Fayette County Fair Beauty Pageant Crowned Miss Genevieve Hasenbalg
A large crowd attended the Fayette County Fair Beauty Pageant as Miss Genevieve Hasenbalg of Gauley Bridge was crowned Miss Fayette County. The event featured dancers from Kurtz School of Dancing Oak Hill with Cheryl Loudermilk Glen Jean Jeannie Murphy Oak Hill and Nancy Dix Glen Jean performing tap numbers.
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Gus R. Doublas
Genevieve Hasenbalg
Gauley Bridge
Fayette County
Kurtz School of Dancing
Oak Hill
Cheryl Loudermilk
Glen Jean
Jeannie Murphy
Nancy Dixon
Girl 17 Sentenced In Murder Of Father In West Virginia
Patricia Reynolds, 17, pleaded guilty as an accessory after the fact in the murder of Elza Reynolds. Judge Nickell Kramer ordered her sent to the West Virginia Industrial School For Girls at Salem until age 21. Previous defendants Billy Joe Moore and James Griffin Moore faced five to 18 years and one to five years respectively for related charges. Reynolds' body was found in a Chesapeake and Ohio hopper while coal was dumped onto a freighter in Newport News, Virginia.
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Lewisburg
Patricia Reynolds
Industrial School
Elza Reynolds
Nickell Kramer
West Virginia Industrial School For
Salem
Billy Joe Moore
Ansted
Reynolds
Quinwood
Kramer
James Grifffin Moore
Chesapeake and i Ohio Railway
Newport News
Moore Brothers
Billy
Fayette County
Patricia Ann
Kroger to Build New Princeton Store
Kroger Co will start construction immediately on a new store in Princeton after buying land near the courthouse for more than 170000 dollars. The site between Honaker Ave and Douglas St sits near Mercer St school boundary, while Kroger already operates a Main St store in Princeton.
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Kroger Co
Princeton
RNS
The
James Irvin
Cincinnati
Honaker Ave
Douglas St
Mercer St
Kroger
Main St
Coal River Families Need Clothes and Shoes
Madison Federated League issues call for 32 Coal River area families needing children's clothes and shoes to start school. The Clothing Bank at the rear of the Madison Post Office operates Fridays 1 to 4 pm and Saturdays 10 am to 1 pm. The League will arrange pickups if needed anywhere in Coal River.
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Madison
RNS
Coal River
Madison Federated League
League
Children’s Day At Fair Highlights West Virginia State Fair
At the 35th West Virginia State Fair in Lewisburg today marks Children’s Day with a junior sheep show and numerous 4-H fair exhibits. Daylight fireworks and a Huntington High band concert accompany afternoon horse racing starting at 1 p.m. Grandstand acts follow the races as TV icons Sky King and Penny entertain tonight with another fireworks show. The five day fair began Monday and runs through Saturday.
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Lewisburg
West Virginia
Huntington High Band
Sky King
Penny
Monon
Old Coins Exhibit at Boone National Bank Madison
Residents of the Madison and Big Coal River area may view an exhibit of old coins at Boone National Bank Madison arranged with the Federal Reserve Bank Richmond. The display features the Fugio cent the first U S coin and more than 300 other coins in three groups including large cent pieces from 1793 to 1952 and the 1965 two cent piece carrying In God We Trust. The Trade Dollar once circulated in the Orient is highlighted as the most unusual coin in panel three.
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Madison
BNS
Madison-Big Coal River
Boone National Bank
Madison Bank
Federal Reserve Bank
Richmond
United States
U. S
Orient
Mission Group Meets PAX at Laurel Grove Baptist Church
The Woman's Mission Society of Laurel Grove Baptist Church met with Mrs. Delia Lively on Thursday. Mrs. Erma Murdock led the program Faith, and a song Kneel at the Cross was performed by Mrs. Eunice Dangerfield and Mrs. Murdock. A church fund contribution and a covered dish dinner followed. Attendees included several Lively family members, the Dangerfields, Barry, Bruce, Wes Dangerfield, and guests Mrs. Claudia Canterbury and Mrs. Betty Tyree. The next meeting will be hosted by Mrs. Mamie Lively on Sept 18.
