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Newspaper
Raleigh Register
Location
Beckley, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Oct 21, 1959
Page
2
The Wyoming County Chapter thanks Mrs Martin for 16 years of service as volunteer and executive secretary. Lewis Titsworth area field representative and Mrs Min Lusk offer best wishes for her recovery from a broken hip.
Funeral services for Bertha Christine Smith 55 death by own action victim will be held Friday at 11 a m at Bluestone Baptist Church Hinton Rev Sam Smith officiating burial in Crews Cemetery Nimitz. Police and doctors ruled the death self inflicted. She was wife of Theodore Smith of near Jumping Branch and survived by a son a brother six sisters and other relatives.
Johnny Henry Tauley age 80 died Monday night in a Madison hospital after several months illness. A retired coal miner and Foster Church member he is survived by a daughter and six sons living in Check and at home. Granddaughter Mrs. Leo Harris also listed among survivors. Funeral at 2 p.m. Thursday in the AFHA Chapel Foster with Rev. Glen Pugh officiating. Burial in Kinder Cemetery. Vance and Todd Funeral home handling arrangements.
Funeral arrangements for Mrs. G T Forbes of 3007 Fleetwood Ave Roanoke Virginia after a stroke death are incomplete. Forbes lived in Princeton for 18 years before moving with her husband to Roanoke last June and was active in civic affairs and First Baptist Church. Survived by husband three daughters Mrs William Stanger Florida Mrs Phil Mayhew Roanoke and Miss Elizabeth Forbes Pittsburgh and two sons Ronald Ray Newport News and Buford Ray St Albans.
C Mitchem 39 of North Tazewell Virginia died Monday in Bluefield Sanitarium. Survivors include wife Lennie four sons Danny John Donald and Ronald a daughter Pamela Jane his mother Mrs Zora Shrewsbury Mitchem four brothers Ronson Crumpler Hansford Frank and Grady. Funeral at 11 am Thursday in North Tazewell Assembly of God Church with burial in Maplewood Cemetery.
Weekend visitors to Pineville included the son in law and daughter of Mr and Mrs Beau man Goodman Joseph Cielensky and his daughter Leighanne from Charleston.
Miss Martha Milton 14, daughter of Mr and Mrs Gilbert Milton of Oak Ridge Addition, was crowned Miss Junior Pirate during halftime at the Montgomery Fayetteville High School football game in Fayetteville. Attendants were Betsy Casto and Sandra Avis with escorts Joe Bill Bess and Eddie Holliday. train bearers Katie Jo Fazio and Sallye Adkins.
Bluefield voters adopt a new ordinance taxing out of town coal dealers at 15 dollars per ton of capacity per delivery truck with effect July 1, 1960 The measure excludes local coal and coke dealers with offices and yards in Bluefield who are already subject to the city gross sales tax.
Jane T. Bowles won $25,000 in Fayette Circuit Court in an alienation of affection suit against Imo Jean Vance. The case involved Bowles, Vance, and Bowles husband Laird Thirft Hamilton of Fayetteville, with Hamilton serving as plaintiff's attorney.
A local retailer promotes 20 percent off batteries cards and repairs for all hearing aids. They emphasize customer satisfaction as their greatest asset and invite shoppers to take advantage of the savings with no obligation.
Funeral services are set for Judith Jeffries nine who died after being struck by a car near the Chuck Wagon Drive-in Fayetteville. The Rev Freddie Steele will officiate with burial in Epperly Cemetery. The driver Maitland Turner Prater 43 of Lansing faces manslaughter charges pending arraignment Friday.
Funeral services for Roy T. Wright, 77, will be at 10 30 a m Thursday in the Bailey Funeral Home Chapel with Rev A A Angle presiding. Burial in Monte Vista Cemetery. Wright died Tuesday at Bluefield Sanitarium from a cerebral hemorrhage suffered at home Friday.
