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Newspaper

Raleigh Register

Location

Beckley, West Virginia, United States of America

Date

Mar 21, 1950

Page

9

Son of Former Concord President to Study Under Rotary Fellowship

Joseph F. Marsh Jr will study at Oxford University for the 1950 51 year as a Rotary Foundation Fellow. The Athens native earned a Harvard MPA in 1949 and is pursuing a PhD in political economy and government at Harvard. The award includes about 2500 and covers all expenses for a year abroad with Rotary backing.

Concord Rotary Fellowship Register Athens Joseph F. Marsh, Jr Oxford University Oxford England Acaeee Rotary Foundation Florence. K. Marsh J. Frank Marsh Concord College Princeton Rotary Club Bluefield Marsh Athens High School West Virginia Phi Delta Pi West Virginia University Dartmouth College Darthmouth Rufus Choate Phi Beta Kappa Darthmouth College Washington, D. C National Institute of Public Affairs Washington Budget Bureau Executive Office United States Senate Treasury Department Partici Harvard Harvard Graduate School of Public Administration Navy Ass Yale Rotary International Europe Asia Africa North South Central America Islands Pacific Rolary Rotary Clubs

Concord Seniors to Hear Dr. Lloyd McFarland Courtney

Concord College will hold baccalaureate services May 18 at 10 30 a m. with Dr. Lloyd McFarland Courtney pastor of the Old Stone Presbyterian Church Lewisburg as guest speaker. Courtney, born in White Pine Tennessee, educated at Edwards Collegiate Institute Union Theological Seminary and Davis and Elkins College, has held multiple church and civic roles and authored religious works.

Register Athens Concord College Lloyd McFarland Courtney Old Stone Presbyterian Church Lewisburg Courtney White Pine Tenn Edwards Collegiate Institute Union Theological Seminary Richmond Davis and Elkins College Presbyterian Church New Providence Presbyterian Church Stony Point Court Ney Greenbrier Presbytery and Synod of West Virginia Church Extension Council On Evangelism The Federal Council of the Churches of Christ In America Davis and Elkins Davis-Stewart School Greenbrier Library and Museum Association

Charles Penn Held On Theft Charge

Mount Hope resident Charles Penn is jailed in Fayette County on a grand jury theft charge. He was arrested near Page by state police and brought before Magistrate H G Eads in Kincaid after the Saturday arrest.

Register Oak Hill Charles Penn Mount Hope Fayette County T. i Penn Page Montgomery JR. Lilly Penn H. G. Eads Kincaid Lilly

Burns Family Visit Highlights Oak Hill Getaway

Oak Hill report notes Rev. and Mrs. Lacy H. Burns and daughter of Charleston visited Sunday with his brother in law and sister Mr and Mrs R W Flack on Central Avenue. Don Crislip and daughter Lynn of Richwood were weekend guests in the Crislip home.

Ty Register Oak Hill Lacy H. Burns Charleston R. W Flack Central Avenue Don ‘Crislip Lynn Richwood John Crislip

Dolin Funeral Services Today for Robert Lee Dolin

Funeral services for Robert Lee Dolin 77 of Foster were to be held at the Foster Church of Christ at 2 pm today with Rev. W. E. Doss officiating. Burial followed in Dolin Cemetery. He leaves wife Eila Dolin, daughter Bertie Hodge, sons Calvin and Perry Dolin, 18 grandchildren and 13 great grandchildren.

Foster Foster Church Christ Robert Lee Dolin W. E. Doss Usieda Dolin Eila Dolin Bertie Hodge Wevaco Calvin Atia Perry

Buskirk Rites Are Incomplete

Funeral arrangements for Earl Buskirk 44 of Ramage are incomplete. He died Sunday in a Madison hospital. Survived by wife Pearl, son Clarence, Sgt Charles Buskirk at Camp Cook, Calif, daughter Mrs Etta Jarrett, brothers Claude and Herbert, sisters Irene Brandstetter and Drucilla Mann, mother Mrs Susan Buskirk, and two grandchildren.

Register Madison Earl Buskirk Ramage Madison Hospital Hunter and Hunter Funeral Home Charles W. Buskirk Camp Cook Calif Pearl Buskirk Clarence Buskirk Buskirk Ann Etta Jarrett Claude Herbert Buskirk Beckley Irene Brandstetter Princewick Drucilla Mann Mabscott Airs Susan Buskik

Sutphin Funeral Scheduled Today

Funeral services were to be held at 1 p.m. today from the Baptist Church near Clothier for William Hendrick Sutphin 79 of Prenter who died Sunday at a Charleston hospital. Burial was to follow in Pauley Cemetery. Surviving are his wife Julia Sutphin of Prenter six sons Cecil Sutphin Billy U S Army Arvon Alcie and Boots all of New Haven Conn four daughters Mrs Thomas Loftus of Prenter Mrs D D Sullivan of Hurricane Mrs James Walker of Jeffry and Mrs Bill Warden of New Haven Conn two brothers Taylor and Jerome Sutphin both of Clothier.

Weiter - Prenter the Baptist Church Clothier William Hendrick Stuphin Prenter Charleston Pauley Julia Sutphin Cecil Sutphin Redhouse Billy U. S. Army Arvon Alcie Boots New Haven Conn Thomas Loftus D. D. Sullivan Aol Hurricane James Walker Jeffry Bill Warden Cann Taylor Jerome Sutphin

Pax Farm Women Club Program Delights PTA Group

The Pax Farm Women's Club aided by Pax school eighth graders entertained the PTA Monday night. James Dowdy spoke on local club work. A demonstration on Club Meeting Days followed, and a Beulah skit with Maggie Stover as Beulah was staged. Carol Kelly sang Chattanooga Shoe Shine Boy. Re-liesheenis were served at the end.

