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Newspaper
Raleigh Register
Location
Beckley, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Nov 27, 1961
Page
3
The Beckley Beckley-Winn Hotel hosted the West Virginia Horsemen's Association annual awards with about 225 attendees. Officers and judges announced state officer elections set for January while awards covered numerous pony and show divisions.
About 1 700 listeners packed First Baptist Church to hear the Beckley Choral Society under William Cruser perform Handel's The Messiah. George Bentel accompanied on organ with the Charleston String Quartet. soloists included Robert Howell and sopranos Martha Amorine Hal Laughlin and Joan Tyree. Proceeds funded season tickets for winter and spring concerts.
Amigo Miner Hart, 46, of Crab Orchard, is in satisfactory condition at Beckley Memorial Hospital after a back injury from a fall at the Amigo Smokeless Coal Co. mine in Amigo. He was admitted at 3:45 p.m. Saturday for treatment.
Fragmentary note places Ciudad Juarez in Mexico opposite El Paso across the border. The text hints at geographic relation but lacks full context or dates, offering only a brief positional reference.
Daniels Missionary Baptist Church begins a two week revival tonight at 7 30 oclock through December 9 conducted by Rev Jim Franklin pastor Memorial Baptist Church Beckley Special singing by choirs quartets and trios is planned Public invitation extended by Rev Finley Prewitt Blue Jay to attend.
Miss Alice Scott executive director of the West Virginia Association for Mental Health will address the Raleigh County Association at 7 30 p m Wednesday in the Bank of Raleigh room.
An ad-promoted laxative claims to address constipation from aging colon walls. It touts COLONAID as a three way lower colon remedy that softens and bulks, retones muscles, and stimulates nerve reflexes for overnight relief. Safe for expectant mothers and noninterfering with nutrient absorption. Introductory size 43.
A Charleston essay extols West Virginia’s wealth in coal oil gas limestone timber and water. It credits resource abundance location and especially people for industrial progress and independence, citing historic pioneer traits and a biblical reference to lifting eyes to the hills for help.
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