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Newspaper
Raleigh Register
Location
Beckley, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Dec 31, 1948
Page
2
Beeler state writer reports Fayette County roads are icy and hazardous with another snowfall. Crews spread cinders to keep passage open and motorists are advised to use chains if traveling. Sewell Mountain remains the worst in the state today.
Oak Hill residents crowded a special meeting as council members were absent. The body agreed to vote on whether to accept two newly paved streets at the January 4 regular meeting. Citizens complained of improper construction and needed repairs before completion.
Pvt. Joe C. Morgan of Baileysville will be honored at 2 p.m. Sunday at Shields Memorial Baptist Church near Baileysville. He died in France in September 1944 serving with the 80th Division Field Artillery. Born November 8, 1921, Morgan enlisted August 6, 1942. Burial will be in Hatfield Cemetery Fatback after services conducted by Rev. Wirt Hatfield. He is survived by his parents Edward and Buste Morgan and a brother, Morga Morgan.
Pvt Walter Anderson Kelly 31, killed at Iwo Jima February 28 1945, will be buried at Page Cemetery with graveside rites by Kelly Nowlin Hiser Post 137. Services in Page Baptist Church at 3 30 p m. Body arrives Montgomery Hooper Funeral Home Friday. He was born March 21 1917 in Page. He served in the Marines after December 31 1943 and trained at Parris Island Camp Pendleton and Riverside. He is survived by his parents two brothers and two sisters and two sons. a brother Vivian Garfield was killed in Holland in 1944.
Mr. and Mrs. James Hunter White of Mount Hope, both in their eighties, celebrate their 60 years of marriage on New Year’s Eve. They wed December 31, 1888 in Tillicoultry Scotland and recall a large family, 13 children, and trips to Rosyth base. They have eight decades in the United States with many descendants and memories of Scotland’s castles, ships, and wartime years.
Ethel Alvarez 50 of Harmco died at 5 45 am Thursday at home after three years of illness. Born 1898 in Dry Fork she was married to Joe Alvarez a Mal ten Smokeless Coal Company employee. Funeral at Robertson and Foglesong Chapel Saturday 2 pm with burial in Still Run Cemetery near Harman. Survived by husband and son Maria Ramos Lex and other relatives.
Alabama man Dave Neddie Johns, 25, of Birmingham is held in Raleigh County jail on a charge of forging a government check. The Mount Hope Lions Club hosts a New Year’s Eve Dance at the Clubhouse from 10 p.m. to 2 a.m. with Johns’ orchestra Raleigh County deputy U. S. Marshal M. B. Imboden saying Johns will be taken before the U.S. Commissioner if held for trial and may be returned to Tampa. Invitations went out to Beckley Oak Hill Fayetteville Mount Hope and surrounding areas.
Postmaster John Hollandsworth of Beckley announced new postal rules authorized by the 80th Congress. First class letters keep three cent stamp. air mail rates rise from five to six cents per ounce. various parcels, packages, and services see higher fees including air pare post for heavy items and increased rates for money orders and insured mail.
Luther Carper 58 of Johnstown Road died in a local hospital at 5 20 p m Thursday after a paralytic stroke Sunday Funeral services will be at 2 p m tomorrow at the Calfee Funeral Home Chapel Rev Paul Smith will officiate with burial in Caffee Cemetery Mt Tabor He was born in Albuquerque New Mexico April 30 1890 son of the late B F and Josephine Williams Carver and had lived in Raleigh County 46 years He was employed by Raleigh Coal and Coke Co and belonged to the Christian Church Surviving are his widow Mrs Garnett Carper three brothers Bruce of Beckley Oliver Richmond Va Burke of Lake Wales Fla and one sister Mrs Blanche Bowman of Madison Wis
A watch service at Corinne Baptist Church begins Friday at 9 p.m. and runs until midnight with visiting ministers and quarters scheduled to participate. In Detroit visits, Mrs. C. T. Snead and grandson Larry Mullens visited Mr. and Mrs. Glen Cook. Mrs. Snead returns with daughter and grandson Ronnie.
The infant son of Mr and Mrs Roy Ball of Otsego died two hours after birth at Raleigh General Hospital. Burial is planned Friday afternoon in Lusk Cemetery Herndon Heights. Surviving besides the parents are a three month old brother William.
Mr and Mrs John Sneddon plan a first footin party at their Kilsyth home on New Year Eve The custom invites friends to visit bearing good things to eat and drink and the gathering grows as the clock nears midnight
Mullens Welsh County officers investigate a break in at the Virginian Railway freight station. About $150 in merchandise vanished after a glass pane and window were forced. Local, state, and railroad officials coordinate on the Mullens case.
A Beckley Hospital contract dispute over maternity care went to a magistrate trial. The jury found against the hospital in a case tied to a hospitalization plan for a miner and his wife with 1947 birth details and earlier failed trials.
Miss Rosa Pearl Brown, daughter of Mr and Mrs Azel Brown of Pineville, wed Pfc Roy F Thomas of Itmann on December 25 at the bride’s sister Mrs James Robert Toler’s home. Rev Samuel A Hartford officiated. The bride wore a brown gabardine suit with aqua brown accessories and red roses with a white gardenia. The bridegroom has served two years in Germany and left for Washington D C on December 27. the bride will remain with her parents for now.
W MULLENS a 55 year old farmer was found dead at his home about 1 39 am Thursday. Death occurred around 12 15 am and was discovered by nephew Ershel Jackson returning home from north. A World War I veteran, he had been hospitalized at Newton J Baker Hospital Martinsburg since May 6 and released May 14 to return home. Burial at Fantock cemetery with services by Rev O A Sparks and Rev Edgar Beverly. Survived by four sons Warren Blane Jr Billy and Babe all of Wolf Pen and a 98 year old father plus brothers and sisters in Fantock Itmann Beckeley Baileyville Sundial area.
A historical note highlights a man who has farmed oysters longer than any other shellfish, tracing a long tradition of oyster cultivation and its sustained prominence in aquaculture.
Funeral services are set for Private Haven C. Hamrick, 24, son of Mrs Ida Hamrick of Richwood, at 2 30 p m Sunday at Richwood First Methodist Church. He was killed July 2 1944 on Saipan with the Marines and will be buried in Richwood cemetery with military rites. Surviving are five brothers Harold R and Harry S of Montgomery and sister Mrs Hilda Fitzpatrick of Lexington Ky.
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