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Newspaper

Raleigh Register

Location

Beckley, West Virginia, United States of America

Date

Nov 17, 1948

Page

11

Limited Parking Authorized for Moran Avenue by Mullens Council

Mullens City Council in executive session authorized limited parking on Moran Avenue at nights and 5 p.m. to 8 a.m. on weekdays and Sundays with restrictions. The measure followed debate over the no parking rule, with residents like H. Wikel and mayor William Holroyd citing traffic hazards and past enforcement issues, and calls for possible state road commission relief.

Moran Avenue Mullens Council Register Mullens William Holroyd Open Council Mayer Beren H. Toler

Club Members Plan Christmas Party and Gifts

Activities by Register State Writer Mullens report the Business and Professional Woman's Club will host a Christmas party at Mrs Lucille Hays home on Lusk Avenue with a gift exchange on December 11 at 7 30 PM. The club plans a Christmas box for a Bud family, and noted about 77 from a picnic kit sale, won by Mrs Grace Deal. Miss Georgia Anderson spoke on One Hundred Years Ago, noting the 1848 New York rights convention. refreshments were provided for 12 members at the Wyoming Hotel parlor.

Register Mullens Lucille Hays Lusk Avenue Bud Grace Deal Georgia Anderson New York State

Pineville Personalities Visit and Family Guests

Pineville society notices list Sunday visits and travel. Mr and Mrs Walter Green and Mrs Sally Cline visited the ill Mrs Louise Hose at her Davy home. Eddie Crews stayed with friends at Bud. W W Tackett and children from Glen Rogers visited Mr and Mrs J B Thormas. Dell Cooke left for Charleston to visit her son and daughter in law Harry W Cooke. S Worrell and daughters Barbara and Sharon visited wife and mother Mrs Worrell at Stevens Clinic Welch. W S Brooks and son Marion Percy of Glen Rogers visited sister Mrs Sarah Morgan.

Ty Register Pineville Walter Green Sally Cline Louise Hose Davy Eddie Crews Bud W. W. Tackett Betty Jean Ray Curtis Glen Rogers JB. Thormas Dell Cooke Charleston Harry W. Cooke S. Worrell Barbara Sharon Worrell Catherine Louise Stevens Clinic Welch W. S. Brooks Marion Percy Brooks Sarah Morgan

Sub Debs Open Winter Program at West Mullens Club

The Sub Debs hosted a Sadie Hawkins dance and race at the West Mullens clubhouse drawing 20 couples Saturday night. Fibver McGhee played Marryin Sam as several couples wed. Refreshments were picnic style on blankets. 40 youths attended with chaperones Mrs. Henry Hall and others. Officers will be announced at the December 22 meeting.

Register Mullens West Mullens Fibver McGhee Marryin Sam Lil Abner Henry Hall Harmon J. L. Joyce Conrad Shaft

Infant David Shuck Dies in Beelick Knob Funeral Held

Funeral services were conducted for five month old David Harold Shuck at 1 a.m. today in Meadow Bridge at the home of his maternal grandmother Mrs Nancy Smirialdo with Rev L M Legg officiating. Burial was in End of the Trail Cemetery. Survived by Harold J and Bettie Ratliff Shuck the parents, paternal grandparents Mr and Mrs J A Shuck of Danese and the maternal grandmother.

Shuck Register Start Beelick Knob David Harold Shuck Harold J Bettie Ratliff Shuck Montgomery Nancy Smirialdo Meadow Bridge L. M. Legg Maplewood Trail Cemetery J. A. Shuck Danese

Private Hauler Wins Princeton Garbage Contract

A Princeton city council meeting awarded a contract for trash collection to private hauler C. E. Anderson after a six week strike by 14 municipal employees. Circuit Judge D M Easley ordered strikers not to interfere, allowing limited picketing at city hall while health and safety concerns justified operations. Residents had organized private collections during the stoppage.

Associated Press Princeton C. E. Anderson United Construction Workers

Poppies Sold By VFW Auxiliary In Oak Hill

Over 2500 buddy poppies were sold Saturday by Veterans of Foreign Wars Auxiliary in Oak Hill. Sale headquarters were in the Hotel Hill lobby with banners and flags on display. Participants included Mrs. 3. P. Painter and many others supporting veterans and dependents.

VFW Register Oak Hill Veterans of Foreign Wars Auxiliary Hotel Hill V.F.W P. Painter J. A. Wallace Kathleen Gwinn Irma Fitzgerald Cecil Maynor Clarence Bishop Betty Hornung John Oyler Irene Kurzyna Geraldine Melenik Mac Decker Helen Pegram Jack Toney Eva Katsuris Barbara Carpenter Evelyn Stone Donna Caldwell Sarah Jane Ashley Sibley To Keatley Jean Sharon Frisk Patty Caldwell Sue Pinson R. C. Woods Freddie Nuckels

Miss Clifton Dotson Resigns Fayette Post

Miss Clifton Dotson resigns as 4-H Club Agent in Fayette County effective December 1 and will move to Mercer County with new headquarters in Princeton. She praises colleague support, asks continued cooperation, and notes correspondence during transition should go to J Haynes Miller or Lucile Hudkins.

