Garden Club to Abandon Page Park Site in Oak Hill
Oak Hill Garden Club members voted to move their roadside park from Page to the Oak Hill City Park after a picnic at Hawk's Nest State Park. The Page park had been used as a trash dump, with tables removed. A fireplace will be built at the new site, and landscaping planned along the Bibb Street entrance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Garden Club
Page Park
Oak Hill
RNS
Page
W. S. Harding Jr
Wallace Bennett
Bibb St
Cmd
Hobart Watson
G. A. Owens
John Frisk
J. E. Lewis
C. S. Donnelly
Acorn Junior Garden Club
Hawk's Nest Park
Tracy Moses
A. W. Burdette
Would-Be CAP Members Meet at Fayetteville Airport
Would be Civil Air Patrol members attended a Thursday night meeting at Fayette Airport where membership applications were distributed and fingerprints taken. The unit cannot form yet requiring 15 members. An additional meeting is set for Thursday, Aug 5, at the same location. radio workers are urged to attend. Participants included Robert Prowse Layton K Program Dr J N Jarrett Paul Tinkle Norman R Morris Frank Thomas Roy Cruikshanks W K Smith and Vincent Kessler.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fayetteville
RNS
Civil Air Patrol
Fayette
W. K. Smith
Robert Prowse
Layton K. Program
J. N. Jarrett
Paul Tinkle
Norman R. Morris
Frank Thomas
Oak Hill
Roy Cruikshanks
Vincent Kessler
Victor
Hit-Run Probe Delayed by Driver’s Condition
A hit and run investigation in Mullens is delayed as 19 year old Joseph McKinney remains hospitalized after a sideswipe near Stephenson at 1 a.m. He and three companions say the other vehicle did not stop. Police report Julius Borders, an Itmann youth, filed a separate similar accident claim at 8:30 a.m. Borders drove a pickup. McKinney, visiting his parents in Besoco, had recently taken a job in Chicago.
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Itmann
Julius Borders
Mullens
McKinney
Borders
Young McKinney
Chicago
Ill
Besoco
Australian Visitors Honored by Hardings
OAK HILL ANS Mr and Mrs Edward Woodard Milbourne Australia were honored at a dinner in the home of Mr and Mrs W S Harding Jr Saturday Attending the dinner were Mr and Mrs Robert Oxendale Scarbro Mr and Mrs J G Sarr Skelton Mr and Mrs John Samuels Carlisle The Woodards are visiting in the home of his brother in law and sister Mr and Mrs Oxendale Scarbro
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Oak Hill
Ans
Edward Woodard
Milbourne
Australia
W. S. Harding Jr
Robert Oxendale
Scarbro
J. G. Sarr
Skelton
John Samuels
Carlisle
Woodards
Oxendale
Glass Injures Three in Weekend Accidents
Records at Wyoming General Hospital report three weekend injuries from broken glass. Jackie Harless, 16, of West Mullens, cut cornea when glass struck eye during air rifle bottle target shooting. Linda Lester, 3, of Bud, lacerated right forearm after stepping on glass. Freeman Lusk, 5, of Bud, cut his foot stepping from a porch onto jagged glass.
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Mullens
Wyoming General Hospital
Jackie Harless
West Mullens
Linda Lester
Bud
Freeman Lusk
Birthday honors for Sandra Buckley on ninth with party
Sandra Buckley was honored on her ninth birthday Friday with a party at her home hosted by Mrs Lester Buckley and assisted by Mrs R A Davidson. Attendees included Peggy Cook Judy Sparks Sandra Thacker Brenda Baldwin Brenda and Linda Centers Donna Kay Smith Judy Gillenwater Kay Estep Linda Sauls Iris Pennington Elizabeth Brown of Madison. Revival opens at Good Hope Baptist Church Graydon led by Rev William Fain with singers invited to participate.
