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Newspaper
Raleigh Register
Location
Beckley, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Mar 22, 1956
Page
4
Funeral services for Betsy Wriston daughter of Bobby Lee and Venetena Wriston will be held at 3 p.m. today at Advent Christian Church Route 1 Scarbro with Rev. Mont Carr officiating. Burial follows in Rinehart Cemetery Route 1 Scarbro. The one day old infant died in Chicago of pneumonia born February 23 in Chicago. Body to the maternal grandparents Venton Scarbro Route 1 Scarbro.
Miss Mary Ella Laird travels to Washington DC to visit Senator and Mrs. William R. Laird. The Lairds spent the weekend in Fayetteville before leaving for Washington. Other locals visit Covington and Fairfield Virginia, Florida towns, and Clearwater for winter.
Fayetteville report shows Forest Protector Headley Humphrey naming protectors for northern Fayette County to monitor and report forest fires. Citizens urged to report fires and burning restrictions in March April May between 5 p m and 5 a m.
Fayetteville reports H F Frazier addresses Service Club of the Order of Eastern Star meeting at Mrs. Chester Hager home. He urges civic and fraternal groups to serve others, outlines community service ideas, and leads a devotional with scripture verses.
Residents Hatfield Champers Lewis and Womack head to Mont Verde Florida for a winter home visit and plan to return in 10 days. Meadors travel to Ghent to see his parents. Audrey Bailey seeks major surgery at Grace Hospital Welch. Several local families and ministers are noted for travel, visits, revivals, illnesses, and two births Gail Rene and Tina Marrissa announced at Pineville Clinic and Shannon Clinic.
Proceeds from a Montcoal Marsh Fork High talent show will fund television sets for two injured miners. Quentin Barrett of Montegal-Stickney Elementary explains PTA groups and coal region women organize a Friday 7 30 p m program featuring more than twenty groups. Proceeds go to the miners and performers win prizes. Byron Spaun Jr. of Beckley will host.
Advert reads KLORONOL a nasal congestion remedy promising relief from hay fever pressure and sinuslike misery. It cites men and women reporting headaches and sneezing relief, costs 3 with money back guarantee, sold at Cohen Drug Stores 322 Neville MG Medicy Mall orders filed.
Meredith Lawrence Cobb 69 of Route 1 Mount Hope died of a stroke Tuesday afternoon. Funeral services were held at 2 p.m. at the Tyree Funeral Home Chapel Mount Hope with burial at High Lawn Memorial Park Oak Hill. Cobb was a toolman for New River Co and the death occurred at 1 20 p.m. Tuesday.
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