Bailey Highlights of San Francisco Convention and Local Lions News
Mount Hope Lions hear Bailey describe the San Francisco International convention highlights including flag ceremonies parades and a West Virginia breakfast. He notes Lions International budget and staff size and reports local plans to support high school sports with a booster group.
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San Francisco
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West Virginia
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Columbus Motor Company
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Richwood
Roy L. Dempsey Dies at 52 in Fayetteville
Roy Lee Dempsey, 52, Fayetteville, died at 9:25 p.m. August 13 after six months of illness. Funeral services set for 2:30 p.m. Saturday at his residence with Rev. James F. Frame officiating. interment in Huse Methodist Cemetery. Born October 19, 1894 in Victor, he was a miner and member of the Fayetteville Church. Survived by four brothers and multiple relatives including Dempsey and Williams families in Victor, Fayetteville, Oakwood, Lansing, Brooklyn and Payette.
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Fayetteville
Victor
Fred Bary Dempsey
Oakwood
Brooklyn
Done ‘Duncan
Lansing
Sadie: King
Opall Surbaugh
June’ Dempr
Oak Hill Election Probe Underway
Oak Hill moved to review reports from attorneys for both the dry and wet factions after an August liquor election. A recount was waived as lawyers finish checking registration books, with J M Ellis representing the dry side and H E Dillon Jr for the wets.
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Oak Hill
J. M. Ellis
H. E. Dillon, Jr
Fayette County
Beckley Man Fined for Speeding in Meadows Court
J Ward of Beckley was fined 10 dollars and costs in Magistrate J P Meadows court after being arrested near Harper Road by Constable Posey Clay on a speeding charge this morning.
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Beckley
J. P. Meadows
Meadows
Ward
Harper Road
Posey Clay
4-H'ers Take Over Camp Vacated by Tri-County Scouts
County 4 H groups camp at Washington Carver Camp with Miss Bernice Wood Miss Swanne Snipes and Mrs Victoria Gdens as sponsors About 600 people used the facilities this summer Director C T Hairston said groups as large as 1200 have enjoyed the camp The New River camp session begins August 18 with a Fourth District Sunday School Union picnic planned and lifeguard coverage ends September 1 with note to arrange certified lifeguards for outings
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Register
Clifftop
Mingo
Logan
Jefferson
East End Social Club
Montgomery
New River
Washington-Carver
School Union Pic‘nic
Hairston
Snyder Funeral To Be Held Today
Snyder Funeral services set for 2 p m at Oak Hill Methodist Church for Alta B. Snyder 59 who died Wednesday after a year long illness Rev A Angle to officiate burial in Highlawn Memorial Park Survivors include her parents Mr and Mrs Benjamin Smith Zanesville Ohio a brother two sisters and several children with ties to Oak Hill Mullens Pineville and Norfolk Virginia
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Roelster Stall
Oak Hill
Oak Hill Methodist
Alta B. Snyder
A. Angle
Highlawn_ Memorial Park
Snyder
Morgan County
Ohio
Benjamin Smith
Zanesville
Orval
Chappelear
Hazel Chappelear
Princeton
David Calendine
Geraldine Snyder
Fred Snyder
Pineville
Gerald ‘Snyder
Mullens
Donald Snyder
Norfolk
Court suppresses lurid letters in homicide case
Judge Morrison orders a reading of photographs while shielding jurors from explicit letters detailing the July 4 1946 to March 19 1947 sex life of a young couple accused of murder. The letters reportedly describe the couple’s sexual experiences and involve accusations of bludgeoning and dynamiting a yacht in New Port Harbor.
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Newport “Harbor
Morrison
Notable West Virginia political figures listed
Senators Revercomb Kilgore and Chapman along with Governor Meadows and U.S. Federal Judge Ben Moore are named among prominent state figures referenced in the article.
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Chapman Revercomb
Harley M.kilgore
Clarence W. Meadows
Ben Moore
Great Plains Crops Struggle Amid Prolonged Drought
In the Great Plains states crops continued to deteriorate due to persistent moisture shortages. Farmers faced water stress across fields as dry conditions persisted into the season.
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Great Plains
Walters Second in Miss West Virginia Pageant at Moundsville
Mount Hope Miss Janice Walters, Miss Mount Hope, finished high among five finalists in the Miss West Virginia Pageant in Moundsville on August 2. Officials said she ranked second to winner Joan Estep of Wheeling in evening gown and talent judging after a notable singing performance. Pageant Director John Bloyd praised Fayette County for sending Walters and urged another entry next year.