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Ansted
Good Hope Baptist Church
Graydon
William Fain
Wedding Attended by Mrs Rhoda Maret in Northfork
Mrs Rhoda Maret attended the wedding of Miss Patricia Romeo Jennings Boyd in Northfork on July 25.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wsville
Rhoda Maret
Baileysville
Patricia Romeo Si Jennings Boyd
Northfork
Youths Selected To Attend Camp At Grantsville
Eight area youths will depart Thursday for the Youth Center in Grantsville. Each boy is sponsored by an individual or organization to attend the Knights of Pythias camp in West Virginia. Attendees include Jerry D. Woodson Lochgelly Wetsel Backus Oak Hill David Lee Stinnett Minden Mike Cafego Minden Ralph Ruff Steve Stosen Minden Kenneth Crook Jumping Branch Paul Townsley Hinton with funds raised by Paul Boland from Hinton residents.
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Oak Hill
RNS
Grantsville
Grand Lodge of the
Knights of Pythias
West Virginia
Jerry D. Woodson
Lochgelly
Veterans of Foreign Wars
Wetsel Backus
Knights of Pythias Lodge No. 17
David Lee Stinnett
Minden
American Legion
Mike Cafego
Harry A. Duncan
Ralph Ruff
A. H. Humphries
Steve Stosen
G. Steele Callison
Kenneth Crook
Jumping Branch
Paul Townsley
Hinton
Paul Boland
Polio Strikes Fayette County Boys at Marmet Hospital
OAK HILL RNS Two Fayette County boys are patients at Marmet Hospital for infantile paralysis treatment per Frank Mauritz county polio chapter chairman. Richard Lee Potter nine and James Lincoln Carte eight, both from local townships, were admitted July 10. Gamma globulin shots were given to Clifty area children around Ansted after the cases.
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Oak Hill
RNS
Fayette County
Marmet Hospital
Frank Mauritz
Richard Lee Potter
Cecil C. Potter
Route 1
Rainelle
James Lincoln Carte
Abraham L. Carte
Hico
Clifty
Ansted
Oak Hill Personal notices shift residents and guests
Oak Hill Society items list James Farah a Washington medical student visiting his brother in law and sister Mr and Mrs Shevez Ammar on Church Street. Esta Hair leaves Friday for a two week visit with her brother at Lillybrook. Mrs Alex Ammar visits sister Mrs Alex Sayer in Charleston this week. Mr and Mrs Nick Nixon relocate from Richmond Virginia to Oak Hill.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oak Hill
James Farah
Washington, D. C
Shevez Ammar
Church St
Esta Hair
Lillybrook
Alex Ammar
Alex Sayer
Charleston
Nick Nixon
Richmond
Bolling Rites Today in Raleigh County Cemetery
Nathan Sherman Bolling 83 died Monday morning after a month long illness at Hinton Hospital. Graveside services set for 2:30 p.m. in the family cemetery in Raleigh County with Dr. H J Hackney officiating. Born in Floyd County Virginia, he moved to the Hinton area in 1911 and worked in timber and farming when health allowed. Survived by wife Sara Bolling four sons Gilbert Harry Fred Nathan all of Hinton five daughters Belle Tilley Gatewood Elizabeth Tilley Bellepoint Deucelia Williams Front Royal Irene Martin Cherry Creek and Neema Bennett Hinton 35 grandchildren and nine great grandchildren.
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Gilbert
Harry
Fred
Nathan
Hinton
Belle Tilley
Gatewood
Elizabeth Tilley
Bellepoint
Deucelia Williams
Front Royal
Irene Martin
Cherry Creek
Neema Bennett
Withrow Funeral Rites Wednesday
ANSTED RNS Funeral services will be held at 2:30 p.m. Wednesday for Mrs Edna Withrow 53 Ansted who died Saturday night after a long illness. Rites in Antioch Baptist Church with Rev Arnold McMillion officiating. Burial in Antioch Cemetery. Survivors include husband F A Withrow two brothers Jesse H Skaggs and Harry R both of Ansted one sister Dessa Withrow four sons Capt David C Withrow stationed at Okinawa Philip Shelby Ohio Sgt Noel T stationed at Fort Riley Kan and Donald W Ansted one daughter Mrs Mary Jane Cole Ansted. Body at Thomas Funeral Home Ansted and will be moved to residence today.
