Mullens Baptist Minister to Resign and Pulpit Board Named
Mullens West Virginia June 28 The Rev J R Gillespie pastor of the First Baptist church of Mullens will resign about August 15 A pulpit committee was named June 15 to choose a successor M H Lusk chairman and Mrs S P Pearis secretary Dr Hugh D Pickett advised on proceedings The pastor plans to study at the University of Chicago this fall Also noted Mrs Byndine Reed was treated after a chicken bone injury and Graven C Worrell was asked to prepare a conference paper for Concord College on How May
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
West Virginia Artist Association
Gillespie
J. M. Criswell
Byndine Reed
Mullens Hill
Taylor Hospital
Graven C. Worrell
David Kirby
Concord College
Community Activities Highlight Mullens Group Roles
Mr. Worrell presided at two Mullens PTA meetings while Dean Kirby spoke. He leads the County Historical Society and has long chaired boards of education in the Slab Fork district. Children’s Day at the Baptist church featured students with Mrs. Beatrice Pritchett and Mrs. B. L. Depew directing. Ruth Teaford led primary songs and William Smith helped stage Bible scenes. The Rev J R Gillespie opened the program. The Royal Neighbors meet in Friendship Hall with Past Oracle pins awarded to three past Oracles. Church circles plan meetings with leaders named and dates set. A marriage is announced for Ann Cecilia Cannaday of Nelsonville, Ohio, to Ivan Merrel Wilcox.
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Worrell
Mullens Pta
Dean Kirby
The
County Historical Society
Slab Fork
Baptist Church List
Beatrice Pritche
B. L. Depew
Pritchett
William Smith
J. R. Gillespie
Ruth Teaford
Royal Neighbors of
America
Friendship Hall
Oracle
Oracle Mamie
Cook
B. B. Brown
Margie Arthur
J. E. Roles
M. J. Cannaday
Nelsonville
Mullens
Ann Cecilia
Ivan Merrel Wilcox
Weddings and births mark Mullens area notices
A Mullens class of 1944 couple Wilcox and family announce a 9 p m wedding in Wyco with Rev C R Bright. Bride Mrs Wilcox wore white linen. maid of honor Miss Ray Cannaday. best man Robert Johnston. Also listed are a Glenna Louise Reynolds birth and Kingston wedding of Miss Ann Bowling Yeager to Ensign Bill Hart.
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J. Ofwiteos
Wyco
C. R. Bright
Try Ray Cannaday
Nelsonyife
Robert Johnston
Wilcox
Philippines
Korea
Gulf Smokeless Coal Company
New York
Pennsylvania
Ann Bowling Yeager
Guy M. Yeager
Kingston
Bill Hart
R. L. Hart
Mullens
G. C. Currie
First Presbyterian Church of
Laura Ann Surray
Concord College
C. M. Dorsey
Love
Tru
Robert Hart
Wedding at Mullens Vows as Hart Marries Ensign Hart
Mrs. Hart wed Ensign Hart in Mullens with Clare E Wilson Jr. as groomsman. Attendants, guests, and a reception at the bride's parents' home described. couple to reside at Bayou New Jersey while Hart serves in the U S Navy. Also notes a Mullens Dollar Store staff picnic at Lake Shawnee with attendees listed.
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Clare E. Wilson Jr
Morgantown
Woodrow Cook
Mullens
O'Dell
Athens
Robert Kitchen
Huntington
Joe Oliver
Clyde Armstrong
Kingston
Betty Holroyd
Dorothy Williams
Elizabeth McKinney
Mulens
Mullens Dollar Store
Lake Shawnee
Jamet Clark
R. F. Hartley
Audra Street
Carl Street
Opal Hill
Thomas McKinney
Ruth Shrader
Charles Jenkins
Ester Graham
Jack Terry
Troy Stone
Carrie Stone
Kathleen Bradberry
Roy Bradberry
Opal West
Winona Phillips
Claude Cook
Loretta Maxey
Boots Wren
Seeley
P. F. Wallace Transfer Offers Dust Proof Lockers
Moving and storage service advertises crating packing and dust proof lockers for delivery across the United States. Office located at 303 Bluefield Ave with day and night phone numbers 7740 and 9929-5. Agent North American Van Lines.
