SRC Bids Open for Mil Hope By-Pass and Other Projects
The State Road Commission will open bids August 31 for six highway and bridge projects costing about 690000. Projects include the Mount Hope bypass final structure on U S 21, the Mill Creek Overhead over CSX tracks, Shepard Bridge replacement on U S 21, W V 2 resurfacing Ravenswood to Chestnut Road, Island Creek approach paving near Island Creek overhead, and a South Fork Lee Creek bridge near Ravenswood as part of W V 2 south of Parkersburg. all federal aid with Bureau of Public Roads approval.
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Charleston
State Road Commission
Mount Hope
U. S. 21
Mill Creek
Chesapeake and Ohio Railway
Federal Bureau of Public Roads
Jackson County
Island Creek
Lee Creek
Ravenswood
Parkersburg
Knights of Pythias Lodge Reports at Des Moines Convention
Oak Hill report shows the Knights of Pythias members heard a national update from the Supreme Lodge and Grand Secretary Conventions held in Des Moines Iowa last week. W T Price Oak Hill presided and delivered the report. A steak dinner in the lodge dining hall is planned for Tuesday Aug 24 at 6 pm with reservations via the lodge secretary.
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OAK Hill
RNL
Knights of Pythias Lodge
Supreme Lodge
Des Moines
Iowa
W. T. Price
Pineville WSCS Meets At Church on Thursday
Pineville The Woman's Society of Christian Service will meet at 7 30 p m Thursday in Fellowship Hall of the First Methodist Church. Mrs W J Billig president will preside and conduct the business session. The program by Mrs W V McNemar Jr will use Seedtime and Harvest as the topic. Hostesses are Mrs T G Morgan Mrs J L Peck and Mrs R H Breeden. Mrs Billig urges good attendance.
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Pineville
Woman's Society of Christian Service
First Methodist Church
W. J. Billig
W V. McNemar Jr
T. G. Morgan
J. L. Peck
R. H. Breeden
Billig
Oak Hill Council Postpones Levy for 1954 55 Budget
Oak Hill City Council postponed a special meeting to adopt a levy estimate for the fiscal year July 1 1954 to June 30 1955. The levy totaling 61692 was sent to the state tax commissioner for approval and has not been returned. Taxes rise by 32309.
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Oak Hill
RNS
State Tax Commissioner's Office
Council
Clyde Newsome
Dominick Cataffo
Guyandotte River
Cataffo
Miss Elizabeth Bock Honored by Shower
Miss Elizabeth Bock, who will be married this month, was feted with a recipe shower at the home of Mrs. H. Jackson Casto with co hosts Mrs. William R. Laird III and Mrs. T. E. Myles. Guests brought recipes for a recipe file and wrote notes for a happy marriage. The guest of honor received an apron and a salad course was served to a long list of attendees.
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Fayetteville
RNS
Elizabeth Bock
H. Jackson Casto
William R. Laird III
T. E. Myles
A. R. Long Jr
Harry W. Miller
Alex Gray
J. H. White
Charles L. Garvin Jr
H. E.dillon
Carolyn Dillon
John Estes
Grace Estes
Erskin Warden
Clifford Allen
Judy Allen
Ben D. Keller
J. M. Francesca
J. F. Parrish
Charles James
Gloria Francesca
E. M. Darnall
L. E. McAvoy
Blanche McAvoy
Elizabeth Darnall
W. K. Vandall
Jean Vandall
Nancy Cavendish
Francis Guffey
Fayette Baptists Hold All Day Minden Meet
The Fayette Baptist Association held its annual meeting at Minden Baptist Church from 10 a.m. to 9 p.m. Dr. Wilford Jarvis of Sydney led as guest speaker. theme was The Test of Discipleship with John 8 28 2. Officers for next year were installed including John W Kyle Page moderator and W R Herndon vice moderator. Next year’s meeting will be at Gatewood Baptist Church.
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Oak Hill
ANS
Fayette Baptist Association
Minden Baptist Church
Wilford Jarvis
Sydney
Australia
Baptist World Alliance
Matherly
J. B. Smith
Pax
Richard E. Shearer
Alderson-Broaddus Colllege
John W. Kyle
Page
W. R. Herndon
E. B. Wood
Fayetteville
Robert Godfrey
Beckley
Gatewood Baptist Church
Wilde on a River Boat Mystery Aboard Mardi Gras Cruise
Detective Carney Wilde pursues a thief and a killer aboard a Mississippi river boat cruise to Mardi Gras. A missing reservation and a suspect named Miss Pomeroy draw Wilde into a dangerous room search and shipboard intrigue involving Captain Grodnick and police tension.
