peyote may be mailed unlike opium marijuana or heroin. The ruling followed a COD shipment from Miranda City Texas. Peyote, a cactus bud product used in certain religious ceremonies by some Indian tribes, is found only in southern Texas and north central Mexico.
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