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Newspaper

Raleigh Register

Location

Beckley, West Virginia, United States of America

Date

Apr 05, 1936

Page

3

Stocks Rally In Saturday Market

Stocks rise in a brisk Saturday session led by steel rail and motor shares. The Associated Press average gains to a new high since 1931 as confidence grows on European developments and domestic industrial news. Transfers reach 1,011,470 shares with the market led by autos and rails. Foreign exchange steadies with the franc up 1-8 of a cent and sterling steady at 4.95 1-2 dollars.

Associated Press New York Automobile France

Princewick WV Church News Rev Ellis closes revival services

The Princewick West Virginia church reports Rev Ellis concluded revival services Sunday night with good attendance. Prayer meetings will be held twice weekly at different homes. A mine accident injured Buddy Collison last Thursday. he lost three fingers and sustained head injuries and is hospitalized in Beckley. Other items note gatherings and visits among local residents and families.

Church News Ellis Buddy Collison Burton Collison Buddy Beckley Hospital George Maxey Marie Harry Pickshin Charles Pierce Narrows Harry, Clark

Ten die in train bus wreck Saturday

Local report lists ten fatalities after a collision involving a train and a bus on Saturday. The article names several residents and mentions ongoing funerals, visits, and recoveries among families in Crab Orchard, Beckley, Ghent, Slab Fork, and Coal City as communities react to the tragedy.

Jack Reed Lillybrook Jess Montgomery Margaret Crab Orchard Mary Myers Earl Collison Nancy Meadows Beckley Gray Curtis Blue Jay Bethel Childers Evelyn Ferguson Stoco Katherine Gloria Ravine Kathleen Kelley Lawrence Woods Browyer Waddell Fireco Road Burton Collison Dee Brakefield Orlene Ross Brakefield Tip Conner H. B. Rock Coal City Tinker Mathews Bawyer Henry Ghent H. H. Wyrick George Maxey Susan Dot White Charlie Hodge Jo Ann Ritch Ritter A. L. Hodge

Harper’s Ferry Toll Bridge Sparks Court Fight Over Free Use

Operators of the Harper’s Ferry toll bridge blocked a state plan to take over the railroad bridge for free highway use. Maryland and West Virginia sought court remedies and condemned the bridge after the company resisted. They also pursued WPA funds to build a new bridge and eyed purchasing the toll franchise. The company reported last year earnings over $50,000 after buying a used span for 10,000.

Associated Press Charleston Harper's Ferry Maryland West ‘Virginia J. F. Bouchelle Atttorney General Baltimore and Ohio Bouchelle WPA Toll Bridge Company

Miss Betty Thomas Hostess Seventeenth Birthday Party

Miss Betty Thomas hosted a Friday evening birthday party with dancing and refreshments for friends including Miss Lucille Gillispie Miss Matilda Mehich and several guests from Mount Hope and nearby towns. Local society notes list visits travels and a birth announcement for Donald Dean Acord.

Miss Thomas Betty Thomas Lucille Gillispie Matilda Mehich Melvin Smith Mabel Nunley Mount Hope Rufus ‘Trail Clifford Peters Charles Campbell Eugene Smith W. B. Acord Donald Dean

Holy Week Prayer Timetable at First Methodist Church

Holy Week schedule for First Methodist Church invites all to daily quiet worship from Monday to Friday with an hour of meditation. Saturday will be a day of silence and the church closes. Each evening features a 30 minute musical program.

First Methodist

Holy Week Meditation by Rev Ros Culpepper

Short meditation notes a Holy Week service by Rev Ros Culpepper and mentions Friday Holy Communion for all who observe the Last Supper. The piece also recalls Eugene Kennedy, age 5, chasing a ball between walls, while first firefighters feared they would be trapped and one building suffered partial wall damage.

Ros Culpepper Eugene Kennedy

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