Thomas Funeral Rites Thursday for Dewey A. Thomas
Funeral services will be held at Healing Stream Baptist Church in Fosterville at 1 p.m. Thursday for 50 year old Dewey Arnold Thomas who died Tuesday morning. Burial will follow at Oxley Cemetery. He worked for the State Road Commission eight years and is survived by his wife Lelia Mae, two sons Carl and Donald, four daughters and other relatives. The body will be taken to the home Wednesday at 3 p.m. from Armstrong Funeral Home Whitesville.
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Healing Stream Baptist Church
Lloyd W. Cosby
Dewey Arnold Thomas
Oxley
State Road Commission
Lelia Mae Thomas
Carl
Donald Thomas
Maizie Thomas
Ruth Thomas
Sybil Prouse
South Charleston
Jewell Mays
Comfort
Vada Thomas
Seth
Tilda Javins
Orgas
Bessie Thompson
Edwight
Armstrong Funeral Home
Whitesville
Sherman Election Slated Thursday
Mr. and Mrs. Sherman will announce Sherman High School election nominees on Thursday. Candidates include ninth graders Jo Ann Thompson Delores Peters and Handley Barker. tenth graders Patsy Humphreys Christine Estep and Paul Webb. eleventh graders Delores Cooper Mary Reynolds and Doyle Reed.
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Sherman
Sherman High School
Jo Ann Thompson
Delores Peters
Handley Barker
Patsy Humphreys
Christine Estep
Paul Webb
Delores Cooper
Marie Ynolds
Doyle Reed
Van Miss Irene Mills Calls On Madison Visitor
VAN-Miss Irene Mills was a Monday visitor in Madison. The Van Methodist Church sent a group to the fourth quarterly conference at Pineville on Thursday. Miss Ida Mae Thompson attended the spring meeting of the State Classroom Teachers Association in Clarksburg. Mr and Mrs Erma Castle, formerly of Van, now reside at Twilight.
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Madison
Harry C., Mikels
Betty Jane Harding
Henry Farley
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Pineville
Ida Mae Thompson
van High School
State Classroom Teachers Association
Clarksburg
Erma Castle
Mrs Harper Feted At Bandytown Party
Mrs Mildred Harper was entertained with a party by Mrs Laura Workman and Mrs Lacy Kidd on Tuesday in Bandytown Attending and sending gifts were many local residents and relatives from Van and surrounding areas including Audie Green Jimmy Ferrell Sue Ferrell Mabel Green and Eva Mae Jarrell The event featured a large showing of family members and neighbors from the Harper and Workman families.
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Lacy Kidd
Audie Green
Jimmy Ferrell
Sue Ferrell
Van
Mabel Green
Dot Bohannon
May Harper
Jean Carol Harper
Edith Scott
Eva Mae Jarrell
Cynthia Workman
Lena Harper
Tressie Green
Geneva Miller
Minta Ferrell
Ina Weaver
Alva Markins
Eva Jarrell
Ellen Scott
Charlotte Kidd
Duane Rita Harper
Dale Jarrell
Gene Workman
Curtiss Workman
Edward Workman
Sam Workman
Thirsey Harper
Terry Harper
Richard Jarrell
Students present PTA program at May meeting
Y and O Elementary School students perform for the May 9 PTA session. R B Foster Jr addresses "The Home the Church and the School." Music, poems, talks, a bake sale set for April 21, and field day plans are announced. Book awards go to Miss Mary Mosley’s class.
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Opal Jones
Sherman Mullins
L. C. Miller
Bonnie Lorrison
Delmer Wallace
Mina Jarrell
Jesus
Lester Jarrell
James Kinzer
C. V. H. Cook
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Y & O Company
Lillie Kuhn
Ruth Mullins
Talma Dotson
R. B. Foster
Mary Mosley
Jackson and Kiser Enroll in WVU Summer School
Mr and Mrs Aubrey Jackson join Mr and Mrs Herbert Kiser in Morgantown for summer session at West Virginia University to advance master degrees. Both couples are Concord College graduates and teach at Clear Fork High School where Jackson serves as head coach.
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Whitesville
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Jackson
Marsh Fork Band to Attend Southern Regional Festival
Marsh Fork High School band will participate in the Southern Regional Band Festival at Bluefield this Saturday, said Principal Claude Worley.
