Land transfers totaling about $58,000 in Mullens
The First National Bank of Bluefield as trustee conveyed a Mullens parcel to Oscar Price, Billy Price, and Alfred Price for about $58,000. Other deeds include Roy and Marie Lusk to Kester and Etta Lusk for about $2,500 on Big Huff Creek. Grace and William Worrell to Dora Hurst in Oceana. Maggie and Bernie Lawrence to Norman Lawrence in Clear Fork. B K and Valie McGraw to Dan and Fay Wesley for about $4,500 in Slab Fork. Godfrey L. Cabot to Rue and Emma Schoolcraft in Pineville for about $13,500. Curtis and Margaret Short to Consolidation Coal Co. for eight acres in Barkers Ridge for about $1,000.
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Pineville
RNL
First National Bank of
Bluefield
J. E. Craft
George Richardson Jr
Mullens
Oscar Price
Billy Hunter Price
Alfred Bernard Price
Roy and
Marie Lusk
Kester
Etta Lusk
Big Huff Creek
Guyandotte River
Grace
William Worrell
Maggie
Bernie Lawrence
Norman Lawrence
Clear Fork
B. K
Valie McGraw
Dan
Fay Wesley
Slab Fork
Godfrey L. Cabot
Rue
Emma Schoolcraft
Curtis
Margaret Short
Consolidation Coal Company
Barkers Ridge
Eleven Births Recorded At Oak Hill Hospital
Oak Hill Hospital reported eleven births last week including Pamela Bea Painter seven pounds five ounces born July 26 to William and Barbara Painter Scarbro at 5 30 am. Claude Anthony Hawkins seven pounds seven ounces born July 28 to George and Mary Hawkins Summerlee at 4 10 pm. Mark O Dell O Dell Lively seven pounds 14 ounces born July 28 to Percy and Lila O Dell Lively Dothan at 1 35 pm. Steven Ray Toney five pounds born July 29 to Hillard and Edna Bed ford Toney Dothan at 12 10 am. Jo Ann Samples July 29 daughter nine? An unnamed mother Samples Harvey at 2 45 am. Elizabeth Ellen Margaret five pounds 10 ounces born July 30 to William and Martha Holly Oak Hill 1020 Burke Ave. Gordon Craig six pounds 15 ounces born July 31 to Joseph and Mary Phillips Fayetteville at 11 35 am. Anna Louise eight pounds nine ounces born July 31 to Bob and June Mason Summerlee at 9 55 am. Kenneth Carl seven pounds 14 and one half ounces born July 31 to Kenneth Hudson Carlisle at 2 45 pm. A son six pounds six ounces born Aug 2 to James and Ruth Cook Beckwith at 10 10 pm. Issac Walter Jr eight y? pounds born Aug 2 to Issac and Nancy Shockey Glen Jean at 9 55 pm.
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Oak Hill
RNS
Oak Hill Hospital
Pamela Bea
William Harry Painter
Fot Scarbro
Claude Anthony
George Hawkins
Summerlee
Mark O'Dell
Percy O'Dell Lively
Dothan
Steven Ray
Hillard Bedford Toney
Jo Ann
Joseph James Samples
Harvey
Elizabeth Ellen Margaret
William J. Holly
Burke Ave
Gordon Craig
Joseph Preston Phillips
Keller Ave
Fayetteville
Anna Louise
Bob Calvin Mason
Kenneth Carl
Kenneth Dovel Hudson
Carlisle
James Loyal ‘Cook
Beckwith
Issac Walter Jr
Issac Walter Shockey
Glen Jean
Turkey Red Wheat Originated in Turkey for Mennonite Dry Farming
Turkey Red wheat, a hardy dry farming variety used in the western United States, was originally imported from Turkey by Mennonites.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
Turkey
Ten Wyoming Couples Seek Wedding Permits
In Pineville Wyoming County Clerk records ten couples have applied for marriage licenses. Names include Eugene Chafins and Jane McDaniel Mullens Sternal Stacy and Freda Mae Fuller Hanover Andrew J Tilley Pineville and Ruby Potter Grundy VA Jack Gross Kopperston and Juanita Crook Kopperston Floyd Holbrock Kopperston and June Darla Gibson Oceana Donald Eugene Jackson and Barbara Sue Lester Fannock Harold Cline Bailey sville and Wilma Toler Lynch Wilma Toler Crumpler and Silas Bailey Herndon Lillian Shrewsbury and Larry Wayne Miles Bluefield Bonnie Byars Hern don Calvin Earl Adkins Lynce Annabelle Carper Lynce.
