Notable Couple Ties From Oak Hill Firm and Local Schools
An announced couple involves a secretary employed by Haga Mercury Bates Inc in Oak Hill and her fiancé a Glen Rogers High School and Heckley Junior College graduate with a BS from Morris Harvey College Charleston who works as a Pineville High School instructor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lege
Haga Mercury Bates’ Inc
Oak Hill
Glen Rogers High School
Heckley Junior College
Morris Harvey College
Charleston
Pineville High School
Pailty Ann Haga
David Lee Acord
D. G. Haga
Dennie Acord
Gen Fork
Oak Hill Calvary Baptist Church
Miss Haga
Collins High School
Beckley
Fayette MOD Chairman Happy With Donations
Fayette County campaign chairman Pat R. Hamilton announced an additional 1255.70 in donations since March raising the total to 19821.03 for the March of Dimes drive. He noted last month 18565.38 was collected and expects the 1957 total to top 20000.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oak Hill
RNS
Pat R. Hamilton
Fayette County
National Foundation For
Colcord Residents Share Easter Weekend Visits
Sunday visitors gathered in Colcord and surrounding towns as families from Beckley Charleston Chicago Columbus and Dayton joined relatives. Guests included Mr and Mrs Sandy Soto and children and Mr and Mrs Arthur Massey among others with many returning to Ohio Illinois and Pennsylvania.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Colcord
RNS
Mics
Sandy Soto
George
George McClure
Cleveland
Frank Massey
Hubert Cromes
Allan
Dayton
Jesse Wright
Ohio
Vernie Toney
Patty
Herbert
Debra Dillon
Emmett Austin
Nancy
Nedra
James
Herbert Wright
Gene Dillon
Victor
Lowell Ditlon
Betty Jo Thompson
Charleston
Forest Chambers
Sonny Pelps
Canton
Inlaw
Harold Dilton
Raymond Thompson
Pennsylvania
Ben Thompson
Julian Walk
Columbus
Charles Harris
Rube Thompson
Roger Stover
R. EB. Stover
Bill Brecken- Tidge
Carbon
R. E. Stover
Doug Hamilton
Zella Jar
Births Recorded This Month At Oak Hill Hospital
Oak Hill hospital reports forty one births in the last 30 days. Entries list newborns by date and family names from Fayetteville Scarbro Summerlee Oak Hill and other nearby communities including Lonnie Zachary Crystal Lee and Rebecca Gayle among the newborns. The record names parents and cities for each birth.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oak Hill Hospital
Trena Faye
James Valentine Criss
Summerlee
James Kesley
John Angelo Angius
Searbro
Marsha Kaye
Charles Howard Shroyer
Bobby Wayne
Carey Moreland Terry
Victor
Donna Diana
Oscar Willis Meadows
Mount Hope
Jeffrey Owen
John George Dempsey
Route 1
Fayetteville
Mark Eric
Bernard Paul
Gibson
Oak Hill
Lonnie Zachary
Delbert Rogers Leonard
Scarbro
Crystal Lee
Franklin Delano Wooldridge
Nena Beverley
Maynard Arnold Nichols
Page
Michael ‘Gail
Gail Gray
Welch
Cunard
Martha Ann
Samuel Eugene Penning
Louis
Walter King
Summertlee
Olivia Diane
Emory Wallace
William Leroy
Samuel Harrington
Harvey Woman Held On Assault Charge
A Harvey woman, Minnie Braxton, 3H, is jailed in Fayette County on a felonious assault charge after a peace warrant arrest by Constable Pearlie Elmore. She waived to the Grand Jury and is held on $500 bond. Also jailed are Alfonso Wolfe, 36, and Charles Levesay, Smithers, with Wolfe facing grand larceny charges and Levesay unable to post a peace bond.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fayetteville
ANS
Harvey
Fayette County
Minnie Braxton
Pearlie Elmore
Virgil Lyons
Alfonso Wolfe
Charles Levesay
Smithers
C. R. Bess
Wolfe
Levensy
Bess
Boone Civic League Meeting Set for Friday
The Boone Civic League will hold its annual business meeting Friday at 7:20 p.m. in the home of Mrs. H. A. Browning, Madison. Cohostesses are Mrs. Lala Bias, Mrs. Harry Holton, and Mrs. Mary Smith.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marion
ANL
Boone Made Civic League
H. A. Browning
Madison
Lala Bias
