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Newspaper
Raleigh Register
Location
Beckley, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Feb 07, 1957
Page
3
An intensive search for 12 year old Willard E Lilly ended when he was picked up by Oak Hill police late Wednesday night. Beckley State Police said his parents were notified. He had left home for school Monday morning and did not attend. He had run away before.
Eliza Adkins died at her North Beckley home around 6 am. The body lies at C D Trent Funeral Home pending completion of arrangements.
Major William Cumbey, former commanding officer of the local Recruiting Station, arrived in Beckley on Tuesday to begin a two week tour visiting Army Recruiting Stations in Southern West Virginia. He now serves as sales manager for the Second Army, covering seven states and the District of Columbia, with headquarters at Fort Meade, Maryland. He noted he has spent a total of 211 days of the dread since last year.
County Girl Scout Leaders Association meeting plans two Raleigh County delegates to Cincinnati training. Delegates will return to train others. Guest speaker Mrs James Burke discussed Spring Festival on March 9 at Beckley Recreation Building. Festival will feature exhibits folk dancing and Girl Scout song instructions.
Boy Scout Week runs Wednesday through next Tuesday marking the 47th anniversary of the movement with 4.5 million Scouts and leaders nationwide. Units will review programs for the four year plan, plan for the National Jamboree at Valley Forge in July, and pay tribute to volunteer adult leaders. Scout Sunday falls February 10 with religious services in many churches and synagogues. Jewish observances occur February 8-9. Sponsorship is widely provided by churches, civic groups, schools, and denominations, with events in schools and community displays highlighting skills and activities.
Morri soose College extension courses will be offered in Beckley at Beckley Junior High School this spring. Courses include Education 314 and English 300 and 482 taught by Dr James Rowley and Miss Virginia Williams with evening classes at 6 30 p m Mondays for HA and art 41 and English 300 on Wednesdays. Enrollment remains open for Beckley area residents and no English 432 instructor has been named.
The Raleigh County Public Library announces two new donation policies. Donors may place book markers listing the donor’s name in memory of loved ones. A memorial sticker will also be placed in donated books and a letter sent to the deceased’s family.
Bogle H. Duncan of Rosky Gap Virginia died in Veterans Hospital on Wednesday evening. Born May 1, 180, in Bland County, he is survived by Willard Duncan of Bluefield. The body will be moved from Melton Mortuary to Mercer Funeral Home in Bluefield today.
Dwight E. Said, a 33-year-old Sullivan Road farmer, was named Buckley Junior Chamber of Commerce outstanding young farmer of the year and chosen Raleigh County representative for the state contest. The state winner earns an expense paid trip to Durban, N.C., for the national event April 15 and 16. Gene Riffe, Jaycee chairman, will present the plaque. Dwight, former Beckley Newspapers employee, runs a seven and a half acre farm on Sullivan Road, specializing in poultry eggs and truck crops. He serves as advisory board member of the Southern Soil Conservation District and has led Rural Development and County Life commissions, plus past presidency of the New River Chapter of Friends of the Land.
Sixteen men were inducted into Beckley Moose Lodge No. 1606 during Saturday ceremonies. Named new members include Emile John Naddad, John F Quesenberry, John E McSweeney, Herbert Lucas, Earl Ray Webb, C W West, Fred McKinney, Daw son Lucas, Lessie Peskas, Wesley Estridge, Arnold J Mays, Henry Brooks, Jessie McKinney, Billie Jod Linkenhoker, C S Glover Jey and Claude England. A second class is slated for Feb 27. JA Fray Lilly presented West Virginia Moose Association awards to State championship team members Harry Hambrie, Herbert Cline, R J Bates, Wallace Price. an Iddge plaque was given for the 1956 state championship team.
Beckley’s Planning and Zoning Commission named a new chairman succeeding Watda LaFon who resigned in December. It approved two recommendations to forward to City Council. The panel backed a remodeling request by Chesapeake and Potomac Telephone Co. for the Bair Building on Mast Main St. Work is set to finish by mid April with about 40 employees. The panel also proposed updating the building code to align with the National Building Code for new and replacement gasoline tanks. details to be drafted by City Attorney for next Tuesday’s council meeting.
Beckley Social Security Office logged about 679 hours of overtime in 1955 to handle an unusual surge of inquiries and claims. District manager Nora B. Franks cites major changes in 1956 law expanding disability benefits to workers age 50 to 65, with tax-funded financing.
Funeral services for Mrs. Lina Alice Bryant will be held at 2 p.m. Sunday at Shady Spring Baptist Church with Rev. Sam Smith and Rev. T. D. Cochran officiating. Burial will follow in Skaggs Cemetery. The 87 year old Shady Spring resident died Thursday in Punta Gorda Florida after living there five months. She was born July 19 1869 in Daniels a daughter of the late James R and Rebecca Boley Skaggs. Survivors include daughter Mrs John McGinnis of Shady Spring three sons Wery Tench of East Beckley Alva Tench and Wendell Bryant of Shady Spring one sister Mrs John R Griffith of Shady Spring one foster brother Frank Loreno of Morristown Tennessee two grandchildren and two great grandchildren. An ambulance from Rose and Quesenberry Funeral Home left Thursday for Florida to return the body to Beckley and is expected to return Saturday morning. The body will be taken from the funeral home to the residence of Mrs McGinnis Shady Spring at 6 p.m. Saturday. Pallbearers will be John Billy and Lacy Griffith Donnie Moorefield Billy Clark Jr and Chester Skaggs.
Retired Raleigh County teacher and farmer Lewis W Green dies Wednesday evening in Huntington hospital. Funeral services at Central Methodist Church in Huntington Friday at 2 pm. He leaves two daughters Mrs Arnold Booth and Mrs Robert Edgell, two sons Bentley Green of Columbus and Ray Green of Cleveland, one sister Mrs W H Milter and one brother K D Green. Burial in Ridge Lawn Cemetery. Body taken to church an hour before service from Beard-Fisher Funeral Home Burlat.
William Barrett of Stratton High School lineage is named among 33 Virginia College students in Petersburg to represent We school in the 1956 57 Who s Who edition. Barrett, son of Mrs Loretta Jennings Barrett and the late William Barrett, is cited for leadership, campus involvement, and scholastic achievement.
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