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Pineville
RNS
Wyoming County
Eugene Chafins
Mullens
Frank
Alice Chafins
Jane McDaniel
Betty McDaniel
Sternal Stacy
Hanover
William
Laura Stacy
Freda Mae Fuller
General
Pauline Fuller
Andrew J. Tilley
Ott and
Lilly Tilly
Ruby Potter
Grundy, Va
Paris
Marilyn Potter
Jack Gross
Kopperston
Ervin
Ellen Gross
Juanita Crook
Elmer
Addie Cook
Floyd Holbrock
Thomas
Etta Holbrock
June Darla Gibson
Oceana
John R. Gibson Jr
Pauline Gibson
Donald Eugene Jackson
Herschel and
Barley Jackson
Barbara Sue Lester
Fannock
Floyd
Jean Lester
Harold Cline
Baileysville
Keith
Nita Cline
Wilma Toler
Lynce
Acie
Virgie Toler
Silas Bailey
Crumpler
Allen and
Gladys Bailey
Lillian Shrewsbury
Herndon
Judy Shrewsbury
Larry Wayne Miles
Bluefield
John and
Myrtle Miles
Bonnie Byars
Ozie
Effie Byars
Calvin Earl Adkins
Everette
Ada Adkins
Annabelle Carper
Baine
Lena Painter
Hico Personal Notes Highlight Regional Guests
Sunday visitors gathered across the region at multiple homes. Thelma Sandige hosted Thelma San dige and guests from Beckley Fort Lauderdale Gauley Bridge Huntington Pompano Beach and Toronto. Nora Small returned from Ft Lauderdale. Various families hosted relatives and friends including the Gilkesons McVeys Price and Kessler with connections to Detroit St Albans and local towns.
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HICO
RNS
Thelma Sandige
A. L. Tuebert
Beckley
William Allen
Fort Lauderdale
Fla
H. V. Sampson
Gauley Bridge
Henry Myers
Mike
Lillian Bias
Pompano Beach
Amelia Loretta
Huntington
PK. Loretta
Inez Sampson
Nora Small
Ft. Lauderdale
Jack Ehrke
Don Gilkeson
Donna Debbie
David
Dale
Webster Springs
Jare
L. E. Gilkeson
Babcock State Park
Richard McVey
Richarde MacLean
Burton
George
Beaton MacInnis
Toronto
Ontario
Myrtle Price
David Flint
Butch
Linda
Muriel
Detroit
Mich
Betty Kessler
Jean Harris
St. Albans
Six Thousand Budgeted for Fayette Bookmobile Service
Fayette County Budget allocates 6000 to fund bookmobile service after Raleigh County did not include a county bookmobile line. Court President Carl B. Vick presided as the appropriation, reducing the original 12000 plan to a single county support.
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Fayetteville
ANS
Fayette County
West Virginia Library Commission
Raleigh
Fayette
Carl B. Vick
School Board Investigating Chiles Case
Fayette County School Supervisor Wendell Chiles 61 will be investigated by the county Board of Education while on a leave of absence. He requested leave from Aug 1 to Sept 9 to attend to personal business. Chiles is a former assistant school superintendent and DuBois High School principal at Mount Hope. He forfeited a $200 bond in Beckley City Police Court July 16 on morals charges after earlier arrest in Beckley theater.
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Fayette County
Wendell Chiles
County Board of Education
Chiles
DuBois High Schoo
Mount Hope
Beckley City
Beckley
Six Wyoming Countians Inducted Into Service
Mullens, RIIS Six registrants from Selective Service Board No 21 Mullens will be inducted into the armed forces Thursday. They are Major McKinley Stone of Bail eysville volunteer Teddy Russell Trump of McGraws Homer Ray Sykes Jr of Itmann Robert Nelson Blankenship of New Richmond James Elder Belcher of Glen Rogers and Jack Marvin Davis of Detroit Mich formerly of Kopperston.
