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Newspaper

Raleigh Register

Location

Beckley, West Virginia, United States of America

Date

Oct 19, 1962

Page

7

Fayette Juniors Hear Traffic Safety Officer

Fayetteville Junior Woman's Club heard Trooper James N. White, traffic safety education officer, speak on Rising Traffic Fatalities and screened a film filmed in Ohio. A club camera purchase, United Nations Week observance, National Education Week planning, and a November dinner were announced with multiple members named as hostesses and attendees.

Fayetteville RNS Frank Henson Edwin H. Warfield Fayetteville Methodist Church Hobart E. Thomas William T. Webb, Jr Beckwith Louis Rahall Town Park Cecil Spradlin W. T. Webb Jr Porter Lewis Charles Jordan James Bowling Evelyn Hilton Edna Janutolo Doyle Kirk Stanley Moore Eddie Neal Carl Riner Donald Stevens W. T. Wiant Charles R. Witt George E. Bennett

BYFer of the Month Named at New Richmond Church

Bobby Hatfield age 12 is named BYFer of the Month at New Richmond First Baptist Church. He is a seventh grade Pineville Junior High student and a member of Boy Scout Troop 235. He helped youth fellowship and led in falls roundups and church youth rallies.

New Richmond

Mrs Alice Bailey Returns Home After Framingham Visit

Mrs. Alice Bailey has returned home after a three month stay in Framingham Massachusetts with her daughter Mrs. Louie Murelli. Mrs. Bailey reports Mrs. Murelli improved from her recent illness. Sunday dinner guests included Mr. and Mrs. Clark Daniels Bob and Mrs. Roy Tilley and son and Mrs. Alice Bailey of Sabine along with Mr. and Mrs. Sidney Snuffer and family.

Glen Fork RNS Alice Bailey Framingham Mass Louie Murelli Bailey Murelli Sidney Snuffer Clark Daniels Bob Roy Tilley Sabine

Wotring Child Is Born In Washington DC

Mr and Mrs Raymond S Wotring of Woodbridge Virginia announce the birth of their second child a girl at 8 pm Tuesday in George Washington University Hospital Washington DC The baby weighs six pounds four ounces and is unnamed Their other child is son Danny age 3 Paternal grandparents are Lorain Worting Mount Hope and Pauline Donahue Dille the maternal grandparents.

Mount Hope Rns Raymond S. Wotring Woodbridge George Washington University Hospital Washington, D. C Danny Loraine Worting Chestnut Circle Paul Donahue Dille

Legion Demands Action Against Cuba At National Convention

At the 44th American Legion national convention in Las Vegas Nevada the group adopted two key resolutions one urging unilateral military action to remove the Castro regime from the Western Hemisphere and the other backing Kennedy era policies on Berlin There was also an election with James E Powers of Macon Georgia named national commander after a vigorous campaign defeating Joe L Matthews of Fort Worth Texas.

Las Vegas Nev UPI American Legion Cuba Berlin Legion Kennedy East Germany James E. Powers Macon Veterans Organization Powers Joe L. Matthews Ft. Worth Tex

Weekend forecast and old color TV note from 1962

The piece offers a cheerful weekend outlook with social advice and romance, cites early color television demos from 1929 and 1940, and ends with a short zodiac column for Aries through Pisces dated 1962 from Field Enterprises Inc.

Man Of The House In France How Wives Help Shape Domestic Life

A Paris survey reports French husbands consult with wives on vacation plans furniture and appliances with about 70 percent cooperating in planning. It notes 15 percent of households let wives decide, while one third of men tolerate no input on autos and shows women perform most chores. Parisian women 74 percent are married and over 86 percent handle housework, with limited spousal help on dishes and diapers.

Madame Paris France Parisiennes

Sidelights on Honey drama mark Oak Hill Civic League meeting

Oak Hill West Virginia Civic League hears James B. Kessinger discuss Sidelights of Honey in the Rock as a top Centennial draw. Event planners announce Waggy Show originals on November 30 at Oak Hill Elementary School auditorium with fabric displays. A scholarship contest funded by Shell Oil is planned, while members seek a Fayette County Centennial Queen with November 1 entry deadline.

Oak Hill RNS James B. Kessinger Beckley McPherson Benedict Teano N. C. Barnhart Margaret Whitehead J. E. Lewis Hortense Collawn Shell Oil Company Morris Wonder Castro Cuba G. J. Thomas Dunbar James R. Woods John Donachy Civic League John Scott West Virginia Federation of Women’s Clubs Virgil Burgess Otis Morton D. C. Newell R. C. Nelson Paul Davis

Variety Show To Aid Centennial at Mt View Gym

A Rock Creek event at Mt View Elementary School Gymnasium Saturday at 7 30 p m stages talent from Marsh Fork Junior and Senior High Whitesville Junior High and Mt View Elementary Also featured are Miss Charlotte Hale of Sundial and Miss Jo Holbrook of Eunice Two Whitesville groups the Five Flappers and The Rockettes perform Sponsored by Mrs Robert Stine proceeds fund the West Virginia Centennial Fund to be remitted to George B Chambers Raleigh County Centennial Chairman Chambers plans to attend Master of ceremonies is Carl G Jarrell Raleigh County Board of Education president

Rock Creek Mt. View Marsh Fork Whitesville Mt. View Elementary Charlotte Hale Sundial Jo Holbrook Eunice Rockettes Robert Stine West Virginia Centennial Fund George B. Chambers Beckley Raleigh County Chambers Carl G. Jarrell Raleigh County Board of Education

Sunday Visitors Highlight Matheny Family and Relatives

Mr and Mrs Blake Cook and daughter Patricia Matheny hosted Sunday dinner for Blake's sister Chess Ellison and family in Mullens. Sun afternoon guests included Chess Stewart Matheny and Mr and Mrs Woodrow Lamb Kopperston. Additional guests were Mrs Chess Ellison Matheny and Mr and Mrs Don D Cook.

