Edythe Pierson Weds Virgil Capps in Gatewood Baptist
Fayetteville announces the marriage of Miss Edythe Pierson to Virgil Capps son of Mrs Emma Capps Gatewood. Ceremony held at Gatewood Baptist Church with Rev B L Jones officiating. Bride wore light blue with red rose corsage. attendants Miss Josephine Feazell and Grady Burns. Reception at the Pierson home follows. Groom recently returned from three years of overseas service.
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Fayetteville
Edythe Pierson
Virgil Capps
Emma Capps
Gatewood
H. J. Pierson
Gatewood Baptist Church
B. L. Jones
Beckley
Josephine Feazell
Grady Burns
Fulks Resigns to Lead Weston Business in May
Oak Hill Chamber of Commerce plans a secretary search after long time booster and former Oak Hill Red Devils coach Paul Fulks resigned effective May 1 to return to Weston. A committee of H. D. Morton Berry and Jack Johnson will study replacement needs and present applicants at the next meeting. Fulks led local athletic teams since 1945 and coached the South grid team to a North South victory last fall.
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Register
Wester Oak Hill
Oak Hill
Red Devil
Weston
H. D. Morton
Hla. Berry
Jack Johnson
Fulks
Reds
Devils
Chamber of Commerce
Mt Hope Lions Final Plans For Regional Meeting
Mt Hope Lions Club house committee prepares for the regional gathering on Tuesday April 9 at 7 p m in the new club house. Deputy district governor Ralph Bailey toasts the hosts with Ell is Lovelace of Norfolk as principal speaker and the Coquettes from Charleston to entertain.
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Lion Ralph Bailey
Bailey
Mt.Hope Club
America
iLien Rowland Aspinall
Beckley Lions
John Herndon
Huntington
Sby
H. E. Bransford
C. W. Browhard
Don Taylor
Bluefield
C. D. Hampton
Hunt Jington
Ellis Lovelace
Norfolk
Virginia
Charlestar Nwiil
Roundtable Meet Hears Anderson Address
The Flat Top Roundtable in Montgomery heard Charles Anderson, former National Bar Association president and Kentucky legislature member, deliver an address. The group, with members from Fayette Raleigh and Wyoming Counties, held its first meeting since 1943.
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Associated Press
Montgomery
Roundtable
Charles Anderson
National Bar Association
Kentucky
Fayette
Raleigh
Wyoming
Fayetteville Licenses To Wed Issued To Six Couples
Fayett e County clerk reports six marriage licenses issued. Couples include Percy Lawrence Benger and Mildred Louise Dempsey. Samuel Gilkerson and Rokey Terry. David Rinehard and Magdalene Blankenship. James Timbers and Alma Steward. Albert Welch and Bertha Belt. Wallie Wells and Sadie Hodge.
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Fayetteville
Fayetta County
Minden
Albert Welch
Edwight
Bertha Belt
Beards Fork
Wallie Wells
Sdldie Hodge
Deepwater
104 Cases Dismissed In Fayette Court By Thrift
Fayetteville Dismissals clear 104 cases from the Fayette County Circuit docket by order of Judge R. J. Thrift Jr. Pleas set include guilty pleas for resisting arrest with fines and costs, and several cases continued to a later term. Trial actions and dismissals populate the day, with defendants facing pending readiness for trial and probation decisions where applicable. Continuous docket entries list numerous civil cases awaiting trial and associated parties across Fayette County.
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Fayette Court
Thrift
2S Register
Fayettevile
Fayette County
R. J. Thrift, Jr
Edward Beverly
Ruby McGhee
Emogene Price
Daniel Jones
Russell Walker
Clarence Winston
Harry Woods
Kingston
Arthur Dillon
C. B. Vickers
Eugene Jackson
Evelyn Bowyer
Josie Blanks
Sam Blanks
Bertha Lee Burgess
Vernon Sidney Burgess
Bertha Burgess
Silas Burgess
Nancy Bond
Lawrence W. Bond
Blain Booker
Ardella P. Booker
Charles Roy Cooper
May Cooper
Charlotte Juanita Cordle
Williard
Richie Cordle
William Cartington
Mac Cartington
Anna Caldwell
Everett Caldwell
Fannie Lee Costello
Frank Costello
Maggie M. Coleman
Cornelious Coleman
Costella Casto
B. A. Casto
James Celicino
J. 5. Williams
Ronda Coleman
Myrtle Pearl Coleman
Mary M. Carte
Gus H. Carte
Bernard Coleman
Alberta Coleman
Virginia Greys Duncan
Justice J. Duncan
Maxine Donley
Carl Donley
Six Suits Filed in Fayet County Circuit Court
Six new suits filed in Fayet County Circuit Court include Pugh Coal Co versus C L Lilly for unlawful detainer with Mahan and White lawyers. divorces for Virgie Ethel Kelfer Luther Kenneth Kelfer Rose Scalise Booher George Edward Brooks Gladys Blankenship. James Blankenship. and Freel V Roupe seeks $50 000 damages from Virginian Railway Co Charles Sessler and E D Tennant with Mahan and White representing Roupe.
