Burrell Pleads Guilty in Pax School Burglary Case
Mack Burrell of Mount Hope pleaded guilty in Fayette Circuit Court to breaking and entering the Pax School in Fayette. Judge Charles L. Garvin Jr. sentenced him to a term of one to fifteen years in the state penitentiary, the longer term enhanced by prior felony conviction. Jurors were dismissed for the day and ordered to report Thursday morning.
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Fayetteville
RNS
Mack Burrell
Mount Hope
Pax School
Fayette
Charles L. Garvin Jr
Layland Man Sam Kruk Dies in Beckley Hospital
Layland resident Sam Kruk died at 11:15 p.m. Tuesday in a Beckley hospital after a February admission for treatment. His body is at Wallace and Wallace Funeral Home in East Raleigh, pending funeral arrangements.
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Layland
Sam Kruk
Rns
Beckley Hospital
Wallace and Wallace Funeral Home
East Rainelle
X Ray Clinics To Visit Fayette County Communities
Mobile X-ray units will tour Fayette County with free tuberculosis screening tests sponsored by the county Tuberculosis and Health Association the county extension office and the 4 H Leaders Association. The schedule lists Fayetteville Oak Hill Mount Hope Danese Montgomery Lookout Gauley Bridge Ansted with dates times and assigned workers for each community.
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Fayetteville
Rns
Fayette County
County Tuberculosis and Health Association
County Extension Office
4-H Leaders Association
John Holliday
A. C. Richards
E. L. Clower
Porter Waugh
C. E. Painter
W. M. Warren
Ruby Rotan
H. R
Hilda DeQuasie
Dorothy Harris
Jess Evans
A. Fitzgerald
Winte Prevette
B. L. Bragg
Mount Hope
Raymond Kelly
C. H. McCoy
H. Fore
William Markaru
Danese
M. B. Cavendish
Hazel Wright
Vic Gilkeson
J. M. Neff
Stella Cavendish
John Finley
C. L. Smith Jr
I. J. Knight
Joe McClung
Ruth Bader
H. W. McClung
Elmer Harrell
W. K. Wheeler
G. C. Behan
Evan McKown
A. C. Haynes
J. R Lesher
W. M. Harris
Lora G. Miller
James Legg
Cal Kenny
W. B. Haga
Hallie Crist
Gauley Bridge
Ed Hill
H. F. Clench
Ansted
H. E. Deitz
Ruby Deitz
H. B. Carden
Oak Hill Civic League Elects New Officers
Oak Hill Civic League members elected officers at the Hotel Hill meeting. New president is Mrs. B F Puckett, with officers including Mrs. Grant Thomas, Mrs. Frank Zemonek, Mrs. Robert Nelson, Miss Theresa Jobe, Mrs. Clayton Barnhart, and Mrs. C P Anderson Jr. The meeting covered library cataloging, safety program, blood drive results, a rose hedge planting, and a music program featuring Mrs. Herbert Cole. The final meeting of the season is set for May 16 with a Celanese Consumer Relations program.
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Oak Hill
RNL
Clayton Barnhart
Ernest McCoy
Ivan Bush
West Virginia Safety Council
Star Driver’s Club
Nancy Hannabase
C. P. Anderson Jr
League
Margaret Bundy
City Beautification Committee
Herbert Cole
W. D. Sweazy
A. L. Sydnor
Roy Scott
Leona Baird
J. P. Cashion
Hortense Callawn
Luther Greene
M. G. Hiesan
Nancy Hannabass
Henry Iddings
Carolyn Jasper
Fred Jasper
Frances Jobe
Theresa Jobe
John Long
J. A. McPherson
William Moore
Tracy Moses
Robert Nelson
R. N. Noyes
Joe Oliver
B. F. Puckett
John Scott
W. B. Sweazy
G. J. Thomas
Raymond Tissue
J. S. Trump
C. P. White
Robert Dempsey Weds Miss Ayers at Oak Hill Methodist Parsonage
Robert Lee Dempsey and Delys Janice Ayers married at Oak Hill Methodist Parsonage in an 8:30 p.m. ceremony officiated by Rev. C. G. Eastwood. The bride, daughter of Mrs. Willa Ayers, wore a grey linen dress with blue and pink accessories and white orchid corsage. The groom is the son of Mr. and Mrs. C. L. Dempsey. Mrs. Violet Hodge served as matron of honor and Debree Hodge as best man. The bride is employed by Chesapeake and Potomac Telephone Co., and the groom by New River Supply Co. They will reside with the bride’s mother in Harvey.
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Oak Hill
RNS
Robert Lee Dempsey
Delys Janice Ayers
C. G. Eastwood
Willa Ayers
Harvey
C. L. Dempsey
Violet Hodge
Debree Hodge
Dempsey
Mount Hope High School
Chesapeake and Potomac Telephone Co
Fayetteville
New River Supply Co
Arrangements Made for Oceana Amateur Contest
A master of ceremonies will preside at Oceana High School auditorium Thursday at 7 30 p m. C C Chambers president of Kopperston Lions Club Oceana businessman, will serve The Tomahew Times sponsors the contest Participants from Oceana include Carleen Brown Patty Scott Eleanor Cook Ronald Clay The Tonettes Peggy Wallace and Mike Goode Other entrants will come from nearby schools and communities About 25 entries had been received by April 19 Cash prizes of 25 10 and 5 will be awarded to top finishers.
