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Newspaper

Raleigh Register

Location

Beckley, West Virginia, United States of America

Date

Nov 12, 1957

Page

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Birth announced for Mullens couple Jamie Lou Frantz Ave

Mr and Mrs James Lester of Frantz Ave announce the birth of a daughter Jamie Lou six pounds 10 ounces born Tuesday at 4 30 p m in Beckley Hospital Mrs Lester is the former Mn Backus daughter of Mr and Mrs Martin Backus also of Frantz Ave Her husband a Concord College student is doing practice teaching at Mufflons High School

Mullens James Lester Frantz Ave Jamie Lou Beckley Hospital Lester Mn Backus Martin Backus Concord College Mufflons High School

Rites Incomplete For Hill Top Man Charles Love

Funeral services for Charles Love of Hill Top remained incomplete as of today. He died Monday at his home and his body lies at C. D. Trent Funeral Home.

Charles Love Hill Top C. D. Trent Funeral Home

Fined For Destruction At Happy Teenagers Club

Four men Sim Roberts Shelby Roberts Lee Mullens and Michael Mullens appeared before Magistrate John Lambert after destroying property at the Happy Teenagers Club near Ocela na. They faced fines of $2 each for destruction and Shelby Roberts was additionally fined $30 for driving while intoxicated.

Pineville RNS Charett John Lambert Sim Shelby Roberts Clear Fork Pee Lee Michael Mullens Happy Teenagers Club Ocelana

PSC Hearing Today on Pineville Transportation Complaint

A Public Service Commission hearing addressed a dispute filed by Bluefield carriers Service Storage and Transfer Inter-Mont Express against Sam Miniaci’s Browning Freight Lines Bluefield Express and Neuen Motor Freight Pineville. The complainants accused the trio of serving locations outside their authority and engaging in cargo interchange and asked the PSC to suspend operations and revoke the certificates.

Charleston Bluefield Imotor Pinson Transfer Co., Inc Huntington Public Service Commission Service Storage and Transfer, Inc Inter-Mont Express, Inc Bluefield Sam Miniaci Browning Freight Lines Inc

Funeral for Infant Kathy Lynn Hypes Held at Tyree

Funeral services for Kathy Lynn Hypes infant daughter of Mr and Mrs Marvin Hypes Scarbro will be held at 2 pm Wednesday in the Tyree Funeral home chapel The Rev Albert Noe Fayetteville will officiate and burial will be in High Lawn Memorial Park Oak Hill The infant died at 630 am Monday in an Oak Hill hospital The body will remain at the funeral home

Oak Hill Kathy Lynn Hypes Marvin Hypes Scarbro Tyree Funeral Home Albert Noe Fayette

Funeral services set for Joe Hansford Riffe

Services for Joe Hansford Riffe 70 will be held Wednesday at 1 p.m. in the Christian Fellowship Church Sundial with Rev. Pete Bonds and Rev. Wade Webb officiating. Burial follows at Sunset Memorial Park Beckley. Riffe died Sunday in a Charleston hospital. body moves from Armstrong Funeral Home to his Sundial residence at 5 p.m. today.

Sundial RNS Joe Hansford Riffe L P Christian Fellowship Church Pete Bonds Wade Webb Sunset Memorial Park Beckley Riffe Charleston Armstrong Glen Rogers Independent Baptist Church William J0. Jones John Richardson Pine Grove Ravencliff

Lambert Waives To Grand Jury

PINEVILLE West Virginia. Tony Lambert age 48 waived the action of the grand jury on a grand larceny charge before Magistrate John Lambert. He was jailed on possession of over 2100 dollars in cash belonging to Clifford Moore a disabled miner released from a sanitarium. Police said the money came from workmen compensation checks Moore had saved while in the sanitarium. Lambert admitted taking the wallet to teach Moore a lesson and was returned to the county jail pending bond.

Pineville RNS Grand John Lambert Oceana Tony Lam Bert Simon Wyoming Clifford Moore Guyan Moore Lambert

Be Brave Eat Here Sign Stirs Albuquerque Drive-In

An Albuquerque drive-in displays a bold sign reading Be brave Eat here. The playful message draws curiosity and local attention in New Mexico.

Albuquerque N. M

Police Chief Faces Dilemma Over Parking Fine

Mul lens Police Chief Wendell W. Cook confronted a choice between paying a $1 fine or arresting his wife over an unpaid parking ticket. The postcard from city clerk and police judge Clyde Newsome warned of a warrant if settled. Cook suspects his son Jack used his mother's car, and plans to pay the fine to keep peace.

Cook Clyde Newsome Jack

Route 79 Work Planned to Link Raleigh Boone Counties

Plans for Route 79 construction from the Wyoming Boone line to Kopperston are under way with bids likely advertised early next year. The project extends the route to Bell linking Raleigh and Boone counties through Pond Fork in Boone County. It is numbered S$ 561 and has strong backing from the Madison Chamber of Commerce civic groups and local citizens.

