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Newspaper

Raleigh Register

Location

Beckley, West Virginia, United States of America

Date

May 10, 1956

Page

10

Thurman and White win JP nominations in Town District

In a Tuesday primary for Town District, incumbent T. N. Thurman and Cotton White won magistrate nominations. White led with 5,040 votes, while Thurman had 3,942. The slate included several Democrats contesting other local offices and multiple districts reporting results across Richmond and Marsh Fork.

White Thurman T. N. Thurman Cotton White Meadows Jay G. Ballard Jr T. E. Bazzarre Sr Lyon C. A. ‘Slim’ Thompson Joe Rodriguez Jr Thompson Rodriguez E. M Buzzy" Bowling Fayz Corey J. Armer Davis Bill Ronald Durham Everett R. Goodson William Ray Merritt Dickie J. Tennant O. W.woody Thurman E. E. ‘Doc Williams Earl Bragg Richmond C. C. Smith Constable Frannie M. Meadowe Merlin Bragg Charles Plumley

Wyco Services Set For Mrs Parker

Funeral services for Mrs Mat tie Parker Charleston will be held at Mount Grove Baptist Church Wyco at 11 a m Saturday officiated by Rev W J Carter and Rev Lawrence Berger. Burial follows at Greenwood Memorial Park Beckley with survivors including husband Melvin of Mullené mother Mrs Mary L Holdsclaw Allen Junction daughter Mrs Dorothy Gilliam Allen Junction brothers Johnny Wyco Robert Corrine James serving with the Army in California sisters Mrs Anna Mae Thompson New York City and Mrs Mary Wilkes Charleston and five grandchildren. Body to be taken from C D Trent Funeral Home to Mrs Gilliam's residence Friday.

Mattie Parker Charleston Mount Grove Baptist Church Wyco W. J. Carter Lawrence Berger Melvin Mullené Mary L. Holdsclaw Allen Junction Dorothy Gilliam Johnny Robert Corrine James California Anna Mae Thompson New York City Mary Wilkes C. D. Trent Funeral Home Gilliam

Bishop Campbell Opens 79th West Virginia Diocese Meeting

The opening address by Bishop Wilburn C. Campbell marked the start of the 79th annual Council Meeting of the Diocese of West Virginia in Beckley. He urged the church to engage with the marketplace, combat dual religious loyalties, and advance gospel-led leadership amid industrial growth in the Ohio Valley.

Diocese of West Virginia Beckley Wilburn C. Campbell Campbell Bishop Campbell Episcopal Church Ohio Valley Tower of Babel Arnold M. Lewis Ealina Kansas Lewis

Boy Struck by Car in Beckley

A nine year old Beckley boy Eddie Frame suffered bruises and scrapes after being struck by a car near Beckley Wrecking Co at 6 20 p m. Barbara Daniels about 20 of Calloway Heights was the driver. He was taken to Beckley Hospital by a Caffee Funeral Home ambulance. Police say he darted in front of the vehicle.

Beckley Beckley Wrecking Co Eddie Frame Edward Frame North Oakwood Ave Barbara Daniels Calloway Heights Beckley Hospital Caffee Funeral Home

Irvine Rites Slated Saturday in Beckley

Funeral services for Luther Daniel Irvine 55 East Park will be held at 1 p.m. Saturday at Wrights Funeral Home Chapel with the Rev J A Divers officiating. Burial will be in Greenwood Memorial Park. Irvine died Tuesday at the home of sister Mrs W M Yellock 809 Scott Ave. Survivors include one brother Isiah Irvine of Pittsburgh three sisters Mrs Gertrude Coles Beckley Mrs Lena Spain Melbourne Fla and Mrs Mildred Yellock Beckley one stepdaughter Mrs Marjorie Anderson Beckley.

Luther Daniel Irvine East Park Wright J. A. Divers Greenwood Memorial Park Irvine W. M. Yellock Scott Ave Isiah Irvine Pittsburgh Gertrude Coles Beckley Lena Spain Melbourne Fla Mildred Yellock Marjorie Anderson

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