Long Lost Uncle Reunited With Family After 49 Years
A woman traces her long lost uncle G Elliott Hatfield through the postal system and reunion efforts. Elliott, 58, learned he was teaching in Snow Hill Maryland before attending a family gathering at Ruby Mullins home in Allen Junction. A WWI veteran and Ohio State graduate, he later held roles as professor coach and administrator across the country.
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Allen
Edward Mullins
G. Elliott Hatfield
Snow Hall
Ben Murphrer
Allen Junction
RNS
Snow Hill
Elliott
The
Allen Junc
Ruby
Jrev
Mullins
Eliot
Ohio State University
Norfolk and Western Railway
Grundy
France
Balles
Saint-Mihiel
Belleau Woods
Argonne Forest
Columbus
Ohio State
Ella Morgan
Hanover
Logan County
John Wesley
America West Hatfield
Itmann
Ora Adams
Baileysville
Lon Hatfield
Airforce
Langley Field
America Hatfield
Akyon
Ohio
Ernest Conley
Ray Conley
Oceana
Sampie Morgan
Jaeger
Pearl
Riffe
Steeles
Enoch Adams
Grat Adams
Bill Adams
Herbert Adams
John. Adams
Fanroek
Friends Honor Mrs. Ocia Webb With Surprise Birthday Party
Mrs. Ocia Webb was surprised Sunday afternoon at her Mount Hope home with a birthday dinner cake and gifts. Pearls Thomson delivered the cake and telegram from son Carilon Webb in California added to the joy. Floral decor was donated by friends as church colleagues and family gathered for the festive, memory-filled event.
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Mount
Thompson
Mary
Roach
Fayetteville
Edward
Demo
Webb
Carilon’. Webb
California
W.H. Harrah
Russel Hurt
Rosella
Edward Webb
Dottie
Steven
George Demo
Jim Demo
Edward Clayton
Utah
D. Henry Leavitt
Morman Church
Reverend Lusk Speaks to Baileysville PTA on Parents’ Responsibility
The Rev William Lusk pastor of the First Church of God Oceana was guest speaker at Baileysville Grade School PTA Tuesday. His topic was Parents Responsibility. Accompanying him were the Gospelaires a quartet from the First Church of God comprising Jackie Mulkey Judy Lusk Vandie Cook and Leo Morgan with piano by Mrs Jimmie Hunter.
Hensley Funeral Set Tuesday in Oak Hill Church
RNS reports the funeral for Mrs. Hensley will be held at 2 30 p m Tuesday at Oak Hill Methodist Church with Revs C G Eashwood and C C Landrum officiating. Burial is in High Lawn Memorial Park. She died Saturday of a heart attack at age 59, survived by a large Washington D C family.
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Oak Hill
RNS
Oak Hill Methodist Church
CG. Eashwood
C. C. Landrum
High Lawn Memorial Park
Hensley
South Dakota Ave
Washington
D. C
Honeywell
McKendree Methodist Church
P. D. Hensley
Harold
Falls Church
Lambert
James
William
Dillard
Canton
Margaret Ann Hensley
W. Blake
Oak
Keller Receives Lane Bryant Award Nomination
Fayetteville reporter Ben D. Keller has been nominated for a Lane Bryant Annual Award for outstanding community service. The awards, begun in 1980, honor individuals and groups aiding home and community life. nominees are screened by Columbia University researchers.
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Fayetteville
D. Keller
Fam-ily
Else
Nicholas
Lane Bryant
Wkat
Pierre
New U
F York
Keller
M. G. Hresan
J. H. Allen
John FE. Drewry
The
University , of Georgia
John F. Kenedy
Massachusettes
de Lesceps S. Morrison
New Orleans
Charles Munch
Boston Symphony Orchestra
Orville Prescott
New York Times
Bureau of Applied Social Research
Columbia University
Robert K. Merton
Funeral for Estella Lee Ellis Held in Spider Ridge
Funeral services for Estella Lee Ellis 80 were set for 2 p.m. Tuesday at her Spider Ridge home led by Rev. H W Gillespie and Rev. B H Stephens. Burial followed at Lusk Cemetery near Herndon Heights. Ellis died Sunday at Stevens Clinic Welch after major surgery for cancer. She was born March 2 1877 in Logan County and survived by two sons seven daughters a brother and a sister along with 39 grandchildren 28 great grandchildren and one great great grandchild. Her husband Robert Elis died February 23 1956. The body was moved from Robertson and Foglesong Funeral Home to the residence at 4 p.m today.
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Logan County
Overton
Mandy Vance
Robert Elis
Hatfields
McCoys
Herndon
Tom Brogan
Alpeca
Herbert McKinney
Herbert Brown
Spider Ridge
Gar
Ellis
Bud
Clarence Gentry
Ravencliff
Paul Burrell
Herndon Mountain
Frank Shumate
Soulsville
Mundy Evans
Holden
Robertson and Foglesong Funeral Home
Fayette Pair Waives Hearing in Moonshine Case
Two Fayette County residents William Saunders and Beatrice Frazier waived preliminary hearing in Bluefield after bonds totaling 1500 were set by U S Commissioner W A Riffe on June 12. Saunders faces charges of possession sale and transportation of moonshine while Frazier is charged with possession and sale. Agents seized 1558 gallons of moonshine 7-8 gallon of taxpaid whisky and recovered a moonshine-filled gallon from Saunders' car. Custody of a truck and two Saunders vehicles was also taken.
