Hearing on Harless ballot placement in Oceana election
In Wyoming County Circuit Court Judge Robert Worrell hears arguments over whether James O. Harless can be listed on the June 1 Oceana mayoral ballot. Harless objects to a Monongalia County conviction he calls a frame-up and seeks a writ to require the Town Council to place his name.
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Pineville
RNS
James O. Harless
Oceana
Wyoming County Circuit Court
Robert Worrell
Leland Tilley
Vaughn Cozart
Worrell
Harless
Oceana Council
Marshall G. West
Monongalia County
Boone Assessor Tops In Poll Tax Remittances Again
Charleston report notes Boone County Assessor D. W. Miller led in 1954 capitation tax remittances for the 14th year. State official Harry C. Deisher said Miller was first to remit for 9 1954 taxes and first to pay in full. Miller’s Boone County collections totaled $9,156 as he began his fourth straight term.
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Charleston
Boone County
D. W. Miller
Harry C. Deisher
State Auditor's Office
Miller
Deisher
Oak Hill Firemen Fight Two Blazes on Tuesday
Oak Hill Fire Department answered two calls including a gasoline truck fire at Browning's Service Station around 2 p.m. Flames were extinguished before the truck arrived. A brush fire on Central Ave. Monday afternoon threatened six dwellings but was controlled and put out by two fire trucks.
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Oak Hill
ANS
Browning
Central Ave
Pioneer Conclave To Meet Saturday At Mount Hope Church
The Bluestone Pioneer Conclave gathers at Mount Hope Presbyterian Church on Saturday April 24 for an all day session. Eleven to fourteen Presbyterian Youth Fellowship groups will register at 9 30 a m with gifts for the Navajo project. Delegates will report activities share worship Bible study discussions songs and inspiration sessions ending at 3 p m. Luncheon served by local Presbyterian women. registration 75 cents.
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Mount Hope
RNS
Bluestone Pioneer
Mount Hope Presbyterian Church
Bluestone Pioneers
Presbyterian
MISS ONDO VISITS HOME IN DANESSE TOWN
Miss Judy Ondo has arrived from South America to visit her parents Joseph and Elizabeth Ondo here. She will leave next Monday for Chicago to resume duties as assistant to a noted brain surgeon.
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Miss Ondo
Danese
Judy Ondo
South America
Joseph and
Elizabeth Ondo
Chicago
Legion Auxiliary Plans Convention in Mullens
The Fifth District American Legion Auxiliary convention is set for 1 30 p m Sunday at Moran Avenue Legion Home Mullens with delegates from Greenbrier McDowell Mercer Mingo Summers and Wyoming counties. Mrs Viers presided noting Mrs Kaman illness. planning includes entertainment April Showers theme and a May poppy day program with a $30 donation to Wyoming County schools for veterans children.
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Kaman
Josephine Damewood
Herbert Morgan
Stella Diehl
Damewood
C. V. Feller
B. B. West
Effie Delp
Viers
Bernard Vaught
R. L. Hart
Paul Brammer
Kathleen Spence
Mack Damewood
Wyoming County Board of Education
Hart
Mabel Culliney
Tech Glee Club Readies Two West Virginia Concerts
West Virginia Tech men’s glee club under Kenneth Beall will perform at Sophia High School in the morning and Mullens High School in the afternoon on Thursday April 22. Soloists Barbara Haynes from Belle and Dale Vickers from Montgomery will sing duets. Mrs Orlin Stephens of Charlton Heights is the piano accompanist.
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Montgomery
West Virginia Tech Men's Glee Club
Sophia and Mullens
Kenneth Beall
Tech
Sophia High School
Mullens High School
Barbara Haynes
Belle
Dale Vickers
Orlin Stephens
Charlton Heights
Pineville Personal News Roundup Recaps Easter Weekend Visits
Mrs. Mary B. Hicks visited relatives in Mullens over the weekend. Robert Jack Shipman of Pineville and Bernard Morgan of Oceana returned from Lewisburg. Various residents from Pineville, Mullens, Ravencliff, Logan and Athens spent the holiday with family. Easter Cantata Portals Everlasting was performed by the Pineville Community Choir at the Pineville High School auditorium.
