Wyoming County Two Wrecks Mark Quiet Weekend
Two Wyoming County highway accidents yesterday drew state police attention. At Herndon on Route 19 a collision between Roy Graham and George Clark caused substantial vehicle damage with unclear injuries. In Pineville a jeep slammed into a cliff edge. three occupants were treated for minor injuries and Jim Ranso posted a $10 speeding bond after arrest by Mullens police.
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Mullens
Wyoming
B. L. Tabscott
Afullens
Herndon
Roy Graham
George Clark
Moniticetto
Sion
Pineville
Robertson
Foglesong
Jessej
Two Mountain
Jim Ranso
McDowell County
Ota Pineville
Wendell Wrrived
Cook
Oak Hill Man Fails In Bus Theft Attempt
Oak Hill resident Glen Tolly is jailed in Fayette County on a charge of attempting to steal a $11,000 bus from the City Bus Terminal on Lewis Street. Police say night patrolmen captured him before he reached the city limits with the vehicle. A preliminary hearing is set before Magistrate Virgil Lyons.
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Oak Hill
Glen Tolly
Oa Jon
Fayette County
Jall
Lewis Street
William Bellew
Tolly
Howard Lucas
Howard Janney
Tracy Moses
Virgil Lyons
Lauciego Scout Camporee Set for September 9–10
Scouts of the Lauriego District will attend a two day camporee at Pinnacle Creek September 9 and 10. District commissioner staff will direct, with J L Brawley leading and Don E Garrett as program director. Troops expected include Pineville Baileysville Oceans Kopperston Glen Rogers Mullens Wyco Marianna and Wyoming.
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Rogier Statt
Mullens
Lauriego
Pinnacle Creek
Gus F. Walker
J. L. Brawley
Don E. Garrett
Pineville
Baileysville
Oceans
Kopperston
Glen Rogers
Wyco
Marianna
Wyoming
Rites Conducted For E H White Former Princeton Resident
Funeral services were held at 10 30 a m Saturday for Emory H White a former Princeton resident who died in New York City on Tuesday Rites were led by Rev L D Hoe from Fredeking Seaver Funeral Home Chapel Burial was in Oakwood Cemetery White born in Princeton June 20 1882 was the son of John H and Mrs White and lived in Mercer County until 1938 He is survived by a brother Slane D White of Portsmouth
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Princeton
Emory H. White
New York City
L D. Hoe
First Methodist Church
White
Fredeking-Seaver
Oakwood
John H. White
Mercer County
Slane D. While
Portsmouth
Improvements cited at Coal Mountain No 9 mine safety
The Red Jacket Coal Corporation mine near Coal Mountain shows reduced safety non conformances after improvements. Inspected July 11 by A L Ulshafer the operation now uses permissible blasting taps ventilating fan upgrades and rock dusting with gaps in some safeguards noted for future work.
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Coal Mountain
Red Jacket Coal Corporation
Coal Mountain No. 9
Bureau of Mines
Wyoming County
A. L. Ulshafer
Ulshafer
Miss Dorothy Taylor to Leave Kopperston
Miss Dorothy Ann Taylor resigns as Youth Director of the Kopperston Community Church to become Assistant to the Director of Leadership Education at the Northern Baptist Convention in Philadelphia. She will depart Kopperston August 20, travel to Huntington then Kenova for meetings before starting duties September 12.
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Ke Statt Willer
Cobperston
Miss
Dorothy
Miss Taylor
American Baptist Publication Society
Chestnut Street
Kopperston
Dember
Kenova
First Caplist Church
Baptist Youth Fellowship of West Virginia
Rockcastle
Frances Bragg to Give Mount Hope Recital at Temple
Miss Frances Bragg, student of Mrs. R. E. Ribble of Mount Hope, will present a graduation recital Thursday at 8 p.m. at Mount Hope Baptist Temple. She will perform piano works by Godard, Gilegi, Rachmaninoff, Beethoven, and Howl, with sister Miss Charlene Bragg as second pianist. plus vocal solos by Miss Norma Lee Bowman.
