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The Raleigh Register from Beckley, West Virginia • Page 7

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IM I Three which' occurred Friday and Saturday, readied in total damage estimated at to City 'Police, who in- vestijated the accidents. first accident occurred- 12 It p.m. Friday on City In front of the Imperial Ice Cream Company. Damage was estimated Investigating officers i ehlcle driven by Ira Reed Me limis. 17, of Glen White was in collision with one driven by E.

Ramey, 40, of Main Digs Out Rabbit Hutches! a path Uie Ike same tkiil to his rabbit hulthtt a hillside at Flal To? was L. H. Ht worked (Mir and one- half tours Tuesday clrariaf away live foot snow drifts from Ihe hHlchM so the rabbits bt led. High winds whipped the mow la drifli afaia, aod he had WedBts- day. Wehb said, "I thought I was wtae thlag when I put Ihe hutches an the hillside, but I find it wasn't so wise after shoveling this winter." The snow blows down Ihe hill and around the front of the hutches, completely covering them.

Forest Fire Prevention Conference Set In July The lira! Governor's Forest Fire Prevention Conference is scheduled for The Greenbricr Hotel, White Sulphur Springs, this summer. Serving-on the executive committee tor the event are: Charles Hodel, Beckley publisher; W. K. Keyser, Welch; Judge C. C.

Cham, bers, Logan and the Rev. Stacey Groscup, Lewisburg. Cecil Underwood, speaking at the initial meeting of his Conference executive committee, the success o' the Conference, lo be conducted July 6, 7, and 8, vital lo the welfare of West Virginia and extremely important to the economic citizens. James H. Harless, welfare of its Gilbert, president of the Gilbert Lumber Company executive and chairman of the committee, advisee members that West Virginia is one of three states in the south east which has failed to bold such follow-up meeting on the South Damage was estimated at $25 i a Iwo-car accident on N.

Oak- rood Ave. at Campbell St. at 5 Saturday. Police said a car driven by Woodrow Black, of Sprague was in a collision with one driven Alvin Kiser, 21, of N. Oak wood Ave.

The vehicle driven by Ciser owner by K. and K. Music Company. The third accident occurred a I p. m.

Saturday on Seville St. at First Ave. Officera said a car driven by Wilbur Pugh, 33, Scarbro, collided vith a vehicle owned by Otis E. Amick The Mac. rthur vehicle left the scene of Uic accident and Ihe name of the driver has not been determined.

Damage to Uie Pugh vehicle was estimated at (23. Register, Beckley, Monday Afternoon, February 21, Lambert Rites This Afternoon Last riles were lo be licld for Waller Lee Lambert, 52, of Ury, at 2 p. m. today. Servicts were to be conducted the Rev.

Dewey Wilson, at Ihe Williams Funeral Home Chapel n'Sophia. Lambert, born in Mullens In 1907, died at 4 p. m. Saturday in a local hospital after a two-month illness. Pallbearers were Johnny Lam bert, William Lambert, Roby Size more, Kenneth Slzemore, Buforc Ashby, and Charles Sizemore.

Burial was to be made in Sun set Memorial Park. orest fires, judging from th rcmerxlous amount of West Vir which burns annually." The Conference is expected attract about 1,000 persons, th committee chairman said. Man of those will be the landowner 'armers, professional, and busi- less men who are directly concerned with the annual waste of lumber and employment from forest fires. Harless also stressed that while Conference is being called by Governor Underwood, the expens- Morris Harvey (lasses Established In City The Morris Harvey College ex tension program in Beckley, after a delay due to weather conditions, has been pretty well established, according to Fred S. Cof- direcior of extension services at the school.

He announced the present schedule for the classes which are High Familiar Fares Head ftie shoe department at Embet's, 119 Main for the live years Mrt. W. P. Gardner, 210 St. Mrs.

GvdBtr the a 20- year-old son, Robert, who is a junior at Marshal! College. Her hnsbw! Is employed with, the Chesapeake awl Polomac Telephone Co. Mrs. Gardner also has a daughter, Jamn Farris, wile oi Dr. Karris, who lives at S.

