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Newspaper
Raleigh Register
Location
Beckley, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
May 06, 1959
Page
4
A concise meditation notes that life becomes harder without some blindness to the notion that others have already expressed things better. The reflection attributes wisdom to restraint and the limits of individual expression.
The five major wheat exporters plan to discuss a food for peace initiative led by President Eisenhower with Prime Minister Diefenbaker guiding Canada’s role. U.S. surplus concerns loom as Washington seeks a temporary approach while other nations resist giveaways. Russia’s export plans and space committee talks add to a tense, global Cold War backdrop.
Assigned to the 91st Engineer Battalion at Fort Belvoir Virginia was Pvt. Jerry L. Tawney 19 year old son of Mr and Mrs Sigley Tawney Danville A clerk in Headquarters and Service Company he entered the Army last November and completed basic training at Fort Jackson South Carolina He is a 1958 graduate of Scott High School and was employed by Peoples Department Store in Madison before entering the Army Two Raleigh County men have been assigned to Fort Jackson South Carolina for basic training.
The Raleigh Register lists subscription rates and delivery details for Beckley Newspapers. It notes Pvt Richard T Snuffer and Pvt John W Thomes of Glen White and Lanark training at Camp Lejeune, with Pvt Charles L Dickens graduating from a four week course at Camp Lejeune N C.
The passage lists diverse facts from origins of the White House funding to salt uses and notable authors. It notes John Howard Payne as a prolific writer mostly remembered for Home Sweet Home and mentions President Warren G. Harding as the first U S president to visit Canada during his term.
A mocked piece by Dr George W Crane targets so called educational four flashers and intellectual hypocrites who boast of ancestry or college training. Eva P aged 36 praises Edgar Guest and argues highbrow poetry can connect with human relations. The column riffs on college elitism, genealogy worship, and cites Thomas Overbury comparing boastful ancestors to a potato.
Hal Boyle profiles Robert Chery and Collette of La Plume de ma Tante, noting English audiences laugh quicker and shorter than Americans while Paris and New York offer different theatrical rhythms. Chery praises American theatergoers, Collette cites smoky streets and Sunday papers, and anecdotes compare matinee tedium and buffet party overcrowding in Manhattan.
A nostalgic rant about magazine sales crews prowling towns each summer. The writer recalls charismatic redheaded radio-time crews and pushy peddlers who pressure door to door, with a memorable tale of a woman persuading him to subscribe. He vows better defenses this year, including locked storms and firm refusals.
All cheese comes from milk with many varieties and flavors. Swiss cheese from cow milk has holes called eyes due to gas during curing, eight to ten months for fine varieties, and blind cheeses lack holes. Visit nearby cheese factories or examine grocery dairy counters for diverse origins and types.
Claudette Colbert laments public sensationalism and defends ordinary women over Hollywood kookie characters. She discusses the CBS show Women, dating social shifts, and the trend toward earlier marriage, noting 1890 and 1956 ages and her lack of children.
Fairmont Coal Company cannot secure enough workers for its mines with 200 already employed and 200 more needed. In Prince, residents voted 31 to 3 to incorporate but officials are not yet chosen. Marriage licenses issued include Richard Vaughan with Lilly B Johnson, W Edwin Watson with Ida May Stover, and Charles A Aliff with Maggie Haley.
The West Virginia American Legion, meeting in Beckley, adopted a resolution condemning the barbaric conditions at the Moundsville state penitentiary and urged buying a large tract for a prison farm. Ned Smith of the Fairmont Times suggests WV and Virginia reunite for government economy.
A devotional prayer asks God to comfort those lying in bed as spring awakens outside. It asks travelers through pain to feel divine presence, recalls Christ sharing human suffering, credits Russell S. Hutchison of New Concord Ohio a professor at Musk ingum College as author.
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