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Newspaper

Raleigh Register

Location

Beckley, West Virginia, United States of America

Date

Oct 14, 1949

Page

2

Grace Edith McKinney dies after stroke during hospital visit

Mullens reports Grace Edith McKinney a 42 year old Stephenson woman died about three hours after being admitted for treatment following a paralytic stroke. Born June 2 1949 at Basin she was a member of the Princeton Church of God and survived by two brothers and three sisters. Funeral services are set for Saturday at Spruce Grove Church with burial at the family plot. The body will be moved from Robertson-Fopling Funeral Home to the Stephenson home today.

Hewister Mullens Basin Stephenson Grace Edith McKinney Beckley Hospital Sald Ishet Granger Land Mary McKinney Wie Prenceton Barkers Ridge Philip Graham Roberston-Fopiesong

Funeral Rites Set For Mrs. Annie M. Mogg

Mount Hope services for Annie M. Mogg 72 will be at Mount Hope Presbyterian Church at 2:30 PM with Dr. W W Pharr officiating. Burial at Highlawn Memorial Park follows. Survived by husband H T Hogg, six daughters, three sons, a brother and a sister.

Register Mount Hope Annie M. Mogg Mount Hope Presbyterian Church W. W. Pharr Highlawn Memorial Park Oak Hill

Mount Hope Man Hurt in Wreck

Henry Lockhart 48 of Mount Hope was admitted to Oak Hill Hospital at 4:30 p m for a head injury from an automobile crash at Price Hill. Doctors report his condition as fair and the extent of injuries is undetermined.

Register Oak Hill Henry Lockhart Mount Shape Oak Lil Hospital Price Hil

Horseshoe Road Upgrade Starts in Fayette County

H. R. Shumate of the Fayette County State Road Commission announced the Horseshoe Road project in the Mountain Cove District began Tuesday. The six mile stretch, largely rock, will be graded drained and stabilized with Ulopia Sanger completed and ready for stabilization.

Hy Register H. Shumate Fayette County

Miss Patsy Ruth Ferguson Weds L B Huffman in Scarbro

The marriage of Miss Patsy Ruth Ferguson to Lowell B. Huffman was announced by Mrs. Beatrice Ferguson of Scarbro. The ceremony occurred Friday October 7 at Cattersburg with Rev Donald Gregors officiating. Both graduates of Oak Hill High School she plans to live in Chicago.

Oak Hill Oak Hill High School Chicago Oak Will Motors, Inc

Prather Attending Grand Lodge Meeting of Odd Fellows

FAYETTEVILLE Farl Prather of Oak Hill attends the Grand Lodge session as Oak Hill lodge representative. He plans to present a petition for by laws change drafted by a committee and is among local district lodges seeking constitutional tweaks. Montgomery Lodge attendees include J. E. Lake Lewis Oame and Glen Hackney.

Register Fayetteville Farl Prather Oak Hill International Order of Odd Fellows Oak Hill Lodge Prather House of Delegates Fayette County Lacy Neely Glen Hackney Bob Caples Lewis Dame

Brown Funeral Rites Sunday in Fayetteville

Funeral services for G. H. Brown, 61, a Negro, will be held Sunday at 2 30 pm at the Negro Baptist Church in Fayetteville with Bishop S. E. Cundiet officiating. Burial will follow at Saunters Cemetery. He died in Columbus Ohio on Wednesday. The body will be moved to the home of his brother in law W A Saunders in Fayetteville Saturday morning and remain there until the funeral. He is survived by his wife Mrs Mary Lou Brown of Columbus, three sisters Mrs M E Saunders of Fayetteville Mrs Micah Redman of Lewisburg and Mrs Shile Chambers of Lewisburg and a brother, address unknown.

Fayetteville G. H. Brown Columbus Ohio Negro Baptist Church Cundiet Saunters Cemetery Brown W. A. Saunders

Fox Council Granted 60 Day Stay to Appeal Case

Judge Thrift enforces a 60 day stay of execution in Ansted election contest brought by Shirley Pridemore. The order vacates the June 7 election results and voids certificates for mayor and other offices while the case may proceed to the state Supreme Court. The ruling affects all town officials and keeps in abeyance any further action until the appeal period ends.

Heyitee Pridemore Fayetteville Mel Fox Cource BR. Junreme Court of Appeals Wein Cume Ee Thrift Ansted Shirley Midemore Circuit Court Theit People’s ‘Ticket Supreme Court E. R. Vawter Myra Wiseman Metin Fox Wiliam Skages M. H. Alley Chalmer Skaggs Kenneth Steele E. K. Vacher Orville Eads

Lillian Former Dies in Beckley

Lillian Fortner of Daileysville dies early today at Minecrest Sanitarium. The body is moved to Robertson-Foglesong Funeral Home Greana for funeral arrangements. Mullens attorneys attend West Virginia State Bar Association convention in Huntington with wives Mrs A Hug Kingdon and Mr. and Mrs. Fred T. Kingdon en route for lectures on legal problems of small businesses. The piece notes President Coolidge's 1924 inauguration as the first to be broadcast with a 24-station hookup.

Register Mullens Lillian Fortner Daileysville Minecrest Sanitarium Roberston-Foglesong Greana Megister West Virginia State Bar Association Huntington A. Hug Kingdon Fred T. Kingdon Cabell Coolddge

Father Son Jailed For Year Over Off-Season Squirrels

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 their Bellburn home. Magistrate Craft said the penalty matched the law’s 20 dollar fine and 10 day jail per squirrel, a total fines demand of 1300 dollars they could not pay. State Trooper Dawson reported jars of canned squirrel meat and a pot of squirrels cooking found on the premises.

East Kainelle Craft Cody Lyons Lacy Bellburn C. R. Dawson Lyons

Laird Named Proxy Of Kopperston PTA

Kopperston, W.Va. William Laird was elected president of the Kopperston Parent-Teacher Association after the first meeting at Kopperston Elementary School. New officers include Earl Wilson as vice president and Hazel Black as secretary.

Hy Register Kopperston William Laird Parent-Teacher’s Association Earl Wilson Land Mes Hazel Black Vaughan Stewart World News Stewart

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