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Newspaper

Raleigh Register

Location

Beckley, West Virginia, United States of America

Date

Jun 28, 1950

Page

5

Docket Set for July Term of Wyoming Circuit Court

Trial work begins July 10 as Wyoming Circuit Court sets a lengthy docket. Opening day cases include Ira H. Toler et al v Geneva Red Ash Coal Co. Vadie Zornes v M B Riffe. Pocahontas Land Corp v Nancy K Lambert et al. and numerous others across civil suits, bank actions, and state cases with sessions through July 18 and continued matters listed. Several cases announced as settled or dismissed.

Register Pineville Wyoming Circuit Court Ira H. Toler Geneva Red Ash Coal Company Vadie Zornes M. B. Riffe Pocahontas Land Corporation Nancy K. Lambert Thomas Company, Inc Allied Chemical and Dye Corporation James Davidson G. L., Campbell W. A. Byrd T. W. Byrd W. B. Elkins Edward McKinney Roy Bailey Grover C. Hedrick Carl W. Hammond Audrey F. Moore First National Bank of Bluefield Lawrence Adams State Andrew Bailey R. O. Dove Marion Hall George Dewey Privett Isaac Sizemore Harry Short Wayne Kirk R. D. Bailey Douglas Poca Coal Company Shirley Jean Hunter Alvin Thomas Tracy Brown Frank R. Royster McDowell National Bank John Ball, Jr Carl Hammond Sescue C. Isaac H. E. Boyd Willie P. Lester Lee Morgan Williamson Supply Company Paul J. Moore Bluefield Sanitarium J. Pierson Green Morgan Gregory Barb Cline David Cella Judge Lanton G L. Campbell A. G. Lugar William Irick E. L. Evans Billie Smith A. N Mickey Byars Eve Everett S. Phillips Curtis Dean Smiley’s Bessie Dean Smiley's A. N. Cline Ott Trent Rebecca Stump Magdalene Cassinelli Lessie Blackshire Jess Lusk W. M. Ritter Lumber Company Mary Toler R. L. Lambert Elzie Lester Pocahontas Fuel Company P. C. Wyatt Amere Gas Utilities Company Mullens Finance Company Shufford Lester Mabel Laxton Maude Rice I. R. Parsons T. R. Blankeship Virginian Railway Company Ancel Powers John Dixon L. S. Sims Marie E. Harbour James Edward Porter T. F. Brammer Paul Blankenship Cecil L. Waldron Dallas E. Lambert R. M. Howerton Melvin Trent William Wayne Bailey, Jr Wayne Bailey, Jr Lovell Lumber Company George W. Lambert Isaac Brooks Jack Marks Sampson Trent Paul Martin & Company Virgil L. Morgan Dewey Thompson John Fisher Sarah Byars

Henry Funeral Rites Thursday in Oak Hill

Final services for Mike Henry 83 of Oak Hill will be held Thursday at 2 p.m. from his residence with Rev. Father Eugene Klug of Scarbro officiating. Burial will be in Highlawn Memorial Park. He was born March 10, 1867 in Austria Hungary and was a miner and member of the Beckley Moose Lodge. Survivors include his wife Mary two daughters six grandchildren and seven great grandchildren. The body will be moved from Tyree Funeral Home to the residence this evening at 5 p.m.

Eer Oak Hill Mike Henry Eugene Klug Scarbro Highlawn Memorial Park Beckley St. Peter and Paul Catholic Mary Anna Francow Minden Elizabeth Hoge Charleston Tyree TNON Hinton Ethel M. Bowden New Hope Church Maine C. H. Martin B. F. Wright Talcott Bowden Floyd County Summer S County Marne Lawrence Cowan Detroit Henry Weaver Bluefield Wallace Dillion Lee Roy Shanklin Frank Gillenwater Crumpler Rex Dangerfield Christiansburg Harry and Edward Dangerfield Maryland Nell Epperly Ruby McCoy Elizabeth Stainer Frank Akers Missouri

Oak Hill Personal Visits and Local News

Oak Hill area residents share weekend visits with Blizzard and Hill families. Tom Blizzard and Don Bailey from Charleston joined Mr and Mrs George Blizzard in Oak Hill. Rosemary Feazelle and children visited Beckley. Russell Hill from Toledo and John Burns with Wayne visited Sam Black residents. E R Thompson and Janet plan a Toledo vacation. R E Nugen of Oak Hill underwent an appendectomy at Oak Hill Hospital.

Register Oak Hill Tom Blizzard Don Bailey Charleston George Blizzard Rosemary Feazelle Beckley Russell Hill Toledo C. R. Hill John Burns Wayne Sam Black R. W. Flack Central Avenue H. H. O’neal E. R. Thompson Janet R. E. Nugen Oak Hill Hospital

Straley Funeral Rites Thursday for William Hart Straley

William Hart Straley 72 retired railway carman died Tuesday at his daughter’s home in Huntington. Rites 1:30 p m Thursday at Pentecostal Holiness Church South Mullens with Rev B E Underwood and Elder George T Mitchell officiating. Burial Resthaven Memorial Park Princeton. Surviving widow Lula Straley two sons Edgar H Straley Andrew Straley a daughter and nine grandchildren. Memorials may be sent via Robertson Foglesong Mortuary to Pennington home.

