Rites Incomplete For John Brunk Pax Native 68
John Guy Brunk 68 of Pax died about 1 p.m. Monday at Beckley Hospital from injuries from a 60 foot fall along the West Virginia Turnpike. A State Police trooper said Brunk, a retired miner and UMWA member born Aug 15 1895 in Fayette County, fell over a cliff near Milepost 54 and lay in a ditch until daylight. He was found by a passing motorist and transported by Melton Mortuary ambulance to Beckley hospital, where funeral arrangements are pending at Tyree Funeral Home in Mount Hope. Survivors include two brothers and six sisters, all listed in Pax, Beckley, Scarbro, Jacksonville, and Grants Pass.
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Pax
Riis
John Guy Brunk
Brunk
Beckley Hospital
West Virginia Turnpike
Turnpike Division
Beckley
Melton Mortuary
United Mine Workers of America
Fayette County
John
Margaret Brunk
Tom
Scarbro
Roy
Jacksonville
Fla
Maggie Shepherd
Clara Blake
Hattie Tyree
Lillie Cole
Fannie Dunkley
Flossie Morgan
Grants Pass
Ore
Tyree
Mount Hope
Two Men Fined For Expired Inspection Stickers
Two motorists Bernard Cook of Pineville and Chris Hall of Garwood were fined $10 and costs after being charged with operating motor vehicles with expired inspection stickers. The fines were issued by Magistrate Terry Lester following arrests by State Trooper Stanley Epling.
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BUD
RNS
Stanley Epling
Bernard Cook
Pineville
Chris Hall
Garwood
Terry Lester
VFW Meet Ser Madison Special Election Meeting
Daniel Boone Post 5578 Veterans of Foreign Wars will hold a special election meeting at 7:30 p.m. today in the Boone County Memorial Building. The post has 236 members with at least two candidates nominated for each post. All members are urged to attend.
James H. Bittner rites set in Mountain Baptist Church
Funeral services for James H. Bittner will be held at 2 p.m. Thursday in Mountain Baptist Church Carl with Rev. A G Wolfe and Rev. John Knotts officiating. Burial follows in Wallace Cemetery near Clintonville. Bittner 23 formerly of Carl and Jacksonville Fla was found jammed in the rear seat of a sports car after a surf crash at Atlanta Beach during a police chase. The driver Donald F Glover 24 said he did not know the dead man was in the car. Graveside rites by Quinwood Lodge No 161 Ancient Free and Accepted Masons. Body to be taken from Wallace and Wallace Funeral Home East Rainelle to his parents home at 5 p.m. Wednesday.
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Carl
James H. Bittner
Mountain Baptist Church
A. G. Wolfe
John Knotts
Wallace Cemetery
Clintonville
Bittner
Jacksonville
Fla
Atlanta Beach
Donald F Glover
Quinwood Lodge No. 161
Wallace
Oak Hill Detachment Gets New State Trooper
Trooper R L Cutlip reports to the Oak Hill State Police Detachment after a Martinsburg transfer, replacing Trooper Roger Oats who moved to Union. Trooper S W Line, previously at Oak Hill, was promoted to corporal and transferred to Summersville.
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Oak Hill
RNS
R. L. Cutlip
Martinsburg
Roger Oats
Union
S. W. Line
Summersville
Baptist Board Meet Under Way In Fayette
The West Virginia Baptist State Board of Evangelism holds its mid year session at First Baptist Church in Mount Hope. The Rev. Matthew Coleman of Bluefield spoke at 11 a.m. and an evangelistic clinic followed at 2:30 p.m. Rev. Roy I. Austin of Fairmont to deliver the evangelistic sermon at 7 p.m. Host minister is Rev. W. Wilson Wood.
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Mount Hope
First Baptist Church
West Virginia Baptist State Board of Evangelism
Matthew Coleman
Bluefield
Roy I. Austin
Fairmont
W. Wilson Wood
Johnson Car Rams Vehicle In Mullens Incident
Clayton Johnson twenty, a Corinne serviceman, crashed his father's 1953 sedan into Louise Price's 1951 sedan near the Guyandotte and Highland avenue intersection as Price let Imogene Lilly out. No injuries reported. Damages estimated at five hundred dollars for the Johnson car and one hundred fifty for the Price car.
Oceana Town Discusses Use Of Recreation Allotment
A delegation from the Oceana Woman's Club urged use of $3600 town recreation funds, with $500 already spent, to hardtop two tennis courts at Laurel Park. The group has fencing costs of $300 and donated steel posts. The proposal prompts a cost check by the park commissioner and drainage advise from the city engineer. A zoning matter on Route 10 East Oceana building setbacks was referred to planning.
