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Newspaper
Raleigh Register
Location
Beckley, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jun 04, 1958
Page
11
Mrs. Poste Lilly is introduced as a long time resident and co-owner of Mack Lilly's General Store and Texaco with her husband in the Flat Top area, reflecting local business leadership.
The Beckley field office of the West Virginia Veterans Affairs reported 1959 cases and contacts for May. Roy J. Smith said 15467.19 dollars were obtained for burial allowances, insurance, retroactive pay, and monthly pensions for veterans and survivors.
Funeral services for Foy Willis Watson will be conducted in Rose and Quesenberry Funeral Home Peace Chapel by Rev. E. H. Fisher and Rev. Don Lowe at 2 p.m. Thursday. Burial will be in Blus Ridge Memorial Gardens, Watson, 27, Prosperity, drowned at 1 a.m. Saturday when a truck he was driving ran into a canal near Deerfield Beach, Florida. The body will remain at the funeral home until the service hour. Society to Meet The Raleigh home of Mrs. Eliza Berger will host the Friday meeting of the Pastor's Aid Society of the St. Johns Baptist Church.
Area 4-H members will attend a youth conference at Jackson's Mill from June 16 to 22. Leaders Clarence Wooten and Sharon Goodman note junior leadership training for older 4-H members including Zeke Wood Miranda Mills Densil Miller and Alice Brown. Sophia Onward 4-H Club selects experienced campers with county and state camp exposure. Gail Fitzpatrick of Crab Orchard Second Mile Club to attend the recreational camp during the conference.
Three area students from Beckley joined about 1000 Duke University graduates at the 106th commencement. Richard Bailey Jarrett and David Riffe are sons of Beckley residents, while Lawrence George Thorne is another Beckley graduate.
Four active tuberculosis cases were reported in Raleigh County in May by Mrs. C. C. Lewis of the Raleigh County TB and Health Association. Additional findings include far advanced ineffective, one questionable active, one primary inactive, tuberculosis suspect, plus other diseases such as heart emphysema and pleurisy. Two lawsuits filed seek damages totaling 25,000 against local firms and individuals.
Jim Edmond Princeton addressed Sophia Methodist Men on being ready for worship urging open hearts and minds to grasp the message. Jack Branham led the meeting and reported on a recent Reasco Church gathering that formed a new Methodist Men's group. The group planned purchasing a home communion set for Rev. Bill Brown for homes of those unable to attend. The Young Adult Class prepared and served dinner for 23 members and the guest speaker.
Holt brothers honored Mrs Tidon Borrer and Mrs Eugene Alderman leaders of Mount Tabor 4 H Club entertained members with a wiener roast May 28 at the home of Mrs Frank Patton Harper Heights The event honored Buddy Holt and Bobby Holt Attending were Anna May Snuffer Margie Lily Ann Lilly Carol Patton James Patton Danny Alderman Carol Allen Sarah Allen Dean Patton Sandra Hawley James Holt Buddy Holt and Bobby Holt
Not That Old reports a Liflycrook man freed from the Raleigh County Jail Tuesday after paying a $10 fine and costs to Magistrate C. T. Burdiss. The article mixes garbled details about a separate incident involving a deputy sheriff and an assault with a sewing machine.
In Moncure North Carolina a mock orange tree on a hill grew from a walking cane once owned by Waverly Lassiter. He planted the stick in dirt and left it there. The sprouting tree is now over fifty years old.
Police hunt for a healthy burglar in Clovis New Mexico after an intruder entered Humphrey Milkyway and stole 25 gallons of milk five dozen eggs four quarts of orange rind?
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