Mullens Firemen Complete First Aid Course
Sixteen Mullens firemen received American Red Cross certificates after five weeks of training from April 17 to May 22 at the Mullens Fire Station. Instructors Fred Lambert and Clifford McKin, with Nolley noting this as the most diligent class, will continue into advanced fall first aid.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Haden
Ellison Jr
Nolley
Eddie Farmer
Glen Hoge, Jr
Fred Lambert
Clifford McKin
American Red Cross
Mullens
George M. Nolley
Fire Department
No-Load Shift Dominates Mutual Funds Movement
Mutual fund investors shift over $500 million from load to no-load funds. The Denver Financial Programs group leads the trend, cutting a large sales force and arguing that no-load funds will dominate as investors seek to avoid 8.5 percent sales charges.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carlton Smith
Donald C
Campbell
Securities . and Exchange. Commission
James 0. Richards
Richards
Newspaper Enterprise Assn
Mullens Magistrate Court Records Show Multiple Fines
Mullens magistrate court records list cases heard from Aug 1 to Aug 7. Cassey E. Zickafoose paid 16 dollars in fines and costs for failing to control on Route 54. Howard Taylor paid 21 dollars for assault on Aug 5. Kenny England paid 58.50 for violations including hit and run and no license. Samuel Grant paid 21 for speeding on Route 10. Richard Garris paid 16 for driving left of center on Route 16. Jack Mollenkamp paid 21 for pulling into traffic. William Vaughn paid 111 for possession of a 25 cent slot machine.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Howard Taylor
Stephenson
Black Eagle Road
Mullens
J. M. Perry
Cpl
W. D. Thompson
Richard
Charles Garris
Maple St
Franklin
Jack W. Mollenkamp
Fourth St
Wakeeney
Kandy
William
Vaughn
Broadway, St
Oak Hill and Bluefield Patients Named in Reports
Mrs Adrian Keeney was a patient at Oak Hill Hospital this past week. Greene Coleman Jr of Kilsyth is a patient at Bluefield Sanitarium and is scheduled to undergo surgery Monday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oak Hill
Adrian Keeney
Oak Hill Hospital
Greene Coleman Jr
Kilsyth
Bluefield Sanitarium
Shelly Thomas Wins Health Professions Pharmacy Scholarship
Mullens native Shelley Thomas daughter of Mr and Mrs George R Thomas is a West Virginia University second year pharmacy student who has been awarded a Health Professions Pharmacy Scholarship for the 1972 73 academic year based on completing her first year requirements.
Mount Hope Visitors Tour From North Carolina and Florida
Mrs. Malinda Davis Ferguson and son Eric of Winston-Salem North Carolina visit in the home of her mother Mrs Blanche Davis in Oak Hill. Mrs Blanche Cook and Mrs Agnes Ward of Largo Florida leave after visiting Mrs Ruth Clark and plan a stop at Mr and Mrs L D Clark Jr Jasper Alabama. Marvin Beverley remains a patient in a Charleston hospital for observation and treatment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jasper
Ala
Marvin Beverley
Charleston Hospital
Mount Hope Shrine Group Attends Combined Meeting
Mount Hope residents joined Judea Shrine No. 13 of Beckley and Stella Montes Shrine No. 9 of Hinton for a joint meeting at the Hinton Mascenic Building. The highlight was a visit by Supreme Worthy High Priestess Helen L. Johnson of the Shrine of the Order of White Shrine of Jerusalem. Attendees from Mount Hope included Miss Anna Cope, Mrs. Jennie Cope Carter, Mrs. Eva Cope, Mrs. Mame Darlington, Mrs. W. H. Lindamood, and Mrs. Flota Twaddle.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eva Cope
Mame- Darlington
W. H. Lindamood
Flota Twaddle
Fayetteville Man Receives Legion of Merit for Open Installations
