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Newspaper
Raleigh Register
Location
Beckley, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Nov 10, 1933
Page
2
Brooke Peters argues that excessive parental dependence harms youths. by age 16 a child should assert independence, choose friends, and make plans. If possible send from home or force personal decisions to build responsibility and resilience.
The Grandview choir traveled to Clifftop for a singing convention. Mrs. W. H. McClure left for Clifton Forge, Virginia to visit relatives. Miss Mary Kathryn Terry of Glen Hedrick visited Miss Virginia Reed. Professor Gore of Pax led singing practice. Claude Carper stayed with Lewis Warden in Sprague. Paul Warden of Sprague visited relatives. Miss Cecile Ennis of Athens visited her parents, Mr. and Mrs. John Ennis, with Miss Maude Miles and Walter.
James of Prosperity and Nile Callaway of Glen Hedrick visited Mrs. Dora Miles and Mr. and Mrs. Luther Carper hosted Sunday dinner. Mrs. A L Carper visited Beckley relatives Thursday. Mrs. Jocie Carper of Florida and Mrs. N L Warden of Sprague called on Virginia Carper, who is improving after a serious illness. Belle McClure also showing improvement after a week of illness.
Mrs. J L Mitcham suffers south pneumonia and pleurisy while others like Mrs Bluford Foley and Miss Delta Walker remain ill. Georgia Shrewsbury has recovered enough to go out. Fireco residents Charles Mitcham and L J Shrewsbury family visits noted along with Dr McComas from Flat Top treating cases. Paris Mitcham and Pete Walker travel for business. Tracy Shrewsbury visits Concord College parents.
The item notes Mrs. Fink of Barn hosts a visit from a daughter and says Owen Lewis and Lowell Mills called on Misses Dove and Delta Walker Saturday evening. Ted Harmon was a business visitor to Fireco Friday.
Multiple households from Helen Glen Morgan Hi Coal Skelton Backus New and other areas spent Sundays and weekends with relatives. Notable guests included Rev Charles Thompson and family, Elza Greer and Joe Greer, and the Thompsons hosting visits from Irwin Smith Lawson and Goins families.
Amigo West Virginia reports Sunday school attendance of 118 and a pie supper at Amigo Church scheduled for Saturday night November 11. The Amigo choir joined a singing convention at Stover and several local families hosted or visited relatives including Frank Dowell family from Wyco and Lee Jones with D. E. Comer and others. Local pastors C C Sturgill of Crab Orchard and Campbell of Devils Fork joined Clyde Snyder for hospitality.
Slab Fork West Virginia pupils decorate rooms for Thanksgiving with turkeys pumpkins and Pilgrims while a primary class builds a Thanksgiving sand table. Dr Green administers typhoid serum and plans vaccines next week as part of a health program. Upper grades begin an agricultural project with wheat seed trials and nature studies. Gratitude is voiced to carpenter Harvey for free desk work. News covers Mrs Ruth Newland visiting from Charleston and local travels of Mr and Mrs E J McDonough and Mrs C G Callison with Miss Bess Head.
A public appeal urges Beckley and East Beckley parents to back a Black Boy Scout charter. The note notes four years without a local troop, calls for a Thursday night meeting at Central Street Baptist Church basement at 7 o clock, and promises drilling instruction after. E A Gillbreath leads the outreach.
Henry Lewis, son of Mr and Mrs Russell Davis, has pneumonia and is recuperating nicely. Mr and Mrs George Craddock and family visited relatives at Crow Sunday. Marie Wilson and Stella Davis were visiting friends at Pax Sun.
Mrs W T Sexton returned from Bluefield after a minor operation. Miss Francis Davis was Sunday dinner guest of Merle and Dave Davis. Mr and Mrs Andy Tyree visited T A Tyree and wife. Juanita Garten ill with chicken pox. Jesse Davis spent Sunday with L A Garten. Henry Hurd traveled to Richmond Virginia. Mayberry Davis in Beckley Hospital for treatment. Ed Hurd and family of Glen Rogers were weekend guests of Elbert Bowyer.
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