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Pineville
Rns
Mary B. Hicks
Mullens
Robert Jack Shipman
West Virginia University
Morgantown
Jack Shipman
Pinevile
Bernard Morgan
Oceana
Lewisburg
Keith Ball
Athens
Wyoming
Darrell V. McGraw
Bluefield
K. G. Khorazian
Samuel L. Lambert
Patricia Burleson
Castle Rock Bank
Ravencliff
E. A. Hatcher Jr
Alan
Logan
H. E. Crews
Catherine Crews
Joseph Conley
Joey
H. W. Conley
Portsmouth
Lane Cooke
Don H. Finley
Stephen
Charleston
A. D. Cooke
Becley
Dell Cooke
James Smith
John S. Lambert
Louisville
Sam Lambert
Sam
Jo Ann Walls
Carl Webb
Jesse
C. V. Shannon
R. L. Cook
Portals Everlasting
Pineville Community Choir
Pineville High School
Childress Cline Nuptials Solemnized in Virginia
Ada Cline of Oceana and Rev. Fred Childress of Camp Virginia were married at 5 p m Saturday at the Sabine home of Rev Walter Norman with Rev Norman officiating. Attendants were Mrs Norman and Gene Norman. The bride wore a blue suit with navy and white accessories and a white rose bud corsage. The groom pastors Coal City Community Church and Rural Retreat Baptist Church in Rural Retreat Va. A reception for relatives and close friends followed.
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Oceana
RNS
Ada Cline
Fred Childress
Camp
Walter Norman
Sabine
Norman
Gene Norman
Coal
Fayetteville Legion Improves Post Home
Fayetteville plans three improvements at the American Legion Home. A new piano will serve the Legion Rotary Clubs and other hall users. The old piano goes to the Air Scout squadron’s new club room at Fayette Airport. Bartlett Tree Expert Co. gains contract to remove seven front lawn maples risking property damage, followed by new landscaping. Large enamel Legion emblem signs, 24 inches in diameter, will be erected on town approaches with post name and meeting times.
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Legion
Rotary Clubs
Air Scout Squadron
The
Fayette
Bartlett Tree Expert Company
Post Home
Fayetteville
Bridal Shower Honors Miss Faith Marsh in Fayetteville
Miss Faith Marshall was feted with a bridal shower and coffee from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. Saturday at Mrs. H. E. Dillion’s home. Hostesses were Miss Carolyn Dillon and Miss Betty Bock, with Mrs. William R. Laird III and Mrs. J. H. White at the coffee table. Numerous named guests from Fayetteville and nearby towns attended the event.
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Jimmy Armstrong
Ann Barnett
H. R. Beckelheimer
E. G. Blume
J. C. Blume
Patty Bobbitt
B. B. Reitenhirt
Jane Britton
Pat Bullion
Delaney Caldwell
Howard Carson
H. J
Motorist Jailed On Hit-Run Count
Edward Stobinsky, 30, of Minden, was fined $56.50 and sentenced to 20 days in jail after a hit-and-run driving charge. The incident stemmed from a two car crash Monday night involving a vehicle driven by Stobinsky and a car owned by Avery Dunkley of Mount Hope. He was arrested by City Police Chief H E Janney and state troopers Ted Anderson and James Asbury.
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Oak Hill
RNS
Edward Stobinsky
Minden
Justice of the Peace
Virgil Lyons
Stobinsky
Avery Dunkley
Mount Hope
H. E. Janney
Ted Anderson
James Asbury
Former Matoaka mayor Clifton Bailey dies at 59
Clifton F. Bailey former mayor of Matoaka died last night in Princeton after a heart attack. He was 59 and had been a Princeton resident for four years. He is survived by his widow two daughters and a son.
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Princeton
Clifton F. Bailey
Matoaka
Bailey
Bridwell
Robert Bridwell
Daryl Callaway
Massish
Benjamin
Huse Park Board Seeks Lot Owner
Fayetteville report on the Huse Memorial Park Board seeking the owner of lot 26A to secure permission for widening cemetery drives to at least 16 feet. The deed is unrecorded, the map lists only Massie, and the grave appears to be a child’s. Contact board members or superintendent J. H. Allen with information.
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Fayetteville
RNL
Huse Memorial Park Board
Massie
Old Cemetery
Huse Reservation
J. H. Allen
Massish Found Guilty of Burglary in Mercer Case
In Mercer County Circuit Court Jacob Maslish of New York was found guilty of burglary after a 15 minute jury deliberation in the ongoing trial of seven men for the attempted robbery and shooting of Robert Birdwell in Brushfork on August 15. The verdict carries a 1 to 15 year penalty and a motion to set aside the verdict was heard.
