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Newspaper

Raleigh Register

Location

Beckley, West Virginia, United States of America

Date

Apr 11, 1943

Page

4

Two Jobs In Majors for Terry

AP Sports Writer Will Grimsley reports Bill Terry, retired Giants star, tending a 306 acre plantation near Memphis and open to a top baseball post with Cleveland or Chicago Cubs. He backs Alva Bradley and Phil Wrigley as ideal owners and predicts 1943 difficulties with 1944 outlook. He bets on the Cardinals and Browns to win a nickel world series.

Will Grimsley Memphis Bill Terry Terry Cleveland Chicago Cubs Alva Bradley Phil Wrigley Cubs Chicago Mid-South Bill Tie Farmer Bill St. Louis Inals Browns

Exhibition Scores and Box Scores From Regional Matches

Exhibition games listed with team matchups at Washington Indianapolis Plainfield and Boston Boston results show Cincinnati beating Cleveland 72 to 36 while others include Washington 19 73 and Plainfield scores. Players Dietrich Ross Smith Turner Mueller Pare and others are named across games with various innings and totals.

Washington Emore Wash Vanalate G. Mueller Pare Pyle Hadner

Miss Virginia Keatly Dies at Home After Long Illness

Miss Virginia Ruth Keatly died at her mother’s home on North Kanawha Street Beckley after years of illness. She was a former secretary for the C and O railroad in Hinton, born in Summers County, lived in Huntington, and resided in Beckley with her mother. Surviving: Mrs. Mary Hite Keath, one sister Mrs. John Toler of Fayetteville, an uncle A. J Hite of Cross Bottom. Funeral Monday at 2 PM at Rose Funeral Hotel Chapel with Rev. Earl L. Grose. burial in Fayetteville cemetery. Flowers declined.

Virginia Ruth Keatly Mary Hite Keath Jordan Wilson Keatly North Kanawha Street Miss Keatly Hinton Summers Huntington Beckley First Baptist Church John ‘Toler Fayetteville A. J Hite Cross Bottom Earl L. Grose

Elks Move Installation of Officers to Tuesday Night

Beckley Elks club changes the installation of officers to Tuesday night due to the blackout. Officers lineup includes W. O R Fugitt exalted ruler C L Bibb lecturing knight Matt Griffiths loyal knight John Earl Lilly leading knight Ross Irle secretary W R Campbell treasurer and W O R Vannoutier committees to be announced after induction.

Beckley Elks Club W. OR. Fugitt C. L. Bibb Matt Griffiths John Earl Lilly Ross Irle W. R. Campbell Rand W. OR. Vannou

Probated six month sentence for Aves Dillon on peace warrant

Aves Dillon of Reservoir road is at liberty after a six month jail sentence was probationed by Circuit Judge Clarence W Meadows. Dillon had been convicted by Magistrate Oley Mills on his wife's complaint and served one night due to lack of a bondsman.

Aves Dillon Liberty Oley Mills Clarence W Meadows

Martins Services Set Today for James Martin

Funeral services for James Martin 69 long associated with Raleigh and Fayette county coal interests since 1893 will be held at 2 30 p m today in the First Presbyterian church of Charleston. He died Friday morning of a heart attack at McAlpin. He began as a miner in Raleigh county and rose to superintendent and state mine inspector before 1909. He later led multiple coal firms including Wyatt MacAlpin Morrison Beckley Fire Creek and the Beekman concerns. He was a vice president and major stockholder in these companies.

James Martin Raleigh and Fayette County First Presbyterian Church of Charleston McAlpin Martin Raligh County Royal Sun Mount Hope Oak Mill Nichol New River Company Hely Wyatt Coal Company Cabin Creek Laing MacAlpin Coal Company Winding Gulf Morrison l Coal Company Beckley Fire Creek Coal Company Penman Grandview Road

County Grocers To Have Meeting

An important meeting of the Raleigh County Grocer's association will be held at 8 o'clock Monday evening in the Standard Brands building. Paul Cole, secretary, announced yesterday. George W. King, secretary of the state association, and T. Saunders of Bluefield, immediate past president of the state association, will be present to speak to the group. A representative of the rationing division of the office of price administration is expected to be present, Cole reported.

