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Newspaper
Raleigh Register
Location
Beckley, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
May 29, 1962
Page
10
The Mullens Junior High spring formal drew 72 attendees standing beside the wishing well. Chaperones Mrs. Effie Delp and Mrs. Lloyd Bright oversaw activities with Mrs. Bright also handling decorations for the Friday night dance themed “Wishing.”
Caro lyn Phillips of Glen Rogers High School is chosen to represent her school at Rhododendron Girls State June 10 16 at Jacksons Mill with Bonnie Burgess as alternate. Phillips carries leadership and civic traits and is active in Tri-Hi-Y Honor Society Future Homemakers of America choir and senior files.
Plaz Rusty Casey was admitted to Beck ley Memorial Hospital Monday after a stroke at home and is listed in serious condition. The report notes his longstanding invalid status. Visitors this week at Mrs. Rosella Sutton’s home include Mr. and Mrs. Bradley Kinder and Brenda, Mr. and Mrs. Curtis Kinder of Pontiac, Mr. and Mrs. John Sutton of Fayetteville, Charles Sutton of Dayton Ky, Mr. and Mrs. Ernest Sutton, and Mr. or Mrs. Glen Kinder of Baltimore.
Oak Hill speaker Trooper J N White urged Lions club members to install and wear seat belts. He noted six of Raleigh County's nine auto deaths this year could have been prevented with belt use and described accidents showing when belts were or were not used. He urged legislation to require belts on all new cars and stressed driver education and cooperation with educators.
The Mako shark is the fastest shark at 20 miles an hour, per the Miami Seaquarium. Census figures show seven of ten Americans live in urban households and one in five in rural non farm areas.
The excerpt compares historic events with a playful forecast. It notes Patrick Henry's 1765 treason cry in the Virginia House of Burgesses over taxation without consent. It also envisions a decade later men using cosmetics and colorful clothing, including mink coats.
Daily zodiac guidance notes dating from 1962 outlines trend highlights for each sign. Aries sees marriage trends strengthening while Taurus and Gemini face needs versus others, Cancer warns against showiness, Leo chafes at delays, Virgo and Libra gain focus on hidden wishes, Scorpio urges self-check, Sagittarius cautions about entitlement, Capricorn favors personal contact, Aquarius warns against excess attention, Pisces seeks timely achievement amid late schedules.
Fayetteville Rotary hosts weekly dinner at Memorial Building Maple Ave. Jackie Thompson of West Virginia University discusses duties as House of Representatives page. Dr. Bernard Collins presides over brief business meeting following remarks.
Glen Rogers report notes Miss Lammone Turner, guest of Miss Sylvia Richardson at the Richardson home, has returned to Dayton Ohio. Miss Janet Richardson of Washington DC stays two weeks with her parents to see sister Nancye graduate from Glen Rogers High School, accompanied by Norman F Gray Jr of Washington.
Plans announced for the Miss Fayette County Pageant to be held June 16 at 8 p.m. in the Fayette County Memorial Building. Participants must be Fayette County residents, 18 by the national pageant date in September in Atlantic City, single, never married, and with a high school education. Judging covers talent, swimwear, evening gown, interviews, and observation by a panel to be announced. The Fayetteville Jaycees sponsor, with entry contact through Dr. Edwin Warfield, former president. The winner earns an expense-paid trip to Charleston to enter state finals July 11-14.
A Little League umpire training clinic was held at the American Legion Home on Maple Ave Fayetteville. Charles Jordan of Chesapeake and Potomac Telephone Co led a session on umpire positions strike zones and calls. Coaches and officials from multiple Little League divisions attended including Bert Nugent Ermel Hesse Lewis Lattanzi Clifford Burdette Leslie Bryant and others.
Fayetteville High School Glee Club under Miss Lia Vaglio presented Twilight Rhapsody in Fayette County Memorial Building featuring solos by Neal Clar and Miss Vaglio. The program listed multiple choral pieces with piano, trumpet, drums, bells, and cymbals, plus county and state chorus members across Soprano I II and Tenor lines.
Fayetteville society column records visits among local families. Mr and Mrs Joe Phillips and daughter Melissa Jane of Middletown Ohio spent time with Mr and Mrs Charles Phillips and Mrs Lee Akers on Daniels Street. Mrs R C Witt of Rupert vacationing with son John Witt in Cunard. Nelson Dempsey and Mrs John Witt visited in Huntington. Mrs Lee Akers and Peggy Lou Akers visiting a week with Joe Phillips and Andy Baker in Middletown. Connie Witt, Marshall University student, summers with her parents in Cunard. Don Stephens and daughters of Maple Avenue left for a two week Myrtle Beach vacation.
In Wyoming Circuit Court on Monday three men faced drunk driving charges. Curtis McKinney entered a guilty plea for a February 10 arrest, receiving 50 dollars plus costs and 30 days in county jail. Riley M. Thompson, arrested September 29, got 100 dollars and costs with a 60 day sentence. Billy Ray Lambert, charged December 2, was fined 50 dollars and costs and given 60 days in jail. Operators’ licenses for Thompson and Lambert were revoked for six months.
Lost items include a black billfold with papers between Raleigh General Hospital and Charles House Motel with reward for return. Also a tan and black German Shepherd female dog named Joey with reward. Contacts Betty Wilkes 253-5183 and Robert L. Amick 253-3321 for tips on stolen newspapers and general help. Plus local ads for printing courses at Southern Institute of Graphic Arts in Nashville and repair services in W Va and New York maid jobs and taxi drivers.
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