Beards Fork Man is Shot in Oak Hill Incident
Michael Finley, 19, Beards Fork, was treated at Oak Hill Hospital for a bullet wound in his right arm. Also treated were Arthur Lee Ingle, 43, Lochgelly, with right hand lacerations from a fall at Lochgelly Mine, and Linda Legg, 14 months, Oak Hill, scalded by hot water from a pressure cooker.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oak Hill
Michael Finley
Beards Fork
Oak Hill Hospital
Arthur Lee Ingle
Lochgelly
New River Co
Linda Legg
Washington Ave
Former Mullens Woman Dies in Florida at 61
Lucy Virginia Lusk formerly of Mullens died at 6 p.m. Sunday at her Deland Florida home at age 61 from a heart attack. Born October 30 1893 in Amherst County Virginia she moved to Mullens in 1919 and married M Hobart Lusk in 1921. Surviving husband and children and many relatives live in New York Atlanta Roanoke and nearby towns. Funeral arrangements are incomplete.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
M. Hobart Lusk
People’s Bank of
Lusk
William
Theodora Davis
Mullens
First Methodist Church
Order of Eastern Star
Laurel Garden Club
Sponger’s
Birthday Clubs
New York City
Ralph Hickok
Wharton
James Kirkland
Atlanta, Ga
Robert L. Davis
Beckley
Conrad Walker
Roanoke
Vernon Compton
Pearisburg
Patricia Burleson
Pineville
Fairdale
Fred T. Box
Crowley-Worrell
Jacksonville
Fla
D. L. Pope
Selma Dalton
Jeff
Larry Gillenwater
Sgt
Hanbury
Richmond
Darrell W. McGraw
Warren
Mark
Tim
McGraw
Logan
Harry W. Cooke
Ann Barlow
John Wesley
Charleston
Dell Cooke
D. T. Worrell
Nancy
Anne
Morgantown
A. E. Hatcher Jr
Alan
Sarah Jane
H. E. Crews
Lillian Bailey
Violet Lusk
W. J. Billig
Blacksburg
Mary B. Hicks
Mullen
Fred Eicholtz
Dick and
Leah
Maybrook
New York
Edgar Stone
N. A. Wallen
Williamson
Advent Christian Church
Clear Fork
Joseph
Buster) Cooke
Huntington
John W. Cooke
Mr. Cooke
Buster
Goodwin Jarvis
Wailey-Murphy
Weston
Richard L. Jarvis
Glen Rogers Elementary crowns king and queen at PTA meeting
The Glen Rogers Elementary PTA event crowned Cecelia Marrical and Ronny Kuklish as king and queen. A combined band performed before the ceremony. Dr C C Cottrill gave gifts to the royals. Kathryn Grace Cottrill and Mrs Baylor Tarazkozy were recognized for polio drive work. Officers elected: Dr Cottrill president, Margaret Tackett vice president, Ruth Thompson secretary, Donnie Nuckols treasurer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Glen Rogers
RNS
Parent-Teacher Association
Cecelia Marrical
John Marrical
Ronny Kuklish
Mike Kuklish
C. C. Cottrill
Kathryn Grace Cottrill
Cr. C. Cottrill
Baylor Tarazkozy
Cottrill
Margaret Tackett
Ruth Thompson
Donnie Nuckols
Teacher Meeting In Pineville Rescheduled To May 3
Wyoming County teachers will meet May 3 at 7 30 p m at Pineville High School. The session, announced by the county superintendent, was moved from April 19.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pineville
RNS
Wyoming County
Pineville High School
Virginia Symphony Orchestra Concert in Oak Hill Gym
The Virginia Symphony Orchestra directed by William Haaker will perform Wednesday at 10 a.m. in Collins High School Gym under the New River Family Concert Association. Oak Hill Fayetteville and Mount Hope students may attend with school transportation provided and association cards admitted. Program includes Rienzi Overture Wagner and Tchaikovsky Symphony No. 5 plus Borodin Moldau Smetana Steppes of Central Asia and Wagner Die Meistersinger preludes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oak Hill
RNS
Virginia Symphony Orchestra
William Haaker
Collins High School
New River Family Concert Association
Fayetteville
Mount Hope
C. R. Hill
Association
Wagner
Tschiakowsky
Anante Maestoro
Wyco Girl Wins Magazine Honor
Viola Estella Richardson, valedictorian at Conley High, Wyco, has won the Reader's Digest award for students showing leadership promise. She will receive a one year honorary subscription and an engraved certificate. The honor, funded with staff cooperation, rewards scholarship and citizenship.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hazzard
Miss Richardson
Rainbow Girls Admit New Fayetteville Girl