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Register
Mount Hope
Janice Walters
West Virginia
Joan Estep
Wheeling
Miss Walters
Moundsville
John G. Bloyd
Fayette Countions
Early Bird Catches Worm Recalling an Adage
Mullens Corporal R D Platt of the State Police notes the saying the early bird catches the worm while reporting the difficulty of catching the worm. Clarence William Hurst was captured near the Platt home after allegedly wounding Ruben Martin in Harmco on July 27. Hurst waived preliminary hearing on a felonious assault charge and was jailed after failing to post a $1 000 bond.
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R.D. Platt
Ruben Martin
Harmco
Clarence William Hurst
Platt
R. M. Stovall
Hurst
Faculty Changes Reported at Montgomery Tech Institute
Montgomery President M J Hersch of West Virginia Institute of Technology announced A J Stauffer a Navy lieutenant of four years as chairman of the college physics department. Stauffer, of Confluence Pennsylvania, will begin September 2. LeRoy Babcock becomes mathematics chair, replacing Paul H Benton who was named dean of instruction.
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Montgomery
M. J.hersch
West ,Virginia
Institute of Technology, Today
A. J. Stauffer
U.S. Navy
Stauffer
Confluence
LeRoy Babcock
Paul H. Benton
Babcock
Newberry College
South Carolina
Choral Club Elects Aubrey Fanning President
Aubrey Fanning was elected president of the Glen Rogers Community Church Choral Club. Mrs Joe Lundy is secretary treasurer. Mrs Eddie Plann serves as director and Mrs Aubrey Nuckols is pianist for the newly formed club.
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Aubrey Fanning
Register
Glen. Rogers
Chorll
Glen Rogers Community Church
Joe Lundy
Eddie Plann
Aubrey Nuckols
Rats Cause Fire in Linen Chest at Whipple Apartment
Mice gnawed into a box of matches igniting a blaze in a linen chest at the Whipple home of Mrs. S. M. Jones on Wednesday. Oak Hill firemen were summoned but residents had already extinguished the fire.
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Whipple
Register
Oak Hill
S. M. Jones
Guest at meeting in Oceana Church studies
Mrs. Frank Critzer of Covington Virginia visited her daughter Mrs. A G Lugar Sr in Oceana and attended the recent meeting of the Woman's Society of Christian Service at the Oceana Methodist Church.
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Register
Mullens
Frank Critzer
Covington
A. G. Lugar
Oceana
Woman’s Society of Christian Service
Oceana Methodist Church
Ton silectomy performed on Glen Rogers Aubrey Nuckols Jr
Glen Rogers Aubrey Nuckols Jr underwent a tonsillectomy at Beckley Hospital, with the procedure noted in the medical record.
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Aubrey Nuckols, Jr
Beckley Hospital
Mrs Brooks III Glen Rogers
Mrs Clare Brooks is confined to her home here by illness. Glen Rogers is involved in the notice context of the illness disclosure.
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Glen Rogers
Clare Brooks
Saturday Rites Set for Taggart
MOUNT HOPE Last rites set for 2 30 p m Saturday at the residence for P A Taggart 76 retired C and O Railway conductor in Mount Hope Burial will be in Highlawn Memorial Park Oak Hill Taggart who had been ill five months died Wednesday in a Beckley Hospital Born in Taggart Va in 1871 he lived most of his life here He was a conductor for the C and O for 53 years retiring in May 1947 He was a member of the Masons Shrine Knights Templar Order of Railway Conductors and a life member of the Elks Surviving are his wife Anna Malone Taggart a son Master Set Robert Taggart Shreveport Ia three daughters Mary and Pauline at home and Sarah of Charleston an adopted daughter Patty Ann Malone and one brother L B Taggart of Scottsville Va
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Chesapeake and Ohio Railway
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Robert Taggart
Shreveport
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Charleston
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Scottsville, Va
Fayette Case Is On Court Docket
The State Supreme Court fall term opens September 3 with forty-one cases on the docket. seven are mandamus actions against Auditor Edgar B. Sims seeking payment of 1947 appropriations. Six involve Fayette County youths deaths in a 1941 car crash. another seeks 3000 for Lucy Ward's estate from a convicted killer. Charleston Chamber seeks restoration of garbage fees tied to a revenue bond for a new incinerator. Thirteen cases go to September 16, eight to September 23.
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Charleston
State Supreme Court
Edgar B. Sims
Fayette County
Lucy Ward
Huttonsville
Charleston Chamber of Commerce
City of
Treaty Consideration Echoes Chapultepec Pact
Ae Dutra calls the pact “America’s example to the world” as the treaty gains review alongside Chapultepec’s 20 nation act concluded in Mexico City on March 3 1945, framed as a wartime defense measure.
