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Newspaper
Raleigh Register
Location
Beckley, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jul 02, 1936
Page
2
Game Warden Bradberry reports rainfall Tuesday afternoon halted three serious wildfires in Wyoming County. The Elkins Branch blaze, started by brush clearing, required crews to fight it alongside two Otsego fires alongside the railroad. Combined damage reached about 25 acres of timber land.
Herndon July 2 Roby Church 20 died yesterday of tuberculosis after a long illness. A miner he is survived by his young widow Pauline Hash, his parents Mr and Mrs S E Church, two brothers Boyd 14 and Silas 12, and a sister Glenna 8. Funeral services set for tomorrow at 2 p m at Bud cemetery with Rev Wylie Richardson officiating. Robertson and Foglesong of Mullens in charge of arrangements.
Mullens July 2 It was ascertained here that virtually all workers displaced by the Covel mine closures have been hired at Wyco Hot coal and Tams. A number of residents still live in Covel.
Oak Hill July 2 Miss Arley Mae Woods secretary to Rev C S Donnelly, pastor of Oak Hill Baptist Church, is a daughter of Cherokee and Shawnee ancestry. Her father, a halfbreed Cherokee, worked for the Virginian Railroad at Princeton near a Tennessee town. Her mother bore Shawnee blood. Miss Woods joined the local pastor’s staff when her father moved to the city as a Virginian railroader.
For years Maurice Martin worked as a mechanic until the Fayetteville Business Men's association chose him as their sound car chauffeur. On hot days he parks by the courthouse and entertains county employees and loungers with tunes like My Curly Headed Baby and The Maple on the Hill.
Kaymoor July 2 infant Anna Lee Taylor, adopted daughter of Mr and Mrs Gar Taylor of Caperton, described as the travelingest baby after adoption in Charleston last week. She has toured Gatewood Salem Toney Hollow along New River and arrives for a reception Tuesday night to meet Fayette county friends.
Two Glenfork court trials stem from a Sunday disturbance at a Pineville beer parlor and store. Joe Pizzino, son of the proprietor, was held for grand jury action on assault charges against Arthur Brown, who faced moonshine possession drunkenness and disorderly conduct counts and was fined for the drunkenness and jailed for inability to pay. Magistrate A A Browning presided. Brown claimed credit denial sparked the fight. Pizzino said Brown requested credit before the dispute.
Oak Hill report states Mr and Mrs G W Gillespie will attend the state convention of West Virginia druggists in White Sulphur on July 2.
Pineville and nearby towns list a flurry of visits and arrivals. Mr and Mrs C W Hawks of Mr Airy N C guest of Mose Adams of Wyoming. Miss Dixie Beverly left for Stone Ky for a two week vacation with sister Mrs Scott Preston. Virginia Walls of Beckley visited L Tynes of Guyan dotte Valley Oil in Taze well Va. Various locals, including Mildred Barrett’s trip to Madison with I B Brooks family, are noted among weekend guests and shopping trips in Welch and surrounding areas.
Fayetteville July 2 Renovation of several negro elementary schools in the county is under way, announced at the office of the board of education. Buildings at Greentown Hilltop and Glen Jean receive attention. both white and colored elementary schools at Prudence and Harvey have already been repainted and renovated with the New River Company spring paint up drive.
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