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Newspaper

Raleigh Register

Location

Beckley, West Virginia, United States of America

Date

May 27, 1957

Page

4

Mount Hope Junior Women Hold Annual Dinner Meet

The Mount Hope Junior Women's Club held its annual banquet in The Glass House private dining room. Illness prevented Mrs. E. L. Rowsey from speaking. Miss Lilian Jane Foster led devotionals, and Jean Lawhorn was named to head the summer activities committee with support from several members. A Mount Hope High School delegate was chosen to attend Camp Horseshoe in Parsons June 16 to 22.

Louise Marchio Janie White Jean Beverly Mount Hope High School Camp Horseshoe Parsons Ileda Durham Anna Jean Clay Juanita Ellison Thelma Adkins Dean Painter Donna Almond Jewell Perkins Polly Ramey Margaret Beaver Jean Steele Janice Beavers Betti Day Vicki Kopinski Foster

James Johns Held On Rape Charge

State Police report James C. Johns about 33 of Summerlee is jailed in Fayette County on a warrant charging him with raping his 14 year old daughter. The arrest was made around 3 a.m. by Sergeant W R Seal and Trooper Dean Lake, acting on a warrant issued by Magistrate R C Godsey.

Oak Hill RNS Summerlee Fayette County W. R. Seal Dean Lake Johns

Music Society Elects Officers at Glen Rogers High

Glen Rogers High School Tri-M chapter elected Doreen Lilly to lead the group with Sandy Wood as first vice president and Richard Shumate as second. New initiates include Keeps Forrest Betty Philyaw Geraldine Mann Jerry Bailey and Joseph Easter. Betty Tackett named Top-Notcher for the second semester succeeding Ronnie Lilly.

Glen Rogers RNS Glen Rogers High School Tri-M Modern Music Masters of American Society Doreen Lilly Joe D. Lilly Ravencliff Sandy Wood Richard Shumate Jennie, McGraw Belly Tackett Kerman Canterbury Keeps Forrest Betty Philyaw Geraldine Mann Jerry Bailey Joseph Easter Betty Tackett Waldo Tackett Betty Ronnie Lilly Cameron Lilly

Miss Carol Sue Snuffer Weds Arnold Lee Bailey

Miss Carol Sue Snuffer and Arnold Lee Bailey wed in a Thursday ceremony at 3 p.m. in David Baptist Church Ravencliff conducted by Rev. Orville Lamb. The bride, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Albert Snuffer, Bett, wore a blue dress with orchid corsage. Bailey, son of Mr. and Mrs. Grady Bailey of Glen Rogers, is a Glen Rogers High School graduate and a Marine veteran. he is serving in the Air Force at Denver. The bride will join her husband in July and a reception followed at the home of Mr. and Mrs. John Brooks in Glen Rogers.

Glen Rogers Carol Sue Snuffer Arnold Lee Bailey David Baptist Church Orville Lamb Ravencliff Albert Snuffer Bett Grady Bailey Glen Rogers High School Trap Hill High School Roanoke Marines Air Force Denver Colo John Brooks

Witt Jr. Named Seventh District American Legion Commander

John L. Witt Jr., commander of Lafayette Post 149 in Fayetteville, was elected commander of the American Legion Seventh District at a convention held Sunday in Fayetteville. Delegates to the state convention were also chosen.

Fayetteville RNL John Jb. Witt Jr la Fayette American Legion

Ohio Resident Feled With Surprise Party

A surprise birthday party honored Mrs. Bill Haynes of Cleveland Ohio at her sister Mary Lou Masseys home in Dorothy. Attendees included Faye Massey Norma convention Harvey W Miller Goodson Christine Pautey Bonnie Tackett Stella Callison Betty Massey Dorothy Smith Vera Good Susie Kidwell Jernales Blanche Brown Ethel Rickst on Elsie Cline Lula Mae Shepherd Larry Haynes and over 100 delegates attended the all day session at Fayette County Memorial Auditorium.

