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Newspaper
Raleigh Register
Location
Beckley, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Dec 29, 1949
Page
13
A garbled crossword style list offers partial clues and scattered phrases. Entries include references to towers, wall parts, a river, a buffalo, firearms, bears, legal claims, and a long narrative poem. The text appears as a damaged OCR with many incomplete items.
Deacon's Convention state president T Thompson calls a special Friday 10 a.m. meeting at Welcome Baptist East Park. Winding Gulf District Choir meets Friday 6:30 p.m. at New Salent Baptist Tums for gift exchange. Mrs Margaret Scott president. Patterson Temple hosts Saturday 11 p.m. meeting. Church of God of Slab Fork revival begins Monday Jan 2 at 7:30 p.m. with Pastor D E Smith assisted by Elder Joe King and Mrs Rebecca Eskew from Pittsburgh. Central Street T A group meets Thursday at 1:30 p.m. First Baptist Mabscott holds 10 p.m. watch night Saturday. Pride of Rabb Temple No 858 of Raleigh hosts social Friday Dec 30 at Black Knight Halle. New Hope Baptist East Beckley to elect officers Friday 7:30 p.m. Holy Trinity Chapter No 5 Royal Arch-Masons of McAlpin to meet Saturday 7 p.m. Final year’s last meeting urged. Mrs Thelma Heard dies in Greensburg home Wednesday.
A Christmas Day gathering honored Mr and Mrs J W Traynham and family at Mabscott with guests including Mrs Mollie Ley of Glassport Pa Mrs Bertha Mallory of New Kensington Pa Hansford Trayham of Los Angeles Calif Myr and A Traynham of Cleveland Ohio. A music program followed with soloists and duets and a sermon by Rev R B Booker. A watch meeting and missionary society events were also noted.
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