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Newspaper

Raleigh Register

Location

Beckley, West Virginia, United States of America

Date

Dec 02, 1953

Page

2

Baileys of Baileysville Mark Wedding Date

Mr and Mrs V Bailey celebrated their 56th wedding anniversary at home in Baileysville with a dinner for visitors Open house welcomed family friends and relatives Attendance included Len Fortner Trent Bob Dillon Lester Gene Dillon Blacksburg Va T Bailey Baileysville Robert Dillon Lilly Dale Oley Hurley Arnold Bailey Ernest Bailey Arnold Bailey and Ernest Gilley Brenton.

Baileysville V. Bailey Len Fortner Trent Bob Dillon Lester Gene Dillon Blacksburg T. Bailey Robert Dillon Lilly Dale Oley Hurley Arnold Bailey Ernest Bailey Ernest Gilley Brenton

B. K. Hesse Gets Postmaster Job

Fayetteville notes Brad K. Hesse was installed as acting postmaster after a 24 year service as a local postal clerk. He succeeds Nelson Dempsey as acting postmaster with no full postmaster since 1945. Hesse, a Fayette County native, has lived in Fayetteville 30 years and has a daughter and three sons.

Fayetteville Brad K. Hesse Hesse George H. Moreau Nelson Dempsey J. A. Duncan R. C. Godsey W. T. Wilson Sheriff's Office Hesse Is Fayette

Plaintiffs Win in Four Wyoming Court Cases

PINEVILLE The Fender Supply Co. was awarded $702.98 in its suit against Paul Fitch. The Pocahontas Fuel Co. Inc. was awarded $139.81 against Cecil Hicks. The Mullens Motor Co. Inc. won its suit against J A Ellis Garage for $14,348. The case of D O Sweeney against Noah Adkins and others was settled with provisions for both sides.

Pineville Fender Supply Co Paul Fitch Wyoming County Pocahontas Fuel Company, Inc Cecil Hicks Mullens Motor Company, Inc J. A Ellis D. O. Sweeney Noah Adkins

Returns From Florida

MEADOW BRIDGE Mrs. Virginia Gadd has returned home after spending the week in West Palm Beach Florida with friends.

Florida Meadow Bridge Virginia Gadd West Palm Beach Fla

Mrs Zona Lane Rites Thursday

Funeral services for Mrs. Zona Lane 79 will be held at 11 a.m. Thursday at the home of her daughter Mrs. O V Fletcher in Gap Mills with Reverends L D Candler and A B Shifler officiating. Burial will follow at Butler Cemetery Hilltop. She died Tuesday after an extended illness at her daughter’s home. She was a former Hilltop resident and a member of Hilltop Missionary Baptist Church. Survived by four sisters Ida Peters Princeton Lizzie Snyder Edna Wylie Sadie Walker Roanoke Va and one brother E T Butler Hinton. Pallbearers will be her nephews. Body to be moved from Broyles Funeral Home Union to Fletcher residence today.

Hinton Charlies Everette Ellison E. M. Meadows H. P Hackney Hilltop Cemetery Ellison Fred Ellison Park Ave L. D Mary Jane Willis Ellison Central Baptist Church Chesapeake and Ohio Railway Company Mattie Ellison Kenneth Taylor Akron Ohio Buford Ellison Ernest Simpkins Itmann W. L Herman Logan Fred Edward Ellison Indianapolis Ind Viola Lane Anne Shippe E. M Meadows Funeral Home Guy Cunditt Clayton Montgomery Green Williams Homer Sragg Charles Kincaid J. L. Humphries C. A. Taylor Pearl Bryant Gap Mills Zona Lane O. V. Fletcher L. D. Candler A. B. Shifler Butler Cemetery Hilltop Lane Ida Peters Princeton Lizzie Snyder Edna Wylie Huntington Sadie Walker Roanoke E. T. Butler Broyles Funeral Union Fletcher

Wedding Permit Issued in Wyoming County

A marriage license was issued today at the Wyoming County Clerk's Office for Edward Jenkins, 23, of Baltimore Maryland, and Dorothy Frances Wade, 18, of Glen Rogers. Jenkins is the son of Mr. and Mrs. William Jenkins and Wade the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Paul Wade.

Pineville Wyoming County Clerk's Office Edward Jenkins Baltimore, Md Dorothy Frances Wade Glen Rogers Jenkins William [Jenkins Miss Wade Paul Wade

Oak Hill Council Accepts Mrs. Martin Resignation

Oak Hill city officials accepted Mrs. Oscar Martin’s decision to quit her 24 hour duties answering police and fire calls, operating the two way radio, and feeding jail inmates at the city home. Chief Janney to relocate duties or hire replacement. Council approved $25 Christmas bonuses and planned Dec 22 special meeting on street paving assessments.

