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Raleigh Register

Location

Beckley, West Virginia, United States of America

Date

Apr 26, 1950

Page

2

Oak Hill Junior Women Hold Style Show and Meet

Oak Hill Junior Women gather for a May 29 book review by Mrs Emmett Phipps Mt Hope with Mrs Carl Sanger as program chair. Members plan bake sale for May 13 convention in Fairmont to fund delegates. Nyla June Kincaid named Girls State delegate. style show by Charleston firm featured models Ann Dawson and Jean Keffer.

Register Oak Hill Emmett Phipps Mt. Hope Carl Sanger O. W. Dixon, Jr Fairmont Kanawha Junior Woman's Club Charleston Nyla June Kincaid Oak Hill High School Moose Ann Dawson Jean Keffer Oak Hill Civic League Juanita Scott

Annual Dinner-Dance Set By Mullens Junior Women

Mullens Junior Woman's Club plans annual dinner-dance at the Cow Shed near Pineville with each member inviting a guest. New officers take duties May 8 after installation by Mrs. Gilbert Cook. Delegates to the state convention at Fairmont May 12–13 named later. New member Mrs. Richard Harmon welcomed. Next meeting will be a party.

Mullens Register Mullens Junior Woman's Club Wyoming Hotel Pineville Gilbert Cook Mullens Woman's Club Ernestine Farmer Lee Roy Dean Robert Rhoades Glen Ferrell F. S. Caffee Margaret Roles Margaret Lou Lusk Charles Beavers Fairmont Richard Harmon Welch

Bennett Heads New Boy Scout District in Wyo

Mullens R G Bennett of Mullens to chair the newly formed Guyandotte District of the Appalachian Council of Boy Scouts Gus F Walker scout executive announced. The district serves Slab Fork and Barkers Ridge in Wyoming County with 172 scouts 68 cubs and 10 explorers across multiple troops packs and explorer posts. Moose lodges of Mullens Allen Junction and Maben are planning to organize troops.

Bennett New Boy Scout Wyo Register Mullens R. G. Bennett Guyandotte Appalachian Council of Boy Scouts Gus F. Walker Slab Fork Barker's Ridge Wyoming County Stephenson Wyco Otsego Walker Moose Lodges Allen Junction Maben

Osborne’s Body Recovered From Elk’s Lake Tragedy

The body of Jackie Osborne 19 was recovered yesterday after a boating accident on Elk’s Lake near Hattiesburg Mississippi. He was the son of Mr and Mrs J O Osborne of Meadow Bluff and husband of Joan Fink married six months ago. The couple were boating with friends when their boat capsized and Mrs Osborne was rescued.

Register Dow Bridge Jackie Osborne Elk’s Lake Hattiesburg Miss J. O. Osborne Meadow Bluff Joan Fink

Sold in Beckley by Cohen's White Cross or your hometown druggist

The notice states that the item is available for sale in Beckley through Cohen's, White Cross, or a local druggist. It emphasizes convenience and local distribution channels for purchasers.

Beckley Cohen's White Cross

Rites Thursday For H. H. Summers

Funeral services for Henderson Summers 60 of Edwight will be Thursday at 2 p.m. in Rock Creek Methodist Church. Burial at Scarbro Cemetery. Summers died Monday night in Pinecrest Sanitarium Beckley. Survived by wife Martha Underwood Summers of Edwight ten daughters six sons two sisters and two brothers and twenty four grandchildren.

Register Edwig A. Henderson Summers Edwight Rock Creek Methodist Church Scarbro Rock Creek Summers Pinecrest Sanitarium Beckley Martha Underwood Summers Grace Collins Clear Creek Macy Gunnoe Bolt Waire Alderman Pine Knob

Puckett 81 Dies. Dawson Native Laid To Rest

Funeral services for General Floyd Puckett 81 a Dawson native were held at 2 p m today from Meadow Grove Baptist Church near Dawson with Rev Harry J Simms of Rupert officiating. Burial followed in Puckett Cemetery Dawson He was born February 3 1869 to Jim and Elizabeth Fox Puckett and was a member of the Modern Woodmen Lodge of Rainelle Surviving are his wife Mollie Donally Crowder Puckett Beckley two stepsons five stepgrandchildren and two great stepgrandchildren

Register Dawson Floyd Puckett W. D. Crowder Beckley Meadow Grove Baptist Church Harry J. Simms Rupert Puckett Jim Elizabeth Fox Puckett Woodmen Lodge Rainelle Mollie Donally Crowder Puckett Beckiey

McKinney Named PTA President in Stephenson

Lloyd McKinney was elected president of the Lhroquois Stephenson PTA with Mrs. Orville Belcher as vice president and Mrs. Clyde Mitchem as secretary-treasurer. A committee including Luther Blankenship, Mrs. George E. Farmer, and Mrs. G. K. Blesard was formed to raise funds for an eighth grade trip to the state capitol on May 12. The meeting featured a screening of The Shortest Way Home and a pot luck supper. officers will begin duties next fall.

Register Stephenson Enoch McKinney Orville Belcher Clyde Mitchem Lhroquois- Stephenson Parent-Teacher’s Association State Capitol Lloyd McKinney Luther Blankenship George E. Farmer G. K. Blessard

Georgia Minister Urges Pastors to Support Missions

Mt Hope preacher urges Bluestone Presbytery ministers and elders to revitalize home missions, stressing urban outreach and the need to engage the Negro community. C H Gibboney cites 800 communities with no churches and 70,000,000 people changing residence yearly, with 18 new home mission projects in progress and four churches highlighted.

Register MT. Hope Charles H. Gibboney Atlanta Bluestone Presbytery Assembly Gibboney C. H. Patterson Bluefield Presbytery Bluestone Welch Williamson B. B. Breitenhirt Fayetteville Robert Ray Oak Hill Robert J. McMullen

Graveside Rites Planned for Infant in Princeton

Graveside services were scheduled for 2 p.m. today for an infant who died 12 hours after birth to Mr. and Mrs. Harold Good of Princeton. Survived by brother Robert Kelly and sister Christie Star, the infant was laid to rest in Resthaven Cemetery.

Princeton Harold Good Robert Kelly Christie Star Resthaven

Ministers report on foreign missions and church work

Representative ministers from Mingo McDowell Mercer Raleigh Wyoming and Fayette counties presented reports Tuesday on foreign missions religious education stewardship Christian relations radio Negro work and home missions. The Rev Charles W McNutt now pastor of the Pineville church is Presbytery representative of evangelism. The Rev J W Witherspoon reported on The Minister and His Work. The meetings adjourned at 12:45 Tuesday, and luncheon was served by The Women of The Church. Special choir music featuring Soloist Charles Nelson was part of the devotional services held during the two day session.

Mingo McDowell Mercer Raleigh Wyoming Fayette Counties Charles W. McNutt Fayetteville Pineville Church J. W. Witherspoon Beckley W. B. Poling Charles Nelson

First Traffic Light Installed at Oceana

The first traffic light in Oceana is in operation today at the forks of the road to Kopperston. City officials announce plans to install two or three more signals in the near future.

Register Oceana Kopperston

Certa Vin Relieves Gas Before Meals in Beckley

Hundreds in Beckley suffered from gas and stomach misery until CERTA VIN was taken before meals. The remedy combines ten herbs with vitamin B and iron to speed digestion, reduce gas and bloating, and improve blood and nerve strength.

Beckley

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