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Raleigh Register

Location

Beckley, West Virginia, United States of America

Date

Sep 16, 1949

Page

9

Special Services Set for Kopperston Church

Four Sundays of planned programs announced by Rev. Harry L. Poe pastor of Kopperston Community School. Sept 18 Boy Scout Court of Honor with Rev. Asa B. Harris Jr. guest speaker. Sept 23 promotion day for church school. Oct 2 Rally Sunday with a 200 member goal for Board of Christian Education. Oct 9 Homecoming anniversary of church with noon dinner and afternoon services.

Byer Korston Harry L. Poe Kopperston Community School Asa B. Harris West Virginia Baptist Convention Parkersburg Kopperston Community Church

Operation Fatal To Lusk Child

Graveside services were held at 2 o clock today for Wandel Calvin Lusk age three son of Mr and Mrs Frank James Lusk of Koppers City. He died at St Marys Hospital Huntington after a tonsillectomy. The Rev Stellie Parsons conducted rites at the cemetery at Buffalo Creek head. He is survived by his parents a sister Patricia Terry age 2 and a brother Frank James Jr age 11 months.

Meeister Wet Mullens Frank James Lusk Koppers Wandel Calvin Lusk St. Mary's Hospital Huntington Stellie Parsons Buffalo Creek Patricia Terry Frank James, Jr

Buffet Supper Before Concord Emory Game in Bluefield

Alumni and friends of Concord College and Emory and Henry College are invited to a buffet supper at 6 p m in the Appalachian Electric Power Company building. The meal precedes the 8 p m football game at Bluefield Municipal Stadium sponsored by the Bluefield Lions Club.

Register Athens Friends of Concord! College Emory and Henry “College Appalachian Electric Power Company Bluefield Municipal Stadium A. H. Spangler Concord College Alumni Association Morton Wagner Emory and Henry College Alumni Association Bluefield Lion's Club Bluefield

Jane Kuhn celebrated third birthday with family party

Jane Collier Kuhn was honored on her third birthday at her parents the Kuhns home in Crowley Worrell Addition Tuesday afternoon. A pink and green refreshment display accompanied by names of guests followed by visits from relatives including the Harveys and Raines family was noted.

Register Start Pinevil Jane Collier Kuhn R. E. Kuhn Crowley~ Worrell Myre Sue Shufflebarger Gayle Pizzino Jeannie Houck Zada Mae Sandra Monroe Patricia McKeehan Alice Faye Bibbs Karen Lou Virginia Sue Oesterlund Kay Curry

Kopperston Cub Pack 119 Holds Wiener Roast and Advancements

Kopperston Kopperston Cub Pack 119 held a wiener roast and advancement ceremony at the Kopperston Community Church grounds. Jeffery Pike San Ed Hager Charles Cook Carlos Cook Eugene Dilly and others received service stars and badges while several elevens entered Kopperston Boy Scout Troop No. 119.

Megister Statt Kopperston Kopperston Community Jeffery Pike San Ed Hager Charles Cook Carlos Cook Eugene Dilly Tommy Stewart Jackie Burkett Jimmie Goins Jimmie Gallaher David Rankin John Smith Tommy Scott Sam Ed Hagen Eugene Dillo Clarence Rankin Jack Burkett Harry L Poe Joe Lundy Den No. I. L

Five Farm Ponds Stocked with Fish in Jumping Branch

Five Jumping Branch area ponds were stocked Tuesday with bluegills and wide mouth bass. The ponds, built last year under the Federal Soil Conservation Program, serve Rev. O W Crock Don Bird Alva Waddell Jack Hinton and Lon Meadows farms. Several other county ponds were stocked the same day. A 100 foot drainage ditch surveyed in Lon Meadows pasture was blasted Tuesday by Summers County conservation technicians.

Register Jumping Branch Rev. O. W. Crock Don Bird Alva Waddell Jack Hinton Lon Meadows Summers County Conservation Technicians

Defendants Seek New Trial in $40,000 Damage Suit

Princeton court weighs a new trial motion in the Gibson vs Reed and McRoberts case after a jury awarded Asa Gibson $40,000 for auto collision injuries. Other actions include guardianship orders, alimony rulings, dismissed suits, increased child support, and a forged-check arrest tied to a Welch jail break.

Raleigh Register Beckley W. Va Register Princeton D. M. Fasley Asa Gibson Joseph Frederick Reed W. K. McRoberts McRoberts Tire and Supply Company Gibson Easley Fay Whitt John B. Stallard Joseph C. Shaffer Ad Litem Linnie Marie Gore William Gore Nellie G. Harmon William F. Harmon John W. Bryant Charles Sigmon Kenneth Sigmon Edward G. Umberger Lillie Umberger Eugene Atwill E. B. Atwill Carl Botiey Everett Boaten W. H. Bennett Rich Creek Virginia Bennett Welch Rose Porter Paul Hicks Tyree Arthur F. Kingdon Sidney J. Kwass Arnold Willby Et al H S. Smith William H. Cohen D. G. Anderson Mack B. Lilly Anderson Construction Company Ira Mason Smith, Jr Guardian Joan Vermillion

Methodist Youths Elect Officers

A reorganizational meeting of the Methodist Youth Fellowship elected Jimmy Vanover president Pat Shumate vice president and Ann Brammer secretary treasurer. The Rev O K H Dorsey moderated. Meetings will be Sundays at 6 30 p m and Saturday recreation at 7 38 p m with twenty attendees.

Register Mullens Methodist Youth Fellowship Friendship Hall Jimmy Vanover Pat Shumate Ann Brammer O. K H. Dorsey Alice Heach Ernest Medsen

Club to Open Fall Activities Tuesday

Princeton The Princeton Woman's Club will open fall activities with a luncheon at the Virginian Hotel at 1 p.m. Tuesday. Co chairmen Mrs Cody Fletcher and Mrs S Wynn announce guest speaker Mrs Edna Bepler of Beckley head of the southern district of Women's Clubs, eight counties. Vocal solos by Mrs Hal Gilbert will be a feature of the program.

Register Princeton Princeton Woman's Club Virginian Hotel Cody Fletcher S. Wynn Committee On Edna Bepler Beckley Southern District of Women’s Clubs Hal Gilbert

Inefficient Railroads Tied to Union Leadership

A fragmented note argues railroads suffer inefficiency when union leaders ignore agreements or laws, implying broader economic impacts and policy concerns.

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