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Newspaper

Raleigh Register

Location

Beckley, West Virginia, United States of America

Date

Mar 14, 1950

Page

9

Mrs Hilton Elected President of Business Women Club

Oak Hill reports Mrs John Wilton elected president of the Oak Hill Business and Professional Women’s Club for the coming year replacing Mrs James Hess. Officers named include Miss Clara Payne as vice president Irene Johnson treasurer Miss Elizabeth White recording secretary and Mrs John Anderson corresponding secretary. The group plans a Mother's Day banquet in May and approved gifts for the district president and national convention.

Register Oak Hill John Wilton Hugh McPherson Juanita Scott

Legion Auxiliary to Attend Bluefield Meet at Luncheon

Members of American Legion Auxiliary Post 59 will attend a luncheon in Bluefield on April 16 where national vice president Mrs. B. D. Ward will be honored. The group donated funds to the Red Cross and to the Newton D. Baker veterans cheer party and planned a May meeting hosted by Mrs. Wylie F. Boys.

Register Oak. Hill American Legion Auxiliary Post 59 Bluefield B. DP. Ward Central Division Legion Hall Red Cross Newton D. Baker Veterans H. D. Harvey Total High School WY. Feller Mullens Wylie F. Boys

Williams Riles Set Wednesday

Funeral services are planned for Melinda Lou Williams a one month old daughter of Mr and Mrs Gentry Williams of Artie. She died Monday en route to Charleston hospital. The Rev Charles Hudnall will officiate at Attic Church of God with burial in the family cemetery. The body was returned to the parents home from Valley Funeral Home Whitesville. Surviving are parents two sisters Connie Sue and Evelyna Kay and grandparents Murphy Williams Willie Williams and their spouses.

Register Whitesville Melinda Lou Williams Gentry Williams Artie Charleston Charles Hudnall Dorothy Church of God Valley Funeral Home Connie Sue Evelyna Kay Mis Murphy Williams Willie Williams Arie

Husband and Wife To Alternate Prison Terms

In Bluefield federal court Judge Ben Moore ordered Henry Armstrong Southern and Dorothy May Southern to serve sentences at different times for forging and passing a government check to allow one parent to stay home with eight children. Henry Southern received 90 days in Mill Point and three years probation. sentencing for Mrs. Southern was deferred until his term ends. Other actions included three years probation for Riley M. Lilly for violating the Railroad Unemployment Benefits Act and prison terms for Wesley Watson and Raymond Howard for probation violations.

Associated Press Bluefield Ben Moore Henry Armstrong Southern Dorothy May Southern Elgood Mercer County Tie Southern Mill Point Pocahontas County Riley MM. Lilly Qakvale Wesley Watson Princeton Raymond Howard Matoaka Ashland

Bailey Funeral Rites Thursday

Mrs Goldie Gore Bailey wife of John J Bailey Baileysville died at 440 a m today at Bluefield Sanitarium from a heart condition She was a Wyoming County native born Sun Hill daughter of the late John F and Elizabeth Gore Survived by husband a daughter Geneva Bailey two brothers Bob Gore Perry Gore sisters Mrs E F Coffman and Mrs L E Scholl Four grandchildren The body will move to the Robertson and Foglesong Funeral Home at 2 p m Wednesday Funeral services 2 p m Thursday at Marleysville Methodist Church burial in family cemetery near Baileysville Rev Sam Harford officiating

Register Jullens Goldie Gore Bailey John J. Bailey Baileysville Bluefield Sanitarium Wyoming County Sun Hill John F Elizabeth Gore Sheil tiGeneva Bailey Bob Gore Man Jand Perry Gore Charleston E. FE. Coffman Huntington L. E. Scholl Eunice Robertson and Foglesong Marleysville Methodist Church Sam Harford Pineville

Driver Suffers Shock After Morning Wreck At New Richmond

Lowell Lawson 41 of Itmann is treated for shock after being trapped about 90 minutes when his car left State Route 1016 on a sharp curve at New Richmond and plunged 200 feet into a swamp. Herman Hicks 28 escaped and helped summon aid. Hicks and Lawson work at Itmann. Lawson was freed when the car was raised.

Register Mullens Herman Hicks Hicks Itmann Lawson

Donachy Elected PTA President at Oak Hill High

John Donachy was reelected president of the Oak Hill Parent-Teacher Association at a Thursday meeting in the Oak Hill High School auditorium. New officers include Clarence Bruf fey first vice president, Mrs. F. A. Guffey second vice president, Miss Lottie Johnson secretary, and Dr. James Shelton treasurer. A parent talent show co sponsored with the National Honor Society is planned for March 31 with proceeds shared between the two organizations. FOGLESONG SERIOUSLY ILL. MULLENS Harry E. Fogelsong, Mullens funeral home director, is seriously ill at Raleigh General Hospital Beckley after a heart attack yesterday. He is in an oxygen tent.

Register Oak Hill John Donachy Jre Parent-Teacher’s Association Oak Hill High School Clarence Bruffey F. A. Guffey Lottie Johnson Ata James Shelton National Honor Society Fooglesong Mullens Harry E. Foglesong Mullens Funeral Home Raleigh General Hospital Beckley Moran Avenue

Oak Hill Doctor to Lead Morgantown Public Health Meet

Oak Hill physician Dr Charles Watking president of the State Medical Association will preside at sessions of West Virginia University long in Morgantown March 31 to April 1. The two day conference on cure and treatment problems in public health will feature Dr Leonard Scheele surgeon general U S Public Health Service and Dr Thomas Parran dean of the University of Pittsburgh School of Public Health plus sessions led by Dr Walter West N B Dyer Frank Langfitt and Thomas Harris.

