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Newspaper
Raleigh Register
Location
Beckley, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Oct 29, 1944
Page
6
A horse ridden by George Faulkner and Albert Long collided with a car driven by Elbert Blake near Trout Thursday around 5 p.m. Trooper S. A. Clinton said the horse likely struck the car from the side. Both riders were bruised and skinned. no serious injuries reported.
Pvt. Virgil F Eskrid ge of Winchester Virginia was wounded in the Peleliu fighting in the Pacific. The notice mentions his sister Mrs Lilly of Tinton and a medical officer advising of the injuries.
Captain George Sharp son of Judge Stammers H. Sharp of Marlinton has been ordered to duty at Pearl Harbor. He expects to leave San Francisco in November for his post, his father was informed.
Appraisers report Laura Peck Chaney estate at 1855.50 in Lewisburg. She left 100 to each of three white churches in Alderson: Presbyterian Methodist and Baptist.
Funeral services will be held at the local Methodist church for Walter Cox 58 of Lawton Fayette county man who died at home Thursday of a heart attack The Rev C H Martin of Bellepoint will officiate Burial will be in the End of the Trail cemetery at Rainelle He is survived by his wife and four children Helen Mildred and John Cox all at home and Arnold Cox in Italy with the U S army Two brothers and a sister also survive Owen W Cox of Laurel Creek Robert R Cox of Lawton and Mrs C Allen of Danese
Circuit Clerk T. W. Henry received 27,986 regular ballots and 600 sample ballots for the November election. Of the regular ballots 22,407 are needed to supply the county precincts with a reserve of 5,579 ballots remaining.
In Lewisburg an appraisal bill for Pvt Leonard Young's estate shows his mother Mrs Laura May Brooks of Fort Spring as administratrix and sole beneficiary. The estate totals 1455 dollars in back pay due at his death on May 8, with no disclosed cause of death in probate records.
Mrs L G Neely of near Hinton has been told her nephew Frank Keenan is missing in action. Keenan's home is listed as Detroit.
Snow was reported in two sections of Greenbrier county on Friday morning. A Lewisburg man traveling from Charleston on an early bus described the conditions and noted light accumulation along his route.
Light snow fell in western Pocahontas County around 2 a.m. A few stray flurries were seen in Greenbrier County at Knob and in Lewisburg about noon Friday. Durbin also reported snow as part of the season’s initial snowfall.
William Lee Hicks, 66, will be laid to rest in Bill Lilly Cemetery following funeral services at Jumping Branch. Richard Lilly will conduct the rites, with Hinton serving as the writer.
West Virginia voters are urged to support a native candidate who outlines a postwar program. Key planks include Farm to Market road improvements, farm market development, rural utility expansion, veteran rehabilitation, higher teacher salaries and disability pay, broader public schools, merit-based appointments in state hospitals and conservation, Social Security extension, and statewide industrial growth. The candidate promotes nonpolitical education and labor cap- ital fairness and asks for support on November 7.
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