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Newspaper
Raleigh Register
Location
Beckley, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jan 14, 1959
Page
2
A new gimmick offers fountain pen and ballpoint desk sets in green beige red blue ivory and black to coordinate with decorator phone colors. About one in seven Americans f ish as a sport and spend nearly one billion dollars yearly on this pastime.
Lt Charles G Schwartz congratulates Area Enlistee Harry Bays one of the top graduates of Nuttall High School class of 1955 who scored a perfect 100 on enlistment. Bays will depart Beckley for nine weeks basic training then proceed to Bamberg Germany with the 3rd Infantry Division for active duty.
In Fayette County eight couples applied for licenses. Names include Ira Workman and Doris Dutton. George Wriston and Agatha Whitlow. Hiddle Williams and Dorothy Simms. Larry Hash and Carol Hates. John Kessler and Wanda Hundley. Gary McClung and Iris Kerwood. Kara McClung and Iris Kerwood. Harold Petry and Roberta Wills. The list lists ages and parentage for each partner.
In Summers County Circuit Court the grand jury returned eight indictments at the January term opening. Defendants include William Dallas Wood Jr. for statutory rape, Wayman Sears for felonious assault and petty theft, Donald Lee Meadows and Calvin Leroy Turner for breaking-and-entering with theft, Lonnie Gill for breaking and entering with a shoes theft, Edwin Carlo Harvey for breaking and entering with theft of a rifle, Roberta Koch and Birdie Richmond for escape from prison. Several divorces were granted with custody rulings. Other actions include settlements in Charles E Willey vs Mutual Benefit and a judgment of 1140.9? against Garett A. Tabor and Benny H. Ball et al.
Funeral services for George Washington Goad 89 will be held at 2 p.m. Thursday at Ida Church Bentree conducted by Rev. Charles Johnson of Scarbro. Burial follows in Alice Morton Cemetery Bentree. Survived by his wife Aca five sons five daughters and six grandchildren. He died Tuesday at his son in law F B Adams Oak Hill after a paralytic stroke. Body to be taken from Tyree Funeral Home to Adams residence then to the church an hour before the service.
Funeral services for Kemper Cook were held at his daughter Mabel Pinkerton's Huntington residence. He died at 11 a.m. Monday in Huntington after a cancer battle. Burial followed in Huntington Cemetery. Surviving wife Lizzie Lester Cook. sons Golden, Howard, James. daughters Dena Miller and Hallie Lee. siblings and a half brother also listed.
Colcord area church notices report weekend visits by Mr. and Mrs. Denver Harker and Lyndell of Charleston to Colcord, with Miss Linda Fraley and Doris Jean Fraley. The Women’s Association plans to meet at Mrs. O. K. Foster’s home in Lawson, while Thursday choir rehearsal is cancelled due to Rev. Aalfs attending Presbytery in Ravenswood. Twelve congregational elders, trustees and a deacon are listed after the Home School meeting report.
Beth Sumner, an American woman, travels to Kasappur India with a merchant Alagarsami. The relationship frays amid class and caste tensions, a declared romance, and a quest for reconciliation. The novel ends with a hopeful union and a broader critique of East West misunderstandings.
Twenty four members attended the Kopperston Lions Club dinner meeting in the elementary school cafeteria. New members Melvin Harper and John Moss were introduced with formal induction planned next meeting.
Funeral services for Mrs. Mary Shrader Lambert were to be held at 1 30 p m at Round Bottom Methodist Church Midway Va with burial in Oakwood Cemetery Princeton She died Monday at her daughter's home after a long illness She was 80 and a former Princeton resident Surviving are two daughters two brothers five grandchildren and four great grandchildren Arrangements were by Riffe's Funeral Home Narrows VA
The Whitesville Presbyterian Church lists eighty members with seven moved off and one deceased. The Sunday School superintendent and officers stay in place. Elders have been ordained except for Mrs. Eddie Flint who will be ordained later. Goldie Fannin is re elected treasurer. A preview of the first 1959 Sunday School lessons is set for Friday at 7 p.m. with Mrs. Jack Weller in charge. Mrs. R E Stover of Colcord has returned home after a week in Columbus Ohio.
In Clear Fork area three immunization clinics are scheduled for Thursday. Clear Creek School opens at 10 a.m., Cloud Stover Store in Artie at 11 a.m., and Pattie Stockdale Home School at 1 p.m. Raleigh County Health nurses supervise, aided by Mrs. Jack Weller of Jarrolds Valley.
Eulanna Glew Tyree became the bride of Charles Conrad Conley in a double ring ceremony at the Matheny residence on December 24 conducted by Rev. William Lusk. The bride, daughter of C V Tyree, Kopperston, and the groom, son of George Conley, Oceana, reside in Oceana after a southern wedding trip. The bride is a senior at Oceana High School. the groom, OHS graduate of 1956, is manager of Oceana Lumber and Supply Co.
A new contemporary collection album offers a 14 card packet covering every occasion from celebrating a newborn to wishing a sick friend well with light hearted humor and varied greetings.
A three room frame house on Sanger Road near Fayette was destroyed by a Tuesday fire. Owned by Curtis Fleming, the 18 month old structure stored household goods and served as sleeping quarters for two of his children. The blaze was apparently sparked by an overheated coal stove. the nearby family home escaped damage. Fleming is an unemployed coal miner.
The Wyoming County Courthouse in Pines Ville hosts a Saturday 8 p m Young Republican Club meeting to elect officers for a one year term. All previous members and prospective members are urged to attend.
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