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Newspaper
Raleigh Register
Location
Beckley, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
May 22, 1962
Page
6
A 15-year-old boy and his 13-year-old twin sisters are in temporary foster homes in Raleigh County as investigators from the Division of Child Welfare continue their case. The trio had been confined in Raleigh County Jail for truancy on a warrant after being deserted by their mother at Read The. They left the jail on Saturday.
The Rev. Daniel M. Dorsey interim pastor of the First Baptist Church was treated at Raleigh General Hospital for a forehead cut after striking his head on a church door. Six stitches closed the wound after Sunday School. A layman conducted services during treatment.
The Pierpoint Free Will Baptist youth group defeated the Fairdale Free Will Baptist young people in a Bible quiz held at the Free Will Baptist Headquarters in Mount Tabor on Saturday night.
Eve Breck reports on a model motor contest sponsored by Beckley Ice and Feed Co with Grady Whitlock Ford and Aurora Plastics. Eight weeklyFriday heats lead to a Grand National run off in New York City. winners receive trophies and a Ford Thunder Bird. Also covered are G C Murphy veterans club initiations, civil service exams, Beatrice Foods sanitary award, a new forest worker program, a real estate expansion, and staff changes at James Lilly Inc.
Ross Martin reports Raleigh County schools adopt modern mathematics courses to meet space age needs. Programs include University of Maryland Mathematics Project and Programmed Algebra at Stratton, Mark Twain, Shady Spring, Beckley Junior High. Thomas Bair and Curtis Staton of Shady Spring High excel with A averages and rapid progression to Algebra II.
Russell A. Hatfield is valedictorian of the 1962 graduating class at Tazewell High School. He is president of the National Honor Society and drum major of the band. He plans to enter Catawba College in Salisbury, North Carolina this fall to major in music.
Douglas Wilson of Dunbar, 25th parachute jump, dangled beneath a twin engine plane for minutes after his arm tangled in the static line during an Armed Forces Day exercise. Captains Floyd and Woolwine and Sgt. Dance from Beckley led the operation. A crew member cut the line, freeing him to deploy his emergency chute. He sustained a wrench to the shoulder and a rope burn on the left arm.
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