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Fayette County
Bluefield
U. S
W. A. Riffe
William Thomas Saunders
Beatrice Marie Fraizier
Prudence
Treasury Department
Saunders
Beatrice Frazier
Glen Jean
Mass Set For Mike Popovich
A funeral mass for 70 year old Mike Popovich will be held at 8:45 p.m. today in the Collins Funeral Home Chapel with Father Michael of St. Nicholas Orthodox Church Berkley. He died at 8:30 p.m. in his Glen Jean home from a heart condition. Born in Hungary on May 12 1886 he had lived in Glen Jean 40 years and was a retired coal miner and member of the Travoslavni Greek Catholic Church and the Greek Catholic Union. The body will remain at the funeral home until services tomorrow morning at 1 a.m. and burial at High Lawn Memorial Park Oak Hill.
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Glen Jean
RNS
Mike Popovich
Collins Funeral Home
Father Michael
St. Nicholas Orthodox Church
Berkley
Funeral Home
High Lawn
Memorial Park
Oak Hill
Popovich
Fayette School Is Being Built in Summertee Road
The Fayette County Board of Education is constructing a new six room elementary on Summertee Road behind the State Police HQ. It will be Rosedale Elementary School, replacing crowded Oak Hill schools. Enrollment should reach 150 to 160 students. completion hoped by September.
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Summprles
BNS
Fayette
Second Suspect Submits To Lie Detector Test
A second man linked to the Wyoming Lumber and Supply Co burglary in Pineville was taken to Charleston to submit to a lie detector test. Mose Kirk of Welch, arrested at the Welch Bus Terminal, denied involvement but agreed to test. police say he eluded a trap near tools and explosives found in a culvert. Paul Counts, 35, Havaco, posted bond after a grand jury order. James Blankenship was named as a third suspect.
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Kirk
Paul R. Counts
Havace
Pineville
Counts
Preston Wilson
Wyoming County
James Blankenship
Laeger
Oceana Personal Notes Highlight Local Visits
Mrs Nannie Johnson and daughter Barbara visited with sister Mrs Allen Skeens in N C last week. Eldon D Cook of Oceana is a Beckley Memorial Hospital patient after surgery. Mrs J Stone Begley, sister of Mrs Oley Clay, improves after major surgery in Columbus Ohio. Mrs Richard Grindstaff and daughter Ellen Raye from Baileysville visited Oceana Friday.
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Oceana
Rns
Nannie Johnson
Barbara
Airy
N. C
Allen Skeens
Oley Clay
Billy Harvey Jr
Tina
Beckley
J. Stone Begley
Mercy Hospital
Columbus
Ohio
Richard Grindstaff
Ellen Raye
Baileysville
Encil Dean Honored At Handkerchief Shower In Oceana
In Oceana Rebekah Lodge No. 61 a birthday handkerchief shower honored Mrs. Encil Dean. Pollyanna gifts were exchanged and new names drawn for the next three months. Officers attending included Jane King Dallas Canterbury Mary Bowden Nellie Clay Nell Hendricks Almer McClellan Encil Dean Virginia Justice Marie Moore Ruth Conley. Refreshments were served. Harper revival services begin at 7:30 p.m. with nightly speakers for two weeks at Harper Methodist Church.
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Oceana
RNS
Oceana Rebekah Lodge No
Encil Dean
Jane King
Noble Grand
Dallas Canterbury
Mary Bowden
Nellie Clay
Nell Hendricks
Guardian
Almer McClellan
Virginia Justice
Marie Moore
Ruth Conley
Dean
McClellan
Sunday School Class Honored With Easter Party
Mrs. William Lusk hosts an Easter party for the First Church of God Sunday school junior boys and girls at Mrs. Ula Morgan’s Matheny home. Assisting are Mrs. George Darnell and Mrs. Jimmy Hunter. Prizes go to Patty Cook and Pegg Brown amid Easler motif decorations and refreshments.
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Oceana
RNS
William Lusk
First Church of God
Ula Morgan
Matheny
Lusk
Morgan
George Darnell
Jimmy Hunter
Patty Cook
Pegg Brown
Easler
Donald Gibson
Robert Dyke
Dale Cook
Raymond Hood
Larry Hood
Elaine Conley
Margaret Phelps
Charlotte Dyke
Francis Dyke
Betty Phelps
Don L., Cozort
Juanita
Beard Jr. speaks at Whitesville Rotary dinner
J G Beard Jr of Beckley spoke at the Whitesville Rotary Club dinner, showing a film Canadian Progress and distributing literature on Canadian investments. About 30 members attended. Next week Harold Scott will discuss Little League plans and a nursing scholarship progress report. The $200 Nursing Scholarship intends to become an annual Rotary project.
