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Newspaper

Raleigh Register

Location

Beckley, West Virginia, United States of America

Date

Jan 23, 1947

Page

11

Community Notes and Obituaries from Raleigh County

Local notes report visits by Mrs. D D Harris and Mrs C D Glover to New York and Washington. Mrs Valeria Webb of Beckley visited friends in Lester and East Park. Post activities include a Department of Child Welfare meeting January 19 in Charleston with Raleigh County Post 70 delegates. The Women’s Improvement League meets January 23 at the Clark home. Mrs Viola Drafton dies January 20. funeral Sunday at Union Valley Baptist Church. Also listed: pastor’s aide society, illness updates in North Beckley, birthday observance at Wells Elementary, and a February 2 Bailey Temple program. Additional items mention Priscilla Minnis death, East Park Usher Board meeting, Mendelssohn study by Music Lovers Club, Glen Rogers solo contest and marriage of Elsie Rela Akers and John William Campbell.

D. B. Harris C. D. Glover New York City Washington Valeria Webb Beckley Lester East Park Webb Della Mae Saunders Brinda Saunders Department of Child Welfare State Department of the American Legion Daniel Boone Hotel Charleston Raleigh County Charles Dunlap J. A. Paynes Thomas Evans C. H. Hall Women's Improvement League A. D. Clark Drafton Viola Marie Drafton John Barber Whitby Albert Drafton Jon Charles Robert Drafton Robert Barber Union Valley Baptist Church F. H. Jones Greenwood Cemetery North Beckley Iems Pastor’s Aid Society Lillian Wingfield Nora Ellis Blanche Price A. L. Chambers Sally Sarah G. Braxton Wells Elementary School McAlpin Minnis Priscilla Minnis Raleigh Deacon J. T. Thompson Mendiessohn Music Lovers Club Mendlessohn Cleo Blakey Alice Belton Catherine Abram Elsie English Roy Dawson Smoot Jane Confidence A. D. Belton Glen Rogers First Baptist Church Robert Sledge Mamie Miller John Henry King Marcela Williams Josephine Julius Gillie Mae Moore Mary Jo Cooper Elsie Rela Akers John William Campbell Eugene Harvell Cleveland Ohio E. L. Harvell Scott High School Marine Corps

Beckley Theater to Open as Colored Venue at Arena

In Beckley the city’s only colored theater will reopen Monday at 6 30 p m with shows ongoing Tuesday and Wednesday at Beckley Arena The note lists visitors from Floyd Virginia Jersey City and Thayer and mentions church group Silvery Leaf Chapter No 24 meeting upcoming urgencies.

John & Akers Floyd Virginia James Ross Jersey City Jake King, Jr Minden P. A. Davis Thayer Russell Smith Moon Silvery Leaf Beckley BeckleyArena

Markets ORE and Pittsburgh USDA Cattle and Produce Prices

A dense market rundown notes cattle and hog prices with ranges for beef cows, calves, and sows, plus weights and refusals. It covers January market activity in Baltimore and Pittsburgh with notes on produce demand and fruit prices, including apples and varieties, plus potato sacks and Russets. Also lists radio scheduling notes for January 23.

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Crossword Feats and Clues From Daily Puzzle

A dense cross number of clues covering across and down entries with multiple theme hints. Included are definitions for pokes, fetishes, and parts of wooden frameworks, plus references to archaic abbreviations and mythic beings. The puzzle concludes with a cryptoquote and a Tennyson quote fragment as yesterday’s reveal.

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