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Oceana
ANS
Oceana High School
C. Chambers
Kopperston Lions Club
Tomahew’ Times
Carleen Brown
Patty Scott
Davy Crockett
Eleanor Cook
Ronald Clay
Crowd
the Tonettes
Peggy Wallace
Mike Goode
Catherine Crews
Republican Women Plan for Meeting in Oak Hill
The Oak Hill Republican Woman's Club met at City Hall to discuss the coming convention to be held in Parkersburg on April 30. Members planning to attend should contact Mrs C R Hill. The annual spring conference was announced for May 9 through 11 in Washington DC.
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Oak Hill
RNS
Republican Woman's Club
City Hall
Parkersburg
C. R. Hill
Washington, D. C
Infant Cynthia Koone Dies in Johns Hopkins Hospital
Infant Cynthia Lynn Koone died at Johns Hopkins Hospital after birth heart condition. Funeral set for Thursday at Tyree Funeral Home Chapel Oak Hill with Rev. Peter Vroom officiating. She leaves parents Gayle and Cynthia Koone and grandparents W. R. Brown and Williams Koone. Burial in Odd Fellows Cemetery Oak Hill.
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Oak Hill
RNS
Tyree
Cynthia Lynn Koone
Gayle Edwards Koone
Peter Vroom
Johns Hopkins Hospital
W. R. Brown
Williams Koone
Hill Top
Odd Fellows
Funeral for Mrs. Opha Dunn in Lochgelly
Mrs. Opha Dunn age 67 of Lochgelly dies Tuesday at 3 40 p m at her home services from the Church of Nazarene East Oak Hill at 2 p m Thursday officiated by Rev Edwine Hale and Rev C B Donnelly burial in the Thomas addition of Odd Fellows Cemetery Oak Hill body to be taken from Tyree Funeral Home to the residence at 4 p m today pallbearers named Kenneth Blake William Minnich James Davis We t en Nard Low ary and W P Warden survivors include four daughters four sons and ten grandchildren with siblings and other relatives listed.
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Oak Hill
RNS
Church of Nazarene
East Oak Hill
Opha Dunn
Lochgelly
Edwine Hale
Donnelly
Thomas
Odd Fellows Cemetery
Tyree
Kenneth Blake
William Minnich
James Davis
W. H. Saunders
Bluefield
John Saunders
Roanoke
Emmett Fitzwater
Warren Sizemore
Fayetteville
William Underwood
Thurmond
White Shrine Patrol Elects Officers
The White Shrine Patrol elected Mrs. Flora Twaddle as president Miss Anna Cope as vice president and Mrs. Myrtle Teel as secretary at the Wednesday meeting. They planned a May 4 dinner at 6 30 p m with details from Mrs Teel. Horace D Gast director of the patrol Mrs Gast and son Eugene will attend the dinner.
Beavers damage car near new Moline plant
A rural area, near a new manufacturing plant in Moline Illinois, has been disrupted by beavers felling trees. One tree fell into a car in the parking lot causing damage as workers noted the nuisance from the growing beaver population.
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Moline
Ill
Annual Silver Tea Invitations Sent for May 16
Mrs. E. B. Gwinn presides as invitations go to members and guests for the annual silver tea on May 16 from 2 30 to 5 30 p m at Mrs. C E Hill's home. About 15 members attended the meeting.
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Ing
E. B. Gwinn
C. E. Hill
Pineville Presbyterian Women Meet at Church
Pineville Presbyterian Church hosts a Women of the Church gathering with president C S Smith presiding. Mrs Earl Miller leads Bible Study on Faith as Adventure, followed by a program by Mrs J B Grove and Mrs Norman K Morgan and a filmstrip on Presbyterian Colleges. Next meeting planned with co hosts Mrs Ralph Looney and Mrs William Henkins. Refreshments served by Misses Elizabeth and Klara Mae Wilson to an extensive list of members.
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Pineville
RNS
Pineville Presbyterian Church
C. S. Smith
Earl Miller
J. B. Grove
Norman K. Morgan
Presbyterian Colleges
Ralph Looney
William Henkins
Elizabeth and
Klara
Mae Wilson
E. B. Swimm
Dorsey Freeman
Frank McNaughton
W. V. McNemar
D. W. Hollinger
Ruth Blackburn
Ralph
Mullens Issues Building Permits
Mullens city records show two building permit issuances in 1955 after a slow start. W C McGhee received a permit for a one room frame addition at 1111 Woodland Ave with an estimated cost of 500 dollars, to be done by himself. Charles Dixon got permission to remodel and enlarge his Mullens Hill home at 607 Frantz Ave with an estimated cost of 5000 dollars.
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Trus
Im Bey
Kentucky
James B. Beam Distilling CO
Clermont, Kentucky
Oak Hill Civic League
Wyoming
Robert Clell Miller
Berea College
Berea
Clell Miller
W.T. Grant CO
Neville ST
Robert Dempsey
Miss Ayers
White Shrine Patrol
Menigomeno
Mullens
Vicki Lynn Staton
Charles Nease
Sassie Humphrey
Roy Kemp Jr
Pineville Presbyterian Church Group
Zenith
Beckley
White Cross
Bair Bldg
Giant Fconomy
Sia
Colgate
Orbiquenses
Murphy’s
Fiberglas
Murphy
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