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Newspaper
Raleigh Register
Location
Beckley, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jun 21, 1936
Page
5
Citizens converge in mass meetings across North Dakota as Governor Walter Welford cites President Roosevelt’s assurances of full federal aid in fighting the drought menace. Federal observers predict continued hot and dry weather for the coming week after a rainless 24 hours.
New River and Winding Gulf colored mining institute to meet June 22 at 8:00 p m in Du Bois High auditorium Mt Hope to accommodate expected crowd. Count On Medu of Welcome Baptist church East Park to hold services Sunday June 21 with morning sermon by Rev H DuBois and program including addresses, music and readings. Funeral services for Joe Sayer held at Ebenezer Baptist Beckley led by Rev S W Williams Armstead Funeral Home in charge. Lenwood Baptist church Lenwood anniversary services all week. Rev H C Craig installation at Cunard. Beckley Y P club met at Ebenezer Baptist with plans for future work. Box supper planned for June.
A minister flogged thirty people at Ebenezer Baptist Church by the E Y P club. A large committee is preparing for the affair and invites the public. Personal notes list Mrs E M Sorrell of Vanwood as a business visitor in Beckley, and several ministers Visited Beckley. Rev A J Ward plans sermons for Wayside club at New Hope Baptist East Beckley. A state organizer visit leads to a Working Girls class led by Mrs E C Noel. those interested should see her.
Dr. G E Sutphin, 57, a longtime Greely dentist born in Crab Orchard in 1878, died after three days of heart disease at Greely Colorado. His wife and two Greely children survive, with his family in Virginia and Beckley, West Virginia notified. A. C Sutphin and his son left for Colorado as services are set for Tuesday.
The list includes Beckley family members Meadows Woods Baker Lilly Nesbit Snuffer Cock Riffe King McGinnie Soldi on Richmon e Phipps Cote Ward Frankster Blaine Camprell as read in a 1945 publication. The fragment presents a roster of names without additional context or event details.
A dense catalog of surnames and given names appears, listing many individuals such as Borden Brown Mankin Ballard Archer Clay Williams Pettry Dickens Canady Howa Redden Bair Savita Hunter Gear Barton Aut Cowl Welas Green Piper Scott Brand Young Stevenson Fulton Brady Hubbard Littteton Butler Glass Seaman Stover Curtis Moss Knight Agnew Goed Frame Maxwell Snook Kirk Clark Black Archer Wants Stone Taylor Alien Spears Washington Gedary House Foeld Sweeney Garden Steel Calloway Talley Bailey Davis Thompson Love Beans Alexander Griffith Prince Clark Henderson Stanley Flood Shumate Covey Waters Tearp Pack Applegats Berdee Straight Tel Miller Horner Shrewsbury Bencer Bine Farley Apple Runner Weedruty Fisher Fields Faifor Harper Bowman Bleek Wheat Hebdles.
Warden Harris warns Raleigh County streams will be closed to fishing from April 1 through June 27 inclusive, with all streams reopening June 28 except upper Glade Creek. Glade Creek is reserved for experimental propagation by the conservation commission.
The Energies Democratic club of Raleigh County pledged cooperation for a Roosevelt Nominators celebration next Saturday. Roy I. Smith said 300,000 workers in labor have joined the drive to reelect Franklin D Roosevelt. The Raleigh County program begins at 4 PM at R. M. I Park with a baseball game and ox roast, free admission, speeches by local and state candidates, and club treasurers donated 38.06 to the Roosevelt campaign.
The speech cited two motives for honoring the nation s greatest president with a Saturday event at R M I park. It urged raising a fund for the national party and noted past campaign financing by corporations. Roosevelt was urged to seek labor support for this year s effort and praised for aid to workers. A Refreshment committee led by C P Pack and others was announced to help prepare the program.
Rex Mays of Glendale California won the national Championship 100 mile auto race at Goshen on the dirt track in 1 18 31.47 with an average speed of 76.409 mph. Wilbur Shaw of Indianapolis finished second a third of a mile back. Lou Meyer of Huntington Park finished in the pit after starting 12th. No serious accidents reported. Lady Shackleton widow of the Antarctic explorer died in London on June 9 after six years in a London apartment.
A son of Mr and Mrs Ernest Underwood of Stanaford died at birth yesterday morning and will be buried in Stanaford cemetery at 11 a m today Calfee Undertakers directing. The parents and a sister Barbara Ruth four survive. Hampton Court palace recognition note appears unrelated.
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