Rites Set Sunday For Victim of Alpoca Accident
Funeral services planned for James Andrew Hill 84 who died after crushing injuries in a motor accident at the Alpoca mine near Mullens West Virginia. The New Richmond Chapel will host services at 10 a.m. with Rev Leland Phillips officiating. Burial in Pinson Fork Cemetery near Williamson follows. Hill born January 29 1917 Odds Kentucky is survived by his wife four children four brothers and five sisters. The body lies at Robertson and Fogleson Funeral Home Mullens.
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Mullens
James Andrew Hill
Alpoca
New Richmond
Leland Phillips
Pinson Fork
Williamson
Odds
Hut
Martin Hil
Freda Boling Hill
James Ralph
Patricia
Anne
Betty Lou
Ruby
Martin, Jr
Korea
Truman
Robert
Ervin
Glenn Norman
California
Ralph Slater
Edgar Strunk
Alpeca
Spiria
Lilly Mae
Robertson and Foglesen
Ada May Richards Dies at 62 in Oak Hill Hospital
Ada May Richards 62 of Oak Hill died Thursday at Oak Hill Hospital. Funeral services will be at Oak Hill Methodist Church at 2 p.m. Saturday with Dr C G Eastwood officiating. Burial in High Lawn Memorial Park. Survived by brothers Ed and Earl Love of Oak Hill, son Auburn Richards of Jeffersonville Ind, and two grandchildren. Body to be moved from Tyree Funeral Home to residence this evening and to the church an hour before the service.
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Oak Hill Methodist Church
C. G. Eastwood
Oak Hill
High Lawn Memorial Park
Earl Love
Auburn Richards
Jeffersonville
Ind
Tyree
Tag Days Slated By Oceana Band
Oceana Band Boosters Club plans tag days next month at Koppers Town Lynco and Matheny to raise funds. Earl Wilson reports band funds totaling 3741.65 since the group formed seven months ago and notes purchases including uniforms, majorette outfits, instruments, insignia, and a banner. Four students were chosen for the regional concert in Bluefield and the band earned an excellent rating at the festival.
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Oceana
Kopperston
Lynco
Matheny
Oceana Band Boosters Club
Oceana High School
Earl Wilson
Boosters Club
Bluefield
Doris Morgan
Peggy Shannon
Laureda Cooper
Charles Smith
Juba
A G. Lugar
Philip Roach
Paul Bailey
Clifftop Nurse Student Tops Anatomy Exam
Miss Maxine Rudolph of Clifftop has the highest ranking in the anatomy national final with a 94 score. She is a student nurse at St. Mary's Hospital Huntington and a former pre med student at Marshall College.
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Maxine Rudolph
Ollie Reynolds
Clifftop
St. Mary’s Hospital, Huntington
Rudolph
Marshall College
Mullens Nuptial Shower For Miss Ina Kesling Honors Soon Bride
Mrs William Humphrey and Mrs J N Arrington hosted a nuptial shower for Miss Ina Virginia Kesling who will marry James Carlisle Wheeler. The ceremony is planned for 4 30 p m at the Kesling home. Guests included Lake Wheeler J W Kesling Kathryn Kesling and Vicki Rae Hayhurst among others.
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Mullens
William Humphrey
J. N. Arrington
Ina Virginia Kesling
James Carlisle Wheeler
Lake Wheeler
McKinney Street
Mulllens Hill
J. W. Kesling
S. Guyan-dotte Avenue
Humphrey
West Moran Avenue
John
Ina Kesling
Center
William Humphrey Ceft
James Arrington
Dr Hresan resigns as Fayette County health officer
Fayetteville dispatch reports Dr M G Hresan, appointed as part time health officer to replace Dr Thomas Sims, has tendered his resignation effective April 30. He is physician for New River and Pocahontas Consolidated Coal at Garten and runs offices in Fayetteville, resigning due to demand of private practice.
