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Newspaper

Raleigh Register

Location

Beckley, West Virginia, United States of America

Date

Sep 28, 1959

Page

12

Mission Society Convention Set in Morgantown

The 76th annual State Woman's Baptist Mission Society meeting will be at 2 p m October 10 at First Baptist Church Morgantown. Women from area Baptist churches urged to attend. Dr Anna Barbara Grey, retired missionary to Burma, will speak on Witnessing For Christ Acts 1 8.

Ansted ANS Woman's Baptist Mission Society First Baptist Church Morgantown West Virginia Baptist Convention Anna Barbara Grey Burma Grey Woman's American Baptist Foreign Mission Society

Pineville Personal Notices Travel and Visits

Mrs. E M Curry returns home to Pineville after a two week visit with Mrs Z E Johnson and Mrs T P Anderson and Mary Olive of Morehead Kentucky. Guests include Mr and Mrs Joe E Chico of Morgantown and Earl M Curry in Pineville. Other visits feature Estel Morgan of Pineville Bluefield Bluefield guest and Fred Parker of Hopewell Virginia. Basil Elliott returns to Pineville from Blacksburg Virginia after a few weeks away.

Pineville Rns E. M. Curry Z. E. Johnson T. P. Anderson Mary Olive Morehead Joe E. Chico Morgantown Earl M. Curry Estel Morgan J. F. Ellison Pax Basil Elliott Blacksburg

Meet Set Today Lookout at Fayette Garden Club

Fayette County Garden Club Council will meet at 7:30 p.m. today with Miss Dollie Griener as hostess.

RNS Fayette County Garden Club Council Dollie Griener

Concord College Names Six Students to Residence Office

ATHENS Concord College announced six women will work part time in the office of the Women’s Residence Halls. Appointees are Kay Barnette Bartley Wini West Gerrie Ferranti Esther Coleman Lorene Hall and Nancy McClure. Selection valued academics social records and effort to aid education.

Athens Concord College Damaris Wilson Kay Barnette Bartley Wini West St. Albans Gerrie Ferranti War Esther Coleman Logan Lorene Hall Nancy McClure Oak Hill Barnette Ferranti Quinto Ferranti Women's Hall Council Sigma [Sigma Sigma National Social Sorority Concord College Panhellenic Council Women's Athletic Association G. T. Coleman Coleman Home Economics Club Kappa Omi

$1000 Supplement Added To Loan Fund

Dr. William B. Axtell, president of West Virginia Institute of Technology, announces a further $1000 addition to the Claude Worthington Benedum Scholarship Loan Fund. The fund, started in 1956, now totals $10,000, with $1000 annual freshmen scholarships from the Benedum Foundation. This fall six first year students receive aid. Residents of the state with academic promise are eligible for loans and scholarships.

Montgomery William B. Axtell West Virginia Institute of Technology Claude Worthington Benedum Tech Claude Worthington Benedum Foundation

Clifftop PTA Names New Officers at Rome Church Meet

The George Carver School PTA in Clifftop elected officers at a Rome Baptist Church gathering in Leslie. President Mrs Annie Mitchell, Vice President Mrs Bernice Dalton, Secretary Mrs Deloris Hubbard, Assistant Secretary Mrs Dorothy Bonner, and Treasurer Mrs Inez Sherrod were named. The group discussed improving school grounds including steps, brush removal, and water installation.

George Carver School Rome Baptist Church Leslie Annie C. Mitchell Bernice Dalton Deloris Hubbard Dorothy Bonner Inez Sherrod Board of Education

Mount Hope Several Group Meetings Set This Week

Mt Hope RNS reports scheduled meetings for the coming week. Today includes Boy Scouts Troop 91, Assembly No 14 Order of Rainbow Girls, and the Mount Hope Elementary PTA. Also tonight Glen Jean Garden Club and Lions Club dinner, First Church of God missionary meeting, and Mount Hope Girl Scout leaders neighborhood gathering. Saturday features MacDonald Lodge No 103 at Masonic Hall.

Mount Hope RNS Troop Boy Scouts Boy Scout Assembly Order of Rainbow Girls White Shrine Hall Parent- Teacher Association Glen Jean

Stewart Baby Born in Welch at Stevens Clinic

Mr and Mrs Waymen Stewart of Matheny are the parents of a son weighing seven pounds four and a half ounces born Wednesday at Stevens Clinic Hospital Welch.

Matheny Waymen Stewart Stevens Clinic Hospital Welch

Kilsyth Couple Weds John L Creed in Baptist Church

Miss Mary Sue Godbey daughter of Rev H B Godbey Kilsyth and John Lawrence Creed son of Mr and Mrs Robert L Creed Carlisle were married September 18 at Kilsyth Baptist Church at 7 pm The Rev R H Dean officiated The bride graduated Mount Hope High School in 1955 and the groom Kingston High School They will reside in Columbus Ohio where he is employed as a teletype operator for American Airlines Inc

Kilsythe Mary Sue Godbey John Lawrence Creed Kilsyth Baptist Church H. B. Godbey Kilsyth Robert L. Creed Carlisle R. H. Dean Columbus Ohio American Airlines, Inc

Oak Hill Personal Notes Highlight Local Family Moves

Oak Hill residents report family movements and visits. Miss Virginia Fox and her mother Irene Fox returned from Columbia South Carolina after several days with Sgt J C Fox and family in Fort Jackson. Irene Fox also visited Jasper Alabama with relatives. Ted Baumgardener and wife attended the funeral of Virginia Osborne in Oak Hill.

