Oak Hill approves ice box ban amid safety push
Oak Hill City Council approved an ordinance banning unused old ice boxes as a safety measure after nationwide tragedies. The move mirrors Beckley rules and follows council actions including a patrolman resignation and police staffing changes. Fire calls totalled four in March with losses at $2,350, while the city reports $48,866.38 collected of the $60,479 revenue estimate and $46,393.43 expended. Building permits in March total $56,500.
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Oak Hill
ANS
Beckley
W. R. Bennett
Bennett
Woman's Club Elects Officers In Fayetteville
Mrs. Loren Wiseman was elected president of the Fayetteville Woman's Club at a Monday meeting in the Memorial Building library. Elected were L. W. Tudor first vice president, E. E. Houchins second vice president, W. H. Haynes recording secretary, Kathleen Crawford treasurer, and Harry Allen corresponding secretary. Installation will be at a May dinner. Junior Club guests attended along with several Fayetteville residents and numerous hostesses assisted.
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Fayetteville
RNS
Loren Wiseman
George Hatfield
Chester Hager
Ethel Crandall
Germany
Switzerland
Holland
Begium
W. O. Crandall
Gauley Bridge
Robert Hatcher
C. A. Goddard
Sharon Tudor
W. H. Haynes
Harry Allen
E. B. Eskew
Stanley Eskew
Harold Jones
E. R. Crouse
E. O Wiseman
Porter Waugh
Fletcher Arritt
J. W. Ayres
Cecil Bright
Oceana Personal Notices Highlight Local Service Families
Oceana society notes list guests and travelers including Mr. and Mrs. Victor Adams hosting relatives over the weekend. U S Navy and Air Force members Jimmy Adams and Harold Cook are visiting family in Huntington and Norfolk on leave. Other visits include Mr. and Mrs. C. R. Lester, Wallace Lester, and Harold Cook, plus relatives in Mullens, Pineville, Beuna Vista and Fincastle Virginia and West Virginia towns.
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Jess Cook
Huntington
Harold Cook
Harold
U. S. Air Force
H. K. Meredith
Brenda and
Junior
Beuna Vista
Fincastle
Burdette Family Homecoming Near Charmeo Mountain
A Burdette family reunion was held Sunday at the home of Mr. and Mrs. C V Burdette on Bur dette Mountain near Charmeo. Don L Burdette of Alexandria Virginia, a 30 year US Navy veteran, attended along with numerous Burdette relatives from Fayetteville Covington Leivasy and Arlington. Dinner was served and plans for another gathering are planned soon.
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Fayetteville
RNS
Don L. Burdette
Alexandria
U. S. Navy
Sam A. Burdette
Dave
Bellwood
W. H. Haynes
Louise Taylor
Larry
Ronny
Randolph
Linda
Covington
Martha Smith
Muriel
Bobby
Tootsie and
Terry
Covington, Va
James Hayes
Leivasy
Emogene Hardwick
Goldie Hays
Bruce
Dorcas Hayes
Charm
Spring Concert Planned by Morris Harvey Choir at Oak Hill
The Morris Harvey Philharmonic Choir of 36 voices will perform a spring concert at 7 30 p m Friday at Oak Hill Methodist Church. Harold Ewing directs the choir as head of the Morris Harvey Department of Music.
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Oak Hill
RNS
Morris Harvey Philharmonic Choir
Oak Hill Methodist Church
Harold Ewing
Morris Harvey Department of Music
Four teen Scouts pass swimming tests for advancement
In Charleston at the YMCA pool, four teen Scouts completed swimming tests toward advancement in their work to ward first class rank. Thirty-two Scouts from Boy Scout Troop 179, sponsored by the American Legion, attended the session in Fayetteville.
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Fayetteville
Rns
Young Men's Christian Association
Charleston
Boy Scout Troop 179
The
American Legion
Camp Washington Carver Schedules 54 Activities
The Washington-Carver 4-H Camp at Clifftop opens June 1 with a full 1954 schedule. Dates cover one day outings and a busy calendar of 4-H encampments for counties such as Boone Kanawha Mer cer McDowell Mercer and many others.
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Camp Washington-Carver
Washington-Carver
Clifftop
C. T. Hairston
Hairston
West Virginia
West, Virginia
Boone
Kanawha
McDowell
Mercer
Wyoming
Miners
Greenbrier
Monroe
Pocahontas
Raleigh
Summers
Barbour
Harrison Lewis
Marion
Monongalia
Preston
Taylor
Upshur
Fayette
Logan
Mingo
Girl Scouts
Eastern Gas and Fuel Associates
Homemakers Council
D & B School of Institute
Church Addition To be Started in Fayette May 1
Fayetteville church officials announced plans to start construction of an addition to the First Methodist Church on May 1, pending financing. Half the total cost must be available at start. The Sunday School committees met at 7 p.m. followed by an official board meeting at 8 p.m. Rev. C. R. Bright presided. chairman Claude Bess was absent. Dan H. Perdue chaired the meeting.
