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Husband dust Walked Off ’ltiilcigh Motherand Her Sixncm iOf HaiChildren Live in Two RoomsAgents i'I and Tax H goma man, [charges ofCharrA house large enough to be call- is a monthly lt;•!»■ ed home is sought by a mother for partment of Public Assist herself and her six children. The birth of her child .Her family ranges in age from wilh Mrs- Graham am the DcOne which is twice as large as lorthis house we have now. a kitchen slvrred sink. lights, and three acres aojfot-love I can have a garden.able.■sent, they areh-j pack a meal every day. At able to comening tHOIl-shter. id her raham ise atference m I houses. Whc i the rent is there is no i$ra nine-year-old daughter to her her family tlt; newest child, another daughter. Harper Heig born at 7-30 p.m. Sunday. ’Hie newcomer has yet to be named.Mrs. Marie Graham. 34. has been residing for some time at Raleigh with her small brood, deserted by her husband.Their only shelter, their present house, measures approximately 10 feet wide and 20 feet long. There is glass in one of the small windows in the kitchen, while isinglass serves as a window in the bedroom There are only two rooms—a small kitchen and the bedroom.In the bedroom are two beds.One of these is occupied by the mother and the other a twin size —provides sleeping space for her five growing children: Drema, 9.Dennv, 8; Darrell. 3: Donna, who will be four in April; and DaleWayne, 2. — -- . ,at West Mrs. Graham said her husband road crossing signal■s=«,r islx r ssfTrr' mss r • ^ 'zzzrzr \ m si ri- •new location at Mrs. Graham said she had a She now is plan- garden last year and put up as make the move during the much canned fruits and vegetables •iP of the 22nd. as she had room to store in theirnil MOTHER has man.. ptrob- present quarters With this new ■us facing her, including the dif- property, she feels it will be poshome for lunchBut she’s hoping that these problems will be solved when her children are established in that new house. It at least will be cleaner there and they willshein the house. .One •hildren walks about 200 feet down Uic road to where water is available.The new home for the Grahams rents for $20 a month, but offers many advantages which Graham says begins with in the house. Other atti are the fact it has threemum ... the two sible to have more food to furnish j have- healthier surrounding ■ now is located her family through the summer j know s.ach month and and winter months The Graham house can be reachthe Sullivanat 6: IS ii.r ATU MornOther an eluded Pin a drunk ch patrolmen ter Gilmol Lester, at Sheriff Fly warrant.Deputy J-rested Car! non-suppot l Tony KokMrs.wateractionsMrs Graham will be 34 years »’d by turning onm in.- mi...*..,, - d told on Friday She says she is a road from Rru.te 19^1 Inn-e mg Gi,m(little older than her husband, whoI past the teiniinal buildingwas not a very good provider.” crossing the railroad tracks, and While her husband was the head turning right on an '^pn-ved of the household, the Grahams re- road which runs parallel with tin ...led in Meadow Budge Dane,.-. Hacks fo. approximately a quar-ter of a mile. Their house can tie seen on the left hand side of the road.drunk chai |Stanaford and run cllionCrossing Signals InTwo days ahead of the s uled March 15 deadline, thehed-rail-were in opand Price Hill before moving to Raleigh The mother moved the mis family to its present location after the father deserted them at Price Hill.She plans to eontin n i —' ■ the coal cook stove and burnside heater in their new house, even though it is piped for gas. She explains lliai she is afraid even if I could afford to buy a gas stove that the children might harm themselves with gas Her greatest worry at present is furnishings for the new house. She lists her needs as at least one more bed, bed clothing, rugs for the kitchen and bedroom floors, and any other type of furnishing available. There is no living room furniture in their present abode.She also needs cooking utensils, since at present there is only onlt; pan in which to prepare mealIt Oil K KRA. I.. RN. Longhitano Dies at EcclesRinia Lorn ply Dealer convention ; held in Cl-new prvsid George W Material CNuncio Longhitano. 87, li-s. died in a local hos am, Saturday after: 40of F.r-ipttal at a longill' of theMcGov-lent as-of $228,-ns, SI 1,-uns. $5,-•ans de-i oactive 1 allow-Al present, Mrs Graham doesn’t, ** ‘“‘i!*!know what name to select for her A 11 new daughter, who weighed six and a half pounds at birth She probably is searching for a pretty name beginning with a D since that is the first letter in the names ..f her other children: Drema,Denny, Darrell. Donna and Dale.Two of her children are in school and they do real good. They both like to go.Problems of great weight not only are on the mother's shoulders, her eight-year-old son. Denny, also had a tough one last week. The solution he found isn’t known, but lie needed a white shirt and aHe was born April 26, 1886, in Italy and had been a resident of Raleigh County for the past 45 v.-ars. He had been a miner and a member of United Mine Workers Union Local 708(1, Kccle.s Hr is survived by one son NInch. and one daughter, Angellno, their both of Ita The bodyProgiFeatuill remain in the Cablorne until the funs i vices wilt he conducted at 3 p m. today in the chapel of the Calfee Funeral Home with the Rev. Fr. John Hnlpin officiating Burial will toe made in the Cal-f«e Cemetery at Mount Tabor.W. Whittaker Dies al Age 11The pn Area Chai be the pr the sexshr Business Morris H Ion, May O L. Jo or of the i )H rticlpatf which Dr. sistant pr gani/ntton, will be tii The Clt; Problems year by M Radio St a for this ThW. A[dark pair of pant! school play Friday MRS. GRAHAMnight.WILLING BUT NOT ABLK—Robert larley. 108 Mason St.. tells Deputy Sheriff Howard George who served him with a summons to report for duty as a petit juror for the March term of Raleigh County Criminal Court. Bobby’s It. West Virginia law states a juror must be over 21.i judg-attend-l. MrsepiMil-up that II equipVirginia» » -County Jury Lists SnafuHoy. I I. and Woman Anion;* ■•!«“««(allcfl lo Jury llufyWhittaker, 77. died at Saturday al his home near Jumping Branch, alter an illness of four months. He had been m ill he,illh the past 14 years.Born March 12. 1377. he was a son of Andrew J. and F rances Holstein Whittaker, both deceased. He had lived his entire life at Jumping Branch. He was a farmer and a member of the Missionary Baptist Church.Survivors include his wife, Mrsker: foui on J A Whittaker and A J. Whittakervoted toVotnticaltinbust lie WnoThe milearned her baby both of Jumping Branch, little ahead of Whittaker, Knoxville. Venn liters. Mr Mt. Vie a, Mi Jumping Rrm GUI, Linden, VToHardK markethand.MacyHazelBernWanMrs F.t:Oxfn6 i :die?..I th 1*er,MoMaind 28Mo.rial ChunIncorToM
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Beckley Raleigh Register Beckley Post Herald
Beckley, West Virginia, US
Sun, Mar 14, 1954
Page 11
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Joseph W.
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