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Newspaper
Raleigh Register
Location
Beckley, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jul 23, 1957
Page
10
Madison officials plan postal delivery once residents install door slots and address street signs. Postmaster Asa Miller says delivery will begin after inspections confirm all houses have proper receptacles and qualifications met.
The Red Cross Bloodmobile will visit Madison on Wednesday from noon to 6 pm. The Madison Rebekahs sponsor the event as they complete a county wide blood drive. Boone County has had a poor response to past visits and could lose future visits if donations lag.
Whitesville report says fifty two people attended a Wiener Toast at White Oak Saturday night. The event was for Moose members and guests and marked the first outdoor outing of the summer planned by the Women of the Moose with the lodge.
Four prisoners escaped from the jail in Mercer County. John Joseph Catron, 21, Bluefield, was held at the Mercer County jail after threatening a family with a shotgun to force police arrival. Raymond Frank Roberts, 25, Matoaka, and Twomie Haskell Johnson, 18, Bluefield, were captured. Roberts received a 30 year sentence after an earlier 10 year armed robbery term. Earl Akers, 34, Ingle side, remained at large.
Three children were treated at Wyoming General Hospital on Saturday after injuries in unrelated accidents. Ruby Milam, 12, of Ravencliff, fell on a stick sustaining a left leg injury at Eccles. Sandra Kay Young, six, of Rhodell, swallowed a bobbie pin. Linda Davis, 6, of Pierpont, suffered a scalp wound from a piece of steel. Hospital records show 40 patients treated or observed for the week ending Saturday with daily admissions listed from Mullens, Rhodell, Matheny, Pineville, Welch, and surrounding areas.
Donnie Hamilton of St Petersburg joined his wife and daughter at her parents home in Colcord visiting relatives including Mr and Mrs Clarence Hamilton and Mr and Mrs Carl Hamilton over the weekend. Airman 1 C Charles King, nephew of Colcord’s Douglas Hamilton, arrived in Madrid for a three year duty after earlier postings in Germany and Oklahoma. Mrs Viola Shipp of Acme, a former local, fell and broke her right hip and is hospitalized in Charleston Memorial Hospital.
Ameagle brief notes Bonnie Kinder daughter of Jolley and Mrs Kinder Ameagle admitted to Beckley Memorial Hospital Sunday for appendicitis surgery planned Monday. Also announces birth of a daughter July 11 at Kanawha Valley Hospital to Linville Stover Ameagle and Poteet family visits from Columbus Ohio as guests of Mal Poteet and Sandy Soto parents.
Explorer Scout Ronald Smith of Mullens Post 121 receives the God and Country Award after church services. The Rev Paul Campbell presents beside a large Christ image, noting the achievements behind the emblem. Ronald’s father Phil Smith stands nearby, proud of his son’s Scouting success.
Joseph Sherman Walters aged 48 of Princeton was killed instantly at his workplace when caught between a high wall and a diesel shovel. He worked for Dipple and Dipple Coal Co. on Wind Gap Mountain near Montcalm and belonged to United Mine Workers Local 52 at Mayberry. He was born December 23, 1908 in Ingleside, son of Robert Moses Walters and the late Bella Belcher Walters. Survived by wife Mandy Elizabeth Saunders Walters two sons James of Bluefield Billy Eugene of Ingleside two daughters Martha Ella Stinson of Princeton and Mary Elizabeth at home.
Madison and Oak Hill report auditing of district officers' records by state tax department auditors. James Edward Boone’s funeral rites set for Thursday with burial at Glade Cemetery. OK visitors Samuel and family return home after two week stay in Leevale with relatives.
Fayetteville hears the first civil case of the July term in Fayette Circuit Court. Ray Yount of Mount Hope sues John Duran of Mount Hope for damages to his car after it collided with Duran s pony on Price Hill into Mount Hope on December 18. The defendant says no negligence and that the pony was on the highway due to someone opening a fenced area.
Funeral services for Elizabeth Jane Baxter 83 Whitesville will be held at 2 p.m. Wednesday at First Baptist Church Whitesville with burial in Miller Cemetery Rock Creek. She died Sunday after a long illness at her daughter’s home Myrtle Ellison. She was born December 2 1873 in Braxton County. She leaves son William E Mount Nebo stepchildren Felix Baxter Poe Bertha Workman Graydon sister Martha Mullens Tioga eight grandchildren and others. Body arrives from Armstrong Funeral Home Whitesville to the home of Mrs. Dilson Tuesday evening and to the church one hour before services.
Foy McKinley Meador 28 of Artie was found guilty of reckless driving and fined 100 dollars plus costs by Magistrate Omer Acord after an accident on July 11. Testing officers were Col H C Fulkner and Trooper Roberts of the Whitesville State Police detachment. A separate item notes the planning program committee for the August 18 Homecoming at the Home School meeting at 10 a.m. Wednesday.
