WICU Schedules August Meet
The Women's Christian Temperance Union will hold its next meeting on August 11 at the home of Mrs. T. W. James. It will be a picnic meeting. Rev. Elizabeth Creech was guest speaker at the Thursday Brethren Church meeting, speaking on John Chapter 8 about God’s chosen people. A nominating committee report was given. attendees included Elven McBain, Virgie Basham, Estel Fisher, Mina Albert, Della Bishop, Sally Gruenberg, Belle Hamilton, T. W. James, Ruby Fox, J. P. Staten, C. W. Elgin, T. F. Lively, Mary Shyblosky, Ruby Ross, and Ruth Light.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oak Hill
ANS
Woman's Christian Temperance Union
T. W. James
John
Elven McBain
Virgie Basham
Estel Fisher
Mina Albert
Della Bishop
Sally Gruenberg
Belle Hamilton
Ruby Fox
J. P. Staten
C. W. Elgin
T. F. Lively
Mary Shyblosky
Ruby Ross
Ruth Light
Driver Cited After Wreck in Oak Hill
Daniel Thomas Palmer, 20, of Oak Hill, was admitted to Oak Hill Hospital after a two car headon crash near Glen Jean. Harry McGuffin, Hill Top, unharmed. Palmer charged with operating a vehicle without an operator's license. Damages were estimated at verges reduced by police report.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oak Hill
ANS
Daniel Thomas Palmer
Oak Hill Hospital
Glen Jean
Harry McGuffin
Hill Top
Palmer
R. L. Cutlip
McGuffin
Tragedy Averted Kopperston Mine Officials Credited
Officials at Eastern Gas and Fuel Kopperston No 2 mine are praised for rapid action after a roof fall knocked a trolley wire onto a rail causing a coal fire in the haulage end. Fire boss detects blaze. air is shut off and water applied. Mine resumes normal operations via alternate passage. Earlier this year Island Creek No 22 mine tragedy cited.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
State Mines
Crawford L. Wilson
Eastern Gas & Fuel Associates
Kopperston
Wilson
Island Creek Coal Co
Holden
Logan County
Military Families See Leave and Visits Across States
Pax PAX Fort Bragg Sgt and Mrs Keith Williams and daughter Rachel Faye spend a 20 day leave with his parents in North Carolina. Claredon Williams and daughter Rebecca and others travel to Kentucky after visiting parents. Edward Helm and daughter Shawn Ranne visit Hanover area. Humphrey home hosts Mr and Mrs Richard Lafferty and daughter Melinda. Tracy Kil lem and Brenda return to Fayetteville after two weeks with her parents and extended relatives across Beckley Iroquois Superior Pax Page families.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pax
Keith Williams
Rachel Faye
Fort Bragg
N. C
Clare Williams
Buck Hall
Claredon Williams
Rebecca
Edward Helm
Shawn Ranne
St. Albans
Alfred Humphrey
George Johnson
Humphrey
Richard Lafferty
Melinda, Cranberry
Sgt. 1. C
Tracy Killem
Brenda
Fayetteville
J. E. Fuller
Sylvian Fuller
Beckley
Ernest Fuller
Iroquois
Ralph Vass
Superior
Bernard Hall
Bill Shumate
Page
Mrs
Shirley Thornton
Jodie
Conrad L. Cashion Buys Lyburn Water Co
Charleston AP reports Conrad L. Cashion won PSC approval to purchase the Taplin West Virginia water system in Logan County for one dollar. Cashion, already owning three local small systems, will keep current rates for about 88 customers as The Lyburn Water Co. transfers operation after citing financial insolvency. The article also notes The Junior Society meets Fridays at 6:30 PM with Mrs. Kenneth Maze as sponsor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charleston
Taplin
Logan County
Conrad L. Cashion
Public Service Commission
Cashion
Lyburn Water Co
PSC
Johnson
Kenneth Maze
Fayetteville towns show higher property values in assessments
Fayette County nine municipalities see overall gains in property valuations for assessment, with Oak Hill posting a rise to 9 914 540 from 9 889 940 due to Class IV business real estate changes, while tax income may fall from a canceled special levy and shifts across Class I to IV valuations. Oak Hill faces reduced revenue despite gains, and Fayetteville Montgomery Ansted Meadow Bridge Smithers Thurmond Mount Hope Pax show mixed shifts across classes I II and IV, affecting total tax income.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fayetteville
RNS
Fayette County
County Court
Board of Education
Oak Hill
Price H. Williams
Montgomery
Tiny Thurmond
Ansted
Smithers
Meadow Bridge
Mount Hope
Pax
Kanawha County
Fayette
Thurmond
Chesapeake and Ohio Railway Co
