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Newspaper
Raleigh Register
Location
Beckley, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Nov 04, 1965
Page
3
Gibson, serving in Viet Nam, and members of Local Draft Board No 18 again attract public scrutiny amid ongoing draft related activity and community concern.
Several area residents were named to 1965 66 committees of the West Virginia Heart Association by Dr Albert D Kistin Beckley president Danny Warren Beckley will serve on the program planning committee and Mrs Wanda Farrish Oak Hill on the membership committee Dr Richmond Beckley appointed to the Rheumatic fever committee to September 1967 and will also serve on the fundraising advisory committee Dr Forest Cornwell Beckley named to the education committee Miss Betty Brown Beckley named to the nursing committee Kistin to serve on the long range planning committee budget and finance committee
Mezzo-soprano Carolyn Reyer, WVU graduate student, will present a Carnegie Recital Hall program of songs by David Diamond and WVU Composer-in-Residence Thomas Canning. WVU admissions predicts stronger 1965-66 freshman scores based on ACT results and high school averages. The Canaan Valley area is praised as a winter paradise and cool summer retreat in a WVU Agricultural Experiment Station report. David Luke III of WVPP Co. will speak at Morgantown’s Governor’s Conference on Wood Utilization. Homecoming centers on "Building in a Banner Year" with WVUTech game at Mountaineer Stadium and coronation of the queen.
Three local citizens make up Raleigh County Selective Service Board 1 with Dunkley serving a year and Scott five years. They review birth dates and files, deciding eligibility in potential crises, as drafts rise from 14 to 36 monthly. The process includes physicals by AFEES and mental tests, maintaining readiness for rapid inductions.
Raleigh County welfare statistics for 1965 show a drop of 119 people receiving assistance and an 11 462 decrease for commodities. Wyoming County records a 254 decline in assistance and 498 drop in commodities while Fayette County notes a 62 decrease in assistance and a 1 decline in commodities.
Charters issued by the secretary of state authorize Better Builders Inc of Beckley to issue 25000 in capital stock with incorporators Robert J. Ashworth John C. Ashworth and Phyllis Barker all of Beckley. The Elastomer Corp of Oak Hill receives 50000 in capital stock with incorporators Franklin D Garcia Martha C Garcia Jack G Elmore and Hazel Elmore of Oak Hill.
In Boston an Italian crewman from the liner Cristoforo Colombo paused to mail a letter then watched fire trucks rush to a nearby corner. The box was a fire alarm, not a mailbox. The brief incident underscores concerns about alcoholism in Russia.
A structured outline of U S draft classifications from I to V detailing 1-A 1-A-O 1-C 1-S 1-V and II III IV V categories with deferments for conscientious objectors students agricultural and occupation deferrals, ministers, aliens and other cases.
Beckley office of the Department of Natural Resources reports six new forest fires in District IV. Raleigh County has two fires on White Oak Creek in Shady Spring District and Pine Branch in Clear Fork District. One old fire remains burning in Clear Fork. Wyoming County reports one new fire at Nanna Branch while Mercer, Monroe, and Summers report none. Greenbrier notes a fire on Little Mountain. McDowell reports two new fires in Elk Horn Mountain. Fayette reports a grass fire near Beck.
H T Gibson chairman of Local Draft Board No. 18 for 22 District 29 retires in February 1963 after 22 years of service. A Gib son native says this is his state and home. He came to the area at 15 and is a member of the Elks and Moose lodges. He notes boards follow regulations and strive to follow the rules in selecting draftees.
An advertisement promotes Odrinex as a nonprescription fat loss pill promising a money back guarantee if not satisfied. It describes tiny tablets, a $3.00 price, mail order option, and returns to druggists with full refunds.
Medical Q and A covers spondylolisthesis in youths and surgical correction timing. It discusses how an uncleared spinal defect may affect employment, signs in adolescence, and potential back handicap. Also explains prostate cancer treatment with testicle removal, hormone therapy, and prognosis, noting limited benefit for some cases and the decline of tonic drugs.
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