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Newspaper
Raleigh Register
Location
Beckley, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Nov 15, 1955
Page
3
MRS. GERALD LAMB of Charlottesville Virginia returned home after a 10 day visit with her step mother Mrs. C A Payne who is convalescing from surgery. MRS. DEAN WADE of Salem Virginia returned home after three weeks with her mother in law Mrs L M Wade who is recovering from illness.
The line notes that Theodore Roosevelt became the youngest person to serve as U S president at the age of forty two, highlighting his early ascent to the nation’s top office.
A vintage ad touts Doan's Pills as a remedy for nagging backache headaches and bladder irritation caused by overexertion emotions or day to day stress. It claims pain relief soothing effects and mild diuretic action that helps kidney function.
OAK HILL (RNS) Two new members were initiated by the Pythian Sisters at a Knights of Pythias Hall meeting. Initiates are Mrs. Julia Funke and Mrs. Vivian Krause. The group plans to package Christmas gifts for Veterans Administration Hospital patients and discuss a Christmas dinner at the November 28 meeting. Several members were noted ill.
The Chesapeake and Potomac Telephone Co. seeks a $2.7 million yearly rate increase for 264,000 West Virginia customers. A resumed hearing in Charleston has been postponed to December 7 for cross examination and additional evidence by company witnesses PSC staff consultants and protesting parties. Charleston is a protesting party asking for the delay. The prior hearing occurred June 6.
In Harrisonburg Shenandoah Valley live poultry markets were about steady for broilers and fryers with fair to good demand. Prices at farm were 21 to 22 cents per pound for broilers, heavy hens 17 to 20, turkeys weaker with small fryers 29 to 30, heavy hen turkeys 32 to 33, toms 25 to 27. In Moorefield South Branch Valley markets firm with short supply. Since Thursday Nov 10, 47,000 broilers totaling 2.85 to 3.25 pounds averaged 21 to 23 cents, heavy type young turkey hens 33, toms 28.
An ad touts FASTEETH powder for denture wearers promising secure plates with no slipping or wobbling. It claims the alkaline formula has no gummy taste and helps reduce denture odor, urging readers to buy at drug counters.
Funeral services for Hugh Norman Allen a 70 year old former Hinton railroad man will be held Wednesday at 11 a.m. in Riverview Chapel Hinton with Rev. Herman Luhm officiating Burial follows in the Allen Family Cemetery Pallbearers will be provided by the Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers The body rests at E M Meadows Funeral Home until services Allen died Monday in Raleigh General Hospital Beckley He was a native of Wyoming County Survived by wife Vera Sutphin Allen of Hinton four sons Maxwell Allen Beckley Harold Allen Albany Ga Jack Allen Charleston and George Allen at home five daughters Mrs Ivan Mann Dorothy Mrs Margaret Comer Charleston Mrs Lester Cales and Mrs Jimmy Sampson both of Hinton and Barbara Allen at home four brothers Carl Allen Beckley K L Allen Bolt R F Allen Sophia and A W Allen Sophia three sisters Mrs H M Worley Bolt Mrs G C Taylor Bolt and Mrs Madeline Thompson Baltimore and 15 grandchildren
Mrs. Lillian Green about 76 died this morning at the Alderson home of a daughter Mrs. Charles Hoggsett. Death followed a paralytic stroke and pneumonia. She was mother of Mrs. Mildred Martin Mullens executive secretary of the Wyoming County Red Cross chapter and Sam Green Charleston state veterinarian. Body is at Lobban Funeral Home Alderson.
Businessmen abroad and in New York predict 1956 will bring continued prosperity at or above 1955 levels through midyear. Auto, steel, oil, chemicals, and home construction plan to expand, with over a million new homes expected and manufacturing capacity rising. Risks cited include farm income declines, rising consumer debt, potential inventory glut, Geneva tensions, and political year uncertainty.
George Longhenry 60 of Oak Hill will be buried at High Lawn Memorial Park after funeral services at Oak Hill Methodist Church. He died at 6 30 p m at the Veterans Hospital Beckley of a heart attack. Survived by wife Effie Marie Stickler Longhenry one son George Lewis two daughters Lucillie Grace McCoy and Mary Elizabeth Lively two grandchildren and a brother Charles of Pittsburgh. Grace Gordon about 40 of Herndon Heights funeral set for 1 p m Wednesday at Herndon Heights Church burial in Lusk Cemetery found dead Monday in aunt Ethel Lusk’s home with shotgun suicide. State Police say she shot herself with a double barreled shotgun to her neck and head.
Stanley A Buczkowski, 18, paid off an election bet by wheeling Edward F Cummings in a wheelbarrow for a mile and a half in Buffaila The stunt supported the losing sheriff candidate Buczkowski joked he could not vote because he was not old enough.
Hazard Kentucky mayor Gene Baker comments after losing by 262 votes rather than a single vote. He was busy urging others to vote and joked he forgot to vote for himself.
Mullens West Virginia will stage a Holiday Fashion Preview at Mullens High School auditorium with an organ program by Jan Campbell Beckley at 1 and 7 30 pm on Thursday. Proceeds go to the Wyoming County Medical Society auxiliary loan fund to educate a Wyoming County student in nursing. Additional acts include Mrs A W Gray singing solo and directing the Glee Club, Connie Foster and Linda Newsome singing with Mrs A S Pack at the piano.
A San Antonio report quotes a young boy explaining his reason for wearing glasses. He says glasses keep girls from kissing him and boys from fighting him, reflecting a child’s view on social protection.
Miss Ollie Laxton 36 of New Richmond will be buried in Jackson Cemetery after funeral services at 11 a m in the New Richmond Chapel officiated by Rev. Leland Phillips and Rev. Stellie Parsons. She died Monday afternoon at home. Survived by father Manley Laxton stepfather and mother Mr and Mrs Alvis Ball two brothers Luke and Estil and a sister Mrs Clarence Snuffer. Body to be moved from Robertson and Foglesong Funeral Home to her residence today at 4 p m.
The Pineville Woman's Club will meet at the First Methodist Church with a photography program by The Woody's Studio Welch. Initiation of new members will be highlighted during tonight's meeting.
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