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Newspaper
Raleigh Register
Location
Beckley, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Oct 09, 1946
Page
5
A salvage of garbled text mentions Backfire in Kansas Tec Press and a Tennessee feature about mountaineers in Nashville. It quotes Ronald Autey on Tennessee life, old customs, and the impact of roads, electricity, tourists, and returning servicemen transforming mountain culture.
Receipts light as cattle, calves, hogs, sheep and lambs sell active. Prices show midrange to high for beef cattle and vealers, hogs near ceiling, slaughter lambs steady with Monday, ewes and pelts in mixed grades.
Obituary notices report the death of Joseph Kopinski 75 of Whipple on October 6 with funeral at St Peter and Paul Catholic Church Scarbro and burial at Highland Memorial Park Oak Hill. The page also contains a long regional feature on Tennessee mountain life, crafts and dialect traditions, TVA electrification, and tourist trade impact.
The column lists visits and guests at Mt Zion Baptist Church events and area families. Names include Lucy and Marie Laweau Bluefield State College, Milton and Harris Lawson, Rev Charlie Corbet and G F Richardson Cunard, Minnie Gray and Rosa Lee Jones, John E Allen, Adelia Smith Rae, Lee Braxton and Clyde Jr of Philadelphia, Maybelle Mason of Paila a, S P Prince, Della Neal, and Homer G Nursing in Sb.
Public Service Commission of West Virginia schedules a motor carrier hearing on October 14 at 1:60 p.m. at its Charleston offices to consider a certificate for a common carrier operation by Berkley Bakery Company in Fayette County.
Theodore Eirbeeg fell from a peat boat on Lake Butte near Oshkosh Wisconsin and called for help. Despite attempts by Freberg and others, he was not rescued until Lawrence Konrad arrived. Freberg River Yosexton and Kan were involved in the shore rescue as investigators noted a potential crime or mishap.
A collage of missing jewels and pets with rewards and contact dials along with assorted local services. Items include a gold Bulova wristwatch and a brown white and tan collie pup, plus a black white and tan beagle. Rewards offered. various phone numbers listed for responses. Also includes painting and wallpapering services by local tradesmen and a piano teacher listing.
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