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Newspaper
Raleigh Register
Location
Beckley, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Dec 23, 1949
Page
3
Mrs Marvin Brooks and daughter Connie Sue return from Johns Hopkins in Baltimore after medical visits. Numerous relatives and friends from Welch Princeton Huntington Mullens Bluefield and Charleston were guests or visitors in Pineville and nearby towns for Christmas season.
Area radio stations will feature 12 students describing West Virginia University from their hometowns during the Christmas vacation. Broadcasts run from Wednesday through January 3 over Oak Hill, Montgomery, Princeton, Bluefield, Welch, Beckley, and Clinton stations.
Eight year old Totten son of Mrs Coral Totten is treated at Madison General Hospital for head cuts and a broken collar bone after being struck by a car near Cooke. Bab e Wallen Sam Lambert and Richard Kle k arrived from Morgantown to spend holidays at their homes. Local residents and visitors are noted with Christmas holidays spent in Pineville Beckley Mullens and Crab Orchard.
Funeral services incomplete for Mrs Vinnie Dickerson 91 died at home in Elverton after years of illness. Survivors include son James Brown daughter Gertrude Massey sister Mahalia Mosely brother Louis Brown sixteen grandchildren and 29 great grandchildren. Oak Will High School hosted a Christmas dance for the Girls Athletic Association with chaperones Paige Johnson Isabel Lesler and Helen Steen. Attendees included Mary Jane Faye Nancy Happ and many others in a festive informal setting.
The Oak Hill Lions Club hosts the third turkey shoot of the week at the National Guard Armory on Central Avenue to raise funds for completing the Boy Scout Cabin in City Park. Previous shoots netted $107 and $86 for the project, with attendees urged to donate $1 to aid a needy family instead of the Christmas party. Guests included Charles C. Garrison of Washington DC and Norval Ellison of Oak Hill.
Oak Hill play The little Boy Nobody Wanted directed by Mrs Elke Elgin features 16 roles including Mrs Daniels as Widow Fischer and town officials. Sunday at 7 30 p m Calvary Baptist Church presents a Central European tale steeped in superstition and sex era. ветера
Three pre Christmas social events are planned by DuBois High School faculty and Fayette County teachers groups. The DuBois faculty will host its annual Christian party at Thomas Ashe residence Friday night December 23. Les Modernes Club held a Christmas party at Hilltop on Wednesday night with gift exchanges and a Christmas carol sing. On Thursday December 22 the club 13 held its second annual informal Christmas party at the DuBois auditorium with guests from nearby counties expected.
Funeral services were held at 2 p.m. for Alex Marsh 77 of Glen Jean who died Thursday in Oak Hill Hospital after a two week illness. Rev Father Eugene Kiub officiated with burial in Catholic Cemetery at Searbro. He was a retired stone mason and member of St Peter and Paul Church at Searbro. Survived by one sister Mrs Alice Leonard of Deve one son and one daughter addresses unknown. The deepest lake in North America is believed to be Crater Lake Oregon.
Eleven year old Pug Crotty, famed for his Groucho role in a Ben Dunman School Christmas pageant, broke both forearm bones in a fall from a stool while decorating at home. He received a cast and is under care as a large cast of 234 students staged Santa's Air Line under Mrs. Lucille Hays, Mrs. Breeden, and Mrs. Chandler.
Funeral services for James Alfred Williams 36 killed in a slate fall at Scotia Coal and Coke Company mine in Brooklyn will be held Saturday at 2 30 p m at the residence by Rev Mont Carr with burial in Rose Memorial Park. He is survived by his father Frank Williams his wife Leva Williams two children Charlotte Lee and Mary Katherine two brothers Clifford and Marshall Williams and sister Edith Hicks all of Brooklyn and Lansing.
Oak Hill recruiters report four enlistments. Jerry Bryant 18 and Tommy Thornburg 22 join the Air Force and engineers respectively for three years. Robert Bryant 20 re-enlists with the 25th Infantry Division in Japan. Thomas E. Winfield 32, a former first lieutenant, signs for three years with the regular Army as a sergeant.
The Oak Hill Odd Fellows group under the Intring noble grand of Ledge 208 redirected banquet funds to provide gifts and candies to infirm residents, with committee members A in Oak Hill and Argabright and John J. Whitt among those involved, and a successor slated for the noble grand post next month.
Whitesville area residents attend a joint Christmas program hosted by the Odd Fellows and Rebekahs. Santa Claus, star bearer girls, and local youths participate. families welcome a holiday gathering with carols, readings, and recitations.
Walter Edwrght presented the operetta OVenetta at Fawight Elementary School in the school auditorium. Students performed the show in front of classmates and teachers Monday.
A Christmas program was presented Thursday evening at the Old Faithfuls 4-H Club meeting at the Y & O church. Arthur Young named health committee chair. Miss Hazel Jones and Miss Cora Lee Abbott named as members. Patsy Miller read scripture, Martha Dickens read a Christmas poem, Arthur Young told a story, and two songs were performed.
Dr W W Pharr announces a combined Sunday school and church service at Mount Hope Presbyterian Church on Christmas morning at 10 36. Classes meet in separate rooms then join in sanctuary for meditation carols and Christmas story.
Funeral services for Calvin Craton Thompson age 83 will be held Saturday at 1 p.m. at the Home School Chapel. Burial will be in Essep y cemetery Armeagle. He died at 9:30 a.m. Thursday at Fred Meadows in Lan gon. Surviving are a son Donnie Thompson and four sisters, plus two brothers, five grandchildren and five great grandchildren.
The Whitesville Girl Scout Troop No. 1 presented a Christmas program headlined by The Star of Bethlehem. Directors received earrings during the ceremony. Leaders and members named include Spurlock, Helen Cook, Patsy Miller, Hazel Jones, Martha Dickens, Cora Lee Abbott, and Mrs. Clifford Miller.
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