Funeral services for John Preston Wickline aged 87 will be held Thursday at 2 p.m. in Clayton Baptist Church with Rev. Leslie Garten and Rev. Earl Ward officiating. Burial follows in the church cemetery. Wickline died Tuesday at his Pence Springs home from a heart ailment. He was a retired farmer, member of Tampa Baptist Church, born December 26, 1871 in Monroe County, son of the late James and Mary Wickline. Surviving: three sons Clifford Pence Springs Eugene Jackson Ohio Glen Alderson. three daughters Bessie Noroskey Oak Hill Helen Coiner Pence Springs Nell Williams Arlington Va. funeral home transport from Lobban Funeral Home. Pallbearers: Ray Hamm Zach Hamm Carl Garten Homer Ballengee Wilfred Canterbury Waymond Richmond.
Funeral services for Mrs. Mary Marshall Knight 81 of Williamsburg are planned for 2 p.m. Thursday at Andrew Chapel Methodist Church with Rev. Mamie Keplinger presiding. Born July 3 1878 in Motley Virginia she was married to Clarence Knight and leaves two brothers James K Marshall Edward M Marshall and two sisters Alice Neely and Cornellia Marshall. The body was moved from Jack K Wallace Funeral Home in Alderson to her home and then to the church an hour before the service.
The Welch Baptist Church hosts the Rockcastle Association Woman's Mission Society fall rally on Thursday. Registration starts 9:30 a.m. Devotional at 10 a.m. Officers conduct the program and host church serves lunch. Dr. S. S. Feldman, a Colgate Rochester Divinity School graduate and longtime Philippines missionary, will speak in the afternoon. The session closes with officer installation.
Mrs Lee Marshall serves as program chairman for a Mount Hope homecoming at First Union Baptist Church. The 11 am service features the church choir led by Lilian Ashe, dinner at 1 30 pm, and 3 pm services by Rev Leon Sims and choirs from Quinmont Thurmond and Greentown with Mrs Jaylette Chiles as organist and E C Smith as master of ceremonies.
The annual Sylvester School carnival sponsored by the PTA will raise funds for playground equipment. Charles Davis chairs the event. Mrs Arnett Deboard notes new awards including a dance contest with prizes for best couple and runner up, and best costumes in boy and girl divisions.
Last rites for Mary Elizabeth Painter will be held at 2 p.m. Thursday at the Assembly of God Church in Mount Hope. The Rev. Dale Holmes and the Rev. Robert Dean will conduct the service. Burial follows at Pax Cemetery amid a lengthy illness prior death in Beckley hospital. She was 69 and a member of the Mount Hope church. Survivors include siblings, four sons, four daughters, twenty grandchildren, and eight great grandchildren. The body rests at Tyree Funeral Home in Mount Hope.
Mrs Horace Morgan wife of Whitesville mayor is hospitalized in Charleston with a re injured hip and severe bruises from a fall at home Wednesday She is in good condition and resting well at Kanawha Valley Hospital.
Funeral services for Mrs. Lila Richmond, 38, will be at Brooklin Methodist Church in Madam Creek near Hinton at 2 p.m. Thursday, with burial in Cooper Cemetery. She died Tuesday in a Hinton hospital after a five year illness from cancer. She taught nine years at Brooklin School and was wife of Bert C. Richmond. Survivors include son Henry Pitsenberger and daughters Donna Shrader and Helen Williams, plus siblings and three grandchildren. The body lies at Ronald Meadows Funeral Parlors.
Funeral services for James E. Collins, 70, retired miner, will be held Thursday at 2 p m in the Itmann Methodist Church with Rev W H Gillespie officiating. Burial follows at Bob Short Cemetery near Baileysville. He died Tuesday in a Radford Virginia hospital after a period of ill health. He is survived by his wife Jenny of Davy two sisters Fanny Collins of Johnny Cake and Ruby Watkins of Ohio and foster-daughter Mrs Charles Radford. Body to be moved to the Radford residence today from Robertson and Fogelsong Funeral Home Mullens.
