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Newspaper
Raleigh Register
Location
Beckley, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
May 17, 1961
Page
3
The caption names Bud Kertz George Wilson Blain Wright John Flanagan and Bill Wilbur as the pictured group with John Jones absent at the time the photo was taken.
Beckley garden clubs and allied groups spearhead a city wide clean up and beautification drive, detailing triangle plantings at entrances plus upkeep on five areas with three more planned. Captains and volunteers coordinate work across streets and neighborhoods, targeting vacant lots and entrances near facilities including the Armory Civic Center and Raleigh County Library.
Work began Friday under the Governor's Crash program to improve Beckley market grounds for the West Virginia Woodland Show on May 26-27. Red dog base pads drives and parking areas while brush and nearby woodland are cleared. Exhibits include heavy machinery, a quonset building for enclosure, wood chopping and lumberjack contests, new educational exhibits, square dancing, and a growing Woodland Nymph contest with contestants from eight county high schools.
Mrs Odessa Lewis executive director of the Raleigh County Tuberculosis and Health Association will leave Saturday to attend the National Tuberculosis Association annual meeting in Cincinnati Ohio. She attends as secretary treasurer of the West Virginia Conference of TB Workers and helps host a breakfast at the Netherland Hilton Continental Room. The meeting ends next Friday.
Pre-enrollment for first graders will be held at Lincoln Elementary School from 1 to 2 30 p m on Thursday. Children must be six by the last day of October 1961 and bring birth certificates and immunization records.
Dr. F. F. McAllister Presbyterian Hospital surgeon and Columbia University assistant professor of Clinical Surgery will speak at the Raleigh County Medical Society meeting at Beckley Veterans Administration Hospital at 1 30 p m Thursday. He will discuss Surgical Treatment of Vascular Diseases to doctors from surrounding areas invited to attend.
Mrs L E Maloney announces new captains and street workers for Beckley Clean-Up and Beautification Committee. Volunteers will focus on vacant lots and neighborhood improvement and will be available for questions. A long list of area captains and volunteers across streets and avenues is named.
Drs J S Shaffer and W B Thompson report that among 300 first graders after an illness 173 carried beta hemolytic streptococcus. With penicillin or tetracycline, no child developed rheumatic fever. Authors urge school physician and family doctor cooperation and public outreach to publicize preventive treatment benefits.
Mrs. Steve Sokola of Sophia was treated at Beckley Hospital Monday for injuries to her left elbow sustained in a fall down the basement stairs at her home.
L C Caldwell Jr 5830 Orchard Ave received a building permit Thursday to construct a block room addition. The work is estimated to cost 1685 dollars.
Isadore Wein president of the Raleigh County Cancer Society accepts a $100 check from John C. Ashworth exalted ruler of the Beckley Elks Lodge. The presentation highlights community support for cancer fundraising efforts.
A vintage style medical ad promotes COLONAID as a modern laxative for aging colons. It claims three actions to ease constipation: moisturizes dry waste, rebulks and tones colon muscles, and stimulates lower colon nerve reflexes for mass movement. It touts overnight relief, hospital safety, and no vitamin absorption interference. Introductory size 43¢.
Washington re ou nineteen ninety five in chessie air conditioned de luxe reclining seat coaches and a round trip thirty day limit ticket costs only fourteen more. Chesapeake and Ohio Railway
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