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Newspaper
Raleigh Register
Location
Beckley, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Nov 15, 1965
Page
13
On Thursday teachers welcome parents in the school gym for the open house. Future Teacher Association members assist, with Mrs. Lee and Mrs. Evelyn Jackson helping as hosts alongside WWHS faculty.
William Scruggs did not appear for a hearing on assault charges brought by his wife Betty. The proceeding was postponed and rescheduled for 10 a.m. Thursday in Circuit Court as the couple pursues divorce.
Dr Forest A Cornwell chief of the pediatric division at Southern West Virginia Clinic Appalachian Regional Hospital is named in Who's Who in the East for the fifth time since 1959 He hails from Dallas Texas and earned a 1944 BS in medicine at the University of Kansas plus post graduate work at Harvard Medical School He served as Lt jg in the Navy 1946 to 1948 and completed a pediatric residency at a noted hospital
Police investigate a Ghent Elementary School break in and a Sunday burglary linked to forgery by Robert White 29 who found a wallet lost October 28. Beasley arsons and court delays, plus a two car crash on Sunrise Avenue cause minor damages. arrests for improper registration, reckless driving, speeding and grand larceny noted.
Dr. Cornwell serves as consultant for Raleigh Boone Medical Group Whitesville and Rock Creek Medical Group Montcalm. He chairs the accident and poison control committee of the American Academy of Pediatrics and sits on the West Virginia Heart Association board. He is linked with Southern West Virginia Clinic and Raleigh County Medical Society. A Methodist and Nu Sigma Nu member.
The Glen Leigh Skylighters 4-H Club held its second meeting at the school with President Larry Smith presiding. Principal Willis Walker distributed sales cards for a 4-H project and the club adopted the 4-H song pledge motto and creed. Ethel Richmond and Rose conducted the 7 Bm.
A memorial day crash led to Alvin Dale Basham 18 pleading guilty to two counts of negligent homicide. He was fined 100 dollars and costs on one count and given six months in county jail on the other, suspended on defense counsel’s motion. The deaths of Rodney Pat Massie and Danny R. Bolen occurred on Route 16 near Helen May 29, with the victims’ parents seeking leniency.
Three juveniles were released to their parents after a hearing before Judge Harry L. McCreery Saturday. Two 17-year-old girls from Sophia and Midway were freed to their parents after appearing to answer charges of running away from home. The girls were found in North Carolina and brought back by their parents last week. A 15-year-old East Beckley youth charged with truancy was released to his parents with a promise to return until his sixteenth birthday.
Gates Engineering Co. chief Leslie C. Gates was elected chairman of the Central Appalachian Section of the AIME at the joint AIME West Virginia Coal Mining Institute meeting at the Greenbrier. E. H. Roberts and J. S. Malesky named as vice chairmen.
Cranberry Elementary School will host a PTA meeting on Tuesday at 7. The devotional will be given by members of the Women’s Club of Central Baptist Church, Beckley. Tom Osborne of Chesapeake and Potomac Telephone Co. will present films on education. A social hour will follow.
Mayor Beckley said firemen spent one and a half hours on Main Street changing bulbs at Raleigh County Bank. He noted the work trained crews and added the bank pays city gross sales tax. Chief Connor said the job was by agreement with the bank and costs about 20 dollars per hour. Esther Baxter named Glen White Jr High cook replacing long-time cook Claude Akers.
The National Association of Insurance Agents designates the week of November 14 20 as Protection Week encouraging insureds to consult agents for full reviews of property and liability coverages. Advice stresses prevention to keep premiums down, noting burglaries rise and cost per crime exceeds 200 dollars. Tips include locking doors lighting at night notifying police during absences and informing delivery people of trips.
School health column covers preventing athlete's foot and plantar warts via locker room hygiene and footwear. Advice notes that water does not spread infections, emphasizes daily floor disinfection, boiling towels, and personal slippers. Also includes brief medical Qs on hives and Kahler's disease with diagnostic and treatment notes and a call for reader questions.
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