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Newspaper
Raleigh Register
Location
Beckley, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Nov 21, 1962
Page
3
Dear Kathy offers teen dating guidance on improving two person visits at home. The columnist suggests inviting another couple, providing food and sociability, and using records as a relaxed backdrop to ease conversation and enjoy the guest.
Beckley residents are urged to send Christmas packages cards and letters to servicemen overseas. Deadline for surface mail is Nov. 20 and Dec. 9 for air parcels per Beckley Post Office assistant postmaster I E Borre. The writer shares a personal Marine memory to emphasize mail’s value and urges airmail when possible.
Pomona is identified as the Roman goddess of fruits and gardens in ancient Roman religion. She embodies fruitful orchards, cultivated land, and agricultural abundance, often depicted with symbols of fruit and watered groves.
The Mark Twain PTA plans a December first polio clinic with doses at one dollar each. Nurses, PTA mothers, and a future dinner on December 10 at 6 30 p.m. at the school will fund playground equipment. Guest speaker W H Walker spoke on Special Classes in Raleigh County, as Principal Edward Birch notes monthly visitation day on the first Monday for conferences.
Descriptive slides outlining Raleigh County area prospects will debut at the Beckley Raleigh County Chamber of Commerce annual meeting in Beckley Elks Lodge Ballroom at 6:45 p m on December 6. The 30 minute program, produced by Paul M Peabody and directed by Madge Richardson, uses a taped narrative to portray tourism, industry, recreation and scenic beauty with about 20 contributors. Chamber managing director Robert Hamilton expects 350 to 400 attendees and Carbide Male Chorus will provide entertainment. William Hunton of Norfolk and Western Railroad heads the dinner.
The Rev and Mrs Clifton Blevins will depart for Japan in February for their third mission tour under the Far Eastern Gospel Crusade. Appalachian Bible Institute staff and students will contribute 125 dollars to their fund, prompted by strong praise of Japanese missions. Reverend A Reid Jepson, Charleston, board member, spoke at chapel and has recently formed Christian Projects Services to advance Christian education missions and evangelical literature.
Noah Webster gained fame for his Dictionary of the English Language, a landmark work that shaped American lexicography and spelling standards. The dictionary established foundational scholarship and influenced education, publishing, and linguistic study.
Promoted to specialist four in Orleans France is Donald W Thomas a driver with the U S Army Garri son He is 21 and the son of Mr and Mrs William Thomas Lochgelly His wife Janet lives in Orlando Fla He entered service in 1960 completed basic at Fort Knox Ky A Collins High School graduate He had a 14 day leave with his parents Sophia is Ther man Roger Mills a fireman apprentice He completed recruit training at Great Lakes IL A Crab Orchard man Airman John G Barea son of Francisco and the Crab Orchard residents He was reassigned to Amarillo AFB Texas for missile propellant systems training after completing basic at Lackland AFB Texas
Pvt. Gertrude E. Eagle, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. John Hedrick of Crab Orchard, finishes eight weeks of basic training at the Women's Army Corps Center, Ft. McClellan, Alabama. She is a graduate of Ansted High School. Airman 3 C Keith W. Cummings, son of Mr. and Mrs. Stanley Cummings of Mabscott, has been reassigned to Sewart AFB, Tennessee after completing an Air Force technical training course for air traffic controllers at Keesler AFB, Mississippi.
Pvt Buckey W Honaker 18 son of Carl Honaker Beckley completed four week airborne course at Ft Benning Ga and basic training at Ft Gordon Ga after entering the Army last March He was reassigned to Seymour Johnson AFB NC Airman 3C Charles F Tynch Beckley son of Mrs Lois Tynch graduated from Stratton High School and completed jet aircraft mechanics training at Amarillo AFB Texas
Sgt. Thomas E. Stinnette, 30, son of Mr and Mrs Cather Stinnette of Oceana, tested combat readiness of the 1st Armored Division at Fort Hood Texas in Exercise Iron Fist. He is a motor sergeant in Company D 37th Armor and entered the Army in 1951 after graduating from Oceana High School.
Aboard the carrier USS Wasp at Quonset Point Rhode Island personnel report for duty after arrival.
S. Sgt. Francis W. Charlton, supervisor of the base exchange at Sundance Air Force Station in Wyoming, will oversee an area that receives all its electricity from the Air Force's first portable nuclear power plant. The plant’s 65-pound core will power heavy radar equipment that maintains a 24 hour watch as part of North American Air Defense.
Members of the Raleigh County Centennial Committee will confer in Charleston on Thursday, Nov. 29 with Commission officials to consider the county budget. Chairman George B. Chambers announced after a Monday night meeting. He also said billboards along highways in five counties will display West Virginia Centennial events in 1963, backed by Beckley Poster Advertising Co. The donation includes 60 full sized billboards valued at $25 each, an initial investment of $1,500.
A physician recounts a shift from bed rest after operations to early mobilization. He cites historical practice, a surgeon nicknamed Crazy Otto, and modern findings showing bed rest weakens muscles, slows digestion, and increases clot risk. Patients now start sitting up the day after surgery and gradually increase activity.
The article notes that Iowa experienced historical control by both France and Spain, reflecting early territorial claims before becoming part of the United States. It highlights shifting empires and the region's colonial legacy within North American exploration.
Mrs. C. C. Lewis of the Raleigh County Tuberculosis and Health Association warns complacency is TB’s enemy. She notes 54 new Raleigh County TB cases last year and over 200 active cases now, with state totals surpassing 532 as of Sept. 24.
Homeroom Mothers at Hollywood Elementary met with president Mrs. W. G. Watson in charge. They plan a bake sale on December 1 at MacArthur Super Market. Assistants named include Mrs. Joe Ramsey Mrs. George Sparks Mrs. Sanger Mrs. Jones and Mrs. J. C. McGlothin. Reports were given on the recent polio clinic.
In Saugus Massachusetts a driver Nicholas Nigoghasian reports two deer rammed his car on U S Route 1. While he inspected the damage another vehicle struck the rear of his car and sped off. One of the deer also fled the scene.
A 14 year old, intoxicated, tried to steal a diesel locomotive to flee home. A watchman at the Milwaukee road depot spotted him in the cab and alerted police. The boy’s father was later found guilty of allowing the son to be out after 11 p.m. curfew.
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