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Newspaper
Raleigh Register
Location
Beckley, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Mar 29, 1962
Page
6
ODRINEX Diet Aid Promises Fast Fat Loss Guarantee
An advertises a nonprescription fat loss pill named ODRINEX from Kay's Drug Store. It claims seven day results without exercise or laxatives, depresses appetite, lets users eat preferred foods, and offers a money back guarantee with full refund if unsatisfied. The price is listed as $3.00 with mail orders noted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kay
Neville
Wyoming Moonshiners Arrested in Basin Road Case
Two Iroquois men, Roy Akers and Earl Akers, pleaded guilty to operating a moonshine still on Basin road above Stephenson. Each posted $1,000 bond and waived to the Wyoming County grand jury. Officers seized an 8 barrel still 400 gallons of mash and 20 gallons of moonshine. Bonds posted by Willie Hayworth. The report notes a historical reference to the U S Agriculture Department chartered in 1852.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pineville
Willie Hayworth
Whitesville Women at WVFWC Convention
Whitesville Woman's Club will send four members to the 56th annual West Virginia Federation of Women's Clubs convention from Thursday through Saturday. Officers and attendees include Mrs. Wilson Hall and Mrs. W. W. Wilkerson with other club members Velma Humphrey Icie Kirk Howard Gobble and Madeline Holstein. They plan to hear Scouting officials from Region IV and discuss the Hand Held Out in Friendship program and hear Dunbar Region IV committee member Mrs. George E. Ogilvie Jr. The club also sponsors a senior Girl Scout troop. Final plans for the Spring Dance of Explorer Post No. 154 are outlined by Ned Crews and Roy Lee Breeden. the dance is Saturday night at Pineville Legion Hall.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Whitesville
RNS
Whitesville Woman's Club
West Virginia Federation of Women’s Clubs
Wilson Hall
W. W. Wilkerson
Velma Humphrey
Icie Kirk
Howard Gobble
Madeline Holstein
Howard A. Sprague
Cleveland
Ohio
Girl Scouts of America
George E. Ogilvie Jr
Dunbar
Whitesville Club
Ned Crews
Roy Lee Breeden
Legion Hall
Pineville
Wyoming County Names Crusade Chairmen For Cancer Drive
Announced for Oceana Kopperston area and Wyoming County, Mrs Otis Cook is named Crusade chairman for a second year. Bob Daniels of Beckley disclosed the appointment. Cook also serves as general chairwoman for the local drive. Among many civic roles, Cook leads church activities, youth groups, and Vacation Bible School. local lists name multiple area chairmen and workers across Kopperston, Oceana, and adjacent communities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oceana
ANS
Otis Cook
Crusade
Woming County
Bob Daniels
Beckley
American Cancer Society
Cook
Oceana- Kopperston
Virginia Price
Oceana Woman's Club
Price
Oceana Women's Club
Toneda Baptist Woman’s Mission Society
Rockcastle Baptist Youth Fellowship
The
Youth Fellowship
Toneda
Clyde Boggs
Matheny
Ernest Lusk
Black Eagle
Earl Harper
Itmann
Harold Carte
New Richmond
Curtiss Smith
Glen Rogers
Hayden Wolfe
Wyce
Raymond Rhodes
Corinne
Jan Huffman
Pierpoint
Everett Morgan
Maben
Jesse
Glen Fork
Sabine
Mullensville
Marianna
Wyoming Cyclone
Allen Junction
McGraw
Kopperston
Upper Kopperston
Ray Burgess
Joan Walker
Helen Estep
Louise Roberts
Charlie Frazier
Helen Hickman
Calvin Payne
Raymond Stafford
Lower
Kenneth Hager
Ray Eppling
Dorothy Caton
Kopperston Bridge
Fisher Bottom
Jimmy Cook
Grace Barlow
Tom Fleenor
Helen Lester
Ralph Poland
Jay Whitt Cook
Tom Long
John Maulden
Paul Bailey
Les Lively
Garland Griffeth
Richard Atwell
George Darnell
Louise Cook
Jerry Shannon
Wanda Steffy
West Oceana
Bill Wiseman
Margaret Lang
Harold Maynor
Lilly Dale
Lilly Haven
Bobby Jean Crouch
Jim Frazier
Lynce
Lloyd Cochran
N. F. Hopkins
Patty Rine
Knotty Pine
Tom Duty
Wyoming County
Fayette Group Conducts Rally At Oak Hill
The Fayette Citizens' Committee for Defeat of Liquor Amendment held a county rally at Oak Hill Elementary School in Mount Hope Sunday at 2:30. About 270 attended, led by Bob Marsh with accompanist Mrs. Stewart McLain, and speakers argued the amendment would harm the state, noting 61,000 West Virginians are alcoholics and criticizing the revenue share for schools. A teenage speaker warned of social pressures for teens, and organizers urged turnout and transportation to the November elections to vote against ratification.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mount Hope
RNL
Fayette
West Virginia
Jim Gatehouse
Fayette County
Community notices from Mount Hope and Raleigh County
Mr Hope Mount Hope and Mr and Mrs J A Terry from Mount Hope and Mr and Mrs Pierce Clay of Kincaid attended the funeral of their cousin Mrs Bessie Bish at Polly Town Raleigh County Sunday afternoon. Mrs Maggie Hinchey returned home after visiting in Charleston with Mr and Mrs Herbert Walters. Mrs Arthur Terry of Bradley is ill at home. Weekend guests in the home of Mrs Nora White were her son in law and daughter Mr and Mrs Rodney Cotton Bing of Jacksonville Florida. Mrs Blanche Davis and Mrs Mary Kesler of Oak Hill and Mr and Mrs Frank Tyree of Pax visited Huntington Sunday due to the death of their uncle Milton Tyree aged 80. Mr and Mrs Harold Terry and children Sonia and Carol of Sherwood Heights visited Mr and Mrs Buren Davis Sunday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mount Hope
Rns
J. A. Terry
Pierce Clay
Kincaid
Bessie Bish
Polly Town
Raleigh County
Maggie Hinchey
Herbert Walters
Charleston
Arthur Terry
Bradley
Nora White
Rodney ‘'Cotton
Harold Terry
Sonia
Carol
Sherwood Heights
Buren Dalvis
Guidance Program Prospects at Herndon High School
Guidance efforts at Herndon High School expand to four daily periods in 1961 62, aiming to help each student understand and plan for effective societal living. A cumulative personal record, including medical history and achievements, guides counseling while state tests inform individual interpretation and career planning for sophomores and seniors.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Herndon High School
HHS
Iowa
Kutler
Sherman Thespians Plan Washington Trip Dance
Sherman High School Thespians held a Friday night dance at Theta Rho Girls Hall Whitesville to raise funds for Thespian members from grades seven through 12. Proceeds will sponsor trips to Washington D C on April 17 18 and 19 with faculty sponsors Mrs Leon Cornell and Miss Violet Alred.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Whitesville
Sherman High
Also Mentioned on This Page
Wyoming
U. S. Department of Agriculture
Congress
Lincoln
Neville ST
Lontho Live
Cancer Crusade
Mrs. Otis Cook
Fayette Group
Oak Hill
Mr. Hope
MFHS
Montcoal
Marsh Fork High School
Hopkins Lanes
Jeff Britton
David Green
James McGinnis
John Clay
Jeannette Lafferty
Sue Christian
Nancy Webb
Kay Webb
Roger Jarrell
Gale Griffith
David Webb
Melba Canterbury
Madlyn Scott
Deana Sparks
Connie Humphrey
Gail Parolari
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