Kauwha SI. A familiar face, she can be Identified as a working grandmother, as ihe has three granddaughters. Beckley Delegation Leaves Today On Capital Mission held in Beckley Junior School is as follows: es involved be paid from private contributions. The idea back of the confer ence is to inform people of the damage of forest fires in West Virginia, and to suggest methods ol educating the people to prevent careless and intentional woods- burning. The project is'sponsored by the West Virginia Forest Council, Inc.

and the West Virginia Forest Fire Protective Association, The Con servation Commission will work ory, and Art 221, Art Apprecia- on. Tuesday, at 6:30 p. m. raphy 303, World Geography, and lusic' 211, Music Materials and 'rocedures. Wednesday, at 6:30 p.

ation 114, Human Growth and Development; English 300, Back- east Governor's Conference 0 nc wo groups, Harless said Forest Fires conducted in New Orleans in 1956. "There is dire need," Harless said, "to focus more attention on The committee also "Keep West will or Virginia Green" programs in all sections of the State. Today, at 6:30 ory 352, Recent p. m. His- American His- irounds iology of Literature; 322, Marriage and and So- the Christian Home.

Art 221, Art Appreciation, which scheduled for Monday eve- is open only to students vho'a're not clifible for this course at Beckley College. SAMUEL J. PATRICK OMAR GARRISON 'Jesus Loved Them' Wins Award Journalists To Form Chanters Of Fraternity John Milton Straight, associate professor of mechanical engineering at West Virginia University, has been appointed stale chairman of Sigma Delta Chi, a national professional journalistic fraternity. Executive Director Victor E. Bluedorn, of national headquarters, Chicago, said the immediate objective of the.

group is to organize one or more chapters of Sigma Delta Chi in West Virginia. Straight, former editor of the "Electric Journal -Magazine," said there are now more than 17,000 members of the fralernity in 44 chapters in universities and colleges throughout the nation, and 47 professional chapters in metropolitan areas. He pointed out, there is no chapter in the state at the present time. Plans are under way to organize in Morgantown, Charleson, and other West Virginia ilies. State journalists interested in oining the fraternity or in form- ng chapters may contact Professor Straight at the University.

A len-rnember delegation, made up of a cross-section of BecMey's jusines's and industrial life, will leave tonight on a mission to Washington. THE GROUP will present the city's case of growing need for new postal and federal court and office facilities in Beckley, hoping to obtain the inclusion of such inv provements in the newly proposed 52 billion federal program. A committee, headed by W. T. Blakely, has compiled statistical data on the growth of Beckley am; the area served by the local post office.

This information will be presented to the authorities in ihe postal system and the General Services Administration in Washington tomorrow. Maps, charts, records and pictures will be presented, ac cording to who said, "We are going lo lay problem of our present situation on the very door steps of the Posl Office and Gen eral Services Administration of the federal government." THE STATISTICAL data will be presented by Fletcher W. Mann oresidcnl of Ihe Raleigh County Bar Association, and is to includ information on the current situalio in regard lo terms of federal court for the Southern Dislrict of Wes Virginia which are held here. The delegation members will be guests of Senators Chapman ercomb and John D. Hoblitzell Ji while in the capital.

BESIDES BLAKELV and Mam those scheduled lo make the tn are Price T. Calfee presidcn of the Beckley Cheonber of Com merce; Mrs. Reginald Meyers, chairman of the Raleigh Coun' "Jesus Loved Them," widely published newspaper series of pen and word portraits ol people who knew Christ, has been given Ihe top award in the field of general spiritual values by the Freedoms Foundation at Valley Forge, Presidenl Dr. Kenneth D. Wells announced loday, Washington's birthday.

The award went jointly to the Tirneu Mirror Syndicate, Los Angeles, organization which distributed the feature, and to artist Samuel J. Patrick a writer Omar Garrison who created and produced it. Each received an encased golc George Washington Honor Medal A cash award of $1,000 was also presented. "Jesus Loved Them." currently running in The Register, is one of the most widely circulalei religious features ever made avail able to newspapers. More tha 200 publications are currently run ning the inspiring Lenten seric- and the feature will reach mor than 50 million readers.

