Ohio Doctor to Testify in Louise Boone Murder Trial
Dr. G Calvin Skinner of Middletown Ohio will appear at the Mercer County Ohio murder retrial of Louise Boone for the July 1948 death of Clarence Boone He did not attend the February trial prosecutors seek a summons for him and per diem funds to cover travel costs Meanwhile Richard Collins was found guilty of grand larceny in a herbs and wool theft from U S Belcher Company warehouse Other defendants faced charges or pled guilty in related proceedings in Butler County court records
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Register
Princeton
G. Calvin Skinner
Middletown
Ohio
Clarence Boone
Louise Boone
Mercer Criminal Court
Boone
Robert Carr
Tak
Ing
Clarence Elmore
Court of Common Pleas
Butler County
Skinner
Carr
Richard Collins
U. S. Belcher Company
Douglas Christian
Raymond Billings
Delbert Elliott
Layton Hatcher
Francis Pine Davis
R. E. Higginbotham
Greenbrier Man Admits Fatally Shooting Wife
White Sulphur Springs man, 56, confessed to killing his wife Mary Florence Smith 50 after a fatal shooting at their Atkinson Addition home. Police awaited fingerprint reports before charging. Smith waived preliminary hearing and awaits grand jury action with no bond set. Neighbors said the couple often quarreled.
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Ry Hegister
Stall Wroe- Lewisburg
Mary Florence Smith
James Dean
Springsman
Charleston
Smith
J. W.hutchinson
Sheriff's Office
5. C. Ballard
Smiths
Fry Funeral Rites Saturday
Funeral services for Mrs. Alice Anderson Fry will be held at 2 p m Saturday at the First Baptist Church with Rev Denver Davis and Dr Edward Stubblefield officiating. A native of Enon, she was born November 7, 1879, wife of Isaac Henry Fry, long time Virginian Railway official, and a Princeton resident for 40 years. Survived by members of the Prince ton Woman's Club, Junior Woman's Club sponsor, and United Daughters of the Confederacy.
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Register
Princeton
Alice Anderson
iFry
Walnut i Street
First Baptist Church
Denver Davis
Edward Stubblefield
Enon
Nicholas County
Isaac Henry Fry
Virginian Railways Company
Jand
Oak Hill
Ff i
Princeton Woman's Club
Junior Woman’s Club
United Daughters of the Confederacy
Waterbury relatives visit Easter at Beckley recruiting office
Athens Personali dispatch notes Mr and Mrs John Lawlor of Funk Apartments Waterbury Conn visiting relatives over Easter. Also mentioned are Seaman First Class Henry T Newberry from Richmond Way recruiting office back to duties after visiting E M Wall State Street family. Fry siblings listed with multiple residences and Mrs Irene Vogt and Mrs Eloise Morgan named. A sister Mrs A W Grant of Memphis and brother Roy C Alderson of Summersville survive.
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Athens
John Lawlor
Funk
State Street
Waterbury
Conn
He Isay
Concord College
Beckley
Seaman
Henry T. Newberry
Richmond, Way
E. M. Wall
Phil Henry Fry
Princeton
George Warren Fry
Columbus
Donald Klein Fry
Raleigh
N. C
Hale Fry
San Francisco
Calif
Anderson Fry
Seattle
Wash
Cecil W. Fry
Edenton
Alfreda Frances Fry
Washington, D. C
Irene Vogt
Detroit
Mich
Eloise Morgan
A. W. Grant
Memphis
Tenn
Roy C. Alderson
Summersville
Road Widening Project Begins in Oak Hill Limits
City Manager C. S. Waugh announced widening of roads from Minden Avenue to the city limits with curb insertions. State Road Commission engineers had conferred and measured the area after a visit by Waugh, a Chamber of Commerce delegation, Sheriff Clyde Rhinehart, and State Road Commissioner Ray Cavendish last month.
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Register
Oak Hill
Minden Avenue
C. S. Waugh
State Road Commission
Waugh
Chamber of Commerce J
Clyde Rhinehart
Ray Cavendish
Marriage License Issued in Wyoming County
James Franklin Martin 26 of East Gulf and Ruby Mae Gravely 26 of Wyco received a marriage license from the Wyoming County Clerk per records in his office.
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Register
Pineville
James Franklin Martin
East Gulf
Ruby MaeGravely
Wyco
Wyoming
Athens Farm Club to Aid in Two Campaigns
The Athens Farm Women's Club voted to support a state project funding the schooling of a German exchange student at West Virginia University and contributed to the cancer drive. Delegates to community betterment council and 4-H leadership training at Jackson's Mill were chosen, with plans for radio broadcasts and home demonstrations led by members. Guests included club affiliates Elgood and Pisgah Farm Women's clubs.
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Athens
Athens Farm Women’s Club
West Virginia University
J. I. Scott
Community Betterment Council
Jackson’s Mill
L. T. Funk
Wills
T. D. Gray
J. J. Scott
Soldier's Rites Set for Sunday
Final rites for Private First Class Carlyle Blankenship, son of Mr. and Mrs. Oscar Blankenship of Kegley, will be held at 2 p m Sunday at the Kegley Church with Rev. W D Hicks officiating. Burial follows at Sarver Cemetery in Spanishburg with Princeton American Legion Post at graveside. Born December 21, 1910, he worked in an Elkins Maryland airplane factory before enlisting September 26, 1942, trained at Camp Livingston and Camp Hood, went overseas March 1944, and was killed in action September 29, 1944 at Enville, France. Surviving: parents, brother E J Blankenship of Brush Fork. sisters Mrs Curtis Slepp of Red Jacket and Miss Elizabeth Blankenship of Kegley.
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Princeton
Carlyle «Blankenship
Oscar Blankenship
Kegley
France
Kegley Church
W. D. Hicks
Sarver
Spanishburg
Princeton American Legion
Elkins
Army
Camp Livingston
Camp Hood
Texas
Enville
E. J. Blankenship
Brush Fork
Curtis Slepp
Red Jacket
Elizabeth Blankenship
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