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Newspaper

Raleigh Register

Location

Beckley, West Virginia, United States of America

Date

May 27, 1947

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2 County Milk Route Planned

Register Staff Writer reports a proposed milk route from Paint Creek in Fayette County through Citts ville Raleigh County to Beck. The plan will be discussed at a farm club meeting at 7:30 tonight in Pax city hall with H. B. Thomas and Cittsville farmers attending. Greenbrier Dairy will outline wholesale milk production steps. J Haynes Miller estimates start on Palum Orchard with 100 gallons daily, routing Pax to Cittsville Maple Fork Price Hill Prosperity Mabscott plant.

Register J. Haynes Miller Fayette County Palum Orchard Packs Branch Pax Cittsville Maple Fork Price Hill Mabscott Dairy Company

James Hall Weds Cleveland Girl In Willoughby Ceremony

Marriage of Helen A. Cameron of Cleveland Ohio and James W Hall of Oak Hill was held at 8 p m Saturday with Dr H B Ernsberger officiating at Willoughby United Church Willoughby Ohio The couple will visit the groom s mother in Oak Hill on May 29 after a reception at their Lake Shore Boulevard home in Chagrin Harbor Willoughby groom attended Oak Hill High School and works for Glascote Products Company in Cleveland The bridal party included Miss Elmer Cohlmeyer as maid of honor and Kenneth Brooks with Elmer Cohlmeyer as best man and usher respectively

Register Oak Hill Helen A. Cameron Cleveland Ohio James W. Hall Mannie Smith H. B. Ernsberger Willoughby United Church Willoughby Miss Cameron Ralph Sherwood Elmer Cohlmeyer Makren Kenneth Brooks Lake Shore Boulevard Chagrin Harbor Glascote Products Company

Scarbro Woman Mandonie Rogers Stroud Dies in Oak Hill Hospital

Scarbro Mrs. Mandonie FE Rogers Stroud, 66, died at 4 30 AM in Oak Hill Hospital after a three year illness. Survived by husband W E Stroud of Scarbro, three sons Wilber Scarbro Albert and Gilbert of Charleston, three brothers John and George Rogers of Garden Grove Calif and Rev Joe L Rogers Mount Hope, a sister Mrs James W Mahoney Scarbro, four grandchildren and one great grandchild. Body at Tyree Funeral Home until funeral plans are complete. Gulfstream Park noted Florida race track with rising mutuels and attendance last season.

Register Oak Hill Mandonie FE Rogers Stroud Scarbro Oak Hill Hospital Joe L. Rogers Mount Hope James .W. Mahoney Tyree Funeral Home

Court Urges Oak Hill Site for Memorial Building

Oak Hill leaders and local officials met with the county court ahead of the June 4 meeting to urge reversing Fayetteville site plans for a county war memorial. Oak Hill offers $25,000 and a donated site if construction moves to Oak Hill.

Oak Hill’s Register Oak Hill Fayetteville Rufus C. Hurt Oaks Hill Chamber Guy Douglas R. “Boob” Rhodes Edd Eddie Neely Don Whitney American Legion John Claypool WEFW Shirley Donnelly C.K. Mahan A. BE. Stacy J. F. Reed

Court Denies Brooklyn Miner’s Claim to Pay

A federal judge denied Ralph Fox of Brooklyn a claim for back pay from Scotia Coal and Coke Company of Fayetteville after Fox, a former coal leader, refused Army reinstatement. The court ruled Fox worked seven months on track but quit, and that he was not eligible for reimbursement.

Register

Memorial services for Stillrun Cemetery near Mullens Friday

Reverend Tom Eldreth will lead all day memorial services at Stillrun Cemetery on Route 16, inviting area ministers and groups to participate. Attendees are asked to bring dinner and help plan future improvements such as fencing and landscaping for about 200–300 gravesites. The site spans two miles from Mullens between Simann and Stillrun.

Eldreth Simann Stilliun Mullens

Five Civil War Vets Among 105,691 VA Hospital Patients

The Associated Press reports on April 1 VA data shows 105,691 patients in VA hospitals. Civil War veterans make up five individuals with an average age of about 100. Other groups include World War II 51,273 and World War I 48,340 patients, plus smaller categories of veterans and retirees.

Associated Press Washington Veterans Administration

Auxiliary to St. Andrew's to Host Silver Tea in Oak Hill

The Woman's Auxiliary of St. Andrew's Episcopal Church in Oak Hill will hold a Silver Tea at the home of Mrs. E. Kelly on Thursday May 29 from 3 p.m. to 5 p.m. with the public invited to attend.