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Mexico City
Duree Injured Building Carnival Stand at Oak Hill
Joseph Duree of the Wallace and Murray Carnival is in Oak Hill Hospital with severe bruises to chest and back after an incident while erecting a carnival setup. He was employed by the Wallace and Murray Carnival.
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Register
Oak Hill
Joseph Duree
Oak Hill Hospital
Wallace and Murray Carnival
Slab Fork Committee Seeks Maben Lester Road Upgrade
B T Hash, chair of the Slab Fork magisterial district road committee, presented a petition to J C Long of the Princeton district state road commission office. The petition declares the Maben Lester road project as the committee's first choice for improvements. The district engineer met with Hash Claude Cook Ward Wylie and E E Lampton in Wylie’s office.
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Register
Mullens
B. T. Hash
Slab. Fork
J. C. Long
Princeton District State Road Commission
Long
Hash
Claude Cook
Mullens Boy Run Down by Car In City Near Taylor Hospital
Larry Mullens aged son of Reverend and Mrs Joseph Woods of Mullens Sudden small injuries from a pedestrian collision near Taylor Hospital. Witnesses say he darted from behind a parked car while returning from a movie. Dr Ward Wylie treated him for minor cuts. Morton Peterman of Cincinnati drove him to the hospital. no charges filed against the Ohio driver.
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Register
Mullens
Larry’ Brewster
Joseph
South
Highway Death Suit Settled in Greyhound Case
Plaintiffs in two federal suits over highway deaths near Edwight last summer reached settlements with Greyhound Bus Lines of 1000 dollars each plus court costs. Trials had been halted after parties announced the agreement. costs totaled 62.50 dollars per case. The fatalities involved were Barnett and Carroll Lockhart on August 11, 1946, caused by a southbound Greyhound bus.
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C.C. Lewis
John Henry Barnett, Jr
Jeremiah Judson Lockhart
Carroll Everett Lockhart
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Carroll Lockhart
Rev Foglesong To Preach At First Christian Church
The Rev. W. H. Foglesong, retired Methodist minister living in Beckley, will be guest speaker at the 10 40 a m service Sunday. His sermon title is Taking Sides. Pastor A H Wilson is expected home from an Ohio vacation Sunday afternoon.
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Beckley
First Christian Church
A. H. Wilson
Ohio
Wells Named New Superintendent at Kopperston Mine
John Wells, with Eastern Gas and Fuel Associates since 1920, becomes superintendent at Kopperston today as part of five management changes announced by H. John Harper and M. Albert Evans. Wells rose from foreman at Kopperston in 1941 to superintendent at Maitland in 1944 and will work under A. P. Boxley in the division that includes Wharton No. 1 and No. 2 Weeksburg and Kopperston. He will be succeeded by E. B. Taylor, with W. A. Hensley moving from Midvale to Weeksbury, Ky. to replace H. S. McKalip, who retired.
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Weeksburg
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E. B. Taylor
Pittsburgh
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Midvale
Gamoca
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Coxton
Wyoming Leads In New Gas Well Completions
Wyoming County recorded the most new gas well completions in West Virginia last year with 40 wells producing 104 803 000 cubic feet daily at startup. Across the state 443 new gas wells began operation for a total 394 109 960 cubic feet per day. The 12 month period also saw 42 new oil wells open, yielding 1 026 1 2 barrels daily, while 659 wells were drilled and 144 were dry.
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Charleston
Wyoming County
West Virginia
Oil.and Gas Division
State Mines Department
Visit in Virginia ends as Mullens family returns home
Mrs. Lee Hodson and her sons William and Robert spent a week in Narrows Virginia staying with her parents Mr and Mrs John Brookman before returning to West Mullens.
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Mullens
Narrows
Lee Hodson
William
Robert
West Mullens
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Senator Revercomb to Speak at Cook Reunion in Cham bers Bottom
U S Senator Chapman Revercomb is among speakers for the Cook Reunion to be held at Chambers Bottom on August 31. Don D. Cook reports the program nearly set and grounds being prepared. A new stand is planned for the week of August 25. Other speakers include Rev. Pat Withrow of Union Mission Charleston Rev. Alvin Cook of Beckley First Baptist and Dr. Kermit A. Cook from West Virginia University education.
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Oceana
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Chambers Bottom
Don D. Cook
Revercomb
Pat “Withrow
Union Mission
Charleston
Alvin Cook
The
First Baptist Church of
Beckley
Kermit A. Cook
West Virginia University
Norman flies home to meet newborn daughter
Roanoke Virginia driver Jack Norman arrived in Beckley by plane to see his infant daughter born at 4 30 p m Wednesday at Raleigh General Hospital weighing eight pounds. Mrs Norman resides in Bud.
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Bud
Roanoke
Val
Jack Norman
Beckley
Raleigh General Hospital
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