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Newspaper

Raleigh Register

Location

Beckley, West Virginia, United States of America

Date

May 11, 1947

Page

3

Alderson Juniors Host Banquet for Graduating Class

Alderson High School juniors staged a Junior-Senior banquet in the school auditorium named Diamond Jim's Tower with Gay Nineties decorations and skits set to period tunes. The event honored the graduating class, followed by a reception for juniors and guests.

Register Slade Wrier Alderson Alderson High School Diamond Jim's Tower Ruth Burdette Joanne Eal Gleann Grose Dorothy Boyd Betty Fitzer Carolyn Thurmond Pearl Butcher Bill Alderson Richard Cook Jimmy Areie Pierce Carl Mant Joe Vander Earl Anderson Sony Fletcher Bab

Alderson Church Wedding Sets Smith Fields Nuptials

Aldersons Mabel Ann Fields daughter of Mr and Mrs W E Fields wed Clyde R Smith of Columbus Ohio in a double ring service at Greenbrier Summers County Baptist Church. The ceremony featured blossoms and candlelight with Rev Randolph J Tetromotive Johnson officiating. Attendants wore pink yellow aqua gowns and the couple will reside in Columbus Ohio. A second note mentions a lecture series by Rev Randolph F Johnson on minor prophets.

Register Alderson Mabel Ann Fields W. E. Fields Clyde R. Smith Columbus Ohio Hinton Raleigh Ant Greenbrier Summers County Baptist Church Brotherhood of Locomotive Randolph J Johnson Harry Scott A. €. Path Trotheer Howard Fields Dolly Fields Bink Hey Sisters Franjt Bankstealdy Richard Allare Cwalyn Smith Lennie Ficks Frank Rookstaol, Jr E.R. Pletcher, Jr Pearl Scott Frank Rookstagl Rayment Heffner Harvey Clark Rupert Owens-Illinois Glass Company Randolph F. Johnson Greenbrier ‘Baptist Church Greenbrier Church

Mrs Mary Dunn Succumbs at 80 in Lewisburg suburb

Mrs Mary Agnes Dunn aged 80 widow of N A Dunn of Vago Lewisburg suburb died Friday evening at her home Funeral services set for 2 pm at Neal Chapel with Rev A Shiftlett officiating burial in church cemetery Funeral home of Lewisburg in charge Surviving six sons three daughters a step daughter and a brother with ties to several nearby towns

Lewisburg Mary Agnes Dunn N. A. Dunn Vago Neal Chapel A. Shiftlett l Wallace Roy M Ak~von

Soldier Mann Promoted to Sergeant at Yokohama Base

Dennis W. Mann of Greenville and his wife Mrs Mann announce Mann’s promotion to sergeant. The base at Yokohama houses the 4th Fighter Group. Mann arrived last September, joined the 49th on Hokkaido, and now serves as a dispatcher in the base motor pool with Headquarters and Base Service Squad.

Greenville Regiter Stair Welter Dennis — W. Mann BG. Mann Chilose Army Air Base Japan Yokohama Mann Hokkaido

Meeting Cancelled by Engineer in Monroe County

The series of meetings planned for May 13 and 14 in Monroe County to help plan water systems has been cancelled indefinitely due to illness in Waldo Bell's family. Bell, engineer for the Agricultural Extension Service, changed his plans because of the situation.

Megister Statt Writer Union Monroe County Waldo Bell Agricultural Extension Service

Initiation Service Held by White Sulphur VFW Auxiliary

Mary Harlan and Anne Callison were initiated at the recent Veterans of Foreign Wars Ladies Auxiliary meeting in White Sulphur. The ceremony marked a new membership milestone for the group.

Register White Mary Harlan Anne Callison Veterans of Foreign Wars Ladies Auxiliary

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