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Fayetteville
RNS
First Methodist
C. R. Bright
Claude Bess
Dan. H. Perdue
Scout Troop Transported to Charleston in Mission Drive
Glenn Haynes and four companions assisted scouting leaders with transporting the troop to Charleston for the mission drive. The group included assistant scout master Glenn Haynes and members John Zorio Haven Shuck E. E. Houchins and Mrs. Alex M. Gray.
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Charleston
Glenn Haynes
John Zorio
Haven Shuck
E. E. Houchins
Alex M. Gray
Church addition bids capped at forty thousand dollars
The building committee reported no bids over 40 000 will be accepted for the church addition. Bids open at 2 p.m. on April 23. Stanley Es kew’s resignation from official duties was accepted and J H Allen was elected by acclamation to fill the vacancy. E R Burgess reported on shrubbery purchases for the parsonage grounds.
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Stanley Eskew
J. H. Allen
E. R. Burgess
Shelly Carr Faces Norfolk Society Pressure in Dinner Talk
Shelly Arnold Carr endures a tense evening with May Anna Carr and Dorace Evans as allegations swirl about her relationship with Dr Talboy while Stephen Carr is away. May Anna lectures on propriety in Norfolk and Shelly resists conforming to a local code, amid looming social scrutiny and marital strain.
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Stephen
Dorace Evans
Shelly
Dr. Talboy
Bob
Talboy
Dorace
Carr
Carrs
May Anna
Eleanor
Craig
St. Louis
Norfolk
Lydia Pinkham's Compound of Tablets Relief Claim
Advertisement relief claim for women experiencing the change of life or menstrual pains. Promotes Lydia Pinkham's Compound of Tablets with added iron. States doctors' tests show relief in 63 80 percent of cases and urges readers to get a bottle today.
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Dean
Doan
Lydia Pinkham
Price Hill Driver To Serve 60 Days In Fayette Jail
Shelton Brown a 20 year old from Price Hill was sentenced to 60 days in Fayette jail with a 50 dollar fine and 60 day license revocation after pleading guilty to driving while intoxicated. Police say he was arrested after a dramatic pursuit in Mount Hope involving constables Roger Howell Sid Allen and multiple traffic offenses during which Brown allegedly endangered bystanders and attempted to flee by car with a five year old nephew aboard. Howell sustained a bruised leg and nerves but continued the pursuit and helped stop the vehicle near an elementary and high school.
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Fayetteville
RNS
Shelton Brown
Price Hill
Virgil Lyons
Brown
Mount Hope
Roger Howell
Sid Allen
McDonald
New River Co
Howell
Jesse Rhodes
Mt. Hope
James Stuch
Wikel Rites Set For Thursday
Funeral services for James Lewis Wikel 72 former Summers County resident will be at 2 p.m. Thursday at Forest Hill Baptist Church Beckley with Rev H P Hackney and Rev B L Jones officiating Burial will follow in the church cemetery The body will stay at E M Meadows Funeral Home until services Wikel a deacon and trustee of Roles Chapel Missionary Baptist Church had been ill for 14 years born in Forest Hill son of the late Penn and Carolyn Smith Wikes he lived in the county most of his life except the last two years He formerly lived at Indian Mills and Marie He is survived by his wife a daughter Mrs Butler of Beckley and two brothers Cam Wikel Judson and Russell Wikel Jumping Branch
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Wikel
Roles Chapel Missionary Baptist Church
Forest Hill
Penn
Carolyn Smith Wikes
Indian Mills and
Marie
Mrs. Butler
Beckley
Cam Wikel
Judson
Russell Wikel
Jumping Branch
Matheny Personalities and Revival Singers Visit Matheny
Miss Lillian Rose Stewart is confined to her grandparents home by illness. The Humble Hearts Quartet Mullens will sing at Matheny Methodist Chapel revival services tonight. On Friday evening the Oceana quartet will sing. Miss Sharon Browning, daughter of Mr and Mrs Clair Browning, returned to Stevens Clinic in Welch for major surgery two weeks ago and is much improved, resuming studies at Matheny Elementary School.
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Matheny
Lillian Rose Stewart
O. H. Stewart
Humble Hearts
Mullens
Matheny Methodist Chapel
Oceana Quartet
Sharon Browning
Clair Browning
Stevens Clinic
Welch
Stevens
Matheny Elementary School
Fireman’s Day Includes Parakeet Rescue and Repairs
In Harrison Arkansas a fireman handles a trio of odd tasks. A parakeet is rescued from a tree. He then explains how to install a thermostat in a car. He also fixes a zipper on a young boy’s pants.
