Mrs Holliday Named 758 Census Enumerator
Mrs Holliday named one of eight West Virginia census enumerators assigned to the Cincinnati Regional Office. She will work in the Elston area, join a Washington assignment for a week, and has served as a crew leader since 1950 with duties including quality checks and travel across Ohio Kentucky Tennessee and Virginia. She mentors youth, chairs recreation programs, and holds positions in Methodist and garden groups.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rea Ae
Bureau
Fayette County
Holliday
Ohio
Kentucky
Tennessee
Virginia
Eddie
Joan
Order of the East
General Board of Education
The
Methodist Church
Nashville
Garden Club of
West Virginia
Jesse Personals notes and family visits from Jesse area
Kelly Elkins is improving at Main Memorial Hospital after a short illness. Mr. and Mrs. Wesley Elkins hosted relatives in Coal City. A Beckley hospital visit was noted. Numerous Jesse residents and relatives from Pineville Lynch Fairfax and local colleges are listed visiting, hosting, or staying home for the weekend.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jesse
Kelly Elkins
Main Memorial Hospital
Wesley Elkins
Dale Browning
Coal City
Elkins
Beckley Hospital
W. H. Jewell
Debbie
Lynch
Clinton Canterbury
Stacy Brooks
Alfred Laxton
Mikie
Dianne
Hohe
Pineville
Callie Lambert
Olen Jewell
Billy
Jimmy
Jerry
Noami Faye Workman
Fairfax
Bill Workman
Ersel Gene Workman
West Virginia University
Willson Cook Jr
Concord College
James Jackson Sluss
Marshall
M. H. Sluss
Jeanie Gunter
Morris Harvey
Sonny Gunter
West Virginia Institute of Technology
Miley Gunter
Harvey Infant Rites Saturday
Funeral services for Johnny J. Harvey 11 will be held at Sun Hill Methodist Church at 2 p.m. Saturday led by Rev. Edgar Beverly. Burial follows in the family cemetery. Born April 30 1958 in Pineville he died of cancer Thursday at Stevens Clinic Welch. Survivors include parents grandparents Mr and Mrs Donald Roberts and Mrs Tilda Harvey. Body transported to Roberts home at noon from Evans Funeral Home Oceana.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sun Hill
RNS
Johnny J. Harvey
Sun Hill Methodist Church
Edgar Beverly
Baileysville
Stevens Clinic
Welch
Pineville
Tilda Harvey
Donald Roberts
Roberts
Evans Funeral
Oceana
Distribution Of Commodities Set In Pax Town Hall
Sid Lively announced a two day distribution of commodities in Pax town hall today and Saturday. Persons on the Long Branch and Pax lists should bring their own containers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pax
Sid Lively
Hoskins Birth in England and Local Notes
Lt and Mrs Charles Hoskins of Benwaters England announce the birth of an eight pound one ounce son Charles Randolph on March 28. He will report for duty in France May 1. Mrs Hoskins is Eleanor Cook. Also noted are leave visits by AC and Mrs Roger Ward and Natalie Susan, CPL Jimmy D Amburgy returning to Cherry Point after Easter, and updates on G J Lewis ill in Stevens Clinic Hospital with daughters en route.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oceana
RNS
Charles Hoskins
Ben*waters
England
Charles Randolph
Hoskins
France
Pleanor Cook
Earl Cook Jr
Louise Smith
Bill
Milton
G. J. Lewis
Stevens Clinic
Welch
Hank Douma
Norman Monro
Wyckoff
N. J
Lewis
Ray Shannon
E. G. Shannon
Florida
DAR Tea at the Executive Mansion Charleston
Members of the Borderland Chapter of the Daughter of the American Revolution attended a tea at the executive mansion in Charleston hosted by the Fort Lee Chapter. Attendees included Mrs. C. R. Hill Mrs. O. F. McCoy Mrs. Alex Gray and Mrs. W. C. Bishop.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
DAR Hill
RNS
Borderland
Daughter of the American Revolution
Executive Mansion
Charleston
Fort Lee
DAR
C. R. Hill
O. F. McCoy
Alex Gray