Register Llens William Hart Straley South Mullens Cyrus H. Pennington Guyandotte Avenue Pentecostal Holiness Church B. E. Underwood George T. Mitchell Resthaven Memorial Park Princeton Nashville Tenn West Virginia Virginian Railway Huntington Baltimore and Ohio Railway Railway Carmen of America Lula Straley Pittsburgh Edgar H. Straley Matoaka Andrew Straley Mullens Irvin Snodgrass Keyrock Robertson and Foglesong Pennington

Kurzyna Infant Services Set For Oak Hill Graveside

Graveside services for Linda Louise Kurzyna four day old daughter of Mr and Mrs Charles Kurzyna of Oak Hill were to be held at 10 am today at Highlawn Memorial Park with Rev John A Wilson Jr officiating The infant leaves parents and a sister Karen.

Register Oak Hill Linda Louise Kurzyna Charles Kurzyna Highlawn Memorial Park John A. Wilson, Jr Karen

John W Layton obituary funeral in Harvey

Funeral services for John W. Layton 26 of Harvey will be held at 2 p.m. Friday at Harvey Methodist Church with Rev. H D Sloan officiating. Burial at Bayes Cemetery Sum merlee. Survived by wife Nina three children Lorena Sayers Layton mother and many siblings. World War II veteran. military rites by American Legion Post 59 and VFW Post 3110. Body to be moved to mother’s home at 6 p.m. today.

Register Arvey John W. Layton Harvey Huntington Veterans Hospital Harvey Methodist Church H. D. Sloan Hilltop Bayes Summerlee Hinton Nina Nina Carol John Irvin Lawrence Gray Lorena Sayers Layton Herbert Irvin Layton Dorothy Layton Ethel Layton American Legion Oak Hill Veterans of Foreign Wars

Police Recover Stolen Equipment at Oak Hill Motors

Oak Hill Police Chief William Bellew said investigations continue toward an arrest in the Oak Hill Motors break in. Entry was gained through a window and several painting items were stolen from the rear paint shop. A sack with the articles and nuts and bolts was traced to a nearby hiding place. the sack was recovered Saturday. No arrests have been made.

Register Oak Hill William Bellew Oak Hill Motors, Inc East Oak Hill Bellew

Morgan Dykes Honored At Birthday Party

Mrs. H. C. Dykes honored her son Morgan on his 11th birthday with a Sunday afternoon party in Iroquois. Attendees included Richard and Joan Clemins Rodney and Carolyn Wolfe Nancy Sue Smith Beulah and Cecelia Goodson Jerry Henson Ralph Blalock Ertie Whitt Schuster Crouse Dorothy Crouse Mattie Sue Farmer Arlen Perkins W. C. Clemins Laura Mae and Billy Dykes.

Register H. C. Dykes Morgan Richard Joan Clemins Rodney Carolyn Wolfe Nancy Sue Smith Beulah Cecelia Goodson Jerry Henson Ralph Blalock Ertie Whitt Schuster Crouse Dorothy Crouse Mattie Sue Farmer Arlen Perkins W. C. Clemins Laura Mae Billy Dykes Oree Morgan Dykes

Cancer Bake Sale Supports Oak Hill Drive

The Beta Theta Phi Chapter and Beta Sigma Phi Sorority sponsor a bake sale at 9 30 a m Saturday to aid the American Cancer Society. Mrs Herman Akers chairs. total campaign to date is 215 from tag day sales and contributions. A 10 day canvass of Oak Hill begins today.

Register Oak Hill American Cancer Society Beta Theta Phi Beta Sigma Phi Sorority Herman Akers

Miss Joy Reed to Become Bride of David Mayberry

Miss Joy Reed daughter of Mr and Mrs Herman Reed of Hatcher will marry David Mayberry son of Mrs Corvin Pittman of Beck ley Friday night. The eight o clock ceremony at Delilah Chapel Hatcher will be by Rev Arnold Belcher. The bride elect asks her sister Mrs Herbert Elkins to be her matron of honor and Eddie Stewart of Hatcher will serve as best man.

Register Hatcher Joy Reed Herman Reed David Mayberry Corvin Pittman Beckley Delilah Chapel Arnold Belcher Herbert Elkins Eddie Stewart

Area Men Named To State Posts

Eight area men will serve in state agency positions after Governor Okey L. Patteson appointed them. Terms run from July 10 and include engineers, architects, a merit council member, conservation, embalmers, governors, athletic commission, health board, and physician seats across Beckley Bluefield Rainelle Mullens and surrounding districts.