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Sy Register Siace
Mount Hopf
Frances Kay Brags
Mount Hope Baptist Temple
R. E. Ribble
Mount Hope
Godard
Gileg
Rochninoff
Beethoven
Howl
Frances Bragg
Char-lene Broge
Norma Lee Bowman
Whic
Four Men Enlist For Army Service
Four men enlist in the Army according to Sergeant N. J. Lestie of the Princeton recruiting office in Memorial Hall. Alfred C.G. Brummil of Macfield Route 1 joins Regular Army for two years, Harry R. Spangler and Kenneth C. Meadows of Peterstown enter armored cavalry for three years, and Garnett B. Winfrey of Princeton re-enlists in the enlisted reserve corps as a sergeant first class for three years.
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Princeton
Army
N. J. Lestie
Princeton U. S. Army
Air Force
Alfred CG. Brummil
Macfield
Harry R. Spangler
Kenneth C. Meadows
Peterstown
Armored Cavalry
Garnett
Winfrey
Car Stolen in Whipple Night. 1940 Plymouth Sought
Oak Hill reporter Charles Robinson of Carlisle says his black 1940 Plymouth two door sedan was stolen Saturday night at 9:00 at Whipple. Patrolman G O Martin states a search is underway for the car with Weenge number 6245.
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Oak Hill
Charles Robinson
Carlisle
G. O. Martin
Fayette County Deeds Recorded In Fayetteville Transfers
Fayetteville reports recorded land transfers including William Cameron and wife Walter Skaggs and others to various buyers. Entries list property details from Oak Hill to Deepwater with prices around 500 to 5,000 dollars and leases involving Appalachian Electric Power Company and Columbian Carbon Company.
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Fayetteville
William Cameron
Walter Skaggs
Helen Morris McCallister
J. W. Young
J. H. Barton
Clarence B. Grose
J. K. Whitlock
R. C. Godsey
K. R. Eagan
Oscar McKinney
M.N. Pashion
Giovanni Dueonardo
Fayette Heights
Elvan
Cook
Mearl E. Cook
Prince Campsites
Blackburn - Patteson Realty Company
Mildred Stevenson
George Arthur ‘Taylor
Don Willis
Lansing Road
Nile C. Elson
Frank J. Falbo
Fat
Howard Crist
Martha
Minden
Thelma Griggs
Orie Lee Peters
Oak High Truck oFarms
Oak Motor Sates, Inc
F. B. Adams
Oak Will
Hebecca Crawford
Lacy
Foster
Marberry Park
Oak Hill
Rebecca Crawford
Fesband
Lacy Foster
William S. Tarding, Jr
Billie Margaret McCut
Eveem
Twisband
Nina Peridue
William Taciper
Deepwater
Pythian Sisters To Meet Tonight In Oak Hill
Oak Hill groups plan meetings this week with the Pythian Sisters at 8:00 p m in Pythian Hall and the Knights of Pythias at 7:30 p m Tuesday. A softball banquet honors the Princes of Syracuse team Wednesday at 7:00 p m in Pythian Hall. Mayors committees and women’s temperance union also set gatherings.
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OAK Hill
Pythian Sisters
Pythian Hall
Hotary Club
Hotel Hill
Knights of the Pythias
Princes of Syracuse
Woman's Christian Temperante Union
Oak Hill Baptist Church
Currie Crouse
Lions Club
Hotel
Goldie Sprouse
Beulah Prather
Laurel Rebecah Lodge
Mullens to Get New Dump Truck
Mullens city council purchases a two ton dump truck for about 2100 dollars with a 399.20 trade allowance from Ward-Duncan. The vehicle features a 12 inch steel platform and hoist to speed maintenance on city lanes. Adkins Have Daughter notes Frank and wife welcome a daughter born August 21 at Oak Hill Hospital.
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Mullens
Ward-Duncan Motor Company
Adkins
Regster
Oak Will
Frank Adkins
Oak Hill Hospital
Beckley Officer Conducts School For Pineville OBS
Beckley officer Mrs Gladys C Mullins led a Pineville Eastern Star Chapter 110 instructional school at the Masonic Hall. Attending were officers and members from Mullens and Mount Hope chapters, plus many local Sirs and Sirs and other visiting members.