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PAX
RNS
Woman's Mission Society
Laurel Grove Baptist Church
Delia Lively
Erma Murdock
Eunice Dangerfield
Murdock
Violet Williams
Goldin Hyden
Maggie Lively
Mamie Lively
Bessie Lively
Bertha Lively
Dangerfield
Barry, Bruce
Wes Dangerfield
Claudia Canterbury
Betty Tyree
Winners in Fayette Fair arts and crafts division named
OAK HILL RNS Winners in the Fayette County Fair arts and handicrafts division were announced by Miss Nancy Hannabass. Judging by J Arthur Butcher of Concord College. Winners include Lamps Michael Fox Ansted first place Stanley Wood Edmond second and third. Ceramics Mrs R L Mullins Route 1 Fayetteville first and third. Jewelry Miss Cecile Thompson Oak Hill second, Miss Blair Price Oak Hill third.
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Oak Hill
RNS
Fayette County
Nancy Hannabass
Hannabass
J. Arthur Butcher
Art
Concord College
Michael Fox
Ansted
Stanley Wood
Edmond
R. L. Mullins
Route 1
Fayetteville
Cecile Thompson
Blair Price
Jesse Sizemore
Scarbro
S. W. Price
C. L. Moses
Paul Boland
Jackie Horrocks
Lansing
T. F. Lively
R. O. Farmer
H. R. Tolley
Mona Clifton
W. Robert Abbot
Robert Abbot
Ministers Assigned to Coal River District Churches
The West Virginia Mountain Project of Presbyterian Churches announces assignments in the Coal River District. Mr and Mrs Robert Cahn will lead the Marsh Fork District Parish covering Dry Creek Stickney and Montcoal. They are Pennsylvanians with nursing and seminary training and will live at the Dry Creek Manse. Rev and Mrs Ronald Roberts take charge of the Nellis and Brush Creek area. The Rob ertses are New Jersey natives with teaching and Princeton Seminary backgrounds, and spent a college year in India. They reside at Brush Creek. The project staff now totals nine, including six ministers two education leaders and one lay worker. Mr and Mrs Weller and daughter left for a 10 day camping trip in North Carolina.
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Dry Creek
Ronald Roberts
Nellis
Brush Creek
New Jersey
Roberts
Wichita
Kan
Princeton Seminary
India
Willer
Weller
North Carolina
Cittsville Personal Notices From Local Families
Visitations and family gatherings list numerous relatives visiting, traveling, or staying with relatives in St. Albans Beckley Pax Arlington and Norfolk, including Donard and Debra Lively and other Kessler, Stover, and Tyree families. Several spouses and grandchildren are named in home visits and vacations across New Jersey Florida and Virginia.
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Cirtsville
RNS
Sic Lively
Donard Lively
Debra
Dale
David
St. Albans
Clifford Harris
Gale
Doris
Pat
New Jersey
Lara Lively
John Arbogast
Judge Lively
Hope
Florida
New Orleans
Harless Stover
Hubert Pullman
Beckley
Howard Humphrey
Pax
Sneden Craddock
Jeffie Lilly
Robbie Kessler
Linda Arlington
Carl Kessler
Dewey Kessler
Lillian Tyree
Roger Tyree
U. S. Navy
Norfolk, Va
Arden Maynor
Birth of Son Frederick Thomas Steele at Mount Hope
Mr and Mrs Freddie Steele of Park Heights announce the birth of a son born August 3 weighing five pounds Frederick Thomas.
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Mount Hope
ANS
Freddie Steele
Park Heights Addition
Frederick Thomas
Wreck Victim's Funeral Today
Funeral services for Mrs. James Stover were held at 2 30 p m in the Chapel of Bailey Funeral Home Prince ton Ohio burial in Roselawn Memorial Gardens She was 36 and killed Saturday in a three car crash on the outskirts of Cleveland Her husband a former Lashmeet resident was injured and remained in a Cleveland hospital not yet listed as serious Survivors include her parents Ed and Edna Mahaffey of Cleveland three brothers Ed Jr Bruce Otis and two sisters Beulah Foley and Mabel Rastelline The Stovers had lived in Cleveland for six years.
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Lashmeet
RNS
James Stover
Bailey Funeral Home
Princeton
Maurice Hylton
Roselawn Memorial Gardens
Stover
Cleveland
Ohio
Ed Mahaffey
Ed Jr
Bruce
Otis Mahaffey
Detroit
Mich
Beulah Foley
Sophia
Mabel Rastelline
Stovers
Oceana Woman Finds Copperhead In Home
Mrs. Murray entered the kitchen to fix a sandwich for her 6 year old son James Matthew when a copperhead lay by the sink. The child and mother were startled as she screamed for help. Neighbor Millard Hatfield shot the venomous snake.
