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Newspaper
Raleigh Register
Location
Beckley, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
May 28, 1957
Page
7
West Virginia and nearby state archers converge on Beckley for the 13th annual State Open Championship hosted by the W. Va. Bowhunters Association. Tournament entries, schedules, and divisions span instinctive and freestyle classes with 22 divisions for medals and ribbons.
About 42 000 Rutgers variety tomato plants will be distributed today and Wednesday at Beckley Farmer's Market. Market manager C C Hutchison notes the plants are certified and part of the mature green tomato program. Farmers have ground ready to plant and the figures cover roughly 20 acres. total program acreage is undetermined as some farmers grew their own plants or ordered individually.
A street scene reports a Boy Scout saving an injured pigeon on McCreery Street. He borrows a box from the Memorial Building office and takes the bird home to provide care.
Dorman Miller of Appalachian Electric Power Co. cannot attend the Beckley Chamber of Commerce board meeting after his mother Mrs J E Miller was beaten to death in Huntington. An ex convict is under arrest. Miller’s co worker Jack Lloyd also cannot attend. Guest speaker Robert P. Butson of the Chamber of Commerce from Atlanta will attend.
Funeral services for James William Crider 33 of Harper Heights will be held at 11 a.m. Wednesday at First Baptist Church of Harper Heights with Rev. W. M. Jones officiating. Burial follows at Greenwood Memorial Park in Beckley. The body remains at Ritchie and Johnson Funeral Parlor until the hour.
Funeral arrangements for Edna Earle Johnson remain incomplete. She died at her 2% Church Street home Monday evening. The body is at the Ritchie and Johnson Funeral Parlor.
The State Journal reports West Virginia 1956 per capita personal income reached a record $1 per person while total state personal income rose to 2 729 000 000. Kanawha led counties with 383 60 million, followed by Cabell Ohio Harrison Raleigh Wood Logan McDowell Mercer Fayette Marion. Retail sales statewide grew 9 percent from 1935 levels to 1 6 million dollars with Kanawha Calhoun and others exceeding 100 million.
Appalachian and 10 other public utilities protested tax values on industrial sites and utility properties in the Ohio River region. Ernest X. James of Appalachian tells the board WV taxes are 20 percent higher than Virginia and 40 percent higher than Ohio, harming industrial growth and power availability. Kaiser Aluminum’s Jackson County plant is cited as getting power from Ohio, illustrating the policy's impact.
City Council meets at 7 30 p m with Recreation Advisory Committee recommendations at the top. Items include Feigley survey proposal for New River Park at 3750 to 4000 dollars, street light plans, a Morgantown letter, PSC request from Chesapeake and Potomac, and a paying petition for Segmon Street.
The United States detonated a 10 kiloton device at Yucca Flat Nevada 70 miles from Las Vegas to study radiation, flash, and fallout. The pre-dawn explosion produced a bright mushroom cloud observed by 200 military personnel and 31 aircraft. The test, delayed since May 16, aimed to provide data for the Atomic Energy Commission.
A four page publication The West Virginia Democratic Sentinal debuted as part of a new fund raising plan. State Democratic Chairman Hulett C. Smith announced pledge cards to collect small monthly gifts for a Sustaining fund designed to back party operations and information programs while limiting use by the state executive committee.
Beckley Lions Club hosts Father Daughter Night at 6 30 p m at El Chico with daughters of members as guests. Joe Bragg zone chairman from Pineville will present a certificate of merit for membership gain during January founders day month.
Trial began in Raleigh County Circuit Court with Julia Medley versus William R. Clark and Clark versus Medley over an automobile collision causing about 200 dollars in damage. Joe L. Smith Sr. v Necchi Sewing Circle of Beckley, Inc. was continued to the August term. Charlestons fire destroyed Spencer's Place tavern on US 60 between South Charleston and Albans, with losses around 13600 dollars.
A comic court report shows a wife recalling a spat with her husband during a force action. The judge asks what she did next and she quips she slapped him with a can opener. The remark highlights a domestic squabble with sharp wit.
