Allen family steadies Delivering the Register route
The Allen family, including Jerry and his brothers Aubrey Rock Allen Charles Allen and Mike, help deliver the daily newspaper near their home. Aubrey and Charles were carriers until high school graduation, and Mike also assists Jerry in meeting the daily quota.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Allen
Jerry
Aubrey
Rock) Allen
Charles Allen
Mike
Jerry Allen
Aubrey Allen
Sophia
Raleigh Register
Steve
Tony
Tee Shirt Sale Boosts Sophia Band Fund Drive
Sophia Band Parents Club sells tee shirts featuring the Blue Hawk football schedule. The annual project now gives a free shirt with each purchase. Elementary students may attend Sophia home games free by showing shirts. A bake and rummage sale is planned for Oct 2 and 3 to fund band uniforms and gear.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sophia Band Parents Club
Blue Hawk
Sophia
Jess Lacey
Ben F. Carvin
Minister Speaks At Circle Meet Oak Hill
Rev. R P Robertson pastor of First Presbyterian Oak Hill spoke at the Business and Professional Women's Circle meeting at Mrs. Robert Price's Virginia Street home. His talk centered on truth. Miss Mary Louise Blake gave the devotional Watch Your Handicaps with Hope. Attendees included Mrs. Randolph F. Johnson Mrs. John Ferri Mrs. Kline Fitzgerald Mrs. Chester Legg Mrs. Jack Mason Miss Marguerite Miller Mrs. J R McDonald Mrs. Mabel Ramey Miss Barbara Tyree Mrs. Peg Burdette and Miss Mary Louise Blake.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oak Hill
RNS
Thurmond No. 10
Oak Hill Baptist Church
R. P. Robertson
First Presbyterian Church
Virginia Street
Robert Price
John Ferri
Kline Fitzgerald
Chester Legg
Jack Mason
Marguerite Miller
J. R. McDonald
Mabel Ramey
Barbara Tyree
Peg Burdette
Mary Louise Blake
Light Upon the Mountain Devotional at Mount Hope Circle
Mrs J E Perkins delivered a devotional on Light Upon the Mountain for Circle No 1 of Mount Hope Methodist Church as the Women’s Society of Christian Service studied Concerns of A Continent The group, hosted by Mrs Robert Simpkins, voted to sell vanilla Attendees included G L Hinchey Sue Miller Theresa Hanes W L Martin Sanford Fox A M Patteson Henry Danner J E Perkins C R Darby N L Kemp Miller Gwinn guest Ora Duke and the hostess R C Simpkins
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mount Hope
ANS
Women's Society of Christian Service
J. E. Perkins
Circle No. 1
Mount Hope Methodist Church
Robert Simpkins
N. L. Kemp
Carribbean
G. L. Hinchey
Sue Miller
Theresa Hanes
W. L. Martin
Sanford Fox
A. M. Patteson
Henry Danner
C. R. Darby
Miller Gwinn
Ora Duke
R. C. Simpkins
Picnic at Whitlow Home Hosts Stephenson WSCS
The Whitlow residence in Ghent hosted the Stephenson Methodist Church Women’s Society of Christian Service picnic on Wednesday. Attendees included Mrs. Ralph Payne, Mrs. A. A. Mitch em, Mrs. Harold Daniels, Mrs. Billy Joe Wingate, Mrs. Jack Meadows, Mrs. Jason Reed, Mrs. Gaylord Blankenship, and Mrs. Charles Cox, with guests Mrs Willis Hash of Ghent and Mrs Buddy McKendree of Wyco.