W. C. Bishop
Basso to Speak at Fund Drive Meet Saturday
Nick Basso news director of WSAZ TV Huntington will speak at a dinner and dance to benefit the West Virginia Institute of Technology Scholarship Fund Drive Committee Saturday night. The event starts at 6 30 p m in the college cafeteria with Pat Fourney as toastmaster, Angelo Nunley and his Tech dance orchestra providing music. Basso, pioneer television journalist, is VP of the Radio Television News Directors Association and serves on the Wire Study Committee of the AP RTNA. He is a Welch native and WVU alumnus who taught romance languages before becoming WSAZ news director in 1952. Tickets are available at the door.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Montgomery
Nick Basso
Wsaz-Tv
Huntington
West Virginia Institute of Technology
Pat Fourney
Alloy
Carbide Metals
Angelo Nunley
Tech
Basso
Radio-Television News Directors Association
Associated Press Radio-Television Association
Welch
West Virginia University
WSAZ
Harry Pirring
Raffino Rites Set Saturday in Oak Hill chapel
Tony Raffino 79 died at his Minden residence after a brief illness. Funeral services will be held Saturday at 11 a.m. in the Tyree Funeral Home Chapel Oak Hill with burial in Bays Cemetery Summerlee. He was a retired miner last employed at Summerlee and was born March 4 1860. He lived with the Smiths.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Minden
RNS
Tony Raffino
Tyree
Oak Hill
Randolph Johnson Buria
Bays
Summerlee
Raffino
Robert Smith
Smiths
Dolan 76 Rites Incomplete After Fatal Crash
Madison RIIS reported funeral arrangements for W. H. Dolan, 76, a retired Ridgeview miner, remain incomplete after his car struck a tractor trailer on U S 19 near Danville. Dolan, believed to have had a heart attack, died in the wreck. His widow Susan, about 75, was hospitalized with chest injuries and is resting comfortably. The body is at Hunter and Hunter Funeral Home, Madison.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Madison
RIIS
W. H. Dolan
Ridgeview
Dolan
U. S. 19
Danville
Boone County
del White
Susan
Hunter and Hunter Funeral Home
Youth Injured In Car Accident Near Mullens
Bobby Williams 16 of Alpeca admitted to Wyoming General Hospital at 6 10 p m with back pains after losing control of a family car on State Route 10 between Herndon and Bud. The 1956 sedan overturned after being crowded into a ditch by another car. Five other Mullens area residents were treated for injuries including James Shelton who suffered a scalp cut from a bicycle rim, Kenneth Webb who fractured his collar bone, Mrs Dollie Grose who strained her back, Alonzo Ficeli who pricked his right thumb, and Melvin Morgan who pierced the soft palate with antenna wire.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mullens
AIS
Wyoming General Hospital
Bobby Williams
Alpeca
Herndon
Bud
Williams
Mullens Hospital
James Shelton
WMWA Organizers Push Union Drive at Widen Mine
Charleston AP report details two United Mine Workers organizers conducting a peaceful, month long campaign at Eirk River Coal and Lumber Co. in Widen to win roughly 280 workers, with up to 600 previously. The non union operation, acquired by Pittston Co., has resisted past organizing amid local violence. Despite that, UMW estimates about 90 percent signed up and expects broader support as non union coal faces union-linked sales constraints.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charleston
United Mine Workers
Eirk River
Lewis
Widen
Employes League of Widen
UMW
UMWA
Independent League
League
Wyoming Grand Jurors Report For April and May