Harry Holton
Mary Smith
Meadow Bridge Couple Weds In Candlelight Ceremony
Miss Alice Ellen Bland and Louis William Groves Jr exchanged vows in a 6:30 pm candlelight ceremony in Meadow Bridge. The couple, both Meadow Bridge High School graduates and WVU students, plan to reside in Morgantown after a northern wedding trip.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alice Ellen Bland
Louis William Groves Jr
Meadow Bridge
RNL
Alice Ellen| Bland
Brady Floyd Bland
Louis
William Groves Jr
W Groves
Shirley Brown
Aaron Groves
Vicki Harmon
Shirleen Burns
Homer Elkins
Sara Jayne Bland
Patricia Walker
Marilyn Cox
Evelyn Ladoucer
Harold McDowell
Ralph Elkins
John O'Conner
John Rader
Robert Callison
Richard Smith
Open House at Glen Rogers Grade School
Glen Rogers Grade School held an open house with visitors touring displays of student work. Principal Kelly Sizemore reported about 90 percent of families with children attended. lunch was served and souvenirs given by Mrs. Sizemore. Jesse W. Morgan and Mae Belcher, Wyoming County officials, were among the visitors.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Glen Rogers
RNS
Kelly Sizemore
Jesse W. Morgan
Wyoming County
Mae Belcher
Edmand Rhodes Treated After Charleston Hospital Incident
Ed mand Rhodes, 29, a West Virginia University senior, was treated at Charleston Memorial Hospital for scalp cuts after he says he was forced from his car and struck on the head Monday. His mother reports he failed to return home after hospital release and may be missing. No word has been received by authorities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Whitesville
Edmand Rhodes
West Virginia University
Charleston Memorial Hospital
Rhodes
Walter Rhodes
Highcoal
Boone County
Harris Waives to Grand Jury in Manslaughter Case
Tommy Harris, 20, of Cunard waived to the grand jury on a manslaughter charge in a hearing before Magistrate Virgil Lyons. He posted a $500 appearance bond and faces trial for the death of Dennis F. Harper 50, of East Beckley after a collision on U S Route 21 near Chimney Corner at 5 45 p m Monday. Mrs Minnie Myers 53 and Mrs Mamie David 58, Beckley residents, were injured in the Harper vehicle. Harris was slightly hurt.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Faydtley Lou Urs
Tommy Harris
Cunard
Grand Jury
Virgil Lyons
Dennis F. Harper
East Beckley
Harris
U. S
Minnie Myers
Mamie David
Beckley
Harper
Local Players Qualify for 1937 Masters via 1956 U.S. Open
Bill Casper Jr Wesley Ellis and Robert L Kay earned Masters spots by finishing in the top 24 at the 1956 U S Open in Rochester New York.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bill Casper
Wesley Ellis
Robert L. Kay
Rochlaster
N.Y
Meadows Funeral Tentatively Set
Funeral services for Martha Ann Meadows 87 are tentatively set for 2 p m Friday at Mullens Pentecostal Holiness Church with Revs Underwood and Wood officiating Burial will follow in Spruce Grove Cemetery Barker's Ridge She died Tuesday at a Mullens hospital from circulatory conditions and age She was a daughter of David and Ann Lilly Surviving are a son Frank McKinney of Cyclone and three daughters Mrs David Brewer Guthrie Ky Mrs Pat Patterson Sophia and Mrs Vadie Graham Matoaka The body will lie in Robertson and Foglesong Funeral Home Chapel until the funeral hour.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Circle Drive
Mullens Hill
Mullens Hospital
Bee Tree
Raleigh County
David
Ann Lilly
Maloaka
Matoaka
Robertson and Foglesong Funeral Home
Out Of Town Guests Attend Dell Cooke Funeral
Attendees at the First Methodist Church in Pineville for Mrs. Dell Cooke include visitors from Huntington Madison Charleston Logan Oceana Mullens Waynesboro and Virginia with family members and friends listed among the out-of-town mourners.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cooke
Pineville
RNS
Dell Cooke
First Methodist Church
