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Newspaper
Raleigh Register
Location
Beckley, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jan 31, 1955
Page
2
Mothers of the area and nation plan a 6:30 p.m. march to raise funds for polio prevention methods and treatment costs. Many towns will observe tonight as home owners are asked to light their porches to signal fund solicitors to stop.
Mullens area hospitals reported 40 admissions over the past week. The list includes numerous patients from Mullens Itmann Corinne Amigo and nearby towns such as Basin Welch Ravencliff Tralee Glen Rogers Stephenson Kopperston Oceana Stephenson Wyco and Allen Junction. Names include Edward Brown Clarice Church Bud Bessie Repass Latitia Lusk Lucille Stump and Ethel Hall among others.
Mullens Hill youth Tony Martin, one of four who entered Wyoming General Hospital over the weekend, suffered a possible brain concussion in a fall while skating on a Pineville High School sidewalk following the Pineville Mullens basketball game. Mae Smith of Alpeca had hip and leg injuries after a doorway fall. Sophia tot Mickey Udy treated for a forehead cut from a tumble from an automobile. Larry Henry of Mullens admitted for a bean removal from his ear.
A Sunday fire at the Lochgelly Coal tipple of the New River Co in Oak Hill caused minor damage. The blaze, confined to a coal crusher, started when grease was ignited by electrical wiring. Oak Hill Volunteer Fire Department extinguished it around 2 45 p m.
In Portsmouth a two year old, Michael Bauer, bit a dog's tail in a downtown store. In response the dog bit the child, who received treatment for a minor facial cut.
Fayetteville resident James M. Eubank grows tobacco from government distributed seed reportedly 80 years old. Germination took six weeks, longer than typical. He sells three to four hundred pounds annually at a Virginia market and notes the seed carried historic distribution instructions. Eubank plans to plant mustard seed from seed brought back from the Holy Land by Rev. Shirley Donnelly.
Pineville High School Minutemen Band is invited to perform at the Cherry Blossom Festival in Washington, D. C. Arrangements will be made at a 7:30 p.m. meeting at Pineville High School. The event is set for March 31. John Roper parade chairman and Congresswoman Elizabeth Kee extended the invitation.
After pneumonia attacks Mae Cook and her grandson Lloyd Hurley are improving at home. Rev. Charles Ross of the Oceana Presbyterian Church stayed with Dr. C. H. Patterson in Bluefield. He spoke to the Westminster Presbyterian Young Adults in Bluefield. Virginia Ann Tucker, a Marshall College student, is on mid year vacation with her parents in Oak Grove Addition.
Pineville residents share visits and news from Bailey Murphy Addition and Crowley Worrell Addition. Families host relatives from Mullens Mullens Beckley Williamson Jessup Georgia and Charleston while Pvt Darrell V McGraw Jr and Pvt Carl Ellison Jr depart for Germany after basic at Fort Knox and training at Fort McClellan Camp Kilmer. Local soldiers and their families are connected through weekend gatherings visits and travel.
Oak Hill Lions Club reviewed last year’s work led by president Clarence Bruffey. Two local students received college scholarships. Faith Pleasants, Collins High School 1953 graduate, received sponsorship at Concord College for her freshman year and now teaches emergency at Kingston Elementary, plans to resume college next fall. An award of 200 dollars went to Edward Dziedzic in Virginia Tech engineering program. The club funded glasses for 49 children and paid 250 dollars for eye operations. Other services included sending a boy to Boys State, sponsoring campers to Camp Horseshoe, co sponsoring a Collins High School athletic banquet and band banquet, supporting Crippled Children’s Hospital Marmet and Ground Observers Corp, and delivering Christmas baskets to needy families in Oak Hill.
Fayetteville High School appoints Jimmie Neil Queen Princeton as new band director replacing Alfonso Nicosia. Queen, a 1954 Concord College graduate, was active in Blue Key and Kappa Sigma, and sang in the choir. Nicosia leaves for Rock Hill High School in Rock Hill, South Carolina.