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Ansted
RNS
Edna Withrow
Antioch Baptist Church
Arnold McMillion
Nallen
Buria
Antioch
Marvel
F. A. Withrow
Jesse H. Skaggs
Harry R
Dessa Withrow
David C. Withrow
Okinawa
Philip
Shelby
Ohio
Noel T
Army
Fort Riley
Kan
Donald W
Mary Jane Cole
Thomas Funeral Home
Dianne Howard Fifth Birthday Lawn Party
Dianne Howard was honored on her fifth birthday with a Friday lawn party hosted by her mother Mrs Samuel Howard. Guests included Linda Painter Nancy Painter David Hamilton Gary Trent Judy Painter Joyce Thomas Donna Sue Bailey Sheila Trent Jennifer Lutz Tommy Lutz Patsy Bailey Richard Billups Beverly Humphrey Teddy Painter Rosa Lee Thomas Bobby Bailey Samuel Howard Marvin Humphrey Gloria Painter Vicky Painter Kay Painter Charlotte Trent Jean Craddock Linda Howard and Dianne Howard. Assisting were Mrs Viola Trent Mrs Jack Akers Mrs Roy Billups Mrs Cecil Humphrey and Mrs Cecil Humphrey Jr.
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Pax
Dianne Howard
Samuel Howard
Linda Painter
Nancy Painter
David Hamilton
Gary Trent
Judy Painter
Joyce Thomas
Donna Sue Bailey
Sheila Trent
Jennifer Lutz
Tommy Lutz
Patsy Bailey
Richard Billups
Beverly Humphrey
Teddy Painter
Rosa Lee Thomas
Bobby Bailey
Marvin Humphrey
Gloria Painter
Vicky Painter
Kay Painter
Charlotte Trent
Jean Craddock
Linda Howard
Viola Trent
Jack Akers
Roy Billups
Cecil Humphrey
Cecil Humphrey Jr
Flower Arrangements Discussed by Beckleyan
Beckleyan Spade and Trowel Garden Club at City Hall heard Mrs. Holt Kester discuss flower arrangements. Hostesses were Mae Puckett and Fred Dickinson. Members plan a Christmas card sale and an Aug. 11 picnic at Fayette County 4 H Camp near Beckwith. attendees listed include many local members.
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Oak Hill
RNS
Holt Kester
Beckleyan
Spade and Trowel Garden Club
City Hall
Mae Puckett
Fred Dickinson
Andrew Easton
Fayette County
Beckwith
Hugo Bornheim
Everett Bragg
J. T. Brooks
R. E. Bryant
Margaret Bundy
J. R. Mac Donald
W. R. Moore
R. N. Noyes
R. H. Scott
W. P. White
J. R. Taylor
H. E. Wilson
J. W. Doughtery
H. B. Dews
P. D. Ford
John Harsany
Lottie Johnson
J. F. Keatley
Carl Ledford
Henry Lewis
George Longhenry
L. G. Fitzgerald
Lillian Rapp
Reunion speaker outlines West Virginia needs
Fred O Blue of Princeton Republican candidate for Congress spoke at Basin basing WV needs on new industry and vision. He blamed state unemployment on state policies and Washington representation, urged balanced labor management law and impartial treatment, and criticized yellow dog contracts. About 2000 attended with prayers music and remarks from McKinney family members.
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Basin
Rns
West Virginia
Fred O. Blue
Princeton
Congress
Fifth District
McKinney
Blue
Washington
Virginia
United States Senate
House of Representatives
Widen
Yellow Dog
Walker Funeral Set Wednesday
Carl E. Walker 54 dies of cancer. Funeral at Mullens Presbyterian Church at 1 30 p m Wednesday with Rev John Payne Jr officiating. Burial in Resthaven Memorial Park Princeton. Native of Charlottesville Va he worked for Virginian Railway and lived in Mullens 34 years. Survived by mother wife daughter six sons two brothers two sisters and a half sister. Body to be moved to Walker residence at 4 p m today then to church an hour before service.
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Walker
South Mullens
Wyoming Funeral Home
William H. Helmintoller Death Notice in Winona
W. Helmintoller Taken by Death. William Henry Helmintoller, 54, Winona, died Monday at home after a long illness. He was a World War I veteran and Baptist Church member. Survived by wife Florence, two daughters Evelyn Horrocks and Dorothy Keener, a son James, two stepsons Donald Williams and Willie James Williams, mother Lena Helmintoller, six sisters, two brothers, six grandchildren. Body at Wallace and Wallace Funeral Home in East Rainelle.
