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Newspaper
Raleigh Register
Location
Beckley, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Feb 28, 1932
Page
4
Mayor Hedrick funds and Beckley firemen repair dozens of shoes at the station for families unable to pay. Volunteers like Bud Aliff Frank Brubeck and Chief J L Guthrie report many children lack spare footwear, prompting calls for more donations of children's shoes and hammer heads as repairs continue.
The Ebenezer Baptist Church will end its month of special services with a morning sermon by Rev. P. Fr. King on The Outlook and an evening talk on The Beckley Negro Past Present and Future. All members and friends are urged to attend both services.
Prof and Mrs A W Curtis and Mrs Brown from Institute and others visited Miss Alice Curtis. Miss Flossie Earley and J B Elfliat hosted a Lincoln Valentine party for upper grades. The McAlpin School reports good preliminary scores despite limited equipment. The upper grades formed a literary club and Washington Bi Centenary programs ran Feb 22 26. Various visitors from McAlpin Stotesbury and Statesbury attended. The household arts class served lunch and candy making days are planned.
Scout Troop 65 held a sixteen boy meeting last Monday planning a March project to build model airplanes for the Baby ROG kit as part of Aviation Merit Badge requirements. The rifle team meets Tuesday at 7 PM at the Armory. Troop 66 met Tuesday with twelve members including two visiting cubs and noted progress in advancement signaling and pace credits.
The body of James Dewey Abshire, 35, who died Tuesday in Key West Florida, will be transported to Winton aboard the Sportsman, accompanied by Fred J. Barr. Funeral services will be held Tuesday at 2:30 PM at Rose Funeral Home with Rev. E. Gibson Davis officiating. Burial follows in Wildwood Cemetery. Abshire Jr. of Fountain City Tennessee expected to arrive. He had recently left a government hospital in Dayton Ohio seeking health relief.
Services at the funeral home Tuesday will be of a military character with members of the American Legion participating in the rites.
A. H. Alvin Agee, Beckley insurance man and longtime Town district resident, has announced his candidacy for the Democratic nomination for justice of the peace. Previously he worked ten years with W. M. Ritter Lumber as store manager payroll clerk and postmaster, including a period in Ralph County.
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