Samuel J. Patrick, Uie man re for the art in "Jesu Loved Them," works in the ar department of the Los Angeles iirror News and has been a top ewspaper artrt for 32 years mar Garrison, religion editor te Mirror News and writer of the erjes, holds a Ph. D. from Lon on University and has an exten ive academic background in theo- ogy and Bible history. Herbert Hoover was awarded 0.000 and the George Washing- on Award for the outstanding in- ivldual contribution to freedom during 1957.

Other winners in the ield of spiritual values include Cecil B. DeMiile for the best address and the Rev. Frederick M. Meek of Old South Church, the beet sermon. Couniians Make List Three Raleigh Couniians wer among the 18 students in Ihe Co lege of Pharmacy at West Virgin University who earned places the dean's list of distinguished st dents during the iirst semester.

Donna Marie Robertson and A Pitsenberger, Beckley, and Dona Gene Miller, Eccles, were amo the honor students who had average of or better for not le than 15 semester hours ol class work. ipubliean Executive Committee; F. Barksdale ardware of the Raleigh Lawrence T. irb3s of the Virginian Railway id immediate past president of Largest Coal Loader To Be Installed BY (0 A new coal-loading machine, th largest ever designed to load coa into the hold of a ship, is to installed at the seven million do lar coal dock of the Chcsapeak and Ohio Railway at T.oledo, 0. The mechanical' shiploade built by Fried Krupp, West Ge many, is capable of loading ions of coal an hour, according M.

Dunn, CtO vice president operations. Krupp was given the contract to build the world's largest coal loader because it was able to construct the type of machine with the capacity CO wanted. The German firm also was the only firm offering to supply Ihe necessary 96-inch- wide conveyor for the loader. The conveyors and shiploade'r were constructed and pre-assembled for testing by Krupp in Germany. Then it was disassembled and the first of five shipments sailed for Bremerhaven, Germany TA 10 I Elementary Sclwol sccordlnj lo Stuart Gose, president.

Inclement weather caused i The Shady Spring Rurilans will poslpo iemi nt 0 llh mM Friday in the Shady Spring I ings. RCA VICTOR "Victrola" OUR GIFT AT THE GASCO COOKING SCHOOL ie chamber; Waller Duncan, of Duncan-Catron Motor a di- ctor of the National Automobile eaters Association; George Cham- iers, of the Ashland Oil and "Rening Co. and former mayor of eckiey; J. E. Sharp, of Raleigh olor Sales and Civitan district overnor; Emil Hodel, editon of on the freighter Nabob on Febru ary 11.

This first load consisted 917.5 metric tons of structure steel and machine parts. The Nabob was due at Newport News Beckley lal M. Scott, Post-Herald, secretary of ri And the inding Gulf Operators 'Associa- on and chairman of the State Commission. Va. Sunday.

INSTALLATION' SET The Women's Circle of the Dan iels Missionary Baptist Chure will hold an installation of offi cers at 7:30 p. m. Thursday. Thursday's will be hel in the home of Mrs. Ah'in Clay tor, Daniels.

AsthmaFormula Prescribed Most By Doctors--Available Now Without Prescription Stops in Relief Luts for Hours! Pi.T. asthma formula prescribed more thin other by doctors for their patients is now available to asthma sufferers without prescription. Medical tests proved this formula stops asthma attacks in minutes and gives hours of freedom from recurrence of painful asthma spasms. This formula is so effective that it ii the physicians' leading 1 asthma saie that now can sold without tiny UbliU called Primatene opens bronchial tubei, loosens mucous congestion, relieve! taut nervous tension. All thEx without taking painful injections.