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Oceana
RNS
Oceana Woman's Club
Oceana Town Council
Wyoming County Court
Elvon D. Cook
Woman's Club Committee
L. W. Beane
A. J. Lugar Jr
Earl Wilson
Laurel Park
Woman's Club
Hope Gas Co
Neces
Cook
Oceana Park
Jack Ritchie
Sam Miniaci
Miniaci
Council
D. Wayne Belcher
Route 10
East
Planning and Zoning Commission
Oceana FHA Members Attend Regional Meet
At Concord College the Oceana High School Future Homemakers of America sent 29 members to the southern regional gathering. About 650 delegates from roughly 43 schools in West Virginia and Virginia attended. Highlights included a style show with three freshmen models Alma King Laura Dixon and Iris Pennington showcasing home economics made semi formal dresses and a song by Nancy Kirk.
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Oceana
RNS
Future Homemakers of America
Concord College
Oceana High School
West Virginia
Virginia
Alma King
Laura Dixon
Iris Pennington
Nancy Kirk
Miss King
Dennis Garrett Rites Wednesday
Funeral services for Dennis A. Garrett will be held at Klinger Carpenter Mortuary with interment at High Lawn Memorial Park. The 57 year old Cabell County circuit clerk died Sunday in Huntington after a heart ailment. Born February 7, 1902, he was a World War I veteran, former Mount Hope resident, longtime Rich Chevrolet manager, and former mayor of Pea Ridge. He is survived by his wife Mabel, two sons, a daughter, two sisters, and two brothers.
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Mount Hope
RNS
Dennis A. Garrett
Klinger-Carpenter
Huntington
High Lawn Memorial Park
Oak Hill
Garrett
Cabell County
J. E
Minnie Burdette Garrett
West Virginia
Rich Chevrolet Co
Pea Ridge
Mabel Roberts Garrett
Michael A
Charles Dennis
Mabel Louise
Oswald Maxey
Glen Ferris
Minnie Belle Robb
Cooksville
Patrick H
Paul T
Elsworth Milam Taken By Death
Elsworth Carl Milam 46 died Monday in a Delaware hospital. Born June 14, 1913 in Corinne, he is survived by wife Pauline, a stepdaughter Barbara Castle Rock Del, seven brothers Horace James Casey Thomas Jess Jack Huntington Herbert Lester and one sister Mrs Oscar Rinehart Matheny. Body to return to Evans Funeral Home Oceana with arrangements incomplete.
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H. T. Milam
Elsworth Carl Milam
Delaware
Corinne
Pauline
Barbara
Castle Rock
Del
Horace
Otsego
James
Casey
Thomas
Jess
Mathney
Jack
Huntington
Herbert
Lester
Oscar Rinehart
Evans
Oceana
Adams Sponsors Clear Fork Home Ec Club
Mrs Margie Adams, home economics instructor at OHS, is sponsor of the club at Clear Fork.
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Field
Clear Fork
Margie Adams
OHS
Three Oak Hill Women Attend Ohio Civil Defense Conference
Three Fayette County women represent the Fayette County Woman's Rescue Team at the third annual Woman's Civil Defense Conference in Columbus Ohio. They will demonstrate rescue techniques and operations with Mrs Grant Thomas Mrs Otis Morton and Miss Nancy Hombass presenting on home preparedness programs and workshops. Regional talks cover Peace Through Preparedness and the Ohio Youth Center hosts Region 2 attendees including visits to Leckbourne SAC bases as guests of Major General Loren G Windom.
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Oak Hill
RNS
Woman's Civil Defense Conference
Columbus
Ohio
Fayette County
Grant Thomas
Otis Morton
Nancy Hannabass
Delaware
District of Columbia
Kentucky
Maryand
Pennsylvania
Virginia
West Virginia
Skeens Fined for Illegal Brush Burning in Garden Work
Howard Skeens was fined $25.50 by Magistrate Terry Lester after conservation officer Ivan Pizzino arrested him for burning brush at an illegal hour. Skeens claimed he was clearing a garden patch for onions during fire season restrictions from 5 a.m. to 5 p.m.
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Bud
RNS
Herndon
Howard Skeens
Ivan Pizzino
Terry Lester
Skeens
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Sunset Memorial Park
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Mary Lea Pendry
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Joan Kucek
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Barbara Gabbard
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Katrina Sims
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Wilma Short
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Barbara Goodwin
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Beulah Crutch
Dennis Garrett
Elsworth Milam
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