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Newspaper
Raleigh Register
Location
Beckley, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jun 07, 1936
Page
12
Follow The Money Saving Urge With Want Ads classified rates list cash and charge options, bold type, display rates, and deadlines. The notice seeks a white middle aged woman for immediate work writing Box L-455 care Beckley Newspapers.
An automotive dealer catalog lists numerous used cars from 1930s makes including Ford Chevrolet Oldsmobile Plymouth and Buick with contact details for Brill Motor Car Company Lewis Peveree Raul Chevrolet Sales and Home Motor Used Car Lot. A Treasury Department notice identifies a seized 1935 Ford Coupe with motor number US72097 in Raleigh County and invites claims by July 6 1935 with official contact in Charleston West Virginia.
Scott's scrapbook notes a monument honoring the boll weevil in Enterprise Alabama after the pest drove cotton out of the area and boosted peanut farming, a shift tied to local prosperity. It mentions the insect and nearby flies carrying millions of germs as a curious contrast.
Raleigh County Scout Round-Up totals show Beckley Troop 65 led by Scoutmaster Wentworth Wilms with over 500 merit badges and advancement beyond quota. Members Robert Noel Julian Williams Kenley Smith George Smith William Laren Densil Warden Charles Ross Malcolm Pickus Jimmie Moorefield Joe Wood Mayo Smith Robert Scott John Ginestra Bill Thompson Randolph Cook Tom Smith Tom Bibb named for council medallion. Amigo Troop 64, led by G. M. Yeager, plans Monday summer meetings and will invest tenderfoot scouts tomorrow. A Scoutleaders Training School session continues Tuesday at Colcord l in Pattie C Stockdale.
Signalling compass and troop records will be discussed. On last Tuesday J C Chris and Bruce Foster led second class first aid instruction for the training school Scouters. Troops plan to enter the Council Camporal at Dunbar 4-11 grounds on June 19 20 and 21 camping there from Friday noon to Sunday morning with own cooking and canvas sleeping. An adult leader must accompany each troop. Saturday afternoon features the Rodeo with rope spinning fire by friction and flint and steel. Signalling first aid and other events will be presented by participating troops.
A Coventry of items outlines Open Forum at Attorney Brown W Payne office Beckley with plans to recruit active members. Evening meeting of Life Saving Army Blue Cross Workers features General T C Glashen and remarks by Dr Carter Mrs Carter and others. Special program by Kings of Narmony B Y P A Specials at New Hope Baptist church. Children's Month at Ebenezer Baptist with services Day program and Christian education. Women’s club organized at Ebenezer with officersPearl Washington president W I Nelson vice president E M English secretary ML Young treasurer. Central Street Baptist church morning sermon by Rev Samuel A Abram with evening program led by Prof B L Morten and other ministers scheduled through week. Sermon at New Hope Baptist 2 40 pm by Rev D M Hizer weekend visitors to Paint Bank and Salem Va include Mrs Martha Woodson Miss Lucy Brooks and others. Several local faculty and residents noted at area colleges and commencements including Miss Beatrice Thompson and Mr Ernest
Clear Creek residents learned of the burial held yesterday afternoon for Mrs Sarah Stover following services at the Workman’s Creek Methodist church. The ceremony honored her life with local mourners in attendance.
A vivid scene unfolds as a woman, holding back tears, watches Thomas depart. The emotional moment suggests a farewell tied to a voyage, with the boat set to sail amid lingering grief and hopeful resolve.
Pocahontas district records show 800 forest fires this spring, with over 3,000 workers including 1095 CCC volunteers fighting blazes. District spans Beane Raleigh Mercer Fayette and all of McDowell Logan Wyoming and Mingo counties. Wittenberg notes district “the hottest in West Virginia” and a state record for fires, while most were extinguished. Seven CCC camps operate locally.
West Milford June 6 Associated Press H H Smith found three stacks of hay missing from his field. He told state police the stacks were loaded on a wagon and hauled away. The hay valued at forty five dollars.
Directors of General Public Service corporation announce dividends on arrears for preferred stock. $5 per share on the $6 preferred stock and $4.58 per share on the $5.50 preferred, payable June 30 to holders of record June 15. Last payment was February 1, 1932.
Fullen of East Beckley received the bachelor of science degree this week at West Virginia State College. Also noted are family illnesses, a death in Beckley, a hospital move for Lewis Pannell, weekend guests of Miss Geneva Benson, and funeral and revival notices in the Beckley area.
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