Methodist Men Receive Charter for Scout Troop
Fayetteville ceremony honors Loy Scout Troop 179 charter presentation by Buckskin Council Executive William Pierce to Rev. C. W. Paskel. Charles F. Akers observes his 83rd birthday as the oldest member.
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Newspaper
Raleigh Register
Location
Beckley, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Feb 18, 1949
Page
1
Fayetteville ceremony honors Loy Scout Troop 179 charter presentation by Buckskin Council Executive William Pierce to Rev. C. W. Paskel. Charles F. Akers observes his 83rd birthday as the oldest member.
Funeral services for Mrs. Vacueline Dalton Mann will be held at 1 p.m. Saturday in the First Presbyterian Church at Mullens. She was the wife of William T. Mann of Mullens Coal and Ice Company. The Rev. Grover C. Currie will officiate, with burial at Sunset Memorial Park Beckley.
Private First Class Paul E. Willis will receive military honors Sunday at Jeanette Baptist Church in Edmond for the Oxford incident death on May 13 1915 while serving in the infantry division. Survived by parents Dow Willis and six brothers and two sisters, services conducted by Rev. Painter and Rev. Brags, with burial at Wills gravesite by Eugene Skaggs Post 7695 Veterans of Foreign Wars. Body to be moved from Thomas Funeral Home to Willis Home at 4 pm today.
West Mallens section foreman O. W. Crawford of the Maten operation for West Gulf Coal Company is reported in good condition at Beckley Hospital after an accident about 9 am Wednesday. He suffered injuries from a slate fall described as five inches thick and roughly the size of a kitchen table.
Oak Hill Knights of Pythias plan a new camp at Anawalt to be instituted at 7 p m in the Anawalt High School auditorium. Eugene W Thorne district deputy grand chancellor will lead the ceremony with officers including Fred Issac Omar Waller W W Beall and W T Price among others in attendance.
Mullens Rotarians heard chairman Morgan urge early fundraising for the Red Cross drive to hit a $5,200 county goal. He noted only one paid worker, Mildred Martin, and warned the county could dissolve if the quota isn’t met. Mullens Rotary pledged $25.
Three Kopperston Boy Scout Troop Y9 members were advanced to first class at a Court of Honor held during Kopperston Community Church services. One earned a merit badge. three new scouts were invested. The event featured candle lighting, pledges, and presentations by Mrs. fluben Williams Mrs. Earl Wilson and Marvin May.
Funeral services for Pvt. Roy Don Riffe of Hanover will be held at 11 p.m. Saturday at Ike Fork Grade School with Rev. Willie Keene and Rev. Blaine England officiating. Riffe was killed December 10, 1944 on Leyte while serving with the U S Army. Inducted October 5, 1943 at Welch, he lived at Wetch then and last visited his family in February 1944. He received basic training at Camp Bland.
Basil A. Stover of Harper, previously at the 9th Medical Depart near Seoul, is reassigned to the Supply Section of the 28th Station Hospital in Florida. Born June 13, 1925 in Hanover, Wyoming County, he attended Baileysville schools and worked for Carter Coal Co at Coalwood before induction. Survived by mother Mrs. Arthur Riffe and sister Mrs. Charlotte Riffe. father MIA/preceded in death in 1935. MSgt M. C. McLelton, military escort, took the body to Hanover.
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