Highway Markers Tell Historic Story Of Fayette County To Motor Tourists
Fayette County gains eleven highway markers by state road commission to highlight local history. Markers cite courthouse genealogy in Fayetteville, Montgomery’s early settlement, Old Stone House, General Robert E. Lee camp sites, Hawks Nest Tunnel, Ancient Works, Jackson’s mother grave, Halfway House on the James River Turnpike, Gauley Bridge origin and Gauley River poet Ben Bolt reference, and Fayette County formation in 1831 from neighboring counties.
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Fayette County
Register
Fayetteville
State Road Commission
Fayette -Kanawha
Montgomery
Nicholas, Greenbrier, Kanawha
Logan
Milton W. Humphreys
Bryan
13Th Virginia Light Artillery
IC. S.A
Court House
Levi Morris
William Morris
Great
Kanawha Valley
Coal Valley
James C. Montgomery
Richard Tyree
Kanawha
Jackson
Webster
Benton
Matthew Fontaine
Robert E. Lee
Robert EF
West Virginia
Drew Johnson
Greener County
Hawks Nest
New River
Armstrong and Loup
Eshall’s Pillar
Marshall
U. S
Royal Gorge
Westlake
Thomas J
Stonewall” Jackson
Thomas Ranson
James River
Kay Turnpike
William
Chicago Gray Dragoons
Gauley
New
Kanawha River
Thomas Dunn English
Guthor
Ben Bolt
Gauley River
Nicholas
Greenbrier
Anawha
Meral Lafayette
Battes and Fallam
Mississippi Valley
Great Britain
France
U.S. 21
U. S. 60
Sal ation Army building bids sought in Beckley W Va
Notice to contractors bids for the Salation Army building on Fayette Street Beckley West Virginia will open at Army headquarters 51 Prince Beckley WV at 10 00 a m Wednesday September 1 1937 Plans and specifications available at the above address on and after Monday August 23 1937 Bids on stone from the quarry and on building construction will be asked separately The successful bidder and his bid must be approved by the local building Committee and by the Salvation Army Property department Atlanta GA WM C Miller Officer in charge
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Salation Army
Fayette Street
Y. W. Va
Army
Prince Beckley W. Va
Ond
Salvation Army Property Department
Atlanta, Ga
WM. C. Miller
Couple Held After Highway Stop In Fayette
Fayetteville staff writer reports William Smith alias Bill Baker drove an auto owned by Hattie Fields without a license. Constable McCay halted them on Laurel Creek. both jailed for license violations and aiding an escape. Sheriff Aliff checked records. Georgia seeks the escapee.
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Register
Fayetteville
William Smith
Bill Baker
Hattie M. Fields
Peter McCay
Laurel Creek
Negro Institute To Meet Sunday at Layland Moose Hall
The New River-Winding Gulf Colored Mining Institute will meet at Layland in Moose Hall Sunday at 2 30 p m O M Claytor and the local entertainment committee lead preparations with expected good attendance About 200 people attended July’s Minden meeting directed by Rev Arthur Terry Regular class instruction is part of the program An outline for an intensive year’s work is prepared The next class will be led by Robert Waller with J E Harriston The institute thanks mine officials and mining interests for cooperation A list of active promoters will be prepared Monthly meetings are open to the public Truant officers G L Hinchey Tom Gallagher Mrs M J Franks reappointed. more officers to be added if needed
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Gulf Colored Mining Institute
Layland
Moose Hall
O. M. Claytor
Minden
Arthur Terry
Robert Waller
J. E. Harriston
Mining Institute
Sixteen Divorces Granted in Fayette County July Term
Fayetteville report shows thirty one divorces final for the last term per divorce commissioner T A Myles. Fifteen suits were filed by husbands and sixteen by wives with several cases awaiting final judge action. Names listed include Bragg Brown Clator Campbell Dietz Douglas Fannin Godby Gibbs Higgins Hill Hair Keener Lusher Likens McPheenan Mays Mimms Moseley and others.
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Register
Fayetteville
T. A. Myles
Fayette County
Myles
Perry Bragg
Ruby S. Bragg
Posie Brown
W. A. Brown
Herbert Clator
Carrie Clator
Nellie Campbell
James Campbell
Lonnie Dietz
Ruby Dietz
Phillip Douglas
Ruby Douglas
Laura Fannin
William Fannin
William Godby
Beulah Godby
Merle Gibbs
D. P. Gibbs
Thomas Higgins
Mary Higgins
Ernest Hill
Cara E. Hill
George R. Hair
Cilla Hair
Etta Keener
Dana K. Keener
J. N. Lusher
Artis Lusher
Bertha Likens
Norris E. Likens
John McPheenan
Bertha McPheenan
Edward Mays
Freda Carr Mays
Charles Mimms
Elinor Mimms
George Moseley
Fayette county library to open in September with 450 volumes
Fayettesville Beulah Shorter recreation director announced the county public library will open in September. The reading room already holds 450 volumes. National Admin girls repair injured books with aid from the board of education. A carpenter crew will prepare the room next week for opening.
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Register
Fayetteville
Beulah Shorter
Fayette County
National Oath Administration
Board of Education
Collation of Local Divorces and Parental Disputes
Court lists show multiple divorce and settlement actions involving Moseley Miller Puryear Payne Robertson Rhodes Samuels Surratt Tompkins Winston Wallace Walkup Parrish. The text notes a Shakespearean quotation cited by Shakespeare in As You Like It, though the line originates with Marlowe.
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Hala Moseley
Sylvia P. Miller
Okey Miller
Robin Puryear
Ethel Puryear
Katherine Payne
Samuel Payne
Susie Robertson
Jack Robertson
Ethel Rhodes
Jesse Rhodes
Henry Samuels
Ruth D. Samuels
Pauline Surratt
Ben H. Surratt
Arthur Tompkins
Nellie Tompkins
Madge H. Winston
O’dell Winston
Ada Wallace
Rosser Wallace
Gertrude Walkup
L. G. Walkup
Mattie Parrish
C. E. Parrish
Marlowe
Shakespeare
Four Arrested for Train Riding in Fayettville
Special Agent B L Slater arrested four men here yesterday for illegally riding a local freight. They were taken to Fayetteville and each sentenced to 10 days in jail. A routine criminal-records check will determine if they are fugitives.
Plane Mishap Leaves New York Bound Flyers Safe
Fourteen passengers and the United Airlines crew escaped injury when the airliner overshot Chicago's municipal airport during a rain storm and skidded onto a golf course. The party, traveling from California, continued to New York on a different plane.
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Associated Press
Chicago
United Airlines
California
Pistol Toter Sent to Prison in Fayetteville Case
Fayetteville. James Bouie found guilty by Magistrate Montgomery Hancock of carrying a pistol and brandishing and firing it in public. He began serving six months for the firearm and ten days for each of the other two counts in the county jail.
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Register
Fayetteville
James Bouie
Montgomery Hancock
School Opening Delayed to September 7 in Lewis County
Weston The Lewis County Board of Education postponed the start of school from August 30 to September 7, citing school readiness and logistical preparations for the new term. The change affects all district students and will be reassessed if conditions change.
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Weston
L Lewis County Board of Education
Two Paralysis Cases Reported In Arkansas County
Fayetteville reports two more cases of infantile paralysis this week in the Lansing area. The health department lists about six known cases of the disease in the county. A fragment of a meteorite weighing 820 pounds was found near Paragould, Arkansas in 1930.
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Register
Fayetteville
Health Department
Lansing
Paragould
Ark
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