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Raleigh Register

Location

Beckley, West Virginia, United States of America

Date

Jul 23, 1958

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Whitesville to Host Legion Baseball Meet

Whitesville American Legion Post No. 73 announced it will sponsor the Southern District American Legion Baseball Tournament July 31 to Aug 2 at the rebuilt Whitesville recreation field. Area 5 6 7 8 winners will compete. Huntington and Mullens Welch advancing in their areas. All games daytime only due to no lights. Whitesville defend state champions hosting first district event in the area.

Whtesville RNL Whitesville American Legion Post No. 73 Whitesville American Legion Whitesville Recreation Field Huntington Mullens-Welch Parkersburg Altough James Peneious Clear Fork Marsh Fork Sherman Paul Delatramon J Maynard Daniels

Hope CWF Holds Mount Hope Church Meeting

The Christian Woman's Fellowship at Mount Hope Christian Church held a Monday evening meeting led by president Mrs. H. C Brown. Devo tions by Mrs. Robert Andrews featured scripture and theme interpretation. Plans announced include a rummage sale in August and an ice cream supper set for Saturday in the Fellowship Hall with a planning committee and appointed chairs.

MT Hope Christian Woman’ Fellowship Mount Hope Christian Church H. C Brown Fred Harless Robert Andrews D. B. Hartsaw Fellowship Hall R. L Beverly Page Humphrey Maude Roby Bertha Trent Marvin Beverly H. C. Brown Morton Givens Group Two Earl Lawson

Oceana Church Group Honors Rebecca Cook

The Oceana Methodist WSCS selects Rebecca Cook two year old daughter of Mr. and Mrs Earl Cook as honorary member through a district donation. The event notes district gift support, a World Federation program, and plans for a horse show concession stand on Aug. 16 in Oceana along with new group加入s and youth work leadership.

Oceana RNS Womn Society of Christian Service Oceania Methodist Church Rebecca Cook Earl Cook Real Society L. B. Lyns Madison Beckley Wscsit Rebecca Vida Chambers Oceana Wscs Ruth Atwell World Federation of Methodist Women Sylvia Bostic E. G. Shannon Rotary Nimah Shannon Pearl Wright Maxine Barret B. L. Morgan Phylis Cozort Ninnah Shannon Eva Cook Jerm Shannon Ora Meadows

Moose Lodge backs West Virginia baseball tourney Whitesville

The Moose Lodge of Whitesville pledges support for the Southern District Baseball Tournament of West Virginia in Whitesville from July 31 to August 2. About 60 players and officials will be welcomed with a teen dance in the ballroom July 31, 8 to 1, with an orchestra and donated soft drinks. The Women of the Moose will chaperone and the American Legion post will run the serving. Ralph Hattie named tournament director to arrange social activities between games.

Whitesville RNS Moose Lodge American Legion Post West Virginia Moose Chapter Ralph Hattie

Alpoca Burglar Loses His Nerve At Store Break In

Alpoca ANL burglar smashed a front door to enter the Slab Fork Coal Co store but fled without taking merchandise. Store manager Burbridge Adams said nothing appeared missing besides possible groceries and a small cash drawer change. The intruder exited through a side door as miners passed nearby.

Alpoca ANL Slab Fork Coal Co Burbridge Adams Adams

Probation Given in Grand Larceny Case at Fayette Circuit Court

Earl DeQuaise of Oak Hill pleaded guilty to grand larceny and was placed on two years probation by Judge Charles L. Garvin Jr. DeQuaise requested probation in the April term and reported Monday for the decision. Toney Adkins, also of Oak Hill and indicted with DeQuaste, saw his probation decision continued to a later date.

Fayetteville Rns Earl DeQuaise Oak Hill Charles L. Garvin Jr Fayette Circuit Toney Adkins DeQuaste

Luther W. West Rites Thursday

Funeral services for Luther W. West 77 of Jumping Branch are set for 2 p m Thursday at Stenity Baptist Church. West died Tuesday at Hintoh Hospital. Survivors include Georgia West wife four daughters two sons a brother and many grandchildren and great grandchildren. The body will lie in state at Ronald Meadows Funeral Parlors in Hinton until committal at the family cemetery.