Wyoming County grand jurors are summoned to report in Pineville on April 20. Fifty petit jurors are to appear May 12. Names include Ora Cline, Wanna Fortner, Clarence Haga, Garth Lester, Evelyn Martin, Walter Day, Epp Hatfield Jr, Robert Morgan, Ernie Polk, and Ernest McKinney among many others from Pineville, Mullens, Oceana, Rockview, Cyclone, Clear Fork, Kopperston, and surrounding communities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pineville
RNS
Wyoming County
Ora Cline
Wanna Fortner
Baileysville
Clarence A. Haga
Bud
Garth Vance Lester
Stephenson
John O'Neal
Alpeca
Evelyn Martin
W. M. Rutherford
Rockview
Walter Day
Marianna
Epp Hatfield Jr
Coal Mountain
Robert Morgan
Hanover
Wannie Walker
Oceana
J. H. Justice
Kopperston
Wint McKinney
Thomas J. Nichols
Mullens
R. Ray Richardson
Wyco
Ernest Polk
Ravencliff
William J. Cook
Ted Belcher
Lynce
Archie Perry
Cyclone
Billie Hatfield
Clearfork
C. L. Chambers
Betsy Morgan
Harvey
Ex Oak Hill Resident Appointed State Education Director
Robert G. Via, formerly of Oak Hill, has been named director of the Division of Veterans Education and Training in the West Virginia Department of Education. The appointment was announced by State School Superintendent R. Virgil Rohrbough. Via, 38, who has lived in Romny for two years as a field man for the division, holds BA and MA degrees from West Virginia University. He will succeed Robert L. Galvin, newly appointed to the State Board of Probation and Parole.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Veterans Education and Training
Department of Education
Robert G. Via
R. Virgil Rohrbough
Via
Romny
West Virginia University
Robert L. Galvin
State Board of Probation and Parole
VFW Auxiliary Plans April 18 Dinner at Oak Hill
The VFW Auxiliary Post 3110 in Oak Hill set final plans for its annual installation dinner on April 18 following a Wednesday meeting. A social gathering is scheduled for April 15 at the post, as members including Mrs. George Harris and several others attended. An Easter basket was delivered to a needy family and rummage sale details remain unsettled.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oak Hill
ANS
George Harris
Elliot Warden
Ben Fredricks
Fred Fredricks
Cecil Maynor
Irene Midkiff
John Chesunas
Mount Zion Baptist Church Hosts Evening Business Meeting
Fayetteville report Mount Zion Baptist Church Garten will host a 7 p.m. business meeting today with all-day services planned for Sunday led by Pastor Rev. W. Wood. The item notes church activities and schedules for the weekend.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fayetteville
Rns
Mount Zion Baptist Church
Garten
W. Wood
Area Students Receive Scholarships and Grants
Morris Harvey College announced 88 students received scholarships and grants-in-aid totaling 20000 for 1959-60, the largest ever. Recipients include 46 continuing students such as Brenda Legg Scott William C Thompson and Carolyn Waggoner, plus fall entrants Gauley Bridge Erma Vaught and Jack Holstein among high school scholars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charleston
Morris Harvey College
Ares
Gauley
Brenda Legg
Scott
William C. Thompson
Any Ball
Pineville
Ray Goode
Carolyn Waggorer
Ansted
John Eades
Fayetteville
Carol Hicks
Oceana
Jean Gunter
Mullens
Edward Miller
Collins
Oak Hill
Clarise DeQuasie
Scarbro 4-H Members Attend Charting Meet
Scarbro Golden Eagle 4-H Club members attended a pre charting course and charting meeting at the Fayce Recreation Center in Oak Hill on Friday. The session covered daily boy and girl relations careers questions and answers recreation and refreshments. John D. Cutlip was introduced as the new club agent. Attendees from Scarbro included Sonia Sizemore Janet Clifton Ann Sizemore Mama Clifton Drema Kidd Johnny Brock Grover Johnson Edwin Kidd.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
OAK Hill
ANS
Scarbro Golden Eagle
Fayce
John D. Cutlip
Scarbro
Sonia Sizemore
Janet Clifton
Ann Sizemore
Mama Clifton
Drema Kidd
Johnny Brock
Grover Johnson
