Rites Set Sunday For Train Victim
Funeral services are planned for Trent Showalters, six year old son of Mr and Mrs William M Showalters of Summerlee, who died after reportedly attempting to hop a Virginian Railway freight train near Summerlee. The child, on his way home from school, was found dead Thursday afternoon. Burial will follow at Bays Cemetery after services at Bethel Church. The body will be at Tyree Funeral Home from 2 pm Saturday.
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Summerlee
Trent Showalters
William M. Showalters
Virginian
Ashley Williams
Williams
Wally Stull
Metalton
Frank
Gerald
Gail
Harry
Kirk
Phyllis
Frances
William Cox
William, Jr
Paul
Eccles
Wilma Ochs
Michelle Showalters
Kansas
Bethel Church
Bays
Tyree
Dad Cartridges Trigger Injuries in Corinne Boy
Twelve year old Alvin Cline of Corinne was injured when he fired at two discarded .30-30 blank cartridges found at a Beckley cemetery. The shells exploded in his yard, sending metal fragments into his right hand. He received treatment from Dr. W. W. Wells and tetanus serum.
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Mullens
Alvin Cline
Si Cline
Corinne
Daniel Boone
Alvin
Beckley
W. W. Wells
Oceana Woman's Club Demands July August Break Aid Drive
Oceana Women plan a five dollar donation to the cancer drive and vote to suspend meetings in July and August. At a Tuesday meeting in the Oceana Methodist Church new officers were installed with Mrs. J. L. Blankenship as president and Mrs. Raymond Cook as federation chairman. A past president gift, several committees, and a long list of members were acknowledged during the ceremony with refreshments served to many members and a guest.
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Oceana
Oceana Woman's Lab
Oceana Methodist Church
Glenn E. Cobb
J. L. Blankenship
Leo Chambers
and Botney
Tom Evans
Federation
Raymond Cook
J. Rush Cook
John Pike
Kathaleen Jones
R. C. Hatfield
Lacy McMillion
L. W. Beane
John Claypool
Minnie Hawkins
John Gallagher
Philip Roach
Two Fayette Men To Attend General Church Conference
Four commissioners from Bluestone Presbytery and two other ministers will represent the Synod of West Virginia at the General Assembly of the Presbyterian Church in Massanutten Springs Virginia on June 8. W. E. Price will preside and a new moderator will be elected opening night. The assembly will extend for three to four days with worship services highlighted on Sunday.
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Acak
Mt. Hope
Pond
George L. Lowry
Oak Hill
Synod of
West Virginia
Bluestone Presbytery
General Assembly
Preside Presbyterian Church of the United States
Massanutta Springs
L. S. Jones
Bramwell
J. H. Anderson
Welch
Price
S. R. Diehl
Martinsburg
Austin College
Sherman
Texas
Robert W Bedford
Edward D. Grant
Assembly
Board of Education
Mrs Holsonback Taken by Death Rites Set Sunday
Mrs Martha Alice Holsonback 78 of Scarbro died Thursday at Oak Hill Hospital after a two year illness. Funeral services Sunday at 3 p m at Scarbro Baptist Church led by Rev G M Ford. Burial in Hilltop Cemetery. She was born in Georgia Sept 11 1871 and was a Primitive Baptist. Survived by husband Charley a brother L A Hazelwood of Scarbro two sisters Dellar Webb of Oak Grove Alabama and Doshie Tribble of Hoxie Arkansas three sons John Ruskin Florida Hobart Salford Pennsylvania Earl Scarbro and daughter Lula Harris of Eustis Florida. Body to be moved from Tyree Funeral Home to residence at 5 p m Saturday.
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Oak Hill
Martha Alice Holsonpack
Scarbro
Scarbro Baptist Church
G. M. Ford
Hilltop Cemetery
Hilltop
Georgia
Primitive Baptist Church
Charley
L. A. Hazelwood
Dellar Webb
Oak Grove
Ala
Doshie Tribble
Hoxie
Ark
John
Ruskin
Fla
Hobart
Salford
Earl
Lula Harris
Eustis
Tyree
Nine Candidates File in Fayette County Offices
Fayetteville voters see nine nominations filed in the circuit clerk’s office a Republican and eight Democrats. Democrat Mrs. L. S. Tully heads the list seeking succession as circuit clerk. Others include Eddie W. Kelly for County Court, Lacy Neely for County Clerk, R. L. Matthews and Robert Fields for House of Delegates, William Owen Fitzpatrick for Quinni mont District County Executive Committee, George F. Paw Lewis for House of Delegates, Co. F. Newman for House of Delegates, and H. E. Newman seeking Board of Education nomination.
