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Newspaper
Raleigh Register
Location
Beckley, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
May 17, 1965
Page
12
An experiment in the Raleigh Register placed a suggestion box in the Raleigh County Courthouse to gather public input. Over five weeks only four comments were received, with residents urging improvements to school bus routes, road paving, and courthouse use. The piece notes many speak up verbally but rarely write thoughts, leaving the box largely empty.
Wheeling College marked its seventh commencement Sunday afternoon as its 10th anniversary address was delivered by the college president the Very Rev William F Troy SJ The institution began with 90 pupils ten years ago and now enrolls 651 students
About 1,000 Lithuanian American students picketed the White House on Saturday to back President Johnson's Vietnam policies. The orderly group, many in native costumes, contrasted with a prior youth march. A delegation was admitted and thanked by presidential counsel Lee White.
Mrs Charles Gregory of the Gulf Woman's Club organized Wednesday night sessions. Instructor Mrs Rhoda Firor of Stotesbury leads the course with observers Mrs Howard Perkins Mrs Walter Watters Mrs Fred Brown and Mrs Thomas Day. The patient is Mrs Pete Sgro. Classes end May 26 with certificates awarded.
John L. Sweeney, chairman of the Federal Development Sage Committee for Appalachia, will speak at Marshall University Alumni Association dinner on June 12 in the University Dining Hall at 6 30 p.m. The event caps Alumni Day with seminars, luncheons, and campus tours.
Dwight Billings urges retirees to volunteer in church, civic, and health organizations. Helping with visits, typing, reading for the blind, or teaching crafts keeps retirees connected, with programs offering carfare and lunch money. Mrs Phyllis A Duncan receives a 30 year service award from Chesapeake and Potomac Telephone in Beckley.
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