Beauty Contest Kicks Off Boone Homecoming Today
Fourteen Boone County contestants vie for the queen title at Scott High School Madison. Judges include Sol Padlibsky Libby Cline and a second judge to be named by Mayor Shaffer Jr. The event features talent showcases bathing suits and evening gowns with a parade Sunday and notable guests including Governor Marland Mollohan Underwood Rever tomb.
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Whitesville
BNG
Boone County
Boone
Scott High School
Madison
Sol Padlibsky
the Daidy, Mail
Libby Cline
Charleston Gazette
H. G. Shaffer Jr
Shaffer
Haddad Recreation Center
Ballpark
William C. Marland
Robert Mollohan
Cecil Underwood
Chapman Rever
K. K. Hall
Madison Chamber of Commerce
Hotel Madison
Ball Park
Frohman Johnson
Charleston
Johnson
Eddie Harris
Whitesville Chamber of Commerce
Whitesville Chamber
Boone County Court Publishes List of Grand and Petit Jurors
Boone County Circuit Court releases the August term juror roster with grand jurors expected at Madison courthouse August 27 at 9 30 a m and petit jurors called for September 4 at 9 30 a m. Names span Crook Peyton a Scott Sherman and Washington districts.
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Boone County Circuit Court
Madison
Maxey Mullins
Boone County
Crook
Norwood Bentley
P. H. Dickins
Reginald Robinette
Peytona
Carl Kinler
Liss Harliss
Harold Bradley
Scott
R. L. Cocart
Tilden Granham
Byril Webb
Sherman
Whitesvilles
H.R. Priestley
Charles Sutphine
L. C. Brown
Arnold Tamplin
Washington
Raymond Pauley
Erin Cook
Frenchie Workman
Sid Brooks
George Davis
Lowell Green
Opie Green
Ewell Harless
Willie C.harvey
John Ferrell
Theron Jarrell
Forest Kuhn
Lewis Miller
Clarence Price
Gene Price
J. Coy Price
Leslie C. Perry
R. J. Reynolds
Cecil Spratt
Nathan Tapley
Donald Vance
Smith White
Dewey L. Young
Bert Clendenin Jr
Radford Clendenin
Roy Kinder
Glenn Lewis
Leonard Webb
Scott District
Leon Barker
A. V. Cottrill
Truman Carpenter
Harrison Cox
H. L. Dotin
A. A. Easter
James C. Elkins
Sabha Ellis
Arnold J. Haner
Authie Jarrell
Carl Javins
Harold Ray Meadows
Perry Moyer
Amos Smith
Carlton Smith
Earl Songer
Arold Tolliver
Welles Vandel
Whitesville Boys Attend 4-H Camp
Five Boone County boys from Whitesville and Madison clubs attend the 4H Clubs State Encampment at Jackson’s Mill with Boone Co. Club Agent Bill Ervine. They join training sessions beyond recreation to enhance GH work and methods. next week eight area girls from Danville and Madison are slated to attend.
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Whitesville
RNS
Boone County
Jackson's Mill
Bill Ervine
Boone Co
Archie. Morris
Walhondian Club
Seth
Joe Farley
Raymond
Williams
Foster
Ray Colin
Stewart Edwards
Madison Livewire Club
Madison
Amp
Karen Morris
Martha Vamos
Sylvester
Alice Nelson
Prissie Rose
Virginia Chambers
Danville
Janice Young
Bonnie Ellis
Jenna Tea Doss
UMW of Coal River Plans Annual Labor Day Fete
Workers unions of the Coal River Field appoint officials and committees to stage the Labor Day celebration on Sept. 3 at Whiteside and Dunaway of Premier named general chairman with Johnny Proton of Highcoal as vice chairman. Nelson Beard of Montreal will be treasurer and Tom Kelly of Garrison secretary. Tentative plans include an all day event with music and speeches observed in past by as many as 13,000 people. WHITESVILLE United cos
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Coal River
Whites‘de
Dunaway
Johnny Proton
Highcoal
Nelson Beard
Montroal
Tom Kelly
Garrison
Whitesville
Gallimore Earns Galloneer Honor at Local Blood Drive
Clement Gallimore of Coal River Motors Whitesville received a blood donor pin from Doris Saunders executive secretary of the Red Cross Boone County after giving the final pint at the Bloodmobile last Monday. He is noted as the area’s only Galloneer.