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Charles Alexander Stewart
Philadelphia
Carney Wilde
Wilde
Side
Jane Grodnick
Penn Maxwell
Jane
Captain Grodnick
Carney
New Orleans
Mardi Gras
Toney Stover Reunion Slated at Artie
CLEAR CREEK The Toney Stover reunion will be held Sunday September 5 at the Old Log Church at Artie on Clear Creek. Plans were finalized at a committee meeting in Mrs George Toney’s home. Prince Stover will register attendees with two aides. The gathering opens at 9 30 a m with ceremonies led by John D Toney and Everette Stover. Worship at 11 a m under Rev Jack Weller with guest soloist Mrs Trinia Garcia Howell. Dinner on the ground follows with Carl Stover giving blessing. Afternoon talks by C R Harless Col Beckley and Col Shirley Donnelly Oak Hill. Music by Lilly Brothers Toney Brothers Deacon Chandler’s Choir Colcord Choir Dorothy Quartet Pax and Arnet Quartets. Toneys from Tennessee Ohio and others expected. Frank Dunbar to perform. President Eisenhower was invited and sent regrets.
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Clear Creek
Toney-Stover
Artie
George Toney
Prince Stover
C. A. Toney
John D. Toney
Fayetteville
Everette Stover
America
Albert McGinnis
Jack Weller
Colcord
Trinia Garcia Howell
Oak Hill
Carl Stover
Beckley
C. R. Harless
Col
Shirley Donnelly
Lilly Brothers
Toney Brothers
Deacon Chand
Deacon Chandler
Dorothy
Pax
Arnet
Frank Dunbar
Toneys
Tennessee
Ohio
Eisenhower
Foreign War Vets Hear Show Report
Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 3110 heard a report on the home show held at Memorial Field House in Fayetteville last month. Half of the proceeds will go to a building fund. Wilbur Williams will give a report on VFW highway signs at the August 25 meeting.
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Oak Hill
RNS
Veterans of Foreign Wars Post No
Memorial Field House
Fayetteville
VFW
Wilbur Williams
Goins Family Reunion Attracts 150 In Fayetteville
Fayetteville section reports the Goins descendants of Thomas C. Goins gathered Sunday at Backus with about 150 attendees. Four living sons attended: Garfield Piney L A White Oak Lester and John Backus. Officers elected include Lowell Goins president Mrs Bill Meadows chairman of entertainment and Clara Perry secretary. A planning group of Goins family members was named with several members from Backus White Oak Hinton and Oak Hill. The afternoon featured Backus Trio and duets by Goff sisters Smith Moody. Local ministers Roy Rose Cecil Blair Joe Thomas and Harvey Skaggs spoke.
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Fayetteville
Goins
Thomas C. Goins
Fayette County
Backus
Garfield
Piney
L. A
White Oak
Lester
John
Lowell Goins
Beckley
Bill Meadows
Pluto
Clara Perry
P. O. Goins
Curtis Goins
Beecher Goins
L. A. Goins
Tommie Goins
Hinton
Betty Jo
Nancy Goff
Oak Hill
Emma Smith
Barbara Moody
Roy Rose
Cecil Blair
Joe Thomas
Harvey Skaggs
Alex Privett
Cecil Perry
W. T. Goins
Walter Goff
Nancy
Louise
Thomas Goins
Sam Goins
Minden
Grant Services Set for Thursday
Funeral services for Hallie Hugh Grant 77 of Fairdale will be held Thursday at 2 p.m. at Dorothy Church of God with Rev J C Smallwood officiating. Burial in Union Cemetery at Dorothy. He was a retired miner and member of the Dorothy Church of God. Surviving are wife Mary Ellen Grant five sons John Joe Lewis Harry Harvey two daughters Mary Shields Sallie Paxton Agnes Cantley two brothers Doc Ollie and two sisters Frank Grogan Pearl Dimoff.
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Fairdale
Hallie Hugh Grant
Dorothy Church of God
J. C. Smallwood
Union Cemetery
Dorothy
Valley Funeral Home
Whitesville
Grant
Mary Ellen Grant
John
Joe
Lewis
Rayford
Harry
Cleveland
Ohio
Harvey
Mary Shields
Charleston
Sallie Paxton
South Carolina
Agnes Cantley
Doc
Middleport
Ollie
Lancaster
Frank Grogan
Pearl Dimoff
Ripley
Mullens considers unified voting and new precincts
Mullens City Attorney A Ritz Kingdon urged adopting a municipal election law and tying city records to county and state registration systems. He also advised approaching the Wyoming County Court about creating new precincts due to over 1000 voters per current three precincts, and proposed a committee to plan division. The council awaits a state election deadline and funds decision before further action.
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Mullens
RNS
A. Ritz Kingdon
Kingdon
Wyoming County Court
Council
Fayetteville Women Plan New Club Year
Fayetteville Woman's Club executives and chairmen met to map the new year. Mrs. Loren Wiseman hosted at Fayette Ave. The main project planned is a city beautification effort.
