Oceana Officials Ordered to Mandamus Hearing
Oceana town officials must appear before Wyoming Circuit Court Judge Robert Worrell in Pineville to show cause why James I. Harless's name should not appear on the June 1 mayoral ballot. Harless seeks a writ claiming the recorder must place filing candidates on the ballot and that the council lacks authority to disqualify him. He cites a felony conviction as grounds but argues no statute disqualifies him from local office. Harless previously filed March 9 and had his filing fee returned. he alleges a frameup and that West Virginia's disqualification provisions apply only to state offices. The hearing is set for 10 a.m. Wednesday. Mayor Leland Tilley and councilors Puckett, Mathis, Argie Cozort, Beane, and Adams are ordered to appear.
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Monongalia County
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Town Recorder
Monongalis County
House of Delegates
Road Branch School
Vaughn Cozort
Leland Tilley
George Puckett
Henry Mathis
Argie Cozort
L. W.beane
Victor Adams
Bettie Harris 75 Dies at Dorothy
Mrs Bettie Harris age 75 of Dorothy died Sunday night at home. She was widow of Tom Harris and daughter of the late Amos and Leila Keaton Pettry of Pettry West Virginia. Survived by three daughters Mrs Harold Rose and Mrs Carlton Cook of Dorothy, Mrs Clay Pettry of Dayton Ohio, one sister Mrs Lou Pennington of Montreal and two brothers Sam and Sidney Pettry of Princeton. Services set for 2:30 Tuesday at Assembly of God Church Dorothy with Rev J E Winstead and Rev Glenn West officiating. Interment Union Cemetery Lawson. Body to be taken to home at 5 p m today from Armstrong Funeral Home.
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Retired Mullens Blacksmith Dies At 75
Thomas Woodard, 75, Mullens, died Sunday in a Lakin hospital after a two year illness. Born February 12, 1879, he was a retired blacksmith with the Virginian Railway Co. His body remains at Wyoming Funeral Home pending funeral arrangements. Burial will be in Greenwood Cemetery.
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Mines win safety awards in Beckley council contest
EGFA Layland Mines and several others earned top safety honors in the Beckley Council Holmes Safety Association contest. March totals show 17 mines with accidents and 395,866 man-hours logged, with one fatality and 17 lost-time incidents. Layland Mine led Group I by logging 40,871 accident-free hours and was followed by New River Cranberry Mine with one lost-time incident in 44,126 hours.
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Six Fayette CAR members to attend national convention
Six members of the Betty Henry Chapter Children of the American Revolution will attend the national CAR convention April 22 to 24 in Washington DC. Three will serve as pages. representatives are Carolyn Lee Patterson Suzanne Snyder and Virginia Ann Scott. They travel by train April 22, with Mrs. John Calvin Scott.
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Borderland
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J L Rose Dies In Back Seat Of Car
Pineville authorities report James Leman Rose 39 died of a heart attack about 2 a m Sunday while in the back seat of a car. An Army veteran of World War II he was born June 25 1914 at Pineville and survived by father Floyd Rose and step mother four brothers and four sisters. Funeral services set for 11 a m Tuesday at Cook Memorial Baptist Church with burial in Walker Cemetery Rock View. Body to be moved to the Vivian Rose residence at 4 p m today.
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Charleston
Agee Stewart
Lynco
Carmel Hill
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George Wayne Cook
St. Albans
Robert Runyon
Bud
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Harry L. Stevens
Walker Cemetery
Robertson and Foglesong
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OES Friendship Night planned in Pineville May 6
Pineville Chapter 110, Order of the Eastern Star, will observe Friendship Night on May 6. At a Thursday meeting at the UMW Lodge Hall in Oceana, two new members were initiated. Officers and members listed with Mae Cook presiding and C. C. Tucker as worthy patron.
