Oak Hill Chamber backs Shipe for high school principal
The Oak Hill Chamber of Commerce passed a resolution urging Fayette County Board of Education to consider Frank Shipe as principal at Oak Hill High School. Shipe is a local educator with strong moral qualifications. The group’s school committee, led by Rufus Hurt and others, stressed broad support for the candidate and anticipate presenting the resolution to officials.
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C. L. Garvin
H. F. Zeek
L. A. Frazier
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G. B. Bobbitt
E. L. Worthington
Charles Garvin
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Jesse Baptist Church
Dewey Wilson
Ted Cook
G. P. Goode
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Guyandotte Baptist Church
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Odd Fellows Lodge No. 129
Dora Cook
Ash Cook
Neola
Greenbrier County
Hugh Brooks
Beckley
Mount Hope Theater Opens Amid Firelit History
The Mount Hope Theater opens today after a 1943 Royal Theater fire and 1947 rebuild. Charles Taylor Jr. is serving prison terms for arson connected to the earlier fires at Mount Hope Armory and a railroad station. Edward Pasley becomes manager, succeeding D H Jones as Oak Hill Theater oversight.
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Cab Driver Pleads Guilty to Speeding Charge
Mullens taxi driver Jack Norman pleaded guilty to speeding when arraigned before Justice R. M. Stovall. He was arrested by Mullens State Police after Corinne residents complained about rapid driving through the community. Norman paid a $10 fine plus $4.60 in costs.
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Bible Services For Albert Bibb Held Today
Funeral services for Albert Lee Bibb age 86 will be conducted at 2 p m today at the Tyree Funeral Home Chapel Oak Hill with the Rev Delbert Murphy officiating Local Union 5949 pallbearers and Calvary Church Bible Class flower bearers will attend Burial will follow at Highlawn Memorial Park Bibb died Wednesday morning
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Coleman Workman Nuptials Performed
The marriage of Hilda Guarde to Clyde Coleman son of Mr and Mrs Green Coleman of Long Branch was announced by the bride’s mother Mrs Florence Workman of Weavaco. The Rev John Williams officiated at the ceremony held in his home on April 5. Mrs Coleman is a serip clerk at the Carbon Fuel office in Kanawha County. Her husband has an Army discharge after four years service two overseas. He is employed at the Carbon Fuel Company.
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Federated League Answers Appeal for Weston Hospital Drive
Mount Hope Federated League members organized a donation drive sending a large box to Weston State Hospital. The appeal sought materials and jewelry for occupational therapy and recreational activities for patients. Mrs. Herbert C. Johnson, president of Capitol District WV Federation of Women's Clubs, issued the appeal.
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Widen
Cpl Bailey Enroute Home From Japan
Cpl George M Bailey son of Mr and Mrs G Bailey of Kopperston is on the way home from overseas duty with the Eighth Army in Osaka Japan He entered the Army on April 30 1946 and trained at Aberdeen Proving Grounds Md He left for overseas duty last September and will be discharged on arrival in the United States
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Banquet and Dance Planned for State Tri-Hi-Y Meeting
About 150 Tri-Hi-Y members from West Virginia clubs travel to Oak Hill April 19 and 20 for the state conference. Register at 2 p.m. April 19 at Oak Hill Methodist Church headquarters. A banquet and dance are planned with Mrs. A H Landingham as principal speaker and Mrs. Sue Scott and Rev A A Angle guiding Saturday classes.
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Mullens Lions Plan Spring Homecoming Dance
Mullens Lions Club organizes a Spring Homecoming dance with C. C. Clark leading arrangements. Clark, named by president Dr W. W Wells, will pick a late June date and hire an orchestra. Four delegates and four alternate delegates were chosen for the Lions Clubs state convention in Bluefield on June 15 and 16.
Moose Women Sponsor Dance in Mullens for Chapter Fund
Chapter No. 190 Women of the Moose will host a semi formal dance April 19 at the royal Moose home with Tommy Thomas orchestra playing from 10 p.m. to 2 a.m. Proceeds benefit the chapter fund. Advance tickets on sale. others at the door.
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Song Convention Slated Sunday at Mallory Church
Six county quartets plus the Kidd Quartet of Slab Fork will appear at the Mallory Singing Convention in Wyoming County. The event, under the Wyoming County Convention, starts with lunch at noon and a program at 1 30 p.m. at Big Spring Baptist Church Mallory.
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Masonic School Set For Sunday
Deputy Grand Lecturer Lester M. Carper of Bluefield will conduct a school of instruction in the Mullens Masonic Lodge Hall Sunday April 13. Members of the Mullens lodge and surrounding lodges are urged to attend for the degree session led by J. Lee Selvey Worshipful Master.
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Rites Today For Joseph Hindsley
Final rites for Joseph Chelsey Hindsley 65 a Mullens resident and coal man will be held at 1 30 p m at the Iroquois residence administered by Rev Grover C Currie of Mullens First Presbyterian Church Interment follows at Woodlawn Cemetery Bluefield Survivors include wife Daisy Pack Hindsley two sons Joseph C Hindsley Jr and John Pack Hindsley a daughter Mrs Emma Jane Frazer and three grandchildren Active pallbearers named.
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Narrows
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Beckley
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Jesse Graham
Mac Davis
George Dove
R. F. Wildey
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George Jenkins
Woman's Society presents play on Methodism in China
Wyco Community Church hosted a Woman's Society of Christian Service presentation titled One Hundred Years of Methodism in China. At service end, Mrs. A T Robertson received adult life member honors. cast included many named ladies and 25 children.
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Elsie Greene
Maben Men Seek Pool Room Permit at Guyandotte Hotel
Orb James and J C Newsom of Maben applied for a permit to open a pool room and beer hall in the basement of the Guyandotte Hotel on Moran Avenue Mullens City Council has not acted. Eu gene Noble and wife return to Pineville after Easter visits in Charleston and Beckley where their niece Mary Elizabeth Eades was christened with Mrs Noble as sponsor.
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Mullens Playground Included In Tax Levy
Mullens city council restored the playground as a levy beneficiary after protests over cuts. The new plan adds 1200 for the playground, raises street funds to about 3800, and reduces the fire department allocation to 100.
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Feller Resumes Studies at West Vic University
Jack Feller has resumed studies at West Vic University Morgantown after a brief visit with his parents Mr and Mrs C V Feller on Moran Avenue.
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