Birthday Dinners And Visits Highlight Marsh Fork News
Mr. and Mrs. Clarence Wills of Rock Creek hosted a Sunday dinner for their son John Perry’s 18th birthday and her father Bob Williams’s 85th birthday. Guests included Albert Eskew of Cleveland, Ohio, sister of Mrs. Wills, and other relatives. Eskews vacationing in Rock Creek, Larry Collins from Marsh Fork High School hospitalized for thyroid issues, and multiple arrivals and departures of relatives from Cleveland, Beckley, Eunice, and Detroit. Several residents and visitors, including Peggy Ann Farley, Eugene Pettry and family, and the Acords of Fort Dix, reflect the close-knit community exchanges. Burial plans for Mrs. Mattie Bronson noted in London, Fayette County, via a telephone report from Rome Rader.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clarence Wills
Rock Creek
John Perry
Bob William
Albert Eskew
Cleveland
Ohio
Eskew
Wills
Williams
Larry Collins
June Collins
Miners Memorial Hospital
Beckley
Marsh Fork High Schol
Roy Miller
Eunice
Clyde Pettry
Edwight
Earl Acord
Fort Dix
N. J
Willie Acord
Rome Rader
Bob Guess
Torrence
Cal
Gerald Bone
Flint
Mich
Lacy Bone
Dry Creek
Eva Burnside
Washington, D.C
Daffy Ferrell
Lawson Barrett
Duran Taylor
Gassoway
Russ Brown
Louisville
Elizabeth Humphrey
Patsy Humphrey
Connie Humphrey
Robert Barrett
Virginia Beach
Betty Cook
Linda Cook
Fosterville
C. W. Stanley
Greenville
London
Fayette County
Mattie Bronson
Muncie
Indiana
Lillian Doyle
Oliver Canterbury
Norman Hurst
Massive Framic Block at Stone Mountain Described
Stone Mountain Georgia near Atlanta is regarded as the largest exposed framic block in the western hemisphere. It stands about 1,686 feet tall and stretches roughly two miles in length.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stone Mountain
Atlanta
Mullens Church Names New Pastor Henry C Hilliard
The Mullens First Christian Church will welcome Rev. Henry C. Hilliard of Walstonburg North Carolina as pastor on September 1. Hilliard brings 28 years of ministry, 38 new members, a $35,000 educational building, and sanctuary remodeling from Walstonburg. He and his wife Hester Lynch Hilliard, both Warren County natives, will reside on Moran Avenue as renovations continue.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elon College
N.C
Virginia
North Carolina
Walstonburg
Hilliard
Hester Lynch
Warren County
N. C
Ministers’ Wives Institute of Christian Churches of
Convention of
Christian Church
Cropper
Mullens
Moran Avenue
West Mullens
G. N. Perkins
Admitted To Mullens Hospital Week List
Sixty two persons were admitted to the Wyoming General Hospital during the week ending Saturday. The records list names with towns such as Mullens Slab Fork Herndon Mullens Pineville Ravencliff and others including Mrs Mildred Blankenship Mrs Rita Thompson James Cook and Connie Hess among the admitted patients.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mullens
RNS
Wyoming General Hospital
Merlin Mills
Egeria
Mildred Blankenship
New Richmond
Ruth Mills
Slab Fork
Ruth Narrod
Gracie Jones
Allen Junction
Deotha Alexander
Rhodell
Addie Austin
Herndon Heights
Linda Lambert
Herndon
Gary Bishop
Bud
Shirley Rash
Margaret O'Neal
Otsego
Stella Frazier
Wyco
James Cook
Ann McGraw
McGraws
Sharon Atkins
Nancy Lester
Sarah Acord
Ravencliff
Charlie Church
Pineville
Stephen Hogg
William Webb
Linville Lawson
Lucille McKinney
Helen
Donnie England
Connie Hess
Stephenson
Preston Lusk
Ida Cook
Marianna
Virginia Sizemore
Ella Brown
Oceana
Mary‘rilley
Christine Brooks
Local Names List From Mullens Area Reading
A long list of individuals and spouses from Mullens Herndon Pineville and nearby towns including Bertha Pettitt George Lewis Carl Cecil James Haynes Jr Hatcher George Parsley Kopperston Charlotte Perdue Mrs Edith Shrewsbury Mrs Lillie Brown East Gulf Mrs Leslie Palmer Stotesbury Francis Hill Sabine Mrs Freda Hensley Itmann Mrs Thelma Reece Allen Junction Patty Clifford Mrs Eliza Grose Helen Hubert Reed Douglas Reed Mrs Maxine Stewart Pineville Mrs Juanita Lester Bud Melissa Ann Stewart of Matheny is noted in a Sunday Monday schedule listing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Aster Austin
Herndon Heights
Bertha Pettitt
Mullens
George Lewis
Pineville
Carl Cecil
Wyco
James Haynes Jr
Hatcher
George Parsley
Kopperston
Charlotte Perdue
Corinne
Edith Shrewsbury
Stephenson
Lillie Brown