Raleigh County Grocer’s Association Standard Brands Paul Cole George W. King State Association T. Saunders Bluefield Incal Group Office of Price Administration Cole

Principals to Convene State Conference in Fairmont

High school principals from across the state will meet in Fairmont on Thursday through Saturday this week per E M Ash for the Raleigh County schools. Attendance figures for local principals remain unclear. Last week about 20 Raleigh County elementary principals attended the Charleston convention. Lieutenant Virginia Pitman and Auxiliary H M Steiger have been reassigned to permanent duty at the local Army recruiting station per Charleston headquarters.

Fairmont E. M. Ashs Raleigh County Charleston Lietenant Virginia H. M. Steiger

Dahlgren Proving Ground A Miniature Battlefield Visit

U S Naval Proving Ground in Dahlgren Virginia is depicted as a living battlefield with anti aircraft batteries and a 16 inch main gun firing under test. The tour led by Rear Admiral Blandy and Captains Hedrick and Hottiman showcases armor plates, bombsights, and anti-submarine weapons as a demonstration to reporters.

John M. Hightower U. S. Naval Proving Ground Dahlgren Oerlikon Potomac River Mir Tidewater Tno Atlantic Pacific Navy David J. Hedvick WH. 0. Hottiman Proving Ground Washington W. H. P. Blandy Bureau of Ordinance Wally Wien Mirors

Church Convocation to Hear Episcopal Bishop Speaker

The Rt. Rev. R. EL. Strider, bishop of West Virginia, will headline the New River convocation at St. Stephen's church Tuesday. He serves as Holy Communion celebrant with Rev. John A. Wilson Jr. assisting. Oak Hills host C. M. Higgins leads the women's meeting. parish representatives from nearby churches will attend.

R. EL. Strider West Virginia New River St. Stephen's Church Holy Communion John A. Wilson St. Andrew's Church Oak Hills C. M. Higgins

Many Churches Invite in Meade County Area Services

A long list of churches including MABSCOTT Baptist Fellowship Lester Baptist Glen View Missionary Baptist Meadow Creek Bible Mission and more invite all to a full slate of services. Sunday School times range from 9 45 to 10 00 a m with morning and evening worships and midweek prayer meetings. Public welcomes extended to every resident.

Mabscott Baptist Fellowship Mission John Meadows Lev Frank Monroe Seremon Tre Tall Po Glen View Missionary Baptist Church MP. Wenkelken AL W . Martin Shdam Meadow Creak Church OF Calvary Baptist Church H. OB. Fisher Larkin Gumer Bethel W. French Guy West Fayetteville Baptist Church James Frame Iba A. Om Bay P.C Meadow Creek Baptist Church D. T. Cales W. Te Crane First Church OF the Nazarene Johnstown Aday DL Gray the Great Commission Peter

Sophia Man Is Injured In Africa

Mrs. Charles Lewis of Sophia reports her son Sergeant J R Lewis has been wounded in action in North Africa and is a patient there. He has served four years in the army and attended Trap Hill High School.

Charles Lewis Sophia Sergnant J. R. Lewis North Africa Sergeant Lewis Trap Hi Mings

Take Time To Be Holy Amid Fast-Paced World

An essay on spiritual life urging readers to pause and seek God through prayer and worship rather than rushing life. It contrasts material speed with sacred inner space, cites Jeremiah and Jesus, and warns against converting the chapel of devotion into a public room. The piece ends with a devotional verse about the transforming power of time in God’s presence.

Jesus God Jeremiah Christ F. W. Norwood Vancouver City Temple London

Colored Churches Schedule In Beckley Area

A fragment list shows multiple churches in West Virginia with service times. Matthea A. M. E. Church and Ebenezer Baptist Church in Beckley publish morning and evening worships, Sunday School details, and lay leaders. Other congregations include New Canaan Baptist, First Baptist Greensville, Amigo Baptist, Little Mt Zion, St John Baptist Rabich, Pleasant Valley Baptist, East Beckles Covenant Worship, and St Luke’s Apostolic in nearby towns with times and superintendent or pastor names.

Glenview Raleigh Baptist Association Shirley Welch Seremon St A Tid Pin Toney Garges Matthew A, M. E New Staleightd G. Mareis Annie Armstead New Canaan Bat Church Pickshin W. Va Rey G. OD First Baptist Church Amigo de C. Brown W. J Moon Little Mt, Zion Baptist Church Concho WL Va J. A. Adams ST. John's Baptist Church Rabich EF. Mavis Sehont Anthue Turner ST. Luke's Church OF Gon Apostolic Berkley M. Giraveley Celia Glover Sint

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