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Register
Fayetteville
Fay- Cite
Pugh Coal Company
C. L. Lilly
Mahan & White
Virgie Ethel Kelfer
Luther Kenneth Kelfer
Willian G. Thompson
Rose Scalise Booher
Jacob Blaine Booher
William G. Thompson
Laur Mae Brooks
George Edward Brooks
C. ‘I. Dyer
James Blankenship
Gladys Blankenship
J. K. Edmundson
Freel V. Roupe
Virginian Railway Company
Charles Sessler
E. D. Tennant
Roupe
Temperature Readings From Oak Hill Show Mild Swing
A high of 70 degrees and a low of 33 degrees were recorded in Oak Hill yesterday and last night respectively, reflecting a mild daily temperature fluctuation for the area.
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Register
Oak Hill
Oak Hill Considers Expanded Garbage and Mail Service
Oak Hill council discusses a petition asking for garbage collection four days a week at homes and daily at businesses. The chamber reports mail service changes with Postmaster Mahan noting house-to-house delivery would preclude box service simultaneously.
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Oak Hill Council
Oak Hill
Chamber
Howard Mahan
Lions Plan Style Show Rehearsal at Oak Hill High
Oak Hill Lions Club outlined details for a style show to be staged Wednesday in the Oak Hill High School auditorium. A dress rehearsal is set for Tuesday evening and the regional Lions meeting is slated for Mount Hope on April 9.
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Register
Oak Hili
Jennings Randolph
Elkins
Oak Hill High School
Oak Hill
Lions Club
Oak Hill Lions Club
Hotel Hill
Steve Morton
Mount Hope
Guendeg
S. W. Price, Jr
Baird Martin
Bill Francow
Radio Guided Bomb Led by Azon and Razon Developments
Gulf Oil Research and Development unit reports a new radio guided bombing system. The Azon 1000-pound bomb uses azimuth guidance with a 1,000,000 candle power flare for visual tracking. Bombardiers can correct course up to 15,000 feet, aiming for pinpoint hits with visual control. Further development yields the Raz on missile.
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Associated Press
Pittsburgh
Gulf Oil Corporation
Interfamily and Other Civil Suits Listed in Case Drawer
A compilation of civil actions includes Clarence M. Rakes against Versie Mae Rakes and others, Mary Duncan Rogers against John Byron Rogers, Beulah Rhodes against Phillip Rhodes, Dorothy Scott against Earl Scott, and multiple additional disputes such as Susie Smith versus Ed Smith and Irene Maroney Wilhelm versus Lacy Wilhelm. Numerous other pairs name individuals and spouses with cross claims including Frank Lois Weekly versus Bland Weekly and Wickline versus Garfield Adkins, alongside Drasine Williams versus Ralph Williams and George Worthington versus Harry Carson, among others.
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Clarence M. Rakes
Versie Mae Rakes
R. F E. Roop
Vel Salle Brothers Company
Mary Duncan Rogers
John Byron Rogers
Beulah M. Rhodes
Phillip Rhodes
Dorothy Scott
Earl Scott
Roy W. Snell
Levy F. Snell
Susie Smith
Ed. Smith
Luther Thompson
Rechel C. Thompson
Laura Thomas
Wiliam A. Thomas
Frank
Lois Weekly
Bland
Venskunas
Frances Venskunas
Wickline
Garfield Adkins
Irene Maroney Wilhelm
Lacy R. Wilhelm
Faye Wills
O. Byron Wills
Drasine
Williams
Ralph Williams
George Worthington
Harry C. Carson
Mullens Dime Store Robbery Under Investigation
No arrests yet in the G C Murphy dime store robbery in Mullens where cash and checks totaling about 920 were stolen last Monday. Entry came through a rear window via a ladder and a scaffold as Gordon Skidmore and W A Smith worked on wiring on the second floor. About 300 remained in small change bags. the rest emptied into a large bag. Police say the office with the money was on the street level and the building was dark during the robbery.
