Pianist Roy Johnson Returns Home For Oak Hill Recital
Fayette and Raleigh counties celebrate a homecoming for Roy H. Johnson known as Jackie Johnson. The 24 year old pianist performed at Oak Hill Elementary School in aid of Easter Seal benefits. He studied at Eastman School of Music, holds degrees, and has performed with Rochester groups, recording for Mercury and Columbia.
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Oak Hill
RNS
Fayette
Raleigh
Roy H
Jackie) Johnson
Chopin
Ravel
Gaspard de la Nuit
Ondine
Gallows
Scarbo
Johnson
Gilbert Smith
Fayetteville
Roy H. Johnson
Beckley
Fayette County
Fayetteville High School
Mason School of Music
Charleston
Rochester, N. Y
Philharmonic Symphony Orchestra
Erich Leinsdorf
Civic Symphony Orchestra
Oratorio Society of Rochester
Eastman School of Music
Rochester
Eastman
Rochester Eastman Symphony Orchestra
Deems Taylor
Mercury Records
Howard Hanson
Rochester Symphony
Morton Gould
Columbia
Batavia
N. Y
Altoona
Long Illness Claims Life of Mrs Lula Atha
Mrs Lula Ann Atha 56 of Van Boone County died Monday night in a Charleston hospital after a long illness She was a member of the Methodist Church Survived by husband James three sons Joe Ernest and Cecil one daughter Daisy Penny two grandchildren two step grandchildren mother Cora Wiseman Funeral services Thursday at 11 a m Freedie Freewill Baptist Church Van with Rev Ray Crum and Rev Charles Gray officiating Burial in family cemetery at Sandlick Hunter and Hunter in charge Body to residence at 5 p m today
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Madison
RNL
Lula Ann Atha
Van
Boone County
Charleston
Methodist Church
James
Joe
Ernest
Cecil
Daisy Penny
Houston
Tex
Cora Wiseman
Freedie Freewill Baptist Church
Ray Crum
Charles Gray
Sandlick
Hunter
Collins High selects Kay Cobb and Kay Adams as Beauties
OAK HILL RNS Kay Cobb senior and Kay Adams junior have been named Collins High School Beauties by Gary Moore TV star. Cobb 18 daughter of J A and Mrs Cobb 112 River Ave serves as Vp of FBLA member of Tri-Hi-Y and was active in interclass tournaments. Adams 16 daughter of Mrs Vera Adams 137 School St member of Press Club Log staff Dramatics Latin Club and National Honor Society. Portraits of four seniors and four juniors were chosen for judging and will appear in the Acorn yearbook VIP section. Last year’s loveliest was Barbara Allen Stover with Cobb as second loveliest.
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Oak Hill
Kay Cobb
Kay Adams
Gary Moore
Collins High School
Miss Cobb
J. A. Cobb
River Ave
Future Business Leaders of America
Kay
Collins
Imp
Red Devil
Miss Adams
Vera Adams
School St
Press Club
Log Staff
National Honor Society
Red Devil Band
Collins Beauties
Kays
Acorn
Patsy Bartlett
Shara McGriff
Martha Wooldridge
Barbara Allen
Mary Ellen Carter
Stella Fraga
Moore
John Howard Scott
Barbara Allen Stover
Lucky Bag
United States Naval Academy At Annapolis, Md
Woodard Funeral Rites To Be Held Wednesday
Thomas Woodard 70 retired Virginian Railway black smith dies Friday night after four weeks at Lakin State Hospital. Services at Virginia Street First Methodist Church at 1 p.m. Wednesday with Rev. L. E. Berger. Burial Greenwood Cemetery Beckley. Survived by wife Sarah Doyle Woodard and stepson Alfred Yates. Body at Wyoming Funeral Home until service hour.
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Nash County
Joyner and
Louisianna Arrington Woodard
Sarah Doyle Woodard
Alfred Yates
Mullens
Wyoming Funeral Home
Jacob P. Jarvis Rites To Be Held Wednesday
Funeral rites for Jacob Peter Jarvis 69 die at home on River Ave Oak Hill will be on Wednesday with high mass at St Peter and St Paul Catholic Church Scarbro at 9 30 a m Rev Eugene Klug will officiate Burial will be in High Lawn Memorial Park Rosary will be said today body remains at Tyree Funeral Home He a retired miner member of St Peter and Paul Catholic Church Scarbro born in Lithuania November 16 1884 Survivors include two sons John and August of Summerlee one daughter Mrs Alice Kokoski Oak Hill and six grandchildren
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Oak Hill
RNS
Jacob Peter Jarvis
River, Ave
St. Peter and St. Paul’s Catholic Church
Scarbro
Eugene Klug
High Lawn Memorial Park
Twins Die Soon After Birth Funeral Today
Graveside rites were held at 11 a.m. for the twin sons of Mr and Mrs Basil Sweeney Pax who died shortly after birth on Monday Burial was in the family cemetery at Sweeneysburg with Tyree Funeral Home Oak Hill in charge The babies were born at 4 a.m One died about an hour after birth and the other at about 11 a.m The Sweeneys have a daughter Carolyn 4 The infants are survived by the maternal grandparents Mr and Mrs Donley Williams of Dirtsville
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PAX
RNS
Basil Sweeney
Sweeneysburg
Tyree
Oak Hill
Sweeneys
Carolyn
Donley Willams
Dirtsville
Fayette Leads In Purchase Of Savings Bonds
Fayette County headed southern West Virginia counties in March savings bonds purchases excluding Kanawha, totaling 129,068 dollars split into 127,068 for Series E and 2,000 for Series H. Raleigh County followed with 120,168 dollars, while Greenbrier, Mercer, Monroe, Nicholas, Pocahontas, Summers, and Wyoming counties posted various totals. Statewide March sales reached 4,542,637 dollars.
