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Newspaper
Raleigh Register
Location
Beckley, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Apr 13, 1955
Page
2
State police investigate a weekend burglary at the Alfred Gilliam residence on the C and O Road near Daniels. Two intruders entered by force, stole 16 dollars in cash and a wrist watch. The burglars slept in a bed and cooked a meal of boiled eggs before leaving.
Kamal Rahal of 220 Woodlawn Ave is elected treasurer of Sigma Phi Epsilon at Marshall College where he is a junior in Arts and Sciences. He is the son of Mr and Mrs Nageep Rahal.
Two crews from Raleigh County Vocational School are building booths for the annual Boy Scout Exposition at the Beckley Recreation Building. The event opens Friday with demonstrations of Scout functions, crafts, skits and life pictures. Dickie Davidson of Mullins will be cited for rescuing three children from a gas filled home, with the award presented by E. E. Bibb of the Appalachian Council. The exposition runs Friday and ends Saturday night.
Earl Mahone was issued a building permit by the Beckerley Recorder's office on Monday to construct a four room frame home on Whorley Road at an estimated cost of 3000 dollars. The plan calls for a bath and no basement with Mahone intent on self-construction.
Funeral services for Mrs Mary Ellen Harless 73 died Tuesday at a daughter’s home in Cyclone will be held Thursday at 2 pm at Lacoma Baptist Church with Rev William Bailey officiating Burial will be in Harless Cemetery She was a pioneer Wyoming County resident mother of Rev Norman Harless of Mabscott wife of Joseph Tilden Harless and survivor list includes another son Ray of Cyclone ten grandchildren and five great grandchildren McNeely Funeral Home handled arrangements.
The Deacons Wives Council of the New River District meets at First Baptist Church of Boomer at 3 p.m. Sunday with Mrs. M Z Luster urging all eligible wives to attend. Elder Wilbur Davis preaches Tuesday at 7 30 p m at Mount Zion Holiness Church of Lillybrook. The Gospel Gleaners program was postponed to the third Sunday in May at Mt Zion Holiness Church. Elder George Steele preaches Sunday at 7 30 p m. The Women's Improvement League meets tomorrow at 2 30 p m at Mrs Della Green's home, with Mrs Lillian Vaughn as co host. State Federation Improvement Leagues meet Saturday at Omar. Ebenezer Baptist Home Department Class meets today at 10 30 a m at 807 Grant Street. Eliza Hunter Home Department Class meets today at 5 p m at the Edmonds home, led by Mrs Florence Hall. Bloodstone Lodge No 101 East Gulf holds 7 p m meeting Saturday. Lewis Early W M Thurston Harriston secretary. Personal notes list Easter dinners and visits among families in Stamford Mabscott Glen Jean and Shamrock. New Era District Convention Singing Class meets Saturday at New Hope Baptist East Beckley. Friendly 12 Christmas Saving Club meets Thursday at 6 p m at Miss Mary Edley’s home. Morton Reaves PTA meets today at 7 p m with regional conference reports expected.
Henry Brown petitions the State Supreme Court to bar Raleigh County sheriff from enforcing a property seizure tied to a divorce claim. The Circuit Court awarded commissioner Robert J. Ashworth 1500 for work in a case granting Margaret K. Brown a divorce from Ival Henry Brown, while the case remains undecided. The petition argues the circuit clerk issued an execution before a final ruling, exceeding authority.
Researchers at General Electric Laboratory report that iron content in some germs reduces their destruction by ultraviolet rays. The finding, described as potentially valuable for public health, comes from GE Laboratory investigators.
Lawrence A. Bridges of Highcoal was sentenced to 30 days in Raleigh County Jail on a DWI charge. He paid a $50 fine plus costs after Magistrate E. A. Large imposed the sentence. Bridges, arrested by State Police, was held in Whitesville jail prior to trial.
A Tuesday afternoon fire in the basement workshop of Charles Del Moro at 207 Charles St caused about 25 dollars in damages. A blowtorch ignited a pan of gasoline, and Central Fire Station and Station No 2 responders controlled the blaze. The fire damaged an ice box and some flooring.
A study notes that about 13 percent of Iceland’s area is covered by snow fields and glaciers. The finding highlights Iceland's extensive icy regions and their potential impact on climate, water resources, and landscape.
Slab Fork District Scouters conducted a roundtable session Monday at the Sophia Scout Cabin. Troop 144 of Stotesbury opened the program and Troop 75 of Sophia staged a scouting skills exhibition. B. B. Hackley outlined May’s Boy Scouts theme Do Your Stuff and highlighted the inter patrol tournament as the month’s focal point. He emphasized spirit participation and scout craft, and urged parent involvement in the overall program.
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