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Pineville
Order of the Eastern Star
Masonic Hall
Gladys C. Mullins
Beckley
Stella Lilly
Nora Lilly Mes
Osa E. Bolton
Margaret West
Mullens
Blanche G. Cook
Mount Hope
Gladys Hatfield
Atlie L. Chambers
Helen B. Cook
C. C. Tucker
Gladys C. Slone
Lydia Curry
Prolem
Elizabeth Kuhn
Edith Williams
Mary Rutherford
Ruth Blankenship
Luna Worrell
Mae Cooke
Adah
Frieda Plann
Ruth
Edith W. Browning
Esther
Abs
Alma Haya
Martha
Elizabeth Williams
Electa
Billie Layman
Jessie Hager
Sentinel
Maude Cozort
Elda Manning
Marian Tucker
Jouetta Stewart
Bei
Marie Miller
Neya Jo Garrett
E. £. Williams
Eight Marriage Permits Issued By County Clerk
Eight marriage licenses were issued by the county clerk. Couples listed include Robert Blunt 21 of Vandalia Illinois with Imogene Robinson 21 of Lookout. Guy S. Dooley Jr 24 of Charleston with Anna Lee Dorsey 20 of Powellton. Lloyd Eugene Fairfax 25 and Thomasini Shelton 21 both of Carbondale. Other pairs: Clyde Fox 19 and Charlotte Hurneste 22 of Beelick Knob. George E. Green 26 of Fayetteville with Charlotte Fos tina Carter 27 of Pittsburgh. Joseph C. Kirby 25 and Eudora Kidd 18 of Boomer. Earl Vaden Price 29 and Mariene Gertrude Akers 20 of Elkridge. William Howard Warrick 23 of Oak Hill with Lucille McKinney 18 of Page.
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Fayetteville
Robert Blunt
Vandalia
Ill
Imogene Robinson
Lookout
Guy S. Dooley, Jr
Charleston
Anna Lee Dorsey
Powellton
Lloyd Eugene Fairfax
Thomasini Shelton
Carbondale
Clyde Fox
Charlotte Hurneste
Beelick ‘Knob
George E
Mercer Court Sees Two Damages Suits Totaling 35000
Two civil actions filed in Mercer Circuit Court request 35000 in damages. Billie Brooks sues the N and W Railroad for 25000, Ada Shrewsbury sues Ralph Boyd Terry and Claude Wyatt for 10000, and Lois Whilton Sisk an infant sues Everette Earnest Sisk through her guardian. An order dismissed Hester Bolton v United States Shows. A marriage license waivers granted William Miller and Hettie Frazier.
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Princeton
Priday
Billie Brooks
N. & W. Railroad
Ada Shrewsbury
Ralph Boyd Terry
Claude Wyatt
Fian
Potier
Lois Whilton Sisk
Alice W. Sisk
Everette Earnest Sisk
Hester Bolton
United States
William M. Miller
Hettie P. Frazier
C&O Plans Valley Drive Underpass Move to State Commission
The Chesapeake and Ohio Railway sent projected Valley Drive underpass plans to the State Road Commission ending the road’s main obstacle. Mayor Grover C. Hedrick said the C&O superintendent notified him plans were mailed to Ray Cavendish the state road commissioner. Contractor Osear Vecellio expects valley Drive to open by mid September with final underpass traffic possible several months later once construction begins.
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Chesapeake and Ohio Railway
Valley Drive
State Road Commission
Grover C. Hedrick
Hinton
Ray Cavendish
Hedrick
Cavendish
C&o
Ckoo
Osear Vecellio
Crist Funeral Plans Incomplete
Oak Hill respects William Hance Crist 47 who died in Raleigh County. A lineman for Appalachia Electric, he was born in Ramsey and lived in Oak Hill. Survivors include his mother Mrs Leslie Ramsey Crist of Altor and several brothers and sisters across Kayford Glen Ferris Alloy and Kingston.
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William Hance Crist
Raleigh
Ramsey
Crist
Appalachaia Bleetete Power Company
Fleslie Ramsey Crist
al-' Tor
Marvel
Kayford
Waleter
Carbon
Holt
Glen Ferris
Viro
Homer
Alloy
Haymond
Alice Roach
Leewood
Gertrude Ramsey
Kingston
Elsie Legg
Victor
Cook Family Sets 12th Wyoming County Reunion At Oceana Field
The Cook family plans its 12th annual reunion in Oceana to mark 150 years since the first Wyoming County settlement at Lauvel and Clear Fork. Speakers include former Senator Chapman Bevercomb and judges C C Chambers Grover Worrell and others. Accommodations are prepared for up to 19 000 attendees with sermons by Rev Cecil Cook Jr and a historical address by Rev G P Goode.
