Fayette Schools Open Aug 31 and budget details
Fayette County schools will open August 31 for pupil enrollment. High, elementary, and one room school teachers meet Aug 29-30. A. L. Walter says desegregation will be approached slowly. A large operating budget of 3,321,606.39 is approved for 1955-56 with state aid and local taxes funding most costs. Transportation costs include 178,000 for bus operations.
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Fayetteville
RNS
Fayette County
Board of Education
Memorial Auditorium
E. R. Vawter
H. F. Frazier
Sam Bays
Rader
Frank Shipe
Shipe
Walker
Murdock Appointed Patrolman in Oak Hill Council
Oak Hill City Council confirmed Robert Murdock as patrolman effective August 15 after former sergeant Jack Long resigned. Dewey Waters was hired as part time patrolman to fill a vacancy created by Delbert Elam’s resignation. The meeting also set a $63,343 budget proposal and addressed junk-yard complaints near St Clair Street.
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Oak Hill
ANS
H. E. Janney
Robert Murdock
Jack Long
Bell Lines
Charleston
Murdock
Woodlawn Ave
Sam's Union Taxi
Orris Stamey
Janney
Dewey Waters
Delbert M. Elam
Waters
N & W Motor Co
Volunteer Fire Department
Howard Tyree
Wallace Bennett
Fred Dickinson
Orville R. Rich
St. Clair St
Fayette Motor Co
Bennett
Robert Gordon
County Club Road
G. A. Baumgartner
Sanitary Board
Baumgartner
Claude R. Hill
Zoning and Planning Commission
H. A. Berry
D. C. Burnside
C. P. White
J. W. Jones
J. T. Painter
Patteson Funeral Set Thursday in Mt Hope
Mrs Lee Hawse Patteson widow of West Virginia governor Okey L Patteson dies at 53 from coronary thrombosis found in her room in Mount Hope. Funeral 10:30 a m Thursday at home with burial in High Lawn Memorial Park Oak Hill. Contributions to Heart Fund. Survived by husband two daughters and father G W Hawse. Lindamood Funeral Home Mount Hope in charge.
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Mount Hope
RNS
Lee Hawse Patteson
West Virginia
High Lawn Memorial Park
Oak Hill
Heart Fund
Arnold Belcher
Mount Hope Methodist Church
Okey L. Patteson
White Sulphur Springs
Patteson
Democrats
Clarence W. Meadows
Meadows
Executive Mansion
Charleston
Turnpike
Reed
Lee Hawee
Romney
William E. Miller
Anna Hughes Patteson
G. W. Hawse
Lindamood
Nine New Tuberculosis Cases Found In Fayette X Rays
Fayetteville reports nine new tuberculosis cases found among 42 positives from 162 chest X rays during second quarter clinics in Fayette County. The Mobile X ray unit in Charleston, May 2 to 17, tested 4,494 people. 75 needed retakes. Nine patients sought TB care, 12 admitted to state sanatoria, 17 discharged as improved or inactive, and one moved to the Veteran's Hospital in Oteen NC.
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Fayetteville
RNS
Fayette County
State Health Department
Charleston
TB Associaton and Health Department
Veteran's Hospital
Oteen
N. C
Greenbrier Man Killed in Wreck
A 25 year old Greenbrier County man recently returned from the service was killed today when his 1955 model car collided with an asphalt truck on U S 60 near Caldwell Hill four miles east of Lew isburg. The accident at 5 30 a m left wreckage strewn over 100 yards and the truck overturned. The truck driver was not seriously injured.
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Lewisburg
W.va
Greenbrier County
William Forest Anderson
Fairlea
Ronceverte
Anderson
Caldwell Hill
Here
Oceana Lodge Installs Staff
Oceana RNS New officers installed at a Dan Gunnee Lodge 129 Odd Fellows meeting Saturday night. Arthur Porter and Sophia Lodge 362 staff conducted the service. Officers named include Thomas Cater bury, Ocel Bowden, E. G. Cook, C. W. Muller, Ollie Cook, Jess Conley, Chauncey Pennington, Lee Day, Ralph Hicks, A. McClellan, Tom Lambert, and Hugh Toler. A chicken dinner followed hosted by Oceana Rebekah Lodge 61.