Mount Hope Hotel to Undergo Remodeling
Mount Hope hotel owner Sam Dorado, who bought the Southern Hotel Mount Hope from R. E. Kelly Jr. of Oak Hill last week, announced remodeling of the building will start today.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mount Hope
RNS
Sam Dorado
Southern Hotel
R. E. Kelly Jr
Oak Hill
Lions Club Reports Glasses for Needy Children Drive
Sophia Lions read three applications from area children needing glasses funded by the Light Conservation Fund. Members sell light bulbs to raise Drive funds and plan the Zone Meeting in Sophia on Nov 16 with Ladies Night. Beckley and Beaver Lions reps will attend with guests.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sophia
ANS
John Washburn
Sophia Lions Club
Beckley Lions Club
Beaver Lions Club
Washburn
Tail
Beckley
Woodrow Wilson High School
Carl Neff
Alex Lavis
Friendship Hall
Sophia Methodist Church
Station Restaurant Destroyed By Fire
The English Village Shady Spring service station restaurant was destroyed by fire early Sunday. Deputy Fire Marshal Mike Gladwell put damages at 15 000 dollars. An over heated furnace caused the blaze about 2 15 a m. The building housed living quarters and only a few furniture pieces were saved. Beckley Fire Department could not save the structure and drew water from a pond across the highway. They returned to the site later Sunday morning after smoldering sparks rekindled. Nearby tourist cabins were not destroyed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
English Village
Shady Spring
Mike Gladwell
Leslie Roberts
Beckley Fire Department
Veterans Pension Act of 1959 Explainer to Veterans
The Veterans Administration will mail all veterans widows and orphans information about the 1959 Pension Act with September pension checks. The act does not apply to service connected disability compensation or to widows and orphans of veterans who died from service connected causes. The law takes effect July 1, 1960, and current pensioners must choose by then to stay on the old system or switch to the new one, with no option to revert.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Veterans Administration
Guide to GI Bill questions for veterans and insurance
A veteran asks about training eligibility under the Korean GI Bill and whether a push up course is allowed for a plumber. The reply: if already qualified as a plumber, the course is not allowed. Also covered are changes of GI insurance beneficiaries, retirement-pay deductions for premiums, and waiver effective dates after disability.
Judgments Awarded In Wyoming Circuit Court
In Pineville Wyoming Circuit Court rulings awarded various parties monetary sums and costs. Pugh Furniture Co. recovered 50.38 from Tucker entities. Beckley National Bank 2024.54. Bond Rider Jackson Co. 666.69. Bluefield Sanitarium 539.40. Grace Hospital 379.40 and 413.73. Peoples Bank Mullens 2570.83. with several dismissals noted for Kennedy v Clark and Ellison v White. Morgan v Island Creek Coal Co. ended with 6000 paid and Hutchinson v New Hampshire Fire Insurance Co. dismissed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pineville
RNS
Flora B. Pugh
Pugh Furniture Company
Wyoming
Clarence C
Miriam Tucker
Tuckers Furniture
Ester Kennedy
Maude Clark
Beckley National Bank
D. C
Rebecca Ellison
Junior White
Bond
Rider, Jackson Co
Bluefield Sanitarium
Gordon
Wanda Edwards
Grace Hospital
Tennis Jackson
Peoples Bank of Mullens
C. Chilton Tucker
Cloyd
Rebecca Browning
Virgil L. Morgan
Guyan
Island Creek Coal Co
Morgan
Alfred Hutchinson
The
New Hampshire Fire Insurance Co
Wild Horse Herds May Get Reprieve
In Denver, a new law signed by President Eisenhower bans illegal roundups of wild horses, offering a potential reprieve for dwindling Western herds once driven to collect canyons and dog food. Officials estimate about 20,000 wild horses remain in the West with Nevada down to around 500.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Denver
West
Eisenhower
Velma Johnson
Wadsworth
Washington
Nevada
Walter S. Baring
D-Nev
Baring
Francisco de Coronado
High Plains
Thompson Enrolls In University Of Virginia School Of Nursing
