Going-Away Party Staged For Alice Belcher Oak Hill
Miss Alice Belcher of Oak Hill is farewelled at a Thursday night party in City Park Scout Cabin before departing mid September for Transylvania Bible School Freeport Pennsylvania to prepare for missionary work in Egypt. The event honored by Mrs A H Garten Irene and Mrs Lacy Payne with many Oak Hill residents in attendance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alice Belcher
Oak Hill
ANS
Frank Belcher
City Park
Egypt
Mount Hope
Oak Hill High School
Jane
Elizabeth Wykle
Helen Payne
Franklin
Sharon
David
D. D. James
L. M. Mason
John Morgan
Hazel Mills
Elva Mills
Merle Massie
J. E. Nester
Starlette Nester
A. H. Garten
Irene Garten
Ed Nester
Chil
How To Hold FALSE TEETH More Firmly in Place
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Ella Mae Jones Freed from Jail
Fayetteville resident Ella Mae Jones was released from Fayette County Jail after a destruction of property charge was dropped. Also freed were Charles Dow fined 12.50 for drunkenness after liquor possession was dismissed. Leonard Lee Thomas and Lyle Miller fined 50 dollars with six month license revocations for DUI related charges.
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Fayetteville
RNS
Ella Mae Jones
Fayette County
Charles Dow
Scarbro
Leonard Lee Thomas
Huntington
Lyle Miller
Summers County School Leader Hurt In Wreck
Summers County superintendent J L Link Perry his wife Pauline and staff member Mrs Della Cascie were hospitalized after a 4 pm Monday crash near Bluestone Dam on Route 20. Perry suffered a mouth cut, Mrs Perry a broken jaw and nose, with hospital officials unsure of full injuries. An other car passenger Bobby Lucas of Pipestem was jailed for drunken driving. two others identified only as Albert and Franklin Lowe were treated at Hinton Hospital en route to Detroit.
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Hinton
RNS
J. L. “Link” Perry
Summers County
Pauline
Della Cascie
Perry
Hinton High School
Bluestone Dam
Bobby Lucas
Pipestem
Hinton Hospital
Albert
Franklin Lowe
Detroit
Lowe
Gatewood Church Hosts Fayette Baptist Meeting Scene
About 200 people were expected for the 16th annual Fayette Baptist Association meeting at Gatewood Baptist Church. Officers from the past year included Rev. John W. Kyle, W. R. Herndon, E. B. Wood, and Dr. Robert Godfrey. New officers to be elected. features included a sermon by Rev. F. E. Brown and a address by Mary D. Jesse of the Women's American Baptist Foreign Mission Society.
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Gatewood
ANS
Fayette Baptist Association
Gatewood Baptist Church
John W. Kyle
Page
W. R. Herndon
Oak Hill
E. B. Wood
Robert Godfrey
Beckley
F. E. Brown
East Rainelle
Mary D. Jesse
Japan
American Baptist Foreign Mission Society
Rites Wednesday For A. J. McCoy
Funeral services for Joseph A. Mc Coy 90 Route 1 Mount Hope will be held Wednesday at 2 30 p m at Fairview Methodist Church East Kingston with Revs B L Moss and Tom Shumate officiating Burial will follow in the family cemetery on Pax Branch McCoy a retired timberman died at his home Monday
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Mount Hope
RNS
Joseph A. McCoy
Route 1
Fairview Methodist Church
East Kingston
B. L. Moss
Kincaid
Tom Shumate
Pax
Pax Branch
McCoy
Outing Honors Minister and Wife at Fayetteville Event
The Rev. and Mrs. Mark Haynie were honored by the Fayetteville Church of God youth group at a Saturday outing at the Fayette County 4-H Camp. Haynie resigns as pastor effective Sept. 3 to lead the Church of God in Nitro. Rev. George Newell will fill the vacancy. A Bible was presented to the couple, and prizes went to several attendees.
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Fayetteville
RNS
Mark Haynie
Fayette County
Picnic Held By Mission Group at Oak Hill Baptist
The Bernice Cross Mission Group of Oak Hill Baptist Church hosted its annual picnic at Mrs. Clyde Dancy’s Sanford Street home. Attendees included Mr. and Mrs. Jess Parrish and sons Jack and Mack, Mr. and Mrs. John Harast, Mr. and Mrs. Otis Johnson, Mrs. Delbert Sneed and children, Rebecca and Zanny, Mrs. Kelly Williams and son Franklin, Mrs. Wanda Burdette and son Winfield, Mrs. Luther Green, Mrs. Glenna Tombs, and Mrs. Frank Febean. Guests were Mrs. Harry Lynch of Portsmouth Virginia and Mrs. R. W. Burgess.
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Oak Hill
RNS
Bernice Cross Mission
Oak Hill Baptist Church
Clyde Dancy
Sanford St
Jess Parrish
Jack and
Mack
John Harast
Otis Johnson
Delbert Sneed
Rebecca
Zanny
Kelly Williams
Franklin
Wanda Burdette
Som
Winfield
Luther Green
Glenna Tombs
Frank Febean
Harry Lynch
Portsmouth
R. W. Burgess
Schools Undergo Modernization in Ansted and Winona
Fayetteville report says new school buildings at Ansted and Winona, plus additions and remodeling at Pax Cunard, will be ready for the 1955-56 term starting Aug 31. Ansted high school to be usable though not fully finished with nine classrooms gymnasium library and offices. Ansted to replace five prefab grade structures. renovations include painting, repairs, and new laboratories and home economics rooms.