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Princeton
RNS
Robert Birdwell
Brushfork
Mercer County
Jacob Maslish
New York
Maslish
Mickey Jelke
Vice
Shafer To Speak At Montgomery
Cartoonist Burr Shafer will give an illustrated lecture in Montgomery High School auditorium at 8 15 p m Thursday as part of the West Virginia Tech student convocation series. Public admission is 1 with Upper Kanawha Valley Concert Association guests invited. Shafer will illustrate Through History with J Wesley Smith and is author of Louder and Funnier drawn from his public speaking experiences.
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Montgomery
Burr Shafer
Saturday Review
Montgomery High School
West Virginia Tech
Upper Kanawha Valley Concert Association
J. Wesley Smith
Shafer
Speech Contest Set For April 27 Oak Hill Pythian event highlights contest for public speaking
The 12th Pythian District Public Speaking Contest on April 27 at 7:30 p.m. in Oak Hill features topics on courteous motor manners. Contestants include John Frisk Jr Collins High, James Miller Gauley Bridge, Richard Shirey Hinton, and Donald Thompson Woodrow Wilson. District and state finals lead to substantial scholarships up to 1500 dollars.
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Oak Hill
RNS
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Parent-Teachers Association
John Frisk Jr
Collins High School
James Miller
Gauley Bridge
Richard Shirey
Hinton
Donald Thompson
Woodrow Wilson High School
Buckhannon
Grand Lodge Knights of Pythias
Delaware
Disland
Michigan
Ohio
Ontario
Pennsylvania
Virginia
West Virginia
Supreme Lodge Knights of Pythias
Supreme Lodge
Des Moines
Matheny Personal Notices Highlight Local Visits
Mr and Mrs George Smith and children Harrison O visited Mrs Dora Stewart and sister Mrs Jo Franklin. D B Richardson and daughters Janet and Glenna were guests of sister Mrs Mike Adams. Belle Adams improving at son Mike Adams home. Frank Stewart and Joyce Ann of Louisville visited Mary Stewart and relatives. Bessie R Stewart hosted in Omar. Harry Bailey and daughters visited Beckley.
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Louisville
Mary Stewart
Matheny
Bessie R. Stewart
Omar
O. H. Stewart
Harry Bailey
Beckley
April activities announced by Fayette County Cancer Center
Mrs. John Miller, director of the Fayette county Cancer Information Center, outlined April plans for the West Virginia Cancer Society affiliate. Posters and literature are circulating. Girl Scouts join the loan closet drive. radio programs aired in Oak Hill and Montgomery. films and programs can be provided to clubs upon request.
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Fayetteville
ANS
John Miller
Fayette County Cancer Information Center
West Virginia Cancer Society
American Cancer Society
Fayette County
Girl Scouts
Oak Hill
Montgomery
Fayette County announces several candidacies in filing
In Fayetteville candidates filed with the county circuit clerk. For House of Delegates Patty Burton of Glen Ferris seeking the Democrat ticket. Republican Gordon Billheimer of Montgomery also filed. For Board of Education Walter Harless of Gauley Bridge seeks nonpartisan ballot. Constable in Nuttall District C A Sweet of Lookout also filed.
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Fayetteville
RNS
Fayette County
House of Delegates
Owen
Patty) Burton
Glen Ferris
Gordon Billheimer
Montgomery
Board of Education
Walter E. Harless
Gauley Bridge
Nuttall
C. A. Sweet
Lookout
Mullens Personalities Visit Family and Students Home for Easter
Mrs Norman Trowbridge and daughter Cathy visit in the home of her mother Mrs X J Mitsoyianis in Highland Avenue. WVU students spending Easter with families include Paul Farmer Julian Nichols Catherine Moly Mona Dooley Gordon Thorn Tommy Mays and Robert Smith. Carol Smith Betty Hypes home from Concord College Jimmy Vanover from Virginia Tech John Gibson Pearis Alderson-Broaddus College and Kay Gentry from Queens College Charlotte NC.
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Alderson-Broaddus College
Kay Gentry
Queens College
Charlotte
N. C
Rites Thursday For Victim Of Mine Accident
Funeral services for John Paul Smith 42 of Hatcher will be held Thursday at 2 p m at First Baptist Church Oceana. The Rev James Casto will officiate burial will be in Walker Cemetery. Smith died Monday from injuries suffered in a rock fall at Pocahontas Fuel Co mine Itmann. Evans Funeral Home of Oceana handles arrangements.
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Smith
Welch
Pocachontas
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