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Birth announced for John Charles at Whitesville Clinic
Mont Hendricks of Orgas announce the birth of a son, John Charles, weighing 9 pounds, born at Whitesville Clinic on April 10.
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Orgas
John Charles
Whitesville Clinic
Polly Make-Believe Operetta Set By Whitesville Junior High
Whitesville May 1 date chosen for Polly Make-Believe an operetta in two acts starring Whitesville Junior High students under Mrs George Schweizer direction. PTA sponsors the production with Jean Carter in the lead and cast including Lilly Day Mallie Fleck Carl Martin Richard Flint Sandra Snyder Thurman Workman George Dew Jo Anne Adkins Carla Sue Lockwood Betty Cooper Nancy Wood Gail Workman plus younger students in varied roles across grades. The yard of an old gardener cottage becomes Polly s Make-Believe Orphanage for the setting.
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George Schweizer
Parent- Teacher’s Association
Jean Carter
Polly Make-Believe
Lilly Day
Lassie
Mallie Fleck
Mack
Carl Martin
Jimmy
Richard Flint
Sbenezer
Sandra Snyder
Keith Man Dies In Mine Wreck
Frank Malaskey age 36 of Keith died in a Red Cedar mine accident at Red Parrot Coal Co. He was driving a motor that struck an empty car, throwing it and crushing him. The Rev. O E Stump will lead funeral services at 10 a m Thursday from his residence. Burial at Highlawn Memorial Park in Oak Hill. Survived by son Frederick Eugene of Edwight and brother Joseph Malesky in Huntington Veterans Hospital. Body returned to Valley Funeral Home at 1 p m Wednesday.
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Highlawn Memorial Park
Oak Hill
Maloskey
J. W. Hurley
Frederick Eugene
Edwight
Joseph Malesky
Huntington Veteran’s Hospital
Valley Funeral Home
Seth Teams Plan Variety Program at Sherman High School
Seth baseball teams in the Big Coal River Junior League present Take Me Out to the Ball Game on May 13 at 7:30 p.m. in Sherman High School Auditorium. Proceeds fund uniforms balls bats gloves and equipment. sponsor Woodrow Hendricks notes local and out of town talent participates.
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Prenter Personal Guests Highlight Local Service Family
Mrs Rudolph Jennings of Charleston was a weekend guest of her parents Mr and Mrs Jesse Hubbard of Prenter Private First Class Sydney C Morgan of Prenter is on a 10 day furlough with his parents Mr and Mrs Carl Morgan after which he will report to Fort Belvoir Va for a drafting course He and his mother visited friends and relatives in Raleigh and Wyoming counties on Tuesday and Wednesday.
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Charleston
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Sydney C. Morgan
Carl Morgan
Fort Belvoir
Raleigh
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Bandytown Personal News From Tennessee Visit
Bandytown Mr. and Mrs. James Bohannan and their son are visiting in Tennessee. Mrs. Evelyn Ferrell returned home Tuesday after visiting her son and daughter-in-law in Peytona.
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Tennessee
Evelyn Ferrell
Peytona
Clinton Social Roundup Hears Sunday Guest in Clinton
Clinton personage Harris was the Sunday guest of Perry Puckett. Mr and Mrs Lewis Lucas entertained the Rev Louise Beard in their Clinton home on Friday and Saturday.
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Clinton—Mont Harris
Perry Puckett
Lewis Lucas
Louise Beard
Clinton
Ohio guest ties creek visit with city pair
Mrs Toney Fiorentino of Dayton Ohio visits Song Creek with M and Mrs W A Kirk of Song Creek and Mrs J D Peters of Colcord accompanying them in a local hospitality note from the area.
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Song Creek
J. D. Peters
Colcord
Toney Fiorentino
Dayton
Clear Fork Woman Struck by Automobile
Carlie Hub bard, 64, of Clear Fork, fractured leg after stepping into path of car near Superior. Admitted to Stevens Clinic Hospital in Welch for treatment. Driver David Harmon of Davy says she looked the other way and stepped into the vehicle. left fender struck her as he attempted to stop.