Matheny RNS Blake Cook Patricia Chess Ellison Mullens Woodrow Lamb Kopperston Chess Stewart Don D. Cook

New Officers Elected to Lacoma Baptist Mission Society

Mrs. Fred Lusk was elected president of the Lacoma Baptist Church Ladies Missionary Society. Other officers include Miss Merlie Cooper as vice president, Mrs. Merlie Bailey as vice president of missions, Mrs. Grat Brown as vice president of Christian service, Mrs. Roy Brown love gift chairman, Mrs. Vester Toler vice president of Christian training, Mrs. Cletis Cook secretary, and Mrs. D. A. Brown treasurer.

Oceana BNS Fred Lusk Ladies Missionary Society Lacoma Baptist Church Merlie Cooper Merlie Bailey Grat Brown Christian Service Roy Brown Love Gift Vester Toler Christian Training Cletis Cook D. A. Brown Raemona White

Band Boosters Set Fund Raising Projects

Mount Hope Band Boosters Club met with about 15 attendees in the band room. Members began selling booster membership cards and a Mount Hope marching band calendar. A tag day and dances were approved for students and the group’s name will appear on the birthday activity calendar. A Concord College student teacher will begin practice teaching with the bands on Oct. 22. The next meeting is scheduled for Nov. 19.

Mount Hope BNS Band Boosters Club Mount Hope High School Band Boosters Mount Hope Federated League Concord College Athens

College student rejects Army Reserve officer visit in Tupelo

Howard A. McCord of Columbus declines a recruiting invitation from Army Reserve officers in Tupelo. The report notes his middle initial stands for Vanilla beans and explains the unusual anecdote about the beans drying in the sun and losing 75 percent of their weight due to shrinkage.

Columbus, Miss UPI Howard A. McCord Army Reserve Tupelo Howard

Local Notices From Mount Hope Hospital Report

Zelda Dower, 47 N Pax Avenue, is hospital bound at Oak Hill Hospital for a fractured left ankle from a Tuesday morning fall. Mrs J W Halstead of Huntington visited in Beckley with her son-in-law and daughter Mr and Mrs V A Ball. Mrs Halstead now visits her son and daughter-in-law in Beckley. Mrs Benny DeLuca admitted to Beckley Memorial Hospital Tuesday for observation and treatment.

Mount Hope Rns Zelda Dower Pax Avenue Oak Hill Hospital J. W. Halstead Huntington V. A Ball Halstead Earl Halstead Beckley Benny DeLuca Beckley Memorial Hospital

Evening Fellowship Under Way At Church

Mount Hope area reports the second Baptist Evening Fellowship session at 6:30 p m on Sundays. The program runs classes from 6:30 to 7:30 with devotions finishing by 8 p m. Team leaders include Raymond Tissue for adults and Rev Harry R Dias Jr for juniors.

Mount Hope ANS Baptist Evening Fellowship

Oakley Moran Appointed Mullens Police Officer

Mullens WV welcomes Oakley Moran 54 of Fisher Street as the new member of the Mullens City Police, replacing Joe Hayden who resigned. Moran began duties Tuesday night and brings prior experience from the Virginian Railway Norfolk and Western Railroad. He once worked in the Mullens shop 1941 to 1954 and later for Mullens Grocery before returning to rail service in 1958. Moran will patrol the 6 PM to 6 AM shift alongside Policeman Lloyd Reynolds.

Mullens RNS Oakley Moran Fisher Street Joe Hayden Moran Virginian Norfolk and Western Railroad Mullens Grocery Lloyd Reynolds

West Virginia Contractors Meet Opens in White Sulphur Springs

The West Virginia Contractors Association begins its three day fall meeting in White Sulphur Springs. Friday features a panel with State Road Commissioner Burl A Sawyers and assistant commissioner Vincent J Johnkoski, plus Rep John M Slack and Rep George H Fallon. Saturday will hear from retired General Louis W Prentiss now executive vice president of the American Road Builders Association.

White Sulphur Springs UPS West Virginia Contractors Association Burl A. Sawyers Vincent J. Johnkoski John M. Slack D-W.va George H. Fallon D-Md Louis W. Prentiss American Road Builders’ Association

Helicopters Move Into Forest Insecticide Use

The Agricultural Research Service of the U S Department of Agriculture says helicopters can apply insecticide to small high value forest areas including Christmas tree plantations, offering precise treatment where ground methods are impractical.

Agricultural Research Service U. S. Department ‘of Agriculture

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