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Newspaper
Raleigh Register
Location
Beckley, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Nov 21, 1956
Page
6
Raleigh County participates in a statewide curriculum survey involving 308 schools across 38 counties. A team of public and higher education personnel conducts interviews and reviews teaching and learning, aiming to produce a comprehensive, anonymized report for the next legislative session.
Becktley Recreation Board presented three requests to the Special Levy Advisory Committee on Wednesday. James Kessinger, chair, urged help to have City Council approve a topographical map of New River Park, establishing property lines, plus purchase of extra bleachers and improved lighting at the recreation building.
Dr. A B Carr presided over the Appalachian Council meeting in Bluefield with about 25 Board members present. Raleigh District was represented by Commissioner EF M Ashworth Beckley J S Chapman Monteval and Rex Johnson the District Scout executive. The agenda covered the National Jamboree plans a Council trust fund and membership figures. The fund was approved and membership in the nine county area exceeded 3 726 a gain of 114 since December 1995. Raleigh County District shows a 173 increase since August 1936.
Raleigh County forests endured a record fire week with 15 fires burning 1 328 acres of timber, county forest protector Weir Covey said. Hunters and children started most blazes, totaling 22 fires for the season to date and 1 333 acres burned. District Four led with Fayette 33, Wyoming 25, Mercer 13. McDowell nine. Greenbrier and Monroe two outbreaks each. Summers reported the lightest damage with a single four acre fire.
Graveside services were to be held at 2 p.m. today for infant Don ald Ray and Brenda Faye Cox, children of Mr. and Mrs. Johnny Cox of Slab Fork. They died Tuesday after birth. Surviving are brothers Gary and Johnny, paternal grandparents Raymond Cox of Slab Fork, and maternal grandparents Gordon Pruitt and wife of Glen White.
A Raleigh General Hospital spokesman says professional wrestlers Libby Gonzalls and Lee Chona LeClaire, injured in a traffic collision near mile 39 on the West Virginia Turnpike, are listed as critical and fair respectively. Also covered are polio vaccine clinics at Coal City and Cranberry elementary schools and Thanksgiving favors for patients at Beckley VA Hospital and Pinecrest Sanitarium prepared by Girl Scouts as Junior Red Cross work.
Beckley businesses plan more Christmas cheer with 2000 extra feet of lights along Neville Street from the railroad bridge to Prince Street and down to Beckley Feed Co. Merchants are urged to pay assessments promptly as BBB members keep extended hours through Thanksgiving. A Thanksgiving conference at Glen View Bible Church runs from 10:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. with three guest speakers and lunch at noon.
A three county pilot by the Department of Agriculture Rural Development Program will launch December 13 in Raleigh Fayette and Summers counties with a mass meeting in Beckley Raleigh County Farm Agent H B Thomas reports. State Rural Development Committee reps will explain operations and a steering committee will organize the 13th meeting. If the mass meeting requests it a full economic farm survey will be conducted. The program targets low income farmers and seeks added income through better farming and potential off the farm work. Raleigh and Fayette residents attend the Charleston Lions district governor cabinet meeting today with C G Peregoy and Wood Poling present as international counselors.
Deadline for Boy Scouts to file for the National Jamboree announced by the Appalachian Council Jamboree Committee. Jamboree at Valley Forge State Park, Pa from July 12 to 19. 7 spaces for scouts and explorers, six for leaders in the Appalachian area. Forty-two places applied for and approved. Committee members listed. Sightseeing trips planned. Applicants must be age 12 by Jan 1 1957 and hold Explorer or second class rank or higher. Official medical exam and local council approval required. National fee $30 plus $110 for travel and housing. Territory includes Bland Giles Tazewell counties in Va and several WV counties.
Thanksgiving services are planned at Mount Hope First Baptist Church with 11 am Thursday rites led by Rev A W Wood and choir music. The church marks its 32nd anniversary through Nov 23 with nightly programs featuring sermons by Rev H C Craig and Rev J L Bly, solos by Mrs Clintella McFarland and Mrs Eunice Robinson, and choir performances from Cunard Ledgelly Wingrove Harlem Heights Marvey Miren Glen Jean Harper Park Ingram Branch. A Thanksgiving dinner will follow in the church dining room.
Professor H H Bolen of Concord College urged a functional math course in elementary and high schools to curb avoidance of math and science. He noted teachers lack math background and schools push other subjects, calling for stronger math emphasis, better supervision, and refresher courses. Harry Phillips cited stagnant engineering and science graduations in the U S compared to Russia, tying it to high school math declines. Thanksgiving services are noted at New Salem Baptist and First Baptist churches with morning times corrected.
Beckley Woman's Club Junior Department launches stamp drive to aid paraplegic veterans turning philatelists. Mrs. A David Abrams chairs, with stamps, albums, and supplies requested. NATO stamps avoided. goal 40 000 to 20 000 by Feb 1 1957. stamps sent to national headquarters for distribution. Thanksgiving services at Blue Jay Methodist Church led by Rev Virgil Cook with hymns and solo.
Raleigh County Jail inmates will celebrate Thanksgiving Day in confinement with a menu of turkey, dressing, creamed peas, mashed potatoes, gravy, and coffee. Mike Johnson and Lola Lang will prepare the meal serving about 70 inmates around 1 p.m. The cooks expect 80 pounds of meat, 18 to 20 loaves of bread, one and a half bushels of potatoes, and nine gallons of coffee.
The Rhodell Church of God hosts a 7 p.m. Friday program on foreign missions led by Rev. Johny Owens of Cleveland Tennessee. Owens tours West Virginia under Church of God general offices to discuss conditions abroad and funding needs. West Virginia overseer Rev G C Hamby attends, with Rhodell District churches represented. Evangelistic campaign continues with Rev David Lanier, nightly at 7 through next week.
Archie Ellenbogen of Beckley dropped his case against C Berkley Lilly in Raleigh County Circuit Court after a non-suit was filed mid trial. He claimed Lilly took dirt from his property and sought 85 dollars for truckloads. A separate case saw Lambert sue Grass for 300 dollars for damages to a truck from an August 13 accident on Pluto Road.
Floyd F Rothlisberger vice president of the West Virginia chapter attended a secure group meeting in Bikins Monday where plans were laid for the society’s annual conference in 157.
The First Baptist Church of Philadelphia appoints Rev Sidney J. Rowland Jr as minister of education after four years away. Rowland, born in Philadelphia, graduated from Eastern Baptist College in 1932 and Eastern Baptist Theological Seminary in 1935. He and his wife will reside at 215 May Grove Ave. The minister has prior experience at Washona Park and Covestoga High School.
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