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Newspaper
Raleigh Register
Location
Beckley, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Oct 14, 1959
Page
10
Beckley College will be visited on Oct. 21 by a Marine Officer Selection Team to interview undergraduates seeking commissions. The team, led by Capt. J. F. Meyers Jr., will operate in the Student Union and provide details during the visit.
A legal column prepared as a public service by the West Virginia State Bar offers general guidance on court procedures and citizens rights. It explains how to file documents, respond to filings, and seek help from bar resources.
This excerpt explains that you must obtain your creditor consent before transferring obligations such as a loan. It notes that buyers often assume existing mortgages when purchasing homes, saving time and brokerage fees, while sellers may benefit from a quicker sale. If the buyer defaults, the original lender may seek payment from the seller unless the creditor relieves them.
Final rites for Mrs Sallie Thompson 67 of Lester are set for 2 p.m. Thursday at the Church of God in Lester with Rev. Henry Bailey and Rev. T M Waldron officiating. Burial follows at Sunset Memorial Park. She died Monday evening at her daughter’s home. pallbearers include Ray Snuffer Jack Gunter Everett Robinson Ernest Wood Winfield Daniels Floyd Acord.
East Beckley church to honor Betty Hairston pianist of New Hope Baptist Church for 11 years. Programs feature multiple choirs, devotional messages, addresses by community members, solos, and a Sunday program with several choirs and a sermon by Rev. Henry Dubois. program committee listed.
Charleston report shows large transfers to the general school fund last month reduced the general revenue fund balance to 9,976,755 dollars as of September 30. Treasurer Orel J. Skeen announced the figures today.
Frank Bryson 61 of North Heber Street was fined 10 dollars and sentenced to 10 days in Raleigh County Jail after a Tuesday night Police Court trial. He was arrested Saturday by City Police in front of the G C Murphy Store while delivering a message to passing shoppers.
Washington AP reports eleven West Virginia counties will receive more from Monongahela National Forest timber sales and other receipts this year. Total WV forest receipts amount to 448 696 with 25 percent returned to counties for roads and schools. projected county shares rise to 112 174 from 95 441, with distribution likely in November. Counties named include Hampshire Hardy Pendleton Grant Greenbrier Nicholas Pocahontas Preston Randolph Tucker and Webster with specific last year amounts listed.
Eddie Lockett of Beckley is reported improved at Beckley Hospital after being shot above the heart. Ida Gilbert of Beckley, the alleged assailant, will have a hearing Monday before Magistrate Cotton White.
Veterans should notify both the compensation paying office and the VA insurance office when changing address and premiums are deducted from benefits. Retroactive compensation requires filing within one year of discharge for the disability to be considered compensable at that time. Repairs or replacements of service connected prosthetics are covered by VA with medical need.
Food distribution commodities will be handed out Thursday at the Paris Shrews bury home on the Odd Road for people living along the Ghent Odd road. Patrons are asked to bring their own containers.
Mrs Sallie Curry Thompson 67 of Lester died Monday evening at her daughter's home. Funeral rites set for Thursday at 2 PM at the Church of God with burial in Sunset Memorial Park. Pallbearers and honorary pallbearers named. Arrangements by Calfee Funeral Home.
Elizabeth Short 66 of Cleveland Ohio formerly Crab Orchard died October 11 in St Luke's Hospital Cleveland. Funeral at Clifftop Church led by Rev Ernest Barley with burial at White Cemetery. Pansy Elizabeth Mullins 47 of Beaver died October 13 in a local hospital. Body at Webb and Neal Funeral Home pending arrangements.
A classified advertisement promotes STONE and MASONRY work by Bibb Snyder offering underpinning block laying concrete floors and carpentry with free estimates. Contact through telephone numbers CL 3-7824 and CL 2-7541.
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