Register Pax Pax -Farm Women's Club Pax School James Dowdy Fayette County Club I Beulah Maggie Stover Carol Kelly Chattanooga

Blackburn Under Observation at Raleigh General Hospital

Mrs. J. A. Blackburn of Mount Hope is undergoing observation and treatment at Raleigh General Hospital.

Register Mount Hope J. A. Blackburn Raleigh General Hospital

Princeton Chamber Opposes Proposed Phone Rate Hike

Summersville collision injures five near Summersville at Routes 19 and 1. Lizzie Facemire and four Richwood women among the injured. one driver escaped unharmed. Sheriff Jo an Bell investigated. In Princeton the Chamber opposes a telephone rate hike, forming a committee with Fred Snead and others to oppose increases.

Regsterstall Princeton Princeton Chamber of ‘Commerce Fred Snead W. Broughton Johnston Essie Bailey Havel S. J. Evans U .S. Chamber of Commerce Washington, D. C Louis Johnson Secretary of Defense George W. Malone Brush Creek

Whittesville Visitors And Illness Report

Whitesville notices show visiting guests and a domestic illness. Alice King of Fairdale visits Miss Peggy Cottch while Ann Roghlisberger of Begkley visits Peggy Cottch. Irene D Michalis is confined to her parents home due to illness.

Ty Hegister Whitesville William Haynes Alice King Fairdale Ann Roghlisberger Begkley Peggy Cottch Irene D'Michahs George D'Michalis

Horse Statues Form Collection

Legister Staff Writer Gordon reports Jesse Kinzer of Van began a hobby in June 1949 by collecting bronze horse statues. He now owns 16 figures in his living room shelves, plus a bronze cowboy hat and spurs, with the largest figurine eight and a half inches long. His Parkersburg mother in law sent a bucking horse.

Legister Gordon Jesse Kinzer Van Charleston Parkersburg

Coal Mountain worker injured at plant in eye incident

Lonnie Toniey of Coal Mountain is hospitalized at Stevens Clinic Hospital Welch for injuries sustained at work Wednesday. He was employed by Wat Ritter Lumber Company Conley and struck in the left eye by a piece of wood from a finishing machine.

Register Stat Coal Mountain Lonnie Toniey Stevens Clinic Welch Wat Ritter Lumber Company Conley

Miss Jean Miller Taken by Death

Funeral services incomplete for Miss Jean Miller of Bellepoint daughter of the late Judge James H. and Mrs Jane P. Miller who died at 7 p m Monday in Hinton Hospital after an emergency operation. She had been semi invalid for years after a paralytic stroke and taught in Hinton and at Lewisburg School for Women. She also served as deputy assessor and postmistress at Roalloint. Survived by two sisters.

Register Hinton Jean Miller Bellepoint James H Jane P. Miller Hinton Hospital

Carpenter Dies of Alcohol Jury in East Rainelle

Emerson Clay Shaver 46 of East Rainelle died after an alcohol overindulgence per a coroner jury. A carpenter, he was found at Frank Phillips home after a party, with funeral set for 3 am Wednesday at Meadow Bridge Baptist Church. He leaves a daughter Joyce and several siblings. burial Wickline Cemetery.

Register East Rainelle Emerson Clay Shaver Shaver Frank Phillips Sewell Valley Phillips C. L. Craft Ote Shaver Ellen Bostic Shaver Caldwell Joyce Marie Shaver Lee Kellem East Rainette Harry Kathryn Charlie Meadow Bridge Maxine Cutlip Thelma Bowles Margaret Hinke Meadow Bridge Baptist Church W. £. Southern Wickline Cemetery

Two New Suits Filed in Fayette

Two new suits are on file in Fayette Circuit Clerk office. Mary Margaret Bailey seeks divorce from Andrew Bailey. Helen Magiera sues Ernest Mills Jr and Stanley Magiera in a chancery suit seeking an injunction against sale of personal property. Grace Rose and J M Gooch of Hinton are mentioned. Body at Barnette Funeral Home awaiting funeral arrangements completion.

Register Fayetteville Fayette Mary Margaret Bailey Andrew Bailey Helen Magiera Ernest Mills, Jr Stanley Magiera Grace Rose J. M.gooch Hinton Barnette Funeral Home

Gordon Community Personal Notices Lead Week’s Socials

Register staff notes visitors and guests in Gordon and nearby towns. Names include Mrs. Vince Thaler from Middlesboro Ky visiting in Madison, Mr. and Mrs. Eigar Harless, Huber Smiddy and family, and the Hilderbrands from Uneeda.

Gordon Wy L Perry Vince Thaler Middlesboro Madison Eigar Harless Huber Smiddy Bill "Jackson and Billy Ward Emory Hilderbrand Uneeda Coleman Waller Dunbar

Hizer Named Constable in Quinnimont District

Fayetteville reports A W Hizer has been appointed constable for Quinnimont District after C G Smith resigned. Hizer will assume duties once bond is posted and oath taken, with the appointment lasting until the next election.

Hizer Quinnimont Register Fayetteville A. W. Hizer Fayette County C. G. Smith Bond

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Oseph F. Marsh, J Philco America Beckley Music & Electric Co Colin,mcluckey Msr Ile S. Fayette St National Distillers Products Corporation New York, N.Y Princeton Chamber Spy Register Summersville Chessie Walker Sutton Lizzie Facemire Roxie Dodd- Till Sophia Seabold Rhoda McClung W. H. Cutlip Exchange Braxton County Favemire Joan Bell Whittesville Cietara Way Att Beilepoint Carpenter H. B. Taylor Ridge Avenue Coraopolis Battle Creek Mich Gotham Denier
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