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Newspaper
Raleigh Register
Location
Beckley, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Aug 20, 1958
Page
1
Fayette County Fair announces classifications for the fourth annual Fayette flower show with topics like Weather Predictions and multiple arrangement classes open to various gardeners. Rules specify entry limits, judging times, display windows, and prohibitions on artificial materials while requiring exhibitors to grow and label their own plants.
Mullens, BNS. Susan Shields, daughter of Mr and Mrs Ira Shields, marked her fifth birthday with a town party at the Lincoln Street home. Guests enjoyed games and a contest won by Linda Buller, with Pop-eye hats as favors. refreshments followed, hosted by Mrs BHI McGlothlin, Mrs R K McKinney, and Mrs Bill Bail, among others.
Fayetteville LaFayette Post No. 19 reports about 203 members for 1959. Regular meeting featured a charcoal steak dinner and guest members from several towns. Officials announced upcoming events including homecoming at Blackwater Falls and district Scout picnic, with awards and insurance discussions for veterans.
Edna Stevens Circle of Cook Memorial Baptist Church Pineville will elect a new chairman after Mrs. Bill Rose resigned the post at a Thursday meeting hosted by Mrs. E M Curry. The circle discussed the program The Murmuring Christians and attendees included Mrs. Rose Mrs Vivian Rose Mrs Clair Cook Mrs Robert Kuhn Mrs Walter Green Mrs Fred Beavers Mrs Benjy Sizemore Mrs Clyde Downs Mrs Rue Schoolcraft and visitor Jane Kuhn.
Ruth Virginia Sears 41 died at Oak Will Hospital Tuesday. Funeral set for 2 p.m. Thursday at Tyree Funeral Chapel with Rev. O N Nuffman officiating. Burial in Highfawn Memorial Park Cemetery. Survivors include her mother Vella Samples Harvey four brothers James Billy Harvey Lee Millville I J Samples Pru hes and sister Mrs Helen Morrison Harvey. Body at Tyree Funeral Home Oak Hill.
Marriage licenses issued by the Wyoming County Clerk in Pineville list seven couples. Ed Burchett and Deanna Cook. Benny Cline and Heidi Harvey. Carl Vass and Norma Trump. Bobby Johnson and Dorcas Smeltzer. Marvin Kennedy and Edna Cline. Henry McBride and Shirley Cook. Walter Morgan Jr and Dorothy Elswick.
Weekend guests include Lacy Payne's family from Columbus Ohio and Wilson Payne, Howard Nelsons clan from Log an Quio, Grace Nelson and Paul Loren e from Gore Ohio. Local gatherings feature homecomings at Cotton Tree Church Dalton Lookout Parrish reunions and visits from Everett Mass and Youngstown Ohio families.
Oak Hill The new educational building at First Presbyterian Church will host this season’s kindergarten. Registration is set for September 3 between 8 and 11 a.m. in the new structure. Classes begin the next day at 9 a.m. with 11:45 a.m. dismissal. Weekly Wednesday services led by Rev. R P Robertson will be open to parents.
FALLS VIEW RNS Jim C Miller national president of the American Baptist Youth Fellowship and Mount Hope Baptist Temple pastor delivers revival messages at Calvary Baptist Church East Oak Hill The revival runs through Sunday with Rev Bob Matherly directing music Susan Lowe state BYF officer and Susan Foglesong Ramona McCoy assist Musicians Lula Mayes Faye Green and Sue Brown also participate Devotions daily at 7 30 am 20 minutes Local radio will air at 9 30 am and a discipline hour is set for 10 am Wednesday and Friday A youth picnic is planned Thursday
Fayetteville and nearby towns host visitors and travels. Ed idie Eskew visits grandparents in Fayetteville. Mrs. Marshall Edens and Cheryl Ann visit Morgantown. Mrs. Thelma Blume hosts Shrimer family visitors from Warren. Beth Long and Boyce Ann Earnhardt visit in Staunton. The Kincaid family tour Pittsburgh as relatives welcome guests. A Stoco High School Band training camp runs at Fayette County 4H Camp Beckwith. Lillian Smith returns from Cleveland with daughter-in-law Juanita. J Z Summerfield hosts Harlan Crawford and Jeff from Homestead. Janelle Houchins travels from Camp Allegheny near Lewisburg.
In Fayette Circuit Clerk’s office Rev Charley Rightmyer Richwood sues John Schalase and Leroy Wiseman for 500 dollars over a January 18 collision on Route 60 at Smithers. The stalled Schalase car allegedly moved into Rightmyer’s vehicle as he passed, causing damages.
George Vickers, Fayetteville attorney, named district chairman of the finance campaign for the Buckskin Council of the Boy Scouts of America. He will recruit workers and conduct district campaign conferences with an Oct 21 kickoff for the annual budget operation. Vickers, WVU Law School graduate, has practiced in Fayetteville two years after moving from Montgomery, is a Methodist, stewards board member, American Legion Post No. 149 and Fayetteville Lions Club member. He is married to Geraldine Hastings and they have three children.
Near WOAY station two men sustained injuries in a head on crash at 1 30 p m. A 1938 sports car driven by Frank McCloud of Oak Hill and a 1958 station wagon driven by Rex A Scurlock of Beckley collided after McCloud swerved to avoid an oncoming car. Skid marks measured 94 feet to impact. McCloud suffered a broken arm and shock while Scurlock had a fractured knee and three broken ribs. Witness Charles White reported the sequence and Oak Hill firemen put out a car fire.
