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Newspaper

Raleigh Register

Location

Beckley, West Virginia, United States of America

Date

Nov 08, 1949

Page

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Oak Hill Merchants Won't Rush Yuletide With Early Displays

Oak Hill merchants delay Christmas displays until after Thanksgiving. A few early efforts emerge as Gene Dawson and P. J. Epstein lead a Junior Chamber committee planning lights over the streets. Jaycees, led by Hay Singer, organize a fund drive for Christmas baskets for needy families. Charles McClain and a Jaycees committee, with two Boy Scout troops, repair logs for distribution to less fortunate children.

Kathleen Wood Oak Iull Oak Wgn Gene Dawson Chamber of Commerce

Mrs Arcadia 22 Taken by Death at Oak Hill

Funeral arrangements incomplete for Margaret Stella Arcadia 22 who died at Oak Hill hospital at 11 40 p m Survived by husband Frank Arcadia Oak Hill three children Tommy Ray Charles Franklin and Josephine Jee at home mother Ales Donna Tess of Glen Jean two half brothers Leon Jage Peckley Paul Mar g g serving in Germany four brothers James Hess Prudence Lawrence Ness on furlough Clarence and Clifford Hess sisters Beulah Hess Norfolk Maxine Hess and Shirley Hess at home Funeral details pending

Register Oak Hill Margaret Stella Arcadia Oak Hill Hospital Marfrance Red Star Baptist Church Tler Frank Arcadia Tommy Ray Charles Franklin Josephine Jee Ales Donna Tess Glen Jean Leon Jage Peckley Paul Mragg Selth U.S Germany James Hess Prudence Lawrence Ness Clarence Clifford Hess Beulah Hess Norfolk Maxine Hess Shirley Hess Hone

Ansted Class Names Officers

Ansted class at St. Pauls Methodist Church held a pot luck supper and business session. Mrs Clay Mink was named teacher, Mrs Frank Brown elected president, Mrs Wil C Neil vice president, and Mrs C G B Fox secretary. Members attending included Mrs Herlan Hendricks and others.

Register Ansted Ladies Friendship St. Paul's Methodist Church C. B. Fox Clay Mik Frank Brown Wi. C. Neil GC. B. Fox Herlan A. Hendricks W. C. Neil C. T. Herndon W. A. Bragg Bk. E. Gilkersott Jess Keifer G. E. Johnson J. A. Martindale Clay Mink Charles Stephenson Fox

Otsego Man Faces Grand Jury Action

Otsego miner Tick te Mullens was jailed in default of $1,000 bond awaiting grand jury action on a guilty plea to stealing two truck tires. State police found the tires in Tick te possession and allege he tried to sell them. Enlisted notes: Mullens soldier completes air transportability course in Tokyo and White Sulphur rising two students join Phi Delta Phi at West Virginia University with Joseph Crim and Russell Lynch named.

Register Mullens David Daniel Tickte Otsego Enoch Cook Caloric Transfer Company Tickle William T. Riggins W. A. Riggins 15Th Medical Battalion Camp Drake Tokyo Japan Army Air Force Riggins Camp Kilmer N. J 1St Cavalry Division Greenbrier Area White Phil Delta Phi National Legal Fraternity West Virginna University Joseph Crim Union Russell Lynch

Thanksgiving Arrangements Featured at Garden Meeting

Oak Hill Garden Club met at Mrs George Evans home to review talks by Madam Crider Washington DC on Mower arrangements. W E Bury Jr and H Phowas spoke. J W Jones announced next radio show and displayed club flower slides. Members and Fayetteville guests attended with numerous handmade crafts and apple and acorn motifs.

Register Oak Hill Oak Hill Garden Club George Evans John Frisk Cireder Washington, D. C W. E. Bury, Jr H. ?. Phowas J. W. Jones Cub Garden Club

Jaycees Plan Four Invitational Dances

Oak Hill Jaycees president Jolena Donachy announced plans for four invitational dances planned for the year with the first event likely during the Thanksgiving season. Aiming to book orchestras, the committee includes Harry Gray Charles James and Joe Tyree.

Y Register Oak Hill Jolena Donachy

Four DuBois Graduates Honored At WV State Convocation

Mount Hope reports four former DuBois High School graduates honored at a West Virginia State College scholarship convocation. Named are Marquis Woody of Minden now employed in Detroit. Auis Margaret Gore of Pax. Charles Calvary Rogers of Kaysmoor. and Billie Ann Rose of Hilltop. Rose won the Les Modernes scholarship. Gore and Rogers are juniors with exemplary honors. Woody graduated last summer with high honors.