Edwin Kidd
Fayette Council Receives State Garden Club Award
Fayette County Garden Council won a gold medallion for sponsoring the best flower show titled Our Colonial Heritage at the 29th annual state garden clubs convention held during the luncheon at The Greenbrier White Sulphur Springs. Mrs. H. R. Beckelheimer chaired the show.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fayetteville
Greenbrier
White Sulphur Springs
Fayette County
Pax PAX residents host and visit family in several towns
Recent visitors to Mrs. Deila Lively and daughter Hazel came from Lineville Beckley and Edwight including Carl and Herold Lively families, plus Henry Canterbury and Jess Humphrey in Charleston. Mrs. Carl Murdock returned from Detroit after a three week visit during which Donna Marie was born March 21 weighing four pounds twelve ounces. Others include Alice O Neal visiting Gauley Bridge, J E Collins Miami and James Williams Charleston. Judy Canterbury visits Charles town, Frank Stover returns from Beckley Memorial Hospital with Jerry Stover and Debbie, Roy Billups, Beckley heart patient, and Lawrence Pritt under observation in Oak Hill Hospital.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
PAX
Deila Lively
Hazel
Carl Lively
Dille
Lineville
Herold Lively
Clifford
Nancy
Stewart Wayne
Edwight
Orville Lively
Beckley
Henry Canterbury
Jess Humphrey
Charleston
Carl Murdock
Lively
Dillard
Detroit
Mich
Lawrence Tyree
Joe L. Williams
U. S. Navy
Norfolk
James Williams
J.E. Collins
Miami
Fla
Jesse Humphrey
Daphne
Freedom
Judy Canterbury
Frank Stover
Beckley Memorial Hospital
Jerry Stover
Debbie
Gauley Bridge
Margaret Humphrey
Roy Billups
Lawrence Pritt
Long Branch
Oak Hill Hospital
Maude Sheets Rites Set in Edwight Residence
Funeral services for Mrs Maude Mae Sheets will be held at 1 p m Saturday in the Edwight residence of her daughter Mrs Joe Curry with Rev Hubert Cook officiating. Burial will be in Price Cemetery. The 72 year old Mrs Sheets died Wednesday at the Curry home after a long illness. Survivors include daughter Mabel Huntington four sons Barthle Ernest Howard Jr Edwight and Willard Sundial a sister Mrs Nettie Sheets Danville a brother Lee Smith Alliol and 28 grandchildren. The body was taken to the Curry home at 4 p m today from Armstrong Funeral Home Whitesville.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edwight
RNS
Maude Mae Sheets
Joe Curry
Hubert Cook
Price
Alkol
Sheets
Mabel
Huntington
Barthle
Ernest
Howard Jr
Baptist Youth Meet Saturday at Montgomery church
The New River Valley Missionary Baptist Association youth gathering will start at 10 a.m. with devotional leaders Donald Johnson and James R. Matthews. The afternoon panel at 2 p.m. features Alice Toles Claudine Green Brenda Moore and Leah Green in a discussion on "Dare We Live In the Household of God."
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fayetteville
BNS
First Baptist Church
Montgomery
New River Valley Missionary Baptist Association
Donald Johnson
James R. Matthews
Garten
Dixie Chorus
Welcome Baptist Church Gospel Chorus
Cunard
Archie Johnson
Welcome Baptist Church
East Park
God
Alice Toles
Oak Hill
Claudine Green
Brenda Moore
Leah Green
Mount Hope
Dinner Set In Fayette Today
Mount Lookout Grade School hosts a ham and turkey supper from 4 30 to 8 p m with two menus including ramps mash potatoes corn rolls and desserts. Proceeds benefit the school.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fayette
Mount Lookout
RNS
Birthday Party Fetes Miss Carol S Matics
MABEN RNS honored with a party on her 17th birthday. Hosted by her mother Mrs Bernard McGraw with assistance from Mrs Lynn Goodwin. Thirty one guests attended from Mullens Beckley and Maden including Bill Smith Darrell Ashley Darrell Worley Sammy Barton David Lewis Charles Jones and others.