Jumping Branch Stenity Baptist Church Luther W. West Hintoh Hospital Oliver Tedder Roy Willie Wills Dewey Wilson Vest Jack Martha Vest Hinton Georgia West W. H. Bowling Lucille Cole Nimitz Rhea Bennett Shady Spring Bertha McKinney Ghent Cody Maxwellton Moody Arthur Mabscott

Meadows Rites Set At Kincaid

Funeral services for Paul Clayton Meadows 35 of Ingram Branch are set for 2 p.m. Thursday at Kincaid Church of God with Rev. Walter Chandler and Rev. Lilliag Childers officiating. Burial follows at High Lawn Memorial Park. Meadows died Monday at Oak Hill Hospital after a lengthy illness. The body lies at Tyree Funeral Home in Oak Hill and will be taken to the church one hour before services. Members of the William W. Page Lodge will be pallbearers and conduct graveside rites.

Oak Hill RNS Paul Clayton Meadows Ingram Branch Kincaid Church of God Walter Chandler Lilliag Childers High Lawn Memorial Park Meadows Oak Hill Hospital Tyree Funeral Home William W. Page Lodge

Johnsie Duty Engaged To Wed Samuel Hager

Oceana announces the engagement of Johnsie Hope Duty to Samuel Edward Hager. Plans for a formal wedding at Oceana Methodist Church on August 10 with Rev. Alfie Clendenin officiating. Duty is a 195? Oceana High School graduate active in music and clubs. Hager is a 1957 OHS graduate serving in the Army at Fort Lee Virginia.

Oceana RNS Johnsie Hope Duty Samuel Edward Hager Hayes Duty Hager Edwin Hager Kopperston Oceana Methodist Church Alfie Clendenin Beesley Miss Daly Oceana High School Beckley College OHS Miss Duty Future Teachers of America Future Business Leaders of America Tribal Council Music Appreciation Club Photography Club Office Force Oceana Metho

Oceana Rebekahs and IOOF Install Officers in Joint Ceremony

The Oceana Rebekahs No. 61 and Dan Gunnoe Lodge No. 129 held a joint installation Saturday night with Mrs. Imogene Shumate and W. E. Covey as installing officers. About 100 attended as new officers were sworn in, including Ruth Conley and O. B. Henderson. Guests came from several lodges, and W. T. Sheppard spoke of the Gunnoe honor and Pilgrimage of Youth reports. Dinner followed, with many out of town attendees and a piano solo by Mrs. Betty Harvey.

Oceana RNS Dan Gunnoe Lodge Independent Order of Odd Fellows Imogene Shumate Beckley W. E. Covey Fairdale Oceana Rebekahs No. 61 Ruth Conley Noble Grand Eneel Dean Aimer McClellan Nell Hendricks Inside Guardian Jane King Outside Guardian Marie Moore Ruth Cook Lala Cook Virginia Justice Wanda Gray Gerard Mary Bowden Dan Gunnoe Lodge No O. B. Henderson S. A. McClellan A. M. Hendricks Virgil Browning Thomas D. Canterbury Ocel Bowden Harley Pack Okey Cook E. G. Cook John Blankenship Wiles Brooks Lennie Toler Co. A. Daney Vice Grand Sid Dalton Paul Saunders Oley Clay Vice Grand Betty Harvey Ceremocutes R. C. Henderson Earl D. Humphrey Trap Hill Lodge James FE. Smith Kyle Davis Greater Beckley Arthur Porter Russell Pegram Frank Bower Sophia Lodge Lon Stewart Ed McMillion Ward Stewart H. E. McGraw Dinnie Laffert Roy Lafferty Pinegrove Lodge Mary Smith Ora Pierce Bertha Taylor Pansy Williams Johnsie Wheeler Mae Brammer Silver Star Georgia Richard Chessie Henderson Chessie McGraw Loudema Covey Deboran Lodge Glen Daniel Dorthe Potram Blanche Turner Elizabeth Herford Ada Johnson Golden Gate Ravencliff W. T. Sheppard

Grocer Slams Home Drinks Tax On Children

Willard Scurlock of Beckley West Virginia rails against a home drinks tax forcing him to charge kids extra pennies. He appeals to repeal the tax and invites readers to write to the Virginia Grocery Trade Taxpayers Association in Huntington to join the effort.

