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Newspaper

Raleigh Register

Location

Beckley, West Virginia, United States of America

Date

Jul 20, 1959

Page

3

Pax Personal Visitors and Bets on Weekend Travel

Regional social notes list guests and visits across Ohio Kentucky California Missouri and beyond. Families including Weeks Humphrey Stover Guller Shumate and Kincaid hosted relatives and friends from Ironton Coal Grove Sacramento Winter Harbor and Willis Branch among others while several relatives traveled and stayed with relatives in Oak Hill Hospital and Dayton.

Pax RNS Etta Weeks Lucy Weeks Thelma Aubrey Weeks Aubrey Jr Ed Dean Kellysville Remus Wikes al Smithson San Francisco Calif Jean Hoover Kenneth Dayton Ohio Arnold Thompson Debra Lynn Winter Harbor Maine LeRoy Shumate John Thompson Willis Branch Ernest Billups W. B. Robertson Philip Robertson Beth Kenny Robertson Athens Earl Humphrey Charles McGraw Nancy Fairdale Ed Machie Bradley Claude Humphrey Kenny Weirwood Bill Tyree Mark J. E. Guller Long Branch John Holt Pearisburg Walter Getmer Welch Ray Leech Sue Peggy Mangahela Ralph Vass Donna Blair Superior Bob Bowyers Willis Brand Oak Hill Hospital Ray Humphrey Carl Bowyer Steve Stormy Humphrey Gloria Like Danny Godbey Ethel Shumate Youngstown David Humphrey Norfolk Beecher Deeney Lonnie Kincaid Packs Branch A. M. Waybdright Rocky Fort Colo Elia Humphrey

Hopperston Personal News Recap of Family Travels

Mr and Mrs Virgil Burkett return from visits to Cleveland Ohio Waverly and Hillsboro Ohio and Louisa with son Denny joining from Cleveland. Clyde Baldwin relatives in Marion Chilhowie while Bill Frye and Harold White hosted Charleston Princeton visits. Rankin family vacationed in Fayetteville Bethpage and Huntsville visiting William Patterson area. General Gillenwater hosted Ella Gillenwater’s guests. funeral of Gladys Cole and her children attended after Winchester auto crash. Smokey Johnson returns from Beards Fork. Numerous relatives vacation at Norris Lake and Ocean View with wedding guest Betty Jack Sawyers and flower girl Jennifer.

Marion Chilhowie Bill Frye Charleston Harold White Princeton C. R. Rankin Marcia Jimmy Fayetteville Bethpage James Zitzman Fowlers Paul Saunders Meta J. H. Earles Bluefield John Pike Bluefield Sanitarium Smokey Nagsse N. C Washington, Do Buford Blankenship Jennifer Sonja Norris Lake Tenn Lanny Crouch Lilly Haven Betty Jack Sawyers Lloyd Cook Jeanette Conneautville Jack Lambert Waverly Ohio John, Pomerov

Admitted To Mullens Hospital Week List

56 patients admitted to Wyoming General Hospital for the week ending Saturday. Names listed by day include Ronald Hurley Glen Fork Earl Hicks Hatcher Tom Trestnik Glen Rogers Ollie Martin Allen Junction Robert Blankenship Mullens Friday Cecil Wade Weaver Mullens Mrs Bernice Hamlett Rhodell Jerry Hoge Mullens Rebecca Kade Mullens Mrs Helen Richmond Besco James Paul Wellman Jesse Mrs Mildred Blankenship Pineville Mrs Nancy Johnson Mullens Mrs Goldie Tilley Sabine Mrs Freida Blankenship Sabine Charlotte Neely Mullens Peggy Milam Matheny Mrs Ocie Belcher Rockview Jo Ellen Adams Alpoca Thursday Mrs Lorene Campbell Stephenson Mrs Georgia Gallimore Helen Mrs Clara Pack Pineville Mrs Nancy Byrd Bud Wednesday Mrs Lilly Saunders Stephenson Mrs Pauline Phillips Soulsville Mrs Viola Browning Maben Mrs Virginia Mercer Maben Mrs Charlotte Halcomb Pineville Mrs Barbara Anderson Mullens Monday Thomas Sizemore Corinne Mrs Vida Brooks Glen Fork Rodney Brooks Itmann Mrs Grace Harper Hatcher Rose Lee Parris Amigo James Frank Gilbert Alpeca Mrs Lois McGraw McGraws Mrs Bernice Crowder Wyco Mrs Mary Lester Helen Sunday Mrs Pearl Ward Pineville John Wise Alpoca William Pauley Mullens Mrs Ruth Morgan Maben Mrs Nannie Ball New Richmond Mrs Alice Thompson Besoco Mrs Sadie Bishop Bud Mrs Pearl Wiles Bud Mrs Mary Ellen Estes Bud Clark Fultz to attend summer classes at Kansas City Central Technical Institute.

