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Newspaper

Raleigh Register

Location

Beckley, West Virginia, United States of America

Date

Dec 01, 1950

Page

5

Oak Hill Property Sales Total 73500 in Fayette County

Fayetteville reports 17 Oak Hill property transfers total about 78500 with the largest deal at Central Avenue for 13000 to F W Dickinson and James L Thacker. Other notable sales include Cardile Addition lot by Hodges, Elm Street parcel to Amole for 12000, Kelly Avenue lot to Rickard for 10000, and multiple parcels ranging from 3000 to 5000 dollars, plus numerous land and cemetery plots across Oak Hill and surrounding additions and utilities.

Register Fayetteville Oak Hill Fayette County F. W. Dickinson James L. Thacker Central Avenue Earl S. Hodges Elm Street Howard Franklin Kelly Avenue John H. Crawford E. A. Rickard James Broughman C.A. Mankin Richards Addition L. E. Thompson James H. Kesler Belvoir Addition Pete Widay Everett W. Garrett Herbert R. Taylor Orville Watkins Taylor Addition Marberry Park John Vargo Walter Grunenberg Ida Childress W. C Grace V. Woody Trump Addition Rolla M. Williams Charles Clendennin Phillip Sizemore Vernie C. Harvey James S. Howard Forest Hills Hope William Huber Gertrude Beinie McCutcheon H. B. Agee Mollie Biggers Robert E. Wood Appalachian Electric Power Company J. A. Blackburn Ray B. McCray Hilltop Coalfield Land Company Eugene L. Fizer Powellton Mason Fannin Frank A. Harless Kimberly High Lawn Memorial Park Company Clara B. Shuck Lucille W. Tinsley High Lawn Memorial Park Co William Mae Dempsey L. L. Pegram L. K Pegram Gatewood Jesse Ray Lively C. A Blake Paint Creek R. R. Thomas Robert R. Thomas Maple Ave James H. Stewart Charles E. Mahan Houston J. Wendell Malissa Duffey Hattie Conway Smithers Carl R. Gray, Jr Richard L. Olzer Ford Howard W. Carson Basil H. Stinnett

Coasting Accident Fatal to Youth Rites Saturday

An eight year old Lewis Ervin Ray died from a coasting accident on a strip mine road near Anjean. His sled struck a coal truck driven by Harold Lee Toler. The driver stopped and fled. no charges were filed as the crash was deemed unavoidable. Funeral services are scheduled for 2 p.m. Saturday at Pt Mountain Church Monterville with burial at Stalnaker Cemetery. Surviving are his parents a brother and sister and paternal and maternal grandparents.

Register Anjean Lewis Ervin Ray Carl E. Ray Greenbrier Valley Ronceverte Pt. Mountain Church Monterville Stalnaker C. R. Dawson Rainelle Dawson Leckie Smokeless Coal Company Leckie Company Francis Eugene Linda Kay John Ray Alvin Stalnaker Randolph County

Funeral services set for Ernest Wills in Naoma

Final rites for Ernest Wills 52 of Naoma will be at 1 pm Saturday at Freewill Baptist Church Naoma with Rev O E Stump officiating Burial will be in the family cemetery at Arnett He died from injuries in a boiler explosion Sunday night at the Raleigh Wyoming Mining Trouble He is survived by wife Minnie Wills four sons Edward Richard Paul Clyde five sisters one brother and five grandchildren.

Register Naoma Ernest Wills Freewill Baptist Church O. E. Stump Arnett Wills Raleigh- Wyoming Minnie Wills Edward Richard Paul Clyde Kansas City Charles Sawyer Glen Daniel Golden Pettry Jessie Snodgrass Garrett Tabor Edna Wills Joe Ed Wills

Jumping Branch Personal News From Roger Staff Writer

Mrs. Etta Up tones falls at home suffer shock bruises and a severely cut hand and is now seriously ill at home. Mr and Mrs Ernest Lawson Jr and children Linda Sonny and Jimmy visited Mr and Mrs E T Lawson in Hinton for Thanksgiving. Miss Mary Belle Lawson of Charleston was home during the holidays. Cpl Ralph C Hess spent a 15 day furlough with wife and parents in Farmington and then left for Camp Campbell Ky. Mrs Marvin Deeds and sister Miss Ida Eagle with siblings Jack Stanley of Beckley returned from Camp Campbell Ky after visiting Cpl Dee Russie Deeds. They attended the Grand Ole Opera in Nashville. H B Meadows and Junior Meadows were business visitors in Beckley.