Weller Fayetteville Clifton Dotson Mercer County Fayette County Dotson Fayette J. Haynes Miller Lucile Hudkins Fayetteville

Nuckols Elected Court President

Beckley resident Jack Nuckols was chosen by H. G. Farmer and J. J. Shrewsbury to lead the Raleigh County Court starting January 1. Shrewsbury plans an January absence due to his wife’s illness and an indefinite Lakeland, Florida stay. The court accepted two constable resignations and named R. E. Bonham to fill the unexpired term of E. W. Mason. no successor qualified for Charles E. Bragg’s Richmond District post.

Jack Nuckols Beckley Raleigh County Court H. G. Farmer J. J. Shrewsbury Shrewsbury R. E. Bonham Killarney Slab Fork E. W. Mason Rhodell byCharles E. Bragg Richmond

Gifts Presented To Public Library In Fayetteville

Mrs. F H Brazie widow of lawyer F H Brazie has donated 11 volumes by renowned authors, a set of encyclopedia, and shelves for the Fayetteville Public Library in the War Memorial building. The gifts are now with the Fayetteville Woman's Club at the Stotts home and will move to the library room for public use when the building opens. Brazie lived in Fayetteville for years and was an active Woman's Club member before moving to Charleston due to ill health.

Register Fayetteville Brazie Fayettevile Woman's Club Charleston

Youth Suffer Gunshot Wounds In Separate Incidents

Pineville Rabon Holloway an 11 year old of Clear Fork is in satisfactory condition at Grace Hospital Welch with a scalp wound from a gun discharge when a shotgun he carried slipped and fired. He is nephew of Lee Blankenship of Clear Fork, M E Crisp Lumber employee. parents are deceased. Mrs Weaver Thompson of Marianna is treated at Stevens Clinic for a gun shot wound to the left shoulder from an accidental pistol discharge and is listed in satisfactory condition.

Register Pineville Rabon Holloway Clear Fork Grace E Hospital Welch Lee Blankenship M. E. Crisp Lumber Company

Beckley Youth to Be Guests at Oak Hill Church

Members of the youth fellowship at the Methodist Temple will be guests of the Oak Hill Methodist Church group Sunday at 6 15 p m.

Beckley Methodist Temple Oak Hill Methodist Church

Football Squad To Be Honored At Summersville Banquet

Oak Hill High School football team to be honored at a Summersville banquet held at a hotel at 6:30 p.m. The event honors the squad for this season with area coaches and sports writers addressing the group. Miss Nellie Cook of Fayetteville marries Dedivarsity footballer O'Dell. the ceremony occurred Friday in Summersville.

Register Summersyville Nellie Cook Dedivarsity Oak Hillford George Springer Tom O'Dell Summersville Beckley Post Herald Andy Joe Rr.buckman Lavisay Oliver Oak Hill High J. P. Painter Hobart

Truck Driver to Have Hearing on Saturday

William Crawford of Cool Ridge faces a hearing Saturday after a Monday incident in which his two ton coal truck sideswiped a truck and a car, struck a utility pole, and broke a guard rail on the highway.

William Crawford Cool Ridge Daniels Crawford

Barkers Ridge Lots Sold by Blankenship

Deeds conveying titles to one and one half lots in Barkers Ridge District are on file in the county clerk’s office. Police report a two vehicle incident near Barkers Ridge involving George P. Alderson Jr and John J. Okes. no serious injuries or heavy damage noted.

Register Pineville Barkers Ridge Crawford George P. Alderson, Jr John J. Okes Beaver Crawl Lydia C. Alderson Ford Okes Ida Thomas H. Barkers Ridge Willis O. Bailey Beckley Lydia C. Alderson Trustees da Thomas

Bailey Funeral Set for Today

PINEVILLE Funeral services will be held at 2 p m today for A E Bailey 75 former resident of Baileysville who died in a Welth hospital Monday after a lengthy illness Death attributed to complications and old age Riles will be conducted from the church at Asco with the Rev Lotus Norman and the Rev A C Waters officiating Burial will follow in the Jaeger Memorial Cemetery at Bradshaw Bailey was a son of the late James and Elizabeth Justice Bailey pioneer residents of this county and had been in poor health for the past three years For several years he was employed at the Asco mine and later was custodian of the Asco school before his retirement because of ill health His wife the late Harriet Mitchell Bailey died in 1939 He is survived by two sons Cecil Bailey of Saeger Lloyd Bailey of Columbus Ohio two daughters Mrs Minnie Bland and Mrs Cecil Jackson Asco three brothers Thomas and Otis Bailey of Baileysville Zina D Bailey of Charleston and one sister Mrs Gusta Cook of Corinne Twenty five grandchildren also survive

Register Pineville A. E. Bailey Baileysville Welth Asco Lotus Norman A. C. Waters Jaeger Memorial Bradshaw Bailey James and Elizabeth Justice Bailey Harriet Mitchell Bailey Ceccil Bailey Saeger Lloyd Bailey Columbus Ohio Minnie Bland Cecil Jackson Thomas and Otis Bailey Zina D. Bailey Charetestan Gusta Cook Corinne

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