Willard Scurlock King Sweet Beckley W. Va Virginia Grocery Trade Taxpayers Association P.O. Box Huntington

Scarbro Garden Club to Picnic at W. J. Spradlin Home

Scarbro Garden Club plans a picnic at the home of Mrs. W. J. Spradlin for its next meeting. Members created arrangements for the program Beautiful Arrangement and distributed new year books.

Oak Hill BNS Scarbro Garden Club W. J. Spradlin J. R. Price E. Henderson Charles Smith Alexander Doris Gordon Hendrickson C. L. Garvin W. B. Errington W. P. Hodges W.C. Bishop Ben Gooch Emma Hepler Kenton Thompson Mike Vargo Jr W.T. Craft J. L. Pettit

Johnson Gets Verdict In Fayette Court Suit

A Fayette County Circuit Court jury awarded possession of equipment to A A Johnson of Minden against Lillian Skaggs in the Ton Hat Billiard Hall case in Fayetteville. The report also notes a separate damage suit involving Marie Mills and C C Pennington stemming from an April 1957 automobile accident near Beckley in Crab Orchard.

Fayetteville Johnson Minden Montgomery Fayette County Jonnsak Lillian Skaggs C. C. Pennington Oak HM Marie Mills Crab Orchard Beckley

Auto Collision Reported in East Pineville

Wyoming County Sheriff Bert Short and deputies investigated a Monday night auto collision in East Pineville. A 1937 model owned by C. P. Kelly Maltens and a station wagon owned by O. C. Casteel were involved. Casteel’s vehicle was shoved into his yard as he backed from his driveway. Damages were not learned.

Pineville ANS Wyoming Bert Short East Pineville C. P. Kelly Maltens O. C. Casteel Casteel

Whitesville Fire Department Receives New Whistle

The Whitesville Fire Department has received a donated large whistle from the Chesapeake and Ohio Railway Company. It is being considered for installation in the west end of Whitesville while the current unit remains atop the Valley Funeral Home in the east end. Fire Chief C. E. Stump Jr announced the donation and location search.

Whitesville RNS Whitesvilel Fire Department Vailey Whites Iwille C. E. Stump Chesapeake and Ohio Railway Company Buntee

Minden Woman Charged In Stabbing Of Husband

Mrs. Lainie Mae Walker 42 of Minden waived to the September grand jury after arraignment on a charge of stabbing her husband Clarence Walker at his home at 10 p.m. Tuesday. He was taken to Oak Hill Hospital with a serious chest wound. Deputy sheriffs Crouch and O Boyle arrested her. she posted a $1,000 bond.

Fayetteville Lainie Mae Walker Minden Virgil Lyons Clarence Walker Oak Hill

Railway Employe Dies Of Attack In Mullens

John F. Roland a 54 year old Virginian and railway employe died at about 6 13 pm Tuesday at his Virginia Street home after suffering an apparent heart attack while mowing the lawn He had returned home from work as a truck radar operator and had eaten dinner Roland born in Danville Va had served with the railroad for 34 years his duties once included call boy laborer His wife Ruth a former principal of Conley Elementary School Mullens is at his side and arrangements with Robertson and Foglescuc Funeral Home are incomplete

Mullens RNS John FE Roland Virginian Railway Virginia Street Ruth Princeton Danville Rowland

Rainelle Trooper Talks To Meadow Bridge Kiwanis

Cpl S E Trivett of the West Virginia State Police spoke on Safe Driving at a Meadow Bridge Kiwanis Club meeting in the school dining room. Guests included Trooper Burke Cassell and Meadow Bridge constable Jerry Goheen with Beckley Kiwanis visitors Jerome Van Meter Harry Sessions and Roy Lucas.

