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Newspaper
Raleigh Register
Location
Beckley, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jan 24, 1957
Page
5
Madison panel at Seal High School PTSA meeting addresses juvenile problems. Judge K. K. Hall presides with two Scott students and panel members including State Senator Glenn Jackson and Reverend Emit Logany.
Mrs Parker and Mrs Page Rymer presided as Brooke Fryman parent Robert Scholl and two students Barbara Pauley and Bill Clements were among those present. The PTSA meeting followed a devotional by Rev Parker with the next regular session set for 7 36 p m February 11 at the high school.
In Fayetteville Circuit Court a jury awarded damages of 30000 to Carlos Lee Shadowen, 15, of Lansing, after a February crash on Possum Creek road. Shadowen was a passenger in a car driven by Edward H. Tomkins. he allegedly failed to appear for trial. The accident left Shadowen with a leg injury requiring amputation. The Fayetteville Motor Co of Oak Hill sues Felix Beni in Fayetteville over a used truck sale and account credit dispute.
Infant Judy Lynn Milam died in Beckley. Graveside rites are planned at End of the Trail Cemetery with Rev. Forrest Campbell officiating. The body will remain at Wallace and Wallace Funeral Home in East Rainelle. Survivors include one brother John Jr and both paternal and maternal grandparents.
Funeral services for Richard Henry Kincaid 55 will be held at 2 PM Sunday at Page Baptist Church with Rev John W Kyle and Rev Dwight Lowther officiating. Burial in Lawn Memorial Park. Survivors include widow Leana Holland Kincaid and multiple relatives in Florida and Oklahoma. The body remains at Tyree Funeral Home Oak Hill.
Oak Hill reports Women of the Moose Chapter 33 and Loyal Order of Moose Lodge 1664 will host a benefit dance for the March of Dimes on Saturday at the Moose Home in Oak Hill from 9 20 to 1 30 am. Members plan to attend mid winter and district conferences, with registration at 1 40 pm and departure for Buckley and Hinton events.
Madison bulletin notes Boone County Civic League hosts a pot luck dinner Friday at the La Fiesta Room Hotel Madison. Guest speaker Curley Ross discusses Togetherness as community cooperation grows. President Mrs Haley Browning urges members to attend. Cancer Loan Closet work under League sponsorship may be discussed.
Beta Theta Chapter of Beta Sigma Phi Sorority in Oak Hill plans to buy a long folding banquet table for the National Guard Armory on Central Avenue. Proceeds from the chapter’s Christmas dance will fund the purchase, with events and ritual plans outlined by members and hostesses for upcoming meetings in early 1950s Oak Hill.
Whitesville report that Delegate E. E. White of Madison has been named by House Speaker Flannery to several posts in this session. White serves as chairman of the Banking Committee and heads the Veterans Affairs and Humane Institutions committees.
Readable fragments show eedens Koppeston and family returning Saturday from Pittsburgh. John D. Bamford and Mrs. Ralph Hickman were weekend guests of relatives in Princeton. Mr. and Mrs. Worley Brown hosted visitors, with Elba Gillenwater stopping by in Logan. The Boshells hosted Jarces Boshell of Point Pleasant. Joe Kulschar and children visited Cleveland relatives.
Carl Pettry of Colcord reports thieving of 350 dollars from his wallet in his bedroom Saturday night. He chased the thief with a cheque in hand, but officers found no clues and the case remains under investigation.
Madison Miller 76 a retired merchant farmer died about 8 a.m. Wednesday at his Brenton home. The body is at Robertson and Foglesong Funeral Home arrangements are incomplete.
AMEAGLE RNS reports a collision near Leevale when a station wagon driven by E A Carlson slid on a slippery curve. Buster Stanley and his wife were bruised. Stanley received eight stitches, Mrs Stanley X rays to assess possible spinal injuries, Carlson sustained facial cuts and needed clamps for a chin wound. Damages to the police car and wagon were noted as extensive.
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