Roger Jumping Branch Etta Uptons Ernest Lawson Linda Sonny Jimmy E. T. Lawson Hinton Mary Belle Lawson Charleston Cpl Ralph C. Hess Farmington Camp Campbell Marvin Deeds Ida Eagle Jack Stanley Beckley Dee Russie Deeds Grand Ole Opera Nashville Tenn H. B. Meadows Junior Meadows

Divorce and damage suits filed in Fayetteville court

Two divorce cases and one damage suit were filed in the Fayetteville Circuit Clerk office. Plaintiffs are Alice J. Ramsey against Henry Arthur Ramsey and Kathleen Snow against Thomas B. Snow. Howard Ford seeks 1000 from Jack Vance for auto damage on Oct 13 on Gauley River road near Gauley Bridge, alleging Vance’s negligence caused the crash and loss of use for a month.

Register Fayetteville Alice J. Ramsey Henry Arthur Ramsey Kathleen Snow Thomas B. Snow Howard Ford Jack Vance Gauley River Gauley Bridge Ford Vance

Huff Funeral Rites Saturday in Whitesville

Funeral services for Mrs Nancy Cook 89 will be held at 2 p m Saturday from the home of Mrs Harry Huff Whitesville burial will be in Mordue Cemetery She died Thursday at the Whitesville home of another daughter Mrs Hillard Jarrell Survived by three daughters Mrs Huff Mrs Flora Hermine of Comfort and Mrs B B Lucas of Garrison one son James Lee Cook of Whitesville 22 grandchildren and 30 great grandchildren

Whitesville Harry Huff Nancy Cook Mordue Cook Hillard Jarrell Flora Hermine Comfort B. B. Lucas Garrison James Lee Cook

Rites Set Sunday For D. G. Gunter Accident Victim

Funeral services planned for Dewey George Gunter 48 a Matheny miner crushed by slate fall at Lynco mine Crozier Coal and Land Co Burial in Stewart Cemetery Jesse with Rev O A Sparks Rev Stellie Parsons officiating Gunter born March 11 1903 Keyrock son of Nancy Tilley Gunter and the late Wilburn Z Gunter survived by wife Annie Halsey Gunter four sons James Joseph Charles George seven daughters Weldon Stewart Perry Stewart Mary Lou Bonnie Sue Cora Lee Sharon Kay Wanda Ellen plus eight others in family list continues with additional survivors

Oceana Dewey George Gunter Matheny Lynco Crozier Coal and Land Company Matheny Chapel O. A. Sparks Stellie Parsons Stewart Jesse Gunter Keyrock Nancy Tilley Gunter Wilburn Z. Gunter Annie Halsey Gunter James Joseph Charles George Weldon Stewart Perry Stewart Mary Lou Bonnie Sue Cora Lee Sharon Kay Wanda Ellen Gunter Metheny

First Aid at Home Necessary When Roads Blocked by Snow

Mrs. Charles E. Callison fractured her arm when she fell in her kitchen as snow blocked roads. Her husband and a neighbor provided first aid and a homemade splint until Monday night when a doctor could reach her after snowplows cleared paths. Dr E A Lewis of East Rainelle praised the improvised care.

Register Spring Dale Charles E. Callison E. A. Lewis East Rainelle

Employers urged to omit draft status questions in ads

Capt David M. Cleary urged businessmen to remove terms like draft exempt from help wanted ads and interviews to aid reservists and National Guardsmen. He warned that interviewing questions about military status hurt citizen soldiers and could erode guard and reserve forces in tough times. The report lists several individuals connected to the discussion and notes a funeral service later for the Gunter family.

Oak Hill David M. Cleary West Virginia Military District National Guard Armory Cleary

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