Meeting Called For Labor Day Program
Whitesville report says UMW Labor Day committee chairman Paul Dunaway called a special meeting at Valley Funeral Home on Sunday at 11 am to plan the Labor Day celebration. Two prior meetings named committees and begun preparations, urging LEM committee members and any unassigned members to attend and share input.
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Whitesville
RNS
Paul Dunaway
UMW
Labor Day Committee
Valley Funeral
Dunaway
LEM
Kingston Docks Set the Scene for a Love and Murder Mystery
Val and Dirk arrive in Kingston Jamaica aboard a ship to join the Carraways at the Myrtle Bank Hotel. The shipboard doctor hints at murder amid a hospital visit, while Val is drawn toward Dirk as he pursues a quiet romance amid tension over a possible crime. Jamaica’s capital appears chaotic yet alluring, with earthquake-worn streets and a glamorous hotel backdrop.
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Kingston
Jamaica
Val
Dirk
Monego Bay
Carraways
Fiji
Montego Bay
Bruce
John
Myrtle Bank
Ali
Myrtle Bank Hotel
Vcpen
Last Rites Set For J. Thompson
Joe A. Thompson of Kilsyth will receive funeral rites at Ameagie Presbyterian Church at 2 p m Saturday conducted by Rev R H Dean. Burial follows in Estep Cemetery. He died at 1 p m Wednesday in a Beckley hospital after a four day illness. He was a United Mine Workers Local 6045 member. Born May 14 1893 at Crown Hill, survivors include his widow, mother, siblings, and five sons and five daughters in several states. The body will be moved to the Tyree Funeral Home residence at 5 p m Friday.
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Kilsyth
Joe A. Thompson
Ameagie Presbyterian Church
R. H. Dean
Bradley
Estep
Ameagie
Thompson
Beckley
United Mine Workers Local Union 6045
Whipple
Crown Hill
Fern Thompson
Mary Tucker Thompson
Ward
Bill Thomason
Charleston
Grace Gray
Gallagher
Gladys Davis
Virgie Thorn
Lima
Ohio
Myrtle Clay
Miami
Fla
Goldie Withrow
Emmet Perdue
Riverside
Mary Pettry
California
Garnet Riclman
Ameagle
Ruth Hebb
Helen Lively
Eleanor Nelson
Patsy Thompson
Joe A. Jr
U. S. Air Force
Carl
Colonbns
Roy
Scarbro
Millard
Dorothy
Billie
Akron
Tyree
Mount Ope
Whitesville Boy Scouts To March In Parade
Louis Dolin, chairman of the Boy Scouts camping and activity committee, says County Scouts are invited to join the Boone County Homecoming parade. The parade starts at 1 p.m. Sunday, Aug. 5, with Scouts assembling at 12 p.m. in the parking lot above Madison Hardware. Cub Packs will be led by their Den Mothers, Cub Masters, and Explorer Advisors.
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Whitesville
Boy Scouts
RNS
Louis Dolin
Boone County
Madison Hardware
Mrs. Anna Gott Dies in Princeton Funeral Friday
Funeral services for Mrs. Anna Myers Gott 73 will be Friday at 2 30 p.m. in her daughter's home on New Hope Road. Burial in Oakwood Cemetery. Survived by two sons J F Myers Huntington and R M Myers Weston two daughters Mrs. Richards and Mrs. Alice M L Prillerman Rocky Mount Va three sisters and four brothers. She was a member of the Order of Eastern Star and First Christian Church. The body returned to the residence from Seaver Mortuary Princeton.
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Princeton
RNS
Anna Myers Gott
Ralph R. Richards
New Hope Rd
Oakwood
Gott
Richard
Ansted
Lewis Franklin
Mary Francis Wilson Hess
John Milton Myers
Washington, D. C
C. H. Hess
Charleston
R. W. Hess
Beckley
H. N. Hess
Anstead
Carl Hess
Hanvey
Princeton Order of Eastern Star
First Christian Church of Ee
Seaver Mortuary
Southern States Meeting At Meadow Bridge Sets Aug 6:30 PM
The Meadow Bridge area hosts the Southern States Meet with a Meadow Bridge contest What's the Answer and prizes near 25 000 dollars. Elections for local board and Farm Home Advisory committee members are planned. The event starts at 6 30 p m on Aug H at Meadow Bridge High School, sponsored by Southern States and Patton's Farm and Home Supply.
