Greenville wedding ends amid tragedy as Matoaka youth dies
In Greenville Presbyterian Church Miss Helen Ruth Harvey wed Harry Edward Kight in an ornate ceremony with family and out of town guests. A Matoaka youth dies in a wreck shortly after the vows, prompting a somber note as mourners learn of the tragedy. The couple plans a short wedding trip, and the bride, daughter of J. M. Harvey, graduates from Concord College in 1951.
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Helen Rath Harvey
Matoaka
Harry Edward
Greenville
Greenville Presbyterian Church
Helen Ruth Harvey
Harry Edward Kight
L.D. Candler
Peterstown
James Burwell
Jaeger
Jack Candler
Baltimore
Sadie Mann
Burwell
Hedgesville
Robert Perry
John | Harvey
Mary Lon Harvey
Juanita| Bruce
Tampa
Fla
Biss
Lahoma Maynard
Williamson
Bruce High School
Wester Port
United States Air Force
Concord Co
Miss Ruth Virginia Anderson To Wed Harold C Duckett
Rainelle announces the open church wedding of Miss Ruth Virginia Anderson and Harold Curtis Duckett at Rainelle Methodist Church on August 19 at 8 p.m. Ruth is the daughter of Mr and Mrs John Anderson of Rainelle. Harold is the son of Mr and Mrs Claude Duckett of Owensboro Kentucky.
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Ruth Virginia Anderson
Harold C. Duckett
Register
Rainelle
Harold Curtis Duckett
Rainelle Methodist Church
John Anderson
Jof Rainelle
Claude Duckett
Owensboro, Ky
Mercer School Board Buys Lot In Bluefield
PRINETON Sale of Section 956 land in Bluefield for 10666.64 to the Mercer County Board of Education was listed among Saturday transfers. Other deeds cover Resthaven Memorial Park plots, Wolf Creek acres, Athens lots, Back Lick Creek parcels, and multiple Bluefield, Rock District properties. Primary election expenses total 38.45 and a 15.00 contribution were filed by former Bluefield police chief Arnold Porterfield. Marriage license applications include Mabe Mitchem, Smith Knight, Harrison Robinet te.
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Register
Princeton
Bluefield
Nora C. Tierney
Mercer County Board of Education
Iresthaven Memorial Park, Inc
Alonzo Fiech
Bud
Josephine Anderson
Nora Duncan Akers
Toy E. Duncan
Wolf Creek
Rock District
Elizabeth Foster
C. B. Cragghead
Athens
Binley G. Brown
Chaffin
Brown
A. Cooper
Back Lick Creek
East River District
H. H. Miller
Elmer Avenue
Adams Avenue
Magnolia Street
Norfolk Street
Roseville
Acso
Ysted
Prac
Charleston
Secretary of State
Arnold G. Porterfield
Congress
Bath District
Turee
Robert Milton Mabe
Crystal
Phyllis Irene Mitchem
Montcalm
Noah Charles Smith
Sixty one pass licenses in Princeton–Bluefield area
By Register Staff Weiler sixty one people passed while 24 failed driver license examinations given Friday by state police. Successful applicants include Billie Ruth Shrewsbury, Jean Byrd Bush, Lewis Begovich, William R. Robinette, Francis B. Lynch, and many others from Bluefield Princeton and surrounding towns.
