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Newspaper

Raleigh Register

Location

Beckley, West Virginia, United States of America

Date

Feb 13, 1948

Page

9

Duncan Rites to Be Held Sunday

Funeral services for Vella Maryland Duncan 5 of Ravencliff will be at 2 p m Sunday at Oak Grove Church Ravencliff. The Rev Aileen Spencer will officiate with burial at Piney Grove Cemetery. She was the daughter of Reca Duncan and the late Ken Duncan, born December 16 1932 in Raven Cliff. She died Wednesday at 5 40 p m in the East Beckley home of a sister.

Register Start Mullens Oak Grove Ravencliff Maryland Duncan East Beckley Aileen Spencer Piney View Piney Grove Reca Duncan Kenuncan Raven Cliff She

Beckley Air Force unit plans public information program

Beckley Squadron of the Air Force Association votes to sponsor a public information program titled Survival in the Air Age to educate citizens on modern aviation. The group also rescheduled its anniversary dinner dance from April 8 to April 9 at the Moose Lodge ballroom.

Beckley Squadron Air Force ‘Association el Chico Moose Lodge

Twin Birthday Honorees in Kopperston Celebration

Twin siblings Hazel Lynn and Coy Lee Childers of Mack Childers and wife were toasted at a Kopperston party marking their first birthday. Guests included Lauretta, Rebecca Booth, Norma Ragsdale, and committee head Jack Davis. The event featured toy play and refreshments. A Beckley Air Force squadron letters page notes upcoming Air Force Magazine feature on local squadron history and an aviation test for Raleigh county high school boys with eight to be selected for an airfield tour.

Register Statt Kopperston Hazel Lynn Coy Lee Childers Mack Childers Jack Davis S Whitener Air Force Magazine The Air Force Association Army Air Forces Beckley April Air Force Magazine Aeronautics Committee Raleigh U. S

Clemmie Harris Granted Bond After Appeal

Clemmie Lee Harris, 18, of Jarrolds Valley, released on a 3000 dollar bond while appealing a conviction for attempted rape. Harris was sentenced last Monday to up to five years after Judge W A Riffe overruled a motion for a new trial and granted a 60 day stay for the appeal. The jury had found Harris guilty of attempting to rape Evelyn Murphy, 24, of Jarrolds Valley.

Clemmie Lee Harris Jarrolds Valley Liberty Raleigh Harris State W. A. Riffe Evelyn Murphy

Teacher Pleads Guilty To Speeding In Restricted Zone

Reed C Reed, a teacher in Stephenson Iroquois schools from Allen Junction, pleaded guilty to speeding in a restricted zone at Corinne. He was arraigned before Magistrate Grant Taylor and paid a $10 fine plus costs. State police had notified Allen Junction Magistrate of Reed’s case.

Register Weslex Mullens C. C. Reed Allen Junction Corinne Grant Taylor Union Cab Company Reed Mullens

Danish Plan Aims to End Capital Use in Language

Copenhagen Denmark education minister Prof Hart Vig Frisch drafts a plan to abolish initial capitals in Danish except names and sentence starts. He lacks legal power to compel Danes to change. a decree to schools is his tool. Analysts say public opinion polls survey 1 000 000 to 2 000 1000 people yearly.

Copenhagen Denmark Hart- Vig Frisch

Payne Funeral Set for Today

Funeral services for Mrs. Sarah Payne of Kincaid will be held at 2 30 p m today in the Kincaid Methodist Church. She died at her home on Wednesday and is survived by three sons W O Payne Page W E Payne Kincaid H W Payne Oak Hill three step sons A M Payne Nathan Payne Kincaid Avie Payne Page one daughter Mrs Georgie Balding Oak Hill and one step daughter Mrs Lot tie Rhinehart Kincaid.

Register Oak Hill Sarah Payne Kincaid Kincaid Methodist Church W. O. Payne Page W. E. Payne H.W. Payne A. M. Payne Nathan Payne Avie Payne Georgie Balding Lottie Rhinehart

Assistant Foreman Injured in Mine Accident

Don Houck, assistant foreman of the Olsega mine in Pierpoint, Brule Smokeless Coal Company, is hospitalized in Taylor with leg and foot injuries after a fresh coal cut broke loose striking him on Tuesday night. Witnesses say he was caught by the coal fall. X rays were taken to assess the damage.

Register Stratf Mullens Don Houck Pierpoint Olsega Brule Smokeless Coal Company Taylor Hospital

Democratic candidate filed for justice of the peace post

Glen Rogers reports Herbert Graham of Glen Rogers filed with the Wyoming circuit clerk as the Democratic candidate for justice of the peace in Slab Fork District. Graham has worked as a meat cutter for Raleigh Wyoming Mining Co for 2.5 years and previously lived in Mullens for about 12 years. He served one term as justice of the peace in Baileysville District.

Glen Rogers Register Star Justice of the Peace of Slab Fork Herbert Graham Wyoming Circuit Raleigh Wyoming Mullens Baileysville

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