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Newspaper
Raleigh Register
Location
Beckley, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Dec 19, 1956
Page
4
Pineville Chapter No 10 Order of the Eastern Star will host its Christmas party Thursday at the Masonic Temple in Pineville. Meeting starts at 7:30 p.m. Members will exchange gifts and bring a dollar donation for hall carpet. A covered dish dinner precedes the meeting.
Fayetteville leaders and guests gathered for the American Legion Christmas dinner in the Chestnut Room with 145 attendees. A musical program and carols accompanied by a 1957 calendar gift highlighted the event while baskets for needy families and a vacancy in the Americanism chair were addressed.
An advertisement touts stainless Pazop as a home treatment for internal and external piles. It claims instant relief from pain and itching, swelling reduction, and faster healing. The product combines six medically proven ingredients including Triolyte and is offered as ointment and suppositories without staining clothes.
Detroit Board of Commerce says Michigan population rose 38 percent since 1940, the largest gain among industrial states. The state now estimates 7,266,300 residents.
New York NBC quiz show Break the Bank boosted 79 year old Dr Harry Dun can of Oak Hill to $60,000 after a flawless run on questions about the Nativity story from Luke. He chose Ed Hall as helper but needed no aid, answering all inquiries with ease.
In Pineville the December meeting of Circle No. 1 of the Woman's Society of Christian Service at First Methodist Church was hosted by Mrs. Delf Norona with Mrs. Gilmer Hines and Mrs. John Scoleri assisting. The circle will run a January rummage sale and serve the Methodist Men’s Club in February. Members planned Christmas gifts for an adopted shut‑in and refreshments were served. Two guests attended, Miss Jeanine Thomas and Mrs. Russell Beavers. 13 members were present.
OAK HILL Blessed Sacrament Society of St. Peter and Paul Catholic Church Scaroro will elect new officers at a Jan 3 meeting. Mrs Bernard Kania will be president Rose Duda vice president Mrs Avelino Cartello treasurer. December meeting noted members contributed funds for a Christmas basket for a needy family. Birth announcement Pineville Mr and Mrs C A Clingempeel Roanoke Va are parents of a son born Friday Dec 14 at 3 pm at Lewis Gale Hospital. He weighed five pounds four ounces. They have another son Andy eight. Mrs Clingempeel is the former Miss Dorothy Ball, daughter of Mr and Mrs Zed C Ball Pineville.
A birthday notice lists residents including Amelia Caroline Bayne in Minden Francis F. Bat enister Oak Hill Russell Bailey Mt Hope Nu nzio Assisto MU Hope Eugene Armstrong Kingston Marie Wheeler Mt Hope Frank F. Crawford Mt Hope Dora E. Johnson Oak Hill Gertrude D. Caldwell Oak Hill Ket tis E Adkins Layland Arthur Ray Adkins Page Frances A Adams Ansted Claude Powell Pilo St Fasiette St Mary Ellen Dunbar 807 G Kanawha St Bernice M Booker 50L F St
The Fellowship Guild of Cook Memorial Baptist Church held its Christmas party at Miss Connie Brooks east of Rainlee. Shirley Belcher presided as president and announced new officers for the year: Doris Schoolcraft ent Connie Brooks vice president Sue Rose secretary and Kitty Goode treasurer. Pat Phillips presented a program reading a poem Think it Through and playing The Littlest Angel record. Games gifts and refreshments for 22 members followed.
Eva Lindley Nunley, wife of Chester C. Nunley, died Tuesday in Miami Pla. She was the daughter of James and (Mrs. Lindley) of Oak Hill. Body to be sent to Thomas Funeral Home in Oak Hill.
St Anthony s Catholic Guild at Kilsyth installed new officers led by president Mrs Josephine Stella and vice president Mrs Quinta Angius with secretary Miss Pauline Taggart. Rev Fr Eugene King praised last year s services. A Christmas party and gift exchange followed. On Dec 15 the guild hosted Sisters and children for a catechism Christmas party.
Henry Trolland, 86, Mount Hope, died at his home after a long illness. Holland was janitor at Du Bois High School from 1931 until retirement six years ago. Survived by sister Mrs Emma Payne and niece Mrs Mary Swope. Body at C D Trent Funeral Home Mount Hope. Piec*eral arrangements incomplete pending arrival of out of town relatives.
Vases of white gladioli and carnations decorated St Andrews Church for the wedding of Miss Polly Wright and Sergeant Robert K Lavender. The groom, son of Earl Lavender of Flint Michigan, will be stationed at Hamilton Air Force Base in San Francisco. The bride, daughter of Mrs Hazel Wright of Danese, wore a lace bodice gown with lace headpiece and carried lavender carnations. maid of honor Jean Wright wore lavender, and the best man was the bridegroom's father. The couple will reside in San Francisco after a 7 p.m. ceremony officiated by Rev James H. Davis.
The Edna Stevens Circle of the Woman's Mission Society met at the Fender home with Mrs. Floyd Rose presiding. Elma Hayhurst Claude Phillips and Bertha Thomas offered a program, Donna Page Rose sang two piano pieces, and refreshments followed.
Oak Hill theater runs a free Saturday morning nursery for local children during the holiday shopping rush. Parents leave kids in care at 9:45 a.m. to noon while merchants sponsor tickets and treats, with coats, toys, and meals donated by area stores and suppliers.
In Pineville the Jowell Asbury Circle met at the home of Mrs W F Rose Jr with 15 members present. Mrs Jamie Brooks opened with prayer and Mrs Oliver Basham led a devotional. A Christmas program What is Christmas was presented by Mrs Ira Asbury and Mrs Paige Hinzman with others participating. Christmas carols were sung with Mrs Robert McCoy at the piano. Mrs Walter Greene conducted the business session. Gifts were exchanged and refreshments served.
Fe neral services for Mrs Sherryn Walls Corman 19 were held at 2 pm in the Snodgrass Memorial Chapel Charleston with burial at Woodmere Huntington She died of cancer at Thongs Memorial Hospital Charleston after about a year of illness She was a Baileysville High School valedictorian 1954 recipient of a Board of Achievement Scholarship to the University and lived in Morgantown visiting her father inlaw Charles Corman postmaster at Spring Hill Her husband Charles Jr a University junior survives by her parents Leslie and wife from Sisson a sister Ann Frigland a brother Robert in Germany and grandmother Laura Miller Buckeye.
Eight couples have applied for marriage licenses in Payette County Clerk’s office. Names include Ralph Gladston Allen and Doris June Burns of Kanawha Falls, Carl F. Compton and Annabella Pearl Blake of Scarbro, Doyle Lee Hatcher and Garnett Lucille Foster of Charleston and Jodie, with several other couples from Montgomery Summierlee and surrounding areas.
Oceana Presbyterian Church hosts a Christmas play directed by Mrs. Robert Thomas titled What Can I Give. Children and youth from Sunday School and church groups perform Sunday evening with a final Christmas treat and decorations including a tree and Santa Claus. Richard Morgan returns home from three years in the U S Air Force Inter Force, discharged as Airman Third Class at Albuquerque base, and plans to stay in Pineville with his parents.
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