Meadow Bridge RNS S. E. Trivett State Police Department of Rainelle Kiwanis Club Ralph Malcom Meadow Bridge Methodist Church Trivett Erma Patterson Myrtle McClanahan Burke Cassell Jerry Goheen Phill Daniels Jr Jerome van Meter Harry Sessions Roy Lucas Beckley Kiwanis Club

Pax Personal Notices From Pax to Hampton Roads Area

Mr and Mrs David Humphrey and children Stevie and Barbara Elizabeth return to Norfolk after visiting Mrs Barbara Canterbury and Mr and Mrs Ray Humphrey. Frank Tyree and Elaine visit Larry Tyree in Huntington. Miss Dorothy Aliff and Mrs Nell Humphrey visit Pax relatives with Jackie Aliff. Jim Hunter returns from Zanesville Ohio after visiting son Dan Hunter. E C Smith and Ison Dickie of Chicago visit family in Pax en route to Charleston then Illinois. Mrs Newsome accompanies her son and daughter in law to Charleston where she visits until Thursday.

Pax David Humphrey Stevie Barbara Elizabeth Norfolk Barbara Canterbury Ray Humphrey Frank Tyree Elaine Larry Tyree Huntington Tams Dorothy Aliff E. C. Smith Ison Dickie Chicago Ill Margaret Newsome Herman Davis Charleston C. E. Ashley Illinois Austin Hudson Widen

Two Greene Daughters Wed in Separate Ceremonies

In Pineville a family announces two daughters marriages. Joyce Marie Greene wed Maurice Winston Balderson on July 12 at First Baptist Church in Washington D C. Patsy Ann Greene married Bill Leroy Thorse on July 16 at Pineville Presbyterian Church, officiated by Rev Norman K Morgan.

Pineville RNS Virgil Greene Joyce Marie Greene Maurice Winston Balderson First Baptist Church Washington, D. C Pineville Presbyterian Church Patsy Ann Bill Leroy ‘Thorse Quinwood Norman Ik. Morgan

Reunion to be held for McClanahan and Goddard families

The Goddant home in Backus will host the McClanahan and Goddard reunion on Sunday starting at 10 a.m. Speakers will discuss family history and activities include singing. Attendees are invited to bring a basket lunch and enjoy the day.

Backus RNS Hove L. E. Goddant McClanahan and Goddard

Slashing Victim Lodged In Jail In Oak Hill

Kathry n Moore of Beckley, 47, was jailed in Raleigh County on charges of carrying a pistol and intoxication after being treated at Oak Hill Hospital for slash wounds. She was moved to protect from her attacker Ruby Ronce, who faces felonious assault charges.

Oak Hill RNS Kathryn Moore Beckley Raleigh County Fayette County Moore I. B. Janney Bill Murdock Sheriff’s Office

Women's Club Tours Gardens in Pineville Event

The Rock Castle Garden Club of Pineville toured Okey McCourt Bailey Murph addition gardens and viewed the McCourt lawn area. Officers led the meeting at First Methodist Church Fellowship Hall with hostesses Mrs Opie Casteel and Mrs Tony Cline. An August all day workshop by Mrs John Earnest of Welter was announced for the public, with a 50 cent admission and guests to bring their own containers and flowers.

Pineville RNS Okey McCourt Bailey-Murphy Rock Castle Garden Club Fellowship Hall First Methodist Church Opie Casteel Tony Cline Claude A. Pancake James Dow Cook John Earnest Weler

Deeds Recorded in Wyoming County Transfers Total Nine

Nine property deeds were recorded in Wyoming County Clerk's office. Emanuel Catros transfers to Sophia Bouzas Lot 2 3 in Lester addition to Oveana. W M Ritter Lumber Co transfers to Albert L Maynard and Jerline Maynard Lot 32 Coal Mountain Subdivision No 1 for about 2000 dollars. Eastern Gas and Fuel Co to Kelly Development Co includes multiple lots in Kopperston. Trustees transfer near Pineville for about 1517 dollars. Several transfers involve the Rutherford and Huff Creek districts with sums around 300 to 500 dollars.

