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Newspaper
Raleigh Register
Location
Beckley, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Sep 11, 1962
Page
14
A reader asks about corneal transplants and vision restoration. The doctor explains the cornea lacks blood vessels, allowing transplant success when expertly performed, and encourages seeking specialist and reputable hearing aid guidance for hearing loss, with future column responses from Dr. Harold Thomas Hyman.
In London a letter mailed by Miss A G Colwell was found partly eaten by snails. The post office apologized, noting that unusually wet weather has caused snails to infest some letter boxes.
The Beckley lodge plans a semi annual hearing screening in Raleigh County Schools around Oct 8. Schools to be tested include Mount View Dry Creek and St. Francis de Sales, with a two week program. A new speech and hearing therapist joins the board for coordination with the superintendent John W Saunders and staff. The first two rounds tested over 2,500 people. Beckley Moose Lodge also forms a Teenage Club for members children. Registration is Sept 28 in the Moose Ballroom for ages 13 to 16 years six months.
Bruce E. Lancaster, 17, who sailed to Norway aboard a 45 foot schooner this summer, got lost Thursday driving through Brooklyn. He quipped that there are no one way streets in the Atlantic Ocean, underscoring how easy to get lost in New York City.
Airmen and soldiers from West Virginia and nearby areas appear in routine service announcements. Airmen Farmer Johnston Akers and Ellison are tied to Dover AFB Delaware, Shaw AFB South Carolina, and Fayetteville area schools. Soldiers James Johnson Jr and William Penn serve with the 25th Division in Thailand, while Leslie Meadows sails aboard USS Thuban. Arthur Crouse serves with the 4th Armored Division in Germany. Royce Dial Oss Oak Hill enters Amarillo AFB training. Kermit Robertson, a Norfolk Navy seaman, and two men aboard USS Hyman in the Mediterranean are named. David Whisenant completes an Army aviation maintenance course at Ft. Rucker.
Woodrow Wilson High School welcomes fifteen new teachers for the year across languages commerce and social studies. Names include Miss Summers Latin Miss Moles Miss Kessinger Mrs Emery Jeff Britton Moody Waddell Van Polyson Frances Cooke Eunice Haddad Clinton Hodges Robert Young Meredith Trent James Vanover Ken Wheeler and Robert Young.
Raleigh County Memorial Airport patrons urge expansion including more flights to Morgantown Pittsburgh Washington and New York City better publicity easier access and improved transport. Beckley area respondents 135 Mount Hope 29 with Kanawha Airport as frequent connection. survey led by Charles F. Field.
Fifteen men enlisted in the Air Force at Beckley Recruiting Station and were sent to Lackland AFB for basic training. Names include James Morelock, Billy Woodward, Junior Cabell, Robert Maham, James Marcum, Willis Childress, Leon Galliner, Jackie Kelley, Harvey Smith, Tommy Horton, John Gray, Harold Cress, John Snyder, Robert McNeely, and Randall Gillespie. Median married age about 45, wives about three years younger.
Captain Raymond Eye and Greenbrier County officers announced fines for 17 conservation law violators. Offenders include Willard Boone and Fred Burnett Jr for fishing without licenses in Alderson. Robert Baldwin, Robert Smith, Harold Hoover, and others fined $20 by various magistrates in Greenbrier, Lewis, Fayette, and Wyoming Counties. One man jailed for failure to pay. another for bear killing in closed season.
A reader recounts a kiss with a boy who then ignored her. The columnist says public kissing is in bad taste and may be illegal in some places. The advice is to end contact with the self centered boy and wait for a more considerate person.
Boy Scout Troop 219 sponsored by Crab Orchard Baptist Church will host an Old Time Auction starting at 10 a.m. on September 15 in the church parking lot. Kenneth Manning will auction items to raise funds for scouting equipment and materials. Parents and area residents supply lamps, used furniture, and merchandise from Crab Orchard and Beckley merchants.
Robert Wilkes of 104 Canaday Street won approval Tuesday from the Planning and Zoning Commission to consolidate two parcels in the Wildwood Court Addition for zoning purposes. In other business the commission moved to ask the Beckley City Council to authorize purchase of a camera for graphic investigations of building and zoning problems.
Raleigh County Planning and Zoning Commission discussed a county-wide comprehensive plan at a Monday session. Members present were James Lilly chair. Thorn-Sale II, Warren Lilly, and Harold No. Plans could not be finalized due to no quorum. Lilly and Thornhill would review subdivision rules and enforcement codes. The group will meet again Monday Sept. 24 at 7:30 p.m. at the courthouse.
The Morton Reeves Parent Teacher Association will meet at 7 p.m. today, led by president Mrs Cordelia Marshall who urges all parents to attend.
Presenting a brief astro guide for the week with favorable planetary conditions and a quiet home front. A historical aside notes the term Indian giver dates to Colonial times, explaining expectations of gifts and reciprocity. Aries Taurus Gemini Cancer Leo Virgo.
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