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P. F. Wallace
U. S
Bluefield Ave
North American van Lines
Mullens Social Notes Highlight Local Travel and Health
The Mullens column lists residents and visitors including Mrs Edna Riggens Mrs C P Clarke and Bobby Riggins and notes W L Pack suffered burns in a furnace explosion. It covers school returns Mrs Dick Spade family visits Dr Charles Jones Dr Hugh Pickett and several trips to Virginia West Virginia Ohio and South Carolina with many relatives named. Arnold T Shirley 26 seaman first class USN discharged from Charleston naval hospital and to return to duty on tug USS Ata.
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W. L. Pack
Boyn Dushkoff
H. W. Dushkoff
Mullens
VPI
Dick Spade
Hallie Mae
Baltimore
C. E. Stearts
Charles Jones
Wheeling
Jones
Methodist Church
Carlos Gunter
Harry Layton
G. F. Thomas
Grant, Va
Thomas
Frank Noce
Bunny
Ben Audin
Washington
Angela Audia
Domonic Pastorial
Noce
Nelsonville
M. J. Cannaday
W. A. Jeter
Ae W. Va
W. E. Street
Billy
Carl Street
Alpeca
Birmingham
Lay Christian
Itmann
Princeton
Jennet Clarke
Joan
Luther H. Clarke
Glen Daniel
W. Va
E. B. Leflin
Bob Humphey
Leflin
L. H. Shrewsbury
Iaman
James Miller
Gauley Bridge
Peggy Ann Brooks
Beckley
Joan Clarke
Points
Virginia
Arnold T. Shirley
USN
J. T. Shirley
Naval Hospital
Charleston
S. C
Ata
Corn declines on weather relief and crop recovery talk
Chicago grain closing sees corn futures drop over four cents amid better weather, crop rebound reports, and weak cash prices. Prices listed for No. 2 yellow 2.05 2.08, No. 3 2.04 2.08, No. 4 2.00 2.03, No. 5 1.97. Oats and barley prices shown with various grades and nominal ranges. Beeswax note on peacetime uses briefly included.
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Chicago
Board of Trade
Memorial notices and obituaries in Black Chesapeake area
In memoriam for a late relative, tributes from family members with a list of mourners. Obituaries report Hester Cobb aged 80 and William H. Woods aged 74 with funeral plans and survivors. Local organizations announce meetings and religious services with dates, times, and venues.
Personal Guests Gather at Gilliam Home on Allen Street
Mr and Mrs Charlie Hayes and Mrs Lottie Dennis were dinner guests last week in the home of Mr and Mrs James Gilliam on Allen Street.
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Charlie Hayes
Lottie Dennis
James Gilliam
Allen Street
Pounding Mill Church Announces Sunday Preaching Service
Pounding Mill Virginia June 28. A preaching service will be held at the local church this Sunday with plans for a sermon by the visiting minister and a brief gathering after the service.
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Pounding Mill
Union church service led by Rev Lindsay this Sunday
At 11 o clock Sunday the Rev Lindsay will lead the services, with E. N. Lindsay assisting as appropriate in charge of the Union church.
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Union
V. E. N. Lindsay
Be In Charge
Missionary society meeting at Mrs Pruett home
The Christian Missionary society will meet Thursday at 2 o clock in the afternoon at the home of Mrs John Pruett with Mrs H J Gillespie as leader. The 4-H club will meet Tuesday afternoon at 1 o clock in the school building.
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Home and Garden Club
John Stewart Methodist Church
Lorraine King
Lois Perry
Louise Seay
Grace Roten
Helen Davis
Messers
Stanley Sinkford
P. J. Woods
Ben Campbell
Bruce Street
The
Christian Missionary Society
John Pruett
H. JG. Gillespie
Various Local Notables Visit Relatives and Neighbors
Notices recount visits by J. and Nunley ill in Clinch Valley Clinic Richlands. Peggy Trayer of St. Luke's Bluefield spent time with her mother, Mrs. C. H. Trayer. Others include Mrs. T. M. Hall, Mrs. Mattie Altizer, Lettie Ringstaff, W. E. Mulkey, T. E. Musick, Mrs. T. H. Oswald, George Thomas in Detroit, Edna Beaver and Mary Thomas. Also notices fiduciary settlement for Earn Lee Bailey and bank commissioner actions plus property liens, sales, and foreclosures in Mercer and surrounding counties.
