Arbor Day marks Mt. Hope ceremony at elementary school
Mt Hope Elementary School held its first Arbor Day ceremony as a sycamore shaded the second story Glassrooms. G E Williams spoke to students about planting trees and recalled planting an ash tree with Boy Scouts. Principal R E Cavendish addressed the gathering after flags, song, and poems by Patsy Thomas and Sam Johnson.
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Former Fayette Attorney Dies
Joseph Holt Gaines 8, of Charleston, longtime Republican congressman, died yesterday in a Montgomery hospital after a yearlong illness. Appointed U S District Attorney for West Virginia in 1897, he served until 1900 when elected to Congress. He was a 1920 and 1928 Republican National Convention delegate. He leaves a widow, six children, three grandchildren, and two great grandchildren. Funeral arrangements are in complete.
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Class Initiation Set For Women of Moose
Oak Hill Chapter Women of the Moose plans the next meeting to launch a class initiation program. The Academy of Friendship will hold a chapter night in April with date to be announced. Mrs Estelle Matulis and Mrs K B Carrell received Academy of Friendship letters at the meeting, bringing eight local members. Matulis and Carrell will be initiated at Fairmont on May 6.
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Fairmont
Whitesville Afternoon Bridge Club Honors Lena Stephens
The Branham Addition Whitesville home of Mrs. Reba Roberts hosted an Afternoon Bridge Club gathering on Wednesday. Guests celebrated Lena Stephens with a banker chief shower as she plans to move to Pikeville Kentucky with her family. Attendees included Mrs. Ben Pettry Mrs. Mary White Mrs. Stephens Mrs. Jean Salamy Mrs. Aileen Salamy Mrs. Maude Caffee Mrs. Alice Wilkerson and Mrs. Dorothy Hostetler.
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Maude Caffee
Alice Wilkerson
Dorothy Hostetler
Bridal shower honors Miss Irene Kurzyna at Bart Oak Hill
Miss Irene Kurzyna a bride elect of William Darlington was honored at a Wednesday bridal shower hosted by Mrs. James Hess and co hostess Mrs. John B Oyler in Bart Oak Hill. Guests listed include Miss Elizabeth White, Mrs. James Spessard, Mrs. J. K. Lilly, and many others.
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Oak Hill
Irene Kurzyna
William
Darlington
James Hess
Bart
John 8. Oyler
Elizabeth White
James Spessard
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Edith Slaughter
Dorothy Parsons
Fay Tom SF
Melba Alberchinski
Mary Treadway
John W. Tennant
Louise Hess
Betty Martin
Margaret Gladwell
Walter Bowles
Thelma Drumcheller
Benny Pinson
Earl Bannister, Jr
Doris Kincaid
Fred Rogers
Carl Sanger
Irene Johnson
Mary Elizabeth Thomas
Mildred Mullins
Ruth Easton
J. E. Lilly
Doris Criss
William Darlington
John Oyler
Walker Found Guilty by Jury in Fayette Circuit Court
In Fayette County Earl W. Walker of Meadow Bridge was found to be the father of a child born to Lula Belle Harrah in July after a short deliberation. The verdict followed a Wednesday trial in the Fayette Circuit Court before Judge R. J. Thrift.
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Peter Teel
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Prudence PTA Plans Play Talent Show and Outing
Prudence Parent Teacher Association outlines annual play and talent show dates, an outing sponsored for the end of term, and a school social Monday evening. Beatrice Frazier presided. Bessie Reid chosen as delegate to Regional PTA meeting at Mt Hope First Baptist Church. Hallstead a Marsh Fork High School graduate.
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Betty Jane Clay Weds Luther C Halstead in Double Ring
Whitesville announces the marriage of Betty Jane Clay to Luther C Halstead in a double ring ceremony at Colcord Presbyterian Church. Rev Carl Wolf officiated with Miss Sue Jarrett providing music and sisters and brothers-in-law among the attendants. The bride, daughter of Howard Clay of Pettus, wore white linen and orchids. groom is son of Mr and Mrs Dexter Halstead. Bride is a Marsh Fork High School senior active in school activities.
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Betty Jane Clay
Child Returns Home After Being Lost in Wyoming County
A five and a half year old Maynard boy from Toler's farm Clear Fork Wyoming County was lost for about 12 hours. Deputy Roy Aliff reported the boy left the home around 10 a m crossing the mountain behind the house and emerged at A G Sugar Sawmill Camp last night. He was sheltered there and returned home late in the night.
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Mullens Girl Heads West Virginia Baptist Student Council
Nell Teaford of Mullens was elected chairman of the West Virginia Baptist Student Council at the state meeting held April 6-8 at Jackson's Mill. She will lead Baptist students at a three day conference in Green Lake Wisconsin in June. Teaford, a student at Concord, has held multiple campus roles including editor of the Pine Tree and president of the YWCA. Mary Edna Beckett of Athens was Concord’s other representative.
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Jackson's Mill
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Athens
Concord
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Green Lake
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Seven Couples File for Divorce in Fayetteville Circuit Clerk
Fayetteville reports seven couples filed suits for divorce in the circuit clerk's office. Names listed include Ida Cecil Adkins versus Robert Reed Adkins and Gerald Lee Goode versus Myrtle St Clair Goode among others such as Ruth Helen Nowell versus Mason Rowe Nowell and Maxine Moore versus Johnny Moore.
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Robert Reed Adkins
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Lee Goode
Myrtle St. Clair
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Ruth Helen Nowell
Mason Rowe Nowell
Maxine Moore
Johnny Moore
Nretta Pannell
William Pannell
Neje Stickles
Robert Elmer Stickles
Florence E. Jonesl
Leslie C. Jones
Third Scarlet Fever Case Reported Today
Fayette County records the third scarlet fever case this day, a two year old named Barbara Humphrey. Dr J B Thompson of Oak Hill notified the Fayette County Health Department about the Thur mond child.
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Douglas Funeral Services Today
Douglas Funeral Services today for D E B Douglas of Princeton with burial in Resthaven Cemetery. Born Raleigh NC December 25 1879 he was a retired contractor. Survivors include two sons Al ton and Wil amot and two sisters Beulah Kerfoot and Charlee Jewell. Funeral rites were held at 2 p m in Princeton with Seaver Funeral Home.
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