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Newspaper
Raleigh Register
Location
Beckley, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Nov 23, 1956
Page
1
In Whitesville Mrs Jo Alma Daniels of Blue Pen Dant received a household shower on November 17 hosted by Mrs Ted Anderson and Mrs Herman Anderson. Attendees listed include Mrs Bethel Burgess Emma Jean Scott and numerous others.
A mangled old Plymouth sedan was towed from the Mount Hope By Pass and Price Hill intersection after sliding into a bank and tipping on its side. Police Chief T. T. Twaddle said the owner had not been found or the license checked, and he expected the owner to claim the vehicle today.
Buick unveils the new Advanced Variable Pitch Dynaflow offering instant action and smooth response across the Drive range. It becomes standard on Roadmaster, Super and Century with optional extras on other series.
Funeral services for Harriet Elizabeth Williams will be held at 2 p.m. Sunday at Camp Creek Baptist Church with Rev. Lemuel Martin. Burial follows in Camp Creek Cemetery. She was 92 and died Thursday in Mullens Hospital after a paralytic stroke. Surviving are two sons Eddie and Greenville, and eight grandchildren. The body lies at Robertson and Foglesong Funeral Home with arrangements incomplete.
Whitesville Post Office will open examinations for substitute clerk. Applications accepted from January 22 to February 1. Watch the office for notices as announced by Postmaster Jack Buriette.
A 27 year old Itmann miner was rescued after his car plunged into the Guyandotte River near Mullens. He survived about seven hours submerged and attributed the incident to falling asleep at the wheel after midnight shift.
In Fayette County the School Bus Drivers Association welcomed James L. Puckett from Springdale and Charles A. Bowyer of Meadow Bridge as new members. October inductees were Lawrence W. Spearen of Fayetteville and Paul W. Cole of Danese. Since 1951 the group has grown to four drivers and four mechanics. A meeting at Knights of Pythias Hall included a hamburger fry with about 36 members attending and planned to recruit the county’s six nonmember drivers. The next session is set for February 17.
Five property deeds admitted to record at the Pineville county clerk's office list transfers to new owners. Hoge T. Tabor Jr. and Mary Frances Tabor transfer Lot 10 in Lilly Land Company Addition Mullens to Glen and Irene McKinney. C F Mundy and Russell Mundy transfer Lot 36 in Elmore Yards Addition Mullens to George and Ruth Stevenson. H B Shumate and Reba Shumate transfer Lots 57 and 58 in Frantz and Deegans Addition to C W Burdiss and Gertrude Burdiss. Walter F. Fisher Jr. and Grace S. Fisher receive No 2 subdivision of Lot 272 in Frantz and Deegans Addition Mullens.
WHITESVILLE The Sherman High School Booster I Dance is set for 7 50 p m tonight. Music will be by the Coal Cutters of Sherman High. Proceeds go to the Booster Club Treasury to help pay for band uniforms.
Pineville Chapter No. 110, Order of the Eastern Star, met Thursday at the Masonic Temple with Elizabeth Williams as worthy matron presiding. Officers C C. Tucker Jessie Hager Gladys Stone Helen McClung Virginia Pomeroy and others attended along with members Garnette Dowdy Gloria McNaughton Lucy Olson Ann Cook Louise Foster and Edith Browning.
At a Tuesday night meeting in First Baptist Mullens the Woman's Mission Society installed officers for the new year. The program featured a talk on Africa by Rev. Cecil H. Robinson and a mission project to aid Kodiak Alaska seminary students.
Three U S Marines en route from Florida to home for Thanksgiving were forced down in a Piper Cub near Meadow Creek Summers County West Virginia when a heavy snowstorm struck. The crew landed at Everett Gwinn farm and, after local directions, rejoined the flight to Charleston. The Meadow Creek supply store operator noted the landing was perfect and the plane remained airborne once the storm eased. Meadow Creek lies eight miles from Meadow Bridge and 12 miles northwest of Hinton.
The Civil Service Commission announces a fourth class postmaster exam for Summerlee with a $2304 annual salary. Applicants must reside in the Summerlee post office territory and be at least 18 years old with no maximum age for permanent posts. Those over 70 may qualify only for temporary renewals.
Oak Hill Knights of Pythias Lodge confers the Rank of Esquire on Robert Garten, an Evan’s Food Market employee. He will receive the Rank of Knight on November 27. A Pythian Dinner Club oyster dinner is set for 6 15 pm. Grand Secretary W T Price notes tentative plans to confer the Bank of Pate on two prospective members at the December 4 meeting.
Mrs Bland Spence and granddaughter Cathie Hines of Pink Hill North Carolina returned home after visiting her sister and brother in Sylvester. Mr and Mrs Richard Barton and Mr and Mrs George Branham Jr. also returned home from Washington DC where Branham had been hospitalized at Memorial Hospital.
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