Marilyn Sue Shuck, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. L. W. Shuck, becomes the Fayetteville Rainbow Girls newest member at a Monday night meeting led by Jo Ellen Wallace. The 26-member gathering planned the Grand Assembly in Charleston June 7 through 9 and discussed Camp Horseshoe at the state YMCA camp near Elkins in July. Visitors included W. T. Wilson, W. L. Tully, Dan H. Perdue, the Shucks, and mother advisor Mrs. W. T. Wilson.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fayetteville
RNS
Marilyn Sue Shuck
L. W. Shuck
Order of the Rainbow
Monongahela National Forest
Elkins
W. T. Wilson
W. L. Tully
Dan H. Perdue
Woman Charged With Knifing Husband in Mount Hope
Kathleen Braxton is charged with felonious assault for knifing her husband James Leon Braxton. A hearing before Mayor Bernard Rocke of Mount Hope led to a grand jury waiver and a $5,000 bond. She remains in Fayette County Jail.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fayetteville
RNS
Kathleen Braxton
Fayette County
James Leon Braxton
Bernard Rocke
Mount Hope
Men are Placed On Probation
Judge Charles L. Garvin Jr. of Fayette County Circuit Court placed three men on probation. Thomas Thomas Longacre pleaded guilty to manslaughter and received two years probation. Howard Treadway, alias William Gill, pled guilty to grand larceny and drew five years probation. Charles Edward Summers pleaded guilty to a misdemeanor breaking and entering and was ordered to report July 5 for probation board consideration.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fayetteville
RNS
Charles L. Garvin Jr
Fayette County
Thomas Thomas
Longacre
Garvin
Howard Treadway
William Gill
Charles Edward Summers
Lions Club Hosts Music Program in Oak Hill
Oak Hill Lions Club met at the Hotel Hill with Miss Elinor Mae Godsey Fayetteville singer accompanied by Miss Emily Davis. Officers for 1955-56 to be nominated April 21. April 28 dinner at Collins High School Cafeteria with turkey dinner served by the PTA. Dr. Joe Jarrett to show a medical film. Club voted to cover expenses for two delegates to Camp Horseshoe at Parsons.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oak Hill
RNS
Joe Jarrett
Parsons
Bluefield Banking Meet to Feature Fed Official Talk
James M. Slay vice president of the Federal Reserve Bank of Richmond will address the Bluefield Chapter of the American Institute of Banking tomorrow. Bank officers and staff from Mercer McDowell and Wyoming counties in West Virginia and Bland and Tazewell counties in Virginia attend the forum seminar and banquet. Slay will speak on The Psychological Side of Banking. John M. McCabe of Princeton Bank and Trust Co. is chapter president.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bluefield
James M. Slay
Federal Reserve Bank of Richmond
American Institute of Banking
Mercer
McDowell
Wyoming
West Virginia
Bland and
Tazewell
Virginia
Slay
John M. McCabe
Princeton Bank and Trust Co
Oceana Woman's Club Bridges At High School
The Oceana Woman's Club held a bridge and canasta party in the home economics room at Oceana High School. Guests came from Oceana Pineville Brenton and Kopperston. Carl Reece of Brenton won high bridge score, Carl Hammond of Oceana was second. Mrs John Pomeroy won high canasta with Mrs Riley Campbell of Kopperston second.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oceana
RNS
Oceana Woman’s Club
Oceana High School
Pineville
Brenton
Kopperston
Carl Reece
Carl Hammond
Canasta
John Pomeroy
Riley Campbell
Red Star Man Is Put in Jail After Shooting
OAK HILL RNS Willy Burk ley 44 Greentown is reported resting fairly comfortably at Oak Hill Hospital with bullet wounds to back and arm. The shooting occurred at Green town Sunday about 10 45 p m. Tom Logan Red Star was arrested in connection with the shooting and placed in Fayette County Jail pending a hearing. Investigating officer Trooper Ted Anderson said the argument began over a car accident in which Burkely had been involved.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oak Hill
RNS
Willy Burkley
Greentown
Oak Hill Hospital
Tom Logan
Red Star
Fayette County
Ted Anderson
Burkely
Pineville Personal Visits Highlight Easter Weekend
Pineville residents hosted relatives and friends over Easter weekend and for holidays. The roundup lists visitors from Ohio Michigan Virginia New York and West Virginia, including families of Anderson Carlson Gillenwater Cooke Eicholtz Jarvis and others.