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Fayetteville
Fayette County
M. G. Hresan
Thomas C. Sims
Hresan
New River
Pocahontas
Montgomery Man Fined On Gambling Charge
Eddie Go name proprietor of Eddie's Place in Montgomery was fined $100 and costs by Magistrate Montgomery Hancock on a gambling count. Deputies Gene Rader and Luther Toney entered the establishment last Thursday and found up boards and baseball tickets on display at the counter.
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Fayetteville
Eddie Goname
Eddie
Montgomery
Montgomery Hancock
Sheriff's Office
Gene Rader
Luther Toney
Granddaughter of Pax Couple Heads Graduates
Pax Canterbury granddaughter Helen Marie Canterbury tops salutatorian list at Oneida High School Oneida NL with 92.812 percent second in a 129 student class. Daughter of William E Canterbury of Oneida she has relatives in Raleigh Fayette Canterbury counties and ties to Mt Hope and Oak Hill journalism and dramatic clubs member of Mixed Chorus.
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Helen Marie Canterbury
Mars
A. B. Canterbury
Oneida ‘High School
Oneida
William E. Canterbury
Onei
Raleigh
Fayette i. Canterbury
Mt. Hope
Oak Hill
Henry A. Canterbury
Mullens
Mrs. Queenie V. Cook Dies in Fayetteville Rites Today
Funeral services were set for 2 p.m. today for Mrs. Queenie V. Cook of Fayetteville who died Wednesday at Oak Hill Hospital. The Rev. Bernard Thomas would conduct services in Dodd Funeral Home chapel with burial in Bibb Cemetery near Fayetteville. Born in Beckley in October 1876, she is survived by one brother Richard Weaver of Glen View. The article notes European powers guaranteed Switzerland's independence in 1815 to prevent border incidents among France Italy and Bavaria.
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Fayetteville
Queenie V. Cook
Oak Hill Hospital
Bernard Thomas
Dodd
Bibb Cemetery
Rayetteville
Beckley
Richard Weaver
Glen View
Europe
Switzerland
France
Italy
Bavaria
Two Land Deeds Filed in Wyoming
Meda Shannon and husband transfer land to Clifford Hatfield in Huff Creek District and to Carl Hatfield in Buet Creek district. In Oak Hill a trio of Collins High School seniors and their journalism instructor depart for the Southern Interscholastic Press Association convention in Lexington, Virginia.
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Pineville
Wyoming County
Meda Shannon
Clifford Hatfield
Huff Creek
Carl Hatfield
Buet Creek
Oak Hill
Collins High School
Lexington
Asl
Acorn
Margie Nicholson
Nyla June Kincaid
Patty Bavely
Shirley Thomas
Arson Sought In Lumber Blaze At Bailey Plant
Mullens West Virginia arson is suspected after a fire damaged a lumber stack at the Bailey Lumber Company plant. Fire Chief Clyde Newsome and plant manager E Lamp ton noted the blaze appeared set and found oily rags in a box area. The victim Miss Lucille Conley died later at Huntington hospital. Funeral services will be held at Clear Fork Advent Church with burial in the family cemetery. Survivors include her mother and several siblings.
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Mullens
Bailey Lumber Company
Clyde Newsome
E. &. Lamp‘ton
Imall
Pascaiate
Stewart Conley
Clear Fork
Sarah Short Conley
Hatch
Talt
Han- Lampton
Hay
Ernest
Estil
Ruble
Oceana
Fred
Roanoke, Va. Veterans Hospital
Myrtle Dalton
Beatrice Byrd
Beckley
Margaret Lang
Evans Funeral Rolm
Rodel Worker In Fair Condition After Injury
Ronald J. Polk, about 20, of near Rhodell, West Virginia, was injured when a saw-log rolled on him while cutting a right of way for a power line. He is listed in fair condition at Raleigh General Hospital Beckley with a possible skull fracture and torn ear.
