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Newspaper
Raleigh Register
Location
Beckley, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Sep 03, 1958
Page
4
The piece quotes Dr George W Crane and former U S Senator Wilton E Hall discussing gifts versus revolving student loans. It argues loans build self respect and long term benefit, while outright gifts foster entitlement and reduce funds for others.
Cabell Heights Oak Grove and Pleasant Hills group set a ham supper Monday 5 to 9 pm at the community building. Proceeds fund improvements to the building as announced by president Grover Zutaurt.
The Beckley Goodwill Caravan committee met to discuss final plans for a five day goodwill tour sponsored by the Chamber of Commerce. The itinerary includes Wyoming County Fayette Sept 16 Gulf section Coal River Summers and Greenbrier counties Sept 19 and runs Sept 15 to Sept 19.
Mrs John Burke 75 grandmother and mother to Karen John and Mike Burke attended funeral services in Wellston Ohio. The Beckley man could not attend due to his seriously ill father.
Graveside services are set for Caron Ruth Richards the infant daughter of Cal Jackson and Mary E Pierce Richards at Richards Cemetery at 2 p.m. The infant died at birth at 3:15 a.m. Tuesday in a local hospital. The body is at Williams and Craven Funeral Home Sophia.
Raleigh County schools show a rising enrollment with Raleigh second in the state to Kanawha. Twenty new teachers join the roster as Beckley area expects crowded conditions. Portable buildings add classrooms at Piney Oaks Piney View Crescent Maxwell Hill Hollywood East Park and Mabscott. County operates 12 high schools six junior highs and 142 elementary schools on a near million dollar budget.
A health column discusses the annual fall rise in colds with school return. It notes no full vaccine exists, isolation helps only with small babies, and more contacts raise immunity. Advice includes keeping a child healthy, early checkups, fluids, and home care during illness. Sponsored by the Raleigh County Tuberculosis and Health Association.
Raymond T. Griffith, 40, of Beckley, is listed in satisfactory condition at Beckley Veterans Hospital after a stabbing along the Chesapeake and Ohio Railway tracks in Raleigh. Griffith told Deputy Sheriff Freddy Thorne he does not know the names of the three men he drank with before awakening injured.
Earnest Weidner, 21, of Crab Orchard was ordered to appear in Beckley Police Court Thursday night after a three vehicle collision on City Avenue at 12 15 p m Tuesday. He was charged with failing to keep his vehicle under control after hitting the back of one car driving it into another. The other drivers were Ethal E Maye 19 Crab Orchard and Violet Gunnoe 19 MacArthur. Damages were estimated at 600 dollars.
The Sophia town council approved buying a new door for the fire house and authorized purchasing and installing 800 feet of two inch water line from Ridge Avenue to boost water pressure. A special meeting set for Sept 22 will hear comments on paving Dunn Street.
The U S Bureau of Mines reports West Virginia has produced 66.984 million tons of bituminous coal in 1958, down from 96.090 million a year earlier. Week ending Aug 9 saw 2.426 million tons, with 2.392 million tons the prior week of Aug 2.
Beckley planning panel recommended City Council approve car ports for Heath Bell on Locust Street and James E Brierly on Glenn Avenue after a public hearing showed no protests. The commission also rejected a map for an outskirts addition, directing streets be widened to at least 45 feet and noting hearings will be needed for waivers requested by Lyons on Lauren Avenue and Gravely on Smoot Avenue. The state bird of New Jersey, the Eastern Goldfinch, is mentioned in the record.
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