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Newspaper

Raleigh Register

Location

Beckley, West Virginia, United States of America

Date

Jul 21, 1959

Page

10

First Wyoming County 4-H Camp Brings 47 Youth Together

Forty seven 4-Hers formed two tribes as Wyoming County hosted its first 4-H Camp at Glen Rogers High School. Leaders James Allen Wilma Sue Cornell Margaret Hudson and William Nixon oversaw a week of outdoor living activities, flag ceremonies, tribal meetings, crafts, safety classes, cooked meals, vesper services and a Friday Visitors Night with awards.

Wyoming County Glen Rogers High School James Allen Potomac State College Keyser Wilma Sue Cornell Concord College Margaret Hudson Marshall College William Nixon State Extension Service Morgantown

Real Estate Tax Faces Scrutiny at West Virginia Hearing

At the third hearing of the State Tax Study Commission in Bluefield, concerns over real estate taxes and municipal street financing dominated discussion. About fifty southern county residents attended, with nine of fifteen commissioners present as voices from landlords and local officials pushed for reform and new funding methods.

Bluefield State West Virginia Commission

Pallbearers Named for T. White Funeral Services

Pallbearers for Tony Lee White 44 who died from injuries on a construction job May 9 in Pittsburgh will be his brothers in law Fred William Phillip David Bobby and Daniel Legg. Services at 2 p.m. Wednesday at Maplewood Methodist Church. Burial in White Cemetery Springdale. White formerly resided in Layland and was an operation engineer for Kerr Construction Springdale. Tyree Funeral Home Oak Hill arranged.

Oak Hill RNS Tony Lee White Pittsburgh Fred William Phillip David Bobby Danie Legg Maplewood Methodist Church White Cemetery Springdale White Layland Kerr Construction Tyree Funeral Home

Coal Mountain Man Treated After Fall Fracture

Brandon Hatfield of Coal Mountain received treatment at Grace Hospital Welch on Thursday for a fracture of the left forearm sustained in a fall.

Coal Mountain Rns Brandon Hatfield Coal Mountain Grace Hospital Welch

Funeral services for Dr. Hiram Farley in Logan

Funeral services were held in the First Baptist Church Logan at 2 p.m. for Dr. Hiram H Farley 80 who died Saturday night in the Nurses Home at Guyan Valley Hospital He was owner and president of Mercy Hospital until 1955 and trained as a physician at University of Louisville He leaves two children two sisters and a brother with several local civic memberships and his wife Myrtle who died in 1952.

Logan RNL Hiram H. Farley First Baptist Church John W. Hayward Forest Lawn Pecks Mill Farley Guyan Valley Hospital Birch Thomas B Nancy Pinson Farley Mercy Hospital Guyan Valley Inc Logan County Marshall College Huntington University of Nashville University of Louisville Lan Louisville Holden Logan Elks Club Masonic Lodge Order of Eastern Star Myrtle Betsy Russell A. H. Wilson First Christian Church Webb and Neal James Russell

Death by own action victim Hobart E Cook

Funeral services for Hobart E Cook 40 death by own action will be at 10:30 a.m. Wednesday at Valley Funeral Home Chapel Whitesville burial Athens Cemetery He was found dead from carbon monoxide fumes with an exhaust hose in the car He was a Baptist Church member and member of American Legion Post 75 of Whitesville He is survived by his mother Mrs Lillian Bowman Norfolk Virginia and a sister Mrs Jack Thornton Norfolk Virginia The body will remain at the funeral home.

Eunice RNS Hobart E. Cook Valley Funeral Home Whitesville Cook The Baptist Church and American Legion Post 75 Lillian Bowman Norfolk Jack Thornton Cox Cox Emma Ann Pemberton Caffee Crab Orchard Baptist Church Shirley Donnelly Blue Ridge Memorial Gardens Howard Manning John Mullaney Clyde Crawley Otho Lamb Cecil Bragg Mason Fink R. L. Godin Tom Snodgrass Orvil Daniels Charley Cassity Frank Adams Ernest Taylor Elmer Cole Frank Bonham Emmett Parker Daniel Berry Ross Daniel J. W. Whitlock H. F. Cooper Sam Amato Posey Rhodes Russell O’neal Ray Vance Morarity Morarity Rebecca Ann McAlpin Williams and Craven George Lawson Sophia Church of God W. J. Blair Sunset Memorial Park O'Dell Testment Elman Osborne James Ayers H. Daniels Lawrence Sturgill Paul Riddle Williams & Craven Funeral Home Wood Alderson Cameron Lilly Griffith Creek

Friendship Theme Grips Mount Hope Club Meeting

Mrs. Jennie Cope Carter led a July Past Matrons Club program at her home in Mount Hope. Readings from Leaves of Gold and essays on friendship sparked discussion. two new members joined, prizes awarded, and plans set for August 21 meeting with picnic or covered dish dinner.

Mount Hope Jennie Cope Carter Clyde Francis Lytle Carter Bernadine Barnum Ruth Clark Flora Twaddle Eva Cope Jane Reed Maude Marshall Lona Lindamood Helen Thrasher Helen Darnall Clark Twadle Darnall Cope Blanche Cook

Colcord Family Visits Highlight Dillon Kin

Coal River personals note Colcord residents hosting relatives from Ohio and Charleston. Harold Dillon and wife and their children Roger and Lou Etta visit parents Mr. and Mrs Carl Dillon. Lorene Dillon returns from hospital. Jean Raoulette Martin with grandparents host lawn party for friends Virginia Shawnee and Brenda Fraley. David Rodney Dillon visiting from Dayton for two weeks.

Colcord RNS Carl Dillon Harold Dillon Roger Dillon Lou Etta Dillon Pomeroy Ohio Lorene Dillon Charleston Memorial Hospital Jean Raoulette Martin Doug Hamilton Virginia Wright Shawnee Wright Brenda Fraley Robert P. Martin David Rodney Dillon Junior Dillon Dayton Luther Dillon

Birth Announcement for Christian Wallace

Mr and Mrs Chester Wallace welcome daughter Christian weighing seven pounds six ounces born Thursday morning at Welch Emergency Hospital.

Christian Rns Chester Wallace Welch Emergency Hospital

Funeral and public notices from Pineville and Beckley

Funeral and public notices list services and bids in Raleigh County West Virginia. Betty Stamper of Warwick, Virginia visits Pineville relatives. The Raleigh County Board of Education seeks sealed bids for oil dispensing equipment and storage tanks for gas, oil, and lubricants for 1959 60. Obituaries note Emma Ann Cox 73 of Pemberton. Rebecca Ann Moority McAlpin. John Andrew Hill of Alderson. Burial details and funeral arrangements included.

Partic Raleigh County Board of Education Board of Education Court House Beckley West Virginia Raleigh County

In loving memory of Airman Jimmy D Goodson

Memorial note honors Airman First Class Jimmy D Goodson killed in a July 21 1957 car accident near Easly South Carolina The message from parents Mr and Mrs Okey Good son brother and sisters and grandmother cherishes his memory forever with a loving verse

Jimmy D. Goodson Easly South Carolina Mrs. Okey Goodson

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