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Newspaper

Raleigh Register

Location

Beckley, West Virginia, United States of America

Date

Oct 28, 1949

Page

10

Pineville Personal Notes of Weekend Visits and Relatives

Pineville residents and visitors are listed with weekend and holiday gatherings. Bruce Christian guests at Brooks home. others visit Stephenson, Bluefield Virginia, Huntington Marshall College students, Welch, Oceana, Princeton, Welch and Morgantown. Navy and family moves noted with travel to Logan and Morehead.

Charleston Mary K. Bowman Margaret Roach Oceana R. J. Linkus Welch Pineville W. C. Worrell Billy C. W. Stewart Dora Hurst W. B. McNutt Staunton C. W. McNutt Princeton Charles W. Cook Frank Dalton A. G. Cline Walter Smith Ernest Cook Daytona Beach Fla McGhee Grantsville A. E. McClain Crowley-Worrell Goldin Cook Ruby Wayman R. R. Vaughan Roxie Kelly McConnell Logan County Donna Harvey Huntington C. E. Reed Omar James Dell Cooke Morgantown West Virginia University Lane Cooks Annalisa Nilson Frances Bailey R. D. Bailey Earl Curry Morehead BE. M. Curry Kay Logan Earl Cecil D. Gillenwater U. S. Navy Norfolk Gillenwater Larry W. C. Bailey Fred Box Crowley-Worrell Addition J. M. Lyons Lexington Pamela H. E. Crews Billy Ross Beth R. B. Ross Beckley Ss. C. Ballengee Dewey Meadows C. A. George J. W. Martin John Harry Martin Harry W. Cooke Ann Barlow Wesley Moore Dell Cooke F. L. Huffman Kenna Blackburn Dick Huffman Blacksburg Virginia Polytechnic Institute

Huntington illness calls Harold Cook home

Jesse Cook travels to Huntington due to her son Harold’s illness while many locals spend weekends in hunting trips across Greenbrier Pocahontas and Nicholas counties. The activity list includes visits to families in Beckley Welch Hurricane and Beckley with extended family and college students from Concord and Martz Beauty School.

Ty Register Stafr Oceana Jesse Cook Huntington Harold Drewey Michell Sam Sloan Grat Clay Bud Clay Greenbrier Duine Beane Concord College Athens L. W. Beane Peggy MecMillion Martz Lacy McMillion Leo Chambers R. N. Wheeler Keyford Owen Reed Joe Lish Pomeroy Ohio Margaret Roach Phillip Roach Claude Keller Charleston Don Roach St. Albans Toney Allen Donnie Anne Demoris Hurricane Vida Chambers Ivel Herbert Cardwell Aubrey Chaney Bart Cook Perry Bailey Nash Bailey Ronnie Mullens Jim Meadows Frank Hubbard Hershel Shields Far

West Virginia topics include wheat drop and rabies death

In Charleston the Cooperative Crop Reporting Service reports 1 218 000 bushels of wheat stored in West Virginia up eight percent from last year. Beer license suspensions follow hearings naming Alex's Place and Spice Creek Inn for gaming devices and sale to intoxicated persons with 30 days set to start at midnight Oct. 29. William Painter 10 Dunbar dies from rabies after dog bite and anti rabies treatment. Ernest L. Michie 62 dies of heart attack en route to hospital. James W. Berry 83 funeral director of Sutton to be laid to rest. Conservation Commission to hatch chukar partridge eggs with 200 bantam hens for release in higher areas.

Charleston West Virginia Cooperative Crop Reporting Service Burton Crow Alex Kerassiotes Alex’s Place Welch Thelma Evelyn Spratt Spice Creek Inn Roderfield Kanawha County William Billie) O. B. Painter Dunbar Ernest L. Michie Riverton Coal Company Crown Mill The Conservation Commission Sutton James W. Berry

Beckley Police Civil Service to exam for patrolman post

The Policeman's Civil Service Commission of Beckley will hold a November 1, 1949 exam to create an eligibles list for city patrolmen. Applicants must be Raleigh County residents for 3 years, in good health, ages 12 to 35, with no felony or misdemeanor convictions, and must file by October 31 at 5:00 pm at the City Hall Recorder's Office. William P. Larew, Clerk.

Policeman's Civil Service Commission City of Beckley Raleigh County Recorder's Office City of Beckley William P. Larew

Baltimore Livestock Market Report October 27 1949

Cattle trading moderately active with 1300 holdovers and 1200 head. dry fed steers and yearlings higher, other classes mostly steady. Calves and hogs show mixed activity with varying price ranges. lambs steady. Strong bids noted for good and choice lots, with separate notes on 4 H club yearlings and various weight categories. Sheep receipts light, reported steady for wool lambs.

Baltimore IAPI USDA

Bailey infant dies two days old in Fire Co family

The two day old daughter of Mr and Mrs George Bailey of Fire Co died in a local hospital Wednesday night October 26. Brief graveside services will be held Friday October 28 at 2 pm at Coal City cemetery with Rev Herbert Smith officiating. Burial will follow. Arrangements by Rose Funeral Home. In Memoriam.

Kay William Kerr Daniels W_ Va Keyser Table Rock Christian Church J. L. Lineweaver Table Rock Keyser Funeral Home Sunset Memorial Park Willis Meadows Dillard Williams C. C Jarrell Frank Neubert Carl Jarrell Emory Shumate

In loving memory of Pfe Cornelius F. Bur diss

A memorial note recalls Pfe Cornelius F Bur diss killed in Holland on October 28 1944. The piece honors a beloved son and brother and expresses enduring memory and sorrow from his family. The obituary also lists other local notices including deaths and funeral arrangements for Kay Kerr Maslin Victoria Smolsky and Rev Levi Akers, with service details.

Pfe Cornelius F. Burdiss Holland

Repair Service Offers One Year Guarantee

Multiple classified notes list services including watch and radio repairs with pickup delivery and guaranteed workmanship. Trades range from sewing machine service to home appliances and auto radios, with several operators offering free estimates and local dial contacts.

Neville ST DIAL Cremens Day Radio Co North Fayette St John W. Eye West Singers Singer Sewing Machine CO South Kanawha Stial Wright

Food Specials and Sales Listings at Local Markets

A jumble of local ads lists food specials and various items for sale. Potatoes at $2.75 per 100 pounds, Beauty apples at $1.25 per bushel, and feed corn on the ear at $1 per bushel are offered by Jolly's Market with dial-in contact. Multiple vendors advertise welding equipment, furniture, coal ranges, chain link fencing, mine cars, land, and tools with phone numbers and brief condition notes.

Rome Jolly’s Mess Joe Hunt Piney View Belle Fence CO Belle W Va Raleigh Junk Co Tipple Grandview Land Co Conway Hardware Burroughs Electric Schumaker J. G. Litton Pearl St Bluefield National Cash Register New Lilly Esso Oak Hill Virgil Raleigh _Junk Co Dial North Oakwood N. W King Photo Supply Neville St Beckley

Various household goods and used items for sale

One news factory created model 54 with transmission and Cushman Motor Scooter offered at 225 cash. Fireman coal stoker, large warm morning heater, 3 piece maple living room suite, shelves and store counters advertised. Montgomery Ward promotions on batteries heaters gas furnaces plumbing and heating services. Rummage sale includes used tub and basin fixtures priced at 70 dollars. Contact numbers and locations mentioned.

Cushman Motor Steve Halash Meadow J . McCormack Grandview Road Montgomery Ward and Co Beckley Frank Weigand Bridget Rose Montgomery Ward Ward

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