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Newspaper
Raleigh Register
Location
Beckley, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Oct 24, 1961
Page
11
Dear Mrs Lawrence, a 78 year old mother in law hides food due to fear of deprivation. The answer explains old age fear prompts hoarding, urges shared control of the family refrigerator and trust building to ease the burden.
Rev E L Clower to be honored at Pleasant View Church of the Brethren Gatewood oct 29 during Golden Agers observance. Clower and Barbara Ellen Snuffer married 1906 have four children. He served 56 years in ministry mostly in Fayette County and held roles as pastor moderator and elder.
Eighteen members of Laurel Garden Club attended the Appalachian District of West Virginia Garden Clubs meeting in Pineville. Attendees included Mrs. J. W. Artour, Mrs. Ray Bowling, Mrs. Clyde Byrd, Mrs. Cloyd Blankenship, Mrs. W. A. Davis, Mrs. John D. Farmer, Mrs. G. F. Fordham, Mrs. A. G. Gilreath, Mrs. W. J. Lawson, Mrs. R. H. Mitchell, Mrs. H. H. Mounts, Mrs. S. P. Pearis, Mrs. Harry Woods, Mrs. Roger Pritchett, Mrs. M. M. Shumate, Mrs. B. W. Steele, Mrs. N. D. Trent, and Mrs. C. R. Thrasher.
In Pineville RNS report Mr and Mrs C H Mathena and children Johnny and Nancy Crowley Worrell addition visited Mr and Mrs W P Jessup and daughter Janet in Bluefield and called on Mr and Mrs Vanis Gilis also in Bluefield. In Crowley Worrell addition Mrs Alfred Broom hosted Sunday guests including her mother and brother Mrs Rush Hall and T V and her brother and sister in law Mr and Mrs Carl Hall and son from Logan.
On Wednesday bystanders watched as a carpenter repaired two broken doors at the local Carpenters Union office. The scene drew amused interest and a calm crowd as the repair work proceeded.
Wyoming County schools have grown over 20 years with enrollment rising by more than 2,000 and high school students increasing from about 2,072 in 1941 to 3,240 now. System expansion includes 52 buildings, 13,226 seating capacity, 432 teachers, and 62 buses serving 8,300 students monthly.
A general meeting is set for 6:30 p m at the Cow Shed near Pine Pineville. Judge Robert M. Worrell presides with Miss Alice Leslie of the West Virginia Mental Health Association as guest speaker flanked by a psychiatric social worker. Dinner reservations advised to be sent to Mrs. Paul A Viers.
Sabine, RNS Miss Joan Whal teaches the junior class at Bellmeade Baptist Church of Sabine. She was honored with a farewell party after discussions on Love For Neighbors. Gifts opened and refreshments served for class members including Duane Tolliver and Sandra Pruitt.
Fayetteville hosts an organizational meeting of the Fayette County Friends of the Library at the Memorial Building. The group aims to increase library usage and improve resources and services with a organizing committee led by Robert Abbot. Members include Helen Steen Gordon Billheimer Lou Rhodes Rosser Long Beatrice Whanger and Frank Mahan with support from Regional Librarian Jo Anderson and library board members Patrick C. Graney Jr J Meredith Arbaugh Howard Carson and John B. Long.
Five Pineville residents joined about 180 attendees at the 33rd annual Women s Bluestone Presbyterian Synod of West Virginia held at First Presbyterian Church in Welch. Speakers included Rev. D Wayndell Page on Not Like Ordinary Men and Dr Ivan B Stanford on Christian Vocation. New officers were elected including Mrs W S Owen president and Mrs B B Schilling historian.
In Huntsville Texas inmates compete in a October rodeo run by the Texas Department of Correction. The event funds prison athletic year education and church trips while drawing entertainers like Chuck Conners and Fats Domino. Convict cowboys ride bulls and horses with rare accidents and escapes.
Fayetteville RNS Local Board No 3 selects forty men from Fayette County for pre induction physical examinations with names and current or former hometowns listed, including Clarence Taylor Arlington Virginia and Walter Forts Akron Ohio among others. The list names individuals from Mount Hope Oak Hill Quinnimont and other communities and notes prior residences.
Members of the Woman's Mission Society of the Guyandotte Baptists Church met Tuesday evening for their regular session. Mrs Margie Cook led the devotional with assistance from Mrs Powell Brooks, Mrs Ruby Cook, Mrs Ey Jewell, and Mrs Speed Pendry. President Mrs Olin Jewell conducted business and a love gift was received and dedicated. Hostesses were Mrs Jewell and Mrs Speed Pendry.
Visiting Sunday were Mrs. Wirt Cook's daughter Mrs. Clyde Mitchell and granddaughter and family Eldred Asbury and children Allen and Kathy from Wharton. Also Sunday visitors to Mr. and Mrs. Hurley Brown included sisters Mrs. George Crabtree and Mrs. Earl Tomblin from Chapmansville.
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