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Newspaper

Raleigh Register

Location

Beckley, West Virginia, United States of America

Date

May 23, 1947

Page

11

71 Seniors To Graduate At Shady Spring High

M J Horsch of West Virginia Institute of Technology will deliver the principal address to 71 graduates at Shady Spring high school. Commencement is at 8 p.m. Wednesday May 28 in the school auditorium. Bartlett is valedictorian and Lilly salutatorian. The program lists orchestras, selections and addresses by Bartlett and Lilly with diplomas presented by J D Swim and T F Bartlett. Ushers include Nedra Elliott and others. Honor students include Mary Frances Akers Elizabeth Bartlett Willie Rose Lilly and many others.

M. J. Horsch West Virginia Institute of Technology At Montgomery Shady Spring High School P.m Elizabeth Ann Bartlett Willie Rose Lilly E. J. Conway High School Joan King Charles J. Roberts D. R. Carder Miss Lilly Wilson Brahms On the Lagoon Miss Bartlett TF. Bartlett T. F. Bartlett Board of Education B. B. Chambers J. D. Swim Raleigh, County Board of Education Benediction Carters Nedra Elliott June Crawford Ruth Quesenberry Lelia Lilly Thelma Meadows Alice Meador Mary Frances Akers Laura Blanche Aldridge Nel Jean Bibb William Eugene Clark Lucille Clark Lois Lee Foster Didd Annette Griffith Herbert Nelvin James Irma Pauline Justice Vada Juanita Lilly Donovan Ray Lilly Pilgrim Eugene Meadows James Clifford Moore Clinton Monroe Moore Joy Lee McCormick Virginia Lee Noel Polly Jo Okes Mildred Elizabeth Pugh Robert Grant Richmond Mary Marie Redden Rachel Frances Simmons Sam A. Snyder Betty Catherine Wright Lee Coleman Akers Nellie Eileen Akers Glenna Ruth Arthur Elizabeth Anne Bartlett Nell Jean Bibb Bobby Eugene Bowling William Richard Buckland Rosella Cox James Henry Creger Charles L Dance Nora Christina Day Catherine Zoe Gautier Harry Lee Goldie Dick Annette Griffith

Buried Treasure Found in Flower Plot by Housewife

Los Angeles housewife Vivian West was digging in her yard when her spade hit an old fruit jar. Three small stone pea sized objects were found and a jeweler said they were cultured pearls. Mrs West quips she feels like a pirate yet keeps the discovery.

Los Angeles Vivian West

Treasury Report shows May treasury receipts and expenditures

Treasury report dated May 20 shows receipts of 290,055,801.97 and expenditures of 214,678,968.64 with a balance of 4,158,896,791.05. Customs receipts for the month totaled 25,575, GEO.08. Fiscal year receipts reach 26,805,144,052.39 with expenditures at 35,407,985,000. Total debt stands at 237,630,140,? and gold assets are 20,807,122,939.51.

Washington BOE GT

Believe In You Quonumea On Page Four Boy

Carol, fearing exposure after her front page photo, hides in the overcrowded city. She migrates from her apartment planning to vanish till dawn, slipping toward a darker street near a building under construction as muffled footsteps echo along the wooden board walk.

Marley The World I Carol

Deaths Fleming and Keen in May Services

Obituary notices list Fannie Ruth Fleming 47 of Central Avenue Crow died May 1 at home of sister Mrs Ire Calloway. Funeral 24 May 2:30 p.m. Calvary Baptist Mabscott. Burial Sunset Memorial Park. Active pallbearers named. Also Cornelia Keen 54 Beckley died May 21. Funeral 24 May 2:30 p.m. Ebenezer Baptist with Rev Corey Mitchell officiating. Burial Wright Cemetery. Body to church 12 noon. state until service. Active pallbearers and flowerbearers listed. Arrangements by Wright Funeral Home.

A. A. Young Annie Thomas Haldé Benley Wyco Association W. M. Freeman Margaret Morgan Junior Berger Troquois U. S. Army Nallalhure PJRA Winona School Valera Choice James HH. Johnson Maxine Spencer F Beckley Watkins Carter Lester Greentown J. C. Senderson I Welch Garden Baptist, Church and Friends of Brooklyn N.A.A.C.P John Redman Fleming Fleming Fannie Ruth Crow Ire Calloway Central Avenue Keyser Calvary Baptist Church Mabscott James Neal Sunset Memorial Park Earl Lambert Sam Raborn John R. Smith Walter Dunecan Harry Anderson Jimmy Istep Marty Dixon C. 1 Scarbra Virgil Calloway Lee Warfield Glenn Webb Calvary, Baptist Church Society Mission Mahsealt Mome Green “Keen Cornelia Beck-ley Ebenezer Baptist Church Corey Mitchell Wright Wright Funeral Thomas Williams Leroe Frazier C. J. White George Scott Bud Mallory James Merritt Daisy Williams Louiserrazier RJ. Howard Blanche Jones Lucinda Goode Cora Bradley S Ults Minute Powell Offa Lee Hamilton Gerrite Robinson Wright Funeral Wome

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