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Newspaper
Raleigh Register
Location
Beckley, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Nov 13, 1964
Page
6
Dr Wayne Brandstadt answers reader questions on appetite loss cause links to smoking and relaxation, staying with slow eating and social cooking aids, pregnancy risks from antihistamines, high altitude flying for heart patients, and Valmid safety. Facts cover stillbirth risks, pregnancy toxemias, and medication guidance.
The Rev William Hunter entertained Beckley Rotary members at Ladies Night with a piano program titled Music Depreciation. He played variations on Twinkle Twinkle Little Star in the style of Bach Strauss and Duchin and imitated instruments with humor. Special guests included Byron John district governor and his wife and Miss Jacobyn Utermark, a Hague exchange student visiting Beckley.
The Chesapeake and Ohio Railway schedules a Better Service Conference on November 19 with Rev. Shirley Donnelly of Crab Orchard Baptist Church as featured speaker. About 120 attendees are expected for the 6:30 p.m. dinner, the third such event in 1964 to foster better understanding and business relations among active and retired employees. W. G. McIntyre, C&O general agent and conference chairman, is coordinating invitations. The talk will cover Local C&O History.
The West Virginia Association of College and University Presidents will hold its annual fall conference in Charleston on November 23. Principal speaker will be President Marshall Buckalew of Morris Harvey College, making his first public appearance since becoming Charleston college head to discuss higher education's role in West Virginia's economy and culture.
Beckley Lumber and Supply Co to Henry I Kale and Mary E Kale for Tench Park Beckley property at 2950 dollars. Preston and Leithe Jennings to Oley and Rhoda Lilly for Mannix Addition Shady Spring District for 99 dollars.
West Virginia industry programs cited by Floyd Anthony show over 60 percent success in rehabilitating alcoholics. Union Carbide Du Pont and Weirton Steel report benefits include lower absenteeism and happier plants. Allis-Chalmers notes 850 participants saving about $80,000 monthly. A seminar in Charleston on prevention through education is planned.
Congressman John M. Slack Jr. predicts early approval for the Appalachian Regional Development plan as the 89th Congress opens. He cites new House members and chairman George Fallon of Maryland, known for roads work, and notes highway construction as central to the program’s aims.
The Galimir Quartet founded in Vienna and re formed in 1938 will perform at 8 30 p m Saturday in the United Fuel Gas Company Auditorium Charleston presented by the Charleston Chamber Music Society The program includes Schuberts Quartetsatz in C minor Op Posth Janaceks String Quartet No 2 Intimate Letters and Haydns String Quartet Op 76 No 2 in D minor with first Charleston performances of the Schubert and Janacek works Tickets are available at the door on Saturday November 14.
Citizens join in a two mile front battle to save homes as a Charleston hillside blazes amid tinder dry conditions. Residents of all ages shovel, carry water, and dig trenches while Morris Harvey college volunteers assist, keeping spirits high despite danger.
John L. Frazier, Department Commander of the Veterans of Foreign Wars, will be the honored guest at the District 10 VFW meeting at 1 30 p m Sunday at the Community House in White Sulphur Springs. He holds the purple heart and served as a medic in Rhineland and Central Europe, with service across France and Cherbourg and a Roer crossing wound.
Two marriage license applications were filed on Wednesday in Raleigh County Clerk's office. The couples are Alvin Eugene Cozart aged 20 of Slab Fork and Iona Lee Coulter aged 17 of Lester. Also Jerry Dwane Maynor age 20 of Clear Creek and Patricia Elaine Cantley age 18 of Clear Creek.
State police safety educator Trooper P E Gyke warns parents about scooter boards risk. He says this fad on streets is hazardous and can be fatal, urging vigilance to protect children from traffic dangers.
A certified hearing aid audiologist offers repairs and service for all makes and models. Eye glass, earlevel and conventional models are serviced at Mountain State Hearing Aid Center located at 210 Main St Beckley West Virginia. Dial 2536352 for contact.
A gasoline container ignited in a basement floor furnace at 512 South Eisenhower Drive causing about 1500 dollars in damage. J L Greer, owner and tenant, was treated for hand burns by the Beckley Fire Department squad. Smoke filled the home but the blaze stayed in the barrel and Greer said insurance will cover the damage.
About 35 attendees at Beaver Lions Club summer dinner meeting. Guests included A G Lugar district governor from Kopperston Club John N Painter Kopperston cabinet secretary and T L Van Stavern Beckley zone chairman with their wives. Lugar spoke on Selling Lionism, entertainment by Wiseman Sisters, and J D Robinson presented Harold Mann a special fundraising award.
At the Mabscott volunteer fire department meeting plans for a candy sale a shooting match and a pancake festival were outlined along with a demonstration of new walkie talkies as part of fundraising efforts.
H R Meyers of Gauley Bridge and Howard H White of Beckley were jailed Thursday in Raleigh County on traffic charges. Meyers faces drunken driving with booking at 9 19 p m and White faces reckless driving with booking at 10 20 p m.
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