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Newspaper

Raleigh Register

Location

Beckley, West Virginia, United States of America

Date

Jan 20, 1958

Page

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Polio Drive Sponsored by Fayetteville Junior Club

Fayetteville Junior Woman's Club and American Legion Auxiliary sponsor the annual March of Dimes campaign in Fayetteville. Mrs. Ralph Fazio says posters and collectors are distributed. funds collected after the march will be turned over to Chuck Balding, campaign chairman. Mothers' March chair Mrs. D. B. Brown serves a fourth year. march set for January 27 with no door to door solicitations before then due to reports of children asking for dimes.

Chuck Baldling D. B. Brown The Legion Auxiliary Brown

Fayette Couples Seek Marriage Licenses in County Clerk Office

Fayette County Clerk reports four couples have filed for marriage licenses. Ronald Koch, 21, Riverside, son of H. Koch and Goldie Koch. Josephine Dozier, 21, Mount Give, daughter of Ernest and Katherine Dozier. Samuel Morris, 13, Coalburg, son of Samuel and Mae Morris. Darlene Jackson, 16, Powellton, daughter of Jesse and Laura Jackson. Boyd Shumaker, 18, Beckley, son of Thomas and Brittle Shumaker. Dolly Smoot, 16, Layland, daughter of John and Mary Smoot. Boyd Young, 32, Kimberly, son of William and Evelyn Young. Athalea Kellerman, 32, Hugheston, daughter of Albert and Amber Kellerman.

Payetteville RNL Fayette County Ronald Leslie Koch Riverside Goldie Koch Josephine Dozier Mount Give Ernest Katherine Dozier Samuel Arthur Morris Coalburg Samuel and Mae Morris Darlene Jackson Powelton Jesse Laura Jackson Boyd Shumaker Beckley Thomas and Brittle Shumaker Dolly Smoot Layland John and Mary Smooth Boyd Paul Young Kimberly William and Evelyn Young Athalea Kellerman Hugheston Albert and Amber Kellerman

Oceana Social News Highlights of Family Trips and Visits

Oceana brief notes from the weekend Fragments show Archie Roberts and family vacationing in Florida and Cuba. Hassell Harless and son Skipper from St Albans visit Mrs L W Beane. Lt and Mrs Charles Hoskins arrive for a 30 day stay with Earl Cook Jr and Mrs Lou ise Smith. Hoskins heads to a three year England tour with the U S Air Force in February. Keith Roach, son of Ronald and wife, is improving after a week’s illness.

Oceana Rns Archie Judge) Roberts Rhonda Florida Cuba Hassell Harless Skipper St. Albans L. W. Beane Charles Hoskins Earl Cook Jr Louise Smith the Hoskins England U. S. Air Force Keith Roach Ronald Lee Roach

Fellowship Sets Movie Tonight at Oceana Church

The Pioneer Fellowship of Oceana Presbyterian Church sponsors the film What Is A Christian at Gilbert Presbyterian Church as part of the Wyoming County Fellowship meeting. Youth plans Assembly's Youth Sunday on January 26 with morning worship led by youth and a special offering to fund youth work through presbytery synod and general assembly, benefiting leadership schools and youth councils.

Oceana RNS Pioneer Fellowship Oceana Presbyterian Church Gilbert Presbyterian Church Wyoming County Fellowship Assembly Ian Presbytery Synod General Assembly

Colcord P T A Meeting Tonight At School

Colcord P T A will gather at the school at 6 30 this evening to hear the Feaster Report from Beckley and view a film The Land of the Maharajahs. Fourth and fifth grade pupils will sing during the program and several local parents are urged to attend.

Colcord RNS Colcord Parent - Teacher Association Beckley

Funeral set for Artie L. Toney in Dothan

Artie L. Toney 52 of Dothan died at 11 43 p m Saturday from self inflected gunshot wounds in front of his home. Funeral planned Tuesday at Tyree Funeral Home chapel with burial in Peters Cemetery Dothan. Survivors include wife Thelma Pearly Toney, mother Martha Toney, two brothers, three sisters and several stepchildren.

Oak Hill RNS Shirley Donnelly Artie Lee Toney Dothan Chapel of Tyree Peters Fayette Countian Tyree Buddy Crouch Fred O'Boyle R. C. Godsey Milburn Creek Toney Kingston United Mine Work Ers of America Kings‘ton Thelma Pearly Toney Martha Toney Carlos Coleman Howard Coleman Philadelphia Sandra Janice Janie Shirley Peggy Brinson Drema.Coen Helen Kessinger Barberton Ohio Fueral

Church Officers Named At Congregational

Snow and icy roads kept many Colcord Presbyterian Church families from the congregational meeting and family dinner. After a 7 PM start, minutes from 1957 were read, a nominating report for 1958 officers given, and officers elected including Goldie Fannin as treasurer, Lula Jarrell as Sycamore Church treasurer, Helen Thompson as secretary and auditor, with Nina Pettry and Wilson Walker as elders for three years.