Oak Hill RNS reports Dorothy Thompson enrolls in the nursing school at the University of Virginia in Charlottesville. She is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Leonard Thompson of Harvey, after attending Marshall College Huntington and Madison College Harrisonburg. At Madison she served on the honor council and joined Sigma Phi Lambda and Zeta Tau Alpha.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oak Hill
RNS
School of Nursing
University of Virginia
Charlottesville
Dorothy Thompson
Leonard Thompson, Harvey
Marshall College
Huntington
Madison College
Harrisonburg
Madison
Sigma Phi Lambda Honor Society
Zeta Tau Alpha Sorority
Fractures Wrist In Pineville Football Incident
Arbe Day of Pineville was admitted to Stevens Clinic Welch on Thursday for reduction of fractures to the left wrist sustained while playing football.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pineville
RNS
Stevens Clinic
Welch
Stacy Injured in Coal Mountain Bicycle Crash
Harold Stacy of Coal Mountain received treatment at Grace Hospital Welch for chin lacerations after a bicycle wreck on Thursday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Coal Mountain
RNS
Harold Stacy
Grace Hospital
Welch
Pineville Personal News Roundup
Pineville residents share weekend visits and travels. Claude Pancake and family returned from Myrtle Beach South Carolina. Blankenship from Charleston visited Pineville. James Dell Cooke from Charleston visited his parents. Carl Ellison Jr. from Concord College stayed with his family. T. G. Morgan visited Pineville. Shields family hosted relatives in St Albans. Sowers family from Athens spent weekend with Pineville relatives.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pineville
Claude Pancake
Myrtle Beach
S. C. C. A. Blankenship
Charleston
James Dell Cooke
Lane Cooke
Carl Ellison Jr
Concord College
Athens
Carl Ellison
Crowley-Worrell Addition
T. G. Morgan
Welch
Charlie A. Shields
B. E. Nutter
Marcia
St. Albans
W. B. Sowers Jr
Oh Johnny Oh Johnny engagement and small football player
A San Diego woman announced her engagement to Bill at a newspaper society desk and brought a signed photo to run. The note reads to Johnny. Also mentioned is Bernie Latusick, North Carolina State’s left half back, 5 foot 8 and 175 pounds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Johnny
San Diego
Calif
Bill
North Carolina State
Bernie Latusick
Mt Hope Personal News From Bluefield To Cincinnati
Mt Hope society notices list relatives visiting Mount Hope residents, noting funerals in Bluefield, a Clemson practice injury to Snooky Dillon, travel of Billy Jim Gray from Maine to West Palm Beach, and guests including Mrs W W Nunn Charlie Martin Welch Scoy Scott families from Fort Pierce Greensboro High Point and Cincinnati.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mount Hope
RNS
Alex Napier
Bluefield
Snooky’ Dillon
Virgil Dillon
Clemson College
Clemson
S. C
Billy Jim Gray
Maine
West Palm Beach
Fla
W. W. Nunn
Scott
Mary Jean Gray
Bob Kent
Dede
Hattie
Greensboro
N. C
T. L. Feazelle
David Carter
High Point
W. C. Carter
E. L. Carter
A. L. Walker
Mary McCool Stover
Beckley Hospital
George Thomas
Elkins
Charles Evans Jr
John Barnum
Green Coleman Jr
Ward
Adrian Keeney
Kilsyth
Raymond Smith l
Terrace Park
Cincinnati
Ohio
Robert Angove
Smith
Betty Angove
Pineville Gardeners Attend Welch Meeting
Pineville residents Mrs. William Lewis and Mrs. Orville Wilks attended the Elkhorn Garden Club meeting at Mrs. Charles H. Gearhart home in Welch. Wilks spoke on Our Garden Heritage, with Mrs. S. Milt Burgess introducing her and presenting a club gift. A social hour followed the program and business session. Also noted, Mr. and Mrs. Franklin Graley of Pineville announce the birth of a daughter at Welch Emergency Hospital weighing six pounds three ounces.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pineville
ANS
Elkhorn Garden Club
Charles H. Gearhart
Welch
William Lewis
Orville Wilks
Castle Rock
Franklin Graley
Welch Emergency Hospital
Whitlock and Harper Funeral Announcements Collate
