Oceana Fire Department seeks new fire truck approval
The Oceana City Council discussed buying a new fire truck for the department and set meetings to decide on purchase timing and funding. They also approved radar unit purchase costs, a nonconforming permit, and proposed building permit fee increases to fund inspectors.
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Oceana Fire Department
Oceana
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Bernand Bai
Kelly, Ley, Oveena
Mom
Gibley
Staub
Charleston
Towers of the Oceans
Town Hall
Rathiday
Wyeening
Marvin Maye
Mershall West
Fayette Court Sentences 2 To State Penitentiary
Fayette Circuit Court sentenced two defendants to prison after pleas of guilty and probation petitions. Aaron Wyant of Green Sulphur drew one to five years for unlawful wounding. Kenneth Adkins of Backus Mount Brackenridge Robson Ve years for grand larceny and assault. A stabbing incident near Oak Hill involved Edwin Elgin and Norman Brackenridge with police responding to a reported stabbing.
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Payetteville
RNS
Fayette
Aaron Wyant
Kenneth Adkins
Backus Mount
Montgomery Vt
George Iain
Brackenridge
Robson Veears
Heinesie
Invisible Hearing Aid Promises Complete Ear Silence Miracle
A Chicago special reports a new book proving an invisible hearing aid is now possible. Describes glasses like devices with no visible parts, hiding deafness, and offering freedom in family, social, and business life. Free copy via Beltane Hearing Aid Co. address in Chicago.
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Chicago
Branham Riles Set Wednesday Funeral Rites
George S. Branham died of a heart attack Sunday in Washington D C while visiting his daughter Peggy Webb. He was vice president and general manager of Webb Coal Co and vice president of Coal River Realty Co. Funeral services will be held Wednesday at 1 30 P M in Whitesville First Baptist Church with burial in Sunset Memorial Park South Charleston. The body lies at Armstrong Funeral Home Whitesville awaiting transport to the church an hour before services.
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Webb Coal Co
Coal River Really Co
Armstrong Funeral Home
Whitesville
Polio Clinic Cancelled and Rescheduled at Seth
The regular Polio Clinic scheduled for Seth on August 7 is canceled. Public health nurse Mrs. Thelma Midkiff announced the schedule will resume on August 2 at the Knights of Pythias Hall in Seth with first second and third polio vaccine shots available without cost.
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Seth
Thelma Midkiff
Knights of Pythias Hal
Charles Patrick Wilson Dies in Alaska Died in air force service
Fayetteville telegram reports Airman Third Class Charles Patrick Wilson age 20 stationed at Elmendorf Air Force Base Anchorage Alaska has died cause pending. Wilson, a 1955 Fayetteville High School graduate, trained at Lackland Texas and transferred to Alaska in December 1956.
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Fayetteville
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C. D. Wilson
Charles Patrick Wilson
Elemendorf Air Force Base
Anchorage
Alaska
Fayetteville High School
Pat Wilson
Lackland Air Force Base
Texas
Last Rites Set For Fayette Tot
Funeral services for 18 month old Gregory Dangerfield of Lively are set for 2 p.m. Wednesday at Laurel Grove Baptist Church Lively with Rev Cecil Painter officiating Burial will follow in High Lawn Memorial Park Oak Hill The child drowned in Paint Creek near his home Monday he was found by his father 50 or 60 feet from where he entered the water He is survived by his parents two brothers Barry Douglas and Kenneth Bruce maternal grandparents Mr and Mrs Carl Murdock of Lively and Mrs Lucy Dangerfield of Elton The body will be moved from Tyree Funeral Home Mount Hope to the church an hour before services
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Gregory
DeWayng Danger
Laurel “Grove Baptist Church
Lively
Cecil
Painter
High Lawn Memorial Park
Oak Hill
Paint Creek
Kenneth Dangerfield
Barry Douglas
Kenneth Bruce
Carl Murdock
Lucy Dangerfield
Elton
Rites Incomplete For Fred Swan
Fred Swan about 70 of Burke Avenue died Monday at 12 30 p m while preparing to cash a check at the teller’s window in the New River Banking and Trust Co Oak Hill. Death was due to a possible heart attack. Survivors include his wife Mazie V Swan. Body to Thomas Funeral Home Oak Hill pending arrangements.