Ay Register Oak Hill St. Andrew’s Episcopal Church E. Kelly

World’s Largest Mechanized Farm Planned for Africa

British planners announce a 5000 square mile mechanized farm in Tanganyika with extensions into northern Rhodesia and Kenya. It aims to produce 60,000 tons of vegetable oil seeds yearly and 5,000 tons of margarine in year one, rising to 250,000 tons margarine by 1951, creating 60,000 jobs and transforming barren land into a farming district with railway lines and public ownership.

London Africa Europe Asia British Information Services Tanganyika Rhodesia Kenya Britain

Funeral Draws Out-of-Town Mourners for Ed Gunnoe

Out-of-town relatives and friends attended Ed Gunnoe’s funeral Friday at Cook Memorial Baptist Church in Pineville. Guests listed include Gunnoe family members from Florida, Charleston, Athens, Huntington, Gauley Bridge, Mount Hope, Qeeina, Bluefield, Beckley, Logan, Pemberton, Man, Windom, and others.

Gunnee Resister Pineville Ed Gunnoe Cook Memorial Baptist Florida Charleston Athens George H. Gunnoe Huntington Olway Cunnoe Gauley Bridge J. W. Lambert Mount Hope J. Rush Cook Vida Chambers Maude Cozort Qeeina Oley Mangus Bluefield Virginia J. D. Mansus Beckley Shelby Brooks Pemberton H. T. Davis Logan Nora’ Gunnoe Quincey Gunnoe George Saunders Man E. E., Cook Windom

Husband Liable for Pre-Divorce Medical Bills

Charleston Common Pleas Judge Charles Ritchie ruled a husband must pay the cost of his wife’s emergency appendicitis operation after they separated and began divorce proceedings. The judge rejected the idea that a husband can evade statutory liability by driving his wife from home before needed medical care.

Vice Associated Press Charleston

Miner Hurt by Blast at Amigo Mine Stays in Beckley Hospital

Edward Terry, a Black miner and leader at the Amigo Mine of the F.C. Minter Coal Company, was struck in the face and eyes by coal blasted from an adjacent room and was taken to Beckley Hospital for treatment. Jay James Hall Weds.

Mullens Edward Terry Amigo F.C. Minter Coal Company Beckley Hospital Jay James Hall

Black Eagle Couple Charged in Wyoming Miner Murder

Virginia and Reginald Sheppard, both charged with murder in the death of Lawrence Burgess, waived a preliminary hearing. The couple, held for bonds by Circuit Judge D. M. Easley, faced investigation after a gun linked to the shooting was recovered and bullet matches were reported.

Regxister Mullens Marmin Sheppard Virginia W. B. Wilson D. M. Easley R. D. Platt Sheppard Creed Major Lawrence Burgess Black Eagle Smokeless Coal Company Major Burgess Corinne Charleston Sheppards Black Eagle Tipple

Three youths held after road check car theft probe

McDowell County police report three youths and a fourth sought by authorities were detained after a road check on State Route 16 near Pineville. Officers found Ohio license plates under a seat of a car reported stolen in Columbus Ohio. The incident involved multiple motorists stopped during the Saturday check and ongoing investigation by Sheriff Goode.

Pineville Hartwell McDowell Lieved Censes South Charleston Paul Goode Jay Ohio Register Howard Blevins McDowell County Goode

Three Accidents Cause Hurt Hands In Mullens Area

Three separate accidents near Mullens left workers with hand injuries. Mrs. G. R. Inge of Guyandotte Avenue treated for a mashed finger after hand contact with a vacuum cleaner motor at Tayor hospital. Lawrence Wood of Ravencliff suffered severe lacerations and a crushed thumb while warning nephews away from a running gasoline washing machine motor. James Maynard of Alpeca at Deerfield mine sustained a crushed finger when heavy metal moved and fell on his hand. A baby boy weighing three pounds seven and a half ounces was born to Mr. and Mrs. Willis Cook in Welch. Leonard Wilson and Evelyn Lee Brawley, both 22, of Glen Rogers, obtained a marriage license in Pineville. Mrs. W. S. Brooks and children were guests of Mrs. Sarah Morgan in Pineville.

Register Mullens G. R. Inge Guyandotte Avenue Tay+ jor Lawrence Wood Ravencliff Helen No. 9 Wood James Maynard Alpeca Deerfield American’ Coal Company Pineville Willis Cook Wyoming Stevens Clinic Welch

Mrs Larkin Francis Surprised With Birthday Party

Pineville residents hosted a surprise birthday party Friday at the home of Mrs Larkin Francis. Friends from Koppers Store in Keppestown attended, with gifts sent by Mr and Mrs James Toler. Mrs Francis is the former Ada Lambert, daughter of Silas J Lambert of Pineville.