Okey L. Patteson John P. Bonner Beckley State Board of Registration For Professional Engineers Alex B. Mahood Bluefield State Board of Architects H. T. Brown Merit System Council Richard O. Raine Rainelle Greenbrier County State Athletic Commission P. R. Higgenbotham State Board of Health

Rites incomplete for Mrs. Martha Jane Smith

Funeral services for Mrs. Martha Jane Smith, 87, of Mt. Hope, remain incomplete after her death Sunday at 7 a.m. at the home of William Ham in Mt. Hope. Born in Virginia, she is survived by an adopted son, Lawrence Ensome, of Mansfield, Ohio. The body is at Collins Funeral Home in Glen Jean.

Register MT. Hope Martha Jane Smith William Ham Mt Hope Virginia Lawrence Ensome Mansfield, O Collins Glen Jean

Pipestem Man Hurt In Right-of-Way Slashing

Elmer McBride age 25 of Pipestem an employee of J. P. Sammons Company Princeton was admitted to Mullens General Hospital at 2 30 p m yesterday after slashing his right leg with an axe while cutting a right of way near Herndon Several stitches were required to close the wound.

Pipestem Register Mullens Elmer McBride J. P. Sammons Company Princeton Mullens General Hospital Herndon

Virginian to Reduce Forces During Miners 10 Day Vacation

The Virginian Railway will cut crews at Skelton for the miners ten day vacation starting 7 am Monday. A railway spokesman said about 200 workers will receive lay off notices posted at Mullens and Elmore terminals.

Virginian Register Mullens Virginian Railway Elmore

Baker Accepts Colorado Post

J B Baker III announces resignation as assistant trainmaster for the Virginian Railway effective June 30 to become superintendent with the Great Western Railway at Loveland Colorado. He will head the Colorado road stationed about 35 miles from Denver with nine locomotives and about 178 cars over 60 miles of track. Previously with the Lehigh Valley Railway in Pennsylvania, he also failed to win a city council seat in the June 13 election.

Register Mullens J. B. Baker, III Virginian Railway Great Western Railway Loveland Colo Colorado Road Denver Great Western Colorado The Virginian Baker Leheigh Valley Railway Pennsylvania

Miss Greenawalt Weds Fred Kirby in Oak Hill

Miss Greenawalt of Oak Hill wed Frederick Kirby of Ansted at 9 today in St. Peter and Paul Church. The ceremony was officiated by Rev. Father Eugene Klug and opened to friends. Mrs Mary B Greenawalt of Titusville Pa is her mother and Kirby is the son of Mr and Mrs F W Kerby of Ansted. Whales hold breaths long but can drown if water enters lungs.

Register Oak Hill Miss Greenawalt Frederick Kirby Ansted Eugene Klug Scarbro St. Peter and Paul Catholic Church Mary B. Greenawalt Titusville Kerby F. W. Kerby

Bennett Succeeds Mrs. Baker As Proxy of Mullens Club

Bennett becomes president of the Mullens Garden Club succeeding Mrs. J B Barker who resigned to move to Colorado. The club plans to present a West Virginia plate to the Bakers. West Virginia junior garden clubs speaker Mrs W Dickinson will visit a Miniature Garden Club meeting July 12 at St Andrew's Episcopal Church with bird slides and a talk. Twenty members and guest attended a Monday meeting at Mrs J O Bailiff's home. A combined July August summer dinner is planned July 24 at Mrs Walter H Akers home with a flower arrangement contest. The club adopted a resolution opposing compulsory health legislation and will send copies to Senators Kilgore Neely and Rep Kee. Dr Ward Wylie spoke on the legislation. Mrs Harold Lilly presented a stork shower gift of money to Mrs E T Haslam as Get-Me-Not chair.

Bakers W. W. Dickinson Bluefield Miniature Garden Club L. B. Christian St. Andrew's Episcopal Church Dickinson Lora Cardwell Lynchburg J. O. Bailiff Lusk Avenue Walter H. Akers Highland Avenue Gilbert Cook A. L. Davis Harold Lilly W. W. Pollock Kilgore and Neely Kee Ward Wylie E. T. Haslam

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Wyoming Henry Bud George R. O'Neal Stephenson Buckeye Coal and Coke Company Beckley Hospital Laird Office Equipment Co Main St Kurzyna Infant's Layton Funeral Services Cyrus K. Kantwhittle Chesapeake & Potomac Telephone Company of J. N. Jarrett Elizabeth White C. R Hill John Donachy Miss Joy Reed Mrs. Smith Fred W. Meyer Raleigh Co. Bank DIAL W. T. Grant Neville St Fred Kirby Bennett Mrs. Baker Mullens Club By Register R. G. Bennett Mullens Garden Club J. B. Barker B. E. Silverman Kaiser Sales OBI Ain Dixie Products CO W. Va Beckley Territory T.he Kaiser Kaiser *Frazer Rahall Motor Sales. Inc Ard Ave Beckley, W. Va
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