Ly Register Oak Hill Charles ©.Watking State Medical Association West Virginia West Virginia University Morgantown Irvin Stewart Leonard A. Scheele U. S. Public Wealth Service Thomas Parran University of Pittsburgh School of Public Health Walter E. West Huntington American Medical Association Heath N.B. Dyer Frank V. Langfitt Clarksburg Thomas Harris Parkersburg West Virginia University Board of Governors

306 Criminal Cases Docketed in Fayette

Fayette County opens April term with 34 defendants named by Prosecuting Attorney Carl Vickers. Cases span April 6 to 10 and include murder false pretense assault forgery resisting arrest grand larceny breaking and entering destruction of property and other felonies against numerous defendants.

Register Payetteville Fayette Circuit Court Carl Vickers Floyd Dayton Craige Andrew Thompson Aston Willis Sidney Mosley Gilbert Garten Leshie Fox Clifford Skaggs Arch Gilbert Jack Gilbert William Mitchell Ritchie Ever Leaner Thomas Daryl Ray Dicklerson Charles William Haga James C. Young Jay Chambers Verdel Norris Lawrence Dow Norman Wil Liams Percy God Tom Taslow Waymon Taylor Andrewhemes Asault Jess Lee J. A

Barkers Ridge PTA Meeting Sets Nominating Panel

Barkers Ridge District PTA holds a meeting at Herndon High School to appoint a nominating committee for next year and report in April. The first program segment features Cover Boy Scout Troop 140 led by Cleve McMillan. The second segment hosts a NC A panel on membership advantages with Future Teachers of America members presenting.

Register Herndon Barkers Ridge Parent-Teacher's Association Herndon High School Uner Cleve McMillan North Central Association Virgil J. Stewart Future Teachers of America N.C. A Tome Eimanued Church Lee Jones Louise Bjork Wanda Green Irene McKinney Barbara Avilaman Darlene Milam Ellen Jack Lester Janie Dove

Fain Funeral Services Today

Funeral services for Robert M. Fain are set for 2 30 p m at Goodwins Chapel Princeton with Rev Z F Mayberry officiating. Burial will follow in Hill Cemetery. Fain born February 4 1886 Howell came to Princeton in 1902 survivors include wife Mary and numerous children and siblings.

Wesler Princeton Robert M. Fain Memorial Hospital Goodwin's H. Y. Akers Binefield Claude Howington Princeton Pvt Albert Fain Fr. Dix N. J Ray Glen Shelby Jean Donald Fain Dliowing C. T. Fain Oakvale West Elgood Ernest Emmett Harry Fain

Coal River Lodge Plans Pineville Trip Tonight

Members of I Coal River Lodge 146 attend special lodge services in Pineville tonight. Attendees at Boone lodge Saturday include J. B. Bell A. J. Showen Flynn Miler and Wilson Hall.

Coal River Lodge Pineville Register Whitesville I Coal River Lodge Boone Lodge J. B. Bell A. J. Showen Flynn Miler Wilson Hall

Ice on Highways Fails to Halt Morning Traffic

Oak Hill roads showed a thin ice sheet yet traffic kept moving. School buses to Oak Hill arrived on schedule while local garages reported no wrecker calls. Sewell Mountain logged from three to four inches of snow as state crews monitored roads.

Oak Hill Sewell Mountain State Road Commission

Stockman Dies At Greenbrier Home Rites Set

White Sulphur funeral services are planned for ML W Price 66 who died at his Pleasant Valley home after an extended illness. Rev D Denman will lead the rites with burial in Rosewood Cemetery Lewisburg. Surviving: daughter Mrs Maxine Pers Columbus Ohio sister Mrs June Ola Warner Clarksburg brothers Stewart Price Bridgeport and Rollin F Price Brownsville Pa. Price organized Greenbrier Valley Stockyards at Ronceverte and other stockyards in Greenbrier Valley before retiring to his home in 1946.

Register Mlw. Price Pleasant Valley White Sulphur Springs D. Denman Rosewood Lewisburg Maxine Pers Columbus Ohio June Ola Warner Clarksburg Stewart Price Bridgeport Rollin F Price Brownsville Price Prominess Greenbrier County Greenbrier Valley Ronceverte Staunton Covington Arthur Hubner Vester Law Arnold Weren William Boone James R. ‘Kyer J. L. Collins

St Patrick's Dance Set by Mt Hope Lions Club

Mt Hope Lions Club announces a St Patrick's Day dance for members and guests at the club clubhouse on Friday March 17 at 9 p m Entertainment chairman Albert Ratcliffe announced at the Thursday meeting Wood Poling will decorate the room with help from Tom Howard Charles Nelson and Sam Rankin David Carter and his orchestra will provide music President P C Graney urged members to read John T Flin's The Road Ahead noting its view of the nations path The piece also mentions a television program staff of 74 required to produce an average variety hour.

Register Mount Hope Afanis Hope Lions Club Albert Ratcliffe Wood Poling Tom Howard Charles Neilson Sam Rankin Lloyd G. Fitz Gerald Miller Gwinn David Carter P. C. Graney John T. Flin United States

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