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Oceana
RNS
James Murry
James Matthew
Jail remodeling in Randolph County ends 110 year wait
Chester Illinois. The Randolph County Jail received its first remodel in 110 years. Sheriff John Sams oversaw the project as workers installed modern facilities and painted the jail pink.
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Chester, Ill
Randolph County
John Sams
Mount Hope Hope Personals Ties Visitors and Travel Notes
Mrs. Hope Mount Hope hosts Sgt. and Mrs. David Robinson and children Karen and Ronald visiting her parents the Claudis Jones as Robinson returns from Newfoundland en route to North Carolina. Numerous relatives from Washington DC to Mount Hope and beyond visit, travel, or plan trips to North Carolina Ohio and Pennsylvania.
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Mount Hope
RNS
Tsgt
David Robinson
Karen
Ronald
Claudis Jones
Robinson
Newfoundland
Air Force
North Carolina
Joyce Jones
Margaret Montgomery
Washington, D. C
David Suttle
Pearl Montgomery
Betty Montgomery
Betty
Washington
Mount Hope High School
Dale Holmes
Sgt
Dewey Holmes
Denise
Greg Johnson
Beckley Memorial Hospital
Herbert Walker
Rebert Warren
Laird Memorial Hospital
Montgomery
Robbie Robinson
Ohio
Paul Harris
Ritchie Welch
Phyllis Markham
Michael
Alvin Jr
Perry
Fla
Jimmy Combs
Free Will Baptist ‘Bible College
Nashville
Carlos Jones
New York City
Seaboard and Western
Jones
Frankfurt
Germany
Harvey Bauer
Ocie Goins
Bill Bauer
Martha Gilkey
Oak Hill
Melvin Wilson
Scarbro
Cleveland
Sarah
Walter Ayres Jr
Ayres
Jim Merz
Columbus
Merz
Pat Stuch
J. C. Gwinn
Johnny
Jan Cage
Tom Swift
Henry Graff
Gallatin
Lois Graff
Owen Graff
Church Reunion Attendees From Bee lick Knob Gather in Long Branch
Out of town guests joined local residents for the Long Branch Church Reunion on Sunday. Attendees included Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Mayle of Baltimore and Mr. and Mrs. Cecil Daniels, plus Mr. and Mrs. Dillard Thompson and Mr. and Mrs. Doc Lively, all of Bee lick Knob, and Mrs. Earl Thompson.
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Long Branch
Arthur Mayle
Baltimore
Earl Thompson
Dillard Thompson
Cecil Daniels
Beelick Knob
Doc’ Lively
Brown Funeral Set Wednesday in Cluty Methodist Church
Woodrow Wilson Brown, 45, of Winona, died Monday morning of a heart attack. Funeral services are planned for Wednesday at 29 m in the Cluty Methodist Church with Rev. L. M Legg officiating. Burial will follow in the church cemetery. Born June 5, 1914, in Clifty, he was a Fayette County resident and coal miner, son of Henry Mason Brown and Mrs. Brown Lookout. His body will be moved from Wallace and Wallace Funeral Home to the church one hour before services.
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Winona
BNS
Woodrow Wilson
Brown
Cluty Methodist Church
L. M Legg
Fayette County
Henry Mason Brown
Lookout
Clifty
East Rainelle
Grose Services Set Wednesday in Fayetteville
Funeral services for Waitman T. Grose, 87, will be held at 11 a m Wednesday in Gauley Bridge with Masons conducting graveside rites. Burial follows at Huse Memorial Park Fayetteville. He died at 5:30 a m Monday in a Hill Top nursing home after a long illness. Survivors include two daughters Dainty McHaun Pratt and Olive of Florida. He formerly taught in Fayette and Kanawha Counties.
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Fayetteville
RNS
Waitman T. Grose
Gauley Bridge
Huse Memorial Park
Grose
Hill Top
Dainty McHaun
Pratt
Olive
Florida
Fayette
Kanawha
Mrs Donnie D Stull Rites Scheduled At Clifftop Church
Funeral services for Mrs Donnie D Stull 64 of Clifftop will be held at 2 p m Wednesday in the Clifftop Community Church with Rev Wesley Pennington officiating. Burial follows at Wallace Memorial Cemetery near Clintonville. She died Sunday after a long illness. Survivors include her husband Benjamin H two daughters Beulah Oglieve and Doris three sons James Lee Ray Franklin and John Nelson a sister Sadie Dooley and 16 grandchildren. The body was moved from Wallace and Wallace Funeral Home in East Rainelle to her home at 5 p m today and to the church one hour before the service.
