This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!
This newspaper page contains 10 articles. Subscribers can read the full text of each article.
Newspaper
Raleigh Register
Location
Beckley, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Sep 23, 1960
Page
11
Raleigh Fayette and Wyoming counties show declines in annual motor vehicle registrations, with Raleigh at 24 126 from 24 830, Fayette at 18 525 down from 19 714, and Wyoming at 9 583 down from 9 822. State total drops to 623 035 from 625 490.
Bald Knob Ski Slopes Inc directors plan a meeting next week with time to be set. Nine members now serve after adding Thomas Minter and-elect Joe Pack. The stockholders meeting had 5 percent of stockholders skiing and voting over 5,000 votes cast among 30+ attendees.
Trooper James E Asbury arrives at the Beckley Detachment of the West Virginia State Police from Logan with over seven years of service. Born in Glasgow Kanawha County, he began with the State Police June 1 1953 and has served in Oak Hill Montgomery and Logan before Beckley due to relocate his family once a home is found. He is married to Sarah Bragg of Oak Hill and they have two daughters Carolyn Sue and Donna Lea.
A Beckley Red Cross chapter receives a letter of appreciation from the Regional RC Director in Japan. Mrs. T. C. Moorefield forwarded a note from Johnnie F. Almond praising pictures and Register clippings about Michael Lewis Redden, infant son of Airman 10 and Mrs. Gale L. Redden, who died shortly after birth on August 21. The infant was buried at Crow cemetery on September 1.
The West Virginia Public Service Commission approved a merger of four affiliated Massachusetts firms into Cabot Corp. of Delaware. Godfrey L. Cabot, Inc. supplies natural gas to about 19,000 WV customers. the merger keeps field personnel and facilities for those customers.
The Rev. Glenn Stewart, retired Methodist minister, instructed the annual mission study concluded at First Methodist Church Wednesday night. One World One Mission was the topic with four sub topics and about 50 persons attended the study course.
William A. Chandler counselor for the Beckley office of Vocational Rehabilitation will attend a West Virginia Conference on the Handicapped in Huntington on Wednesday and Thursday.
Bids will be received by the Clerk of the Circuit Court in Raleigh County WV for rating counting and wrapping of 42852 Official Ballots and 1190 Sample Ballots for the November 8 1960 general election. Additional bids cover district ballots and emergency ballots totaling thousands of units. Bids must include a bid bond double the amount and be delivered by October 10 1960.
Frank Ras o Sr aged 75 of Ec cles died Thursday morning after a long illness. Requiem low mass set for 10 a m Saturday at St Francis de Sales Church with Rev Joseph Mascioli. Burial at Sunset Memorial Park. Rosary 3 p m Friday at Melton Mortuary Chapel. Active pallbearers listed. many honorary pallbearers named. Arrangements by Melton Mortuary.
An assortment of classified snippets lists training in printing at a southern nonprofit institute plus multiple help wanted, sales and service notices. Items include courses in hand composition linotype and offset lithography, plus vacancies for waitstaff, curb girl, master beautician and farm help, and ads for Avon representatives and home services.
We want people to find what they are looking for at NewspaperArchive. We are confident that we have the newspapers that will increase the value of your family history or other historical research. With our 7-day free trial, you can view the documents you find for free.
People find the most success using advanced search. Try plugging in keywords, names, dates, and locations, and get matched with results from the entire collection of newspapers at NewspaperArchive!
You can also successfully find newspapers by these browse options. Explore our archives on your own!
Browse by location and discover newspapers from all across the world.
Browse by date and find publications for a specific day or era.
Browse old newspaper publications to find specific newspapers.