Women of Moose Will Aid Drive in Mullens
The Mullens chapter of the Women of the Moose will canvass a city section for the Wyoming County Cancer Society starting today. From Lusk and Moran Avenues west to the railway crossing, five members led by senior regent Mrs Clyde Hedrick will manage the solicitation. A party for the chapter is planned Wednesday night after an open meeting at 7 30 p.m. Members reported 30 Easter baskets delivered to needy children with help from the Loyal Order of Moose and Auxiliary. A Charleston chapter invitation to a special meeting April 24 honors Irene Wright and Kathleen Smith, with activities at 9 30 a.m. at the Moose Home in Charleston.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mullens
ANS
Women of the Moose
Wyoming County Cancer Society
Lusk
Moran Avenues
Clyde Hedrick
Charles Bowling
Jack Laxton
Estelle Caudle
Mildred Martin
Hedrick
Loyal Order of Moose and Auxiliary
Charleston
Irene Wright
Kathleen Smith
Mooseheart
Ill
Kaymoor Man Admits Bigamy
Dew ey Bunn of Kaymoor pleaded guilty to bigamy in Circuit Court before Judge Charles L. Garvin Jr. He received a one to five year sentence at Moundsville. At 10 30 this morning a jury was being empanelled to try Henry Bower on malicious assault charges.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fayetteville
RNS
Dewey Bunn
Kaymoor
Charles L. Garvin Jr
Moundsville
Henry Bower
Baileysville Personal Notes Read Sunday Guests List
Baileysville social brief lists numerous Sunday guests visiting families around Baileysville Oceana and adjacent towns. M iss Carole West and Miss Alice West hosted. several households including the Steeles Riffe Bailey Meadows Porters Morgan and others welcomed relatives and friends for Sunday visits.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Baileysville
Bns
Carole West
Laeger
Alice West
Jim Pratt
Harrison
Ora Meadows
Oceana
Ruth Joyce
Davy
Bud Toler
Jay Steele
Warren Steele
Theodore Riffe
Steeles
Julia Lester
Ellen Jack
Alpeca
Wayne Bailey
Delphia Morgan
Vivian
Glenda Morgan
Susan Morgan
James Morgan
Chester Morgan
Coal Mountain
Ruth Corns
Jack
Donald
W. L .Fortner
Ann Toler
Joyce Bailey
Bud Clay
Arnold Bailey
Katie West
Mary Lou Meadows
Elbert Rakes
K. FE
Shannon
Everett Pack
Howard Pack
Alden Tomlinson
Matheny
Ira Shields
Audie Morgan
Covel Boy Honored For High Grades
Jerry Elden Hurst a Covel freshman majoring in civil engineering at Tennessee Polytechnic Institute Cookeville Tenn has been placed on the winter quarter honor roll by the dean's office He is the son of Mr and Mrs Amos B Hurst
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jerry Elden Hurst
Tennessee Polytechnic Institute, Cookeville, Tenn
Amos B. Hurst
Jerry
Oceana High School Variety Show Delivers Multiple Acts
The journalism class at Oceana High School staged a 28 member variety show with a blackface parody Oh Doctor eight performers, a melodrama The Great Bottleneck Diamond and skits Green as Grass Myrtle Sees Basketball. Mrs Crews directed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oceana
RNS
Oceana High School
Carmie Estepp
Jack Burkett
Mike Goode
Dan Bostic
Bob Payne
Bob Lively
Don Hawkins
John Whitt
Sam Hager
Barbara Elkins
Maxine
Toneda Tonettes
Carleen Short
Ronald Clay
Mary Katherine Stewart
Tomahawk Times
Catherine Crews
Woman's Civic Club Convenes in Mullens
The Woman's Civic Club met at president Mrs. Gerald Snyder's Church Street home. Reports included the state federation convention at The Greenbrier White Sulphur Springs and thanks from the district president for hosting. Donations were announced from the auxiliary to the Brotherhood of Locomotive Firemen and Engine Men, Mullens Rotary Club, and a club transfer of funds. Members discussed clothing for Wyco Grade School and a cancer fund canvass for Mullens Hill. May 5 meeting set at Mrs. Dan Shewman’s home with program on Fire Prevention in the Home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mullens
RNS
Woman’s Civic Club
Church St
Gerald Snyder
State Federation
Greenbrier
White Sulphur Springs
Mullens Club
Jack Dick
Brotherhood of Locomotive Firemen
Mullens Rotary Club
Woman's Civic Club
Treasury
Wyco
Mullens Hill
Elbert Humphrey
Herman Akers
Snyder
Dan Shewman
Parkview Addition
Walter Crickmer
R. D. Price
Tuberculosis Group Will Meet Tuesday in Mullens
The Wyoming County Tuberculosis and Health Association will meet at 7 30 p m Tuesday at the Wyoming Hotel. Mrs Roy Bradburn executive secretary says the association's seal sale campaign will be closed out at that time.
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Beards
En Rogers
Arbuckle's Confectioners
Beatrice Meadows
Lewis Meadows
Maben
Teddy Shumate
Ted Shumate
Souisville
Mullens High School
G. C. Murphy
Advance Machine Manufacturing Co
Hinton
Symphony Orchestra
Moldau
Smetania
Steppes of
Central Asia
Borodin
Wyco Girl
Rainbow Girls
Florida
Vero Beach
Mom Chamber of Commerce
Lions Club
Red Star Man
James W. Anderson
Ohio
Floyd
Don Carlson
David
Morenci
Mich
W. V. McNemar
River Drive
W. V. McNemar Jr
Newdpst
W. Va
June Francis
W. C. Francis
Robert Forren
Orlie Forren
Crouchland
Concord College
Forren
Oceana High
Crouch Lumber Co
Women of Moose Will Aid Drive
Kaymoor Man
Covel
Tuberculosis
Joe Rodriguez, Jr
Democrat
City of
Pol, Ady
Elgin M. Hall
Health Department
Eigin
Pol
Ady
The
Chesapeake and Potomac
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