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Newspaper
Register Herald
Location
Beckley, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Sep 27, 1998
Page
2
Images show Interstate 10 westbound traffic clogging as residents flee the storm on Saturday. In Gulfport, Miss., Thomas Kohr uses a screw gun to board a friend’s business on Main Street while Rodney Young prepares more plywood.
Georges strengthens in the Gulf of Mexico as it nears the Mississippi Delta with 110 mph winds. Warnings extend 330 miles from Morgan City to Panama City. Evacuations exceed 1.5 million around New Orleans as Red Cross sets 25 shelters and schools close.
Neace R. Clark reports mixed views on tourism driven growth in Fayette County. Opponents rally to keep a whitewater rafting sign and resist road widening, while supporters cite tax dollars and safer two lane upgrades. Residents express 50 50 sentiment amid proposed highway widening on Sunday Saturday Road.
Family and friends gathered at Holliness Church of Jesus in Beckley to honor Annie M. Scott on the eve of her 80th birthday widow of city Councilman Albert Scott. Eight surviving children attended from Tucson and Newark with Eugene Scott’s grandson escorting her. Duane Scott, 49, arranged letters from each child to form a book for her gift, reflecting on her old fashioned care and family memories.
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