Nogister Pineville Larkin Francis Koppers Képperston L. W. Lively Jeannette Akers Claudia Justice James Toler Francis Ada Lambert Silas J. Lambert

Radioactive iodine reveals thyroid function in experiments

Berkeley scientists Dr. Chaikoff and Dr. Taurog show iodine moves to the thyroid and converts to diiodotyrosine and thyroxin with pituitary help. Their tests on rats use tiny radioactive iodine to trace thyroid metabolism and may aid human diagnosis.

Associated Press Berkeley Calif I. L. Chaikoff University of California Alvin Taurog Chaikoff Taurog Pituitary

Funeral tomorrow for Laura Evans

Laura Alice Evans died at 58 from a heart condition at her Mullens home. Funeral services will be held tomorrow at 11 a.m. at the home conducted by Rev. Pierce Wyatt and Rev. Joseph Whitt. She is survived by her husband James C. Evans a son Luther Mullins from a prior marriage three step sons and two stepdaughters and three brothers Noah Mullins Chart Mullins and Robert Mullins and three sisters Rinda Jane Tilley Gussie Sproles and Cora Workman.

Register Mullens Laura Alice Evans Collier Avenue Mullens Hill Pierce Wyatt Joseph Whitt Noah Mullins Tralee Chart Mullins New Richmond Robert Mullins Mulens Rinda Jane Tilley Gustie Sproles Cora Workman Bluefield

Six Williamsburg lots sold in Slab Fork district

Chando O'Dell and wife purchased lots 3 4 5 6 22 and 23 in Williamsburg Slab Fork from le W Richardson and wife. H E Lilly sold an acre in Mullens to Claude W Ashley in a separate county clerk deed. By Register Staff Writer Mr and Mrs W F Rose Sr left for a two week vacation visiting Charleston Logan and Knoxville. Mrs Reginald Davidson visited Pineville and returned to Matoaka after a weekend with J W Martin family.

Register Pineville Barbara Leaj Cook Mullens Perry C. Cook C. W. Shufflebarger J Methodist Church Y Register Chando O'Dell Williamsburg Slab Fork District H. E. Lilly Claude W. Ashley W. F. Rose, Sr Charleston Logan Knoxville Ton Martin

Poppy Day Sales Bring In $315 in Mullens

Poppy Day sales across Mullens on Saturday raised about 315 dollars. Mrs. R L Hart, poppy day chairman of the American Legion Auxiliary, reported top seller honors to Mrs. F S Caffee with 65 dollars. Junior member Mary K Lusk led with about 72 dollars. About 300 of 2500 poppies remained unsold. some outlying areas’ receipts are not yet reported. Assistant drive chairman was Mrs. Louis Kaman.

G Register Mullens American Legion Auxiliary R.L. “Hart F. S. Caffee Mary K. Lusk Gene Cozort C. V. Feller Grace Early Green J. A. Peterfish Mabel Cullinery Betty Jack Wylie Jean Moore Elizabeth McKinney Ellen Raw Lawson Louis Kaman

Robert Pruett Feted On Seventh Birthday in Kopperston

Kopperston celebrates seven year old Robert Pruett with a family party at home. Guests include Dorothy Maubey Bonnie Whalen Mary Francis Whalen Neil Blankenship Sandra Lester Norman Nelson Ray Ford Connie Sue Burkett Judy Potter Patty Terry Patty Patrick Robert Fielding Tommy Wilson Darrell Bostic and others. Gifts were given by Patricia Burgess La Donna Francis Rex Acord Beckley Stanely Seletyn H H Pruett and Joe Blake of Helen.

Robert Pruett Y Register Kopperston Harvey Pruett Dorothy Jackie Maubey Bonnie Mary Francis Whalen Neil Joann Blankenship Sandra Douglas Lester Norman Nelson Ray Glen Ford Judy Harry Potter Connie Sue Burkett Kay Patty ‘Terry Patty Patrick Robert Fielding Tommy Wilson Darrell Bostic Louise Centers Tommy Scott Sonny Bostic Patsy Duty Henry Pruett Patricia Burgess la Donna Francis Rex Acord Beckley Stanley Seletyn H. H. Pruett Joe Blake Helen

Visitor From Man and Son-In-Law Visit Pineville

Mrs George Sanders of Man visited Pineville Friday as guest of Mr and Mrs L L Shannon and Mr and Mrs W F Rose Sr T A Griffith of Charleston was weekend guest of his parents in law Mr and Mrs W F Rose Sr in Pineville

Manly Register Pineville George Sanders Man L. L. Shannon W. F. Rose Register T. A. Griffith Charleston W. F. Rose, Sr

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