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J Morisot Malt Weiss Mullens
Raleigh General Hospital
Beckley
Ronald J. Polk
Rhodell
West Virginia Engineering Company
Mullens
Black Eagle
Lusk Funeral Rites Saturday
Funeral services for Mrs. Addie Lusk 49 Three Forks will be held at 2 p.m. Saturday at Curtis Freewill Baptist Church with Rev. Port Daniels officiating. Burial follows in Daniels Cemetery. Survived by eight sons Jess Crouse Junior Crouse Phillip Crouse Russell Lusk Robert Roy John Lusk all of Lorado and Lawrence Workman of Lorado, and Madeline Miller of Alliquippa, Pa., plus 10 grandchildren.
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Three Forks
Addie Lusk
Curtis Freewill Baptist Church
Port Daniels
Daniels Cemetery
Jess Crouse
Rapperston
Junior Crouse
Phillip Crouse
Russell
Lusk
Robert
Roy
John Lusk
Lorado
Lawrence Workman
Madeline Miller
Alliquippa
Enlists in Marines Byars Jr Receives Parris Island Training
Mullens resident Robert Clair Byars Jr. was accepted for U S Marines duty in Huntington and sent to Parris Island Recruit Depot for eight weeks of boot camp. Also noted are Fayette County eighth grade tests and a Ladies Aid Society meeting in Clear Fork.
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Mullens
Robert Clair Byars, Jr
United States Marine Corps
Huntington
Pvt. Byars
Parris Island
S. G
Society to Meet in Oceana Church Event
Mrs. Jerry Blanken ship will host the Willing Workers Band at her home on Monday April 30 by the Church of God.
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Clear Fork
Inex Cook
Ladies Aid Society
The
Advent Christian Church
Clear
Register
Oceana
Jerry Blankenship
Church of God Willing Workers’ Band
Legion Auxiliary District Meet Scheduled at Oak Hill Hall
Oak Hill hosts the Third District Ameri can Legion Auxiliary conference Sunday with about 85 reservations. Mrs Freda Eskew of Weston is principal speaker and Mrs Verla Stewart of Grantsville leads business sessions. Dinner at City Diner in Busom features Charles Balding and Virginia Lee. Delegates from Weston Buckhannon Clarksburg Lumberport West Union Shinnston Salem Oak Hill Gauley Bridge Summersville Page Fayetteville and Jane Lew expected. A separate note reports Lack Dixon 30 of Otsego hospitalized for an hand injury.
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Oak Hill
American Legion Auxiliary
Freda Eskew
Weston
State
G. Steel
Ifson
Legion Hall
Central Avenue
Verla Stewart
Grantsville
Busom
Charles Balding
Legion Post
Virginia Lee
Gauley Bridge
Joey Kopinski
Buckhannon
Clarksburg
Lumberport
West Union
Shinnston
Salem
Montgomery Negro
Mt. Hope
Summersville
Page
Fayetteville
Jane Lew
Boosters to Meet at Sherman High School May 9
The Sherman High School Boosters Club will meet at 8 p.m. May 9 in the school annex. Chairman Porter Snodgrass says committees from various communities will be named to sponsor future events for the benefit of the band.
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Seth
Boosters Club
Sherman High School
Porter Snodigrass
Spade and Trowel Garden Club Eyes Cemetery Road Project
The Spade and Trowel Garden Club plans to pave the road to Oak Hill Cemetery using available funds and donations from businesses and individuals. About $750 was netted from activities, and members hope to complete the project this year to improve the cemetery approach, a city beautification effort despite a rutted, unimproved road near Woods Avenue.
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Weiler Oak
Odd. Fellows
To .c
Woods Avenue
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H. F. Frazier
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Besseti Terme
Gibson Electric
BOS W. Neville
Legion Auxiliary District
Oak Hill Hall
Otsego
Lack Dixon
Bruele Smokeless Coal Company
Kentucky
H. Hostetter
Larry King
Lamberma
Jike Brooks
Amnesleg
Ford Trucks
N.p. Ford
Ake - Ming
Edward V. Brooks
Pe Orshagr
Ford
Alex Forshage
Stevenan
Bair Bros., Inc
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