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Mullens
RIIS
Selective Service Board No
Armed Forces
Major McKinley Stone
Baileysville
Teddy Russell Trump
McGraws
Homer Ray Sykes Jr
Itmann
Robert Nelson Blankenship
New Richmond
James Elder Belcher
Glen Rogers
Jack Marvin Davis
Detroit, Mich
Kopperston
Library Service Plan Set for Fayette County Center
The court informs that a Fayette County Library Service will be established for three years with a 6,000 sum. The center will be in Fayetteville as a single-county plan, replacing the originally planned Mount Hope location in the two-county project.
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Ers
Library Commission
Fayette County
Fayetteville
Mount Hope
Mt Hope Personal News From Mt Hope In Brief
Mt Hope society items note Willard Moore family returning from Myrtle Beach and Mary Sue to join them in Mount Charles Harnsbarger attending a funeral in Charleston. Several visits and travels include J L Wilkins in Knoxville, Rex and Morgan Noble relatives in Beckley and Charleston, and Doris Queen celebrating a fifth birthday. Ronald Snyder at Senior Golfers Tournament in White Sulphur Springs with regional visitors and travel to Vero Beach for a vacation.
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Mount Hope
RNS
Willard Moore
Jay
Myrtle Beach
S.C
J. L. Wilkins
Price Wilkins
Knoxville
Tenn
Mary Sue
Charles Harnsbarger
E. C. Stanton
Charleston
Helen Darnall
Margaret Rose
Cairo
Rex Noble
Beckley
Hansford
T. C. Baldwin
Doris Queen
Park Heights
Martha Harnsbarger
Nell Frank
Morgan Hunter
Welch
Mary Treavey
Pax
Bill Harnsbarger
Martinsburg
Roy Payne
R. B. Payne
Ross Noble
Ruth Noble
Ronald Snyder
Vero Beach
Fla
P. M. Snyder III
Mel
Dave MacMillan
Randy
Mac
Oak Hill Social Notes Highlight Local Visitations
Oak Hill residents note guests at the Windsor home in Scarbro including Gene Windsor of Baltimore and Mrs Calvin Mathis of Sykesville. Fort Dix captain and Mrs Taggart and family visit Adah Burdette for ten days. Ed Pennington family from Lochgelly join Bluefield relatives for a weekend. J W Dougherty moves to University Hospital Charlottesville. Other local travel includes Gordon family from Camden and Burdette relatives from Patterson N J.
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Oak Hill
RNS
Hughie Windsor
Scarbro
Gene Windsor
Baltimore
Calvin Mathis
Sykesville
Mathis
Adah Burdette
J. W. Dougherty
Oak Hill Hospital
University Hospital
Charlottesville
Ed Pennington
Marshall
James
Bee
Lochgelly
George Pennington
Bluefield
Ervin Franklin
Beckley Memorial Hospital
Alley Gordon
Terry
Camden
N. J
Jack Burdette
Robert Gordon
Burdette
C. A. Gordon
Drew
Patterson, N. J
Gordon
Oak Hill Presbyterian
Clarice McDonald
Mankin Circle
NATO Shield: West Faces 20 Soviet Divisions
The article outlines Allied and Soviet forces poised for potential conflict, noting Gen Valluy's assessment of NATO's 17 combat divisions in central Europe, Britain’s reduced NATO commitment, and France’s Algeria drain. It warns on morale, armor divisions, and the balance of power across Europe with Soviet tank superiority and projected future forces.
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Europe
Fontainebleau
Valiluy
France
Belgium
Netherlands
Valluy
Valley
NATO
Britain
Germany
Lauris Norstad
U. S
Norstad
Algeria
East Germany
Ural Mountains
West Germany
Fairlea Personal News and Appointments
The Piercy family of Rochester New York visit L G Piercy’s parents in Fairlea for a week as L G is noted as a summer student at West Virginia University. George Piercy spends the weekend at their home. Pat Sullivan returns home after a four year Army tour to resume his Kroger job. Burling ton’s Ken Deal, Carolina League manager, once struck out 275 batters in 1947.
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Ken Deal
Raleigh
N. C
Burlington
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