Dorothy Bill Haynes Cleveland Ohio Mary Lou, Massey Waynes Faye Massey Norma Convention Harvey W. Miller/Goodson Christine Pautey Lafayette Post Bonnie Tackett Stella Steele Callison Oak Hill Kirk Betty Massey Post Dorothy Smith Vera Good Susie Kidwell Jernales Blanche Brown Ethel Rickston Fayette County Elsie Cline Lula Mae Shepherd Larry Haynes

Officers Re-Elected By Band Boosters Club

Fayetteville High School Band Boosters Club re-elected officers J W Ayers president Porter Waugh vice president Joe Wallace treasurer Bland K Hesse Jr secretary The treasurer reported 3681 donated to the band fund by the Fayetteville Woman's Club and the Junior Woman's Club The club will buy an instrument at about 40 and assist sending four majorettes and the drum major to a summer camp The annual picnic is planned for June at Babcock State Park.

Fayetteville RNS Fayetteville High School Band Boosters Club J. W. Ayers Porter Waugh Joe Wallace Bland K,. Hesse Jr Fayetteville Woman's Club Junior Woman's Club Babcock State Park

Glen Rogers Band Members Receive Awards at Assembly

After the Bluefield Area Band Festival the Glen Rogers High School Band earned a good rating in concert and superior on the field. Louis J. Kaman led an awards assembly honoring four standout members and twelve band sellers, with ten graduating seniors receiving green and white felt music certificates.

Glen Rogers ANS Bluefield Glen Rogers High Louis J. Kaman Joseph Easter Brenda Shaver Keeps Forrest Jerome Pizzino Billy Ray McKeehan Dorene Lilly Kerman Canterbury Richard Allen Sundin Geraldine Mann Dixie Tolliver Ruth Wagner Ronnie Lilly Jerry Bailey Trilla Turner Sandra Dickson Billy McKeehan Patsy Dillon Phyllis McGraw Judy Wolfe Carolyn Robertson Louise Shumate Vergee Alyce Lily

Two Leopold Loeb Murder Dramas Planned for Broadway

Broadway will stage two new dramas next fall based on the Leopold Loeb case of 1924. Meyer Levin adapts his bestseller Compulsion and William Marchant writes Counsel for the Defense for the stage.

New York

Falls View Musicians Hold Spring Concert at Falls View

Falls View school hosted a spring concert Thursday at 7 pm featuring the Chorus and A and B bands directed by A W Shaw. The program showcased a varied musical selection with numerous band and chorus members named, highlighting the school’s performing groups.

Falls View RNS A. W. Shaw Alan Andrews Beverly Fourney Hunter Johnson Tommy Mol Wahan Eddie Oliver Stacie Shumate Becky Snyder Dickie Tohpam Pat Woody Kenny Turner Jimmy Robbins Loretta Rowsey Sandra Hart Charles Cheatham Sue Ad

Minden Man Held On Felonious Assault Charge

James Wood, 4, was arrested by Deputy Sheriff Earl Dempsey and charged with hitting a woman in her Minden home. The injuries prompted a possible skull fracture and a grand jury hearing was set after a magistrate delayed bond until a final report on the injuries.

Fayetteville RNS Weanor Douglas Minden Oak Hill James Wood Earl Dempsey Dempsey Wood Virgil Lyons Lyons Douglas

St Johns College Shines Anew On Alumnus Van Doren

St Johns College in Annapolis gains renewed spotlight due to alumnus Charles Van Doren who won 129000 on a TV quiz show. The college sustains its 1937 liberal arts program with a fixed curriculum, great books seminars, daily tutorials, and a goal to unify knowledge while expanding facilities with funding from Paul Mellons Old Dominion Foundation and Maryland.

St. John’s College Charles van Doren Annapoleg St. John's College Drosey Creek St. John’s Othens Francis Scoll Key St. John's van Doren Richard D. Wiegle Curiculum Rhodes Weigle United States Columbia University Stringfellow Barr Scott Buchanan University of Virginia University of Chicago Board of Visitors and Governors Jacob Klein Germany Paul Mellon Old Dominion Foundation State of Maryland Old Grad Key

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