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Newspaper
Raleigh Register
Location
Beckley, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jun 07, 1955
Page
10
Oak Hill attorney Samuel W. Price seeking a write in victory urges strict observance of election laws on election day. He cites room capacity, signs, and ballot security rules and proposes an impartial watcher to accompany ballots to a neutral site for the canvass.
Fayetteville Presbyterian Church delegates attend a Synod Young People's Conference in Elkins led by seven youths Martha Ann Breitenhirt Roy Conner Jr Mary Ellen Dummitt Hunter Long Kay Pridemore Clifford Sexton and Eugene White. The Rev B B Breitenhirt attends as Dean with Mrs Breitenhirt as counselor and Bible discussion leader.
Seven land transactions are listed, including transfers in Mullens and Corinne in Slab Fork and Barkers Ridge districts. Notable deeds include properties along Pinnacle Creek, Big Huff Creek, and the Guyandotte River in Oceana, with multiple couples named in transfers to spouses and other buyers.
Bobby Jarrell a Marsh Fork High School graduate and son of Violet Jarrell attends Boys State at Jackson's Mill this week. He received the Citizenship Award at graduation and plans to enter Concord College in September.
The Rev. Patrick Jefferson, pastor of Glen Rogers, died Saturday. Funeral services were planned for 1 p.m. today at First Baptist Church Glen Rogers with Rev. S. W. Williams officiating. Burial followed in Glen Rogers Cemetery.
Bluestone Presbytery groups plan a camp at Beckwith 4-H site in June 1925. Applications available from Fayetteville Church pastor Rev. B. B. Breitenhirt or Mrs. Bland K. Hesse Jr., Pioneer group teacher. Sunspot cycles and potential climate links noted with 110 year periodicity.
Fayetteville Garden Club met at Mrs W C Warner’s home with Miss Susan Warner as co hostess and elected officers for a two year term. Mrs M G Hresan will serve as president with Mrs Harry W Miller as vice president, Mrs J H White treasurer, and Mrs Bland K Hesse Jr secretary.
Gary Lee Burkett son of Mr and Mrs Ollie Burkett left for Bainbridge Md for Navy basic training after graduating Oceana High School May 19 where he was senior class president student council president and voted most popular boy Carol Hammond a Mount Vernon Seminary graduate arrives to spend summer with her parents Carl and Mrs Hammond Nancy Hammond a West Virginia University student is home for the summer Mr and Mrs Joe Tate and son C B who ran the Wigwam left for Dayton Ohio to visit relatives C B Tate will attend West Virginia University for the summer term to finish his BA degree.
DETROIT AP reports General Motors Chevrolet Division operates a two level plating installation covering three football fields. The world’s largest automatic plating facility runs three production lines each nearly a third of a mile long, producing four acres of plated surface in 16 hours. A bumper takes about 2 hours 12 minutes to traverse the line.
Examinations for miners certificates are under way with sessions announced in Pineville Matoaka Beckley Welch Mullens East Rainelle Mount Hope Oak Hill Ansted Charleston and more. Test sites include courthouses city halls employment offices and UMWA venues from June 9 to June 30 with varied daily hours and multiple repeats.
A Minden man Richard McDowell 35 received treatment at Oak Hill Hospital for eye lacerations. Also treated Louise Thompson 49 Fayetteville for a left arm injury from a washer wringer, and Wanden Edward Kincaid two-year-old son of Mr and Mrs Wanden Kincaid Minden for a forehead laceration.
Albert L. Foster 31 tossed a plum from a moving car after biting it. The fruit hit a Montana Highway Patrol driver Ernie DeDycker’s windshield. Foster was charged with dumping garbage on a public highway and forfeited a $10 bond.
The marriage of Miss Peggy Sue Payne and Dewey E. Smith was announced by their parents in Kincaid. The double ring ceremony occurred at 6:30 p.m. Friday at Rev. John Kyle's Page home with attendants Linda Payne, Margaret Kyle, and Kenton Kyle. The bride wore white with red rose bud flowers. her mother wore navy.
Miss Phyllis Adkins, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Dennis Shumate of Saulsville, was honored at a bridal shower hosted by Mr and Mrs Wayne Clay. The event, held Wednesday evening, featured games and gift opening. She was married Saturday, June 4, to Lomer Elkins of Washington DC, with many relatives from Saulsville and nearby towns in attendance.
The West Virginia Singers League District No 3 will meet at Mount Hope Zion Church Long Branch at 1130 a m Sunday June 12. The gathering includes members from area choirs and church groups. Organizers invite attendance for the public performance and brief meeting.
The bride, a 1955 Collins High School graduate in Oak Hill, married a groom who attended Fayette County schools before joining the Marine Corps and now works for the Virginian Railway at Page. They plan a short North Carolina honeymoon and will reside with his parents.
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