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Newspaper
Raleigh Register
Location
Beckley, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Oct 28, 1958
Page
2
The Glen Rogers School held an event with teachers and students at work. Attending were Jesse Morgan superintendent of Wyoming County schools and R E Kuhn general Educational Supervisor of Wyoming County. Kelly Size More is the principal.
Mrs Beulah B Christian 51 of the old Athens Road Princeton died at home Monday. Born July 26 1907 in Summers County she was daughter of the late George Meador and Mary Meador. Survived by husband Clyde son Jack Princeton five sisters and three brothers. Funeral at 2 30 p m Wednesday Kee Street Methodist Church with Revs Crickard Bradford officiating. Burial Rose Lawn Memorial Garden. Body to remain at Memorial Funeral Directory until a short time before services.
Gordon Hurd of Davy West Virginia says the new home drinks tax reduces sales including chocolate syrup and soft drink mixes and harms children's milk consumption. The West Virginia Grocery Trades Association urges a reply and cites losses from the tax.
The county clerk recorded numerous land transfers across Pineville Ravencliff Mullens and Oceana including City Auto Service to Lucille Roberts two lots in Cooper Addition Pineville for an unspecified price plus several transfers in Mullens Ocean a and Clear Fork districts with prices ranging from about 500 to 15000. Transfers include numerous buyers and sellers such as Bil lie Phillips Arnold Cooper Della Lawrence Chauncie Pennington and the Penningtons with properties in Raccoon Fork Indian Creek Long Branch and Lonker Smith Addition among others.
The Denim Council awarded Collins High School a national Juvenile Decency prize for student led community service. Collin s project included a Christmas drive with the Oak Hill Civic League and city firemen feeding 100 families, earning first place and a $25 saving bond along with a certificate.
The Glen Rogers High School Parent Teacher Association outlined two projects for the year. They aim to secure needed typewriters for the school and sponsor a boy and a girl to Boys State and Girls State in June. Hazel Gearty chaired the meeting, with Rev. Cameron Lilly delivering a devotional. The membership committee reported 24 new members since the last meeting. Refreshments were served by Margie Durham, Daisy Foster, and Donnie Nuckols.
Tug Houck a Morris Harvey College freshman spent the weekend with his parents Mr and Mrs Stuart Houck on Johnson Avenue Charleston. He was joined by three Pennsylvania classmates Tony Lopuh Carl Sachs and Moses during the visit.
The Mount Hope Chamber of Commerce re organized in August has begun a project to obtain free mail delivery for Mount Hope. About 70 members will buy and install hundreds of new street markets and house numbers. The Mount Hope Lions Club offers manual labor. Mount Hope, with under 3,000 residents, interlocks with three nearby communities lacking post offices.
Oak Hill Moose Women plan a Halloween dance at 10 p.m. Friday for members and guests with a best costume prize. The group met Thursday to arrange the event and set a covered-dish dinner for November 13. Mrs Charles Todd leads the program.
Boone County Chapter of the American Red Cross will hold its annual election of officers at the Memorial Building in Madison on Thursday at 7 30 p.m. Nominating committees from local churches American Legion and V F W will submit a candidate list and floor nominations may be requested. L B Lyons urged all citizens and groups to attend this public election.
Pineville Chapter members attended the Logan Chapter visitation honoring Worthy Grand Matron Lucille Weaver of the West Virginia Jurisdiction with a banquet before inspection. Attendees from Pineville included Helen McNemar, McClung, Tucker, Tony and Willis Cline, Virginia Price, Evelyn Witt, Dortha Paynter, Opal Goode, Dean Gray, and Jack Paynter.
Rus sel L. McAvoy has been transferred from Raleigh to Washington to serve as assistant chief of the technical report section for the water resources division of the Geological Survey in the Interior Department. He is the son of Mrs. L. E. McAvoy of Fayetteville, a 193 graduate of Fayetteville High School, and has worked for the division since 1949 with postings in Virginia, Alaska, and North Carolina.
Eliza Bailey 86, longtime Oceana resident and First Baptist Church member, received special recognition at Athens Baptist Church fall rally by the Women’s Missionary Society. A charter member born February 19 1872 in McGraws she helped run the family general store since 1909 with daughters Minnie Hawkins Mora Chambers. Her son Nash Bailey died in an accident and former husband Perry Bailey is deceased.
OAK HILL RNS Quiet Day will be observed in the Methodist Church by the Woman s Society of Christian Service Wednesday from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. in recognition of the Week of Prayer and Self Denial. To Tell All The World That God is Light was the program Tuesday. Mrs Werbert Tolly led the session on mission fields of the Methodist Church. Speakers included Mrs R W Flack Mrs Harold Marshal Mrs Jack Holt and Mrs Elsie Portman on mission work in Cuba Mexico Bolivia and the United States. Ella Lewis Circle members served refreshments to 55 members and guests.
William Lodge 22 of Scarbro was released on bond from Fayette County Jail after being arrested for reckless driving and improper registration. Officers said he rammed his car into an embankment and overturned it while fleeing, with vehicle damage about 300 dollars.
Roy Scott was elected trustee for a three year term and Fred Winston elected trustee to complete a one year unexpired term at the Fayette County School Bus Association meeting. H F Frazier spoke on the Fayette County transportation system before about 25 members. the group held a hamburger fry before the meeting.
Basil Stravrakis 19 sustains back and head injuries when his car plunged over a 100 foot embankment and rested on its side near Coal River along West Virginia Route 3. He is in good condition at Charleston Memorial Hospital. Edna Erwin 16 of Edwight is treated and released from Raleigh Boone Medical Center. Passenger Harry Sifers escaped injury.
Pineville resident Barney Basham, a Concord College student, visited grandparents Mr and Mrs G K Basham, then joined his parents Mr and Mrs O C Basham in Waynesboro Virginia. They spent the weekend with Abel Basham and Leroy in Richmond and attended the WVU VPI football game Saturday afternoon.
Miss Ann McKinney a Concord College sophomore was weekend guest at the home of Miss Peyton Gish in Blacksburg Virginia. She attended two fall formats at Virginia Polytechnic Institute escorted by Cadet Roy I Brindle a senior at VPI. Miss McKinney is the daughter of Mr and Mrs Haven McKinney of Princeton formerly of Mullens.
Two members of the Baptist Women's Missionary Society of the Rockcastle Association attended the fall rally in Athens. Mrs. Mary Thomas of Koppers-ton and Mrs. Tommy Nutter of Oceana served as president and secretary. The event featured devotions, a musical number, and a panel on program planning. Special visitors included local pastors and officers from related groups. Installations and officer reports followed, with Mrs. Maner as afternoon speaker outlining divisions and duties. New officers elected included Mrs. Ralph Cook, Mrs. Ed Batton, Mrs. Raymond Brown, and others. the term for president and secretary extended.
The First Methodist Church Pineville will mark the Week of Prayer and Self Denial with a service on Wednesday at 7 30 p m The four mission projects include United States deaconess pensions a Cuban school auditorium student hostels in Mexico and Bolivia programs led by the Woman's Division of Christian Service Members and interested people are urged to attend The observance runs from Saturday through Friday highlighting prayers and offerings for these causes
RNS reports Tom Gwinn and Christine McNeely were crowned king and queen of the Mount Home Elementary School Halloween carnival on Friday night. Crowned by student vote funds school activities. runners up included Freddie McLain Penny Brewer Jerry Wilkerson Debra Vargo J C Rogers and Joyce Warwick.
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