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Newspaper

Raleigh Register

Location

Beckley, West Virginia, United States of America

Date

Jan 22, 1960

Page

5

Joint Installation Held By Rebekahs and Odd Fellows

Sophia West Virginia Mayors notes a joint installation at Trap Hill Lodge No. 361 with H. H. Covey succeeding the late Dr. George P. Daniel as secretary. New officers named for Deborah Rebekah Lodge No. 100 include Mrs. Ash Daniel as noble grand and Mrs. Connie Wyatt as secretary. Approximately 60 attendees and a collection for the Odd Fellow Home cold storage marked the event. District officials announced future installations across District 16 with public and private schedules at multiple lodges.

Deborah Lodge No. 100 Ash Daniel Noble Grand W. W. Covey Connie Wyatt Clinton Sophia Lodge Dan Guhnoe Oceana Beckley Lodge Daniel Coal River Lodge Whitesville Lester Lodge Odd Fellow Lodges

Jiffy Trimming Pattern No 308 N for Linen Motifs

An advertising note offers color transfer patterns for linens to create decorative motifs without embroidery. Pattern No 308 N features 26 motifs. Send 25 cents to Martha Madison via The Raleigh Register, Box 438 Midtown Station New York NY. Add 10 cents for first class mail.

Martha Madison Raleigh Register Midtown Station New York N. Y

Fairdale Church Group Names New Officers

Fairdale Church sees new officers for the Coal Marsh Baptist Church Young Adult Class after a Saturday meeting led by Paul Pat iton as president. Vice president Mrs Pearl Humphrey, secretary Freddy Bonham, and treasurer Mrs Ruby Barrett elected with committees chaired by Hersie Phillips and Mrs Humphrey. The class plans monthly missionary support of ten dollars and will meet each Saturday at the church.

Fairdale RNS Paul Patiton Coal Marsh Baptist Church Pearl Humphrey Freddy Bonham Ruby Barrett Humphrey Bonham Glen Daniel Hope Walker Wava Dinsmore Maple Meadow Hersie Phillips

Merchants urged to study gunman image pamphlet

New Haven police distribute pamphlets showing a menacing robber on the cover to test if merchants could identify a real hold up man. Inside is a quiz to measure recognition and useful details merchants could provide to officers.

New Haven, Conn

Pen Pal Wanted in Sioux Falls Message

AP report notes a Holland girl wrote to a Sioux Falls recipient seeking correspondence. The letter identified the writer as 14 years old and mentioned living on an island in the North Sea, signing Dear Boy and expressing hope for a male pen pal. The post office filed the unusual request as a brief data point.

Sioux Falls S.D Holland Dakota Staten

Teatime toast with cheddar roll treat

A teatime snack uses thin buttered white bread slices filled with grated sharp cheddar. Rolls are buttered on the outside and toasted in a hot oven to finish.

Spilled Catsup Closes Streets in Lockport Incident

A minor truck accident in Lockport New York caused a spill of about 25 cases of catsup, flooding the street and forcing a two hour cleanup by the driver. The report then veers into an odd, partly garbled comparison between Trafalgar Square and New York landmarks, referencing vague dates and world rice production figures.

Lockport N. Y London Trafalgar Square New York United States

Maxwell Hill Homemakers Plan First Aid Courses

Maxwell Hill Homemakers Club will begin first aid classes on February 4 in the social room of the Maxwell Hill Community Church. Instructor Clyde Marshall will teach each Thursday from 7:30 to 9:30 p.m. open to all women in the community.

Maxwell Hill Homemakers Maxwell Hill C. B. Treadwn Jr William E. Harvey Clyde Marshall Nancy Boyd Raleigh County Thomas Young Fred Edmonds Young

Trooper Tickets Woman Over Closed Road and More

Highway trooper Bob Harshaw stopped a woman driving on a closed Oklahoma road. He issued a ticket for the violation and another for an expired license. While he wrote, the driver revved the car’s engine, prompting a third ticket. The car had no muffler.

Bixby Okla Bob Harshaw Harshaw

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Phreys R. C. Henderson Rhonda King Glen P Odd Fellows Lodge District 16 J. B. Kirk Mabscott White Stick Glen Daniel Odd Fellows Rebekahs Rebekah Odd Fellow Odd Fellows Fairdale Church Group McCreary St Bigge Sealy OTT IU LC Reall Mtoe Ay Neville Street Beckley Robert Broughman Raleigh County Public Library Hubert Turner Harvey Omen Terri Women’s & Children’s Talon Women's and Children Work Oxfords Ey Maas Arctics Nobil
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