Colcord RNS Colcord Presbyterian Church Helen Thompson John Ralfs Women's Association Sycamore Chapel Goldie ‘Fannin Lula Jarrell Sycamore Church Nina Pettry Wilson Walker Juanita Flint Kathleen Fraley Presbyterian Church Goldie Fannin Edith Fitzwater Chelsea Paden Nell Foster William Legg Bashia Hamilton Roy Withrow Mad White

Hodges Speaks Today For Mrs Day 73 Mount Hope

Mount Hope business association dinner features Charles E Hodges as guest speaker. Mrs Lillie Day 73 of Charleston died at Mountain State Hospital Whitesville survivors include six daughters and four sons with grandchildren and great grandchildren. Funeral services set for Tuesday at 2 p.m. in the Church of God at Garrison with burial in an unnamed local cemetery.

Mount Hope KNS Mount Hope Business Eonoesional Men’s Association Charles E. Hodges Whitesville Lillie Charleston Chamber Garrison Mountain State Hospital Charles Mountainair Loreen Miawson Sylvester Zelma Busch Shinnston Maggie Atkinson Violet Ballard Elk Run Grace Holstein Chesapeake Fern Jarrell Lowell George Clyde John Syvester Pete Eloria Church of God At J. M. Kile Uhib

Former Fayette Countian Dies

Former Fayette Countian Alex R. Stout died at his home after a year of illness. Funeral services are set for Wednesday at Liberty, with the Armstrong Funeral Home handling arrangements. Survivors include two sons, Charles and Conley, and two daughters, Lillie Ussery and Billie Dingman, plus five grandchildren. He had previously worked in Dayton and served in the Air Force.

Nuvuerego Liberty Charles Pax Conley Air Force Dayton Lillie Ussery Statesboro N. C Billie Dingman Des Moines Towa

Pax PAX extends Sunday visits and travels across town

Sunday visitors gathered at Mrs Orpha Tyred and Mrs Alice O Neal while others, including Mr and Mrs Charles Stout, left for Liberty North Carolina to attend the funeral of Alex Stout. Home for the weekend was For rest Walkup Jr Welch son of Mr and Mrs N F Walkup. Roy Kidd Beck Jay and families joined relatives in Weirwood and Darlington to visit and attend the funeral.

Orpha Tyred Smother Alice O'Neal Robert Turner Charles Mike Cannellon Charles Stout Liberty N.C Alex Stout Forrest Walkup Jr Welch N ~F. Walkup Roy Kidd Beck- Jey Charley Brown Weirwood

Former Wyoming Resident Joins Air Defense Team at Madison

Otsego native Willie T. England Jr. completed an eight month IBM Military Products Division Air Defense Training in Kingston New York. He is assigned to a Madison Wisconsin installation for SAGE computer operations and maintenance. England, his wife Helen and children Donna Rae Deann Lee and Mark Edward will reside in Madison.

Otsego Willie T. England International Business Machines Corporation Military Products Division Kingston N. Y England Madison Wis U. S IBM Texas Towers Air Command Helen Donna Rae Deann Lee Mark Edward

Effort To Locate Sen For Funeral Proves Fruitless

Dorothy (ANS) Efforts to contact Airman Jerry Dominion, Dorothy, formerly stationed at the Air Force Base in Albuquerque New Mexico, have proven fruitless. The youth returned to his base only a week ago after spending the holidays with his parents at Dorothy and was scheduled to leave New Mexico today for Sacramento California en route overseas. His father Herman Dominion 41 died about 9 a.m. Friday from a heart attack shortly after leaving his home and arriving at a tavern at Dorothy about 200 yards away. He had returned from the Veterans Hospital in Beckley last week where he was treated for a broken foot suffered on Dec 28. Dominion had been suffering from a heart condition for several years.

Dorothy Jerry Dominion Air Force Albuquerque Veteran’s Hospital Beckley Dominion

Father And Daughter Now Out Of Hospital

COLCORD ANS Jesse Wright, hospitalized for two weeks at Kanawha Valley Hospital Charleston, was able to return to his Colcord home Friday. Doctors warned another attack could come, but no origin found. His daughter Aldine, a student nurse, also left hospital after breaking her left ankle during a jump from a bunk bed and came home for the weekend.

