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Newspaper
Raleigh Register
Location
Beckley, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Oct 20, 1959
Page
2
Services are set for Wednesday for W. L. Boyd aged 77. The burial will follow at the local cemetery with obituary details noting his years of life and family. He was a longtime resident and member of the community.
W. L. Boyd 77 of Green Sulphur Springs died in a Hinton hospital at 5 50 p.m. Monday. Funeral services conducted in the George W Seaver Memorial Mortuary Chapel Princeton by Dr Ross McClung and the Rev George Hume. Burial in Roselawn Memorial Gardens. Survivors include wife Carrie B Williams Boyd two daughters Miss Evelyn N Boyd and Mrs Phyllis F Cole son Charles W a sister and two grandchildren. A former Princeton resident he was a storekeeper for the State Road Commission and a member of the First Methodist Church at Princeton.
Fayette Recreation Center in Oak Hill hosts Basic Training Classes run by the Fayette County Girl Scout Council. From Wednesday to Friday, 1 to 4 pm, the program teaches leaders assistant leaders troop committee women and other adults new to scouting.
The Coal River Mining Institute will assemble in the Memorial Building Madison at 7 30 p m Friday. The General Engineering Co Charleston will present a program on chrome plating of utilities.
H. Donald Hackney, 45, died in Reno Nevada after a two week illness. Born June 23 1914 in Philippi he attended local schools and military academy. He served with the Seabees in World War II and was wounded. Surviving include wife, stepmother, three children in East Rainelle and a half brother in Arlington Virginia. Funeral arrangements will be completed when body arrives in Hinton. Burial in Sunset Memorial Park Beckley.
Miss Joan Elmore was crowned Miss Senior Pirate at Fayetteville High during half time of the Fayetteville versus Montgomery game. Junior attendant Kitty Hornsby and sophomore attendant Dawn Girimont joined her along with crown bearer Bahlman Abbot.
Dr Richard J Lilly head of the State Department of Mental Health will address the Fayette County Mental Health Chapter annual meeting October 27 at 730 PM in the Memorial Building Fayetteville. Officers will be elected and representatives from county organizations invited, says president Mrs C R Hill Oak Hill.
Fire caused an estimated $150 to $200 damage to the house owned and occupied by Mrs. Bertha Henderson in Colcord. She discovered the blaze and neighbors extinguished it about 9:40 a.m. The fire started in a flue.
Mrs Lela S Wier of Jackson Mississippi reports being restored to active life after severe rheumatoid arthritis and rheumatism. For free information she offers contact at 2805 Arbor Hills Drive 715 P O Box 2695.
Funeral services held Thursday at old Bethel Methodist Cemetery for Mrs. Minnie Nutter 72 of Winchester Virginia a Nicholas County native who died at home on Monday She left 89 descendants including six daughters two sons 47 grandchildren and three great grandchildren Surviving siblings include three sisters and two brothers with several relatives from Nicholas County attending the service in Summersville West Virginia.
Mount Hope Christian Church Circle No 2 met at the Church Fellowship Hall at 2 p.m. Wednesday. Mrs. J. B. Helton led the devotional Open To See God In All Life. Mrs. Page Humphrey gave Leadership In Town and Country Churches. Mrs. W. E. Tissue spoke on her work in small churches. A birthday gift was given to Mrs. Humphrey. Hostess was Mrs. H. C. Brown. Attending were Mrs. Mary Bailey chairwoman, Mrs. Nelson Davis, Mrs. Bertha Trent, Mrs. Bill Ramey, Mrs. Pearl McGraw, Mrs. Fred Thompson Sr., Mrs. Fred Schern bach and Mrs. French James.
The State Supreme Court unanimously granted a petition by National Realty Co. Inc. of Ashland Ky to restore its used car dealer license after the Motor Vehicles Department revoked it effective Oct 1. The ruling also directs the Motor Vehicles Commissioner to appear Nov 3 to show cause why the license should not be restored. The petition argued the revocation followed a hearing and that the firm was not given proper authority.
Funeral services for H. Kenneth Spencer will be held at 2 p.m. Wednesday in the Nickell Funeral Home Chapel East Rainelle. Burial in Wallace Cemetery Clintonville. Spencer 59 died Sunday night in Rainelle of a heart attack after 35 years as a C and O Railway conductor. Survived by wife Ferris Rose Spencer two sons two daughters four sisters and four grandchildren. BOAT members will conduct graveside rites.
The Valle Grande volcanic crater near Los Alamos New Mexico spans 16 miles in diameter and covers 176 square miles, marking a substantial caldera in the region.
Ken Maynor, 23, was indicted by a Wyoming County Grand Jury on a Sept 5 shooting death of Blaine Cook Jr., 22, near Maynor's Pineville home. The weapon was a 16 gauge shotgun and Maynor remains jailed with bond not set.
Nettie West Virginia Corine Blankenship, 24, of Nettie, was placed on two years probation in U. S. District Court after pleading guilty to sending an obscene letter through the mails to her sister-in-law Dorothy Elswick of Oceana. Judge John A. Field Jr. noted her lack of prior record and her several children needing attention.
Oak Hill Hospital records birth entries including a daughter Vicki Janay born Oct 9 to Billy Ray Raynes and wife in Robson at 7 45 p.m. and a son Joseph III born Oct 13 to Joseph Blethen and wife in Summerlee at 1 10 a.m. Charles Glen born Oct 14 to Charles Earl McDaniel and wife in Dothan at 6 05 p.m.
A team of naturalists in Cape May reports a cattle egret, a bird from North Africa that follows cattle to feed on disturbed insects. Birdwatchers seek to learn how the species reached this far north and whether it will stay.
Visiting families from Scarbro RFC and Charleston gather across the weekend. Residents from Scarbro, Huntington area, and Dayton Ohio list guests including Bunk Williams, Erma Lee Keffer, Debby Keffer, Opal Holley, Linda Holley, Gertie Sparks, Yevonne Abshire, Bessie Lively, Beatrice Lively, and many relatives.
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