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Fayetteville
RNS
Oceana Bride Weds Army Sergeant in Virginia
Marguerite Delores McMillion of Oceana and Sgt David E Speaks were married in a 12 30 p m double ring ceremony at the Methodist Memorial Church in Lebanon Virginia The bride wore a navy suit with white accessories and white rose buds He is stationed at Fort Knox Kentucky Mrs Jack Conley sister of the bride attended in a rose faille suit The bride is a graduate of Oceana High School Martz School of Beauty Culture and Concord College and taught at Oceana Grade School He serves in the U S Army
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Howard Davis
Methodist Memorial Church
Lebanon
Jack Conley
Speaks
Oceana High School
Martz School of Beauty Culture
Concord College
Oceana
Sgt. Speaks
U. S. Army
Fort Knox, Ky
Tilleys Honor Daughter On Her Sixth Birthday
In Oceana, Mr. and Mrs. J. R. Tilley hosted a birthday party Friday evening for their daughter Suzanna to mark her sixth birthday. Attendees included numerous local families and friends such as Mr. and Mrs. Marshall West with children, Mrs. Nelson Walls and son, Mrs. Jim Frazer and son, Mrs. Robert Williams and daughter Sheryl, and others including Mrs. Wendie Morgan and daughter and several named neighbors and relatives.
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Oceana
RNS
J. R. Tilley
Suzanna
Marshall West
Dianna
Kathy
Patricia
Charles
Marshall
Nelson Walls
C. L
Jim Frazer
Michael
Robert Williams
Sheryl
Wendie Morgan
Linda
Nancy Whisenant
Ronda
Work Accidents Injure Miners and Child in Mine
Two miners in Mullens receive treatment after unrelated daytime accidents at the Wyoming General Hospital. Clarence V. Smith, 39, suffers three fractures and severe cuts to his left hand from a bolting machine. George Fleming, 34, has a severe cut on his right little finger after it is caught between a machine and the mine top. A 14 month old Lynch child, Mary Gardner, is X-rayed for possible fractures after a fall with the right arm bent beneath her.
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Mullens
Wyoming
Clarence V. Smith
IGE
George Fleming
Lynch
Mary Gardner
Wyoming Man Receives Insurance Sales License
Charleston State Insurance Commissioner Thomas J. Gilleely announced 27 successful applicants for licenses as insurance salesmen. Included was James Otis Cook of Oceana in Wyoming County as an automobile insurance salesman.
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Charleston
Thomas J. Gilleely
James Otis Cook
Oceana
Wyoming County
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Fayette
Beckley Memorial Hospital
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West Virginia
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Jaleigh
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Finley Prewitt
C. E. Duncan
Oak Hill Baptist Mission Group
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Alderson-Broaddus College
C. S. Donnelly
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Bart Spider
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Russell
Front St
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Holloway
Stewart
Kebble
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Purser
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Miss Pomeroy
Grodnik
Louisville
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Herndon
Teckui Cocek
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Stanaforad Road
Bob Hope
Mickey Rooney
Marilyn Maxwell
Telegraph Hill
Richard Basehart
Valentina Cortesa
William Lundigan
Mountain Air
Glen Jean
W. Va
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Vincent _oo ee Murphy
Everday
Saskatchewan
Alan Ladd
Shelly
Mullens Council
A. L. Booker
Virginia Street
Wendell W. Cook
Center Street
Circle Drive
Oscar England
Florence Street
Saundra Morgan
F. P. Cook
C. V. Shannon
Welch
R. L. Cook
Drewry’s Bluff
John W. Harper
Dennis Acord
Gerald Acord
Cincinnati
W. F. Rose
Dennis Michael
Blanche Thomas
Charles, Cameron
Charles Albert
Lydia Carole
Canvas
A. B. Robertson
Lydia
George L. Cook
Parks Tie As
Jungle Jim
Massacre Canyon
Phil Carey
Columbia
Rab
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Lori Nelson
Mason
John Hodiak
Barbara Briton
Bruce Benet
Org
Edmond Holden
O'Brien
Pitt
Princess Theatre
Mt. Hope, W. Va
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Stanley Kramer
Mark
Elyri¢ Theatre
THE
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Mai Zeterling
Micheal Kite
Sylvia Fine
Norman Panama
Melvin Frank
Paramount Poture
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Sgt
David E. Speaks
Lacy McMillion
Tilleys
Geromuro
Barbara Ash
David 0. Selznick
Margaret Mitchell
With the Wind
Clark Gable Vivien Leigh Leslie Howard
Olivia de Havilland
Victor Fleming
Payey
Sidney Howard
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