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J. &. Nunley
Clinch Valley Clinic
Richlands
Peggy Trayer
St. Luke's Hospital
Bluefield
C. H. Trayer
T. M. Hall
Bramwell
W. Va
Mattie Altizer
Beckley
William
Erwin, Tenn
Lettie Ringstaff
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Mullens, W. Va
Princeton Road
Sele
War Surplus
Princeton Ave
First Baptist Church
B. A. Long
H. 8. Burcham
W. W. McGhee
F. C. Bowers
Brown & Gray Cleaners
Pearl St
Dial
Mercer
McDowell
Tazewell
Bland Street
Th. Pea
Grr
A A
Imperial
Daily Telegraph
Floyd Reynolds
Glenna Louise
Reynolds
MR. Gilbert
Peoples Loan Co
Gilbert
Mar. Bluefield
Cumberland
Canada
Hart
Bayou
N. J
Ensign Hart
U. S. Navy
Mullens High School
West Virginia University
Associated Women's Student
Mount Hope High School
Pioneeer
Col
Alexander Clark
Kingston Pocahontas Coal Company
University of Louisville
Yale University
U.S. Navy
U. S. Naval Supply School
Mullens and
Floyd Williams
Dorothy
Harry Woods Jr
Harry Woods Sr
D. Grave Malon
Tom Swope
John D. Farmer
C. H. Flippin
Sam Pearis
Sammy
Green
Buddy Barley
Bill Morris
Greta King
Joe Whitt
Ruth
Gordon Mason
Barbara
Eatty Holroyd
O. H. Williams
Northfork
Hobart Payne
Fred Horne
Anderson
Welch
Eclipse Storage and Transfer Co., Inc
Cumberland Heights
South Bluefield
LAW and Commerce
Edna Riggens
C. P. Clarke
Bobby
Billy Riggins
Joyce Davis
Nancy Biggs
Dorothy Bunion
Blanche Hash
Herbert Kirk
Dorothy Kinsley
Chicago Grain
News OF the Colored People
Mrs. Baker
Walter Wilburn
Thelma Lawson
McComas
Hester Cobb
Effie Walker
Keystone
Prospect
Walker
Edda White
Philadelphia
Hunter Cobb
Bridgeport
Conn
Fernando Cobb
Franklin
William H. Woods
Jones Street
Linkford Undertaking Co
Oak Grove
Mr. Woods
James Woods
Asa Toler
James Toler
Edward Toler
Juanita Hill
Lila Woods
Gilliam
Missionary Society Organized
Missionary Society
North Side United Holy Church
Mary Collins
Barger Street
Joan Stone
Alice Carter
Bar Ger Street
Jefferson Lee Gellispie
Jefferson Lee Gillispie
Ridgley Street
Mart Tynes
Annie Tynes
George Bailey
G. M. Dickerson
Union Baptist Church
N. A. Staples
J. W. Studimyer
J. W. Coger
Boston Farmer
Nancy Farmer
Carolina Community Home
Ann Keeling
R. E. Keeling
Laytha Thompson
Mary Alice Redd
Revs
N. J. Dickerson
W. Harris
Charlotte Morrison
Community Savings and Loan Goblks Building
Uefield, W. VA
James Harold Martin
Earn Lee Bailey
Lee Bailey
Fiest National Bank
Mercer County
West Virginia
Co. B. Martin
Percy A. Rupwin
Percy A. Ruffin
James &. Redmond
Westwac
Dove Pocahontas Coal Company
McDowell County
Joseph F. Hart
Warriormine
Solomon Blevins
Helen Blevins
Sidney J. Kwass
E. C. Stone, JR
Law & Commerce
Fairfax Street
Jennie Faulkner
Mary F. Weaver
William Calder Easley
Nannie M. Ledgerwood
Princeton Bank
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