Oak Hill WSCS met in the youth chapel as the Belle Bennett Circle led the program My Life in the March of Mission. Mrs Cavendish and Mrs Hall presented a dialogue on the work of the deaconesses at Bethlehem Center, missions supported by WSCS. others included Mrs Robbins and Mrs Addington. Ed Love urged attendance at the district seminar in Beckley on Sept 10. Mary Peters Circle received the attendance pin. Belle Bennett Circle to host September social. Mary Peters Circle served refreshments for about 50 members and guests.
Whitesville officials reveal varied summer schedules with most staying on the job. Mayor H F Morgan to visit Tennessee and host a son from California. Recorder Dallas Andrews and Water Commissioner Ted Massey keep duties nearby. Police Chief Pittsenberger to squirrel hunt during October break. Patrolman Powell to work through vacation. Council members Bashash and Salamy stay in business and take short trips. Others remain on duty or limit time off due to coal-field work.
Fayetteville resident Harry W. Miller has been elected to complete the unexpired term of C P Warden as District Chairman of the Buckskin Council of Boy Scouts of America. Miller, a former district chairman, will serve 18 months to finish Warden's term and leads a council undertaking a finance campaign for a new summer camp in Pocahontas County. He is a World War II veteran, National American Legion vice commander, and a longtime church and community leader.
Rotarians and Lions meet on the City Park baseball diamond for a three inning game at 5 30 p m today Mayor H C Brown will act as chief umpire Both clubs back Little League teams in the city tournament which began Tuesday
Mount Hope members heard two speakers at the Chamber of Commerce meeting. C. Higgins of Mount Hope, a member of the West Virginia Industrial and Publicity Commission, spoke on state industrial development. Mrs. Carl Saunders of Beckley described the Beckley Welcome Wagon system. President Bert Hall noted the fifth annual industrial exhibit in Huntington and appointed a committee to locate office space for the chamber.
A Pax area family reunion was held Sunday at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Harry Lafferty and daughter Anna Marie Bradley. Attendees included R W Lafferty and Richard Lafferty Pax. Wayman Lafferty Mount Hope. Robert Craddock and Phil Bradley. Jack Williams Beckley. Bobby Williams and Sharon Mount Hope. Al Lafferty and Lu Lively Cleveland. Kenneth Tipton and Rose Tipton Columbus. Shan Lively Chesapeake City Md.
The Jabal Aleja Shrine No 6 Order of White Shrine of Jebusa will hold their regular meeting at the White Shrine Hall in Mount Hope on August 22. The notice preserves the venue and date details for members and attendees.
Bedclothes lay on ground and a broken window marked the scene at Kenneth Winder’s residence Red Star Deputies investigated a breaking and entering after neighbor reports Emmett Forster found sheets outside the rear window A box of children's shoes lay in weeds on the hillside Winder family had moved to Fort Knox Kentucky where he serves in the U S Army An army truck was planned to haul furniture Monday but did not arrive by Wednesday morning
Margaret Mercer and George Brown faced theft charges after police halted them transferring gasoline from a can using a siphon hose at a Perry's Service Station area. Magistrate Bill Houck set a $10 fine each plus costs and a short jail term. Gasoline was identified as property of Gillespie and Sarrett Construction Co.
A $20,000 suit was filed in Fayette Circuit Clerk’s office. J Ashworth as administrator of Ushi Oganeku’s estate sued Mary Jane Mitchell as administrator of M O Mitchell’s estate. The filing details are not fully disclosed in the available text.
Wyomin g County Clerk in Pineville lists deeds transferring parcels among multiple owners. Transfers include Lot 9 in Rockview Addition Pineville Center District from Mary O Neal Toler Hernan Toler and Retha Godfrey to Hervey and Lottie Canada. Also partial Mundy subdivision Lot 2 two acre tract near Guyandotte River to Ivan Mongeni Mae Mongeni. Dorothy Richardson to Pineville Super Market part of Lot 3 and all of Lots 4 5 6 7 in Earl C Cook Subdivision No 3 Jesse Oceana District. Helen Stewart to Blaine Jackson Lots 9 12 and 93 in Richmond Center District. Pineville Land Co Inc to Millard F Plaster and wife tracts 1 and 2 totaling 46 acres in Oceana District.
America's demand for fancy foods stays strong amid lean times. Importers and domestic producers report record specialty food sales, with yearly totals surpassing 70 million dollars wholesale as more Americans travel abroad and entertain at home. Gourmet lines expand, including yule tide gift assortments from General Foods.
Pineville residents report a busy period of family visits and travels. Claude Phillips and family returned from Myrtle Beach after a ten day vacation, while Robert Beavers and daughter Lynda were back from Washington DC. Several others, including N A Walten and family, Reginald Davidson, D T Daniels, and F P Cook, spent time with relatives or on duty assignments, with Fern Poff visiting Pembroke VA and Miss Sue Rose journeying to Jacksonville Florida for a relative’s visit.
MULLENS city officials announce a $90,105 budget for the 1938 1939 fiscal year, the largest municipal operation appropriation in city history. City Clerk Clyde Newsome notes the figure exceeds last year by 2 679 and the 1936 37 amount by 17 1.
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