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Register
Mullens
G. C. Murphy Company
Fde
Gordon Skidmore
W. A. Smith
Company Electrician
Skidmore
R. D. Platt
Stevenson and Sneed Resign From Local United States USES Posts
Stevenson manager of the local USES resigns to join Veterans Administration Regional office in Huntington as training officer. James Sneed senior interviewer also resigns to become chief of recruitment and placement at Huntington VA. Successors to be named by Charleston office soon.
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Charles S. Stevenson
United States Employment Office
Veterans Administration
Huntington
U. S. EL 8
James Sneed
USES
Veterans Administration Huntington
Charleston
The
Stevenson
Register
Ann Taylor
Beckley
Storr
Thornton Lawson Granted Permit for 12 Room Apartment House
Thornton Lawson receives city approval to build a 12 room apartment house on Lawson street at an estimated cost of 5000 dollars using old lumber. C O Davis also gets a permit to erect a four room house on Sixth Avenue costing about 1000 dollars.
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Thornton Lawson
Lawson Street
Lawson
C. O. Davis
Sixth Avenue
Lifetime Lease Made On Two Mullens Lots
Two Howard Avenue fronting plots adjacent to the Ball and Shannon building on Second Street in Mullens were leased for 90 years to local merchants Dr. Frank Penn and M. Thomas at a yearly $1000, totaling $99,000. The property, owned by John Ball, will host a building to suit demand.
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Register
Mullens
Howard Avenue
Ball and Shannon
Second Street
Frank Penn
M.thomas
John Ball
Aged Man Dies in Flaming East Beckley Home
Sam Estridge, 90, died in a one room East Beckley house on G Street when flames driven by high winds swept through it. Firemen found him under a bed and could not reach the body before the building burned. The blaze, caused possibly by an overturned oil lamp, occurred at 7 50 p m. The home belonged to Sidney Thompson.
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Sam Estridge
G Street
East Beckley
Wright Funeral Home
Estridge
Sidney Thompson
Bernard Martin
Martin
Tom Hoot
Tax Refunds Hit One Billion Dollars in Fiscal Year
The Internal Revenue Bureau said refunds credits and interest totaled 1 024 475 009 for the year ended June 30 up from 171 264 083 the prior year. Refunds to individuals with excess withholding drove the rise while lax Tes lurns probes yielded 553 135 058.
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Associated Press
Washington
Internal Revenue Bureau
Bureau
Treasury
Blankenship Rites Set for Saturday in Basin
Funeral services for Mrs. Sarah A. Blankenship 79 will be held at 11 am Saturday at the family home near Basin with Rev. Phillip Graham officiating. Burial follows in Lewis Graham Cemetery. Survivors include three sisters Z Birchfield L Cook N Garrison. six daughters John Meadows Arthur Okes Della Meadows Chess Shrewsbury Oscar Shrewsbury John Lester. four sons Lacy Luther Nelson Lonnie.
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Register
Mullens
Sarah A. Blankenship
Basin
Phillip Graham
Lewis Graham
Z. Birchfield
Hotchkiss
Herndon
John Meadows
Otsego
Arthur Okes
Blue Jay
Della Meadows
Cleveland
Chess Shrewsbury
Corinne
Oscar Shrewsbury
Flat Top
John Lester
Stephenson
Lacy Blankenship
Luther Blankenship
Nelson Blankenship
Lonnie Blankenship
Mullens Seeks Garbage Trucks From Norfolk Depots
Trevor F. Brammer, Mullens businessman, travels to Norfolk Virginia to scout government surplus war road depots for garbage trucks for Mullens disposal system. He plans a few days vacation during the trip.