Cartoonish note hints at Earl Wilson column on page 4 for more laughs from EP Lyons.
Funeral services for Mrs Barbara Jane Lester Lusk of Mount View are set for 2 p.m. Wednesday at Little Bethel Church with Elder H A Lane and Elder John Rhinehart officiating. Burial in Mount View family cemetery follows. She dies at 10:30 a.m. Monday at 74, survived by her second husband William M Lusk and four sons, three daughters, five stepsons, four stepdaughters, two brothers, two sisters, 59 grandchildren and 37 great grandchildren. Her body will be moved from Webb and Neal Funeral Home to the Mount View residence today. grandsons named pallbearers.
West Virginia forecast calls for fair, cool tonight with lows in the 40s and warmer, sunny conditions by afternoon. Beckley reports calm, with yesterday’s high and low values not clearly listed, and river stages in normal ranges for the Greenbrier, New River, and Bluestone reservoirs as of today.
The Sun sets at 8 39 p m and rises at 6 06 a m on Wednesday. The Moon is new at 7 39 a m Wednesday. Altair is low in the east at 11 30 p m Regulus appears in the west at 12 02 a m Venus sets at 9 08 p m Saturn rises at 9 13 p m Jupiter is high in the southwest at 10 26 p m Mars sets at 10 59 p m
New York Dr Maurice Levi 98 aged physician known for cigars whisky and foot care died yesterday at his hotel apartment He founded and led the New York College of Podiatry credited with elevating podiatry to professional status He enjoyed theater poker and late nights and quipped about retirement while continuing his indulgences.
Ensign Arthur Lusk Morris was killed on the cargo vessel Uvalde at Treasure Island. Cmdr Herman Schnurr and an enlisted man went berserk wounding two other ensigns and a metalsmith. Four sailors were held as hostages aboard the attack cargo ship while the scene unfolded.
Funeral services for Frank Wozniak, 35, of Granite Falls North Carolina, formerly Eccles, will be held at 2 p.m. Wednesday at Rose and Quesenberry Funeral Home Chapel, with burial in Sunset Memorial Park. He died Saturday in North Carolina after a heart attack. Marines kept distance from the ship during the incident. Navy spokesman would not identify the shooter, stating we don’t know yet. One man was killed one wounded and four held hostage on the flying bridge of the Uvatde.
Local strawberries will highlight a festival June 5 in the Beckley Hotel Ballroom from 10 a.m. to 1 30 p.m. Exhibits split into three divisions for farmers 4 H Club and FFA with ribbons and cash prizes awarded at a luncheon. A strawberry auction will follow with proceeds to exhibitors.
Raleigh County schools close on Wednesday marking the end of the 1956-57 term. Superintendent D W Bryson confirms all schools close officially with the 1957-58 term to begin in September.
Butler Price of Beckley, a multiple escapee from Raleigh County Jail, fled a Sprague warehouse work detail. He faces a six month add on a guard breaking charge. He had four days left after last Friday’s intoxication arrest.
Clarence Jones known as Tiz, an evangelist and ex-boxer, faced a second attempted burglary charge referred to the Kanawha County grand jury after a hearing in St Albans Magistrate Court. He denied the charge, contended he was engaged in evangelistic work near Parkersburg, and posted $1000 bond.
E. D. Terry of the Beckley Business Bureau says member stores will stay open Wednesday afternoon for shoppers. On Memorial Day, stores will close Thursday, following the bureau policy to stay open all day Wednesday during holiday weeks.
Peiping radio urged Nationalists to expel the United States from Formosa accusing U S imperialists of interference and colonial tricks. North Korea and Seoul officials echoed anti U S rhetoric praising Taipei rioters and calling the events part of a Bolshevik world conquest plot directed by the Kremlin.
Billy Graham drew 329 converts last night at Madison Square Garden as he preached against spiritual deadness and the lure of many gods. The sermon on the First Commandment urged choosing Jesus Christ over other desires. Over 12 nights his total decisions rose to 8,242.
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