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Newspaper
Raleigh Register
Location
Beckley, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Nov 06, 1961
Page
14
The Piney View Elementary School PTA becomes a member of the Raleigh County PTA Council after its Thursday meeting. President Nadine Gwynn urged parent visits during National Education Week November 6 to 10. Seventh and eighth graders performed hymns and folk songs. The next meeting is December 14 with a Christmas program.
A columnist advises planning other plans in advance to avoid endless waiting. Be honest about preferences when he calls, show you have options, and soften refusals to signal that commitment exists. If he fails to improve, consider long term patience for a potential husband over a drifting relationship.
Mrs George Lowry of Mabscott will head the Heart Fund Drive in Raleigh County for a second year. West Virginia Heart Association named A J Colborn Jr state Campaign Chairman for 1962. Colborn, a Clarksburg attorney and brother of 1961 chair Mel Colborn of Fairmont, has led volunteer work with the State Heart Association and joined Stathers and Cantrall after law school. New Mexico remained a territory for 61 years before statehood.
A Beckley Community Forum meeting on November 16 will name a president and a program committee. Ten moderators were selected to serve on a rotating basis, with plans to invite a Small Business Administration representative as guest speaker. Committee members include O. D. Hall Miss Ethel Keyser and Miss Virginia McCormick.
R. C. Mitchell, 42, was struck when his 1961 car was hit by two vehicles on Bolt Mountain. Albert R. Cecere, 36, Beckley, was charged with driving left of center after his 1961 car side swiped Mitchell. Ace Bowen Stewart, 45, Pineville, rammed Mitchell's car and was charged with following too close. Damages were estimated at $1,000 with no injuries.
BECKLEY West Virginia special report on a new compact hearing aid designed for the hard of hearing. The device uses four transistors, weighs about a fraction of an ounce, and delivers ear level reception of speech, TV, and radio without cords or transmitters in clothing. Contact Earl Richmond in Beckley for full information with no obligation.
Evangelistic meetings at Welcome Baptist Church, run by Rev H H Teague, conclude with 20 baptisms after two weeks of sermons. Ten evangelistic teams canvassed homes, adding 27 new members to the church in Columbus Ohio. Mrs Roberta Merchant serves as church clerk. Swain Islands in Samoa become US possession in 1925.
Charles Walters, 74, of 106 Piney Ave, is listed as seriously ill at the Veterans Administration Hospital. Beckley Rescue Squad answered a call to his home at 1 45 a m Saturday.
James Craig of Leslie, 40, remains in good condition at Beckley Memorial Hospital after sustaining pelvic injuries in a Henry Withrow Coal Co mine accident. He was admitted Thursday for treatment.
Advice on preventing future foot and back problems from infancy. Do not rush learning to stand or walk, avoid early walkers, and measure feet standing. Choose shoes with specified width and length, observe wear, keep feet clean, trim nails straight, and replace shoes as feet grow.
Barbara Hill will serve as president of the Wise Owl Club at Morton Reaves School this year. Other officers are Ronald Pharms vice president James Trawnham secretary Irvin Wright treasurer and Connie Bagley reporter. All students are eighth graders. Their instructor is Mrs. Mary R Jackson.
Darryl Roberts son of Mr and Mrs Chester G Roberts of 1019 Woodlawn Ave is named on the Dean's List at the Baylor School for Boys in Chattanooga Tennessee.
Seven convictions under conservation laws were reported by Capt. Raymond Eye. Bobby Bland of Gap Mills, 23, was fined $20 for having an uncased gun in a car after 8:30 p.m. in Monroe County. Albert Brault, 29, and Earl Adkins, 30, from Daniels, were fined $20 each for failing to extinguish an open fire in Fayette County. Daniel Babic, 39, White Sulphur, hunted in a closed state forest and paid $20. James D. Underwood, 40, Premier, cited for highway littering in Wyoming County, fined $20. Roosevelt Stacy, 26, Bradshaw, hunted without a license in McDowell County, fined $20. Raymond E. Gallimore, 35, Versailles, Ky., also fined $20 in McDowell County for hunting without a license.
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