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Clifftop
Donnie D Stull
Wesley Pennington
Wallace Memorial Cemetery
Clintonville
Stull
Mitchell County
N. C
Benjamin H
Beulah Oglieve
Cleveland
Ohio
Doris
James Lee
Ray Franklin
John Nelson
Washington, D. C
Sadie Dooley
Elizabethton
Tenn
Wallace and Wallace Funneral
East Rainelle
Pax PAX Guests and Local Visits Span West Virginia Calif
Recent Pax PAX guest list includes Mr and Mrs Carl Ashley South Charleston and other visitors from California Florida and Ohio. Local families in Beckley and Charleston hosted relatives and friends while noting hospital and college plans for some residents.
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PAX
Herman Davis
Carl Ashley
South Charleston
Jack Davidson
Palos Verdes Estate
Calif
Leo
Newson
Nitro
Betty Tyree
Delia Lively
Edward Helm
Shawn Renae
St. Albans
Alfred Humphrey
Mabel Evans
Charleston
Mertie Keffer
Cecil Stephens
Eddie
Diamond
Linda Nichols
Dennis Keffer
Riveria Beach
Fla
Opal Holley
Linda
Mable Evans
Debbie Keffer
Della Tyree
J. E. Fuller
Beckley Memorial Hospital
Dave Sublett
Butch Humphrey
Arlington
Beckley College
Tom Skeens
Kenova
Susie Man
Modestia
Bertie Humphrey
Beckley
Bluefield
Virginia
California
Clint Lively
Myrtle Salone
Walter Lively
Ray Morrris
Glen White
Martin Kirtley
Marie Humphrey
Stickney
Paul Lively
Lorraine
Ohio
Lewis Dangerfield
Jacksonville
Jonnie Humphrey
Georgia
Virgie Aliff
Elbert Williams
Debbie
Michael
Cynthia
Lonnie Williams
Helen Cabell
Kanawha City
Donnie Morgan
Local Beckley and Mount Hope Couples Featured
C H Rutledge and Mr and Mrs Herb Henderson of Beckley join Mr and Mrs Biddle Lively and Mr and Mrs Edgar Akers of Mount Hope as well as Mr and Mrs Kimmie Cornett of Crab Orchard in a social listing.
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C H. Rutledge
Herb Henderson
Beckley
Biddle Lively
Edgar Akers
Mount Hope
Kimmie Cornett
Three Accused Murderers Indicted In Wyoming
Wyoming Circuit Court handed down indictments for three murder cases from weekend incidents. Bessie Bell, Paris Bailey, and Omer Toler face murder charges for killings in Beckley Glen Rogers and Indian Creek. Dowden and McPeake indicted on related counts following a Huff Mountain crash that killed Rita Aldridge.
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Pineville
ANI
Wyoming
Bessie Bell
Black Eagle
Leonard Berry
Berry
Wyoming General Hospital
Durgan
Beckley
Bell
Paris Bailey
Glen Rogers
Earl Farrow
Bailey
Evans
Omer Toler
Accoville
Ronald Eugene Brewster
Indian Creek
Brewster
Toler
Charles Wallace Dowden
Mane Slaughter
Robert McPeake
Dowden
Rita Aldridge
Logan County
Huff Mountain
Oceana
McPeake
Baileysville
Adams Services Slated Today
Funeral services for Marel Adams were set for 2 p.m. today at Woodland Presbyterian Church Auto with Rev. Horace Allen presiding. Burial would follow in the church cemetery. Adams, 59, died of a heart attack Sunday at a sister’s home in Auto. Surviving sisters include Mrs. Sam Fogus of Auto and Mrs. Bertie Abshire of MacArthur. Wallace and Wallace Funeral Home of Lewisburg arranged the services.