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Whitesville
RNS
J. G. Beard
Joe. Fatto
Rotary
Surprise Party Fetes Mrs. Carl T. Mullins
Mrs Carl T Mullins was honored at a surprise birthday party at Bagsley Murphy Addition Pineville Tuesday evening. Music and conversation provided the entertainment as she opened gifts from family friends and neighbors including Rev Robert McCoy Claude Phillips Oliver Bas ham Curry Eugene Nobie Stacie Mullins Bobbie Snyder Ike Belcher Bruce Howard Ruefeanectecatt Floyd Rose Vivian Rose Benjy Sizemore Carly T Mullins Joe Phillips and Larry Mullins.
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Pineville
Rns
Carl T. Mullins
Bagsley-Murphy
Robert McCoy
Claude Phillips
Oliver C. Basham
BE. M. Curry
Eugene Nobie
Stacie Mullins
Bobbie Snyder
Ike Belcher
Bruce "Howard
Rue Feanectecatt
Floyd Rose
Vivian Rose
Benjy Sizemore
Carly T. Mullins
Joe Phillips
Larry Mullins
Fayette Cancer Fund Drive Opens With Kickoff Meeting
Fayette County launches its Cancer Fund Drive with a 7 30 p m kickoff at the Memorial Building in Fayetteville. Executive director Mrs John Harvey will address Fayette County volunteers. The drive appoints community chairs for multiple areas including Ames Mining Co Charlton Heights Beards Fork Page Kincaid Clifftop Landisburg Royal Smokeless Coal Co and many others, with Oak Hill area covered by the Junior Woman's Club and Oak Hill Civic League.
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Oak Hill
Boomer
Ansted
Hawk's Nest
Elizabeth Evans
Beards Fork
Page
Kincaid
Joe Scott
Clifftop
Landisburg
Eugene Potter
Royal Smokeless Coal Co
Clutty
Joseper Legg
Dothan
Kingston
Mossy
Irene Grasby
Scarbro
Deepwater
B. H. Matheney
Local Names List Noted in OCR Fragment
Readable names in OCR fragment include Patty Cook Carolyn Toler Kay Cook Carolie May Sue Crouch Anna Ruth Blankenship Johnny Hood Elwood Pennington Barbara Toler Patty Cook Marilyn Mulkey Peggy Brown Lorraine Morgan Johnny Stewart Donna Gibson and Lucy Toler.
Whitesville Easter Parade Opens Twin Weekend Activities
Whitesville hosts its Easter Parade sponsored by the Chamber of Commerce with three bands and many entrants. Miss Whitesville 1956 Emma Kelly led the open convertible, as prizes were awarded including a $25 first prize for Cook's Floral float.
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Whitesville
Chamber
RNS
Chamber of Commerce
Emma Kelly
Ambassadors
Kelly
Cook
Floral
Norma Jean Cook
Taeger
Harold
Rock Creek
Becky Hale
Horace Morgan
Tilden Hendricks
Gibson
Charles Holland
Manuel Arvon
Fayette Jury Fails To Reach Verdict In Petroff Trial
A Fayette Circuit Court jury of nine women and three men failed to reach a verdict in the Petroff robbery case and retired for further deliberation. Prosecution and defense argued over the events at a tavern and a Whipple state dump stop, with a hat found in Petroff’s car cited as key evidence.
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Ayetteville
RNS
Fayette
Mike’ Petroff
Sun
Petroff
Danny Miller
Oak “Til
Karl P.warden
Miller
Whipple
Visit in Charleston Draws Pineville Couples
Mrs. Fred H. Shannon of Pineville and Mrs. Bill Weaver and Mrs. Bill Williams of Rockview visited Tuesday in Charleston.
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Charleston
Pineville
Rns
and I
Fred H. Shannon
Bill Weaver
Bill Williams
Rockview
Mary Jane Norona Initiated into Pineville Eastern Star Chapter
Mary Jane Norona became a member of Pineville Chapter No. 16 Order of Eastern Star when initiated at a regular meeting in the Masonic Hall. Officers and visitors are listed, with plans for future events including a Grand Session in Charleston and an April 18 meeting to honor past matrons and patrons. Proceeds from the turkey dinner for Masons support carpeting projects.
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Pineville
Mary Jane ‘Norona
Order ‘of Eastern Star
Masonic Hall
Elizabeth Williams
C. Chilton Tucker
Arnold Hager
Gladys Stone
John Pomeroy
Renva Gunter
Pansy Grose
Waltie Day
Edith Thompson
Harold Griffith
Sybil Chisler
Margaret Neal
Lilian Smith
Junior Cook
Reuben Williams
William Fieenor
Lowie Foster
Billie Jean Ledford
Nola Brooks
Masonic School of Instruction
Recreation Hall
James McDermitt
Ned Stewart Taken By Diath
Glen Rogers resident Ned Stewart died at his home Sunday morning. The body lies at Wright's Funeral Home as funeral arrangements are prepared.
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Ned Stewart
Diath
Glen Rogers
Wright
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