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Newspaper

Raleigh Register

Location

Beckley, West Virginia, United States of America

Date

Jun 06, 1943

Page

11

Parking Rules Will Be Enforced Warns Hellems

Hinton chief of police Farl L. Hellems said repainting of parking lanes and traffic signs is nearly complete and traffic regulations will be strictly enforced under city ordinances. Stop signs at intersections must be observed. A change shifts parking to the left side of Pleasant Street east from Allens Garage.

Hellems V Register Hinton Farl L. Hellems Pleasant Street Allens Garage

Charity Club Quilts Two Quilts at Lindside Meeting

The Union Charity Club of Lindside Monroe County held its monthly gathering on Thursday June 3 at Mrs A S Thompsons home. The all day event featured two quilts quilted in the morning and a picnic lunch. In the afternoon officers for the coming year were installed with Mrs C A Ballard as president and Mrs A S Thompson as treasurer among others.

Or Register Lindside Union Charity Club Monroe County A. 5. Thompson C. A. Ballard Kathleen Thompson Beda Dunn Anna Lee Mann A.S. Thompson Katherine Balard Lula Comer Ruth Wilson Violet Booth Dave McDaniel Maude Maddy Ethel Canterberry Norman Ballard Bernice Hines Cleo Coulter Alice Coulter Betty Jean Ballard Bobbie Jean Comer Mabel Ballard John C. Thompson A. S. Thompson

Mrs Jennie Claypool Celebrates 90th Birthday at Home

Mrs Jennie Claypool widow of Rev John W Claypool marked her ninetieth birthday at her Fort Springs area home in Greenliey county on Sunday May 30. She has been homebound after a broken ankle. Rev Claypool died in June 1927 and pastored Beckley Methodist Episcopal Church about three years. Relatives held a picnic dinner with family sisters Mrs J H Hedrick Mrs Laura Hed Miss Mattie Shepherd and Miss Betty Shepherd and Beckley guests Mr and Mrs Karl Yates Baxter Laird.

Jennie Claypool John W. Claypool Fort Springs Greenilley County Claypool Jyne Methoodist Episcopal Church Beckley West Virginia Methodist Episcopal Church

Eastern Star to Hold School of Instruction in Union

Union Chapter No 122 Order of the Eastern Star will hold a school of instruction Tuesday June 8 at 8 o'clock in the Masonic Hall Union. Mrs Janet Cartwright Welch will conduct the session aiding officers and chapters to achieve uniform work. She will also lead a Peterstown Chapter session June 9 and Alderson Chapter plans a future local class with Mrs Charl ie Hullings guiding instructors in the area.

Register Alderson Union Order of the Eastern Star Masonic Hall Janet Cartwright Welch Cartwright Peterstown Charlyie Hullings Hullings

Birthday party near Greenville honors Mrs. J W Bostic

A surprise birthday gathering was held at Mr. and Mrs. W T Worley home near Greenville for Mrs. J W Bostic. Numerous relatives and friends from Union Rock Camp Princeton Assurance and Beckley attended, sharing names and kinship. The phrase Virtue Liberty and Independence appears as Pennsylvania’s state motto.

Register Greenville W. T. Worley J. W. Bostic Virgil Kidd Reta ‘Carol and Rosa Lee Union Willie Wiseman Virgil Rock Camp Talford Kessinger Charlie Kessinger Glenn Wilsie Miller Wikes C. L. Halstead Princeton Roy Canterbury Margie Bonnie Arthur Donna Lee Willie Porter Bostic Eula Bell Green‘ville J. P. Miller Ryan Houchins Ballard Deck Rogers Myrina Wikel C. C. Mann Carl Mann Athens Pete Albert Richards Pansy Greenie Bostic Assurance Pennsylvania

Cryptoquote puzzle and crossword style word list

A cryptogram quotation and a long list of crossword clues across and down. The cryptogram reads as a substitution puzzle with an attribution to AUSTEN, while the clues suggest a mixed puzzle page including many numbered across and down items and a closing note about yesterday's quote.

Summers Man Is Held In Kanawha

Ronnie Gilliam 19 of Summers County faces charges from Detective Lieutenant E C Bourne of Charleston for alleged breaking and entering at the Gladys Reed grill and Capital View restaurant in Charleston. The suspect was arrested as a suspicious character and his municipal court appearance is set for Saturday.

Register Hinton Ronnie Gilliam Summers County E. C Bourne Charleston Capital View Gilliam

Six Nurses Will Finish Work Today at Hinton

Hinton Hospital nurses training exercises for the 1948 graduating class will be held at 11:00 this morning at the Methodist church. Six graduates are listed: Nelda Faye Cales Clara Margaret Davis Ruth Catherine Jennings Hazel Josephine Wals e Frake Myrtle Weikle Odessa Anna Falls.

Register Hinton Hinton Hospital Methodist Church Nelda Faye Cales Clara Margaret Davis Ruth Catherine Jennings Hazel Josephine Walsce Frake Myrtle Weikle Mises Odessa Anna Falls

Alderson Store Clerk Becomes Ansted Company Manager

Alder son Ashby A Smith long time Mick or Mack Store employee in Alderson has accepted a role as manager of a company store in Ansted. He left Monday to assume the duties of his new position.

Register Alderson Ashby A. Smith Ansted

Randolph F. Johnson to Lead Alderson Baptist Church

Rev. Randolph F. Johnson of Hurricane has accepted the pastorate at Alderson and will end his Hurricane ministry the last Sunday in June. He plans to reside in Alderson to begin serving July first. Johnson, a Crosier Theological Seminary alumnus, is noted as a leading Baptist figure in the state and succeeds Dr. Walter S. Dunlop at Old Greenbrier church. Families move: R C and Grayson K K Housby relocate from Wickham Street apartments to new Jefferson Street homes in North Alderson.

Register Alderson Randolph F. Johnson Hurricane Waj Pearl Ku Scott Old Greenbrier ‘Baptist Church Alderson Church Johnson Crosier = Theological Philadelphia First Baptist Church of Walter Scott Dunlop R, C Grayson KK Housby Wickham Street South Alderson Jefferson Street North

Residents Note Local Graduations and Commissions

Sheldon Ayers, son of Mr and Mrs Homer R Ayers of Alderson, earned a commission as a second lieutenant after completing training at Spring Branch Bombadier School in Texas. Herbert R Gwinn, son of Sheriff and Mrs EB Gwinn of Alderson, graduated from Marshall College Huntington with a B S degree and arrived in Alderson on Tuesday for graduation exercises attended by his parents.

Register Alderson Herbert R. Gwinn EB. ¢.Gwinn Marshall College Huntington Realster Sheldon Ayers Homer R.ayers Big Navy Spring Texas

Transfer to the Ade Corps makes Sheldon a commission officer

Sheldon, after several months in the medical corps, transferred to the Ade Corps about four months ago and now serves as a commission officer in that department.

Ant. Sheldon

The Jewel Box Palace Theatre

A compact note highlighting the Jewel Box Palace Theatre and Phillips Motor Company as local landmarks or sponsors in a mid century news snippet.

Palace Theatre Phillips Motor Company

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