L. M. Canterbury
Elmer Canterbury
Woodrow Canterbury
Garnett Surbaugh
Walter Beavers
Huntington
C. E. Barrett
Mildred Mikler
J. D. Mangus
Madison
E. C. Worthington
Guy Kennedy
Cora Burdette
James Dell Cooke
Charleston
Vivian Cook
Van
James Smith
Ray Barlow
Cyrus Canterbury
Inez Bower
Logan
Robert J. Marrs Jr
Waynessoro
Blanche G. Cook
Wanna Cook
Fud M. Cook
C. R. Barrett
Oceana
Onnie Bailey
Clifford Philips
Mullens
Not Enough Money Available Towns Seek Sewage Funds
West Virginia agencies report 13 communities request federal aid for sewage treatment projects totaling about 2.87 million dollars. A point system prioritizes projects. only 891,000 dollars in federal aid will be distributed this year, with many applications possibly reduced or denied.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charleston
W . West
Commission
Souris Bo Kweet
Lester
Hravel
South Charleston
Weston
Williamson
Princeton
Moundsville
Léster
U.S. Public Health Service
Weirton
New Martinsville
Bethlehem
Morgantown
Chester
Paden City
Sistersville
New Cumberland
Rites Incomplete for L W White In Kincaid
Levi Walter White 60 of Kincaid died at home at 3 30 pm Tuesday from a heart attack. Retired miner born September 27 1896 he belonged to Kincaid Methodist Church and Montgomery Odd Fellows. Survivors include wife Verna Campbell White one sister Prudie White Ivydale a son Leonard and a daughter Glada Crawford both of Chicago Illinois. Body to Tyree Funeral Home Oak Hill for services.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oak Hill
RNS
Levi Walter
Punk) White
Kincaid
Kincaid Methodist Church
Odd Fellows Lodge
Montgomery
J. Verna Campbell White
Prudie White
Ivvdale
Leonard
Glada Crawford
Chicago
Tyree
Oceana Council Discusses Sewage Plans
Oceana Town Council met at the town hall with Kelly Gibrey and Stabor Charleston, engineers, to discuss a city sewage system. They agreed to preliminarily plan by July and provide estimates on plant size footage pipe materials and costs. Mayor Manning said the system will address health hazards and stream pollution.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oceana
Ravn
Océana Town Hall
Kelly,Gibrey
Stab
Charleston
French Manning
Fayetteville Youth Held On Burglary Charge
Johnny Nelson Kirk of Fayetteville was jailed in Fayette County at 9 55 p m Tuesday on a house burglary charge. He was arrested in Oak Hill by City Police Sergeant Cris Stamey Patrolman Patrick D Watters and Deputy Sheriff Bud ay Crounch. Officers recovered items taken from Dr C H Wellmans East Main Street home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oak Hill
RNS
Johnny Nelson Kirk
Fayetteville
Fayette County
Kirk
Cris Stamey
Patrick D. Watters
Buday Crounch
East Main Street
C. H. Wellman
Charlton Heston Sues Warner Brothers Over Lost Leading Role
Los Angeles Charlton Heston files a Superior Court suit seeking 250000 in breach of contract damages from Warner Brothers Pictures over losing the lead in Darby's Rangers He says the studio promised five percent of net profits but notified him that another actor was cast.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Los Angeles
Charlton Heston
Warner Brothers Pictures Inc
Heston
Darby
Rangers
Jother Player
Pineville Personal Visits Over Easter Weekend
Mrs Elma Hayhurst and son Donald returned to Pineville Monday after a weekend with relatives in West Union. Mrs Gerald Elison and son Jerry visited relatives in Kentucky. Rosalyn Brooks and daughter Betty visited Pineville friends Saturday. Easter dinner guests included Agee Stewart, Lynse, Bill Rose and families from Pineville.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pineville
Rns
Elma Hayhurst
Donald
West Union
Gerald Elison
Jerry
Kentucky
Rosalyn Brooks
Betty
Greensboro
N. C
Floyd Rose
Agee Stewart
Lynse
Bill Rose
B. E. Nutter
Charleston
Brenton
G. K. Basham
O. C. Basham
Barney
Richmond
Jimmy ‘Goode
Epperly
Bert Goode