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Fayette
Fayetteville
Fayette County
West Virginia
Kanawha
United States Savings
State Division of the Treasury
Raleigh
Greenbrier
Mercer
Monroe
Nicholas
Pocahontas
Summers
Wyoming
Collins Classes To Name Officers At School Elections
Collins High School class officers will be elected in class meetings on April 21 to complete the Student Council lineup. Pat Errington was elected president, Sharon Frisk vice president, Sheila Miller secretary, and Leonard Nicholson treasurer. New officers to be installed May 18 at the Awards Assembly and begin duties next term.
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OAK Hill
RNS
Collins High School
Pat Errington
Sharon Frisk
Sheila Miller
Leonard (Steedy) Nicholson
Funeral services for Theodore R. Taylor held in Whitesville
Funeral services for Theodore Roosevelt Taylor, 52, Whitesville, will be conducted at 5 p.m. today at the First Baptist Church in Edwight. The Rev. R. C. Brown will officiate. Burial will follow at Noel, Virginia, with Armstrong Funeral Home in charge. Taylor died Sunday in a Huntington hospital.
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Whitesville
RNS
Theodore Roosevelt Taylor
First Baptist Church
Edwight
R. C. Brown
Noel
Armstrong
Taylor
Huntington
Merediths visit relatives in Virginia places
Mr. and Mrs. H. K. Meredith and children Bren da and Junior are visiting relatives in Fincastle and Buena Vista. Mrs. Edith Trent and daughter Daryl were Friday visitors in Welch. Mrs. George Conley has been returned home from the Bluefield Sanitarium where she remained a patient for the past month. Mrs. Fan Rollins of Logan is the guest of Mr. and Mrs. Ralph Cook and Rice Cook.
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Oceana
RNS
H. K. Meredith
Brenda
Junior
Fincastle
Buena Vista
Edith Trent
Daryl
Welch
George Conley
Bluefield Sanitarium
Fan Rollins
Logan
Ralph Cook
Rice Cook
Girl, 2, Lives After Drop From Bridge
In Mullens West Virginia a two year old girl Dottie Sue Brinkley nearly drowned when she fell from a swinging bridge over the Guyandotte River into two feet of water. Neighbors, including Ray Roupe, rescued her as medical crew from Wyoming Funeral Home treated her with oxygen until she woke.
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Mullens
BNS
Beechwood
Gay Nell
Guyandotte River
Dottie Sue
Ray Roupe
George Fordham
Wyoming Funeral Home
Slate Fall Kills Section Foreman at Itmann Mine
John Paul Smith a 42 year old section foreman for Pocahontas Fuel Co. was fatally injured in a slate fall at the Itmann mine in Wyoming County. He died in a Welch hospital about eight hours after the 7:45 a.m. accident while attempting to move a cable prior to bolting the roof. This is the third fatality at the recently reopened mine. Smith was born in Tram Kentucky and survived by his wife Dora a son and a daughter, his father and several siblings. He was a member of Masonic Lodge No 138 and Mullens Moose Lodge. Funeral services were arranged at Evans Funeral Home in Oceana.
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Itmann
RNS
John Paul Smith
Pocahontas Fuel Co
Wyoming County
Welch
Smith
Masonic Lodge No. 138
Pineville
Mullens Moose Lodge
Evans Funeral Home
Oceana
Seven Men Go On Trial For Burglary Shooting
In Mercer County, the trial of seven men for the August 15 burglary and shooting at Robert Bridwell’s Brushfork home began in Criminal Court after morning conferences. Indicted on burglary maiming and attempted armed robbery are Pete Grzewski Toronto Stephen Mzinnes Washington Frank Foy New York John Zapp Toronto Jacob Maislish New York Roy Carter Beckley and Bob Vichols.
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Princeton
RNS
Robert Bridwell
Brushfork
Mercer County
Toronto
Canada
Stephen Mezinnes
Washington, D. C
Frank Foy
New York City
John Zapp
Toronto Canada
Jacob Maislish
Roy Carter
Beckley
Bob Vichols
Bridwell Home
Fayette Student Wins State Essay Award From Governor
Fayette County high school student John Howard Scott won first prize in a statewide essay contest on employing the physically handicapped. He received 150 in U S Savings Bonds, with ceremony at the statehouse. Mary Ann Malfregeot and Ruth Elinor Gregg were runners up.
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Charleston
Fayette County
Gov. Marland
U. S
John Howard Scott
Collins High School
Oak Hill
Statehouse
Governor’s Committee On
Charles L. Rolfe
Young Scott
Mary Ann Malfregeot
St. Marys High School
Clarksburg
Ruth Elinor Gregg
Parkersburg High School
Eisenhower
Scott's High School
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People’s Credit Store
Neville ST
Mt. Hope
By Mie
Lula Atha
Frank Maurits
Woodard
Jacob P. Jarvis
Theodore R. Taylor
Oceana Personals
Dottie Sue Brinkley
Yours
Beckley Newspapers
Beckley, W. V
Philadelphia School of Practical Nursing
H” Nursing
Free Employment Service
Gloria Swanson
America
Daytona Beach
Chrysler
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MC Cutcheon & Drake Motor CO. Inc
2Nd Street
Beckley, W. Va
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