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Newspaper

Raleigh Register

Location

Beckley, West Virginia, United States of America

Date

Oct 11, 1948

Page

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Charleston Lawyer Recalls Alaska Experiences At Fayette Bar Dinner

A Charleston attorney described Alaska travel to Fayette County Bar Association members at a Hotel Hill dinner in Oak Hill. Frank Love presided as R. G. Kelly showed color motion pictures detailing conditions in the Yukon Territory, answering questions from attendees including many Raleigh and Nicholas County lawyers and political figures.

Register Fayetteville Charleston Alaska Fayette County Bar Association Hotel Hill Oak Hill Frank Love R. G. Kelly Kelly Nicholas County Yukor Territory H. E. Stansbury Antonio Sparacino James M. Henderson Clay S. Crouse Joseph Luchini W. H. File, Jr Floyd Sayre Douglas Bowers Raleigh County Ben Brown John Breckenridge Darrell Lay Dasa Herold Claude H. Venelli

Cook Funeral Set for Tuesday

Funeral services for James Levi Cook 79 will be held Tuesday at the Primitive Baptist Church in Lester at 2 p m. He died in his home at East Kingston after a lengthy illness. Burial will be in Kennedy Cemetery at Glen View. He is survived by five children and five grandchildren. A businessman, he formerly resided in Lester Raleigh County. He was born in Nebraska on August 23 1869 and was a member of the Primitive Baptist Church. Cook’s body will be taken to his granddaughter Mrs Coy Moore’s home at Lester today.

Register Oak Hill Lester James Levi Cook Kingston Dallas Stover Helen Lwwill Kennedy Cemetery Glen View Coy Moore fLester Cook Lewis Cook Raleigh County Nebraska Primitive Baptist Church Les Milam East Kingston F. A. Cook Wheeling Duff Cook Olive Hill, Ky Gould Cook Gra‘ham, Ky Harless Cook

Rites Incomplete For E. R. Rucker

Funeral services are incomplete for E R Rucker of Meadow Creek who died at Hinton Hospital Saturday evening The report notes a husband visiting and expected to return home soon Also included is word of Thomas A Taylor 58 year old Norfolk and Western Railway brakeman killed in an accident at Pounding Mills Virginia He had worked for the railway company 35 years

Register Oak Hill Fayetteville Sam West Looneyville Gak Hil George Mills Neth Lake Village Alfred Lynch Lewis Lynch Houston West Lynch Bluefield Taylor

Hospital Patient Entered Bluefield Sanitarium for Treatment

Mrs H D Copeland of Rock Camp entered the Bluefield Sanitarium on Monday to undergo medical treatment.

13S Hospital Register Rock Camp H. D. Copeland Bluefield Sanitarium

Wyoming Board Sets October Meetings for Six Groups

Princeton area clubs and circles announce meeting dates tonight and tomorrow. Barbara Farmer Circle meets at 7:30 at Matney j Apartments. Brs. Tommy Lilly guest speaker. Princeton Chapter US Daughters of the Confederacy hosts at 8 in Harry's Restaurant banquet room. Sale Circle at 8 in Miss Gordon Ball’s home. Mayflower Temple 84 Pythian Sisters meet at 7:30. Delphia Club and Salvation Army advisory board gather tomorrow night. Forum Club postponed with no date.

Register Princeton Barbara Farmer The First Christian Church Alice Hodell Matney J Apartments Tommy Lilly John Cartier Harry's United Daughters of the Confederacy G. W. Evans J. C. Fanning Sale First Baptist Church Gordon Ball North Walker Street Bill Wood William Lilly

Mercer Canning Center to Open This Week at Glenwood Park

The Mercer County Canning Center in Glenwood Park will operate 9 AM to 12 noon tomorrow, Wednesday, and Thursday. Patrons wishing to make apple butter should call 989-1-3 for appointments and use the equipment.

Register Princeton Mercer County Canning Center Glenwood Park

Ratliff Child Dies Of Brain Tumor

Eva Mae Ratliff seven dies at home in East Rainelle at 1145 p m Saturday brain tumor listed as cause she was born September 22 1941 Survivors include Luther and Lillie Peart Gibson Ratliff parents three brothers two sisters and four grandparents Democratic Meeting To be Held Tonight in Mount Hope to organize support for governor candidate Okey Patton at Mount Hope High School at 7 30 p m

Register East Rainelle Eva Mae Ratliff Hines Luther and Lillie Peart Gibson Ratliff Carl Edward Earl David Gene Irma Jean Shelby Jean Robert and Elizabeth Taylor Gibson Matthias Emma Mitchem Ratliff Mount Hope Mount Hope High School Okey Pattegen

G D Smith Held On Burglary Count

Fayet teville Georg e Morris home burglary case against G D Smith alias Jewel Smith proceeds to preliminary hearing before Magistrate L 34 Trent in Smithers. Hearing held September 13 and transcript filed in circuit clerk’s office Saturday.

Y Register Fayetteville Geareald Deviour Smith Jewel Smith Fayette County George Morris L. 34. Trent Smithers

Docket Arranged For Mercer Court

Mercer County Circuit Court schedules Wednesday October 13 as appeal day under Judge F Morton Wagner. Remaining term dates include October 14 for misdeameanors appealing from Bluefield courts, October 19 for Steve Underwood and James Jennings cases, and October 22 for Gearhart motion for probation and other maiming and grand larceny matters.

Register Princeton Mercer County F. Morton Wagner City of Bluefield Hallie Duncan J. C. Hamilton James Melvin Steve Underwood James Jennings John Allen Gearhart James Din‘ford W. J. McCloud

Marriages Issued In Fayetteville Area

Fayetteville notices show Nelson Christian 25 of Oak Hill and Margaret Sydnor 19 of Gatewood obtaining licenses, paired with Jordan Miller 25 of Handley and Ruby Carter 21 of Longacre, as recorded by the county clerk.

Register State Wester Fayetteville Nelson R. Christian Oak Hill Margaret Sydnor Gatewood Jordon Miller Handley Ruby Carter Longacre

Youthheld On Felony Charge In Mullens Incident

Mullens City Police said they will seek arraignment today for 10 year old Lewis Oliver Redden on a felonious wounding charge after Redden, held in Mullens City Jail since Friday night, amid a stabbing during an altercation that injured Richard Stewart, 28, a local West Mullens mechanic.

Register Mullens Wendell W. Cook Lewis Oliver Redden Redden Mullens City Patréman Bobi Barnett West Mullens Richard Stewart

Noted Injury After Knife Wound at Holroyd Avenue Incident

Stewart was reported "out of danger" at Taylor Hospital after a knife incident on Holroyd Avenue. Doctors initially feared a punctured bladder as the blade narrowly missed it, according to the attending physician.

Holroyd Avenue Stewart Taylor Hospital

Lilly Land Co. executive elected first VP of WV Realtors

Princeton Ernest Lilly of the Lilly Land Company was elected first vice-president of the West Virginia Realtors Association at the annual meeting in Huntington, which concluded Saturday night.

Princeton Ernest Lilly The Lilly Land Company West Virginia Realtors Association Hunteington

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