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AUTO
ANS
Marel Adams
Woodland Presbyterian Church
Horace Allen
Adams
Sam ‘Fogus
Bertie Abshire
MacArthur
Wallace
Meyer Warren Rites Performed At Seth
Miss Charlotte Kay Warren and Jerome Keith Meyer united in marriage in Comfort Church rites on Saturday. Bride, granddaughter of Ebon and Warren. groom, son of Herbert Meyer of Antioch, Illinois. Attendants included maid of honor Patricia Hubbard and bridesmaid Sheryl Meyer. Frowler Pamela Elliott and best man Elburn Meyer. Reception at the bride’s home precedes a trip to Illinois.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Seth
Charlotte‘Kay Warren
Marrriage
Jerome Keith Meyer
Ebon Warren
Herbert Meyer
Antioch, II
Patricia Hubbard
Sheryl Meyer
Pamela Elliott
Elburn Meyer
L. H. Massey
Illinois
Pineville Social Notes Highlight Local Gatherings
Buckhannon’s Miss Janet Hammond and Mrs. Joseph E. Chico of Morgantown visited Mr. and Mrs. E. M. Curry in Pineville. William K. Ghee and Connie Pritt wed at Rand Sunday with Curry family in attendance. Guests from Morehead Ky included Mrs. Z E Johnson, Mrs. I P Anderson and Mary Olive. Pineville residents Charles Waddell and daughters hosted Ann Waddell of Montgomery, who recently joined state Tri-Hi-Y and Hi-Y roles.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
E. M. Curry
Pineville
Charles Waddell
Connie
Kaye
Marion
Ann Waddell
Montgomery
Ann
Camp Horseshoe
Tri-Hi-Y
Hi-Y
Doolittle sees smaller U S ICBM rivaling Russia
James H. Doolittle, former Air Force general and new chair of Space Technology Laboratories, told a space symposium that the United States has almost caught up with the Soviet Union in ICBM capabilities. He said the U S could possess a compact, cheaper ICBM within five years and noted Russia’s advantage in booster power. The remarks opened a four day meeting sponsored by STL and the Air Force Ballistic Missile Division.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Los Angeles
United States
Russia
James H. Doolittle
Air Force
Doolittle
Space Technology Laboratories
STL
Air Force Ballistic Missile Division
Quake Shakes Los Angeles Area Hudders News
A Sunday earthquake rattled windows in parts of Los Angeles and Orange counties, with residents in Fullerton Anaheim East Whittier Pomona and Covina reporting the jolt. No damage was reported.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Los Angeles
Orange Counties
Fullerton
Anaheim
East Whittier
Pomona
Covina
India to train 100 engineers yearly for steel program
New York reports India's Nehru seeks trained human material to sustain rapid steel industry growth. Steelways notes 100 Indian engineers per year for three years will receive in plant training in a program run by American Iron and Steel Institute.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
India
Nehru
Steelways
American Iron and Steel Institute
Mrs. N. Hager Taken By Death
Mrs. N Hager of Bluefield died Monday in an Oak Hill hospital at age 86. Born June 15 1873 in Staffordsville Virginia she was daughter of Creed and Sarah Wheeler. Survived by son George L Hager Mount Hope and another son John F Hager of Bluefield and four daughters Mrs W C Forlines Mrs J L Albright Mrs J B Staley and Mrs L Parker Burial at Walnut Grove Cemetery Bluefield with funeral at Hawkins Funeral Home chapel conducted by Rev N W Looney.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bluefield
N. &.Hager
Oak Hill
J. L. Albright
J. B. Staley
Peach Creek
Coal River Personal Notices From Coal River Area
Coal River notes from Coal River and surrounding towns including Charlottesville hospital visits for Bue ter Bradley and Dora Bradford. Residents visit relatives in Charleston Whitesville Sylvester Dayton Ashland and Dallas. New births and visits listed with family names and locations.
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Fayette Fair
Orel Skeens
Kenneth Legg
House of Delegates
Ardware
Heber St
Main
Cittsville
Copperhead
Petre
Mrs. Hope Personals
D. Stull Services
Pax Personals
U.S
L.A
N. Hager
Coal River Personals
Rock Creek
Bueter Bradley
University Hospital of Virginia
Charlottesville
Herbert Hoover
Herbert Jr
View Hill
Colcord
Leon Jordan
Laura Kay
Freddie
Cattletsburg
C. C. Morrison
Ashland
Lester Baird
Dallas
Texas
Douglas Hamilton
Luther Dillon
Dayton
Junior Lee Dillon
Robert Morris
Cecil Cox
K. A. Stover
J. W. Pettry
Whitesville
Burk
Oor Kuhn
Sylvester
ARTIE
Emma Lasley
Ramage
Everett Lasley
Allen Lasley
Nelson Treadway
Homer Treadway
Springdale
Bill Nichols
Tom Cummings
East Bank
Carolyn Moye
Crab Orchard
Katheryn Stover
Eskdale
Sharon
Edward Treadway
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