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Newspaper
Raleigh Register
Location
Beckley, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Oct 18, 1936
Page
12
Advertising rates for Beckley newspapers include per word charges with minimums and multi-issue benefits. The page lists car and truck listings from Beckley Truck and Auto Company and local dealers, with many used cars and prices, plus contact details and special 8c box ad charges.
Classified listings announce a range of used cars including a 1932 Ford Coupe a 1931 35 Passenger School Bus and a 1934 Dodge 1-Ton Express with miles and prices. Obituary notes report infant George Feystuck burial at Meade cemetery after illness since birth. Stock raising highlighted as Wyoming’s key industry.
Lexington Virginia hosts and visitors note guests of Dwight A. File and family in town. They plan trips to Buckingham and Charlottesville before returning. Other social notes include Mrs. W. B. Parks visiting Beckley friends, Rev. C W Sydnor Jr. leaving for New York City, and Dr. S S Sutphin Jr. coming from Charlottesville to see his mother in Wilson Street. Additional visits include Mrs G W Battles in Pittsburgh with Dr. and Mrs. D H Warren, and Dr L E Shrewsbury returning from Lynchburg with son Everett Jr. Martha Rose a Randolph Macon College student remains in family circles as Dr. and Mrs. Howard Bruster host in Bluefield before Louisville trip with Edith Bruster.
Frank Bennett of Granite City Illinois was elected president of the Amalgamated Association of Tin, Steel, and Tin Workers succeeding Michael F. Tighe who did not seek reelection after 16 years at the helm. Bennett pledged a business like campaign to enroll the nation’s half million workers under a single union banner.
The Ideton Koppers store will open tomorrow, announced by J P Catlett Koppers stores manager. The new facility will be fully equipped with modern furnishings and will replace the Helen store which has served customers from a theatre building since last spring fire damaged the original premises.
At a weekly Kiwanis luncheon the club named W. Fugitt and W. A. James as delegates to the 17th annual West Virginia Kiwanis district convention in Martinsburg. A divorce suit between Alex Smith and Mary Smith was filed in the circuit clerk's office Saturday.
A Halloween themed miscellaneous shower honored Mrs. Oscar Nickels, bride of a few weeks, hosted by Mrs. H G Sterne. Guests included Mrs. C L Lawson, Mrs. W C Mullins, Mrs. T J Maynor, and many others. The Nickels now reside with his parents before moving to a new home on Fourth Street.
Mrs. D. O. Totten was elected new leader of Group No 10 of the Mission Circles at First Baptist church after a pot luck supper and business session. Attendees included Mrs. C. W. Kidd Mrs. Ira Whitlock Mrs. Annie Long Mrs. Garner Williams Mrs. Bessie Carroll and others.
Puzzle uses numbered across and down clues with partial readable phrases and scrambled words. Entries include weathered hints such as landscape fest ive and ancient forms and reference to a Greek letter while noting city abbr and various job and object clues.
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