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Raleigh Register

Location

Beckley, West Virginia, United States of America

Date

Sep 30, 1959

Page

7

Bragg Funeral Set Thursday

Last rites for William Mack Bragg, 67, of Lilly Highland Addition, will be conducted by Rev. L A Garten and Rev. Beryl Long at 1 a m Thursday in the Peace Chapel of Rose and Quesenberry Funeral Home. Burial will be in Blue Jay Cemetery. Bragg died at his home after a two month illness. The Gothic Library of Parliament in Ottawa is Canada’s equivalent to our Library of Congress.

L. A. Garten Beryl Long William Mack Bragg Lilly Highland Addition Peace Chapel Rose and Quesenberry Funeral Home Blue Jay Bragg Library of Parliament Ottawa Canada Library of Congress

Three Injured In Automobile Accidents In City

Beckley area Tuesday saw four separate automobile accidents injuring three people. Elizabeth Ann Hewlett of Mount Hope is in good condition at Beckley Memorial Hospital with a back injury from a two car collision near Little Beaver Lake at about 8 15 am. Her vehicle collided with one driven by Robert Oscar Dunkley of 116 Hull Street. Damages estimated at 600 dollars. Harold and Ada White of Princeton were treated and released at Raleigh General Hospital after a South Fayette Street Beaver Avenue crash that involved a car and a truck side swiping a utility pole at about 3 45 pm. Two others were cited after a Hinton Road crash beyond the Beckley Water Company reservoir at 4 45 pm involving three vehicles. Webb McClellan of Hinton charged with failing to yield, Herman Hendricks of Bolt charged with not having vehicle under control, and Clyde Thomason of Red Sulphur Springs driving the third truck. Damage about 800 dollars. Charles B Criddle of Beckley cited for failing to have his vehicle under control after a two car collision at Piney View at 11 35 am with George Ned Stone of Portsmouth Virginia. damage about 450 dollars.

Beckley Elizabeth Ann Hewlett Mount Hope Beckley Memorial Hospital Little’ Beaver Lake Robert Oscar Dunkley Hull St Harold and Ada White Prince Ton Raleigh General Hospital South Fayette Street Beaver Avenue Hinton Beckley Water Co McClellan Webb Herman Hendricks Bolt Clyde Thomason Red Sughur Springs Charles B. Criddle Piney View George Ned Stone Portsmouth

Price Funeral To Be Thursday Sisk Funeral This Afternoon

Final rites for Beckley man Robert Dewey Sisk 61 of 231 Clyde St were held at Calvary Baptist Church Mabscott at 2 p.m. Burial followed at Blue Ridge Memorial Gardens Sisk died after a cerebral hemorrhage at 11 30 p m Monday in a local hospital The Bishop T M Room Ravenna Ohio will conduct services for James Arthur Price 47 Eccles at 2 p m Thursday at Shady Grove Baptist Church Eccles Burial in Eccles Cemetery Price died after a pneumonia contracted at a coal mine Death occurred 10 a m Monday New River Co at Stanaford The body will be moved from Rose and Quesenberry Funeral Home to the church an hour before services

Beckley Robert Dewey Sisk Clyde St Norman Harless Calvary Baptist Church Mabscott Blue Ridge Memorial Gardens Sisk T. M. Room Ravenna Ohio James Arthur Price Eccles Shady Grove Baptist Price New River Co Stanaford Rose and Quesenberry Funeral Home

Barter Buyer Trades Car and Hogs for Auto

Melvin Paschen of Granite City Illinois traded his old car and 192 hogs for a new automobile. The salesman who handled the deal then peddled the hogs.

Alton, Ill Melvin Paschen Granite City Ill

Mark Twain on Cauliflower as cabbage with a college education

Quote from Mark Twain describing cauliflower as nothing but cabbage with a college education. The remark frames cauliflower as a refined, inferior relativity to a familiar vegetable. No additional context or source details are provided.

Mark Twain

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