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Newspaper
Raleigh Register
Location
Beckley, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Aug 19, 1958
Page
4
The 1957-58 Budgets of County Courts itemize salaries for Conservators of the Peace. Entries show compensation levels and related allowances within the fiscal plan.
Five countries Costa Rica El Salvador Guatemala Honduras and Nicaragua celebrate independence on September 15 each year. The anniversary honors their shared historic milestone and regional identity across Central America.
The 21st annual Labor Day celebration will be held September 1 at Madison Park with events starting at 1 am. Prizes include a 1938 VB Chevrolet a deep freeze and cash. speakers from United Mine Workers District 17 and Lewis Austin will address attendees. Boxing exhibition matches feature West Virginia amateur champion teams and Eunice Athletic Club. About 4000 people expected. event rotates between Madison and Whitesville.
Pax Personals notes Mr and Mrs Stan Lively of Chesapeake City Md hosting a guest week. Pvt Keith Williams returns to Fort Bragg after a weekend with his parents and a friend Sgt Donald Curley of Chicago visits. Mrs Kenneth Tipton and daughter Rose visit Weirwood while husband returns to Ohio. Miss Dimple Blake visits Mossy and Sherman Stover family.
Dr Norman L Sheets is appointed dean of students at Davis and Elkins College while continuing as head of physical education and athletics director. The Cass County native earned a BA from Glenville State in 1949 MA from WVU in 1952 and EdD from WVU in 1966. He served three years in the Coast Guard during the Korean conflict.
Reverend B B Breitenhirt his wife and daughter Martha were feted at Fellowship Hall Fayetteville Presbyterian Church in an open house attended by about 350 people. The family will move to Asheville North Carolina where he will take a new post.
A 1949 model car driven by Don Brown of Ansted wrecked on Fayette Station road two miles from Fayetteville after brake failure and misjudging a curve. The car went off a 70 foot embankment, landed upside down near Wolfe Creek. Fred Strunk and his children suffered minor injuries. Brown treated at Oak Hill Hospital. Deputy Withrow and Fred O Boyle investigated, Hayden Thomas notified emergency services.
Mrs. Ben McCulley travels to Knoxville for sister's surgery at Baptist Hospital. Marvin Sells returns home from Raleigh General Hospital. Johnny Lozier comes back from High Point with his father Tony Lozier. David Lee Scott, two, treated for his fourth fractured leg. now home from Stevens Clinic Hospital Welch. Mr. and Mrs. John Lee Shannon visit Charleston relatives. Philip M. Roach Jr and sons visit Oceana Sun Hill relatives.
Mrs Earl Webb and granddaughter Barbara Murray visit Detroit relatives. Mr and Mrs Ramon Evan return to Lynchburg after visiting Hurley Pennington. Sharon and Joe Santora of Hammonton NJ visit Charles Johnson, Joe Santora. Clarence Ford campers at Pinnacle. Bernell Dempsey returns from Brooklyn Michigan. Mrs J K Witt hosts daughter Ray McComas and granddaughter from Lebanon VA. A P Boley former Kopperston resident attends luncheon hosted by C T Upchurch. Mrs Harry Lovell and children Barbara Becky and Mrs James Fultz visit Mullens for business. Elba Gillenwater and sons Elba Jr and Lannie conduct Beckley business.
A Fayetteville Route 1 man waived to the grand jury on a drinking charge after appearing before Magistrate Virgil Lyons. William Curtis Church was arrested on Gatewood Road by Oak Hill State Police and had previously faced the same charge months earlier with another grand jury decision pending.
The Donnelly Circle of Oak Hill Baptist Church met on Wednesday. They named the 20 most important mountains of the Bible in the program. Headquarters hostess was Mrs. H. D. Harvey with Mrs. C. H. Perry assisting. attendees included Mrs. C. A. Mankin, Mrs. Ralph Johnson, Mrs. Rand Rule, Mrs. Sadie Wilmar, Mrs. Alfie Mankin, Mrs. Jim Baker, Mrs. T. B. Martin, Miss Amy Mankin, and Mrs. Paul Perry.
Oak Hill VFW Auxiliary Post 3110 marked its ninth anniversary with a dinner and dance at the VFW Club in East Oak Hill. Attendees included Mr. and Mrs. Burt Fredericks, Mr. and Mrs. Harris, and other members and guests. Boone County Clerk reports 13 couples received marriage licenses in Madison and nearby areas including Barret, Janice Caudell, Haskell Watts Jr, and Barbara Chambers.
Pineville residents hosted and visited relatives across town and beyond. Crews and Crews enjoyed dinner with the Watchers in Logan. Peggy Jones and Linda of Pittsburgh visit Edgar and family in Pineville. Estel Morgan of Pineville visited W H Morgan at Bluefield Sanitarium for surgery. Dick Cook and family with Blanche Clay spent the weekend at Soulsville with their parents Henry and wife. Denis Morgan and family from Kopperston visited Estil Morgan’s parents. Shirley Betcher to wed Oley Lynn Grose in Cleveland Ohio at Cook Memorial Baptist Church. Grady Morgan and Saundra from Beckley visited F P Cook’s family. Mike accompanied them home while Saundra stayed with Barbara Harper in Winter Garden Florida. Emile Tschantre of Cambridge MD joins group to Florida for a several weeks. D T Daniels and children Dilmeda Johnny Tommy from Pineville spent Saturday at Claster Lake and Sunday at Hungry Mother Park in Marion VA.
PAYETTEVILLE RNS The following men have received induction calls into the armed forces on Aug 28, according to J Ray Gentry clerk of Local Board No 3 Fayette County Selective Service They are Clarence Jackson Thompson Oak Hill James Norman Braxton Thurmond Gene Haden Holstein Pax Galen Eugene Murray Robson Daniel Ray Vance Alta Donald Helcomb Lookout and Gene Delano Criss Harvey
The Laurel Garden Club will gather Thursday at 2 p.m. at the First Christian Church with Mrs. George Strong and Mrs. W. A. Davis hosting. Plans for the home flower show on Sept. 20 will be discussed, with Mrs. Ralph Mitchell presiding. Members will share what is blooming in their gardens. Henry Martin Houck, 89, at St Luke's Hospital Bluefield after kidney infection post eye surgery.
The Hinsdale Health Museum, founded by the Keller ing Family Foundation, occupies a wing of the Hinsdale Medical Center. It aims to educate the public on the normal body and its function with exhibits including a transparent talking woman from Gesundheits Museum Cologne in which all organs light up as she explains their roles.
Guests of Mr and Mrs Ferman Berkhead last week included Mr and Mrs Robert Schultz and four sons Todd of Louisville KY. Also visiting were Mr and Mrs Joe Lester and Mr and Mrs T L Bailey with Jesse Lee Lester a Berea College student.
London by HAL COOPER. A reporter records a cafe culture slang defined by Percy the bartender. He lists terms like Redders, Champers, Wallop and plas ma with explanations such as snout for tobacco and clinic for pub. The piece notes language evolution at coffee bars and ends with amused reflections.
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