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Newspaper
Raleigh Register
Location
Beckley, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Sep 23, 1959
Page
8
A reprieve saves a pregnant shelter dog from death under stray laws as a man adopts the feist female from Beckley s dog pound. National Dog Week promotes care education and shelter reform while Raleigh County reports 29 homeless dogs awaiting adoption or destruction after five days.
Cash discounts from prompt bill payments by the Raleigh County Board of Education for the past month totaled 1211.78. The board approved payment at its September meeting. Discounts included 695.48 on eight new buses from Grady Whitlock Ford. Costs totaled 34078.76 to Whitlock and 26037.70 to Baker Equipment. The board authorized coal purchases from Paul Cole and Kermit Daniel at 7.50 per ton. Maintenance supervisor Earl Riner noted coal quality and potential removal if unsatisfactory. Riner said coal from Armco, Crew Coal, and Winding Gulf was satisfactory. Strake Walker was appointed to the insurance committee with R. D. Watts and Jack Nuckols. no action until Walker reports. A surplus bulldozer bought for 200 broke down at Sophia High School. repair plan approved with cost estimates compared to a 1500 replacement.
Raleigh County Board of Education met Tuesday and took no action on filling the vacancy created by the death of John B. Elliott. A delegation urged two candidates, Vance Bland and John Flippen, while a group urged immediate appointment of a Negro.
In Cincinnati AP report Patrolman Charles L. Gellenbeck reportedly flashed new dentures at Police Chief Stanley Schrotel last week. The chief detected alcohol on his breath and called for a chemical test. City safety director Dr. E Hamilton urged firing on charges of on duty intoxication at Tuesday’s hearing.
The Raleigh County Board of Education approved a personnel list from the superintendent. Probationary appointments include Erdine Williams Richmond High and others at multiple schools. elementary nominees include Anne Gillian Eccles and Barbara Kelley Coal City. Transfers list teachers between several schools. resignations noted for staff at Pettus and others. janitors and bus drivers named with appointments and resignations.
Construction of the new Bank of Raleigh building at East Main and S Kanawha is running ahead of schedule, says cashier Isaac McKinney. Opening date not set, but expected to open in December. The $700,000 structure will replace the current site at Man and Fayette Streets.
Beckley City Council and Mayor Cecil L. Miller invited residents of Lambert Addition to seek annexation by petitioning the Raleigh County Circuit Court for a boundary adjustment. The court will hold a hearing to decide on admission, with seven houses already built and 23 residents living there.
Harry Sessions parade chairman for Kids' Day says entrants may be 16 and under. The age limit was 12 and under but after many calls from prospective entrants the committee changed the limit.
The state party plans a dinner at Charleston Civic Center on October 10 with U S Senator John Kennedy of Massachusetts as speaker. Standing planners include General Chairman John G Fox of Charleston and Charles R McElwee, Kanawha County Young Democrats president, with Hulett C Smith state executive Democratic chairman, John Amos of Charleston among others.
The Raleigh County Board of Education approved participation by county schools in Title III of the National Defense Education Act at its September meeting. It noted language and science program gaps, discussed low salaries for language teachers, and approved expansion to include all county schools.
Three persons were fined $10 and costs after appearing before Magistrate T H Wills on speeding charges. Fined were Elsworth A Toney from Presperity Henry Clark of Stanford and Hubert Edward Cochran of Daniels. They were arrested by State Police with the aid of an electronic device.
Raleigh County Board of Education discusses crowding at Maxwell Hill Elementary with 180 students in five rooms including a quonset hut. Debate over moving grades seven and eight to Cranberry Elementary. PTA requests attendance from the assistant superintendent and superintendent at next meeting.
Chicago reporters note the YMCA summer Learning for Living program features instructor Les Paul teaching the Art of Useless but Enjoyable Living. Readings cover philosophy of cheese philosophy of Chinese food and gamesmanship in a light, humorous course.
Sam T. Holland, 84, of North Beckley, died in a local hospital Tuesday night after a long illness. He lived with his daughter and son-in-law, the Rev. and Mrs. N. C. Lewis. The body is at the Ritchie and Johnson Funeral Parlor. Funeral arrangements are incomplete.
George Trent aged 72 died Tuesday afternoon in Montgomery while visiting friends at Plumley Street.
The Raleigh County Board of Education approved unanimously a condolence resolution for the late John B. Elliott assistant superintendent who died September 9. The resolution praised Elliott as a great public servant and dedicated educator and was filed in the meeting minutes and sent to the Elliott family.
A 21 month old girl named Sylvia Stevano wandered alone for 16 hours in rugged farming country west of Carrollton Ohio. She was found safe with minor scratches after volunteers and state troopers searched the hilly wooded area. Her father Max had left her asleep in a car while he went into a nearby mine.
Nicholas Petrulli, 38, who returned from the Soviet Union after attempting to renounce his American citizenship, plans to enter a hospital for a psychiatric checkup. His lawyer, Seymour Morgenroth, said the arrival revealed he is still a little mixed up.
W. B. Connoley, director of Raleigh County Vocational School, told Beckley Lions Club that Sputnik sparked fear American brainpower lags Russia. He cited National Defense Education Act of 1958 and two titles Guid ance Counseling Testing and Area Vocational Technical Education. He defined a technician and noted a need for more trained youths. Miss Mary Louise Klaus spoke on guidance. A display of electronic testing gear impressed members, including a Dyna Scan oscilloscope volt ohm meter and television sweep generator.
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