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Newspaper
Raleigh Register
Location
Beckley, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
May 17, 1957
Page
5
Modern teen-agers uphold the old dictum that dad should make the living while Mom stays home and makes the living worthwhile. They express views on whether mothers should work and how fathers help with housework, noting shifts in attitudes toward family roles and home stability.
West Virginia boxing star Tiz Jones recalls a late 1939 Charleston moment when he crowned amateur heavyweight champion only to face his father’s death at Elkview. The sudden tragedy turns triumph to despair as memories of a once-glorified life flash in the hospital room.
The Extension Division of West Virginia University lists summer term offerings in Beckley with sociology courses taught by James W. Wright and nursing education courses led by Linnea Henderson. Registration is from 9 a.m. to noon at Beckley Junior High School on June 3, with six to eight hours available depending on demand and selecting from the listed courses.
West Virginia dairying rose to 33.709 million dollars in 1956, about seven percent above 1955, per the Federal State Crow Reporting Service. Milk for home use rose to 14.2 million dollars, nearly five percent higher. Milk per cow in reporters’ herds on May 1 1957 reached a record 16.4 pounds, up from 11 pounds a year earlier and above the 13.3 pounds average. April saw a record 334 pounds per cow in herd, with total milk output at 70 million pounds, up six percent from March’s 66 million pounds.
A Beckley resident, Thomas Held, waived preliminary hearing on possession of numbers policy slips. He was cited as heir to the Raleigh County Grand Jury by Magistrate Cotton White. Held was arrested at Macarthur by state police about 35 p m with slips and money and was fined 10 dollars plus costs for a defective muffler.
The Survivor Benefits Act changes widow definitions for VA death payments. For service connected deaths on or after January 1 1987 a widow may qualify if a child was born, or if married before or during service, or within 15 years after the duty period of the service connected death, or five or more years before death. A widow must have lived with the veteran since marriage unless separation was his fault or procured without widow fault. Earlier laws for deaths before 1957 had shorter marriage periods and did not base eligibility solely on a child. Widows ineligible before 1957 stay ineligible.
A Beckley wrecker was denied access to the West Virginia Turnpike Thursday night for safety reasons, according to a turnpike spokesman. He said the vehicle was in a dangerous condition and could pose risks on the highway.
More than 5,400 West Virginia Army Reservists have been discharged as part of a national plan to trim the Ready Reserve to 1,488,009. Chief Warrant Officer Fred L. Bryant notes this first phase screens members for emergency readiness, with about 2,000 records currently being processed and 3,000 slated for the Standby Reserve in the next step.
The Beckley United States Air Force Recruiting Station welcomes T Sgt Dale L Hope to the staff. Capt Holly C White introduces him as the unit's commanding officer. Hope, with 11 years in the Air Force, will live with wife Peggy and children Dale and Connie in Schneider's Trailer Court. Pope will be chief clerk at the unit and has served in Japan Korea and at Kessler AFB Mississippi.
On May 2 1912 the Marine Corps began aviation by ordering the first Marine officer to the Naval Academy for flight training, a milestone that created Marine aviation as a service arm and shaped future operations.
New York stocks end Thursday mixed with many blue chips advancing Amoco and Ford Motor among leaders while several utilities and industrials show fractional gains Volume and exact price levels not provided in the fragment but the list includes Coca Cola DuPont General Dynamics Goodyear and Studebaker among others reflecting a broad market close with varied intraday moves and notable activity in chemicals, oils, and steel related stocks.
Obituaries announce Ernie Saul aged 63 of Coal City died at home May 15. funeral May 19 at Williams Funeral Home officiated by Rev Atkinson with burial in Blue Ridge Memorial Gardens. Pallbearers listed. Also Shirley M Blackburn aged 15 of Sophia died May 16 with funeral May 18 at Gospel Tabernacle and burial Sunset Memorial Park. Other notices: Newton P Hutchinson 83 of Lester died May 14 with services May 7 at First Church of God. burial Lester Cemetery. Mike Manich 68 of Glen Rogers died May 13 with funeral May 16 at residence Sunset Memorial Park. Details include funeral homes Rose & Quesenberry, Webb & Neal, Williams Funeral Home, and KeYser Funeral Home.
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