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Mullens
Register
Trevor F. Brammer
Norfolk
Virginia
Brammer
Six Couples Seek Marriage Licenses in County Clerk Office
Six licenses issued include Byrd Pettry and Maudie Peters both of Pineknob. Howard Miller and Ollie Pettry of Pineknob. Harry Pierce of Sullivan and Gloria Mae Niday of Stolesbury. Charles Arthur Collins and Nona Maynor of Montreal. Ronald Navis Sanders of Akron and Edith Ruth Faulkner of Crab Orchard. Logan Satterfield and Bessie McCombs of Winding Gulf. Also note measles quarantine for Sharon Harvey in Oceana.
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Byrd Pettry
Maudie ‘Peters
Pineknob
Howard Miller
Ollie Pettry
Harry Pierce
Sullivan
Gloria Mae
Niday
Stolesbury
Charles Arthur Collins
Keith
Nona Maynor
Montreal
Ronald Na Vis Sanders
Akron
Ohio
Edith Ruth Faulkner
Crab Orchard
Logan Satterfield
Bessie McCombs
Winding Gulf
Negro
Six World War I Veterans File Discharge Papers
Six veterans of World War I filed discharge papers with the Wyoming county selective service board this week. Named filers include Hugh F. Leslie Kopperston Howard McCloud Stephenson Cleaver Shrewsbury Basin Ben Cozort Sabine Harold C. Cline Hanover and Edward L. Smith Itmann. Floyd Houck of Pierpoint was admitted to Wylie hospital for treatment.
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Regster
Mullens
Wyoming County ‘Selective Service Board
Hugh F. Leslie
Kopperston
Howard McCloud
Stephenson
Cleaver
Shrewsbury
Basin
Ben Cozort
Sabine
Harold C. Cline
Hanover
Edward L. Smith
Itmann
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Randolph
Oak Hill Grads
Atlas
Ford
Chevrolet
Pry
Firestone
Pryor’s
Home & Auto
Union Bower Bldg
Mullen
W. Va
Oak Hill Chamber
Paul Fulks
Mt. Hope
Mt. Hope Lions Club
Tom Weilchel
Walter Summers
Bernard Rocke
Russell Patteson
Fred Frisk
W. C. Carter
Lion E. M. DesRochers
Dr. Pepper Bottling Co
Mabscott, W. VA
Neville
du Pont
Anderson
Nona S. Francesa
John M. Francesa
Lillian Elizabeth Fagani
Frank Morris Fagan
G. W. Fox
W. C. Price
Admi
Emily Ferrence
Charles Ferrence
Wanda Ferri
John Ferri
Manuel Ray Ferrell
Mary Henrietta Ferrell
Anna Gray
William Gray
Della Maggie Garcia
Jessie Garcia
E. V. Glenda
Harry H. Allen
B. F. Goodrich
W. L. Hanger
Mary Nichols Gwinn
EB. E
Gwinn
Nilvina Hubbard
Charrles Hubbard
Jennings Hart
Olive Ward Hart
W. W. Hern
Lizzie Williams
R. T. Hubard
A. H. Legg
J. W. HarVey
Ethel Harvey
Lorraine Johnson
Harry K. Johnson
Shelton Joyner
Mageleen Joyner
Elizabeth A. Janney
Fran i R. Janney
Lee Jones
Ruth ‘ ‘J Jones
James B. Kincaid
Eula Kinaaia
Eastern Star
Auguster
Order of Eastern Star
Ascaw
WHIL
Kanawha Valley Bank
T. D
Chidress
Lotlie M. King
iLaFayette Masonic Temple
Paul A. King
Clifton P. King
Beckley Photoprint
Raleigh CO
Dia
Lions Plan
Jimmy Wakely
Montana
Virginian
Reamster
Elmore
Tain
Sneed
Clues Rae Ceasers
Joel McCrea
Brian Donlevy
Sonny Tufts
Barbara Britton Boe SE
Alan Ladd
Oceana
Sharon Harvey
W. C. Harvey
Sharon
Stus
Houck
Floyd Houck
Pierpoint
Wylie Hospital
Fred Astaire
Auctile
Bate
Aucille Mems
Faint Bride
Judy Garlang
Kathryn Grayson
Sena Horne
Gent Key
James Melton
Victor Moore
Kld Skelton
Esther Williams
William Powell
Soward
Arnold Marion Bell
RUNIN
Cyd Charisse Hume
Cronin
Wham
Frawley
Porrt
Virginia O'Brien
Keenan Wyrm
Vicente Hinney O
Arthur Prerr
Sfarts
Raa
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