This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!
This newspaper page contains 10 articles. Subscribers can read the full text of each article.
Newspaper
Raleigh Register
Location
Beckley, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Apr 23, 1948
Page
6
J. W. Haynes a 60 year old grain broker displayed inventions at a hobby club show in Kansas City. The air conditioned straw hat with a vented design and a catapult trap that hurls a captured mouse out a window were among items. Haynes joked the mouse has no self respect to return.
Bernard Martin of the Beckley fire department urged citizens to take precautions when burning trash in city limits. He noted frequent fires, warned of serious risks with the season ahead, and advised burning only in calm conditions, during evening hours, never leaving embers, and obtaining a burning permit when within 300 feet of woodland.
Joe Lyttle Jr was honored at a birthday party yesterday afternoon at his parents home in South Mullens. His grandmother Mrs J F Groseclose of Roanoke Va assisted with the party. Sixteen guests attended including Janet Backus Myra Nichols Phoebe Floyd Loretta McNamara Vicki Rae Hayhurst Melvyn McNamara Marty Backus Barney Basham Barney Pippin Tim Wyatt Ronald Hayhurst Charles Norman Green Butch Biggart Dick Davidson and Bob Short.
Orville H. Bullitt Philadelphia financier and Beaver Coal executive toured Beckley facilities with L. H. Davis. He expressed surprise at the city’s growth during a corp property and mining operations inspection. Bullitt, with wife, stayed at The Greenbrier after luncheon with local officials.
Jewish people begin the Passover festival at sundown, lasting until April 30. The Seder marks the exodus story, with the four questions asked by the youngest, and the household’s explanation of customs including the ban on leavened bread. The holiday embodies freedom from oppression.
In Colorado Springs the water inspector J. M. Pribble oversees eight reservoirs with nearly 3,000,000,000 gallons capacity. He measures weekly water and snow, enforces water rights, and warns farmers against stealing ditch water while guiding drought and flood response across a mountain and plains region.
Farmer H Y Thompson claims a calf sired by a deer and describes it as half cow half deer with a deer like head and mottled grey hide. The animal weighs about 500 pounds and is being sold to a packing company amid disbelief from cattlemen. Flood damages in Cabell County estimated at $208 080 by Farm Agent W D Click with about three million people leaving farms for cities between 1940 and 1947.
A Mount Hope Federated League meeting led to election of officers for the coming year. Newly elected: President Mrs. T. E. Williams, Vice President Mrs. C. J. Evans, Recording Secretary Mrs. W. C. Carter, Corresponding Secretary Miss Pauline Taggart, Treasurer Mrs. W. D. Lawton, Historian Miss Emma Hepler, with retiring President Mrs. Fred M. Frisk presiding. The group aims to support recreation programs and will visit the Fayette County infirmary with magazines and treats. The band boosters also receive a donation pledge. The convention will be held in Muntington April 28, 29, and 30.
Presented by program chairman Mrs. W. B. Polling the film featured by Fred Frisk spans ten years from 1928 to 1938 and includes all club members in varied dress styles. The last years are shown with technical color depicting members tending their babies.
The club met with 34 of 35 members present. New officers will be installed at the May meeting, after which the group will recess until September to continue their project for a few more years.
We want people to find what they are looking for at NewspaperArchive. We are confident that we have the newspapers that will increase the value of your family history or other historical research. With our 7-day free trial, you can view the documents you find for free.
People find the most success using advanced search. Try plugging in keywords, names, dates, and locations, and get matched with results from the entire collection of newspapers at NewspaperArchive!
You can also successfully find newspapers by these browse options. Explore our archives on your own!
Browse by location and discover newspapers from all across the world.
Browse by date and find publications for a specific day or era.
Browse old newspaper publications to find specific newspapers.