Honored On Birthday Lookout BN L
Mrs. Joe Holliday formerly Miss Annie Haynes was feted at a birthday dinner on Sunday. Guests included family members from Lookout and nearby towns plus friends and neighbors, among them Rev. Hillbert McClung and Sybil, plus several Holliday relatives and other local residents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lookout
BNL
Joe Holliday
Annie Haynes
Pat
Margaret
Karen
Joe
Queenstown
John Holliday
John
Joan
Charley Holliday
Debra
Janice
Pam
Harold
Fayetteville
Hillbert McClung
Sybil
Kathy
Rodney
Wannis Gunnee
Charles Sebert
Sandra
Gary
Shirley Perdue
Paula
Randy
Lynn Zickafoose
Workers Conference Formed At Quinnimont
A Quinnimont Baptist Church workers conference was formed by church members and will meet on the third Monday of each month. The motto The Lord willing I will do was chosen. The program targets Sunday School teachers, the superintendent, pastor and officers, with all members welcome. Officers elected include fellow, Paul Wauhop, chairman of Christian Education Rev Lyon Powers, chairman of intermediates Mrs Don Watkins, chairman of juniors Mrs Jesse Breeden, chairman of primary Edith Morris, chairman of adult work Mrs D J Bonds, and secretary Mrs Charles Jones.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Quinnimont
Quinnimont Baptist Church
Paul Wauhop
Christian Education
Lyon Powers
Don Watkins
Jesse Breeden
Edith Morris
D. J. Bonds
Charles Jones
Big Coal River Assn Meets Tonight At Whitesville
Dr W W Wilkerson president invites 163 civic church union and political leaders to a meeting at Whitesville Junior High School. Rev Jack Weller steering committee chair outlines plans and road and newspaper projects will be discussed. The group seeks broader union civic representation across the Big Coal River area.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Whitesville
RNS
W. W. Wilkerson
Big Coal River Improvement Association
Big Coal River
Whitesville Junior High School
Jack Weller
L. E. Salamy
Wilkerson
Big Coal River Ane
D Zable Named Student Rotarian of the Month
Montgomery WV Tech senior David Zable of New York City has been chosen as Student Rotarian of the Month by the Montgomery Rotary Club. A printing management major, he is active with Beta Kappa Chi WVIT annual staff local radio WVIT and The Collegian. He plans to graduate in May and assists Boy Scout work in Montgomery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Montgomery
West Virginia Institute of Technology
David Zable
New York City
Montgomery Rotary Club
Zable
Tech
Beta Kappa Chi
WVIT
the Collegian
New York School of Printing
Abraham Zable
Weeks Avenue
Bronx
Coal River Social Notes Highlight Colcord Ameagle Visits
Coal River across Colcord and Ameagle report Freddie Layman fresh from Navy discharge plans to seek work in Albuquerque after a month with family. School in Colcord sees flu related absences while Ameagle residents, including Osborne family and TSgt Ray Powers, move and host relatives from Ohio and Tokyo during Easter.
