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Newspaper
Raleigh Register
Location
Beckley, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Nov 26, 1937
Page
3
County Red Cross chapter officials announce the 1937 roll call is underway with about 75 canvassers. Officials cannot provide exact member totals yet but expect higher enrollment than last year. The goal remains 3,000 members, unchanged from 1936, with some funds diverted to flood relief.
Miss Katherine Elizabeth Stafford of Grafton wed William Gibson of Charleston at the Stafford home on Thanksgiving. Rev. T. M. Zumbrunnan officiated as Miss Stafford was given in marriage by her father James F. Stafford. Guests included matron of honor Mrs. R. V. Rohrbough and flower girl Nancy Rohrbough. The couple planned a Charleston home and a wedding trip. Diane Keefer and Kathryn Fultz provided music and singing. Gibson is a Maryland Casualty claim adjustor in Charleston. Stafford family ties extend to Beckley and Grafton.
Police released Selina Blacker and another woman from custody after investigating the murder of Fred Blacker 42 former business agent for the Kokomo Indiana motion picture operators union. The widow was among those questioned as detectives pursued gangster style slaying leads.
Personal mentions list numerous weekend guests and travels. Mr. and Mrs. Noel Christian entertain kin from Lincoln street in Egeria. Walter Adkins family and Mary Alice visit East Main Street, while Fred Martin visits Charleston. Several others attend weddings, hospital stays, or travel to Bluefield for Thanksgiving and football games.
A man was shot three times by two masked robbers as he walked the suburban Summit street. The widow and Rebecca Donnell of Kokomo were freed after questioning. The widow said Donnell kept house for Blacker in Summit, where he worked at a theater.
Mrs N Berman entertained at Beth El Temple yesterday for her husband and her brother Abe Boiarsky of Charleston on their birthday anniversaries. A turkey dinner in the temple recreation room featured turkey decor on walls, table linens, and napkins with gifts and telegrams for the honorees. Guests included Hy Roth L Berman Harriet Melvin Abe Boiarsky Ben Keplin Ashland Ky Joe Broarsky Jack Crafton Nat Berman and families.
Dorothy Meadows was elected president of the Affinity 4-H club at a November 15 meeting held at the Affinity school house. Ethel Hughes became vice president, Lillian Lilly secretary, Regena Evans treasurer, and Irene Wyde reporter. Members donated several baskets to needy families for Thanksgiving and Meadows and Virginia Hughes sent exhibits to the Lewisburg fair with Meadows earning a yellow ribbon.
The United Mine Workers of America gave $100 to Stam ford school to buy books at a PTA meeting held Thursday. About 200 attended, the largest turnout of the year. Seventh grade, led by E T Miller, presented a play titled Grandfather Changes His Mind About Thanksgiving. Beckley attorney George Williams spoke on Christ or Chaos, noting the gap between worldly and Christian principles. Refreshments were served by a long list of local ladies.
Dr Jim Sam West will deliver farewell sermons at Beckley Baptist Church on Sunday with services at 11:00 AM and 7:30 PM. Friends aim to fill the church for both events and describe them as farewell services.
Slab Fork grade school staged a Thanksgiving play on Wednesday afternoon titled The Courtship of Miles Standish. The cast included students from Slab Fork School with directed involvement by faculty and staff.
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