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Newspaper
Raleigh Register
Location
Beckley, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
May 11, 1959
Page
8
Mrs Sarah Cook, 60, of Oceana, was admitted to Stevens Clinic in Welch on Thursday for reduction of fractures of the right hip and wrist sustained in a fall.
Mr and Mrs Gerald Stamper of Beartown announce the birth of a daughter weighing 4 pounds 11.5 ounces born Wednesday morning at Welch Emergency Hospital.
Sunday visitors to Mrs Myrtle Steed and Mrs Mollie Evans in Colcord were the sisters uncle and brother in law Mr and Mrs Jake Elkins and their son and daughter in law Mr and Mrs Jimmie Elkins and Beckley Elkins and Mr and Mrs Elmer Hager of Culloden. Weekend guests of Mr and Mrs Luther Dillon in Colcord were their son and daughter in law Mr and Mrs Junior Lee Dillon and children of Dayton Ohio.
Whitesville AP report describes the West Virginia Mountain Project, a 12 church and three mission effort begun to relocate unemployed Coal River Valley men. With New Jersey and New York church cooperation, three men have found placements in Rochester New York and Asbury Park, with plans to place about four each month.
The Maben Grade School Parent-Teachers Association will host a Wiener roast this Wednesday at 5 p.m. at the school. Students may invite parents and relatives as guests. The PTA approved buying a second-hand restaurant mixer. Attendees included eleven parents, six teachers, and two visitors. Jesse Durham presided.
Oak Hill area reporters note the Oak Leaf Garden Club elected officers at a Thursday meeting hosted by Mrs. T. W. Sowers. Officers include Mrs. Kenneth Carroll president and Mrs. Ed Pennington secretary with other posts filled. Rhodes Addition cleanup project assigned. bookmobile support approved. Mrs. J. W. Daugherty to speak in June.
COLCORD ANS Sycamore Builder's Club presented a Mother's Day program at Sycamore Chapel on Friday with Mrs. Myrtle Steed, president, in charge. Two songs, Mother themed recitations, and a scripture reading by Miss Susie Mitchell were featured. Corsages were awarded to Mrs. Mollie Evans the oldest mother Betty Dillon the youngest, and Mrs. Med White with the most children. A gift exchange and refreshments for numerous attendees followed.
A sewing method advises covering a hem line in a child’s dress by stitching a row of braid over it. The technique hides the line while strengthening the edge and maintaining fabric integrity. It emphasizes careful placement and even tension.
In Pineville, Robert Akers about 20 was arrested Friday evening by Alcohol and Tobacco Tax Unit agents and State Police Corporal Andrick after approaching a moonshine still found by authorities. Akers denied ownership and was taken to Bluefield for a U S Commissioner hearing. The site in Black Fork between Cabin Creek and Bowers Ridge contained nine 55-gallon mash barrels ready to run.
Funeral services for Arthur William Hefner 68 will be held at St. Thomas Episcopal Church White Sulphur Springs at 2 p.m. Tuesday conducted by Rev Edgar L Tiffany Burial will follow in Wallace Memorial Cemetery near Clintonville Hefner died Saturday night on duty as a security officer at The Greenbrier where he worked 22 years He was born Oct 6 1890 near Neola a son of the late John W and Oma Terry Hefner Survivors include wife Flora Wade Hefner two sons Leslie E of Covington VA and Joe M Hefner of Richmond VA four daughters Annabelle Baker Covington VA Wilma Stump and Nellie Sue Hefner both Beckley and Janie Boggs White Sulphur Springs four brothers Paul Richlands VA Varick Newport News VA Bruce Neola and Hamil Hefner White Sulphur Springs a sister Olive Perry White Sulphur Springs three grandchildren The body will remain at Shanklin Funeral Home until service time Masonic Lodge members will conduct graveside rites and serve as pallbearers.
H L Poff, retired Virginian Railway employee, remains seriously ill at Wyoming General Hospital Mullens after heart attacks. Family from Cleveland and Pineville as well as Pembroke relatives visit. Several neighbors and relatives stop by for support as condition shows slight improvement.
In Mossy, Mrs. Char lie Hall visited weekend with her sons-in-law and daughters, James Weeks and E C Waugh of Richwood. Sunday guests at Azel Coleman’s included Eula Harper and Blaine Harper with their children from Walton. Pvt Terry Lee Kelly, Fort Campbell, Ky, returned to his base after a week with his mother Verley Payne. Nelson Burnside hosted his son-in-law James Heflin and daughter Denise as guests, while James Gordon Payne of Allen, Ky, stayed with his grandmother Minnie Payne. Tuesday visitors to Lacy Payne’s home were nephew George Buttrick of Cabin Creek and his wife.
Miss Suellen Pinson married Larry Navicki in a 9 am double ring ceremony at St Peter and Paul's Church Scarbro. The bride a Collins High School 1957 graduate attending WV Tech, and owner-operator of Three Gables Club, wed Navicki son of Mrs Julia Novicki. The groom is the son of Mrs Julia Novicki. The couple honeymooned at Desert Inn Daytona Beach Fla.
In Fayetteville Otis Derossett sued Frank Sharp and Billy Hobbs after a Belva Road collision left him injured. A Fayette Circuit Court jury awarded $25,000 to the Carbondale man after a May 1 trial that featured more than 30 witnesses. Meanwhile Lawrence Lee Gunter Jr. died when a car working on fell on him, with services at First Church of God and burial in Bennett Cemetery. Survivors include his parents and grandparents.
Mr and Mrs Charles R Thompson Colcord announce the arrival of a daughter born April 25 at Charleston General Hospital in Colcord Oklahoma.
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