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Newspaper

Raleigh Register

Location

Beckley, West Virginia, United States of America

Date

Nov 09, 1955

Page

13

Deserted Mountain Night Strain Tests Adams and Ann

Adams and Ann face fear and distance amid a snowbound night on a mountain drive. Ann confronts fear of Indians and loneliness as Adams pursues work and Pinky, while a public notice spree of divorces and sales intrudes the scene.

Square Dancing Aids Children at Oklahoma City School

Oklahoma City reports 30 minute daily square dance sessions help physically handicapped children aged 5 to 11 at W. J. Bryan School. Physiotherapist Lucy York says dancing strengthens muscles, improves coordination, and has aided a polio victim in abandoning crutches and a speech impediment. Parents note reduced fatigue and increased confidence as the group enjoys a dancing party rather than traditional exercises.

Oklahoma City Lucy York W. J. Bryan York

Apples and Potatoes Market Notes from Baltimore Area

Market detail reports price movements for apples including Md and Pa boxes and crates with US and Del. varieties like Rome, Delicious, Golden Delicious, Stayman and bulk orchard runs. Potatoes show stronger tone with Long Island and Katahdins in 50 lb sacks quoted. price ranges given for USI size A unwashed and size B.

Baltimore Usis Long Island

Racer's Widow Dies in Beverly Hills After Stroke

In Beverly Hills California Mrs. Bessie Oldfield widow of early auto racer Barney Oldfield died Sunday following a stroke suffered last week. She had married Oldfield twice first in 1905 when she served as his nurse after an injury. They divorced and Oldfield later remarried Hulda Rae Braden. the two divorced in 1945, and Oldfield again wed his first wife. He died in 1946.

Pinky Adam Kirtland South Pacific Georgia Ike Dunning Santa Fe Ann Los Alamos Beverly Hills Calif Bessie Oldfield Barney Oldfield Oldfield Hulda Rae Braden

Poultry Market Report from Harrisonburg Virginia

Live poultry market steady to firm for broilers and fryers with good demand. Prices at farm ending noon yesterday show broilers 2 1/2 to 4 1/2 pounds mostly 18 to 19 cents per pound, heavy hens 18 to 20, turkeys steady with fair demand. Small type turkeys and turkey fryers priced 30 to 49 cents. heavy hens 32 to 33 and toms 25 to 27 cents per pound depending on weight and quality.

Harrisonburg USDA Shenandoah Valley

Funeral notice for Bowman Greenlee of Prince

Bowman Greenlee, 78, of Prince, died at 10 20 p m Tuesday November 8 in a local hospital. The body is at Rose and Quesenberry Funeral Home 512 Neville Street pending funeral arrangements. Arrangements by Rose and Quesenberry Funeral Home.

Ryan Ryan Bowman Greenlee Prince Rose and Quesenberry Funeral Home Neville Street Rose & Quesenberry Funeral Home

Classified Sale Fragments From Beckley Listings

A collage of small ads and notices includes household items for sale and services. KOHLER chair and AXMINSTER rug, guitar, radio, and estate inquiry leads appear alongside local business ads for Haddad's TV, a piano, used washers, and various furniture pieces. Dial numbers and partial addresses accompany each entry, with note of a Chevrolet bed and lumber sale, antennas of local commerce, and a wary closing remark about a diamond purchase.

Kohler Beckley Chevrolet South Kanawha Street Lincoln School Haddad's TV & Furniture Main St Chase D Dial Wonder Jewelry Co Neville St Dial J. L. Mills Sophia Atkinson Pauline Huddleston Belle Furniture Oak Hill W. VA Briggs & Stratton Henry Conway Hardware Five Rooms South Kanawha J. W. Huddle Clyde St R. C. Allen George E. Greene & Sons Earwood St Thomas Bowman Valley Drive Remington Klaus & Page CO McCreery St

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