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Webb Will Probated In Mercer County
Princeton reports the will of S. P. Webb of Glenwood Park probated in Mercer County. The estate is left to his wife Nannie FE Webb for her lifetime, then divided equally among seven children. Henry C. Webb named executor without bond. Appraisers named H. R. Combs, J. A. Puckett, and A C. Peters.
Bluefield Student Heads WVU Club
The West Virginia University Marketing Club, promoting scientific study and research in marketing, announced open membership for economic and business administration students. Charles J. Elliott of Bluefield was chosen president, Sally F. Alexander of Charleston vice president, George H. Scheller of Staten Island secretary, and Thomas L. Proudfoot of Philippi treasurer.
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Mercer Seaman G A Crouch Killed in Car Wreck
Dott seaman apprentice G A Crouch was killed when a car overturned near Milton Florida. He was a Navy recruit from Matoaka son of Mr and Mrs Marion Crouch. Injured were Johnnie Poe and Frank Market. Funeral plans pending at Bailey Funeral Home Matoaka.
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Bim
Frank Market
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Simms Residence Damaged by Fire
A curtain hung above an open-top gas heater ignited and damaged one room of George Simms house near Princeton on the old Athens road. Fire Chief W. K. Umberger said Tuesday the property, occupied by the Simms and the Williams families, valued about 17000 with partial insurance. Contents valued about 4500 with no insurance. Building damage estimated at 300 and contents at 400.
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Athens Road
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Stanley Williams
James W Knight 81 Cattleman Dies After Pneumonia
Williamsburg funeral planned for James W Knight 81 farmer and cattleman who died Sunday in a Baltimore hospital after a brief illness. Burial in Rosewood Cemetery Lewisburg. Knight, a Greenbrier County education board charter member, born August 6 1862, survived by three daughters.
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Baltimore
J. Q. Geigre
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Greenbrier County
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Rupert Youths Charged With School Entry
Rupert, West Virginia, teens Rupert Blankenship, 17, and a younger companion face charges of breaking and entering the Rupert school building Sunday night. Both arraigned before Magistrate Craft. the younger boy held for juvenile court, admitted probation from Boys Industrial School at Pruntytown. Principal Core said they cooked and ate in home economics, pried open a window, used skelton keys on inner doors, damaged a soft drink dispenser, and about $3 was taken from the cash box.
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Franklin Delano Blankenship
Rupert School
C. L. Craft
Pruntytown
E. V. Core
Skelton
Brown and Elgin and Knight Featured at Home
Mrs H A Florence Brown of East Rainelle Mrs Elizabeth Elgin wife of Dr W W Elgin Baltimore physician and Miss Mildred Knight at home in a society notice listing names and places from the era.
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Elizabeth Elgin
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Baltimore
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Gambling Devices Draw Fines On Kingwood Stewards
Two club stewards, David House and W O Burke, were fined $100 and costs after pleading guilty to keeping and exhibiting gambling devices. The case stemmed from state police raids on April 8 at the Eagles Club and the Valley Club near Kingwood, where slot machines were seized. A court order to destroy the gambling machines was issued by Circuit Judge C P Wilhelm.
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Paul W. Morris
David House
W. O. Burke
Eagles Club
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Valley Club
Burke
Thievery at School as Dispensers Opened by Stolen Keys
Building occupants found dispensers opened with keys believed stolen earlier. Teachers discovered their rooms ransacked and small cash sums missing. Several cancelled checks were taken from the principal’s office. Police said they arrested a younger boy after an afternoon chase during which he swam Meadow River.
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Park Group Receives Site for Development
Princeton city council approves transfer of land south of Princeton Airport runway to the Princeton Park and Recreation Association pending a formal agreement. A safety clause and city seizure if unsafe are included. Council action follows urging by John Frederick of Youth Inc.. Gadd and W Grady Carper praised the plan. Police radios bids and FCC frequency shift set July 1 deadline. Carnivals allowed for fire and police departments. Moonlight Cab Co granted a cab stand near Johnston Motor Co.
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Youth, Inc
Gadd
W. Grady Carper
Federal Communications Commission
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Sea slug size range noted by Nat Geo Society
The National Geographic Society reports sea slugs vary in length from a few inches up to two feet, reflecting wide size diversity among species.
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