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Raleigh Register

Location

Beckley, West Virginia, United States of America

Date

Oct 14, 1949

Page

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Funeral Rites Set for Mrs Annie Hogg Mount Hope

Funeral services will be held at 2 30 p m Saturday for Mrs Annie M Hogg 72 of Mount Hope following a lengthy illness at Mount Hope Presbyterian Church with Dr W W Pharr officiating Burial will be in Highlawn Memorial Park Oak Hill She was a member of the church Eastern Star White Shrine and is survived by her husband two sons six daughters a brother and a sister plus 13 grandchildren and six great grandchildren The body will be moved to Lindamood Funeral Home and then to the church an hour before the service Meanwhile Wyoming County hunters prepare for opening squirrel season with police warnings to avoid careless actions and prevent forest fires

Register Mount Hope Annie M. Hogg Mount Hope Presbyterian Church W. W. Pharr Burtal Highlawn Memorial Park Oak Hill Mt. Hope Presbyterian Church Winola Order of Eastern Star White Shrine H.T. Hogg D. A. Hogg Hartford, Conn C. A. Hogg Mt. Hope Nora Kelly Fresno Calif Ruth Burgess Fay Frisk Louise Tracy Charleston Norma Cradle South Charleston Barbara Young Dunbar John Massay Eagle Walter Smith Meadow Creek Foi Lindamood Funeral

Mount Hope Man Hurt in Wreck

Henry Lockhart a 46 year old Black man from Mount Hope was admitted to Oak Hill Hospital at 4 30 p m for a head injury from an automobile accident at Price The hospital reports the injury undetermined and his condition as ta ic

Register Oak Hill Henry Lockhart Mount Hope Oak Hill Hospital Price Hill

Grace McKinney Dies on Visit in Mullens

Grace Edith McKinney of Stephenson died after arrival at relatives home, reportedly from a paralytic stroke. Born June 12, 1919 in Basin, she was a member of the Praketon Church of God. Funeral set for 1 p.m. Saturday at Spruce Jer Church with burial in the family plot. Body to be at Robertson-Foxlesting Funeral Home tonight and at Sutphin home earlier.

Rewister Steff Walter Mullens Iising Stephenson Grace Edith McKineney Basin Granger Mary McKinney Praketon Church of God Bve Nathan Opie Cosetta Sut‘phin Vadie Graham Emily McKinney Spruce Jer Barkers Ridge Philip Graham Roberston-Foxlesting Stephenson Howe A.j .K. Sutphin

Horseshoe Road Improvement Begins in Fayette County

Fayette County road work on Horseshoe Road in the Mountain Cove District started this week. State Road Commission official Hidi Shumate said six miles are involved, with grading and drainage underway and Hilltop to Sanger graded and awaiting stabilization.

Register Blatt Oak Hidi F. H. Shumate Ofline Fayette County Horseshoe Mountain Cove Shumate Hilltop Sanger

Miss Patsy Ruth Ferguson Weds Lowell Huffman in Scarbro

Miss Patsy Ruth Ferguson and Lowell B. Huffman were married October 7 in Calletsburg. Rev. Donald Gregor officiated. The bride, daughter of Mrs Beatrice Ferguson of Scarbro, is a Oak Hill High School and West Virginia University graduate. The groom, son of Mr and Mrs Lowell Huffman of Sarasota Florida, is an Oak Hill High School graduate who studied diesel mechanics in Chicago. They plan to reside in Chicago.

Scahabro Patsy Ruth Ferguson Lowell BH. Huffman Beatrice Ferguson Scarbro Fries Cailletsburg Sky Donald Greglors Huffman Fla Oak Hill Oak Hill High School Chicago Mwe Oak Vnn Motors, Inc

Prather Attends 100F Conference In Fayetteville

Oak Will resident Barl Prather attends the Grand Lodge meeting of the International Order of Odd Fellows as Oak Hill lodge representative. The session ends tomorrow with petitions to amend by laws and possibly the Grand Lodge constitution. Attendees include District Deputy Grand Master J. G. Lake Lewis Camell and Glen Hackney from Montgomery Lodge.

Arpinter Stall Fayetteville Barl Prather Oak Will International Order of Odd Fellows Oak Hill Lodge Prather House of Delegates Fayelte County Lacy Neely Prather Glen Uackney Bob Caples Lewis’ Dame S. C. Parnell Grand Lodge Montgomery Lodge J. G. Lake Lewis Camel Glen Hackney

Brown Funeral Rites Sunday

Funeral services for G. H. Brown a 61 year old Negro from Columbus Ohio will be at 2 40 p m Sunday at the Negro Baptist Church Fayetteville with Bishop E Cundit officiating burial in Sanders Cemetery Fayetteville He died in Columbus Ohio Wednesday He is survived by his wife Mrs Mary Low Brown of Columbus three sisters Mrs M E Saunders Fayetteville Mrs Micah Redman Lewisburg Mrs Shile Chambers Lewisburg and a brother with an unknown address

Fayetteville G. H. Brown Columbus Ohio Negro Baptist Church E. Cundit Satan Ders Brown W. A. Saunders Mary Low Brown M. E. Saunders Micah Redman Lewisburg Shile Chambers

Ansted Election Void as Judge Grants 60 Day Appeal Stay

Judge Thrift voids Ansted June 1949 election and orders all council actions set aside. The ruling suspends for 69 days allowing Pridemore and contestees to appeal to the state supreme court. If the stay expires without action, the retired council may resume duties and call a new election.

Meavter Fayetteville Melvin Fox Hhis Ansted Jude RJ. Thrift Thrift Shirley Windemore Therlt Fox Major Pridemore Young Thrill Pridemare People’s Ticket Supreme Court Metin Fox William Skaggs M. H. Auley Chalmer Skaggs Kenneth Steele E. K. Vawter Orgilie Eads

Lillian Forner dies in Beckley Mullens area

Lillian Forner of Baileysville died early today at Pincrest Sartaslui. The body is at the Ruberston Foglesong Funeral Home Oceana awaiting funeral arrangements. Mullens attorneys and their wives attend the West Virginia State Bar Association convention in Huntington with related lectures on legal problems of small businesses. President Coolidge’s 1924 inauguration was the first to be broadcast with 24 stations.

Register Mullens Lilian Forner Baileysville Pinccrest Sartaslui Ruberston-Foglesong Oceana West Virginia State Bar Association Huntington A. Ritz Kingdon Fred T. Kingdon Cabell County President Coolidge

Father and Son Jailed Over Offseason Squirrel Kill

A father Cody Lyons and son Lacy Lyons were jailed for one year each after pleading guilty to killing 63 squirrels out of season at Bellburn. Magistrate Craft noted the law imposes fines and jail per squirrel. the pair could not pay. State troopers found jars of squirrel meat and a pot of cooking squirrels at the home.

Associated Ries Fast Rainelle Craft Cody Lyons Lacy Bellburn C. K. Dawson Lyons

Kopperston PTA Names Laird President at Meeting

William Laird was elected president of the Kopperston Parent-Teacher Association with Earl Wilson as vice president and Hazel Black as secretary. Principal Vaughan Stewart announced 423 students enrolled, 323 bus riders, and a new gymnasium and auditorium to be ready next year.

Register Wesler Kopperston William Laird Kopperston Parent-Teacher's Association Te Kopperston Earl Wilson Hazel Black Vaughan Stewart World News Stewart Auditoriium L. A. Worrell G. J. Lewis Jesse Cline Ray Burgess Virgil Burkett George Atkins A. P. Bozley Harvey Pruett Ruben Williams Vaughn Stewart J. L. Edwards Jesse McMillion

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