Frye Services Set Saturday in Wayne Church
Funeral services for Berry Frye, 38, of Matheny will be held Saturday at 1 p.m. in Wayne Methodist Church with burial in Asbury Cemetery. Frye died at Huntington hospital after a two week illness from a heart condition. He was born January 28, 1921 in Wayne and is survived by his wife Bernice, four sons at home, a brother in Huntington, and two sisters. The body rests at Morris Booten Funeral Home in Wayne.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oceana
RNS
Berry Frye
Wayne Methodist Church
Asbury Cemetery
Wayne
Frye
Matheny
Huntington Hospital
Isaac
Debra Belcher Frye
Orville Estepp
Bernice Stewart Frye
Clyde Ray
Tommy Lee
Larry Edward
Hubert Woodrow
Thomas Frye
Huntington
Elouise Asbury
Freda Spence
Asbury
Morris Booten
Men Receive Draft Notices in Fayetteville Area
Called for induction into the Armed Forces April 22 are Gerald Daniel Hanshew of Danese Thomas Jerry Stewart of Fayetteville Clarence Eugene Johnson of Ansted Charles Edward Legg of Daneston Nyle Preston Bennett of Glen Ferris James Earl Bogguss of Robson and James Frederick Cosby of Scarbro.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fayetteville
RNS
Gerald Daniel Hanshew
Danese
Thomas Jerry Stewart
Clarence Eugene Johnson
Ansted
Charles Edward Legg
Daneston
Nyle Preston Bennett
Glen Ferris
James Earl Bogguss
Robson
Jame Frederick Cosby
Scarbro
Moran Rises Saturday Funeral for James M Moran
Fayetteville tribute with 10 a.m. Saturday services at Dodd Payne Chapel for James M Moran 79 a Montgomery hospital death. A retired miner and Spanish American War veteran, he was a Harper Baptist Church member. Survived by two sons Thomas Newark NJ and Pat Moran Philadelphia PA, two daughters Irene Guido Waterford NJ and Dorothy Bernard Brooklyn NY, and two grandchildren.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fayetteville
RNS
James M. Moran
Dodd-Payne Funeral Home
Joseph Crosier
Huse Memorial Park
Moran
Montgomery
Harper Baptist Church
Thomas
Newark
N. J
Pat Moran
Philadelphia
Irene Guido
Waterford
Dorothy Bernard
Brooklyn
N. Y
Mexico Uncovers Communist Plot In Rail Strike Fallout
AP dispatch from Mexico City reports that investigation into the Easter rail strike exposed a Communist plot to destabilize social order through industry-wide strikes. Government expelled two Soviet Embassy officers amid ties to agitators who reportedly received 1 million pesos. Train service slowly returns to normal as authorities release and round up rail leaders and workers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mexico City
Mexico
Jalapa
Demetrio Vallejo
Railway Workers
Vallejo
Americans Set Record As Cigarette Smokers
Washington AP reports Americans aged 15 and older smoked at a new peak of 185 packs per person last year. The Agriculture Department notes output rose to 470 billion cigarettes, up six percent from 1957, with total smoker expenditure of $5.7 billion and taxes totaling $2.44 billion.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Agriculture Department
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Americas
Fenith
Salem
LG Attird
Zenith
Power Cinelens
John W. Eye Sales & Service
W. Neville St
Dial
W. Va
Oceana Personals
Fund Drive
Briggs & Stratton
ACE Auto
3Rd Ave
WMWA
J. G. Bradley
Igen
Bradley
Clay County
Pittston
Big Clinchfield Coal Co
Chesapeake and Ohio Railway
Pittson
Wyoming
Mullenas
Carl Webb
Randal Toler
Charles H. Shaffer
Tralee
Robert
Bob) Cook
Ernest Lane
Robert E. Fox
James McCloud
Maben
B. S. Elliott
Lee Kennedy
R. W. Looney
Charles McKinney
Virgil Lusk
James
Division of
VFW Auxiliary States Dinner
Scarbro 4-H
Fayette Council
Pax Personals
Mrs. M. Sheets
Baptist Youth Meet
Carol S. Matics
Big Coal River Assn
D. Zable
Coal River Personals
Colcord
Freddie Layman
Enola Layman
Dora Thompson
Albuquerque
N. M
Clifford Graves
Zackie
Christina Karantonis
Tom Karantonis
B. C. Fraley Jr
Harold Kirk
Ameagle
Ralph Scherers
Johnnie Osborne
Linda
Brenda
Toledo
Burns Osborne
Ray Powers
Tokyo
Japan
Osborne
Tsgt
Grand Fork
N. C
William Means
Ashland
Means
Coal River
Abe Harris
Ronnie Cooper
Carl Harris
John Harris
George Southard
Edward Jarrell
Bob Hodge
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