25 Nov 1957
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Newspaper
Raleigh Register
Location
Beckley, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Nov 25, 1957
Page
1
A Thanksgiving service will be held at 3 p.m. Thursday at the Pilgrim Holiness Church in Baileysville. The Rev. H. A. Zufal will lead with prayers and testimonies, assisted by singer and chalk artist Mrs. Lindall Beverley. Israel's railway lines cover 982 miles.
Mrs. A. E. Whanger led a first aid session at the Gatewood Farm Women's Club on Thursday. The group gathered at 10 a.m. at Mrs. Glendon Riner's home, with a covered-dish lunch at noon, a Pieatsslving devotional by Mrs. Walter Gaft, and plans for a Thanksgiving basket and Christmas gift exchange.
Brennie O Stover 53 of Scarbro Route 1 dies after extended illness in Oak Hill hospital Funeral services set for 2 pm Tuesday at Advent Christian Church Massey with Rev W E OConnor burial in Rinehart Cemetery Survived by wife Lula one brother French sister Farnie Stover Gallagher step son Buford Stover San Francisco step daughter Margie Blake Ajo Arizona body at Tyree Funeral Home Oak Hill to be taken to church one hour before services
A Friday settlement ends the $20,000 damage suit filed by Virginia Wamsley as administratrix of Wikison Esposito's estate against William B. Harris administrator of John Harris and the Western Maryland Railway Co.
Homer Martell Akers 84 of Long Branch will be buried in Humphrey Cemetery after funeral services at 2 pm Tuesday at Pax Advent Christian Church led by Rev Homer Baxter. A retired carpenter, he died Sunday at his home of a heart attack after 18 months illness. He was born July 14 1873 in Floyd County Virginia. Survived by four sons Donald Russell Lawrence Douglas, two daughters Mary and Blanche, seven grandchildren.
Burglars battered into the Alposa Store and Slab Fork Coal Co office, finishing a 10 day job. Loss pegged at $260 including $60 in post office receipts. building and vault damages over $1,000. Store manager Burbridge Adams found rear door open about 11 am. State Police suspect vault doors pried with heavy bars. fingerprints collected. Burglars reportedly sought cash, but coal company moved to checks last February.
Sunshine Club of Dorothy hosts Marfork Sunshine Club at Dorothy Presbyterian Church. Devotional, hymn, scripture, prayer, Thanksgiving poem, and a turkey dinner with games and prizes mark the evening. Attendees and hostesses listed.
Mullens West Virginia area reports Glen Rogers High School burglaries over the weekend. Doors to furnace room office and storage were forced. A coin box with about ten dollars from a soft drink machine was taken. The projector speaker and desk des ransacked. Superintendent Morgan warned against overnight cash and noted prior burglaries at Oceana Itmann and Maben. State and county police investigate.
Pineville churches schedule a 10 am Thanksgiving service at the Pineville Methodist Church led by Rev. Robert McCoy of Cook Memorial Baptist Church. Various Pineville pastors will participate in the service.
A three room Wyco house occupied by Audley and wife Shrewsbury was destroyed by predawn fire. One choir member was injured. cause undetermined. Firefighters from Mullens and Pineville fought the blaze as Wyco community endures repeat fires including a half million dollar tipple fire on Sept. 22. Hubert Adams Jr. arrived home from Germany due to his father’s serious heart attack at Island Creek Coal Co. Welch’s Stevens Clinic Hospital. In Oak Hill, William Drennen Jr. faces reckless driving charges after his car struck a parked vehicle and rolled onto a sidewalk. he was treated and released.
In a Mississippi State College piece Dr. Ross E Hutchins highlights insect facts. Katydids hear with ears on their front elbows and grasshoppers leaf ear positions behind the hind legs. Ants can lift pebbles twice their weight and some beetles lift 830 times. Ammophila wasps use a pebble as a tool to tamp dirt.
Sophia Brownie Troop 72 celebrated scout leader Calvin Saunders birthday with a surprise party at Tuesday’s meeting. Members presented a gift and refreshments were provided by Mrs J B Riggs. Brownies prepared Thanksgiving hospital favors for Beckley Girl Scout office then area hospitals. Plans were made to start on Christmas girls.
In Pineville two men Raymond Gilmore, 19, and Franklin Thompson, 21, both of Maben, faced preliminary hearings on breaking and entering charges for a Maben School burglary. Magistrate W. P. Wilson ordered them held for grand jury with no bond. They were later moved to Raleigh County authorities for questioning in a separate Amigo Elementary School case.
Mabscott Lions Jack Hutchens and H V Waybright attended the Sophia Lions Club on Wednesday. James Barnell led the session discussing delegations to the State Lions Convention in Huntington and the National Lions Club Convention in Chicago in 1958. Pete Hornbeck was guest of honor as club members listed include W W Lawson Fred Williams Rev Bill Brown and others. A household shower honored Mrs Hattie Lafferty Powers who recently married Eeme Powers at the home of Mrs ete Williams and Mrs Masie Wilson with many attendees.
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