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Newspaper

Raleigh Register

Location

Beckley, West Virginia, United States of America

Date

Oct 05, 1954

Page

8

Community Weekend Visits Across Pax and Long Branch

Local society notes list numerous weekend guests and Sunday visits featuring families from Pax Long Branch Charleston Oak Hill and Norton. Names include Maude Christian James Williams Beatrice Lively and many others with travel between Pax Long Branch Charleston Oak Hill and Norton. Mrs Williams recovering from a recent stroke is mentioned among visitors at MacMillan Hospital.

PAX Maude Christian Mullens James Williams Tena Wingrove Long Branch Ann Wingrove Bill Casto Donald Charleston A. G. Lively Lebanon Blanche Baker Gassaway Mary Akers Randolph Henderson Oscar Williams MacMillian Hospital J. C. Shorter Bessie Vealey Oak Hill Marie Aliff Diana Anna Gregg Elizabeth Aliff Marshall Holstein Roosevelt Hall Robert Williams Hansford Williams Nelson Williams Ernest Bobby Alderman Mount Hope C. A. Williams Pattie Williams Bentley Humphrey

Corinne Family Hurt in Highway Crash Near Baton Rouge

Corinne mother Mrs. Lee Blackwell and daughter Betty were hospitalized in Baton Rouge after a highway wreck Friday. Betty, an X ray technician on vacation from Wyoming General Hospital, sustained a broken pelvis and serious injuries. Mrs. Blackwell had facial and head cuts. Husbands and siblings were uninjured, including Cpl. and Mrs. Stanley Stanczyk. Betty was driving and had recent leg injuries from a prior accident at a railroad crossing.

Blackwell Cpl Stanley Stanczyk Betty Wyoming General Hospital Blackwells Ft. Sam Houston Texas Stanczyk Man Blackwell Baton Rouge

Ansted Water Rates And Territorial Expansion At PSC

Charleston reports Ansted in Fayette County asked the Public Service Commission for permission to serve customers within a two mile radius of the corporate limits and to raise water rates. The hearing also covered Terra Alta’s request in Preston County to add a $60,000 sewage disposal plant and a 75 cent monthly charge, funded by users, amid protests from over 200 residents.

Charleston Ansted Fayette County Public Service Commission Terra Alta Breston County PSC

Two Suffer Injuries In Local Mishap At Hospital

H D Sutphin a 39 year old Otsego mine electrician entered Wyoming General Hospital for X ray examination of his left hand to determine if a piece of steel was embedded Joseph Wood Hope a 16 year old Amigo patient received treatment for a broken collar bone after a football mishap at the hospital late Tuesday

Woods Jr. Receives Permit for Lincoln Street Bath Addition

Harry G. Woods Jr. obtained a city building permit for a two room bath addition to his Lincoln Street home. The block construction project is estimated to cost 4,000 dollars.

Novak Funeral Services Stated

John Novak aged 69 of Layland will have 2 p.m. Wednesday funeral services in Layland with burial in Layland Cemetery. A WWI veteran and former coal miner, he belonged to Loyal Order of Moose No. 1489. Survivors include two daughters in Maine and Maryland and two grandchildren. His body will be moved from Wallace and Wallace Funeral Home East Rainelle to the Layland home for rites.

Layland John Novak Fayetteville Helen Kawasky Loyal Order of Moose Helen Nerville Baileys Island Maine Mary Ann Novak Baltimore Wallace and Wallace East Rainelle

Former Pineville Resident Succumbs

H C Gorby, long time Pineville resident and attorney with Childers and Gorby, died September 26 in a Columbus Ohio hospital after his wife’s December 1922 death. Final rites were held September 28. He and his wife raised five children in Pineville before returning to Ohio the following year.

Pineville Rns H. C. Gorby Columbiana, O Gorby of Childers and Gorby Ohio

Tragic Death Of 3 Year Old Strangled By Blind Cord

Funeral services set for Julia Ann Boyd of Mullensville at 2 30 p m Wednesday after she died Monday from strangulation when a venetian blind cord became entangled in her play pen. Burial at Stewart Cemetery Matheny. Mother left child briefly by window. she would have turned four Oct 25. Survivors: mother and maternal grandmother Mrs Mattie Thompson. Father died July of cancer. Robertson and Foglesong Funeral Home to Thompson residence at Mullensville at 5 p.m. Tuesday.

Pineville Horace Boyd Mullens Julia Ann Boyd Stewart Matheny Mattie Thompson Mullensville Robertson and Foglesong Thompson

Oceana Personalities Return From Visit

Mr and Mrs Liss Bellamy of Huntington returned home after visiting Oceana where they spent time with Mr and Mrs Bane Herndon and Mr and Mrs John Lambert. They were accompanied home by Mrs Nannie Brown of Oceana. Mrs Rosa Capellarri remains ill at her home. The Rev Charles Ross of Boston who had been residing in Pineville for the past month moved to Oceana Friday. He is the

Oceana Rns Liss Bellamy Huntington Bane Herndon John Lambert Nannie Brown Rosa Capellarri Charles Ross Boston Mass Pineville

Fayetteville Records First Polio Suspect

Fayetteville reports its first suspected poliomyelitis case of the year. Eight-year-old David Akers, son of Mr. and Mrs. Robert Akers, was taken to Marmet Hospital on Saturday. Hospital confirmation awaited amid health department absence. The child attended school last week and gamma globulin plans unknown.

David Akers Robert Akers Fayetteville Marmet Hospital Fayette County

Pastors First Service at Oceana Presbyterian Church

The Oceana Presbyterian Church will hold its first service on the third Sunday in October. Mrs. T. F. Brammer of Mullens visits her son-in-law and daughter Dr. and Mrs. E. G. Shannon and family.

Oceana

Cooper Funeral Rites Wednesday

Byron Allison Cooper 39 construction worker of Pineville died at Grace Hospital Welch at 6 a.m. Monday. Funeral services set for 10:30 a.m. Wednesday at Cook Memorial Baptist Church Pineville with Rev Norman Morgan officiating. Burial in Cooper Cemetery Windom. Born May 30 1915 at Windom to Joseph and Grace Cooper. Surviving wife Wanda and mother residing at Cyclone two sons Buddy and Jackie a daughter Brenda a brother Dale Baileysville. Four:

Wanda Cyclone Buddy Jackie Brenda Dale Baileysville

Guest Night Program Cancelled by Club in Moran Avenue

The Woman's Civic Club announces cancellation of the guest night meeting planned for Thursday. Instead of G. D. Skidmore as speaker, a poetry program will be presented under Mrs. Paul Viers at 8 p.m. at Mrs. N. D. Trent's home on Moran Avenue.

G. D. Skidmore Paul Viers N. D. Trent Moran Avenue

Death of Mrs. Honaker and Mrs. Gandee Listed in Notice

The sisters Mrs. Carl Honaker of Pineville and Mrs. Harry Gandee of Brenton are named in a death notice. The body will be moved to the Cooper residence in East Pineville from Robertson and Foglesong Funeral Home at 5 p.m.

Carl Honaker Pineville Harry Gandee Brenton Merlie Opal Cooper Cyclone Cooper East Pineville Robertson and Foglesong

Also Mentioned on This Page

Pax Personals Corinne Famous Novak Funeral Services OES Order of the Eastern Star Pineville Masonic Building Freida Plann Tot Oceana Personals Windom Joseph and Grace Cooper New Gulf Gulf
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