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Newspaper
Raleigh Register
Location
Beckley, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Nov 29, 1961
Page
8
The American Legion Auxiliary Unit No. 133 met at Mrs. Clyde Boggs home to finalize plans for a December 4 dinner at 7 p.m. in the Legion Hall. The event is for members and their husbands, with a public dance at 9 p.m. following the meal.
The First Baptist Church Mullens will stage its annual Christmas program Sunday at 5 p.m. in the sanctuary. The pageant The Birth of the Saviour features Mary Joseph and angels with special parts filled by local participants. Guests may tour the decorated church after a supper and toy drive benefits area needy children.
A rough estimate states there are about two thousand paces per mile with each pace measuring two feet. This conversion helps approximate distance using short steps.
Eva Lewis and daughters Mary and Mildred of Circle Drive holiday with Mrs. Etta Bland in Pineville. A. R. Smith and daughter Sharon of Highland Ave spent time with Mrs. S. T. Hogg in Clifton Forge, with Stephen Hogg and sons visiting. Betty Jo Hypes of WVU taught by, and with, sisters Alice Hypes Nelva Webster and Henry Canterbury Jr. Charles V. Stewart Jr. visited parents on Circle Drive. H. L. Akers group held a Roanoke reunion. Diane Akers returned to Concord College. WVU students Philip Farley David Humphrey Barbara Cook and others home for break. Concord College students Pat Hall Patty Jones Frances Thompson Jo Ann Short Richard Davidson and others also home.
Mr and Mrs Howard Parker of Baltimore Md announce the birth of twins on November 11 in a Baltimore hospital A son Phillip Vincent weighing five pounds fifteen and a half ounces and a daughter Phyllis Jane weighing six pounds one and a half ounces Mrs Parker formerly Eva Jane Swartz of Railroad Pa Parker is the son of the late Blaine Parker and Hester Parker Williams and nephew of Mrs Tom Holley of Lively The article also notes local church history in Sweeneysburg including New Prospect Baptist Church dedication in 1906 and a long standing senior member Mrs H C Daniels who will turn 86 next April
Assembly No. 14 Rainbow for Girls met in Mount Hope at Masonic Hall with Miss Linda Pugh presiding. Members will gather at 12 45 p m to receive literature and will canvass Mount Hope from 1 to 3 p m Sunday to support Fayette County Muscular Dystrophy drive. A holiday food basket plan was approved for a needy family at the December 11 meeting.
Miss Betty Lester about 21 and her three year old niece Becky Barber daughter of Mr and Mrs Frank Barber Mullensville were hospitalized after a one car accident about 10 am Tuesday one mile below Pineville. The pair were treated at Pineville Maternity Hospital then transferred to Stevens Clinic Hospital in Welch. The child suffered head bump and bruises while Miss Lester may have back and knee injuries. State Trooper S E Epling said the child distracted Miss Lester causing loss of control as the car crossed left then swung to the opposite side and went over a 50 foot embankment stopping near the Guyandotte River. The auto struck a sewer line which may have prevented it from entering the river. Miss Lester is the daughter of Mrs Louise Lester Mullensville.
Rebel Rec plans a December calendar with semi formal Snow Balls for senior high on December 23 and junior high on December 22. A decorating and refreshment committee led by Carolyn Farley was named, with members including Taylor Crotty Brammer Jeffcoate Houck Whitt Yates Bright Simmons. Opening dates and chaperones for December were announced for both programs, with churches and civic groups providing supervision. Adults Lloyd Bright Compton Byrd attended the meeting.
Week end guests of Mr. and Mrs. Jay Whitt Cook included their son Donnie Weir a WVU junior and Miss Julia Bagwell a WVU sophomore. Also visiting were Mr and Mrs Homer Toler Hampton Va and Rueben Turner Kopperston. Roy Lamb a Concord College sophomore returned to Athens after Thanksgiving with his parents. Several relatives visited Ohio cities and hospital admissions were noted including Sandra Bowdens hospital check.
Members of the Toneda Baptist Youth Fellowship met in the church sanctuary at 6 p.m. Sunday for a Bible study from Genesis followed by a Q and A session. Phyllis Walker presided at the business session with reports from Geraldine Cook and Jerry Cook. A state witness committee emphasis on Stewardship was announced with an essay contest and Discipleship Month for February. Officers elected: Phyllis Walker president, Lois Cline vice president, Geraldine Cook secretary, Judy Bowden treasurer.
Two youths aged 16 and 17 escaped from a Wood County jail in Parkersburg by sawing a cell and removing a window frame. They allegedly stole a car in Parkersburg and another in Smithville before being recaptured in Summersville by state police.
Larry Tony of Mullens was taken into custody by Wyoming County Sheriff's officers in Pineville. FBI agents planned to pick him up and return him to Parris Island Marine Base in South Carolina, where he has been AWOL for about two months.
Madison officials report a southern shirt maker seeks to set up a pilot plant in Madison on a lease basis with no union opposition. The plan includes expanding to about 200 workers, led by seasoned sewing machine operators trained via Boone County’s Vocational Training Unit. Local leaders warn union disputes could derail a $200,000, lease-purchase project and leave the area with an unpaid facility.
Mrs Alfred Ty ree hosted a stork shower for her sister Mrs Ray Dolinger of Matoaka. Games were played with prizes awarded to Mrs Bobby Dolinger and several Armstrong and Winston family members among the guests including Mrs Eddie Aliff and Pam.
M Sergeant James P Sergeant, a 18-year Army veteran born in Bud Wyoming County, was injured in an explosion while with U S Army maneuvers at Fort Ord Calif. He suffers serious injuries to both eyes a leg and a hand and remains in Let terman's General Hospital San Francisco. His sister Mrs Bertha Collins of Salem Ore is with him in California and his brother Leonard Sergeant of McAlpin is listed as kin.
Mount Hope residents gathered Friday evening in Oak Hill with Mrs Virginia Taylor presiding as worthy high priestess of the Jabal Abreja Shrine White Shrine of Jerusalem. Attendees from Mount Hope included Mrs Jennie Cope Carter Mrs Harriett Coleman Mrs Flora Twaddle Mrs Mamie Parker Mrs Eva Cope Mrs Eloise Gast and Mrs Fannie Richeson.
Thanksgiving guests at the home of Mr and Mrs Walter Summers included his mother Mrs Margaret Bouchard from Charleston and her mother Mrs Lena Thompson along with her aunt Mrs Bess Gore both of Beckley.
Oceana High School has added a foreign languages lab with four booths, a master teacher console, recorders, earphones, and tapes funded by the National Education Defense Act. Students hear and correct mistakes, answer questions in Spanish, and have playback feedback. An adult Spanish class meets Mondays, while a Grade School beginners group of 22 fourth graders uses the lab to speak simple phrases and read from a simplified text.
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