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Newspaper
Raleigh Register
Location
Beckley, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Nov 22, 1961
Page
3
The Beckley Child Care Center on Mount Hope Road, reviewed at a board meeting, highlighted a stable intake of 10 boys and 3 girls and a strong community role. Rev Virgill Cook praised the center as a major achievement with a family atmosphere, balanced meals, chores, recreation, and worship.
Beckley announces a Thanksgiving holiday affecting most residents. Banks, federal offices close Thursday. court offices open Friday only, resuming Saturday. Register staff deliver the Beckley Post-Herald Friday. Schools close Thursday and Friday, reopen Monday until Dec 21 to Jan 2 break. Forestry and Extension offices run skeleton Friday. Agricultural Stabilization office open Friday.
Two crashes on U S 19 near Stanaford Tuesday evening damaged three vehicles. In the first wreck at 6 45 p m Jerry Wayne Brown 18 of Sprague and Betty Doris McKnight 31 of Beckley collided after she turned at the skating rink causing 150 in damage. No arrest. The second crash at 7 10 p m involving William S Bevins 18 of Matheney resulted in 600 damage after he failed to keep vehicle under control and hit two cars owned by Marion S Hamons of Stamford. Bevins charged.
Raleigh County Clerk Smitty Smith is in good condition at University of Virginia Hospital Charlottesville after leg vein surgery on Monday. Mrs. Smith said no release date has been given.
About 100 Pinecrest Sanitarium employees and guests attended a Tuesday AFSCME meeting where the Pinecrest local will receive its charter on November 30. The charter presentation at 7 30 p m in the auditorium will be by Edward Bailey AFSCME regional director. Delegates for a Charleston December state meeting will be chosen soon and discussions covered higher budgets civil service hospital coverage and public employees retirement act. Also present were officials from Beckley Area Labor Council and WVU Labor Education staff.
Salvation Army launches its Christmas Cheer booth on Neville Street with a $6200 goal to aid local residents. Memorial Baptist Church Youth Group runs day one operations. Major Mary McVicker notes hours 9 to 5 Tuesday to Saturday, 9 to 9 Monday, extended evenings before Christmas. Volunteers from civic groups staff the event with public address system and large kettles.
Two Raleigh County School Bus Drivers Association members join Civil Defense Headquarters staff at the Memorial Building basement. John Lambert Lanark and Wendell Thurman Beaver volunteer with alternating shifts 9 a m to 2 30 p m Monday through Saturday. John Lambert also serves as Pagoda Shopping Center night manager. A two way radio will be added later as nine mobile units come under local control.
The Rev. A. J. Coffey will deliver the annual union Thanksgiving Day sermon at 10 30 a m Thursday in the First Christian Church. The Beckley Ministerial Association sponsors the service.
In Beckley area hospitals patients will receive tray favors from the Junior Red Cross of the local chapter for Thanksgiving. Girl Scout troops prepared favors for Pinecrest patients and Beckley Veterans Administration Hospital. The Junior Red Cross Council at Woodrow Wilson produced favors for Raleigh General Beckley Memorial and Beckley Hospitals.
Mrs Jesse J Hodge a teacher at East Berkeley Elementary School was discharged Monday after several days of treatment at Raleigh General Hospital.
The First Southern West Virginia Feeder Pig Sale under the Feeder Pig Production Program was a success. O C Hutchison reports a total of 3657 55 dollars from 292 pigs sold in one hour starting 7 pm Tuesday with prices 20 to 31 50 per hundred weight. The overall average 24 93 topped Morgantown sales by over two dollars. University and State Department of Agriculture officials participated in the ring and praised the program’s potential.
Charleston native Robert Howell will be soloist with the Beckley Choral Society for Sundays Messiah performance at 4 p.m. in First Baptist Church Beckley. No admission charged. Also three area sopranos Miss JoAnn Tyree Mrs Jan Laughlin and Mrs Martha Amorine in Mount Hope.
A Beckley columnist counsels perspective on a widower marrying a widow weeks after his spouse’s death. He notes loneliness, mutual consent, and age factors, urging a friendly postnuptial celebration and citing Matthew 7 12. Readers invited to send questions to Ask The Chaplain.
A new company, G & J Coal Co., filed a certificate of incorporation with the County Clerk on Tuesday. It will mine and sell coal, start with $1,000, and have authorized stock of $25,000. Incorporators are I. C. Lilly, Goldie Lilly, and I. V. Lilly, all of Beaver.
The First Baptist Church in North Beckley will host Thanksgiving services at 11 a.m. A home talent program sponsored by the Missions Circle will follow, led by president Mrs. Lucinda Goode. The annual business meeting, to read annual reports, is set for Friday at 7 p.m. Rev. W. J. Carter urges all members to attend.
Two Beckley children were treated at Beckley Hospital Tuesday for head cuts from unrelated falls. Malcolm Jerry Smith two years old of Croft Street suffered a cut to his forehead at home. Anna Craddock six years old of Curtis Street cut her head in a fall at school.
J Kenton Lambert urged living the Kiwanis creed as he addressed about 200 Kiwanians at the Beckley Winn Hotel. Special tribute honored four Beckley charter members E B Hawkins E C Minter R D Watts and Charles Hode with 40 year pins and certificates. Watts recounted the club's 1921 start and Dec 16 1921 charter, noting the contributions of J Q Hutchinson Bill Fugate and W A James.
A Chevy Chase man, Fred W. La Bastille, 38, a Michigan graduate in landscape architecture, is named resident engineer for Beckley’s comprehensive plan. He will arrive after year’s start to begin duties, setting up in City Hall. Two Baker firm staff have finished initial field work. A separate matter saw the PIC asked to advise on blocking a Broadway section for a playground at East Park Elementary. the commission will study and prepare a resolution for the Board of Education and City Council.
Sunbeam Missionary Society of New Hope Baptist Church schedules an 11 a m Thursday service with music by three church choirs. Pastor Rev Henry Dubois will sermonize and Rev William Bowles will offer a Thanksgiving prayer. The Welcome Baptist Church also plans an 11 a m Thursday service sponsored by its Mission Society with music by the Mission Chorus and Senior Choir led by Rev C Lawson.
The Beckley Christian Youth Council hosts Union Thanksgiving Youth Service at 7:30 PM led by Rev. John O. Atkins of First Christian Church Bluefield. Atkins, a noted youth worker and musician, will be guest speaker with local participants and choral offerings raising funds for Church of the World Service.
Glade-Pinch Creek Trout Association announced section leaders for a fund drive to build an access road opening 12 miles of Glade Creek for trout stocking. Goal of 6000 set to connect hatchery trucks and fishermen, next meeting Dec. 11 in the courthouse.
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