RNS report from Ballengee notes Mrs. Rena Bailey 59 wife of Edgar T. Bailey died 3:55 pm Tuesday in a Richmond Indiana hospital while visiting son Charles W. Bailey. She was born July 14 1900 at Ballengee and was a lifelong resident and church member. Survivors include another son James E. Bailey brothers and sisters across West Virginia Pennsylvania and Missouri. Funeral 2:30 pm Friday at Oak Grove Methodist Church Ballengee with burial in Oak Grove Cemetery. The body to be moved from Ronald Meadows Funeral Parlors Thursday to the Ballengee residence.
A dinner meeting by the Men's Fellowship at Fellowship Hall in Oak Hill starts at 6 p.m. The program features a presentation of Parable of the Good Samaritan. October focuses on Stewardship with officers to be elected. Dr. J. N. Jarrett serves as president and Circle Two runs the dinner.
Revival services begin Sunday at Baileysville Methodist and continue two weeks with daily 7 p m sessions Different speakers will lead services and the pastor Rev Herzel Mills invites the public to attend and to participate with singers.
Tracy Wriston a four year old from Page was treated at Oak Hill Hospital after a mine accident last week. The Eastern Gas and Fuel Co. of Beards Fork employs Wriston. his finger infection led to hospital admission on Monday.
Mullens city commissioners pass two ordinances to curb late night noise and establish a 200 foot quiet zone around Wyoming General Hospital. Offenses carry fines from 10 to 50 dollars first offense and up to 100 dollars second offense with possible jail, plus a 30 day maximum.
The Wyoming County Board of Education awarded contracts to Wipperman Construction Co of Beckley as the lowest bidder on three projects: a new Pineville Elementary School and additions to Glen Rogers High School and John McGraw School. Base bids were 207 250 dollars for Pineville with five alternates, 40 823 dollars for Glen Rogers, and 30 180 dollars for John McGraw.
The Willing Workers Club of the Church of God met at the church with Mrs. Leonard Pugh presiding. Mrs. Don Meadows read scripture and Mrs. Julius Kopec reported on finances as members planned fund raising for church needs plus a gift exchange was held. Attendees included Eunice Baumgardner Irene Meadows Mitchell Cloonan Etta Meadows Joe Walk Luther Dillon Ethel Dillon Maben Stover Herbert Swannigan Archie Swannigan Perry Sarrett Albert Holmstein and others.
Miss Glenna Jean Smith, 32, of Whipple, hurt in a Sunday car accident at Scarbro when her 1952 station wagon overturns. She is under treatment at Oak Hill Hospital with a fractured collar bone and fractured ribs.
The article notes quartz or rock crystals as the source of semiprecious stones including amethyst carnelian agate and onyx. It explains that choosing crystal quality affects value and use in decorative pieces and jewelry.
Mrs. Georgia A Finks of Wingrove Virginia died at home Tuesday night from a heart condition after ten years illness. She was born in Virginia in 1873 and was a member of the Clifton Forge Baptist Church. Surviving are her husband Tinsley two daughters Annie Coleman and Susie Wright both of Clifton Forge and a sister Mrs Johnny Wright of Glen Jean. Funeral arrangements are pending at Collins Funeral Home Glen Jean.
Colcord Oklahoma report states Margaret Thompson as Miss Homecoming at Clear Fork High School. Pat Johnson named Miss Panther Cub with attendants Sue Stover Sandra Morgan June Dunbar and Sandra Thompson. Queens to be crowned at halftime of Clear Fork Mark Twain game at 7 30 p.m. Friday.
David Liptrap aged 22 of Thurmond sustained six leg fractures when he fell down the back steps of the Quick Lunch in Oak Hill around 7 p m Saturday. He is hospitalized at Oak Hill Hospital.
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