A. E. McClain Jr
Ironton, C
Spe
Walter c. Byrd
S.” M. Bailey
Tams
Douglas Bradford
Parents Receive Word From Missing Boy
HINTON search for 15 year old Jackie Lee Palmer ended when his parents received a letter from him stating he was working in a grocery store in Sebring Florida. Palmer had disappeared March 3 after head injuries from a touch football game. The family, from Lowell Summers County, sparked a major police and civilian search with hopes he was alive.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hinton
Jackie Lee Palmer
Sebring
Fla
Ray Palmner
Lowell
Summers County
Bluefield
Hipias
Infant Death Leads to Fayetteville Funeral
Funeral services for William Anderson Dickerson 10 months were held at Fayetteville Presbyterian Church. Burial followed at Hust Memorial Park. Survived by parents Mr and Mrs John T Dickerson four brothers a sister maternal grandmother and grandfather paternal grandparents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bayetteville
William Anderson Dickerson
Fayetteville Presbyterian Church
B. B
Bretten‘hirl
Hust Memorial Park
John T. Dickerson
Fayetteville
Oak Hill
Tommy
Ronnie
Mike
Jerry
Rebecca
Sue Miller
J. M. Milter
Glen Ferris
Charles V. Dickerson
Birthday party honors Ruth Stanley and family in Charleston
Whitesville hosts a surprise dinner for Ruth Stanley Greenville and her children Shelia and Stevie. Mr. and Mrs. Orville Williams attend with families at the home of Bob and Basil Cook. Easter egg hunt follows buffet dinner as Stanleys visit grandparents in Whitesville.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Whitesville
Ansi
Orville Williams
Charleston
Ruth Stanley
Greenville
Stanley
Shelia
Stevie
Bob Cook
Williams
David Staley
David
Basil Cook
Betty
Linda
Cathy
C. W. Stanley
Whilesville
Scott District Leads In Red Cross Drive
In Boone County the Red Cross Fund drive has raised 1600 of a 3700 quota with Scott District leading at 786.11. Sherman 3477.65, Crook 203.00, Washington 82.00, Peytona 53.00. The drive continues under fund chairmen Lovil Dolin and Faster.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Whitesville
RNL
Red Cross
Boone County
Scott District
Nadine Sitton
American Red Cross Chanter
Scott
Sherman
Crook
Washington
Peytona
Also Mentioned on This Page
Fayette Mod
Fayette
Hamilton
Mod Poliothon
Raleigh
Nicholas, Summers
Colcord Personals
Robert Franklin Bryant
Irk Thea Kay
Franklin Laverne Higgins
Sharon Kaye
Garnet Elwood Mutter
Milburn
Rebecca Gayle
Grover Nelson
Baker
Sumemerlee
Robert Allen
Albert Marion Brooks
David Allen
Bobby Allen Wardeep
Lansing
Willie Brown
Willie Brown Kesler Jr
Hico
Debrah Kay
Gilbert Ray Winston
Nortwood
Marshall Wayne
Donald Lee Clay
Ramsey
Donna June
Winfred
Don Warwick
Sun
Jack Richard
Jackie Lee Robertson
Darrell Wayne
James D. Wolfe
Old Hickory
OLD Hickory Distillers Company
Philadelphia, PA
Boone Civic League
Meadow Bridge High School
Groves
Kappa Phi Sorority
Wesley Foundation
School of Medicine
Sigma Theta Epsilon Fraternity
South
Walnut Street
Morgan’ Town
Charleston Hospital
Iris Anne Hayward
Jean Seberg
Peer J. Oppenheimer
Joan
Family Weekly
America
Daddy
Family
Mrs. Bailey
al Rebekah
Hazel Bailey
Whitesville Laboka Rebekah Lodge
Gloria Dickens
Millie ‘Thompson
Elkview
Matt Thompson
Emme
Rebekahs
Thompson
Theta Rhos
Nancy Wood
Mary Armstrong
Sherman “High
Elinor Snod“grass
Clendenin
Carl J. Johnson
Johnson
Lee M. Kenna
Ton
Kenova
Vienna
Ravenswood
Cowen
Ripley
Romney
Ronceverte
Nitro
Coco
Leee T
Rex C. Pierson
Com
Pierson
Little Coal River
Two Rivers
Pollution Control Authority
Joan I. Rodgers
Interstate Commission On
Potomac River Basin
Church
South Fayette Streets
Prince Street
Esen Beckley
South Kanawha St
Pinecrest Co
Crab Ore
Richmon
L. W. White
Oceana Town Council
Warner Brothers
Infant
Main Street
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Prince St
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