Whitesville RNS Wyoming - Boone Kopperston Bell Raleigh County Boone Pond Fork Boone County Madison Chamber of Commerce

New Tablet Promises Sinus Drainage Relief

A New York report announces Dristan Tablets a nonprescription remedy claimed to relieve sinus congestion headaches and pressure by delivering medication through the bloodstream to shrink swollen sinus doors and promote drainage. The 24 tablet bottle costs 98 cents with a full refund guarantee if pain is not relieved.

New York N. Y Weil

Square Dancers Meet At Fayette County Memorial Auditorium

Fayette County Square Dance Club members held a covered dish dinner Friday night in the auditorium dining room. Square dancing followed as members and officers, including J W Ayersel secretary and Joe McClung president, filled plates at the buffet.

Fayette County Fayette County Memorial Auditorium J. W. Ayersel J. Haynes Miller Fayetteville Joe McClung Rainelle

Toys Needed in Fayetteville for Christmas Project

Fayetteville Fire Department urges donations of used toys for its annual Christmas program. Firemen will repair repaint and recondition items for underprivileged children with Roy Cruikshanks and Herbert Sampson coordinating pickup this week.

Fayetteville ANS Santa Claus Bill Joe Neal Roy Cruikshanks Cook's Herbert Sampson New River Supply Neal Fire Department

Chiang Watches Fleet Exercises Aboard Bon Homme Richard

President Chiang Kai shek boarded the 43,000 ton U S carrier Bon Homme Richard off Formosa to observe 7th Fleet maneuvers. He was met by Vice Admiral Wallace Beakley and Nationalist leaders including Chen Cheng Yu Ta-wei and Gen Wang Shu-ming aboard with Mme Chiang and U S Ambassador Rankin.

Bon Homme Richard Chiang Kaishek 7Th Fleet U. S China United States Chiang Mme. Chiang Karl L. Rankin Formosa Adm Wallace M. Beakley Chen Cheng Yu Ta-wei Wang Shu-ming

Coal River Area Forms Booster Club and Local News

The Clear Fork Booster's Association at a high school meeting formed an organizational affair to test local interest in a boosters club. Officers include President Sheldon Stover Vice President Arnett Dunbar Secretary Mrs Albert Paden and Treasurer Mrs Robert Toney. Also reported are a Dec 6 meeting before the Kingston game, birth of a son to Darrel and Mrs Fraley Colcord, hospital details and grandparents, Mrs Jarrell’s recovery in Charleston, the death of Robert Lee Jarrell Dry Creek, illness and school news at Colcord Elementary during National Education Week Open House observance and aims to boost community understanding of education.

Concorde RNS Clear Fork Booster’s Association Sheldon Stover Arnett Dunbar Albert Paden Robert, Toney Kingston Darrel Fraley Colcord Raleign General Hospital George Toney Clear Creek Robert Fraley Fraley Doug Hamilton Beckley Cephas Jarrell Charleston Memorial Hospital Jarrell Florida Robert Lee Jarrell Dry Creek Pettry Mac Kincaid Leather Bashia Hamilton Ned Colcord Elementary

Canteloupe weighs nine pounds in local show win

W Meyer of Panhandle City Osla area grows a prize cantaloupe weighing nine pounds with a circumference near 95 inches and two dimensions of about 23 inches, signaling a top entry this year.

Panca City Osla G. W. Meyer

Two Teens in Critical Condition After Price Hill Crash

Two Mount Hope youths Arnell Walker 15 and Roger Lafferty 17 remain in critical or near critical condition at Oak Hill Hospital after a collision between a timber truck driven by Jackie Stover 19 Beckley and a car driven by Lafferty. Walker has a fractured skull and crushed chest while Lafferty has possible skull fracture and facial injuries. The wreck occurred at Oswald Road and Route 21 Price Hill as the car skidded to avoid the truck. Police investigate ongoing with ownership details noted for Southwest Motors Pulaski Virginia and Stover family resources.

Oak Hill RNS Oak Hill Hospital Mount Hope Price Hill Arnell Walker Land Herbert R. Walker Roger Lafferty Wilfard Lafferty Walker Lafferty Oswald Road Route 21 Jackie Stover Beckley Stover C. B. Stover Southwest Motors Pulaski Michael Barasuda Sea Scouts No. 133

Rites Planned for Rebecca Mae Rose in Fayetteville

Funeral services for Rebecca Mae Rose 72 of Route 2 Fayetteville are set for 2 00 pm Wednesday at Fayetteville Baptist Church with Rev J A Crosier and Rev Mrs James Whitely officiating Burial will follow in Hughes Memorial Park She died Monday in Oak Hill hospital from a cerebral hemorrhage Survivors include husband James E Rose four sons Lincoln Larry Lawrence and Sgt J C Rose two daughters Charlotte Griffey and Grace Rose one sister Lena Gibson one brother Pat Helmenwelmer and one half brother Clarence Helmenwelmer The body will be taken to the Dodd Payne Mortuary this afternoon and to the church an hour before services

Fayetteville RNS Rebecca Mae Ros Fayetteville Baptist Church J. A. Crosier James Whitely Hughes Memorial Park Rose Oak Hill The Baptist Church James E. Rose Lincoln Larry Marastown Lawrence Longacre J. C Air Force Parkridge Charlotte Griffey Grace Rose Lena Gibson Hanover Pat Helmenwelmer Clarence Helmenwelmer Mohawk

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