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Newspaper
Raleigh Register
Location
Beckley, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jun 05, 1951
Page
1
Oak Hill election disruption cited rain as a factor while seven candidates race to fill mayor recorder and council posts. Voters face a slate from the Peoples Citizens and Youthful Voters with selections to be announced at the night’s end.
The Supreme Court denied Dr W W Brown and Mrs Lomax an appeal over a hospital adjoining plot in Bluefield. The case dates to 1827 with lower courts ruling Mrs Lomax leased land to Crowder and Freeman, bulldozed along the hospital lawn, and dispute whether a 1927 sale included the strip. The court upheld that the strip was not included and Brown lacked clear title. Funeral services were set for Loretta Wilson, Princeton widow of Frank R Wilson.
The grand worthy matron of The Order of Chapter No 59 Hannah Johnson presided as final visitation occurred at the Masonic Hall in Mt Hope on Sunday afternoon. Members including Gladys Mullins Beulah Reppard and Mildred Debendarfer attended with Miss Gaynelle Foster initiated. two selections were sung and gifts presented. funeral rites for Horace Strong Oakes were planned at Kee Street Methodist Church with burial at Oakwood Cemetery.
J. Wells is named general superintendent for Kopperston and Wharton operations of Eastern Gas and Fuel Associates. Formerly superintendent of Wharton No. 1, he will oversee Kopperston Nos 1 and 2 in Wyoming County and Wharton Nos 1 and 2 in Boone County. Headquarters at Wharton No. 2, Barrett. Laird becomes superintendent at Wharton No. 1. Thomas moves to Kapperston as resident engineer.
Funeral services will be held at 2 p.m. Wednesday for Oxey E. Johnson, 50, a Chesapeake and Ohio Railway fireman who died Sunday night after a heart attack at Hinton Hospital. Burial will follow in Fox Cemetery at Bracks. Johnson lived in Summers County all his life, worked 23 years for the railway, and was married to Bessie Gillian Johnson with a son, Bobby. He leaves four brothers and six sisters, plus many relatives and Masonic and Eastern Star attendees from several nearby towns.
Mullens Virginia service details for Pie Bernard Golding 21 a Wyoming County native killed in action in Korea July 20. Burial in Thompson Cemetery Glen Lyn with church rites at Aristian Church. Survived by father Thomas R Golding three brothers and grandparents. Golding served two years in Korea and was in Mt Airy North Carolina this spring.
The Dunlap Circle led by Mrs. H H Mounts meets at 2 30 p m at the South Mullens home of Mrs. Everett Green Circle 2 chaired by Mrs Hamton Hoge convenes at 8 p m at Mrs H S Bur cham s South Mullens The Selma Maxwell Circle chaired by Mrs B 8B meets at 8 p m at the West home in the Advocate apartments The Mullens Community Forum expands its summer recreational program seeking more funds and land near Mullens for playground activities.
The Wyoming County Court authorized funds to Mullens Oceana and Pineville on a matching basis to support public recreation facilities. Funds will match municipal allocations already set aside for such facilities.
Negotiations to lease Maple Avenue near Mullens High School from the Virginian Railway are progress ing toward a swift closing. Former high school playground equipment will be moved to the new site. Mrs Glenna King Richmond wife of coach Alva Richmond will supervise the West Mullens park. Elsewhere supervised recreation opens at South Mullens playaround and Mullens Athletic Field.
Mrs H J Halsey was honored at a farewell shower hosted by her parents in Otsego. The Halseys, once of Otsego, are moving to Racine Wisconsin where he has worked for two months. Friends attended and prizes were awarded to several named guests.
Ruth Virginia Grimes was awarded custody of her four children in Raleigh County Circuit Court. The divorce case against Woodrow Wilson Grimes continues, with the judge granting $60 monthly maintenance and support and the use of the couple’s home.
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