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Newspaper

Raleigh Register

Location

Beckley, West Virginia, United States of America

Date

May 25, 1955

Page

7

Oak Hill candidate urges write in vote against mayor

Samuel W. Price, barred from Oak Hill ballot as a Progressive Party nominee, asks voters to write in his name for the June 7 election. He accuses Mayor Claude Hill of dictatorial conduct and claims the convention lacked five percent of voters, urging a genuine turnout to choose their council.

OAK Hill ANS Claude R. Hill Samuel W. Price Oak Hill Council Price Progressive Party Hill Charles Christian A. L. Sydnor C. H. Nelson H. C. Brown Orville Rich Joe Keatley S. C. Higgins Jr South Pacific Claude Hill

Dog Rabies Vaccination Clinics Schedule in Wyoming County

Clinics for dog rabies vaccination continue in Center District Wyoming County this week with sessions at Marianna Center District school and company store on Thursday, Wolf Pen and Skin Fork schools on Friday, and Pineville DPA center on Saturday. Earlier clinics were held Tuesday at Keyrock and Rockview.

Pineville DPA Keyrock Rockview

Prospective Ground Observers Invited

Oceana Ground Observers Corps schedules a meeting at 7 30 p m Friday at Town Hall. First Lt Rodney H Reed Detachment 8 467 Ground Observer Squadron Roanoke Va and Mayor Manning urge attendance by adults to support the GOC program previously led by Jack Francis and Boy Scouts. State law requires dogs over three months to be vaccinated by June 1 with a 1 50 fee per dog.

Oceana RIS Oceana Ground Observers Corps Town Hall Rodney H. Reed Ground Observer Squadron Roanoke W. F. Manning Jack Francis Pineville New Richmond

Floyd Klaiber Nuptials Held In Mullens Church

Baskets of gladioli adorned First Christian Church for the Sunday ceremony at 3:30 p.m. Ellen Floyd Klaiber and Carlyle Wheeler witnessed a double ring ritual conducted by Rev. George Newell. The bride, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Raymond Klaiber, wore a lace bodice gown with net and white satin, a Juliet lace cap veil, and carried a white Bible. The couple plans to reside in Winston-Salem after a wedding trip. Miss Klaiber will finish Mullens High School this summer and has held leadership roles in student groups. Wheeler, a Mullens High School graduate, served in the Army and has worked in Winston-Salem. they will make their home there.

Mullens High School Miss Klaiber Future Homemakers of America Winston- Salem N. C

Wallace and Wallace founder Luther Wallace dies at 60

Luther R. Wallace of Lewisburg died suddenly at home from a heart attack. Funeral services are set for 2 p.m. Friday at the Wallace and Wallace Funeral Home in Lewisburg with burial at End of the Trail Cemetery in Clintonville. He was the founder and senior partner of the Wallace and Wallace Funeral Home.

Lewisburg Rnl Luther R. Wallace Wallace and Wallace Funeral Home End of the Trail Clintonville

Former Oak Hill Woman is Dead

Mrs. Helen Morgan Holstein 27 wife of Rev. Melvin Holstein and daughter of Mr. and Mrs. W M Morgan Oak Hill died after a yearlong cancer illness at her home 4324 Kanahwa Turnpike Charleston She leaves two sisters Bonnie Faye Morgan and Kate Farmer both of Oak Hill Funeral arrangements are pending

Oak Hill RNS Helen Morgan Holstein Melvin Holstein W. M. Morgan Kanahwa Turnpike Charleston Bonnie Faye Morgan Kate Farmer

Junior Jones Drowns In Minden Creek Area

Junior Jones 15 of Minden drowned Tuesday at Wee-Wyn at the mouth of Minden Creek and New River below Thurmond. Deputy sheriffs Crouse and Epperly said the drowning occurred about 4 p.m. with body recovered around 6:45 p.m. Dr. Newell pronounced death. The body was taken to Washington and Coleman Funeral Home in Mont.

Oak Hill RNS Junior Jones Minden Wee-Wyn Minden Creek New River Thurmond Charles “Buddy Crouse Douglas Epperly Fayetteville D. C. Newell Washington & Coleman Funeral Home Mont

Pineville Miner Hurt In Coal Mine Accident

John C. Morgan, 52, a Pineville miner, is recovering from compound fractures of the right leg after striking a safety rope at work in the Red Jacket Coal Company mine. He received treatment at Stevens Clinic in Welch.

Pineville John C. Morgan Red Jacket Coal Company Stevens Clinic Welch

Public benefit coffee at St Andrew's Oak Hill

The Women's Auxiliary of St Andrew's Episcopal Church Oak Hill invites the public to a benefit coffee Thursday from 10 30 to 12 30 at 245 Kelly Ave the home of Mrs R E Kelly.

Oak Hill RNS St. Andrew's Episcopal Church R. E. Kelly Kelly Ave

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S. W. Price Gomery. Jones John Hawkins Jackson Floyd Beckley Crab Orchard W. Va Inselwood Winston-Salem Phoebe Floyd Carlyle Wheeler Luther Wallace Moran Ave Mullens Norfolk & Princeton DOWN
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