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Winona
RNS
William Henry Helmintoller
The
Baptist Church
Florence
Evelyn Horrocks
Dorothy Keener
Charleston
James
Donald Williams
Bridgeton
N. J
Willie James Williams
Beckley
Lena Helmintoller
Covington
Dessie Hart
Daisy Bishop
Rae Vie
Clara King
Retha Fish
Richmond
Helen Stone
Dixon family to take week vacation at Myrtle Beach
Mr and Mrs Charlie Dixon and their children Lois Jean Larry and Jerry will depart Tuesday for a one week vacation at Myrtle Beach South Carolina.
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Black Eagle
Mrs
Charlie Dixon
Lois Jean
Larry
Jerry
Myrtle Beach
S. C
Wyoming Road Deaths Total Seven After Collision
In Wyoming County 1954 highway deaths rose to seven after a Monday collision on Route 52 near Hanover. Two died, Mrs Casselia Murphy and nephew Eckols Lester, while five others suffered minor injuries. Truck driver Claude Harrison and his 10 year old daughter were uninjured. Bodies were taken to Adams Funeral Home in Gilbert.
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Pineville
Rns
Wyoming County
Cecelia Murphy
Eckols Lester
Baisden
Mingo County
Hanover
Lester
Murphy
Claude Harrison
Cedar Bluff
Harrison
Limestone Dust Corp
Pounding Mill
Ethel
Logan County
Stevens Clinic
Welch
Marshall Lester
D. K. Lester
Parker Lester
Vanna Christian
Mose Christian
Paul Goode
Jim Stepp
Stuart Houck
Adams Funeral Home
Gilbert
Pearis to retire from Virginian Railway service
Herbert B. Pearis chairman of the Virginia Railway allowance commission will retire Aug 1 after 43 years nine months of service. Born Princeton 1889 he began as a construction worker at Oney Gap and Low Gap tunnels and moved to Princeton in 1910. He helped start Mercer County Crippled Children’s Society and led local civic groups including Rotary Club, Chamber of Commerce and Salvation Army advisory board. He chaired Princeton Police Civil Service and helped form the town garden club. Retirement shifts leadership to Mayor Amos Beam with Jack King set to replace him.
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Princeton
RNS
Herbert B. Pearis
The
Virginian Railway
Pearis
Princeton Academy
Virginian
Oney Gap
Low Gap
Mercer County
Crippled Children’s Society of West Virginia
Morris Memorial Hospital
Milton
Royal Arch Mason
Chamber of Commerce
Princeton Rotary Club
Crippled Children’s Committee
Salvation Army
First Police Civil Service Board
Episcopal Church
Amos Beam
Jack King
Beams
Herndon Man Reports 1949 Sedan Stolen
Johnny Westbrook of Herndon reported a 1949 blue four door sedan stolen from in front of his home Monday night. The theft occurred within about 15 minutes after his wife and daughter returned home from an outdoor movie at around 10 15 p.m. The car carried temporary license No 308 143.
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Mullens
RNS
Herndon
Johnny Westbrook
Westbrook
Glen Rogers Personal Notes During Leave
Air man Second Class Kenneth Harold Mosley son of Mr and Mrs Wilson Mosley Glen Rogers left Thursday for Smokey Hills Kan after spending a 25 day leave with his parents He recently completed a year s tour of duty in Korea Dennis Graham and Eddie Campbell spent the weekend visiting in Charleston Mr and Mrs Earl Saxton hosted Mrs Saxtons sister Mrs Tom McGarney and Clyde Hoag and family from La Jose Pa their brother in law and sister Mr and Mrs Clay Houck of Tyrone Pa Mr and Mrs James Stone hosted their daughter Mrs Virginia Hall and sons from Morgantown the widow Delores Dorsey has returned to Lookout after a few days visiting her sister Mrs Edith Cox of Glen Rogers
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Glen Rogers
Kenneth Harold Mosley
Wilson Mosley
Smokey Hills
Kan
Korea
Dennis Graham
Eddie Campbell
Charleston
Earl Saxton
Saxton
Tom McGarney
Clyde Hoag
la Jose
Clay Houck
Tyrone
James Stone
Virginia Hall
Morgantown
Delores Dorsey
Lookout
Edith Cox
Fire Destroys Deputy's Home in Pineville
In Pineville, an overheated electrical wire is believed to have caused a fire that destroyed the $20,000 home of Virgil Morgan, a Wyoming County deputy sheriff. Firemen saved seven nearby homes owned by the deputy. Morgan's two story log structure burned before Pineville crews arrived, while Chief Joe Hansbarger said flames were kept from spreading to the other buildings.
