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Newspaper

Raleigh Register

Location

Beckley, West Virginia, United States of America

Date

Feb 14, 1947

Page

5

Rites Set Sunday For Lee Snuffer

Funeral services for Lee Snuffer 84 of Stephens Branch will be held Sunday at 2:30 p.m. at Mt. Tabor Baptist Church with Rev B C Jennings officiating. Burial follows in the family cemetery at Stephens Branch. Snuffer, born August 31, 1862, son of Lytus and Mary Clark Snuffer, was married to Lisa Hawkerly and was a lifelong farmer in Raleigh County. The body will be moved from Keyser Funeral Home to Mt. Tabor Church Saturday afternoon for viewing.

Lee Snuffer Stephens ‘Branch B.C. Jennings Mt. Tabor Baptist Church Burisi Stephens, Branch Stephens Branch Lytus Mary Clark Snuffer Lisa Hawkery Mt Tear Raleigh County Keyser Mt. Tabor

Mabscott Man Bennett to Be Buried Tomorrow at Mabscott Methodist

Funeral services for Zecariah Bennett 65 of Mabscott will be held at Mabscott Methodist Church Saturday at 2 30 p m with Rev D R Carder and Rev James Neal officiating. Burial will be at Caffee Cemetery Mt Tabor. He was born May 19 1881 in Summers County son of Parker and Clara Bennett. He married Nellie Clin ton Long January 3 1906 and retired from the C and O Railroad in 1945 after 45 years as a section foreman, 31 in Mabscott. Surviving: wife two daughters Josephine Fragile Beulah Thurmond both of Beckley two sons Harry Bennett James Bennett, both of Beckley and 12 grandchildren. Body at Keyser Funeral Home until funeral hour.

Zecariah Bennett Mabscott Mabscott Methodist James Neal Caffee Mt. Af Tabor Summers County Parker Clara Bennett Nellie Clinton Long C. and Josephine Fragile Beulah Thurmond Beckley Harry Bennett James Bennett Keyser Funeral Home Snuffer Snuffer Lee Stevens Branch Keyser B.C. Jennings Keyser Funeral Bennett Bennett Zachariah Mabscott Methodist Church D. BR. Carder James Kirk Caffee Cemetery Claude Porterfield Bernard Porterfield George Vance Jess Bennett Miles Adkins H. C. Fink Daugherty J. B. Kirk Luther Fink Ray Fink

Mel T. Songwriter and Actor in Willow Road Era

I s A Warning continues a page four list tracing Mel’s career from vaudeville dates to Hollywood. He acted in Higher and Higher, wrote The Christmas Song, contributed to Let’s Go Steady, and performed Stranger on Town. His latest project is Willow Road, highlighting his evolving fame and diverse talents.

Mel Hollywood Frank Sinatra Glet Willow Road

Religious services and community aid noted in Nariva area

Negro Activities Frank Smothers and The First Baptist Church of Nariva will hold Sunday services led by Rev H Du Bois with a discussion. Women’s group serves at Rose of Sharon Church. A 3 00 special service and 2 30 pm musical program at New Hope Baptist featuring East Gulf choir Ridge chapel choir Harper Heights Fireco quartet White Rose quartet and soloists Helen Dobson and Junior Flynn. Aid note shows Junior Women’s Club Mount Hope Lions Club Local Union Minden Sun BTA Glorious Church of God Sun and many individuals donated to Ulyses Bass of Sun after his home burned. Music Lovers Study Club to meet Sunday at Young Smoot Studio.

Frank Smothers First Baptist Church of Nariva H. Dubois Rose of Sharon New Hope Baptist East Gulf The Ridge Harper Heights Fireco White Rose Helen Dobson Junior Flynn Mount Hope Lions Club Union of Minden the Sun B.T.A Church of God of Sun Ulyses Bass of Sun Music Lovers Study Club Young-Smoot Studio

Honest Tom Drake and the Protean Plot in Deanna

Montgomery continues with a vivid club scene where a young man Tom Drake sports a mustache and Van Dyke. A hulking waiter William Bendix becomes her protector as a wealthy wolf Adolph Menjou targets the heroine. Jealous suitor tests love and fate as Deanna sings four songs.

Tom Drake William Bendix Adolph Menjou Deanna

Baltimore Livestock Market Report Shows Mixed Cattle Prices

Baltimore livestock data shows cattle receipts light with a steer-dominated mix and prices around 22.90 to 23.25 for load and truck lots of good to choice fed steers, calves scarce, hogs active later with barrows and gilts 120-259 lbs up to 26.00, sows higher, sheep sales steady with lamb bids lacking.

Baltimore USDA

Treasury Report Shows Year Start Receipts and Debt

Treasury report from Washington dated February 13 notes February 1 position with receipts 467,951,544.67 and expenditures 287,595,089.46 leaving a balance of 5,048,417,048.38. Customs receipts for the month total 14,186,592.04 and the fiscal year receipts reach 24,194,269,254.13 against expenditures of 22,722,063,691.04 creating an excess of receipts 1,472,199,463.09. Total debt stands at 259,240,652,171.63 with an increase of 99,440.00 specified and gold assets listed at 20,750,740,405.52.

Washington The Treasury

Acting Grind Continues as He Breaks into Showbiz

near Los Angeles, he compresses springs until hands bleed then relays the saxophone and imitates stars for pay at parties. He competes at smokers for 50 cents a round. Mae West gives him a Los Angeles stage tie in while Tony plots a movie.

Los Angeles Mae West Tony

Deaths and notices from Stevens Branch to Beckley area

Obituary notes list Lee Snuffer, Zachariah Bennett, Charles Guthrie, Allen Tipton, Ora Fay Calfee, Samantha Meadows and Hackston with details on ages, locations, funeral homes, service dates, times, and burial sites. Includes pallbearer and honorary lists, church and cemetery references, and local funeral arrangements by Keyser and Caffee Funeral Homes.

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