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Newspaper
Raleigh Register
Location
Beckley, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Sep 11, 1958
Page
2
Beckley theater group Curtain Callers presented Come Back Little Sheba as their second show and first of five planned this season. Despite under 4 thousand attendees over two nights, the production earned professional-level praise for strong Lola and Doc performances and solid supporting work by homemakers and workers.
The piece recalls Winston Churchill and Clementine’s 1908 London wedding at St. Margaret’s with the Cabinet present. It contrasts 1908 politics and society with today, noting U S naval power, Roosevelt, Taft, Debs, and wartime wages. It frames a look back at price, work, and daily life in that era.
American manufacturers back a radical Paris inspired change in women’s wear with chemise and trapeze style silhouettes. Industry sources expect 5 to 10 percent higher purchases as designers, accessories makers, and retailers align brassieres shoes hats and garments to the new looser fit and fuller fabrics above the hips.
A jumble of devotional text and assorted trivia appears in a dated newspaper page. The prayer closes with a Toronto moderator’s blessing, followed by editorial notes, advertising boilerplate, and scattered facts about fashion, rivers, health, and history.
New York based Giant Acme Tiddlywinks Co faces a lighthearted crisis as employee Frank Caustic resigns over safety rumors. Company morale remains high despite several injuries from intramural sports, with executives nursing minor ailments and a wall of team spirit growing amid a joking critique of the program’s health effects.
Secretary of State Dulles signals possible concessions to the Red Chinese if they behave, but the U S faces a string of crises with the Chinese Communists raising the question of how long the nation can stay calm without risking war over minor incidents.
A Junior Editors quiz explains that most germs do not harm us unless a cut or weakened resistance allows infection. Bacteria can release toxins, but anti toxins exist. The doctor treats a child and urges hygiene to keep the body clean while noting Cold War context and Quemoy Matsu possessions and US defense debates with Chiang Kai-shek.
Columnist Earl Wilson riffs on wig fashion with brash humor, naming stars, outfits, and showbiz chaos. Detailing Brigitte Bardot style lookalikes, Deb ie Reynolds disputes, and hotel chatter, the page blends gossip with fashion jabs and celebrity quips.
In Beckley West Virginia a 13 year old boy with mental retardation attends Camp Galahad after sponsorship by Beckley Woman's Club and local groups. The piece urges community support for future camps and notes the funding and partnerships sustaining three camps for diabetic, blind, and mentally retarded children.
The Raleigh Democratic organization has opened headquarters in rooms above the Bank of Raleigh opposite the Court House with Brackman and George W. Williams in charge. Virginian railway track work progresses well in fine weather and expected through traffic by January. Real estate transfers include J D Lilly and wife to J L Meador two Beckley lots Slab Fork Coal Co to Beaver Coal Co and a 1950 acre lease James Winston and wife to Almira A Maynor 75 acres in Raleigh county.
The notice recalls Phyllis Harris daughter of Mr and Mrs B Harris breaking her arm after being thrown from a pony in the Harris yard. Construction on a Woodlawn avenue residence by Joe L Smith will begin after contract award to J O Freeman. The Saterene Council offers 25 dollars as a Safety Wee giveaway. Eugene Cook, longtime Raleigh carrier, leaves for Morgantown to attend West Virginia University.
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