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Oceana
Wyoming County
Cook
Tseir
Chapman Bevercomb
Charleston
C. C. Chambers
Logan
Grover €, Worrell
Jor Mullens
R. D. Bailey
Pinesville
Roy Lee Harmon
Cecil ¥. Cook
First Baptist Church
Bluefield
G. P. Goode
Pineville
Association
Mercer Countians to Get Rural Council Management Guide
Mercer County Rural Planning Council will distribute a 56 page Farm Management Guide funded by Princeton Bank and Trust Company. The booklet writes by six county agricultural leaders covers farmstead, feeding the family, land care, soil and water conservation, crop rotation, manure, pastures, orchard, livestock, dairying and hog production with a state and federal agency directory. The guide aims at long term profitable farming and will be free to every county farm.
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Princeton
Mercer County Rural Planning Council
Princeton Bank and Trust Company
A. E. Warbert
Melvin Smith
John H. Myers
Soil Conservation Department
Ed Anderson
Veterans Institute On Farm
Lee Bobbitt
Glenwood Park
William Faulkner
Farm Management Committee
Rural Planning Council
Mercer County
Federal Agricultural Agencies
Tilley Infant Rites Conducted Today
Funeral services for Samuel Charles Tilley four day old son of Mr and Mrs Boyd Tilley will be held at 2 pm at Coon Fork Church near Pineville Burial will follow in Privell Cemetery Keyrock Rev O A Sparks of Beckley will conduct the services He died early Sunday at Stevens Clinic Welch Surviving are parents two brothers Leo 11 anderry 4 three sisters Theda 9 1Corma 7 and Judy 2 Body to be taken from Robertson and Foglesong Mortuary Oceana to the Tilley home Sunday night
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Mullens
Coon Fork
Samuel
Charles Tilley
Boyd Tilley
Pineville
Stevens Clinic
Welch
Privell
Keyrock
O. A. Sparks
Beckley
Léo
Erry
Theda
Mercer County Airport Site Survey Underway
A survey of 20 potential sites for the Mercer County airport is underway led by Dr. John J. Maxwell. Airways Engineering Corp. will conduct the survey to determine exact location and construction costs before the bond election. Funds will be privately raised and repaid from bond proceeds.
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Princeton
New
John J. Maxwell
CAA
Airways Engineering Corporation
Washington D. C
Hurricane Ridge
E. G. Otey
Paul Craft
Bluefield
Wiser
Essie Bailey
Ernest Lilly
Beckwith
Kincaid-Johnson
J. H. Smith
Norman Foster
Lick Fork
Johnson
Evan Lewis
Huntington
Ruth Rice
Charleston
Kincaid
Six Deeds Filed In Wyoming Office
Pineville records show six deeds admitted to record at the county clerk's office. Transactions include Pineville Land Co Inc to Edward W. Allen for Lot 17 Rockview Addition Pineville Center District and several land transfers in Slab Fork Clear Fork Baileysville and Oceana districts among named individuals and couples.
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Dees
Pineville Land Company, Inc
Edward W. Allen
Rockview
Mary, F. Halsey
Everett McCoy Halsey
Bearfiele ‘Fork
Milo F. Dalton
Beulah Dalton
Hilltop
Miullens
Slab Fork
James
Wiener Roast At Sneed Home In Oak Hill
In Oak Hill Friday evening Shirley Sneed hosted a Wiener roast for a group of teens and young adults at her parents' home Delbert and Shirley Sneed. Attendees included Herbert McCoy Ann Flack Gilbert Huffman Larry Epperly Jerry Epperly Gypsy Hall Mona Burgess Rita Baumgartner Eddie McClain Judy Foy Gene Dickinson Janet Foy Jock Terry Pat Wilkins John Howard Scott Nancy Walton Edward Thomas Margaret Sneed Harley Jo Frazier Jimmy Hall and others.
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Jock Terry
Pat Wilkins
John Howard Scott
Nancy Walton
Edward Thomas
Margaret Sneed
Harley Jo Frazier
Jimmy Hall
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