Mr and Mrs Clyde Nelson of Blue Pennant announce the birth of a son on July 4 at Kanawha Valley Hospital.
A Coal River Mining Institute session is set for Friday at 7 30 p m in the Memorial Building at Madison Whitesville The Plastic Wire and Cable Co of Jewett City Conn will present the program on Plastic Trailing Cables
The Pythian Sisters Temple 132 opened with short form led by Mrs Bill Kincaid chief at Knights of Pythias Hall East Oak Hill. Devotional by Mrs Thelma Barlow Santa Monica Calif. Members present include Mrs Arnold Barton Juanita Lege W T Price E R Taempsop B C Strongs and Mrs Richard Frye. Ill list Mans S D Hair and Ada Blake.
A 54 year old Virginian Railway Shop employee A Payne is a patient at Wyoming General Hospital. He was hospitalized Monday after becoming ill Sunday night with a cerebral hemorrhage. His right side is paralyzed.
RNS report lists eight marriage license applications recorded with the Wyoming County Clerk. Applicants include Ira Green 44 and Opal Whitt Green 40 Mullens. Frank E Myers 21 and Sue Kidd 17 Covel. Lewis E Starkey 23 Big Bend and Shirley Blankenship 18 Fannin. Harold Cline Jr 18 and Betty Lou Burgess 16 Simon. Avery Houston Bunion 26 and Alice Faye Tilley 22 Mullens. Charles Thomas Clement 33 and Hazel Loraine Sizemore 29 Baileyville. Robert W Cragg 19 Baltimore and Georgena Blankenship 19 Mullens. Joe Billy Rogers Paynter 2 and Jeatelee Gale Osborn 19 Cyclone.
Miss Betty Emily Cook married Benjamin Lee Shumate in a Tuesday ceremony at Pearisburg Methodist Church Virginia. Rev M A Stevenson officiated at the 11 am service. The couple, bound for Myrtle Beach on a wedding trip, will study at West Virginia University with Shumate a senior and Cook a sophomore. He will work as a wailer aboard a freighter on Lake Michigan this summer.
Wayne Carlos Hatfield, son of Mr. and Mrs. Wayne Hatfield, was honored with a birthday party at home on Thursday. The event marked his sixth birthday with lawn games and a gathering of relatives and friends including Becky Cook Diane Cook Larry Harless Bernard Caldwell Billy Gene Harless Debby Cook Eugene Cook Dickie Cook Sandra Sands Kevin Roach Gregory Meeks Betty Jean Epperheart Edward Epperheart Linda Cook and Sandra Caldwell.
A school of instruction for Oak Hill Chapter 107 OES was held Friday with Mrs Dorothy Wells directing. Mrs Co W Wells gave a talk. Eighteen officers and four members attended. Visitors included Mr and Mrs C W Wells from Thur mond Chapter and Mrs Faun Broughman from Mount Hope Winola Chapter 59. Refreshments were served by Mrs John Scott.
The Wyoming County Board of Education approved salary hikes for teachers and support staff. Teacher raises range from 3 to 30 dollars monthly, with the top amount for those holding a master’s degree. Increases average about 15 dollars for janitors, maintenance workers, mechanics, bus drivers, and office staff, based on added property assessments recorded since January 1.
The Pineville Maternity Hospital reported nine births with details of names, weights, and parents. Notable births include Patricia Ann Jackson seven pounds seven ounces in Pineville and Jan Alicia McGraw nine pounds ten ounces in Pineville, among others from Fanrock Glen Fork Mullens and Rock View.
Deeds recorded by Wyoming County Clerk show transfers including Fred L. Huffman and Margaret Huffman to Mavin Neal and Mary Maeda Necessary for River Drive Addition Lots 1 2 3 and 4 Pineville C 8 and Lillian Smith to Pearl Hurst for Ritz Stab Fork District Lots 130 131 and 138 Leola M. and Archie Lusk to Morris and Vida Brooks at mouth of Clean Fork Stab Fork District Minter Spratte to Robert A. and Betty Day Lot 273 Bartley Balteysville District Pineville Pineville Land Co. to Clayton and Katherine Gunter Lots 14 15 16 and 17 Pineville Land Co. Addition Matheny Oceana District Millard Houck and Jeanette Houck to Geneva Taylor Lots 30 and 31 Pierpoint Slab Fork District Basil Lee Elliot and Latha Elliot to Virgil Alvah Cook land in Lot J Pineville Virgil Alvah Cook to Latha and Basil Lee Elliot land on Dicks Branch Center District Stanley F. Bailey to Darrel L. and Jean Hensely Lot 32 Lillyton Oceana District.
A 1957 Ford owned by Herbert Spencer of Seth was found wrecked near White Oak early Monday. State Police towed the car to Midway Chevrolet in Whitesville and allege ongoing investigation.
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