Pineville RNS Wyoming County Emanuel Catros Sophia Bouzas Lester Oveana W. M. Ritter Lumber Company Albert L. Maynard Jerline Maynard Coal Mountain Subdivision Eastern Gas and Fuel Company Kelly Development Company Kopperston Robert Bailey C. S. Worrell W. M. Ritterbuster Co Hilda M. Brooks William T. Brooks Kathleen Conley Dallas Conley Frank F. Davis Roxie Davis Rutherford Addition Helie Morgan Buna Morgan Kennis and Gertrude Cline Huff Creek Edith Cline Russell B. Cline Woodrow Cline Minnie Cline Loney Violet Trent Boyer Trent Bowie and Zola Church Laurel Fork Clear ‘Fork E. H. Kerns Galena Kerns J W. A. Davis Maxine Davis Raymond Gilmore Violet Marie Gilmore Minerva Webb McGraw City

Birth announced for Barbara Gale Cook in Pineville

Mr and Mrs Billie Joe Cook of Pineville announce the birth of a daughter Barbara Gale born at 1 30 p m weighing six pounds six ounces The mother is the former Elizabeth Walker of Oceana

Pineville BNS Billie Joe Cook Barbara Gale Cook Elizabeth Walker Oceana

Tech Announces Five Benedum Scholarships

Five freshmen Benedum scholarships awarded by the college scholarship committee at Tech. Recipients: Franklin W. Cumbow Hill Top Mount Hope High. Linda K. Malcomb Cowen Cowen High. Janice Sue Parker Clendenin Clendenin High. Ann Keo Pritt Union Union High. Douglas A. Williams Trout Williamsburg High. Foundation funds total 6.5 current. Second year of awards at Tech.

Montgomery West Virginia Tech Franklin W. Cumbow Hill Top Mount Hope High Linda K. Malcomb Cowen Cowen High Janice Sue Parker Clendenin Clendenin High Ann Keo Pritt Union Union High Douglas A. Williams Trout Williamsburg High

Reunion at Dempsey Community Chapel in Fayetteville

A reunion for current and former residents and friends of the Dempsey Community Route 1 Fayetteville will be held at Doggett Chapel, a nearly century-old Methodist church. An all day program of singing and services will start before a noon basket picnic on church grounds. All former members and friends are invited.

Fayetteville RNS Doggett Chapel Route 1 Lie

Fayette County Land Transfers Recorded In Fayetteville

Fayette County Clerk records show numerous property transfers with approximate prices. Names include Shaffer Stone Simpon Thomas Barger Coleman Kitchen Mount Hope Lumber Park and others with multiple lots in Ansted Mount Hope Montgomery Oak Hill and Quinnimont District. Prices range from a few hundred to several thousand dollars.

Fayetteville RNS Fayette County Fred Delphia Shaffer Jesse L Hilda E. Stone Pritt Homer E Roxie L. Simpson Gilbert L Gladys N. Thomas Ansted LeRoy Ruby Shuff Herbert L. Holecomb Minden Road J. K Icie Whitlock Lewis FE Robert L. Dorsey Marrs Branch Bernice C. Christian Durell W Edna K. Barger Mount Hope Mze Laurence Coleman Violet J. W. Kitchen Scrabble Creek Mount Hope Lumber Co Ronald Snyder Huse Memorial Park Montgomery National Bank Montgomery Union Carbide Corp Parker M Mvrie B. McElwain Alloy Henry and Clara Mae Mary Salazar Minden Roscoe Vicstoria Castle Arbuckle Creek Basil Luta J. Smith Jessie E Alma F. Smith New River Subdivision William 2 Erma Fearell Elmer Lee Nora Feazell Laurel Creek Homeseekers Land and Building Co Danny Miller Qak Hii

Falkenstien Returns Home After Pineville Weekend

Robert E. Falkenstien returned to his Alexandria Virginia home following a weekend with his family at the home of Mr and Mrs Carl Ellison in Pineville.

Pineville Robert E. Falkenstien Alexandria Carl Ellison

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