Fayetteville area deeds show many property transfers with prices ranging from $1 to $13,000. Transactions include Charles R. Ash to Ernest Lee and Madeline Batten for a Glen Jean lot, and Naomi and Charles Dickerson to Aurelia Dickerson for a Fayetteville District lot. Multiple parcels change hands among individuals and companies, with one lot in Glen Ferris transferring from Union Carbide and Carbon Corp. to Elizabeth Lancaster and others for no consideration.
Fayetteville launches a fourth to sixth grade basketball program culminating in a Lion-sponsored tournament. Haven Shuck chairs the planning committee with Ralph Fazio Douglas Eapperly Clifford Allen and Lee Lively assisting. Lions workers Loren Wiseman Eugene Houchins and Lee Lively aided on Saturday morning as about 35 boys enrolled.
A five member WVU student committee plans talks with Governor Marland Senate President Bean and House Speaker Flannery to push legislation legalizing a student fee for a new Mountainlair union building. Miss Katherine Moler of Mullens leads the group aided by 2,155 signers backing a code change to permit the $3 per semester levy approved in 1953.
A spaghetti dinner hosted by the Veterans of Foreign Wars Auxiliary in Oak Hill raised a net profit of 55 dollars for the Mothers March for Polio. Fifty five dollars was earned after serving 95 attendees, with volunteers crediting local merchants and helpers for equipment and support.
Dosha W. Perry 82 of Mount Hope died Sunday at her daughter's home after hip fracture. Funeral at Freewill Baptist Church Tuesday at 2:00 with Revs. Combs and Martin. Burial High Lawn Memorial Park Oak Hill. Survivors: four daughters Ruth Allen Mabel Abshire Nelson Davis Ernest Batten and five sons Ernest Ronald Roy Norvel and Ray. Body to be moved from Lindawood Funeral Home to Mrs Allen's home at 2:30 today.
The Oceana Baptist Missionary Society met with guest speaker Mrs. E. M. Curry of Pineville. Mrs. French Manning presided in Mrs. Hurley’s absence as routine reports and business were discussed. Fifteen members plan to attend the mid year associational meeting on February 8 at Toneda Baptist Church. The next meeting is set for February 10 at Mrs. Minnie Hankins’s home.
Covington, Kentucky Randy Hull 55 faced a breaking and entering with intent to steal charge. Emma Lou Ryan said Hull entered her home while she was out. Judge Joseph P Goodenough required proof of unlawful entry. Timmy Ryan, 4, testified I let him in I opened the door. The judge dismissed the charge.
Mrs. Letha J. Cook 71 of Rock Creek died at her brother Millard Bailey’s home after a long illness. She lived with her brother since her husband Clark Cook died 15 years ago and is survived by stepson Hubert Cook of Naoma. Funeral at 2 p.m. Tuesday at the Rock Creek residence. Rev. Virgil Cook officiating. Interment in the family cemetery at Rock Creek. Armstrong Funeral Home Whitesville in charge.
Fayetteville reporters note new petit jurors drawn for Fayette Circuit Court duty. The list includes Spearing, Fox, Morton, Toney, Adams and many others from Oak Hill, Lookout, Winona, Montgomery, Red Star, Kingston, Summerlee, Scarbro, and more. Ongoing docket features Hurt estate case, Rosa Tucker vs Moses Smith, Joe Diez vs Gordon Treadway, and multiple continuances, settlements, and transfers.
Mary Green daughter of Mr and Mrs Fred Green Baileysville was honored on her 14th birthday Wednesday evening Hostesses included Mrs Wirt Toler Mrs Cecil Henderson Mrs Arnold Green and Mrs Fred Green Guests included Bobby Cox Carol Cox Hubert Brunty Sue Trent Jackie Fines Sue Lusk Pat Williams J W Conley Tommy Cox Eddie Collins Dorothy Ferguson Ann Toler Jackie Green Betty Pratt Wayne Lilly Ronnie Wallace Alice West Dickie Berkhead Alma Fines Peggy Bailey Harold Cline Chub Burchett Glen Fitch Arnold Trent David Jackson David Morgan Bo Bo Conley Buddy Rose and Artemus Adkins
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