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Weiler Princeton
Billie Ruth Shrewsbury
Jean Byrd Bush
Lewis Begovich
William R. Robinette
Francis B. Lynch
Mary B. Reynolds
Thurman £. Dennis
Gertrude E. Chapman
Benjamin E. Harris
Lawrence E. Burton
Betty Low Blankenship
Mary Ellen Tolbert
Clarence T. Mayberry
Herman F. Conner
Arnold B. Slusher
Eunice Pauline
Harman
Skygusty
Louise Mayme Hall
Anawalt
Paul B. Hodges
Kegley
Ola Mae West
Pipestems
William Delong
Freeman
Herman Ingram
Vivian
Evelyn
Jean Ford
Speedway
Amos Carroll
Jean Hope Dent
Kenyseville
George D. Cochran
Crumpster
Howard C. Shrewsbury, Jr
Dott
Orvil S. Whited
Ingleside
Ennis Hudgins
Montcalm
Jarrolds Valley Parish Workers Conduct Bible School
Fourteen workers from Jarrolds Valley Parish Presbyterian Church aided Highcoal Negro Presbyterian Church in a two week Daily Vacation Bible School finishing with Friday night closing exercises. Attendance averaged 165 with diplomas awarded to many beginners primary junior and adult class members under Rev. Pau Gabrielson and staff including Mable Blick Ramona Sapp Nadine Massey Nancy Levie Mary Etta Dickens Detoris Stover Mary Gabrielson Lois Ann Williams Velva Hughes Carol Faye Stover Nancy Scarbro and others.
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Nennster Stadt
Mighcoal
Jarrolds Valley
Presbyterian Church
Hin
Highcoal Negro Presbyterian Church
Pau Gabrielson
Mable B
Etta Dickens
Detoris Stover
Mary Gabrielson
Lois Ann Williams
Velva Hughes
Carol Faye Stover
Nancy Scarbro
Homecoming Planned by Mountain Creek Baptist Church
The Mountain Creek Baptist Church at Dunns will hold its annual homecoming on August 20 with Rev. Clyde Martin as pastor. Speakers are listed and music will be provided by the Gilliam Quartet of Beaver and the Princeton Elks Quartet. Also noted are health updates on Mrs. Virgie Cowley and Mrs. Jake Brown, both connected to local families, with Mrs. Cowley recovering from a broken leg at Charleston General Hospital and Mrs. Brown undergoing an operation at Charleston General Hospital.
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Matoaka
Testine
FE. Dale
Bailey
Terry
C. B. Terry
Cecil
Mullens
Lawrence
iBasil
Bluefield
Frank Co
United States Army
Gerauiy
Ralph
Korea
Herbert
Fort Bragg
N. C
Mamie
Carbondale
Litelian
Matoaka Methodist Church
Tommy Williams
FL Mayberry
Restingen
Princeton
Bailey Funeral Home
Register
Seth
Virgie Cowley
Charleston General Hospital
Hugh Cowley
Dunns
Wrier
Jake Brown
Florida
Ralph Mclntosh
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Hansell Roberts
Mercer School Board
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Highcoal
Jane ‘Jackett
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Rodger Gore
Connie Gore
Neloris Lynch
Carol Simms
Reva Foster
Marylin Barkley
Marvin Lane
Rupert Lynch
Jeff Lynch
Gerald Perkins
Peggy Watkins
Cassandra Hopson
Shirley Clark
Maye Watkins
Ethel Hopson
Laveris McGowan
Gloria Foster
Patricia Foster
Maxine Smith
Wilbur Taylor
Douglas ‘Taylor
Charles Taylor
Charles Lynch
William Green
Vincent Barker
Louis Thomas
Curtiss Johnson
Bill Saunders
Claudette Robertso
Christine Robertson
Lyndia Hendrie
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Josephone Smith
William Rhodes
John Thomas
Betty Thomas
George Thomas
James Lynch
Daniel Green
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Lawrence Watkins
John Lynch
Ernest Taylor
Charles Bryson
Eddie Smith
Raymond Lynch
Anna Lou Smith
Deloris Taylor
Joseph Michaels
Marie Nash
Lawrence Johnson
Delmarie Lynch
Sharlotte Lynch
Juanita Ray
Kenny Spencer
Helen Taylor
Edith Strickland
Margie Hopson
Anna Belle Ray
C. W. Howard
Hazel Ray
Erman Lynch
Walter Spencer
Willie Mayfield
Walter Strickland
Marlin Barkley
Velya Hughes
Highcoal Negro Presbyterian Church Bible School
Perry Meadows
Chesapeake and Ohio Hospital
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