ThesecretU--Primttenecombines 3 medicines (in full prescription strength) found most effective in combination for asthma distress. Each performs a special purpose. So look forward to sleep at night and freedom from asthma PrEmatene, at any drugstore. Only DEPOSIT YOUR COUPON AT OUR STORE DIIUX AUTOMATIC 45 "VICTORIA" $49.95 Value MELODY SHOP 416NIVIUESTIIR PHOMI CL J-77U cooking school Be sore to deposit your coupon in our Winner will bo announced Thursday night at the school. only JIWIUY OtwTOfVALUi Civil Service Exams Set Examinations will soon be given by the United States Civil Service Commission for three open ings in the and fish cry markets.

The following positions are open Agriculture marketing specialis and fishery market specialist, pay ing $4,525 to per year; and agricultural market reporter, paying $1.525 to $6.390 per year. Applications and further information can be obtained at the Beckley Post Office. Occupational Hazard CARBONDALE, 111. m. Mrs.

Rita Brelschcr. a graduate student at Southern Illinois University, battles hay fever in Ihe cause of art. Her project utilizes Indian grass and brooms edge as part of a research study leading to a Master of Fine Arts degree. She gathers the grasses and weeds in south'ern Illinois. Convinced that her offbeat fabrics are not to be sneezed at, she protects other sufferers of weed allergy by coating finished material with a film of plastic.

Kiddy Cuts -POLlS. Md. J. Hayes has a hobby of collecting witty sayings and shortcut guage of youngsters. Here are some examples: Sirengine--fire-engine with siren blaring.

Bellophone--a ringing telephone. Underbrella an umbrella, ir. use. fry's way of saying he forgot something and laft.it behind. PTA MEETING POSTPONE!) Tonight's meeting of the Central Elementary School Parent-Teacher Association has been postponed until 7:30 p.

March 10 because of colliding dates with meeting some of the teachers were scheduled lo attend. NEW LAXATIVE ADVANCE for Fast Constipation Relief HEW SERUTAN PLUS with toothing, softcninn medication for more comfortable action Ii softens dry, hard, i i a i colonic waste Vccps it moisl, pliable and No straining or leakage. So, next lime you suffer from temporary consti- a i new A PLVS, Taken as directed, you must get last PLUS mare f- Me action Of your money bad. rttitl ol Versatility MADILL. Okla.

(W) Mrs. Christine UnderM'l. a housjwife called to jury duty, ended up a court bailiff for Judge W. J. roc.

When she got to the courthouse, the Judge Said he didn't have- a balilf and Mrs. Underbill" volunteered. When yoc suffer from temporary constipation try this new laxative advance that gives you really fast relief. It'sncB-SnsuTAN PLUS, in capsule form. The bif Pi.us in is the ncwflxiiMij.

tolltning medication it contains which must give you mart com- fertabli action than other tms. Youll find this type laxative works so'effectively timio your system. Top VoJoo COHENS DRUG STORE mVUlE ST. BECBXT FROM YOUR FAMILY FASHION CENTER A $5.00 GIFT CERTIFICATE (MVtN TO SOMIONt ATTENDING GASCO INSTtTVm COOKING SCHOOL MODERN NevMo M. Mcktey Here's Ways To Add Zest To Meals! Attend The Cooking School! Puf Coca On Your How' I your kitchen life? Do you cooking for your family? Dooi your family enjoy your cooking? If you're not Mrtisfied with your aniwerc to hero's chance (o do something about it.

Starring Tuesday, February 25, tha Newspapers and the Cos Company are sponsoring rhe annual cook- Ing school at the Memorial Building. Toa'H laarn to make aN kinds of new dishes, and to mastar short cuts that win save 'you many haws in the kitchen. Tea'll discover how to make doHcteus radpas rdat cost only a few When you try your new skKt on your family, hare's soimrhing you con do to add xost to the things you serve: put frosty botHes of ke-ceid Coca-Cote on the I able. PeMctous, refreshing Coca- Cola ts a national meefrlme drink. It makes good food taste bettor.

COOKING SCHOOL fet. 17 7:10 p.m. IOTTUO UNDER AUrHORIir OF THE COCA-COW COMPANY 8Y RALEIGH COCA-COLA BOTTLING WORKS MCKUT MMIVIIU v..

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