Obituary notices announce the deaths of John William Whitlock age 18 of Raleigh Heights after a car crash and Thomas Jefferson Harper age 69 of Harper. Services are planned at Presbyterian and First Methodist churches with Sunset Memorial Park burial. Memorial donations requested.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Whitlock Whitlock
John William ST
Raleigh Heights
Presbyterian Church
J. W. Witherspoon
Sunset Memorial Park
Williams and Craven
Sophia
John Rush Elkins
Pat Hall
Fred Drumheller
Ned Donaldson
Roy Reid
Clarence W. Smith, Jr
Harold Casali
John Scherer
John Lynn
Robert Phipps
John Bruce Dorsey
Sam Wood
Larry Mitchell
Williams & Craven Funeral Home
Harper Harper
Thomas Jefferson
Harper
Caffee
First Methodist
J. B. Dryfield
Paul N. Graviey
L. J. Cooper
Harry Cooper
Charles M. Ward
Alex George
George Willis
Bill Thompson
T. R. Wilson, Jr
Roy O. Wray
Louis George
R. L. Lewis
William Hendrick
John Ward
Clarence Lewis
Willie Smith
G. C. Hedrick
Lost and Found item near Harper Beck ley box of tools
Lost between Harper and Beck ley box of mechanics tools. Reward offered. Contact R. C. Stewart in Harper West Virginia for pickup and verification.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Strayen
Harper and
Beckley
R. C. Stewart
Harper
W. Va
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Circle Meet
Mrs. Simpkins
Area Circle
WSCS
Whitlow Home
Mount Hope Hotel
Army
United States Army
IS. C
James Norval Pifer
Marlinton
Jay Barnes Cole
Whitewood
Thomas Daniel Shafer
Laford Hanley Hammons
Buckeye
Larry Edward Mullins
Jessie Virgil Malone
Harman
Ellis Malcolm Hensley
Bartley
William Glenn Pendergrass
David Lewis Anderson
Leemaster
Robert Ray Merill
Spencer
Tex Richard Vance
Doran
Thomas Andrewnderson
Harry Sarver Bannister
Brenton
Herbert Laverne Blevins
Rhodell
Jerry Kenneth Hatcher
Crab Orchard
Roy Addison Jarrell
Stephenson
Raymond Roscoe Cook
Oceana
Morris Alden Niday
Stotesbury
Kenneth Murry Bickers
Covington
U. S. Bureau of Land Management
Red Desert
Fred Thompson
New Mexico
Montana
Colorado
D. Thompson
Stacy
Mt. Hope
Floriste
S. Oakwood
Dial Floral CO
City Ave
Snow Thornton Florists
Prince Street
Eee Funeral Directors
Funeral Home Phone
South Oakwood Ave
Amos E. Quesenberry
Quesenberry Funeral Chapel
Kanawha St
Dave Ratner
Greensburg, Pa
Maurice Metcalf
Branford, Conn
Pennsylvania
Raleigh County Bank
E. G. Gorgan
Robert L. Amick
Sander
Edger
Todd's Grocery and Hardware
Beaver
Dial
Sanders
Gray Lumber Co
Montgomery Ward
F. A. Loan Bank OF Raleigh
F. D. LC
Buckley Photo Service
Church Street
Vera Rose Beauty Shop
Main St
Ph. CL
Charm Shop
Royal Oak Press & Office Supply
Neville St
H. C. Kinzer
Prince St. T —S
É Beckley
John W. Eye
West Neville St
W. C. Rogers
Temple St
John W. Eye Radio Sales & Service
Lovitz Television
Wonder Jewelry Co
Heber St. Ph
Beckley Rt
Bradley
Lewis Transfer Co
Jan Campbell _Music Co
Ph. Hinton
P.O. Box
White Pine Gray Lumber Co
William Wisen
Mabscott
Mr. Hunt
Hunt's
Morris Harvey College
Jim Green
Raleigh Insurance Agency
Wright's
Omer J. Wright Ph
W. G. Moran
Mt. Hope Road
White House
New Cranberry School
Call Lowman Music CO
Moran
A-1
St. Hempstead
Long Island
Securall
Pasadena
Avon Calling
New York
Clower
Harry Sfe
Rev
O. T. Moore
Geneva Craddock
Bon Bon
Neville Street
New York Area
Transportation Advanced
Broadway Huntington Station
Charles Chester
Brockton
Mass
Brown
President
Greenbrier Instruments Inc
Ronceverte
Homestead
Hot Springs
Virginia
Henry Elden
C. Box
R. L
J. H. Stinson
East Beckley
Bibb Snyder
Roy A. Jones
Boston
Coon Dog
Raleigh CO
Lacy _Griffith
Earl Mann
Beckley Artificial Breeding Service
Midway
F. M. Neely
Lewisburg
Dodge
Chesapeake
Asee Jack’s Trading Post
NEW
Raleigh Road
Belle Fence CO
Belle
Johnson
H. P
Thomas Walker
Nettie
W. A
THOR
Dial CL
Reservoir Road
Hants
Homesite Chain Saws Salve & Service
FORD
Dearing Bros. Prosperity
Hall Furniture
Hall Furniture Co
Pass Lawn Furniture
Cape Cod
Roy S. Coe
Joy Appliances
TV Valley Drive
Klaus
McCreery St
Zenith
Ashworth
Rt. 3
Union
B. M. Atkins & Sons Keenan
Electrolux Corp
Temple St. Beckley
Corona
Remington Rand
Troy
McCoy
Martina Tile Co
Vance Dr
Baker Lumber
Toopee- Mankin Lumber
N. Kanawha St
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