Oak Hill RNS Virginia Fox Irene Fox Columbia S. C Sgt J.C Thomas W. Fox Pamela Margaret Irene Sgt Fox Fort Jackson Charles Heinselman Jasper Ala Harry Birt Pea Ridge Ted Baumgardener Nitro Virginia Osborne

Pax Personal Visit Recaps Nearby Guests and Travel

Pax PAX news item lists weekend and weeklong visits across multiple households. Families including Canterbury Mullens, Kincaid South Charleston, Humphrey Wilmington Ohio and Craigsville, Keffer Diamond, Walkup Ramsey, Shumate Page Bradley, Turner Pax Charleston and Mount Hope, Napier Mount Hope, Lively Charleston, and Kidd Union are noted with relatives and friends visiting or traveling.

Richard Humphrey Craigsville Mamie Tredway Don Drema Mount Hope Flavel McNeeley Pat Gay Eddie Randy Bradley Mertie Keffer Cecil Stevens Diamond N. F. Walkup Mike Richmond Chapel Methodist Ramsey Ernest Fuller Bill Shumate Phyllis Ernie Page Donna Blake Maxine Blackburn A. N. Turner Pax Guest Christine Buchanan Charleston Alex Napier Elizabeth Napier B. C. Lively W. E. Lively Bryant Kidd Rankin Bostick Union

Winona Briefs Span Travel and Funeral Notices

Lt and Mrs Kent Womack and children Peter Wayne and Patrick Ann left for Germany after three weeks visiting her parents Mr and Mrs J W Horrocks in Winona Mrs Jessie Horrocks visits son DeVan Horrocks in Washington D C Clifford Perry and family attended the funeral of his sister Mrs Howard Hall formerly of Winona who died in Kentucky Burial was in Huse Memorial Park Fayetteville They were accompanied by the J W Horrocks family.

Winona Rns Kent Womack Peter Wayne Patrick Ann Germany J. W. Horrocks Jessie Horrocks DeVan Horrocks Washington, D. C Clifford Perry Howard Hall Kentucky Huse Memorial Park

Ansted Briefs and Virginia Deer Incident

ANSTED BRIEFS ANSTED attendees at the fall rally of the Woman's Mission Societies at Jodie Baptist Church include Mrs. Vaughan Holley Kirkwood Massey Kessler, all from Ansted Baptists, plus Mrs. Gray and Mrs. Fulks from local churches. Aviation Machinist's Mate James O Smith on 14 day leave visits. Harrisonburg VA AP Jennings Whitmer Rockingham County game warden says a motorist may have set a record after four white tail deer were killed in one accident. car not badly damaged.

Ansted ANS Woman's Mission Societies Jodie Baptist Church Jodie Guy Vaughan Bammie Holley Inez Kirkwood Opal Massey Elizabeth Kessler Ansted Baptist Church W. L. Gray Lovers Leap Baptist Church Mabel Fulks Hopewell Baptist Church Aviation James 0. Smith Raymond Skaggs Harrisonburg Jennings Whitmer Rockingham County

Bid Advertisement for Bluestone State Park Concession

The Conservation Commission of West Virginia invites sealed bids for operating Boat Dock No. 2 and related concessions at Bluestone State Park near Hinton for 1960. Bids due October 16, 1959 at 10:00 a.m. EST. Bid forms available from State Parks Division, Charleston.

The Conservation Commission of West Virginia Washington Street Charleston West Virginia Bluestone State Park Hinton Division of State Parks the Conservation Commission OF M. Lane

Funeral Held For Margaret Schoolcraft Near Arnoldsburg

Mr and Mrs Rue Schoolcraft and daughters Lois and Doris traveled to Arnoldsburg West Virginia after the death of Mrs Margaret Schoolcraft 81 at a daughter’s home Mrs Lewis Schreckengost in Parkersburg The funeral was Tuesday at the Arnoldsburg Methodist Church with burial in Liberty Hill Cemetery near Arnoldsburg.

Pineville RNS Rue Schoolcraft Lois Doris Arnoldsburg Calhoun County Schoolcraft Margaret Schoolcraft Lewis Schreckengost Parkersburg Arnoldsburg Methodist Church Liberty Hill

Funeral notices for James James Jr and Vill Green

William A. James Jr age 60 of Ed Wickham Avenue died 4 p m Saturday September 26 in a local hospital. Funeral 11 a m Monday September 28 at Webb and Neal Funeral Home burial Wildwood Cemetery pallbearers listed. Vill Green age 85 of Rawlings Street died Thursday September 24 after long illness funeral 2 p m Monday September 28 at First Baptist Harper Heights burial Greenwood Memorial Park body moved to residence 5 30 p m Sunday September 27 from Ritchie and Johnson Funeral Parlor arrangements by Ritchie Johnson.

James James William A., Jr Ed Wickham Avenue Webb and Neal Funeral Home Vance Drive Rev. O. Worth May Wildwood Cemetery William H. Lively L. L. Scherer C. H. Carson James H. Page E. P. Donahue C. E. Little H. P. Meadows Don Bender Harry Sessions Ned Hawkins Green Green Rawlings Street First Baptist Church Harper Heights J. C. Richardson Greenwood Memorial Park Ritchie and Johnson Funeral Ritchie & Johnson Funeral Parlor

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