East Gulf
Leslie Palmer
Stotesbury
Francis Hill
Sabine
Freda Hensley
Itmann
Thelma Reece
Allen Junction
Patty Clifford
Eliza Grose
Helen
Hubert Reed
Herndon
Douglas Reed
Maxine Stewart
Juanita Lester
Bud
Melissa Ann Stewart
Matheny
French exchange student aims to be plant manager in America
Michel Vergnaud, 18, from Reims France, is on a summer work stint in Oak Hill at Long-Airdex Company through a student exchange. He speaks English, French, German and has traveled across Europe. His American counterpart Hunter Long tours Europe and returns Sept. 25. Michel dreams of becoming an industrial plant manager and has studied in Reims University after completing a baccalaureate. He notes differences in meals and work hours between France and the United States and comments on French politics after watching both major parties’ conventions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George Armstrong
OAK Hill
ANS
Michel Vergnaud
Reims
France
Arnold Newberry
Highland Avenue
Long- Airdex Company
Hunter Long
Rosser Long
Fayetteville
Europe
Long
United States
Michel
Lycee of Reims
Reims University
Spain
Italy
Austria
Switzerland
Denmark
Sweden
England
Scotland
Germany
West Virginia
Marne
Paris
Duchy of Luxembourg
America
General de Gaulle
Deeds Recorded In Pineville Move Several Properties
Wyoming County Clerk records list multiple land transfers including Paul and Mary Ellen Blankenship shifting Lots 4 5 6 in James Jackson Sluss Addition to James Jackson Sluss Addition to Owen Garrett Co for about 1200 dollars Masil and Ruby Cole transfer a 33 acre tract in Clearfork District for about 150 dollars Willard Ray and Lula Neal move Lot 71 in Hedrick Addition to Oceana to Ronald and Ann Cook for about 5914 dollars Jaher Siler Jr and Dorothy Siler convey a 4160 parcel in Medford to Virgil and Bessie Morgan for about 500 dollars Vaughan and Ruby Stewart sell Lots 31 32 33 34 Muddy Addition East Pineville Center District to Charles and Betty Beavers for about 8500 dollars Victor and Pauline Pais Lot 37 Muddy Addition East Pineville Center District to J B Thomas Jr and Edith Thomas for about 500 dollars Lakie and Lee Belcher transfer one fourth acre to Bernice Toler for about fh. Hillcrest Memorial Gardens Inc four Garden of Christus lots to Herbert Jr and Melda Reid for about 300 dollars Christus to Ivan B and Connie Pizzino about 300 dollars Christus to Jesse Willard and Edith Hatfield about 300 dollars Beatrice Dorton Lots 253 254 in Glen Fork Junction Slab Fork District to Marie A Frazier for about 10 dollars Alice Graham to Onnie Graham in Oceana District for about 10 dollars Pineville Land Co Inc to A B Church Lot 59 in Bud Slab Fork District for about 1300 dollars
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pineville
RNS
Wyoming County
Paul and
Mary Ellen Blankenship
James Jackson Sluss
Jesse
Oceana
Wyoming Willys Co
Masil Cole
Ruby Cole
Clearfork
Willard Ray
Lula B. Neal
Hedrick
Ronald Lee
Ann Cook
Jaher Siler Jr
Dorothy Siler
Medford
Baileysville
Virgil
Bessie Morgan
Vaughan
Ruby Stewart
Muddy
East Pineville
Center
Charles W
Betty Beavers
Victor
Pauline Pais
J. B. Thomas Jr
Edith Thomas
Lakie
Lee Belcher
Clear Fork River
Bernice Toler
Hillcrest Memorial Gardens,Inc
Christus
Herbert Jr
Melda M. Reid
Hillcrest Memorial Gardens, Inc
Ivan B
Connie Pizzino
Jesse Willard
Edith Hatfield
Beatrice Dorton
Glen Fork Junction
Slab Fork District
Marie A.frazier
Alice Graham
Onnie Graham
Pineville Land Co. Inc
A. B. Church
Bud
Slab Fork
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Oak Hill Garden Club
J. E. McKenzie
Woodlawn Avenue
George Evans
Charles Garvin
Charles Neal
C. B. Anderson
J. D. Anderson
J. R. Price
A. L. Sydor
W. P. Bittinger
French Shipe
J. Q. Jones
Elizabeth Creech
The
Brethren Church
Junior Society of the Church of the Nazarene
Juanita Halsey
Harry Halsey
Betty Jenk
Junior Society
Ray Jenkins
Sharon Maze
Sue Johnston
Ralph
Beckley Ice & Feed Co
Beckley, W. Va
Adil
Marsh Fork
Mullens Church
Henry C. Hilliard
Mullens Hospital
Ladd
Davi GF
W. J. Loudermilk Jr
Long Airbox
Dr. In
Dean Martin
Shirley MacLaine
Forbidden Island
Jon Hall
Mountain Air Drive
Jack the Ripper
Lee Patterson
Betty McDowall
Girls ON the Loose
Mara Corday
Barbara Bostock
Open Air Theatre
Stamford Rd
Hary Walds
Mar
Asl
Hound Dog
Deluxe Street
Robin Hood
Fred MacMusine
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