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Ansted
Winona
Fayetteville
RNS
C. F. Johnson
Board of Education
Pax
Cunard
State Meeting Delegates Named By GOP Women
Oak Hill Republican Women's Club members were named to attend the state convention in Charleston September 16 and 17 at the Daniel Boone Hotel. Delegates include Mrs. Hill, Mrs. Elgin, Mrs. Thomas, Mrs. Hughes, Mrs. Miller, Mrs. Brown, Marion Miller, and Ada Hash. alternate delegate is Mrs. Nelson. Next meeting September 19 at City Hall with hostesses Mrs. Hughes and Mrs. Nelson.
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OAK Hill
RNS
Republican Woman’s Club
Charleston
C. R. Hill
Highland Ave
Daniel Boone Hotel
Hill
West Virginia Federation of Republican Woman's Clubs
Charles Elgin
Oak Hill Club
H. P. Thomas
Wooten Funeral Set Wednesday
Funeral services for Mrs. Mary E. Wooten 49 Garten will be held at Mount Zion Baptist Church at 2 p.m. Wednesday with Rev. A W Wood officiating. Burial Thursday at the family cemetery in Martinsville Virginia. She died Thursday in a Montgomery hospital from a cerebral hemorrhage. Survivors include her husband Robert four sons Alvin John and Stanley two daughters Evelyn and Gegelia two brothers and three sisters. The body is at Dodd Payne Mortuary Fayetteville and will be moved to the church two hours before services.
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Garten
Mary E. Wooten
Mount Zion Baptist Church
A. W. Wood
Martinsville
Tex
Alvin
U. S. Army
Germany
John
Stanley
Evelyn
Gegelia
Robert L. Hairston
John D. Hairston
Annie Hairston
Minnie Dalton
Huntington
Kathy Steele
Dodd-Payne
Dodd-Payne Mortuary
Fayetteville
Obituary Notice for Local Resident Deema McCoy Family
A longtime resident, born March 3 1865 at Pax Branch, died after a long illness. Survived by wife Deema McCoy and children Deck of Mount Hope, Charles of Route 1 Mount Hope, Wayman of Sara sota Fla., Ethel Craft of Pratt and Helena Burdett of Hinton. Body at Tyree Funeral Home Mount Hope until services.
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Pax Branch
Deema McCoy
Deck
Mount Hope
Charles
Route 1
Wayman
Sarasota
Fla
Ethel Craft
Pratt
Helena Burdett
Hinton
Tyree
Church Women Meet at Scarbro
The White Oak Presbyterian Church women of Scarbro gathered at Mrs. W. P. Spradlin’s home Monday night. President Mrs. O. C. Landrum led the business session, Mrs. W. C. Bishop taught the Bible study, and plans were set for an intensive study on Sept. 25. Refreshments were served to a group including Mrs. Kenton Thompson and others.
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T. L. Booth
Mary Romm
Ben Gooch
Charles Smith
Robert Hindsom
Mickey Vargo
Bishop
Landrum
Spradlin
Pettit
School Board Meets Tonight In Fayette County
Fayette County Board of Education meets at 7 30 p m to approve the 1955 56 operating budget totaling 3 321 606 39, below last year’s 3 332 854 74, to hear objections and set levy, and to approve appointments for vacancies in several county schools.
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Fayetteville
RNS
Fayette County
Litzmiller Named Recreation Director at Koppers ton
James Zitzmiller, previously with Pittsburgh insurance, is appointed recreation director for Koppers ton by Eastern Gas and Fuel Associates. He replaces John R. Dean who resigned, and will oversee programs for children and adults in the community.
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Kopperston
RNS
James Zitzmiller
Insurance Department
Pittsburgh
Eastern Gas and Fuel Associates
John R. Dean
Zitzmiller
Oak Hill Firm Elects Nelson Vice President
J B Long of The Long Co Oak Hill announced the election of Robert C Nelson as vice president. Nelson, a Northwestern alumnus with 18 years in coal mining equipment, has been sales manager and director of sales promotion for the firm the last three years. He will direct the sales program and assist the president.
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Oak Hill
RNS
J. B. Long
The
Long Co
Robert C. Nelson
Northwestern University
Nelson
Long Company
Speeders Warned In Oak Hill Crackdown Planned
The city warns of a crackdown on speeding, focusing on East Oak Hill and Jones Ave. Chief of Police H. E. Janney announced the plan today.
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Oak Hill
RNS
East Oak Hill
Jones Ave
H. E. Janney
Treatment for severe hive reaction at Oak Hill Hospital
(RNS) Mrs. Gertrude Alexander of Dayton Ohio received treatment Thursday night at Oak Hill Hospital for a severe hive reaction after being stung by a wasp that morning. She and her husband were visiting at the home of Mr and Mrs Cecil Stark in Summer Lee.
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Oak Hill
RNS
Gertrude Alexander
Dayton, O
Oak Hill Hospital
Cecil Stark
Summerlee
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