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Oscar Goode
Gladys Stone
Edith Mae Browning
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Opal Goode
Faye Gorosse
Luna
S. Worrell
Jessie Hager
Adah
Helen McClung
Ruth
Erma Guthrie
Esther
Virginia Price
Martha
Helena Cline
Electa
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Margaret Tackett
Sentinel
Theodore Taylor Dies In Huntington Hospital
Theodore Roosevelt Taylor 52 of Whitesville died Sunday morning in a Huntington hospital. A Chesapeake and Ohio Railroad section laborer and known as a singing teacher on Coal River, he is survived by his widow Rushie two daughters Dolores Jean and Phyllis Juanita three sons Charles Theodore and James his mother Mrs Laura Taylor four sisters and five brothers. Funeral arrangements are incomplete with body at Armstrong Funeral Home.
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Richmond
Faces Murder Charge In Slaying Of Sister
In Summers County, 23 year old Charles Martin faces a murder charge for the fatal shotgun shooting of his 12 year old sister Alice Jean Martin at the Martin home. The girl died later at a Hinton hospital after receiving the weapon injury to the face. Funeral services were set for 2 30 p.m. at Forest Hill Baptist Church with Rev W M Wills officiating. Burial will be in the church cemetery. The body was moved from Ronald Meadows Funeral Home to the family residence near Bellepoint. Surviving relatives include the mother and stepfather Mr and Mrs J L Adkins of Bellepoint father J Ed Martin of Hinton three brothers William Hughford and Billy and three sisters Rosie Elizabeth Goldie Irene and Dorma Mae. Active pallbearers listed.
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Pearisburg
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Grove Moler To Speak At Mullens WSCS Meet
Attorney D Gove Moler will address the Mullens Woman's Society of Christian Service on prison and prison reform at 7 30 p m in Friendship Hall First Methodist Church Joyce Roach Mullens High School sophomore will sing I Belive I Wonder as I Wander and The Silent Voice with accompanist Mrs George Dickson The meeting is one day early for members to attend the Dorsey 40th wedding anniversary observance in Clendenin Tuesday
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Education Board Accepts Bus Bid
Fayette County Board of Education accepted Bron Chevrolet Co. of Montgomery bid for three G M C 66 passenger school bus chassis. Other bids came from Fayette Motor Co Oak Hill International $4053 22 each delivered Oak Hill Motors $3810 52 Kanawha Valley Motors Reo $4077 13 The Brown Chevrolet Co beat the next low bid by 320 16. A bus garage site purchase not decided. One resignation Stuart B Angell industrial arts Kingston High effective April 7 no replacement yet.
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Four Persons Jailed in Mullens Weekend Custody
Mullens police reported four persons jailed over the weekend. Two were detained by state police for road law violations, and two by city police for drunkenness, according to Police Chief Wendell W. Cook.
Churches Sponsor Boy Scout Troop 125 Reorganization
Glen Rogers Boy Scout Troop 125 is being reorganized with Davis Baptist Church and Glen Rogers Community Church as joint sponsors. Representatives include Rev. Ted Cook and Rev. Lee Richardson, with a large committee led by Dr. C. C. Cottrill. Nineteen boys have been registered to date.
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Dr J F Wright Speaks On Educational Integration At Mount Hope
At the 23rd annual Flat Top Round Table at DuBois High School, Bluefield State College president Dr J S Wright urged inevitability of educational integration. He said Negroes and whites must prepare themselves for integration. Four workshops ran in the afternoon as about 150 teachers and instructors attended. The next Round Table will meet at Conley High School in Mullens in 1955. Participants include Fayette, Wyoming, and Summers counties.
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Mauled Man Declines To Name His Antagonist
Carl Heigler, 52, of Maben, said he was beaten after ducking the wrong way and refused to name his assailant at Wyoming General Hospital. He was referred to a Beckley eye specialist for further care. Mrs. George Callins of Stephenson arrived for X rays after injuring her arm in a fall.
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Wyoming General Hospital
Carl Heigler
Beckley
George Callins
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