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Newspaper
Raleigh Register
Location
Beckley, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Nov 18, 1959
Page
2
Sophia High School elected new officers for its Bible Club with Jannne as secretary treasurer Sharon Kenny as song leader and Shel by McVey named reporter.
Students at Sophia High School on crutches organize a club. Madison Lowry has a broken left leg from a freshman football game, Shelby McVey is a polio survivor, and Larry Owens broke his right leg jumping a creek and landing on a rock.
The Statistical Abstract of the United States 1959 reports veterans exceed 22 million with 70 percent from World War II. More than 10.5 million have used education benefits and 6.4 million hold GI loans. VA hospitals treat hundreds of thousands yearly. It details age, service eras, and education, loan, and insurance figures.
Governor Cecil H. Underwood proclaims November 16 to 22 as Life Insurance Education Week. The observance highlights life insurance as a key base of family financial security planning, sponsored by the West Virginia State Association of Life Underwriters with about 676 members statewide.
Bethany College trustees approve a budget of 1 165 450 for a one month period ending August 31. Wood County health officials note a rise in general disease over two years with more teen cases. Supervisor Litsinger of Spencer State Hospital describes a new program to salvage regressed patients. Charlestown Kanawha City reports many rats from a dump. Kaiser official proposes a community welcome service in Ravenswood near the big plant. Institute civic group seeks incorporation near Dunbar, which the Dunbar mayor supports. Stone and Thomas plans a Christmas parade with 64 bands. Parkersburg Kiwanis to sponsor the 18th annual Wood County Farming for Better Living Banquet on Nov. 24.
The Alpha Zeta Zeta Chapter of Zeta Phi Beta Sorority will present the Blue Revue on December 4 at Stratton High School to benefit its scholarship program. The event was planned at a Saturday meeting hosted by Mrs Louise Gold Stone. Proceeds fund the chapter’s scholarship work.
The 985 foot Eiffel Tower on the Seine was built in 1889 for the Paris Exposition, becoming a famed attraction and symbol of the era.
The Theatre Guild, Broadway's oldest producing group, plans Studio Three as a subsidiary to work off Broadway. The goal is to nurture and expose playwrights directors designers and actors under professional theater management while keeping costs down.
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