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Newspaper
Raleigh Register
Location
Beckley, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Nov 06, 1961
Page
3
Earl Rice, superintendent of mails, oversees part of a mass shipment inspection at the rear loading platform of the current post office, Raleigh counties and Tarwell County, Va. involved in the scene.
Vocational education is essential to our program, broad and comprehensive, preparing youth and adults for profitable employment. The Raleigh County Vocational Technical Center offers day classes for high school students and adults, with programs in electronics, auto mechanics, welding, drafting, and more, plus evening and Saturday options. The Raleigh County Board of Education provides industrial arts and vocational agriculture in several schools to expand general education and practical skills.
A Raleigh County schools program emphasizes organized club activity as a core part of elementary education. Clubs such as health, Junior Red Cross, citizenship, safety, and 4H teach elections, meetings, group decisions, and teamwork. The 4-H club draws over 1,600 youths this year, fostering project planning and civic growth.
Ellipsoid described as a solid with all cross sections as ellipses or circles. The text urges more college access, labs, and top professors to meet rising demand, offering a booklet Open Wide the College Door from Times Square Station New York.
Raleigh County educators receive a Civil Defense plan directive from Superintendent John W. Saunders dated Oct 20. Principals and bus drivers are told to evacuate schools and return children home during alerts. In a no warning attack, basements become shelters and inner halls protect pupils. Further Civil Defense procedures will be relayed as developed.
The November Food Handlers conference is scheduled from 2 to 4 p.m. Wednesday at the Health Center on Harper Road. Temporary food handler cards are no longer issued under a new monthly conference plan. All workers must have a state law required food handlers permit. The Health Department will be closed Saturday for Veterans Day. County Senior Sanitarian W. B. Hume urged all personnel in dispensing food to comply with permit requirements and bring chest X-ray and blood test results.
Plans completed for the Raleigh County Postal Workers annual Christmas dinner at the Mabscott Post Office venue Glass House Restaurant. Dinner slated for 8 p.m. December 9 with postmasters urged to return confirmation ecards for final arrangements. Attendees included numerous postmasters and postal staff with a post office tour conducted after the meeting.
Raleigh Countians John B. Peters of Shady Spring Howard Lester of Daniels join West Virginia University teams for intercollegiate judging. Livestock Judging competes at the Pennsylvania Livestock Exposition on November 9 and 11 at the Eastern National Livestock Show in Baltimore. Meats Evaluation competes November 14 at the Northeastern Intercollegiate Meats Judging Contest alongside the Eastern National Livestock Show. Teams are coached by Dr. James McBee and Dr. Harold Kidder.
A two week revival begins at Harper Heights Missionary Baptist Church at 7 oclock with speaker Rev. Wiley V. Cullop of Besaco. Special singing will be provided at each service, says pastor Rev. W C Green.
In Newcastle, England, Jean Andrew responds to a caller insisting they dial Newcastle Ontario, Canada. The mix up highlights a mistaken international number, creating a light moment as the British resident corrects the typo in the switchboard exchange.
An advertisement extols Greyhound for flexible, frequent schedules that let travelers linger yet arrive on time. It highlights direct routes into town and claims Greyhound is often faster than other travel options, urging readers to choose Greyhound and let the company handle the driving.
Stratton High School juniors Joseph Webster and Lloyd Boyden prepared enrollment packets for nearly 200 Raleigh County schools. After enrollment, students will start service projects. Stratton members have sewn layettes and dresses distributed countywide and make favors for Beckley VA Hospital. Mrs Sher Winter chairs the junior RC and Mrs Corey Mitchell advises at the school.
Black walnuts are being accepted at Beckley Farmers Market under manager Porter Lew is. Harvest price has fallen to 75 cents per hundred pounds due to bumper crops in southern states and pecans, while hulled and dried walnuts fetch 2.50 per hundred pounds. Both green and dried nuts may be sold by West Virginia Farmers Market or Future Farmers of America chapters set up to handle them, with sales ending before December 1 as the season closes.
The Blue Ribbon 4 H Club of Prosperity School fifth and sixth graders was organized Thursday. Officers include Sandra Meadows president Donna Meadows vice president Beverly Tabor secretary Evelyn Harris treasurer Charles Balaskey reporter Louise Spottore song leader Randy Welch game leader. Mrs Joseph H Jones is club leader with Mrs Wayne Stewart as assistant. Members will pursue sewing cooking child care handicraft and electrical projects, exhibited at term end. Officers trained Saturday at Cranberry School.
Paul Roberts 906 1 2 S Oakwood Ave suffered a slight heart attack at Nan’s Grill Prince Street at 3 35 p m Saturday. He was treated at Beckley Memorial Hospital and released.
The Rev. T. M. Waldron of Beckley First Assembly of God will travel Tuesday to Bluefield Virginia for a Minister's Institute at the Assembly of God Church running Tuesday through Thursday. He speaks at 11 am Wednesday on The Minister and Public Relations. Other area ministers include Rev. W. Glenn West and Rev. R. Elmer Baker with sessions midweek and Rev. P. E. Rhodes at 7:30 pm Thursday. Principal speaker is Rev. Ernest S. Williams of Springfield Missouri, former general superintendent of the Assemblies of God. West sponsors the meeting.
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