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Newspaper
Raleigh Register
Location
Beckley, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Aug 16, 1956
Page
4
A 5065 youth survey shows 91 percent of 13 to 19 year olds are assigned household tasks. Beds, rooms, dishes, and lawn work top the list with girls and boys sharing duties while arguing over who cooks or shops.
Monday departure for Camp Iva near Bhuefiel includes Rev John H LaMotte Mrs LaMotte plus Sal ty Conley Eugene Clay Greynett Toler Mary Alice Justice Yvonne Toler Roger Ward and Fillmore Plaster Ron ald Lee Roach assisted in transport and returned Monday evening Scotty Ruby and Carol Scott of Oceana with Joe Eddy Says of Premier were Saturday visitors in Charleston They were joined by Mrs Harold Rose who had surgery at St Luke s Hospital in Bluefield Rose and husband returned to Charleston Sunday Scotty and Ruby Scott visited Corliss with Mr and Mrs John Stacy The Stacys former Oceana residents Mrs Glenn Shields returned from Charleston and Quin wood by way of illness death of her father Henry Flippen Funeral services held Saturday in Rainelle Glenn Shields and daughter Sherry attended and accompanied Mrs Shields home Sunday
Lochgelly Homemakers Club members and families are invited to a picnic Saturday at Little Beaver Lake. Attendees should gather in front of the State Road Garage at 10 am.
Funeral services for Clayton Duncan, 69, will be held at 2 p.m. Friday in the Thomas Funeral Home chapel with Rev. C. S. Donnelly officiating. Burial will follow in High Lawn Memorial Park. Duncan died Tuesday night at Sheltering Arms Rest Home Hilltop from complications of a three year illness. He had lived in Oak Hill most of his life and recently with sister Bertha Brown of Beckley. Born Sept. 2, 1897 in Resslers Cross Lane Nicholas County, he was a Baptist. Surviving are four sisters Mrs. Bertha Brown and Mrs. Hattie Christian of Beckley and Mrs. Mae Duncan Skaggs and Mrs. Mabe C. Glover of Logan.
Officers rushed to the federal building after an alarm, apprehending 15 year old James Couzzourt who climbed four stories to retrieve a ring thrown by a companion. He was not attempting to become a human fly.
Pineville locals share family visits and travels with relatives in Arnoldsburg Marlinton Charleston Ammonate and Welch. Families include Rue Schoolcraft Lois and Doris, Gilmer Hines, James Ball, Louis Roncaglione, Michael Ray Morgan, Ted Cooke, Dell Cooke and Lane Cooke with trips to Crany Baptist Church Stevens Clinic and Clear Water.
Four drivers faced penalties from Magistrate Bi Houck this week for week end violations. James Arthur Lusk, 50, Cover, forfeited and posted a $59.50 cash bond after missing a hearing on a driving while intoxicated charge. Dennis Radford, 22, Otsego, and David Reed, 46, Marianna, each paid a $10 fine plus costs for lacking an operator's license. Tracy Pride Cline, 33, Pin Oak, Mercer County, paid a $10 fine for operating with an improper license.
Funeral rites for Frank C. Kirby will be at 2 p.m. Friday at Pisgah Church Tunnel Hill Takeott with burial in the church cemetery. Kirby, 72, died Tuesday night in Hinton due to a stroke after a daylong illness. He was a retired farmer and former Clayton Baptist Church member who lived in Peace Springs. He was born July 2, 190? in Clayton. Surviving are five daughters and three sons, plus five brothers and four sisters. The body will be moved from Loboan Funeral Home in Alderson to the church one hour before services.
Funeral services for Mrs. Lucy Ramey will be held Friday at 11 a.m. at the Man Church of the Nazarene conducted by Rev. John R. Browning Sr. Burial is in Claypool Cemetery. Mrs. Ramey died Tuesday at her daughter’s home after a year of illness. She lived in Logan County 43 years and belonged to the Nazarene church. Survived by sons George Mullens W Emmett Big Creek. daughters Katherine Peters Lucy Heck and Ramey Cyclone. 21 grandchildren and 18 great grandchildren. Body at McNeely Funeral Home in Man until one four before the service.
Local social column lists numerous Sunday visits and family gatherings. Names include Bailey, Hatfield, Lockhart, Morgan, Archibald, Venters, Cook, Gilly, Fudge, Harless, Lusk, Avant, Lester, Moore, Shields, Gan dee, and others from Gilbert, Norfolk, Pineville, St. Petersburg, Brenton, and Inez. Several relatives travel to see patients at Grace Hospital Welch and Stevens Clinic.
Miss Mary Lee Sims returns from a Florida vacation to Sarasota Fort Myers and Vero Beach. John W. Riley and son John Daniel plan to move to Sarasota. C D Epperly returns from Myrtle Beach. Bland K Hesse and sons visit Ocean View Virginia Beach. Mrs L Ebersole Gaines suffers a broken leg in a fall at home.
Fayetteville's Fayette County Republican Executive Committee announces an organizational meeting at 8 p.m. in the county Court House. The group aims to create a permanent 2000 member organization to operate countywide in or out of election years with $5 annual dues to boost turnout. Leader R. Bin Jr predicts a Republican statewide sweep and notes local Democrats' high funds. A reunion schedule at Crickmer home invites relatives to bring baskets and join the day.
Larry Toler eight of Clear Fork was treated at Stevens Clinic Welch Thursday for forehead cuts after a tall incident.
The Pineville county clerk records list deeds admitted to the file. Transfers include Elk Refining Co to Charlotte Kohn for Hampton Evans Addition Mullens lots 5 6 7 8 and adjoining .014 acre. A D and Delphia Fox to Arnold Griffith. Buckeye Coal and Coke Co to Ralph and Gloria Payne. Harry Layton to Joel Hayden. Ida Skaggs to Curtis Arm or ust trustee for Jehovah’s Witnesses Lot 10 Skaggs Addition Oceana district. W W Lively and Virginia Lively to Clay and Lizzie Martin. Levi Gibson to Thomas Toler. E L Gibson to Thomas Toler. City Auto Service to John England. Gay Shannon to Central Land Co Inc. Central Land Co Inc to Frank landrene Zsoldos. Virginia Gaines and James Hunter to T R and Grace Bennett.
Charleston reports a dispute over sale of the West Virginia Home for Aged and Infirm Colored Men and Women at McKendree Fayette County. The property spans three buildings and 110 acres once housing over 100 residents, now moved to Huntington facilities.
Mr and Mrs Lee Kidd return home after visiting Mae Stratton of Mare Creek Kentucky. Their daughter Lois Jean accompanied them home from Holland Kentucky where Miss Mary Francis is a guest of friends at Lilydale Lake McKenzie Jr of Athens visits Lilydale. Frank Harvey and family weekend guests of Art Contey Wilson Kentucky. Kenneth Bleving returned to Cleveland Ohio after visiting Hazel Blevins. Roy Trent and Henry Allen with Margaret Mullens were Sunday guests of Mrs G M Mullens at Pineville with Alberta White. Guests of Hazel Blevins include De Barber and children.
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