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Newspaper
Raleigh Register
Location
Beckley, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Oct 30, 1956
Page
1
Four workers in the polio campaign who attended the Regional March of Dimes Planning Conference in Washington traveled to Charleston Saturday to instruct.
In cooperation with the Parent Teachers Association Oak Hill Elementary will hold open house today from 7 to 3 30 p m Teachers will be in their rooms with samples of student work All parents and friends are invited Refreshments will be served Miss Connie Carroll will assist with Teens for Polio Training attendees included Mrs Marie Coffman Fayette County Mothers March Miss Detoris Stanevich Tri-Hi-Y Col lin High School Mrs Mary Waldo Gauley Bridge and Mrs Kenneth Carroll Oak Hill campaign chair The Washington training followed a state session in Charleston and the Daniel Boone Hotel hosted the meeting.
Miss Gladys Carol Pack, daughter of Mr and Mrs Pack, married Mark Hayden Cook in a 7 p.m. ceremony at Pierpoint. The bride wore a light blue corduroy suit with black accessories. The couple reside with Mr Cook’s parents while he works for Brule Smunkeless Coal Co Otsego.
Judith Spen cer and Paul Winstow named coeditors of the Kingston High School annual. Assisting are Joan Rupe, Vivian Cheek, Carl Tyler, and James Withrow. The yearbook will feature student and elementary school photos, faculty pictures, and images of the basketball team and various clubs and organizations.
Funeral services for Eric Joseph Wilson 57 of Hico were held at 2 PM in Cutty Methodist Church with Revs Wesley Pennington and John Bragg. Burial followed in the church cemetery. He died Sunday at Beckley Memorial Hospital after an extended illness. He was born at Lookout September 29 1899 to Joseph and Elizabeth Sente Wilson. Surviving are wife Mary three sisters Effie Caldwell Otha Pennington Ruth Ellison and two brothers Gordon Rand and Zandon Lookout. Body moved from Wallace and Wallace Funeral Home East Rainelle to residence then to church for service.
Eli Antonio, Glen Rogers, died at 5 13 p m Monday at Sheltering Arms Rest Home Hilltop. The body was taken to Thomas Funeral Home Monday afternoon and later to Webb and Quesenberry Funeral Home Beckley at 4 p m where arrangements are pending completion.
Mrs Vern W Clay Jr of Lebanon Tennessee was honored with a household shower in Saulsville Friday night at the home of her mother in law Mrs Vern W Clay Hostesses were Mrs Elbert Clay Mrs Randy Akers and Mrs Mary Wilson Gifts and prizes were shared after games and refreshments were served Attending guests included Mrs Warren Lester Mrs Cecil Canada Mrs Emmette Canada Mrs Lowjed Canada Mrs Ed Kerns Mrs Jim Tolliver Mrs John Canada Mrs Fred Tilley Mrs Johan Meredith Mrs Virgil Shuméte Mrs Henry Clay Je Mrs Mills Mrs Kate Parker Mrs Estel Wilson and Mrs Roy Booth
A scattered birthday notice lists names including Elmer Noble, Jo Ann Redman, Lillian Mae Jones, Zelma Lee Garrett, Adolphus Fitzgerald, William Dempsey, Sylvia Barium, William F. Baldry, Minor Bailey, Lillian Elsie Akers, Janita Lillian Agee and others from Ansted Elkridge Pax Oak Hill and surrounding communities. The item reads as a community birthday roundup with no additional events or details.
A Saturday gathering at the Wyoming County Courthouse in Pineville brought state and county candidates together to discuss a proposed program of progressive legislation. Participants included Robert Mollohan candidate for governor, W. W. Barron for State Attorney General, Helen Shuffle barger seeking re election as Wyoming County Clerk, Bur Short candidate for sheriff, and party chair R. D. Bailey. An overflow crowd heard Mollohan outline ideas for the platform.
Norway native Mrs J N Jarrett spoke at Fayette Bratch AAUW on October presenting experiences from a Europe tour and color slides of England Germany France and Norway. She urged student exchanges to foster peace and noted War era attitudes toward Americans and Germans.
Fayetteville report states two men were charged with drunk driving on Sunday morning. George Lindsey Marshall of Niagara Falls New York was taken into custody on U S Route 21 by Trooper Dean Lake. Nick Larocco of Oak Hill was arrested on Route 21 by Sgt. W R Seal. Hearings for both were scheduled for Monday.
Mullens West Virginia reports Senior Girl Scouts of Troop 58 will skip Halloween fun to canvass for Trick or Treat pennies benefiting UNICEF. The program funds aid to children in underdeveloped countries, matching dollars and supporting TB, diphtheria, malaria prevention and nutrition.
Mrs Lucy Thomas spoke on school patrol at the Whitesville Chamber of Commerce luncheon. Emmitt Stine the Whitesville Junior High principal offered patrol suggestions while William Hammady proposed Christmas promotion ideas. Final plans will wait until the November meeting. Eddie Harvit leads the new commercial group with Fred Joseph as VP, Danny Branham secretary, and Manuel Arvon treasurer.
An elderly Mullens couple on a trip to Daytona Beach were hospitalized Saturday in Monroe North Carolina after a highway collision. Catoni Thomas 86 owner of a Mullens grocery and his wife Mary 66 both suffered injuries while son Tommy 46 escaped harm. The crash occurred at 10 30 p m at an intersection and the family rushed to the scene from Mullens and other states.
Police report an East Main Street collision near Ray F. Singer's Used Car Lot causing about 200 in damage. Carl Harvey of Harvey's Speed Shop drove a 1935 four door sedan into a 188 two door coupe owned by Myrtle M. Dean of Midway Lunch. No injuries reported and charges pending investigation.
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