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Newspaper
Raleigh Register
Location
Beckley, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
May 05, 1961
Page
11
Astro-Guide highlights a favorable day for arts and social plans. It notes May 6 1856 as birthdates for Sigmund Freud and Rear Adm. Robert E. Peary, explorers of mind and polar realms. It forecasts future dental tech ideas and continued prudence in dealings with parents and employers.
The Horoscope column lists signs with brief advice for Aries to Pisces. Aries warns against regrets. Taurus advised to host a relative. Gemini cautioned about deception. Cancer urged proactive backing. Leo urged action. Virgo to express feelings. Libra to stay casual. Scorpio invited to dinner. Sagittarius eyes on past efforts. Capricorn hints at unexpected wishes. Aquarius suggests taking advice in the spirit given. Pisces warns generosity may hurt family over friends. The item is from Field Enterprises, Inc., dated 1961.
Eighteen persons filed applications for work at the Beckley Office of Employment Security on Wednesday. They include two sales clerks, an accountant, a nurse aide, an orderly, a pipe fitter, a dish washer, an oiler, a carpenter helper, an electrician helper, a service station attendant, a construction laborer, a coal loader, two mine brakemen, two coal cutting machine operators, and a mine foreman. A female cook job is available out of the area, with a husband, who can work.
A two week revival meeting opens at God's Tabernacle Lanark at 7 30 p m Monday with Rev M G Searls Piney View as guest evangelist Pastor Lewis Meadows invites the public to attend.
The Young People's Endeavor of the Midway Church of God elected officers. Beulah Sturgill was named president Sandra Lavis as vice president Nancy Kiddy secretary Jesse Ray treasurer. Other officers include Saundra Lavis pianist Jesse Ray songleader James Maynor Claudis Sturgill ushers and Mrs S D Wolford youth leader. The group will meet Tuesdays at 730 pm to plan programs and projects.
The Rev. Elmer Day of New Salem Baptist Church Tams and Morning Star Baptist Church Skelton assists Rev. G. D. Toler at a revival service starting 6:30 p.m. Monday at Shiloh Baptist Church Sprague.
Three St. Stephen's Episcopal Vestry members and the rector Rev. Joseph A Richards are delegates to the Episcopal diocese of West Virginia 84th annual convention at St Peters Church Huntingon May 10 12. R D Watts senior warden H C Sessions junior warden and W O Wydhner Jr are the delegates with alternates D D Holliday H D Price and H F Thomasson. Mrs Paul B Barwood immediate past president of the Episcopal Churchwomen in West Virginia will attend to report on Churchwomen activities.
Slab Fork Elementary School’s PTA met Tuesday night and elected Esau Cook as president, Mrs. Bruce Wilson as vice president, Mrs. Clifford Cooper as secretary, and Miss Sandra Burnette as treasurer. Past president Mrs. Ernest Martin introduced guest Rev. Frederick Dinkler of the Church of Christ Oak Hill who spoke on Children. An eighth grade awards night was planned for May.
Mrs. Robert Johnson will serve as president of the Homeroom Mothers of Crab Orchard Elementary Schools for the next year. Other officers elected were Mrs. Gene Ferris as vice president, Mrs. John Bailey as secretary, and Mrs. Louise Williams as treasurer. The group reviewed work from the year including shoes and boots for needy children, a kitchen shower for the schools, and costumes for May Day participation. Past officers were Mrs. Helen Janney, vice president. Mrs. Raymond Beckett, secretary. and Mrs. Robert Fleshman, treasurer.
Real estate transfers filed with the county clerk include Raleigh County Board of Education to Bobbie J Meadows near Dillon Post Office for 385 dollars. Lee G Holliday and Gladys V Holliday to Lelia L Rutledge in McCreery Court Addition for 11850 dollars. Coalfield Land Co to H O and Dora Stone in Eccles Trap Hill District for 50 dollars. Joe B Ashworth and Josephine Ashworth to G W Gilmore in Stanford Truck Farms Addition for 500 dollars. Delphia Hager to Fred Hager at Paint Creek for no consideration. Morris Skilken Construction Co Inc to Harold Neher Stanley B Skilken and B Lee Skilken trustees of West Park Trust in Beckley for 75000 dollars.
Isaiah Williams, 77, of Clear Creek, is hospitalized in Beckley in satisfactory condition after sustaining burns to the upper body while trying to extinguish a fire that destroyed his home around 8 a.m. Wednesday.
Moody Waddell of 210 Glen Ave was treated at Beckley Hospital Tuesday for head and shoulder injuries from a fall at the Eastern Gas and Fuel Co mine in Helen.
Glenn Boyden of F Street was issued a building permit Wednesday for a five room brick veneer house with full basement. Estimated cost of the residence is $10,500.
A reader asks about increasing milk for a new baby. Dr. Harold Thomas Hyman cites a Pediatrics study showing that feeding infants five times daily may raise milk output, though overall nursing time effects differ. The column notes no human hormone shots are approved and invites readers to request Dr. Hyman’s cold leaflet.
George M. Ohler, 59, of Lester, was killed at 3 p.m. Tuesday in No 5 Mine, Eccles. Funeral services set for 2 p.m. Friday at Lester Baptist Church with Rev. Frank Davis and Rev. Carl Johnson officiating. Burial follows at Sunset Memorial Park. Body at Caffee Funeral Home until one hour before the service when it will lie in state at the church. Active pallbearers listed. flowers funds directed to buy books for Appalachian Bible Institute.
Multiple obituaries and funeral notices for Lina R. Forbes Mike Rominsky Lavadie Mae Crum Cary Virginia Id ay James Hilton and others list funeral times locations and burial sites with reverent officiants and the Melton Webb and Neal Mortuaries handling preparations SunSet Memorial Park Stamford Cemetery Holy Grove Guiding Light Baptist Church and Breckenridge Baptist Church are named along with various pallbearers and honorary pallbearers requirements.
Glenna M. Lucas administratrix of the Robert A. White estate is named a defendant in a Raleigh County suit filed Wednesday by Alberta Jones of Narrows Virginia. The plaintiff seeks sale of three real estate plots to pay a burial balance of 401.95 and other debts totaling about 5150. The case also lists Wanda Walk Leora Beckner Ray L. White Edith W. Graham Myrtle W. Smith Charles C. White Lord Armstrong and Georgia Lilly White as defendants.
Elizabeth Church of McAlpin will hold a deacon board meeting at 5 30 p m Friday followed by the regular church business meeting at 6 p m according to Pastor the Rev Nelson Staples
Commodities will be distributed at the Freewill Baptist Church in Coal City from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. on Saturday and Monday. Everyone is asked to bring their own containers.
Philadelphia and Cincinnati battled in a National League game with Mahaffey taking the loss. Key moments included Robinson advancing, Larker’s pinch baserunning, and late sequences featuring Perranoski, Piche, and Tak. Los Angeles and Milwaukee also featured in the battering totals with Roseboro Hodges Adcock delivering for their squads.
A concise florist ad lists varieties such as phlox and primroses along with ach or hardy azaleas and daisies. The notice provides business name Dias Floral Co. located at 345 City Ave with phone number CL 3 4661.
Notice to creditors in Raleigh County West Virginia for the estate of Sylvester Cuvelier requires claims to be filed by October 25, 1961, 10 a.m., or risk loss of estate benefits. Beneficiaries must attend to protect interests. Also local ads include monument company reps, lost items, found items, and several Beckley radio TV service businesses with contact details.
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