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Newspaper

Raleigh Register

Location

Beckley, West Virginia, United States of America

Date

May 25, 1962

Page

3

Poppy Day Sale Planned Saturday By Auxiliary

Fayetteville unit 149 of the American Legion Auxiliary outlines a Poppy Day sale for Saturday with 1000 poppies, volunteers urged, and poppy headquarters at the Legion home snack bar. Rainbow Girls to assist. Cooks Department Store decorates window for the theme and two dozen poppy cans to be placed in town.

Fayetteville ANS American A Unit No. 149 Chestnut Leon Maple Ave Alex Gray Oscar Henderson Jacksons Mill Legion Betty Shuck Sally Hiesan Donna Jarrett Martha Milton William Hesse Legion Home Cooks Department Store Rainbow Girls Hesse John Witt Jr Chester Matney Welch Fayetteville High School William Bennett Perry Selvey E. B. Wood Jr Carl Riner Maude Hesse Jim Eubanks Edwin Warfield Kieth Hunt Robert Martin

Banquet Honors Band Members at Kopperston School

The Kopperston Grade School Band banquet was held in the school cafeteria. Band director James Burwell presented graduating members with school letters. Attendees included principal and wife Mr and Mrs Vaughn Stewart and Pineville booster president Carl Smith.

Oceana BNS Kopperston James Burwell Mickey Lecco Pamela Hall Larry Evans Brenda Lowe Glenda Blackburn Elizabeth Acord Linda Singleton Curtiss Acord Darrell Lester Betty Perrine Patty Wooten Bucky Smith Donna Smith Marlene Collins

Mature Hurt Children Lash Back in Public

Dear Mrs Lawrence notes a 12 year old daughter belittling her mother in public. The answer says parents often reflect hurt back to partners, causing sniping. the reader should focus on own feelings and reconciliation rather than blaming the child. The guidance emphasizes personal reflection over direct admonition and urges sincere reconciliation.

Muriel Lawrence

Area Hospital Patient List May to May 23

Area Hospital lists patients by date with admissions and discharges for May 17 through May 23. Names span towns such as Mullens Itmann Oceana Pineville and surrounding areas, noting multiple patients and several infants discharged.

Roy Lester Bud Hampton Hensley Beckley Lawrence Meadows Helen Virgie Morgan Ravencliff Bertha Hurst Maben Minnie Sowards Simon Roy Sturgill Otsego Cleve Toler Jesse Henry Nugen Oak Hill David Blankenship Baileysville Karen Robinson Reece Neely Mullens Hattie Goode Violet McKinney Alpeca Ray Jenkins Pineville Robert Grey William McKendree George Weaver Bernard Ellis Morris Lusk Emma Tolliver Opal Reed Frances Martin Dora Dembeck Allen Junction James Williams Eva Byrd Oceana Thelma Sizemore Mary Cline Amigo Jessie Lee Belcher Stephenson James Rayfield Jo Anna McBride Minnie Thomas Anna Bateman Wyco Hazel Norman Virginia Canada Alf Long Raymond Perdue Brenda Belcher Bridget Ferguson Darlene Bolen Jo Ann McBride Minnie Thomas Martha White Susan Looney Itmann Archie Johnston Helen Palmer Corinne Amanda Hurt Ronald Cook Kester Hayworth Shelia Browning Michael Lambert Mary Mullins John Duncan Elsie Fox Dolly Waycaster Addie Jennelle Lucy Cello Clema Gladdin Beulah Bailey Glen Fork Rosalee Walls Gracie Cline Hanover Terry Bowers Virginia Richardson Nancy

Village ties and visitors mark Glen Fork weekend

In Glen Fork Mrs Victoria Sanders and Mrs Clayton Acord returned from N Tonawanda New York after visiting relatives. Mr and Mrs Vermin Jewell hosted Sanders and Acord along with other family guests including Billy Joe and Jimmy Acord. A parade of arrivals from Maryville and Lockport added to a busy weekend. Kid's Day at Glen Rogers High featured toy guns dolls and bears during a classroom celebration with games in the gym.Donna Shrewsbury loomed over a popular handkerchief drop as Billie Jack Sizemore stood six feet tall.

Glen Fork Victoria Sanders Clayton Acord N. Tonawanda N. Y Sanders Vermin Jewell Acord Billy Joe Jimmy New York Landa James Lockport Robert Jewell Tommy Ross Stump Bluefield Tommy Jewell Stump Elwood Powers Charles Cook Maryville Tenn Alta Cook Glen Rogers High School Rover Donna Shrewsbury Billie Jack Sizemore

Daughter Born To Gene White Family In Key West

Fayet teville news item reports Mr and Mrs Gene White of Key West Fla announce the birth of a daughter named Susanna Grace born Tuesday at Key West Naval Hospital The baby weighed eight and a half pounds Gene is son of Mr and Mrs J H White 315 West Maple Ave Fayetteville He is on a naval cruise in Europe and expected to return to the States in August.

Fayetteville Rns Gene White Key West Fla Key West Naval Hospital Susanna Grace Gene J. H. White West Maple Ave Europe

Mercer Dropouts To Begin Training in West Virginia

About 120 boys aged 16 to 18 will start a three month vocational training program June 11 in Mercer County West Virginia. Training locations include Glenwood Park Bluefield State College Matoaka and Princeton with classes in radio electricity welding building trades auto mechanics furniture repair and newspaper work. Some programs include jobs under restrictions due to age and safety rules. The program aims to reengage students with school and prep them for future work study, with results to be reviewed for possible expansion.

Charleston UPI West Virginia Mercer County James B. Deck Glenwood Park Bluefield Princeton Bluefield State College Matoaka Deck Prince Princeton Times S. D. McMillen McMillen

Measles confined child. local society notes

Five year old Arvin Drake is at home with measles. Mrs Eula Meeks returns from Stevens Clinic Hospital after observation and treatment, facing surgery at Bluefield Hospital this week. Weekend guests include the Cooks and Mullens family from Pilgrims Knob. OTIS COOK visits Gallipolis, Ohio. Mrs Bruce Cook with relatives visits Mrs Hugh Cook. The National League of baseball had twelve clubs in 1892.

Oceana RNS Arvin Drake Bill Drake Eula Meeks Stevens Clinic Bluefield Hospital Jimmy Cook R. P. Mullens Pilgrims Knob Otis Cook Gallipolis Ohio Bruce Cook Verne Cook Merl Hugh Cook Sun Hill

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D. Brown Porter Lewis Henderson John Tamplin Nannie Beck Lee Akers Norman Poff Eubanks Walter Pickett Romeo Bennett Martin Hunt Tunney Hunsaker Warfield Woods Jr Warren Spahn Wheeler Plumbing and Heating West Neville Street Mercer G. M. Powers Main Street National League of Baseball Neville St Suntan Cohen Americas Leading Energy Company Esso Plus Esq Tra Humble Humble Oil & Refining Company America Happy Motoring
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