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Newspaper
Raleigh Register
Location
Beckley, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
May 11, 1962
Page
7
Barbara Ward, a high school musician in Bluefield, is being treated at Bluefield Sanitarium for fractures to three ribs after a Friday car strike during the All-State Band Festival. Her doctor expects discharge from the hospital Saturday or Sunday.
Cadet Captain Harold Casali of Beckley received the Outstanding Unit award for West Virginia University ROTC Wing. He accepted the honor for Squadron 7 during the May Day review at Mountaineer Field, with Mr and Mrs Odi Casali listed as his parents.
Concord College held its first annual honors banquet hosted by Blue Key and Cardinal Key. Valedictorian Catherine Ramsey Corries named to Who's Who, editor of The Concordian, and president of Kappa Delta Pi. Other honorees include John Cook and several seniors from Beckley Jumping Branch Shady Spring Oak Hill.
Eighteen persons filed applications for work at Beckley through Wednesday. The list includes one nurse aide, one short order cook, one stock clerk, one sales clerk, one carpenter helper, one bulldozer operator, one welder apprentice, three truck drivers, one plasterer, one orderly, three service station attendants and three construction laborers. Out of area openings are available for a physician, silversmith and programmer.
The FCC granted approval for Bell System ground antenna stations to support aircraft communications in Beckley and four other eastern U S locations. The network will provide blanket air ground coverage by early summer with ten stations in total including Chicago Pittsburgh Washington Detroit and New York. AT&T noted ground to air calls will reach the aviation operator in the area. The commission invited comments on channel assignments through June 11.
The program lists a men's quartet two ladies trios and several vocal and instrumental soloists. The public is invited to attend the service.
The Rev. Claude R. Collins of Huntington was named administrative assistant to West Virginia Methodist Bishop Fred G. Holloway. Collins, now Huntington District superintendent, will assume the post at the West Virginia Conference meeting June 6 to 10 in Buckhannon. He previously served as Beckley district superintendent from 1957 to 1959.
The regular monthly community singing meets at 7 30 p m Saturday in Sophia Friendship Baptist Church. Rev W R Tolliver invites all to attend gospel singing. C O Kidd directs using Stamp Baxter Songbook The Gospel Way.
The Beckley office of the West Virginia Department of Mines has issued two mine permits to firms planning operations in Raleigh and Fayette counties. Elizabeth Coal Co. will open Mine No. 1 in Fayette County, employing three men, while Cullop Coal Co. will open a mine in Raleigh County, employing four men.
Beckley police closed 89 of 93 cases in April with 93 arrests. One stolen auto not recovered, two bicycles stolen, one recovered. Traffic division issued 5,643 tickets. 4,649 tickets were processed. Seventeen accidents caused three arrests. property damage $5,715. Total traffic arrests 49. Total money $3,269.68. Cruisers logged 9,261 miles using 1,081.5 gallons of gas. Total arrests 142.
A new sergeant technican rank is sought by seven Beckley Police Department patrolmen. They took a test Wednesday at City Hall. Commissioner Bill Richmond will certify names and present them to the mayor for appointment. Test riders were Fred Burdiss Tom Wooten Walter Gilmore Barney Segle Lonnie Price Tom Durrett James Hutchinson. Beer and soft drink producers use about 300 million gross of bottle caps annually.
Mrs Corey Mitchell will speak at 11 a.m. Sunday as the First Baptist Church of Lexington hosts women’s day. She travels with her daughter and support from the Mitchell and Williams families, including Mrs Goldie Williams and her daughter Sandra of Mount Hope.
The Baptist Youth Fellowship of Skelton Freewill Baptist Church plans a 6 p.m. Saturday pie sale to raise funds for curtains. Virginia Hickman serves as president of the group.
Glen Williams 38 of Beckley is listed in fair condition at Raleigh General Hospital after a Wednesday night incident at his North Heber Street home. Beckley Fire Department rescue squad aided him before transport.
United Press International notes that the United States has about 225,500 radio and television sets, while the rest of the world totals roughly 183,800,000 sets. The comparison highlights the global scale of broadcasting adoption.
Dr. Harold Hyman reviews the adage that an apple daily keeps the doctor away, citing a Michigan State University study where 1,300 student volunteers eating an apple daily had one third fewer respiratory infections and fewer tension related disorders. He also answers questions on teenage breast development, weight loss pills, and cautions about misbranded drugs in a FDA suit.
Two area residents, Pete Trolio of Beckley and Patricia Gay Meadows of MacArthur, were treated at Beckley Hospital Wednesday for unrelated injuries. Trolio injured his right foot after slipping while working for Bartlett Tree Co. Meadows hurt her right ankle while playing. U S marshals seized a quantity claimed to curb appetite and aid weight loss as false and misleading, according to the Government.
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