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Newspaper
Raleigh Register
Location
Beckley, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jul 26, 1935
Page
12
Jimmy Moorefield, 13, son of Dr. and Mrs. T C Moorefield, rode 26 miles in one afternoon after receiving his bicycle on June 12. By four weeks’ travel he reached 355 miles, tracking distance with a speedometer. He asks Mayor Lilly about bicycle taxes and is assured no tax is planned.
Community notes describe recurring activities at churches and clubs across Tams Glen White and Whipple. Revival services, literary discussions, and a Sunday rally at New Salem Baptist Church feature pastors G C Gilbert G W Goins and D J Jackson with multiple choirs and invited attendees. A memorial for Mrs Nannie Sykes lists pallbearers and funeral details.
A five night revival starts Monday at Welcome Baptist Church East Park with Rev S A Abrams former pastor directing public welcome. Rev W J Carter of Mt Zion Baptist preached at Wyco Sunday with Mt Zion choir Lillybrook choir and friends.
Mrs Hattie B Hayes Payne hosts a social and supper Saturday at Mrs Bettie Reeds on South Fayette Beckley for the Excelsior club led by captain Mrs Cora Claytor. Supper begins at 5 30 PM public invited. Another supper funds a club for Mr and Mrs C B Penn of D Street. Horace Banks and wife traveled to Washington PA after the death of an uncle Morgan Kessler, brother of Mrs Ella Settle and Mrs Grace Chatwell. Mrs A B Dalsey returns to Slab Fork after funeral of her brother Grandville Cox who died July 16 with husband and children Beatrice and Almunel.
Community items list illnesses visits and family travel in Lochgelly and nearby areas. Notable mentions include Mary Eleanor White recovering at home and multiple relatives from Oak Hill and Summerlee visiting locals. The local ball club split a double header with Helen, Crump pitched well, and Helen Lucas visited Kilsyth.
VEE formerly of Summerlee. Hobart Scott returned from Charleston on business. Elmore Lewis visited Beckley. Miss Jessie Bish had a successful appendectomy at Oak Hill hospital Saturday night. Mr. and Mrs. J. F. Mitchell and Mrs. C. W. Runions visited Mr. and Mrs. E. M. Presnell at Wingrove last week. Misses Hrene and Margaret Whitehead visited sister Mrs. J. F. Vancamp at Oak Hill this week. A large number of members of the community were noted attending events recently.
Thursday visits to Mrs C W Runions noted while R J Frye stopped in Beckley Friday evening. Gillespie family from Skelton called on friends Sunday. Will Reid and crew installed a new discharge pipe line in the shaft over the weekend. Mrs E L Dover visited her mother Virginia Jones at Oak Hill last week. Edward L Dover became a clerk at the local amusement hall replacing Mike Patrick who resigned to work in the mines. Carl Hizer W M Pullen formerly of Anjean took positions here, as did Joe Garcia.
Lochgelly locals attended a mass meeting at Whipple after a gathering that drew a larger crowd. California saw 446 notices of intention to drill oil wells filed in the first five months of 1935, nearly doubling the prior year’s tally for the same period.
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