Lt. Col. James W. Neal of Fayetteville earns the Legion of Merit for exceptionally meritorious conduct in opening and closing Army installations including Sembach Air Force Base in Germany where he led joint Army Air Force base use. Neal, son of Loran and Mrs. Neal, is a Fayetteville High School and West Virginia University alumnus with degrees from WVU and Arizona State University. He serves at Fort Belvoir as director of the Non-Resident Instruction Department in the Engineer School and resides in Springfield, Virginia with his wife and two children. he also holds the Army Commendation Medal and Bronze Star.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fayetteville
James W. Neal
Neal
Sembach Air Force Base
Germany
Army
Air Force
Loran J. Neal
Fayette Ave
Fayettevile
Fayetteville High School
West Virginia University
Arizona State University
Ft. Belvoir
Springfield
Power failure hits Carlisle area after breaker trips
Dayton Power and Light reports a circuit breaker failure caused a blackout in Carlisle Ohio. Officials could not determine the cause, with possibilities ranging from a squirrel to a lightning strike, leaving 15 000 homes without power.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carlisle, Ohio
UPI
Dayton Power & Light Co
Admissions and discharges listed at Wyoming General Hospital Mullens
The Mullens based Wyoming General Hospital shows admissions and discharges from July 31 to August 6. Read includes patient names with towns such as Mullens Oceana Pineville and Beckley, with multiple mothers and infants mentioned among discharges and admissions across August 1 through August 6.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mullens
Wyoming General Hospital
James
Lexton
New Richmond
Aaron
Stewart
Oceana
Vernon Nacomb
Brenton
Joe Bero
Michigan
Glen Fork
Garland Shumate
Allen Junction
William Miller
Marianna
Deloris O’neal Stephenson
Nancy Christian
Pineville
Naomi Duncan
Katherine Walker
Naomi Short
Baileysville
Frances. Shrewsbury
Robbers Slaughter Four In Barrington Hills Estate
Four members of a wealthy family were killed in a staged home invasion at the Corbett estate in Barrington Hills. Investigators say two intruders, likely pros, ransacked the two main bedrooms while leaving jewelry untouched. The victims include Paul M. Corbett, his wife, his stepson Anthony Boand, and two other relatives. Police search the scene as they pursue leads and rule out organized crime links.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Barrington - Hills
UPI
Paul M. Corbett
Chicago
Cook County Sheriff's
Corbett
Anthony Boand
Miss Boand
Derry
August Methodist Women Meet at Delilah Church
The United Methodist Women of Delilah Church met Thursday for their August gathering held at the church. Effie Mae Dillon led the opening with devotional by Etheline Edwards on Living With Christ Through For The Birth of Christianity. Members planned soft drinks for Sundays Laurel Park picnic and discussed buying a new sweeper. A committee was named to handle the purchase and members were urged to subscribe to Response or New World Outlook.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oceana
Kathy Fox
Donna Dillonj
Susan“ Lusk
United Methodist Women
Delilah Methodist Church
Church
Effie Mae Dillon
Etheline Edwards
Christ
Lyle Reed
Ruth Chaffins
Laurel Park
Pineville Briefs Highlight Local Visitor Gatherings
Sadie Ellison of Collinsville Virginia and Carl Ellison Jr with Bryan and Patty Ellison of High Point North Carolina spent the past week in Pineville with friends and relatives. Jerry Morgan of Valdosta Georgia visited his parents Roscoe Morgan of Clear Fork and Burgess Miller of Brenton. Burgess Miller recently had a heart attack and is recuperating at home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pineville
Kilsyth Freewill Baptist Church Holds Annual Homecoming
