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Newspaper
Raleigh Register
Location
Beckley, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jan 25, 1949
Page
11
Beall assistant professor of music at West Virginia Institute of Technology will direct a Fayette County Choral Concert festival this spring. About 250 voices from all county high school choirs will join to form the chorus for the April 29 event.
Hope LaVerne Payne aged 318 months died at Oak Hill Hospital after a 12 hour illness attributed to meningitis. Private funeral at home of maternal grandparents in Scarbro with burial in Scarbro Cemetery. Survived by parents Wade and Mrs Payne and three sisters. March of Dimes drive urged in Oak Hill area with dime folders and Five Dimes per student. tag day Saturday and a future benefit dance planned.
Funeral services will be held at 2 p.m. tomorrow for Vera McClung 55 of Victor who died at Laird Memorial Hospital in Montgomery. The Mount Zion Methodist Church will host with Rev. Charles Stephenson and Rev. Roy B. Kessler officiating. Burial follows in Dietz Cemetery. She is survived by husband Raleigh H. McClung two brothers John M. Champe and Woodrow W. Champe both of Charleson five sisters Nora Walkup Ramsey Mrs Oliver Beaver Ramsey Mrs Leonard Painter Ramsey Miss Maggie Deitz Ansted and Miss Celeste Champe Charleston.
Oak Hill will host extension courses at the high school taught by C Mr. Young and Dr. Moffatt of Marshall College Huntington. The American Diplomacy course for seniors and graduates carries three credits toward BA or MA. West Virginia's Public School System for undergraduates carries two credits and may aid teacher certificate renewal. Classes begin February 7 at 6 30 p m.
Pineville records show Wyoming County clerk issued licenses to four individuals. Cecil Bruce Thompson 19 and Joy Elaine Hylton 18 of Corinne along with Charley Short 24 and Mary Downie Bailey 36 of Baileysville.
Fay ette County Farm Women president Mrs A E Whanger was honored at a January Ar rowhead Farm Women's Club stork shower hosted at Mrs W M Beck's Fayetteville home. Gifts came from multiple county clubs and organizers presented by Mrs Evan McKown. several members and visitors attended the event.
Tom Ballard of Mullens, a local grocer, reported his car stolen after a man borrowed it to go to a job. Lawrence Gunnell of Allen Junction later turned himself in at Pineville jail confessing he borrowed the car to go job hunting and said the clutch was burned out.
Alex Goode of Maben pleaded guilty to letting another drive his car while intoxicated and paid 25 dollars. Police Judge G B McGraw also fined Goode ten dollars and costs for drunkenness at arrest Sunday. Tom Hall of South Mullens faced fines totaling 45 dollars and costs for driving while intoxicated and without a license. he was jailed in default of payment.
Jesse F. Shaffer of Circle Drive told police the license tag No. 127-601 was missing from his car. He parked the vehicle behind the local bus terminal at 11 a.m. yesterday and found the tag gone when he finished his duties at Consolidated Bus Lines.
Moran a 23 year old Mullens resident died when a panel truck left the road near Jesse on the Gleen Fork road at 6 15 pm. Lacy Acord injured and hospitalized. third occupant unidentified. Police blamed excessive speed on the curve and a 25 foot embankment plunge. Moran’s funeral home arrangements pending. Moran’s father en route from Roanoke. other family details noted.
Mrs Nannie Lewis 73 died Sunday at home of daughter Mrs Bessie Fultz in Rhodell after a brief illness. Funeral service 1 L a m Wednesday at Rhodell Methodist Church with Rev A F Eggleston officiating. Burial in Sunset Memorial Park Beukley. She is survived by her husband Shilby Lewis, three sons, five daughters, a brother and a sister.
Wayne Montgomery Allen of Pratt completes a bachelor of science at West Virginia Institute of Technology this week and receives a permanent Coast Guard ensign appointment. He will report in Baltimore on February 1. An honor student and Sigma Tau Alpha secretary, he was senior class president. Druggist John Angotti called to Shinnston by death of father Anthony Angotti. Moses and Miss Lucile Hudkins recover from illness in Fayetteville after several months.
An advertisement touts D. J. Garwood's Private Formula Tablets claimed to relieve stomach burning and aid intestinal tract comfort. It promises rapid relief, a protective coating, and alkalizing ingredients, with a 33 day trial and money-back guarantee at Cohen Drug Store in Beckley, West Virginia.
Mullens funeral services will be held for Polly Ann Lane 91 who died from burns at home on Barkers Ridge Mountain. The Rev Lee Clay will officiate at Mickory Ridge Cemetery on Micajah's Ridge with burial to follow. Lane survived by two sons Henry and Simeon a daughter Lucinda Shrewsbury two sisters and other relatives.
Wesler Mullens and Mrs Swoope of Highland Avenue take a mid western vacation. Miss Walladeaa Musser of Mullens Hill visits Jacksonvill e Fla as guest of her brother and in law. Sergeant and first Lindy Musser and Corporal R L Tabscott of Mullens State Police in Baltimore Md seek Hopkins hospital exam. Mrs Selig Markowitz travels to Huntington to join her children Sidney and Shirley Markowitz at Marshall College on winter break.
The West Indies cover roughly 92 000 square miles, an expanse reflecting the region’s diverse geography. This measurement notes the broad span of islands and mainland coasts that comprise the Caribbean’s political and natural landscape.
Funeral services for Watts Payne age 62 of Abraham Raleigh County will be held at 2 p m Wednesday at New Salem Church with burial in New Salem Cemetery. Payne a lifelong farmer born Meadow Creek was son of John Lee and Ruth Kincaid Payne and survived by wife Mabel daughters Ruth and Shirley and sister Mrs David Bragg of Abraham.
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