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Pineville
RNS
Virgil Morgan
Wyoming County
Simon
Morgan
Joe Hansbarger
55 Admissions At Wyoming General Hospital This Week
Fifty five patients were admitted to Wyoming General Hospital in the week ending Saturday. The list includes Mrs Geneva Hart in Rhodell, Jack Phillips Mullens, Fred Miller Allen Junction, Mrs Marjorie Woolwine Alpeca, Mrs Loretta Haga Bud, Ed Hunter Mulens, Sandra Richards Mullens, Aubrey Dickerson Odd, Henry Hammond Maben, and Juanita Green Rockview among others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mullens
Wyoming General Hospital
Geneva Hart
Rhodell
Emma _ Maynor
Bud
Henry Cooper
Allen Juncetion
Marie Street
Black Eagle
Claude Asbury
Allen Junction
Jack Tilley
Sabine
Jack Phillips
John Keaton
Jess Staples
Ruth Cline
Odd
William Smith
Lester
William Payne
Corinne
Reba Snyder
Inez Simmons
Glen Fork
Edith Underwood
Pilgrama Knob
Adeline Riffe
Brenton
Sythi Kiser
New Richmond
Ed Hunter
Mulens
Sandra Richards
Bonnie Bragg
Layland
Dolly Lilly
Princewick
Vivian Pauley
Lillian McPeake
Slab Fork
Laura Marshall
Otsego
Charlotte Cozort
Moniay
Aubrey Dickerson
Violet Ross
Matoaka
Elsie Clark
Sandra Sue Cumby
Amigo
Deliah Ruth Tolliver
Maben
Thomas Martin
Kennie Daniels
Posey
Rebecca Hedrick
Tralee
Hilda McGuire
Mildred Laxton
Herndon
Pearl Walls
Basin
Pauline Buckner
Ada Lee O’nal
Stella Marie Meadows
Henry Hammond
Juanita Green
Rockview
Bertha Walker
Stephenson
Louise Womack
Oceana
OES Meeting Set for Thursday in Oceana Hall
Pineville Chapter 110 of the Order of the Eastern Star will convene at 7 30 p m Thursday in the United Mine Workers Local Hall at Oceana.
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OES
Pineville
RNS
Order of the Eastern Star
United Mine Workers
Oceana
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Raleigh Register
W. Va
W. 8. Harding Jr
W. P. Bittinger
C. P. Anderson
J. B. Thompson
C. G. Eastwood
G. E. Evans
J. A. Kincaid
J. W. Perry
R. R. Thomas
E.S. Hamilton
H. P. Thomas
W. C. Harvey
H. H. O'Neal
Robin Hill
Helen Morris
Betty Evans
Agnes Duncan
Beaver
CAP
Hardings
Fayette Boys
Withrow
McKinneys
Ailey C. Mitcham
O. G. McKinney
W. W. Wells
Eugene L. Scott
J. Riley McKinney
Charles S. McKinney
Reunion Association
Jlance
Farm Bureau
Farm Bureau Insurance Companies
Capitol Street
West
Virginis
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Lewisburg
Virginis Phone
Home Office
Columbus
Farm Bureau Mutual
Mon
W. Helmintoller
Wyoming
Your Farm Bureau Mutual Insurance Agency
Sanford Insurance Agency
Bidg Shone
Andy Griffith
Cutize
Suncrest
Capital
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Dock Rabios
P.O
Atlanta
Georgia
TAL
Loman
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National NuGrape Company
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