Kilsyth Freewill Baptist Church held its annual homecoming with Rev. Pat Ruble delivering the morning message. A church dinner followed on the grounds, and afternoon music featured the Dixie Cavaliers, the Bradley Quartet, and the New Life Singers. Guest speaker James Stanley, pastor of Sprague, attended with numerous out-of-town visitors from Bradley, Charleston, Prosperity, Crab Orchard, Beckley, Midway, Sophia, Ward, Amherstdale, and Henlawson.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kilsyth
Kilsyth Freewill Baptist Church
Pat ‘Ruble
Dixie Caveliers
Bradley Quartet
New Life Singers
James Stanley
Freewill Baptist
Sprague
Glen Pauley
Midway
Glen [Barlow
Sophia
Mary Bauer
Ward
Robert and
Dixie
Frazier
Amherstdale
Franklin Rowena
Howard Cole
Henlawson
Mullens Hospital Births List Three New Babies
Wyom ing General Hospital Mullens records three births from July 31 to August 3. The infants include Ason Douglas Reid born July 31 at 4 23 p.m. to James Melvin Christian and wife from Pineville, weighing eight pounds four and a half ounces. Claudette Vonda born August 2 at 1 05 p.m. to Johnny William Mullens and wife Bud from Wyco, weighing seven pounds three and a half ounces. Jason Coy born August 3 at 1 08 p.m. to Jackie Ballard Houston and wife from Wyco, weighing six pounds two ounces.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jason Coy
Jackie Ballard Houston
Wyco
Engagement Told Glen Rogers Nancy Bailey to Steve Snuffer
Glen Rogers Mr and Mrs Nelson Bailey announce the engagement of their daughter Nancy Lorraine Bailey to Steve Sidney Snuffer son of Mr and Mrs Sidney Snuffer. Nancy is a Glen Rogers High School junior and Steve a former student of the same school employed by Itmann Coal Company. Nancy is granddaughter of Mr and Mrs Garland Bailey of Beckley and Mrs Stellie Cozort of Seaside Oregon. A late August wedding is planned.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Glen . Rogers
Nelson’ Bailey
Glen Rogers
Nancy Lorraine
Steve Sidney Snuffer
Sidney Snuffer
Glen Rogers High School
Snuffer
Itmann Coal Company
Miss. Bailey
Garland Bailey
Beckley
iStellie Cozort
Seaside
Ore
Foreman Named at Kopperston Mine Promoted in Coal Firm
Pittsburg Pa Eastern Associated Coal Corp announces Frank Osborne promotion at Kopperston mine from best man to service foreman. He lives in Oceana with wife Thelma Clark and their child.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pittsburg
Eastern Associated Coal Corp
Frank Osborne
Kopperston
Osborne
Oceana
Thelma Clark
Drainage Help Offered by Fayette SCS in Fayette County
Fayette County residents facing swampy lawns and waterlogged pastures can get free technical drainage help from the USDA Soil Conservation Service. SCS staff assess problems and design drain tile systems if needed, sometimes recommending diversion ditches instead.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fayetteville
RNS
Fayette
Squires
SCS
Aker
Ravattamttea
Roger Rayburn
Usda Soil Conservation Service
Rayburn
Southern Soil Conservation District
SCD
Fayette County
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Dickie Weaver
Don Shifflette
Mike
Wikel
J.C
Robert L.mckinney
Justice of the ‘Peace
Cassey E. Zickafoose
Rupert
Shelly Thomas
Mount Hope
Mt. Hope
Naomi Shrewsbury
Bud
Ellen Belcher
Clear Fork
Dominick Maritina
Virginia ” Gillispie
Rhodell
Frances Shrewsbury
Ada Wright
Willam Wagner
James Whittaker
Gary Edwards
James Fite
Phillip McKinney
Granice Gillispie
Wanda Reed
Lloyd Griffith
Elva Mullens
Marcus Whitt
Itmann
Charles Rose
Ira’. Webb
Regina Griffith
Sheridan Green’ Jr
Robert McGraw
Kenny Hatfield
Otsego
Oscar England
Matheny
James Sykes
Christi Smith
Gartha. Mayhorn
Viola iRiffe
Don Mayhorn
Sam Rollins
Lanny Bishop
Ira Webb
Anna Reynolds
Clara Cline
Buren
McKinney
Basin
Kathy i Marsh
Audrey. Forben
Elizabeth i Montrosse
Robert Daniels
Marc Roberts
Linda
Morgan
Mulelens
Josephine Preece
Lynco
Judith
Pineville News
Mullens Hospital
Foreman
Fayette Scs
Walldagee
Fayatta Cnunty Tlandoumere
Beckley National Bank
FDIC
Rahall
Neville & Heber
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