Oak Hill Oscar Martin Martins Martin Fayetteville Minden J. H. Allen W. R. Bennett Janney Bennett Mount Hope

No Hunting Accidents Reported in Wyoming County Deer Day

Throngs of hunters fared well on Wyoming County's one day deer season Monday. About 350 deer were killed, mainly bucks, with 22 fawns among Mullens checks. Check stations logged 223 at Pineville, 74 Mullens, 20 Oceana, 17 Baileysville, and estimates suggest at least 15 more in adjacent McDowell County. No accidents were reported.

Mullens Wyoming County Pineville Oceana Baileysville McDowell Frank Hubbard Black Eagle Wiley White Jr Herndon K. V. Shrewsbury Hash Stephenson Fred Lambert Wyco J. C. Bowers Coal City Robert Marchant Rhodell Frank Worley Herndon Heights Paul Lusk Alpeca Leslie Mills Basin H. V. Blevins Helen T. E. Cornell Hanover Orazio Lucento Bud Herbert McKinney

Farmers Urged to Sign ACP Priority List

G. P. Goode, chairman of the Wyoming County ASC, urges farmers to sign up by Thursday, Dec. 10 to join the ACP priority list for soil and water conservation help. The program, essential for national defense, offers share-the-cost assistance to implement conservation practices. Contact the County ASC Office in the Worrell Building before the deadline.

Pineville G. P. Goode Wyoming Goode ASC Worrell

Izetta Gwinn Becomes Bride of Fred Fitzwater

Meadow Bridge wedding tale reports Izetta Gwinn and Fred Fitzwater unite in a Thanksgiving Day ceremony. Rev Henry Adkins conducted the service at his home. Bride's parents are Clete and Mrs Gwinn. groom's parents are William and Mrs Fitzwater. The couple plans to reside in Meadow Bridge where Fred works for Gwinn Supply.

Meadw Bridge Izetta Gwinn Fred Fitzwater Meadow Bridge Henry Adkins Clete Gwinn Fitzwater William Fitzwater Gwinn Supply Company

Death Claims Mrs. Gunter, 76

Mrs Nancy Gunter 76 died tuesday evening at Bluefield Sanitarium Born June 6 1867 at Keyrock daughter of John and Sarah Rutherford Tilley Survivors include eight sons Hubert Clayton Ester Jesse Arley Soulsville Miley Jesse Bud Kimball and Ben Baltimore four daughters Mrs Woodrow Cook Mrs Carl Webb Mrs Ernie Plak Husband Wilbur Gunter preceded her in death Funeral at 11 am Friday Matheny Methodist Church officiated burial Stewart Cemetery Matheny Body to be moved to her home from Evans Funeral Home Thursday

Matheny Nancy Gunter Bluefield Sanitarium Gunter Keyrock John Sarah Rutherford Tilley Hubert Clayton Ester Jesse Pineville Arley Soulsville Miley Bud Kimbal Ben Baltimore Woodrow Cook Carl Webb Ernie Plak Wilbur Gunter Matheny Methodist Church Virgil Shannon O. A. Sparks Beckley Frank Estep Logan Stewart Cemetery

West Virginia VA official to speak at Legion meeting

Howard Ross, deputy director of the West Virginia Department of Veterans Affairs, will be guest speaker at the Wyoming County American Legion Post 106 meeting on December 8. The event starts at 8 p.m. in the Legion Home on Moran Avenue in Mullens.

Mullens Howard Ross Welch West Virginia

Six Births Recorded at Wyoming General Hospital

Birth notices from Wyoming General Hospital list six newborns. Patricia Ann Bullins, Nov 30, Rhodell. Paul Anthony Tabor, Nov 29, Itmann. Eugene Byron Ford, Nov 29, Amigo. Margaret Elizabeth Darby, Nov 27, Keyrock. Kenneth Dean Nicely, Nov 27, Rhodell. Thomas Darrell Alberty, Nov 23, Black Eagle.

Oak Hill Police To Rotate Shifts

Oak Hill police will rotate a three man shift schedule from 8 am to 5 pm 5 pm to 2 am and 7 pm to 4 am Patrolmen Oscar Martin Jack Long and Walter Gravely will take turns on day evening and night duty according to Police Chief H E Janney.

Oak Hill H. E. Janney Oscar Martin Jack Long Walter S. Gravely

Favorite Dinner of the Horned Owl and Tomato Beliefs

The horned owl favors skunk as its main prey in reported observations. Historical notes mention the belief that tomatoes were poisonous, a claim now known to be unfounded.

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