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Oceana Rns
Dan Gunnee Lodge
International Order of Odd Fellows
Arthur Porter
Sophia Lodge
Thomas D. Caterbury
Noble Grand
Ocel Bowden
E. G. Cook
C. W. Muller
Ollie Cook
Jess Conley
Cha
Kincaid Personalities on Mexico Tour and Local Visits
Kincaid social notices report Miss Cleo Yeager and Miss Carolyn Lee Jasper touring Mexico. Oak Hill teachers Miss Jasper and Miss Yeager visit Canton and Mount Hope friends, with picnics at Beaver Lake. Other locals host or visit relatives in Buckhannon Detroit Sykesville and Mullens.
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Janis Blake
Kincaid
Jim Gray
Sykesville
Howard Smith
John Newman
Cleveland
Ohio
J. S. St. Clair
Shirley Kincaid
Buckhannon
Carol Kincaid
H. Duff
Detroit
Mich
Mullens
Richard Abbott
Pamala
Indiana
Everett Abbott
Mayor on Vacation from Oak Hill to Maine
Mayor H C Brown and family departed Tuesday night for Maine for a vacation, planning to stay until August 10. The party includes Mrs Brown and their son J W, along with his wife and children.
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Oak Hill
RNS
H. C. Brown
J. W
Maine
Car Hits Man in Oceana. Driver, Companion Jailed
Fred W. Cook of Oceana suffered a broken arm several broken ribs and cuts after being struck from behind by Roy Proffit on Route 10 near Dr Hatfield’s offices. Proffit and his companion were jailed in Oceana for driving while drunk and to be arraigned. Cook received first aid at Hatfield offices before transfer to Stevens Clinic in Welch.
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Oceana
RNS
Fred W. Cook
Cook
Stevens Clinic
Welch
Roy Proffit
Pineville
Walter Hinkle
Route 10
Proffitt
R. C. Hatfield
Steven's
Defendent Favored In Fayette Verdict
Fayetteville jury returned a verdict for the defendant in a case where Roy Kessler sought 1500 dollars in damages from Grant Wyatt of Meadow Bridge. Kessler alleged Wyatt's negligence caused a two car collision.
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Fayetteville
RNS
Fayette County
Roy Kessler
Grant Wyatt
Meadow Bridge
Kessler
Wyatt
Wyoming School Budget Increase For 1955 56 Budget
Wyoming County Board of Education approved a 1.822 million dollar budget for 1955-56, 1.195 million for instructional services, and a 5 thousand dollar increase over last year. The meeting awarded Jan Campbell Music Co low bid for band instruments, set aside levy funds, updated salary schedules for principals and coaches, and approved bus service contracts and staff assignments.
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Pineville
Wyoming County
Jan Campbell Music Co, Inc
Beckley
Becker Music Store
Huntington
Cook's Music Store
Bluefield Music Co
Galperin’s
Charleston
Herndon
Jesse W. Morgan
Nixon Receives Rank in Lodge at Oak Hill
H M Nixon was conferred the Knight rank at a Knights of Pythias Lodge meeting in Oak Hill. Glen Kincaid, also of Oak Hill, is set to receive the Page rank at the August 9 gathering. The 12th District Pythian convention will be hosted by Ansted Signal Lodge No 90 on August 13, and will be a closed meeting.
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Oak Hill
RNL
H. M. Nixon
Knights of Pythias Lodge
Glen Kincaid
Ansted
Ansted Signal Lodge No. 90
Injured in Fall at Oak Hill Hospital Treats Child
William Robert Prater four year old son of Mr and Mrs Ernest Prater Summerlee was treated at Oak Hill Hospital Monday night for an injury to his right arm suffered in a fall from a fence.
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Oak Hill
RNS
William Robert Prater
Ernest Prater
Bluefield area plans final drive for 400000 plant fund
Bluefield Area Development Corporation officials pressed a final push to raise 400000 to finance building a new Industries Inc plant between Bluefield and Falls Mills Virginia. About 295034 in stock has been purchased. some 50k stock remains as construction is planned once funding is reached. The Arlington Chair Co. would occupy the building, creating roughly 300 jobs and a 1 million dollar annual payroll.
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Bluefield
Bluefield Area Development Corporation
ADC
Industries Inc
Arlington Chair Co
Gardner, Mass
Thayer Inc
Thayer
Falls Mills
E. G. Otey
First National Bank
Jim Shott
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