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Newspaper
Raleigh Register
Location
Beckley, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Mar 29, 1955
Page
2
Mullens Scout units including Cub Packs 5 and 121 Troops 5 121 123 and Explorer Post 5 will display crafts and skills at the annual Boy Scout Exposition in Beckley April 15 and 16. Ticket sales fund unit supplies and camping as explained by commissioner William C. McGhee.
Fayetteville report lists three couples applying for marriage licenses at the County Clerk office. John Gill and Nancy Wright, Levi McClung and Betty Jordon, Lloyd Rice and Coca Crumb are named with ages and parentage in Lookout Page Oak Hill and Rt. 2 Fayetteville Mount Hope contexts.
Mr and Mrs D P Moore return from Bandy Virginia where they stayed with Mr and Mrs J M Lambert. Mr and Mrs David Crockett plan to return from Los Angeles California. Mr and Mrs Buck Lowe visited relatives in Mullens over the weekend. Cpl Gene Centers of Lowry Air Force Base spent a leave with his parents and will report to Nevada. Mrs Joyce Lamb at Beckley Hospital recuperating from tonsillectomy this week.
Elmer Sizemore a 46 year old miner employed by Raleigh Wyoming Mining Co lost part of his right ring finger in an injury at work and was treated at Wyoming General Hospital at 9 10 am Monday.
Opie Garland Mann 46 died Sunday night of a heart attack. Funeral services will be held at his Mount Hope home at 2 p.m. Wednesday with Rev. Raymond Martin officiating. Burial in Hart Cemetery Prosperity. Survived by wife Florence Rodgers Mann and parents William and (Hutch) Mann. Pallbearers named. body to be taken to the home from Tyree Funeral Home Mount Hope.
Leonard Comuzie 87 died after a stroke at Oak Hill Hospital. Funeral at 11 a.m. Wednesday at his residence with Rev. Ernest Barley officiating. Burial in Har rah Cemetery Backus Mountain. A stone mason for 20 years, retired miner, UMWA District 17 Charleston local 7626 member. Catholic, born Italy December 1868. Survived by Phoebe Comuzie daughter, five sons George Ohio James Thayer Pete Prince Joe Charles Decota, two stepdaughters Annie Morris Thayer Vera Saxton Freeman, three stepsons Ben Avancini Thayer William Danese Junior Clifftop. Funeral home Collins Glen Jean to receive friends today at 4 p.m.
Tom Lyons, 30, of Matheny, was struck by a coupling pin while working for Eastern Gas and Fuel Associates last Friday. His right hand fractured and cut. he received treatment at Stevens Clinic in Welch.
Squirrels from Jackson Michigan occupy Fayette County courthouse trees after a trip by Deputy Sheriff Woodrow Bennett. He says the animals will nest and live there if not molested.
Two people were treated at Oak Hill Hospital after weekend mishaps. Joan Burdette of Fayetteville sustained a wrist laceration, while Delmar Senea, 49, Route 1 Fayetteville, suffered a hand injury after snagging it on a nail.
Funeral services for Ohley Ord Oldaker 52 of Rosedale Addition Oak Hill are at Porterwood Methodist Church Porterwood at 2 p m Thursday. Burial in Community Cemetery. Died 9 20 a m Monday from heart condition. Survived by wife Arlett a Cummings Oldaker mother Adeline Oldaker three brothers Okey Edmond William Chattanooga Tenn Lester Holly Hill Fla three sisters Mrs Margaret Martin Cleveland Ohio Mrs Ruth Harber Shamay Mrs Ruby Flanaghan Parsons four sons Alvin Gale Micheal Steven both at home Earl Florida Ohley Ord Jr Porterwood. Body to be moved from Thomas Funeral Home Oak Hill to residence at 3 30 p m today to Greenleaf Funeral Home Parsons on Wednesday.
In Fayette County the February accident prevention contest results were announced by Andrew Easton Jr. The Minden mine and Kaymoor mine led Group I with low frequency rates, Beards Fork mine won Group II, and Brooklyn and Ansted mines tied for Group III based on greater man hours.
Funeral services for the mother of Mullens resident Mrs. Fred Shelton were set in Saltville Virginia. Beulah Ward 77 died at her Saltville home Sunday morning after caring for her daughter during illness.
Pelham A. Paul Surber 69 was scheduled for 2 p.m. today at Mullens chapel Robertson and Foglesong Funeral Home. Rev. Cecil Robinson to officiate with burial in Coal City Cemetery. The Rhodell carpenter was found dead early Sunday, apparently from a heart attack.
Charleston news notes that nine highway and bridge bids will be opened by the Road Commission including a federal aid project for final grading on the U.S. 60 approach to the Montgomery bridge in Kanawha County. Other bids cover surface treatment along W.Va. 71 in Mercer County and U.S. 219 between Slatyfork and the Randolph County line in Pocahontas County.
MARLINTON W Va jurors in Pocahontas County Circuit Court resumed deliberations today in the trial of Jimmy Gibson of Marlinton charged as an accessory in the dynamiting of a highway bridge. The case began yesterday and jurors were locked up for the night after no verdict by nine. Gibson testified he gave dynamite to Sage but denied knowing its purpose while Sage and Dass testified Gibson knew it would blow the bridge.
In Charleston three Webster County miners Charles Sparks Foster Wilson and Elmer Bell were convicted March 16 under train wrecking statutes for dynamiting a Cherry River Boom and Lumber Co. train. Sentencing, carrying up to 20 years and 10,000 dollars fines per man, is postponed from tomorrow. Judge Ben Moore plans to rule by March 30 after motions are prepared. Fireman Robert Nichols died in the October blast amid a mine strike. James A. Bush was acquitted.
Fayette County Recreation Association executive and advisory committees meet at 7:30 p.m. on April 13 in Oak Hill at Appalachian Electric Power Co. offices. Members will present unfinished handicraft articles for the May workshop and learn about added crafts such as billfolds pouches sheaths and belts. A note adds that Everest height estimates have changed from 29,002 to 29,028 feet.
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