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Newspaper
Raleigh Register
Location
Beckley, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Oct 18, 1955
Page
7
This fourth installment explains the polio vaccine schedule with Salk shots. It notes that one shot begins antibody production and primes future response, the second boosts antibodies, and a booster after seven months elevates immunity substantially. The article emphasizes completing the three-dose course for best protection before the next polio season.
Leaks in Sophia’s water system were repaired reducing losses from over a million gallons monthly. Residents use two million gallons. system now saves about 300 dollars per month with a net profit near 1000 dollars monthly. Major loss came from breaks in lines serving Soak Creek and unmetered customers. Two reserve tanks now full. wooden tank may recover if kept filled. Bonds totaling 47000 remain on 66000 original issue, recallable after Oct 1 1956, with plan to redeem at least three bonds per year.
Cpl. H. C. Fullimer of the Beckley Detachment temporarily heads the Wyoming County Detachment. Cpl. Leslie P. Mullins, on leave, is accused of beating an armless drunk man with a rubber hose at Mullens Jail. A disciplinary action report is filed by Capt. C. L. Walker to the state safety superintendent.
Eleven recruits are listed from Beckley Recruiting Station. Edward H. Lockhart and John S. Wall report to Fort Jackson. Dallas Lilly and Doyle E. Pauley are assigned to St Albans and Lillybrook respectively. Air Force members include Paul R. Browning, Ralph F. Clark, Harry J. Ster, Glenn A. Gillespie, James Z. Tucker, Frank Aguilar, among others from Pocahontas, Charleston, Precious, Mallory, and Gan.
Stockholm voters favored keeping left side driving in a nationwide referendum. The poll aimed to gauge public support before parliamentary action on the issue.
The Lester Junior High School PTA will host a late November turkey dinner to fund a new piano. At a 7:30 p.m. meeting last night the group sent a committee to D. W. Bryson to request a new school building, citing inadequate facilities needing repairs. The committee includes PTA president William Trail, Dwight Collins, and Harry Utt. Collins teaches at Maple Meadow. A Maple Meadow delegation asked PTA backing for extra bus service for 88 children cramped on a 60-seat bus. An upper Tolley Town delegation urged help for 11 children traveling to multiple area schools. PTA voted to affiliate with the National Congress of PTAs. Refreshments were served by ninth grade students. Next meeting is Nov. 21 at 7:30 p.m.
Clifford Richards of Beckley was fined $10 after an assault charge. He appeared before Magistrate T N Thurman following arrest by Raleigh County Conservator J A Farley on a warrant from Elbert Smith.
Four men faced fines after road violation hearings before Magistrate T. N. Thurman. Three men were charged with drunken driving and fined 150 each, with a six month driving privilege suspension. Edgar Yost of Raleigh, Fred Bastittuti of Crab Orchard, and Albert Johnson of Switchboard were remanded to Raleigh County Jail in default of the fines. A fourth man, not named in the drunk driving charges, was fined 25 for reckless driving. Loren James Lanam of Alliance Ohio received 25 and costs for reckless driving after police on the West Virginia Turnpike.
A Sunday morning collision between a car and a train at Sprague around 11:15 resulted in $500 in damages but no serious injuries to three people. Mrs. Mary Nagy, driver, her husband George Nagy, and Mrs. Nellie Duboski were treated and released from Beckley Hospital. Nagy sustained knee, forehead, and chin injuries. Duboski had no injuries. Beckley police investigated. no arrests were made.
Roy I. Smith, VA Beckley director, releases National Veterans Administration report showing GI Home Loans surpassed 4.0 million. Since 1944, 4,017,543 loans totaling $30.27 billion. About 22 percent of 18.5 million eligible veterans have used the benefit. Nearly 18 percent of the four million loans, amounting to $4 million, has been repaid. Smith calls default rate a “drop in the bucket.”
Nine area men commence basic training at Army and Air Force bases. At Fort Jackson South Carolina John W. Pomeroy Jr and Gerald W. Lesher from Hutchinson join others. Base New York hosts James Burns Randall Huff Jr Charles Adkins Fred Godbey Samuel Parrish Jennis Bellomy Earl Adkins all from Amherstdale Amherstdale Charleston Summersville and Kopperston.
Registration for Mother and Baby Care sponsored by the Raleigh County Red Cross begins today. Classes run 2:30 to 4:30 p.m. at the Raleigh County Vocational School. Mrs. William Sheppard leads the class on Tuesdays and Thursdays. A second home nursing class starts at 7 p.m. Monday with Mrs. E. W. Williams Jr. and Miss Anna Johnson teaching care of the sick.
About 8,000 Beckley drivers have not purchased the city driver’s permits. The $2 fee must be paid before November 9 at City Hall to comply with the deadline.
Bond forfeitures in Beckley police court Monday night totaled 246 dollars for ten persons. Bill Richardson, 39, Beckley, forfeited 102 dollars on a driving while drunk charge. Serjio Boschian paid 20 dollars on a speeding charge. The remaining eight forfeitures were for intoxication charges.
The Raleigh County Health Department will hold a Negro baby clinic from 10 a.m. to noon on Wednesday. Dr. C. A. Smith will be the attending physician, and appointments must be made in advance.
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