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Newspaper
Raleigh Register
Location
Beckley, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Nov 09, 1962
Page
4
A compact saying lists four grievous empties a head without brains a wit without judgment a heart without honesty and a purse without money. The quote underscores integrity and prudence as core values.
The piece weighs the press duty in community fundraising, questioning impartiality and editorial balance amid United Fund drives and arts groups. It notes scarce public response, urges constructive publicity, and highlights a Woodrow Wilson High School plan to form a local scholarship foundation, inviting 75 organizations to a November meeting. It argues philanthropy strengthens community and business alike.
More than 1,000 people gathered in the Waldorf Astoria Grand Ballroom to honor Bishop Herbert Welch on his 100th birthday. Welch, a revered leader in Methodism, was born on Lincoln’s firing of McClellan and has seen the church through many eras.
The centenarian Bishop Welch, longtime Methodist leader, has shaped missions in China, Japan, and Korea and directed overseas relief during World War II. At 100, he remains active in preaching, lecturing, and writing, with faith guiding his outlook for the future.
A Kansas City radio skit centers on liquor by the drink debate and the Musk Ox Club bar. A bartender questions why a vote changed legal status while authorities stress enforcement. The exchange critiques federal and state licensing myths and ends with a prayer from a Missouri minister.
The Congress adjourns and lawmakers depart, while the United Nations General Assembly begins its new session. Meanwhile New York remains a short trip from Washington for those who follow the vaudeville circuit.
In a late 1960s politics framing, Richard L. Worsnop assesses French voters facing November National Assembly elections. De Gaulle’s fate hinges on pro and anti Gaullist coalitions, with fears of autocracy and echoes of Louis Napoleon, amid Algerian settlement and currency reforms.
UPI analysis notes that Britain’s push to join the European Common Market faces intricate hurdles from tariff and agricultural protections to currency convertibility and labor flows. It highlights widening gaps with France, West Germany, Italy, Belgium, the Netherlands and Luxembourg, while stressing the Cuban crisis shifting Europe toward a stronger, independent nuclear posture and France’s push for its own capabilities.
Education Week November 11 to 17 focuses on Education Meets the Challenge of Change. The article argues education is society’s backbone and urges parents, schools, and communities to participate, compare local school quality, and expand public support for programs and resources. It stresses informed public decisions and cooperative effort among home, school, and community.
25 years ago Mr and Mrs Clinton Meadows and Judge C W Massey of Houston Texas hosted a house guest and planned a Serena stay with Mr and Mrs R L Hopkins. John Sleigh outlined a $15000 Loyal Order of Moose social headquarters project in Beckley after talks with supreme lodge officers. Homer D Boughner 90 of Denver recalls Princeton 1869 Rutgers game as a darned good contest.
M F O Dell and Emerson O Dell travel to Mt Cove Fayette Co to retrieve a stalled automobile if possible. Beckley to get a new Greek restaurant in the Carter building next to Beckley Hardware on Heber Street with fixtures installed for opening next week. Invitations issued for the marriage of Dr B B Richmond of Skelton to Florence Josephine Ballard of Long Beach California on November 20.
Messrs. Robert W. Smith and W. C. Mullins returned this week from an extended visit of about a week to Keokuk Iowa. Mr Mullins stopped in Hinton where he has a position while Mr Smith returned to Beckley.
Washington notebook reports pentagon aides using cots for night duty during the Cuban crisis. sign on door reads SAC Headquarters with half the cots removed as officials claim the crisis is “half over.” includes other Washington anecdotes and political quips from Ted Kennedy to Fuller.
The oldest cheese variety cited is the Arabian kishk made from dried goat milk curd. The second item notes Woodrow Wilson’s phrase after a Senate filibuster. a presidential request to authorize arming American merchant ships blocked by ten Republican senators in the House-passed measure.
Beckley newspapers publish under Beckley Newspapers Corporation with addresses at 34 Prince Street Beckley W Va and Hinton West Virginia. Managing Editor John Hodel heads the staff. National advertising representation is Ward Griffith Company with offices in major cities. Subscription rates by mail are listed for daily and Sunday and daily only options, including annual and six month terms.
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