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Newspaper
Raleigh Register
Location
Beckley, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Oct 08, 1968
Page
3
Mullens Baptist Youth Fellowship opened its first meeting since summer break with President Wiskt Burcham presiding. Appointed committees included Local led by Jack Floney and David Akers, with Vikki Tuieham and Dusty Nutter in others. Devotionals by Rodney Beasley and Boldh White.
Officials listed for publicity and school affairs include Christy Musaers, Rusty Nutter, Connie Pavley, Vickie Steele, Drema Walker, Betty Alley, and Qaral Allen. The bulletin notes a committee roster and upcoming postings for board duties.
Local notes list appointed cleanup volunteers and counselors including McNeeley White Finney and couples such as Mr and Mrs Army McVey Mrs Clifton Pyles Mrs James Bowers and Reverend William R astor of the church with unspecified roles and duties.
West Virginia high school counselors will join a district sponsored event at Tech for their third annual Counselors Day. The program features Dr David J Palmer dean of student educational services and Dr Dowell B Portline director of teacher education with Union Carbide representatives, meals served in the Union Carbide cafeteria, and county meetings running until 3 30 p m.
Melford Holland, long time supervisor at Montgomery County plant, named to Tech Hall of Fame for 1932 stadium work and 35 years of service. The former West Virginia Episcopal Church vicar and longtime Tidewater tech figure will be honored during Homecoming events on October 32, with ties to Cooper and Sigma Alpha.
Pineville area residents and relatives are mentioned visiting, staying with families, or recovering in area hospitals. Recurring names include the Sirker, Mangus, Crews, Sutallwood, and Brown families, with several patients at Doctor's Memorial Hospital Welch and Veterans Administration facility in Tockiey.
Roy HB Lawson of Mount Hope announces the engagement of his daughter Miss Tudy Gyan Lawson to Charley Gaylor Dell of Med Stu. Miss Lawson, daughter of the late Esaipe Wees Lawson, is a Mount Hope High School graduate and former member of F B L A and Alpha Beta. She attends Mount Hope Christian Church and is employed near Laster Ohio. The couple plans an October 28 wedding at Mount Hope Christian Church.
Pineville events include a 1 30 p m PTA meeting at Pineville Grade School No 2 with a grade one activities summary by Mrs Marleda Rogers and a First Algebra class program. Beta Sigma Pi sorority members meet at 7 20 p m Wednesday in Appalachian Power Co building hosted by Mrs Alfred Hecom with Mrs Jane C Lyons and Mrs Orville Wilks organizing. Woman’s Society of Christian Service Charter Night observance follows at 30 p m in Fellowship Hall First United Methodist Church with business discussion led by Mel Orville Wilks. In Melbourne Australia two light planes collided but landed safely, one on a golf course and the other at Moorabbin airport. Cherokee with four aboard brushed the wing of a Cessna 192. two aboard suffered facial or spinal injuries.
Fragmentary text lists students including Frankie Porter, Rick Wellegan, Trendy Court, and Wildy Goaky Pospy in an academic display. Mentions parents Mr and Mrs Darker and Mrs Wilkinson. Ends with vague note about a televised display for a class project.
A garbled Post article notes Thrivyard Theodore Dayald, 16, and Lovett Ray, 19, join Consolidations Coal Co. operations as foremen. The text mentions Glenbowjer Hefry Elizabeth Lester Hay Peery, Coy Ray Taylor, and others joining staff, with scattered family ties and education hints.
Gen Curtis E LeMay retired air force chief at 60 reflects on war career and philosophy. The Ohio native, a University of Ohio and Michigan alum, discusses World War II leadership, strategic bombing, and postwar plans including possible political roles. He recalls serving in Vietnam era planning and notes he did not forget his country after retiring in 1965.
A fragmentary discussion portrays siblings and relatives grappling with power and privacy as elder care decisions clash with inheritance concerns. It argues caregivers may resist emotional risk by wielding control over rivers of information and resources, leaving aging parents vulnerable to manipulation by trusted family members.
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