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Newspaper
Raleigh Register
Location
Beckley, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jul 02, 1936
Page
4
Pineville July 2 rain halted three forest fires in the region. The worst blaze, at Elkins Branch, was fought by a crew after being started by brush clearing for farming. Two Otsego fires, smaller but persistent, began near the railroad and land clearing. About 25 acres of timber land burned in total.
Herndon July 2 Roby Church 20 died yesterday of tuberculosis after a long illness He was a miner Survived by young widow Miss 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 pm in Bud cemetery with Rev Wylie Richardson officiating Robertson and Foglesong of Mullens in charge of arrangements
Mullens July 2 it was ascertained that practically all men laid off by the Covel mine closures have found work at Wyco Hot coal and Tams mines. A number of residents remain living in Covel.
Miss Arley Mae Woods, secretary to Rev. C. S. Donnelly, pastor of Oak Hill Baptist church, is introduced as a daughter of Cherokee and Shawnee ancestry. Her father, a halfbreed Cherokee born in Tennessee, worked for the Virginian railroad at Princeton, and her mother also carries Shawnee blood. Woods began working for the local pastor when her father moved to the city as a Virginian railroad employee.
Sound car drives up to Fayetteville courthouse square on hot days as Maurice Martin, long known as a mechanic, becomes concert-master after the Fayetteville Business Men's association names him chauffeur. He plays tunes like My Curly Headed Baby and The Maple of The Hill for county employees and loungers.
Kaymoor July 2 baby Anna Lee Taylor, newly adopted infant daughter of Mr and Mrs Taylor of Caperton, praised as the traveling baby. Adopted at Charleston last week, she has visited Gatewood Salem Toney Hollow along New River and arrived for a reception Tuesday night in Fayette County.
Two court trials from a Sunday fight in a Glenfork beer parlor ended with Joe Pizzino facing grand jury action for assaulting Arthur Brown. Brown was tried on moonshine possession drunkenness and disorderly conduct, acquitted on all but drunkenness, fined ten dollars plus costs totaling sixteen forty, and jailed for nonpayment. Magistrate A A Browning oversaw both hearings.
Oak Hill notes Mr and Mrs G W Gillespie will attend the state convention of West Virginia druggists in White Sulphur July 2.
Pineville residents and visitors fill the week with greetings and travels. Gladys Adams, formerly of Pineville, now Mrs. Hawks, visited Mose Adams in Wyoming while Dixie Beverly left for two weeks in Stone Kentucky. Virginia Walls of Beckley stayed with the Helmuths. L A Tynes of Guyan Dotte Valley Oil Co transacted business in town, and Earl McGraw and Mrs. McGraw visited for a time. Others accompanied Mildred Barrett to Madison, and a party from Herndon stayed with Bert Green in Welch. Lara McKinney from Basin visited the county superintendent’s office. Mrs. Wilbur Acklin and daughter Sally of Waynesburg joined Lon Shannon’s household for a visit, among other local social exchanges.
Kay Morgan and Misses Juanita and Pauline Brooks were seen shopping on Saturday in Welch.
Fayetteville July 2 Renovation of several negro elementary schools in the county is under way. Buildings at Greentown Hilltop and Glen Jean are receiving attention and both white and colored elementary schools at Prudence and Harvey have been repainted and renovated during the spring paint up drive by the New River company.
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