Mullens ANS Wyoming General Hospital Ronald Hurley Glen Frk Earl Hicks Hatcher Tom Trestnik Glen Rogers Ollie Martin Allen Junction Robert Blankenship Cecil Wade Weaver Bernice Hamlet Rhodell Jerry Hoge Rebecca Kade Helen Richmond Bes»co Helen Clara Pack Pineville Nancy Byrd Bud Lilly Saunders Stephenson Pauline Phillips Soulsville Viola Browning Maben Virginia Mercer Charlotte Halcomb Barbara Anderson Mattie Graham Besaca Bessie Jrey Covel Debra Stafford McGraws Bernice Crowder Wyco Mary Lester

Miss Marilyn O'Dell Weds Pfc Robert Shipman in Germany

Miss Marilyn O'Dell daughter of Mr and Mrs Wendell H O'Dell of Charleston became Mrs Robert J Shipman Thursday at 430 pm in the U S Army Chapel Wildflecken Germany The couple graduates of West Virginia University Morgantown Shipman is son of Mr and Mrs Jack Shipman of Pineville The bride flew from Idlewild New York July 7 arriving in Frankfurt July 8 They honeymooned at Garmisch in the Bavarian Alps and will reside in Wildflecken where the groom is assigned to the 3rd Army Field Battalion 50th Infantry

Marilyn O'Dell Wendell H. O’dell Grant St Charleston Robert J. Shipman U. S. Army Wildfleckin Germany West Virginia University Morgantown Shipman Jack Shipman Pineville Idlewild New York Frankfurt Mrs Shipman Garmish Hitler Alps 3Rd Army 50Th Infantry

Logan Man seriously injured in Mullens lawn party fall

Logan County man Ray Taliaferro, 41, an Island Creek Coal Company engineer, suffered a depressed skull fracture and scalp laceration when he fell on a concrete porch during a backyard cookout at Mullens Hill hosted by Mayor and Mrs. Woodrow W. Cook. He was treated at Wyoming General Hospital and Charleston Hospital, where doctors operated to repair the skull. He was admitted at 8:10 p.m. Saturday and was reported sitting up and talking hours after surgery.

Mullens RNS Woodrow W. Cook Mullens Hill Logan County Ray Taliaferro Island Creek Coal Company Holden Wyoming General Hospital Mario Cardenas Cooks Charleston Taliaferro Cook

Lutherans Worldwide Reach 71 Million Members

The Lutheran World Federation reports global Lutherans total 71,135,068, about one third of all Protestants, up from 70,753,389 a year earlier, with Geneva cited as the source of the figure.

Geneva Lutheran World Federation

Winolia Chapter OBS Installs New Officers

Winolia Chapter No. 59, Order of Eastern Star, installed Tuesday at the Masonic Temple with Mrs. Mary Stevenson becoming worthy matron and R. E Core as worthy patron. Also installed were officers including Mrs. Vivian Brooks associate matron and Robert Williams associate patron, with a reception attended by family and members from Belle and Prince. Violins and vocal numbers highlighted the ceremony.

Mount Hope RNS Masonic Temple Winolia Chapter No Order of Eastern Star Mary Stevenson R. E Core Vivian Brooks Robert Williams Stevenson Nannie Gardner Bradley Harriett Coleman Elsie Dorado Margaret McClung Selma Tolli Maybelle Weaver Flora Twaddle Marshal Eva Cope Chapman Bernadine Barnum Fannie Richeson Ruth Clark Sentinel Jesus Virginia Dell Burke Bell Nancy B. Martin Salina Malden Garnet Burke Dorothy M Moore Mary E. Hummell Winona Belle Blanche G. Cooke Mary Buckley Mary Vallina Anna J. Cope Luther A Lewallen Daniel ‘‘Dee Judith Stevenson D. B. Stevenson Prince Charlie B. Gardner

Circles State Tuesday Meet Circles State Tuesday Meet

Circles One meets at 1 30 p m in Mulllns Hill at Mrs C E Lewis 501 McGraw St Circle Two meets at the church Circle Three hosts Mrs Harry McNutt on Fairview Avenue Circle Four hosts Mrs Normar Williams on Fairview Avenue Circle Five gathers at the Highland Avenue manse Circle Six hosts Mrs Alton Caldwell on Church Street Circle members plan Tuesday sessions at specified locations and times.

Mullens RNS Presbyterian Women of the Church C. E. Lewis McGraw St Mullens Hill Harry McNutt Fairview Avenue Normar Williams Highland Avenue Alton Caldwell Church Street

English Teacher Hired At Tech

Montgomery WV Institute of Technology announces Easton Stuhr as the new English instructor starting September. Stuhr brings 12 years of college teaching from Morehead State College and previously taught at Evansville College Yangton College Missouri Valley College and Lindsey Wilson Junior College. He holds a BS from Johns Hopkins University and an MA from Northwestern. He replaces Elizabeth Wiley who resigned to pursue graduate work at Pittsburgh.

