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Newspaper
Raleigh Register
Location
Beckley, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Apr 22, 1952
Page
9
The Fayette Health Department will run an annual food handlers school April 23 and 24 at the Fayette County Memorial Building. All food handlers permits expire next week and new permits are issued at the school. Attendance is mandatory for all employees of places handling food.
Pineville notes honor Frances Marie Pais, bride to be of Robert Nunnely. Barbara Jean Phillips hosted a miscellaneous shower at her home with spring flowers, games, and refreshments. Guests included Frances Pais, her mother, and many friends. decorations featured Easter themes and gladioli with yellow iris.
Doctors warn kidney function is vital to health and stress can slow it, causing headaches dizziness and fatigue. The ad claims Dean's Pills are a mild diuretic used for over 50 years to flush waste and relieve discomfort.
Funeral services for Rosa Jane Powell 81 will be held at 2 p.m. Thursday in the Collins Funeral Home chapel with Rev. Mont Carr and Rev. Lawrence Gibson officiating. Burial will follow in Hilltop Cemetery. Surviving: husband George Powell two daughters Anna Ervin Fayetteville and Mary Blevins Columbus Ohio a son Everette Mohler Sharples three sisters Fila Matheny Baltimore Bella Dowdy Union and 38 lie Pickelsimer Glen Jean 18 grandchildren and three great grandchildren. The body will be moved from Collins Funeral Home Glen Jean to the residence at 6 p.m. Wednesday and return to the chapel at 1 p.m. Thursday.
Harris W. Judy of Lewisburg, a junior in agriculture engineering at West Virginia University, has been re elected president of the University chapter of the American Society of Agricultural Engineers. He is the son of Roy W. Judy of Lewisburg and a Lewisburg High School graduate.
Eight year old Alana Ladd and actor father endorse Blue Bonner Margarine for flavor nutrition and economy. The ad touts a sunny taste and higher vitamin A with two pounds priced below a single pound of rival spreads. It urges readers to remember the letters F N E.
Oak Hill American Legion Auxiliary announces Collins High School student Bill Wojtowicz takes first place in the If Freedom Fails essay contest with Janet Idileman second. Awards and medals will be presented at May commencement. The group met at Mrs. G S Callison’s home. 12 members attended. Mrs. H L Van Camp led a Cuba study, and the club voted to subscribe to Star Magazine. Poppy Day site 2,000 poppies will be sold the Saturday before Memorial Day, chaired by Mrs. H P Thomas.
Advert says Invigorator tonic from Oster with iron and vitamins promises renewed vitality for men and women after 40. Claims tested by doctors, with testimonial quotes and money back guarantee. Available in small and economy sizes at drug stores.
Funeral services for Emmett Owen Pinnell 54 of Alderson were set for 2 p.m. Monday in Greenbrier Baptist Church with Rev Randolph Johnson officiating. Burial in Alderson Cemetery and graveside rites by Alderson Masonic Lodge. Survived by wife Flossie Woolwine Pinnell, two brothers Warren J of East Beckley and Perry G of Quinswood, a sister EL Pinnell in New Jersey, two sons Emmett Q Jr and Richard, and daughter Mrs Clara L Hardesty. He died Friday morning in Clifton Forge Virginia after a cerebral hemorrhage. He was a telegraph operator for C&O Railway at Ronceverte and a member of local Masonic chapters.
Beckley Knights of Pythias brought two candidates from White Pine Lodge 37 to Oak Hill for Knight initiation. Silas McNeely of Minden received Page and will be Esquire next meeting. Beckley members included G S Tolbert Jim Tolbert and Ray Martin. Beckley candidates were Fred Wood and Russell Pringle. Dokk club to meet Princeton Dokk club Friday. DOKK members are high ranking Dramatic Order of Khorassan in the Knights of Pythias. Draft explanation notes examination does not bar enlistment. those born 1929 30 31 are called for selective service. reclassification possible after exam.
The Lacorna church Ladies Missionary Society hosted a stork shower for Mrs Norman Harless and Audrey Justice night in Oceana. Russell Daniels awarded prizes to Mrs Jason Brown and Mrs Harold Brown. The ceremony, officiated by Rev Wayne Rollins, featured the wedding of the Justice daughter who wore a gray suit. The bride, a 1950 Oceana High School graduate, and groom of Kopperston area attended local schools and work at Valles Auto Service, Hatcher.
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