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Harrison
Ark
Raleigh Youth Admits Wyoming Wire Theft
A 17 year old Raleigh County youth admitted taking part in a copper wire theft at the Lamar Colliery Coal Co mine in Herndon. He named Harley Wood of Odd as an accomplice who remains at large in a maroon 1954 sedan. The wire, valued at 15000 dollars, was not recovered. The youth is jailed in Pineville pending juvenile actions.
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Pineville
RNS
Paul Goode
Lamar Colliery Coal Co
Herndon
Raleigh County
Wyoming
Odd
Harley Wood
Wood
Goode
Cpl
R. L. Tabscott
Garland Ellison
Wyoming County
Mason Farley
Barbara Bailey and J Dempsey Wed In Church Rites
Barbara Ellen Bailey and Jack Burnell Dempsey wed at Kopperston Community Church at 7 30 p m Saturday. The bride daughter of T H Bailey of Kopperston and the groom son of Steve Brindel of Elkins Park Pa. The Rev B Gale Titchenell officiated. The couple plan a post ceremony week in Jackson Michigan then she returns to teach at the local elementary school. The bride a Oceana High School and Marshall College graduate. The groom a Navy veteran and Goodyear employee in Jackson Michigan. Out of town guests included Steve Briendel and others from Elkins Park Pa and Logan County.
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Kopperston
RNS
Barbara Ellen Bailey
Jack Burnell Dempsey
Kopperston Community
T. H. Bailey
Steve Brindel
Elkins Park, A
Jackson, Mich
Dempsey
Oceana High School
Marshall College
Navy
Goodyear Tire and Rubber Co
Steve Briendel
Elkins Park
Ross*Toler
Lorado
Isabel Bailey
Logan
Walter Toler
Van
A. A. Cobb
Barrett
Dick Roberts
Wharton
Beulah Snider
Princeton
Wesley Brown
Kimball
Thursday Funeral Set for Mrs Elam
Oak Hill RNS funeral notices state Mrs A B Elam 72 died in a Beckley hospital after six weeks illness. Services 2 p.m. Thursday at Thomas Funeral Home Chapel with Rev Ernest Barley of Bradley officiating. Burial at High Lawn Memorial Park. Body to remain at the funeral home until the service. Born in Dickerson Virginia November 10 1882. She was a Freewill Baptist. Survived by four brothers D C Phillips of Dante Alfred and William Phillips of Trammel and James Phillips of Gilbert and five children J W Elam of Coal City Earl Bert M Mrs W O Underwood and Mrs Enoch Adkins of Oak Hill.
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Oak Hill
RNS
A. B. Elma
Beckley Hospital
Thomas Funeral Home
Ernest Barley
Bradley
High Lawn Memorial Park
Mrs. Elam
Dickerson, Va
Freewill Baptist Church
D. C. Phillips
Dante, Va
Alfred
William Phillips
Trammel
James Phillips
Gilbert
J. W. Elam
Coal City
Earl
Logan
Delbert M
W. O. Underwood
Enoch Adkins
Birthday Party Honors Jesse Lester in Baillysville
Jesse Lee Lester, son of Mr and Mrs Joe Lester, celebrated his 14th birthday Saturday evening with a party at the basement of the First Baptist Church. Fellowship and refreshments followed for guests including Dean Christopher Sue Trent Charles Venters Anna Mae Christopher Jim Cook Benny Francum Ezra Hamm Etta Jean Lester Dorothy Ferguson Michael Shannon Steve Bailey Frei Lester Elizabeth Trent Henrietta Lester and Mr and Mrs Otha Christopher.
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Baillysville
BNS
Jesse Lee Lester
Joe Lester
First Baptist Church
Dean Christopher
Sue Trent
Charles Venters
Anna Mae Christopher
Jim Cook
Benny Francum
Ezra Hamm
Etta Jean Lester
Dorothy Ferguson
Michael Shannon
Steve Bailey
Frei Lester
Elizabeth Trent
Kentucky Murder Victim Was Not Itmann Resident
A headless mutilated body found near Pikeville Ky is not A L Anderson former Itmann miners recording secretary and discharged last summer in a labor dispute. Sheriff Alex Blackburn said the laundry mark 4 7 8251 on the trousers pocket helped identify the victim as not Anderson.
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Mullens
RNS
Pikeville
Itmann
Pike County
Goodlow Francis
A. L. Anderson
Francis
Anderson
Alex Blackburn
Warren Lewis
Lewis
Blackburn
Delbarton
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