Colcord ANS Jesse Wright Kanawha Valley Hospital Charleston Aldine

Funeral Services for P Meade Held Tuesday at St Andrews

Oak Hill church to host funeral for V Price Meade 65. The service at 10 a.m. Tuesday led by Rev Donald Duncan at St Andrews Episcopal Church with burial in Woodlawn Memorial Park Bluefield. Meade died in Oak Hill Hospital at 1 15 a.m. Saturday. Survived by wife Gladys of Oak Hill two due te his father one brother three sisters and one granddaughter. Body at Tyree Funeral Home Oak Hill.

Oak Hill RNS V. Price Meade St. Andrews Donald Duncan Woodlawn Memorial Park Bluefield Meade Gladys Tyree

Local Leaders and Family Ties Highlight Whitesville Figures

Familiar Faces and prominent names from the Whitesville Rotary Club and various civic groups surface in a profile. The subject serves on boards including the Whitesville Fire Department and advisory councils for mining groups while his wife Wilsie and two sons Jimmy and Danny are noted in the community portrait.

Whitesville Rotary Club Masonic Lodge Appalachian Boy Scout Council Coal River Institute American Mining Congress Kanwha Opperator’s Association Whitesville Fire Department Wilsie Jimmy Danny

Oak Hill Man Enters Guilty Plea In Fayette Circuit Court

Oak Hill resident Jim Dotson pleaded guilty to resisting arrest and sought probation with his bond set to April 1. Elmer Johnson pleaded guilty to contributing to the delinquency of a minor, fined $100 and costs. Other trials were continued as Judge Garvin returned after illness.

Fayetteville RNS Jim Morning Ray Dotson Oak Hill Fayette Circuit Elmer Johnson Jed Garvin

Club Ailments Heard By Group At Fay ette Study Club

OAK HILL Fayette Study Club met at Mrs. Frank Graff's Mount Hope home with 25 members and one guest. President Mrs. R. P. Nicholls led the meeting on common ailments of women's clubs and ways to boost participation and interest. Members were urged to write legislators supporting the administration road program. An executive board luncheon was set for 1 p.m. at Mrs. Nicholls' Carlisle home. Next meeting planned at Mrs. Charles James's Lundale Drive. Also, Mrs. Hareold Foster, a dental assistant, broke her right wrist in a Saturday fall but returned to work today.

Oak Hill RNS Fayette Frank Graff Mount Hope R. P. Nicholls C. P. Anderson Jr Nicholls Carlisle Charles James Lundale Drive Hareold Foster John Vargo

Two Juveniles Jailed In Fayette

Two Garten juveniles were arrested in Fayette Sunday night and charged with breaking and entering Cot camp's Store Garten early Saturday morning. Arresting officers Sheriff Deputies Pete Withrow and Earl Dempsey said merchandise stolen valued at almost 300 dollars included a rifle lighter watches electric shaver bells watch hands and knives. Most of the stolen property was recovered under a cliff near Ramsey Sunday night. They will appear before Judge Charlies L Garvin Jr.

Fayetteville RNS Garten Cotcamp Pete Withrow Earl Dempsey Ramsey Charlies L. Garvin Jr

Whitesville Moose Women Meet With Mill er Presiding

Whitesville Women of the Moose plan a 7 30 p m meeting Wednesday with senior regent Mrs Freda Miller presiding. The child care committee will present its chapter night program under Mrs Mary Howell in charge.

Whitesville RNS Women of the Moose Freda Miller Mary Howell

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Polio Junior Woman’s Club Oceana Personals Fayetteville Federal Savings and Loan Association Fayetteville, West Virginia Sen Bank System Cleaning Service Oak Montgomery Frank Oiyerio Pi Alpha Psi West Virginia Institute of Hill Honovary Phylis Bailey Tech Hodges Mrs. Day Amvauue Ives Vlc Alex RK. Stout Armstrong Funeral Dayton Tire and Dene FL Pax Personals Wyoming Sen P. Meade Nia Cohen Neville St Becky Montcoal Montcoal - Whitesville C. C. Kane Armco Steel Corp West Virginia University School of Mines Ibe Raleigh Raleigh Register Bashia J. Hamilton Daniels-Beaver-Shady Spring Dayne Aldridge Bland K. Hesse Jr Glen Daniel Kelly Barrett Glen Rogers Aubrey Nuckols Mullea Opperston C. R. Rankin Lynce Ruby Jones Ruth Clark Bet Murphree Ofice Oak Mill Otis Morton Phillip Roach Thelma Stover Pineville Baileysville Sam Miniaci E. W. Worrell Beene Pansye Whittaker Rock Creek J. L. Bradford Sophia Russell Pegram Lucy D. Thomas
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