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Fayetteville
Fayette County
Board of Education
L. S. Tully
Eddie W. Kelly
Lacy Neely
R. L. Matthews
House of Delegates
Robert Fields
William Owen Fitzpatrick
Layland
Quinnimont
George F
Paw) Lewis
Co. F. Newman
Montgomery
H. E. Newman
Prince
Smoker Tonight Planned by Mt Hope VFW Post 74
The Andrews Post 74 of Mt Hope plans a veterans smoker tonight at Sampson's Place in the basement of Melvor's building. The event is hosted to honor veterans and provide a social gathering for post members.
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My Register Starr
MT. Hope
Andrews Post 74
Sampson's Place
Melvor
Marshall President To Address Oceana Seniors Tonight
D Stewart H Smith president Marshall College will deliver the commencement address to Oceana High School seniors tonight. He has been Huntington College president since 1940 and holds a PhD from Syracuse University. Born in Pennsylvania, he trained at Gettysburg College and Columbia University, with extensive early career as a school supervisor in New York.
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Oceana
D. Stewart H. Smith
Marshall College
Oceana High School
Landon B. Cox
Smith
Huntington College
Pennsylvania
D. Smith
Gettysburt College
Columbia University
Syracuse University
Roxbury
Middleburgh
New York
Marshall
Teachers College
John D. Williams
Navy Seaman From Price Hill Serves On Carrier
Page J. Poe of Price Hill serves aboard USS Palau the escort aircraft carrier. The crew recently took part in round the clock operations in the western Atlantic, reflecting ongoing naval activity in distant waters.
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Register
Price Hill
Page J. Poe
United States Navy
Palau
Atlantic
Mrs Ollie Lafferty Dies at Pax Resident
Mrs. Ollie Lafferty of Pax died at a daughter s home at ten p m Thursday. Funeral arrangements are incomplete and the body rests at Tyree Funeral Home Oak Hill.
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Oak Hill
Ollie Lafferty
Pax
Tyree
Ansted Man Graduates From Navy Dental Technician School
Ralph D. Holcomb of Ansted, a United States Navy dentalsman, was graduated on May 15 from the Navy Dental Technician School at the Naval Training Station in Great Lakes Illinois.
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Ansted
Ralph D. Holcomb
United States Navy
Navy
Naval Training Station
Great Lakes
Ill
Kopperston Personal News Briefs
Visiting relatives at Kopperston include Mrs Lester Buckley and daughter Sandra. Dennis Worrell and Preston Bowes remain at home with measles. Mrs Mary Clark RN resumes duties as resident nurse after a nurses convention in Wheeling. Mrs Marie Gallagher RN spent Wednesday in Kopperston. Nathan Toler 14 of Kopperston admitted to Stevens Clinic Hospital Welch for observation after injuring his foot when a horse pulled a sled, suspected fracture.
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Kopperston
Bim
Lester Buckley
Sandra
Dennis Worrell
Preston Bowes
Mary Clark
Wheeling
Marie Gallagher
Nathan Toler
Stevens Clinic
Welch
Kindergarten Pupils Appear in Program at Ben Dunman
rm Kindergarten Pupils Appear in Program By Register Staff ter Mullens Classes for kindergarten students, conducted by Mrs C C Gentry, will be recessed tomorrow for the summer. The group was presented in a program at Ben Dunman Elementary School on Wednesday night. A characterization of Mother Goose rhymes was the feature of the program and included participants Mary Robertson Ellen Pryor Barbara Rampolla Judy Toler Anna Marie Chandler Libby Welch John Nichols A Ritz Kingdon Jr Freddy Jeffcoate and Bobby Hedrick.
Indiana Territory Included Indiana Illinois Michigan and Wisconsin
The Indiana Territory originally encompassed what are now the states of Indiana Illinois Michigan and Wisconsin along with the eastern portion of Minnesota, outlining the early territorial boundaries before statehood reorganized the region.
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Illinois
Michigan
Wisconsin
Minnesota
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