23 May 1947
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Newspaper
Raleigh Register
Location
Beckley, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
May 23, 1947
Page
1
State Road Commissioner E J Worthington told Oak Hill Chamber of Commerce leaders that a summer survey will assess building a cross county highway from Stonecliff over Beary Mountain. The proposed road could be built next year, aiding Quinnimont and Sewell Mountain Districts access to Fayetteville and the county seat.
Oak Hill youth Ed Graff 21 was treated for chest bruises and a knee cut after his car left the road while returning home from work as a Chesapeake and Ohio Railway night employee at Thurmond. The wreck tore a fence and struck a tree near Lundale Farm close to Oak Hill Baptist Church.
Oak Hill High School band director Paul G. Mackey outlines plans for a fundraising campaign to buy 70 uniforms, needing about 2500 dollars. The effort aims to restore the band to its pre war status as one of the state’s best dressed groups. The drive will be discussed with school and city officials on June 9.
In Fayetteville, three couples obtained marriage permits from the county clerk. William A. Cox, 65, of Newark Ohio, and Mae Skaggs, 53, of Montgomery. James C. Lyons, 29, and Shirley Lilly, 22, both of Dothan. Stewart Tincher, 42, of Sanger, and Vada Stele, 40, of Oak Hin.
Oak Hill Business and Professional Women's Club completed plans for the Laurel Wreath Banquet to be held at the Hotel Hill on June 1. The event begins at 8 p.m. followed by a dance at Edgewater Steak House near Gauley Bridge. Invitations are being mailed to 12 local women to become members. Mrs Alva Mann, hostess, reported on the Charleston convention.
The Montgomery Junior Chamber of Commerce passes a resolution favoring Oak Hill for the Fayette County War Memorial Building. Rufus C. Hurt says a meeting with the county court and war memorial committee will study the Oak Hill site, with Guy Douglas and Charles Mahan invited for a May 26 gathering at 1 p.m. The Fayetteville site had been the court's prior choice.
Mullens police hold two Black residents after State Police escort three to Charleston for lie detector tests. The case concerns the death of 44 year old Lawrence Burgess, a Black Eagle Mine motorman found dead early Sunday. Creed Major, a 72 year old Black miner tied to the taxi ride, was released upon return from Charleston.
The Wyoming County rent control office at Mullens has been closed to the public since May 21. Richard Bailey, Bluefield area rent director, says the office will be placed on a circuits rider with a rent control representative holding clinics one day a week. Until visit dates are announced, Bailey advises people to write to the area office at Bluefield.
Fayetteville hosts the monthly X ray clinic sponsored by the Fayette County Tuberculosis Association and Health Department from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. The service is for those referred by local doctors, suspects from prior clinics, ex-sanitarium patients and families, contacts of tuberculosis cases, and individuals showing disease symptoms.
W H Haynes, Fayetteville attorney, and Frank Mahan, another local, are undergoing treatment in Laird Memorial Hospital, Montgomery.
Mullens Women of the Mullens American Legion Auxiliary will sell poppies Saturday in observance of National Poppy Day. A numbered campaign is led by co-chairman William Q. Dodd and Mrs R J Hart with Mys Loisla Pineville assisting. Police report two speeding incidents on Mullens streets leading to fines and arrests.
Funeral services for Edward M. Gunnoe 65 of Pineville were held at 2 p m at Pineville Baptist Church with Rev Dewey Wilson and Rev L A Steele officiating Interment followed at Cranny Cemetery Born January 14 1882 in Cranny Wyoming County he was the son of the late Dan and Martha Gunnoe Survivors include his wife Judy Green Gunnoe four sons Wannis G Clifftop S W Panama City Cedric Charleston and Garth Athens two sisters Mrs Lake Lambert Mount Hope and Mrs Blanche Cook Oceana three brothers B B Washington D C G H Gunnoe Huntington and Q O M Gunnoe
Mullens reports the annual TB X-ray clinic will be at Pineville High School from 9 a.m. to 4 30 p.m. on June 5. X-rays and examinations are free. Individuals needing X-rays who have not been notified by the Health Department are urged to attend.
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