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Meadow Bridge
Farm Home
Southern States
Patton
Farm and Home Supply
Funeral Saturday for Lamer Broyles in Staunton
Funeral services for Lamer Broyles of Staunton Va will be held Saturday at 11 am at Staunton. Burial will follow in Orchard Cemetery near Lindside. Broyles formerly of Red Sulphur Springs died unexpectedly Wednesday evening at Ronceverte apparently from a heart attack. He was an employee of the Chesapeake and Ohio Railroad at Ronceverte. Surviving are his widow Arvil Davis Broyles two daughters Mrs Barbara Pultz and Peggy Broyles one grandson five sisters and three brothers. The body has been removed to Staunton.
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George W.and
Jessie Thompson Broyles
Arvil Davis Broyles
Barbara Pultz
Peggy Broyles
Margaret Edmonds
Portsmouth
Bessie Copeland
Oak Hill
Bertie Shannon
Princeton
Willie ‘Lively
Peterstown
Louise’ Belcher
Greenville
O. P
L. M.broyles
Red Suboshur Springsland
F. E. Broyles
Staunton
Mrs R Barton Named President of WSCS
Mrs Richard Barton was installed as president of the Woman's Society for Christian Service at Sylvester Methodist Church in Whitesville. New officers include vice president Mrs Curtis P Smith and secretary Mrs James Keeney with Treasurer Mrs T R Mullins.
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Richardson
Rex Webb Jr
Elmo Coffman
Robert Peale
Arley Dillard
Robert Saxton
Brazil
Curtis P. Smith
Charles Richardson
Hacine
Smith
Webb
Underwood Revercomb To Speak at Whitesville
In Whitesville a large gathering is planned with Republican nominee Underwood and Revercomb expected to address attendees. The event follows Madison Homecoming and will reorganize committees while outlining plans for the November election with state and local Young Republican leaders present.
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Whitesville
RNS
Cecils
Underwood
Chapman
Comb
Congress
Madison
Revercom
Cleo Jones
The
Young Republican League
Fred ©. Blue
League
Cecil Bias
Boone County Young Republicans
Itmatin Pentecostal Holiness Church Joy Meeting Planned
Itmatin Pentecostal Holiness Church hosts a Saturday night joy meeting at 7 00 p m led by acting pastor Mrs Lawrence Smith Attendance is open to the public with visitors expected from MacDowell and Raleigh counties A Sunday School picnic is planned for August 18 at Grandview Park Raleigh County and those interested should contact Mrs Smith
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Itmann
RNS
Pentecostal Holiness Church of
Oak Hill Man Treated After Fall at Local Mine Center
L. B. Aliff of 421 Park St Oak Hill was reported in satisfactory condition at Raleigh General Hospital after injuries to his pelvic region from a fall on an eye ball of a miner. He works at Bolt Mining Co.
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Oak Bill — L
Park St
Oak Hill
Raleigh General Hospital
Aliff
Bolt Mining Ca
Kopperston Personal News Highlights and Birth Announcement
Kopperston area notes include Mrs. Howard Elkins visiting her parents in Owensville Kentucky and returning with them after attending an aunt’s funeral in Man. David Rankin spent ten days at Bluestone Conference Center Hinton with counselors Jack Bemis and Donna Rooney. Edward Fultz family vacationed in Middlesboro and Jellico Creek visiting relatives. Mrs. James Fultz of Fayetteville expected with Pic James Fultz at Fort Bragg. Pineville announces birth of Joseph Barry Frye weighing eight pounds eleven ounces born Sunday night July 29 at Pineville Maternity Hospital. he has a sister.
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Kopperston
Howard Elkins
D. B. Toler
Owensville
Man
David Rankin
Bluestone
Hinton
Jack Bemis
Donna Rooney
Huntington
Edward Fultz
Clark
Middesboro
Jc. B. Fultz
W. R. Fultz
Jellico Creek
Nathan Lay
Joe Heatherly
A. C. Southern
Corbin
James Fultz
Fayetteville
N.C
Pic
Fort Bragg
IN. C
Pineville
J. H. Frye
Pineville Maternity Hospital
Joseph Barry
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Dorothy Buffington
Nolda Jean Clarken
Judy Dickerson
Peggy Holley
Barbara Nelson
Nancy Averson
Glenna Blaylock
Mary Jeffery
Carol Smith
Rosalie
UMW of
Coal River Plan
Gallimore “Galloneer
Maysie Greig
John Carraway
Jane
Mrs. Featherstone
John Carra- Way
Coatiaerd
J. Thompson
L. Broyles
R. Barton
WSCS
Ltmann Church
Beckley Hospital
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