Montgomery West Virginia Institute of Technology F. E. Thornton Easton Stuhr Morehead State College of Kentucky New Tech Johns Heomkins University Northwestern University Morehead Evansville College Yangton College Missouri Valley College Lindsey Wilson Junior College Stuhr Elizabeth Wiley Tech University of Pittsburgh

Batist Youth Party Held At Kessler Home

A Batist Youth Fellowship lawn party was hosted Tuesday at the home of Mr and Mrs Lee Kessler. Joyce Levy presided over devotionals with Gracie Metheney leading games. Attendees included Betty Kessler Linda Kessler Marlene Wood Mary Lou Grimmett D D Mann Burl Haga Richard Price Gene Brown Kenneth Ewing Lee Kesler Jr Butch McClung Mr and Mrs Sam Ellison Johnny Randy Kesler Velma Kesler Iva Rule.

HICO RNS Lee Kessler Batist Sunday Road Baptist Church Joyce Levy Gracie Metheney Betty Kessler Linda Kessler Marlene Wood Mary Lou Grimmett D. D Mann Bur! Haga Richard Price Gene Brown Kenneth Ewing Lee Kesler Butch McClung Sam Ellison Johnny Randy Kesler Velma Kesler Iva Rule

Mrs. M. McClain Rites Tuesday

Funeral services for Mrs Min ta Minerva McClain 75 will be at Nickell Funeral Home Chapel at 2 p m Tuesday with Rev Eddie Powers officiating Burial will be Wallace Cemetery Clintonville She died Sunday after a long illness She was a Cass Methodist Church member and attended East Rainelle Baptist Church for 33 years She was born Irvona Pa June 26 1884 wife of Thomas S McClain Surviving are a brother a dozen relatives including five sons and four daughters and 14 grandchildren and one great grandchild

East Rainelle RNS Minta Minerva McClain Nickell Funeral Home Eddie Powers Wallace Cemetery Clintonville McClain Cass Methodist Church Irvona Thomas S. McClain J. S. McArdle George of Saeger Edith Dean Niagara Falls N. Y Alex Foster Whittier Calif Belle Weese Elkins Kenton Thompson Scarbro D. D. Wilson Sioux City R. L. Wilbur Lincoln Neb William L. Jones Greensboro N. C Shelton William J. T Philadelphia Bland and Lloyd Navy

Fayette County Land Transfers Recorded by County Clerk

Fayetteville reports 38 property transfers filed in the Fayette County Clerk's office. Listings include buyers and sellers such as Arnold M. Vickers to Tabit, Ralph E. Coberly to Donachy, and Lewis Moore to Cannaday, with prices ranging from about $400 to $18,500 for parcels on Oak Hill, Charlton Heights, Armstrong Creek, and Harlem Heights, plus grave lot transfers at High Lawn Memorial Park and Huse Memorial Park.

Fayetteville RNL Fayette County Arnold M. Vickers William Robert Tabit Smithers Creek James Mary Alice Maner W. G Mary H. Fitzgerald Charlton Heights Ralph E Alice M. Coberly John S Shirley Donachy Oak Hil Marvin T Madge Dorothy Kandel Kenneth and Judson Martin Montgomery Thomas E Maggie Drennen Clyde Garnet May Kimberly Coalfield Land and Building I Co Earl and Elsie Mullins Oak Hill Russell Sullivan Page William and Lenora Taylor Kincaid Robert Mabel Murdock Lewis Lucy Moore Posey L Lula Cannaday Harvey Robert Warren Terry Vawter Pax Aubrey Q Jessie Maye Halstead Joe Phyllis Fox Savilla Mortgage Co Thomas and Hill Inc Boomer High Lawn Memorial Park Norman Foster Samuel Harvey Bragg Creata L. Sifers Steve Stosen Huse Memorial Park Barbara Brown Shelton Kenneth McClung John Muncy

Montgomery Club Sets Street Carnival Plans

At a Montgomery Woman's Club junior department meeting, plans for a Saturday street carnival were laid out with Mrs. James McArdle as carnival chairperson. Committees were named and will meet later to complete plans. A November bazaar at the club house is tentatively planned. A $25 donation was given to the Pony League to support travel to Virginia. Members present included Mrs. Ray Rapo and others.

Montgomery RNS Montgomery Woman's Club James McArdle Pony League Virginia Ray Rapo Elmer Collett Vivian Mintress Reno Dalporto Amerigo Baker Joseph White Lee Vaught Louise Hundley Louis Maiuri Charles Rapo William White James Scarbro John R. Ware Kenneth Chaeffins Robert Ferrell Patsy Peters

Blankenships Return From Visit In Madison

Mr and Mrs E A Blankenship of East Pineville returned Wednesday from a short visit with her brother in law and sister Mr and Mrs A A Easter at Madison.

Pineville Rns E. A. Blankenship East Pineville A. A. Easter Madison

Also Mentioned on This Page

Pax Personals Hopperston Mullens Hospital Pearl Ward John Wise Alpoca William Pauley Ruth Morgan Nannie Ball New Richmond Alice Thompson Besoco Sadie Bishop Pearl Wiles Clark Fultz Kansas City, Mo Central Technical Institute Logan Helen Shuffelbarger World Lutheranism Winolia Chapter OBS Mrs. M. McClain Fayetteville Federal Savings and Loan Association West Virginia Federal Home Loan Bank System Amoco Amoco-Gas Amoco Gas American Oil Company
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