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Oak Hill
RNS
Fred Swan
Burke Avenue
Steller's
New River Banking and Trust Co
C. E. Watkins
Mazie V. Swan
Thomas Funeral Home
Memorial Fund Beginnings for Mrs. Robert Ray
Oak Hill mourns as Mrs. Robert Ray dies in Point Pleasant. A memorial fund is urged for the Oak Hill First Presbyterian Church building, with many attendees contributing in memory and Mrs. Williams honored in a bridal shower at First Baptist Fellowship Hall.
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Robert Ray
Redbud Garden Club Holds Family Picnic
The Redbud Garden Club held its annual picnic at 6 pm Monday at the 4H Camp Beckwith with about 30 members families and guests. Afterward a brief business session led by president Mrs Thelma Burgess discussed the children's Lighting Contest and approved a 23 contribution toward contest funds. Oak Hill garden clubs will sponsor the contest again. Judges were appointed for the Busy Bees 44H flower garden before month’s end.
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Oak Hill
RNS
Redbud Garden Club
Beckwith
Thelma Burgess
D.P. Lively
Clyde, Dancy
Otis Johnson
Drunken brawl ends in fatal shooting at Hart's Creek
James Brumfield was killed by a shotgun blast to the back during a drunken brawl near Shively on Smokehouse Fork of Harts Creek. Elva Canley surrendered at State Police in Stallings and was jailed without charge. Conley, accused shooter, fled to the hills but later faced authorities.
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Norman Brackenridge
Brackenridge
Logan
Hart’s Creek
Elva Canley
Stallings
Logan County
M. S. Hofsetter
James Brum ‘Field
Hofstetter
Russell Hogg
Ning
Shively
Smokehouse Fork
Harts Creek
Conley
Grover Dingess
Brumfield
Dingess
Brunfield
Sone
Mercer Land Transfers Listed In Princeton
Mercer County records show multiple land transfers recorded with the county clerk in Princeton. Transfers include Harold and Sylvia Tomchin to Betty J. Moody on Lot 11 Section D College Street Extension and several parcels to the State Road Commission and Memorial Funeral Directory, with values ranging from about 10 to 19 000 dollars.
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Princeton
RNL
WFL League
Buford Tabor
Brush Creek
Harold
Sylvia Tomchin
Betty J. Moody
College Street
B. Hill
State Road Commission
East River District
William S. Winfrey
Memorial
Rock District
Wiliam S. Winfrey
Ernest
Mona Cox
John
Shirley Cox
Watt B
Blanche Teal
Clarence Moore
Daisy T. Moore
Bluefield
Shorter
Elsie Shorter
Edna E. Horton
Arthur
Vida Horton
City Coal and Supply Co
Helen B. Hopkins
William Green
Mildred Lilly
C. L. Halstead
Arnold Crotty
Lola Martin Crotty
Floyd c Am Pansy Haley
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Amazing Discovery
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Zeo
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W. Va
Anthony J. Sparadino
Raleigh County
A. G. Lugar
Richmond Cleaners & Laundry
Kanawha Street
Beckley
Crab Orchard
Mount Hope
Fayette Street
Prince Street
Cottage Inn
Church Street
Charles Wilson
Fayette Tot
Tyree
Dorothy Ann Williams
Point Pleasant
Sus Aves
First Press
Lloyd Bright
Oakei Church
Ivan Halsey
Harry Houes
Carroll Worrell
Rob
Bert Carr
J. J. Cormpton
L. C. Smith
William
Sam Parley
Wait Carr
George Strong Jr
G. V. Duncan
J. G. Mason
Ro Li Hatter
Earl Burcham
Warren Tolliver
Edna Lane
T. R. Marshall
Walter Ferguson
W. W. Dailey
E. &. Lampton
Ray Bowling
Jack Finney
Marshall Moore
Herman Akers
Dorothy Ann Willams
First Baptist Church
H. Martin
W. F. Moore
Mullens
Falr
C. William Finney
Amere Gas
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James Brumfield
Mercer
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