Register Mount Hope DuBois High School West Virginia State College Harrison B. Ferrell Marquis Woody Minden Auis Margaret Gore Pax Charles Cal Vty Rogers Kaysmoor Billie Ann Rose Hilltop Woody Detroit Mich Miss Rose Miss Gore Rogers West Virginia State DuBois

Constable Calls Reform School for 16 Year Old Son

Mullens report states Constable H A Walk recommends sending Lewis Aten Wala, 16, to reform school when 21. Wala charged with auto theft after stealing his father Lewis Walk’s sedan, found abandoned at Tralee. Also charged: Soaning Cooper 17 and Ted Kores 18. all waived preliminary hearings. They admitted driving to Virginia and later returning, then stealing the Burks family car and proceeding to Giotto before arrest. All jailed in Wyoming County on $1,000 bond each.

Hy Hegister Mullens Lewis Aten Wala H. A. Walk Parkers Futlhe Elmore Weihe Haga Lewis Allen Tralee Mullens Area Soaning Cooper Ted Kores Bud Cooper Wyorins County

Mullens Youth Hurt on Cycle

An 18 year old Mullens youth, Jimmy Thompson, son of Mr and Mrs I B Thompson of Circle Drive, injured in a motorcycle wreck near Elmore. X rays show a fractured vertebra and a back cast applied. The rider, Bobby Sanders, son of Mrs Troy Stone, sustained cuts to his left arm when the machine skidded and overturned after braking while following a truck.

Hy Register Mullens Jimmy Thompson IB. L. Thompson Circle Drive Thee Mullens General Hospital Thompson Elmore Bobby Sanders Troy Stone Maran Avenue Sanders

Secretary Named For Credit Bureau Opens Mullens Office

Mullens area announces Mrs. Frank Holland of Frantz Avenue has been hired as secretary for the Wyoming County Credit Bureau Inc. The group will operate from the Trent Building at Holroyd Avenue and First Street, aiming to open by December 1, as announced by president B T Hash. A Fayetteville note reports D C Wickline admitted to Laird Memorial Hospital for medical treatment last week.

Statt Weiler Mullens Frank Holland Frantz Avenue Mullens Hill Wyoming County Credit Bureau, Inc Trent Building Holroyd Avenue First Street B.T. Hash Fayetteville D. C

Voice, Personality of Brooklyn Baritone Captures Mullens Audience

Brooklyn born baritone Michael Rhodes charmed Wyoming Community Concert Association patrons at Mullens High School. He mixed accessible storytelling with performances including a Negro spiritual Lindy Lou and arias such as Non piu from La Forza. Accompanist Roy Cooper drew an encore, with Rhodes set for Elektra at Carnegie Hall Christmas Day.

Lens Michael [Deicaces Imullens High School Wyoming Community Concert Association Rhodes Webster LindytLou Roy Cooper Beckley Bluefield Huntington William Holroyd Strauss Elektra New York Philharmonic Symphony Dimitri Mitropoulos Carnegie Hall BLM Brooklyn Mullens Michael Rhodes Edward T. Haslam New York City D. Grove Moler Paul Markowitz Register Pholo

Administratrix Named For Magistrate's Estate

Pineville reports the probate court names Eliza Ann Stovall administratrix for the estate of Magistrate R. M. Stovall with a $10,000 bond. The session also names notaries and guardians, approves land consolidations, and sets bonds for various estates and committees. The docket includes appointments for Kate Newman, Eleanor Weaver, Orpha McKinney, Nellie Hoge, and others, plus resignations and replacements in fiduciary roles.

Wegster Pineville Eliza Ann Stovall R. M. ‘Stovall W. W Christine Wells Wyoming C. W. Shufflebarger J. W. Shufflebarger Florence Lonker Estel Morgan Orpha McKinney iPink Byars, Jr Lee Roten Nellie Hoge Seat L. Hoge Mary Roach Ray Reach H. W. Dushkoff Okey L. Tabor W. J. Billig Fidelity and Deposit Company of Maryland Surety HH. W. Dushkoff Hubert Singleton Robert M.worrell

Dixon Son Born Mullens

Mr and Mrs Charles Dixon of MacArthur announce the birth of their first child a son Gary Lee at Mullens General Hospital at 9 05 pm Thursday. The infant weighed 9 pounds 4 ounces. Mrs Dixon is the former Miss Delphia Basham daughter of Mrs Florence Basham Mabscott formerly of New Richmond. For Mary L Hilley was approved for the court. The final settlement of H W Dushkoff committee for Okey Labor was approved.

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