Court Procedure Reversals for Fayette Circuit Court Term
The Fayette Circuit Court will reverse its usual order at the September term with civil suits in the first two weeks and criminal cases in the last two. Grand and petit jurors are listed as reporting in September with numerous residents from Oak Hill Gauley Bridge Danese and surrounding towns named for juror service.
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Fayetteville
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Fayette
Ee Sorrett
Oak Hill
Doris Bowling
Montgomery
Ina Dotson
Gauley Bridge
Gene Dalporto
Boomer
C. James
Luther Merritt
Layland
Earl Mullens
Ernest Parrish
Ruth Price
Susie W. Rudd
Ansted
G. C. Robertson
Kincaid
Martha Shuck
Danese
Walter Strand
Edmond
C. B. Selvey
Len H. Taylor
Glen Jean
Hugh Watkins
Kanawha Falls
A. K. Bailey
Leonard Paughn
Mattie Ballengee
Ralph Bean
Rainelle
Ernest Batten
K. D. Bish
Frank Crawford
Mount Hope
Lucille Critchley
Marian Corbin
Chariton Heights
Perry Cobb
J. A. Cobb
Magee Cote
James A. Clay
J. €. Gwinn
R. L. Hall
Powellton
Frances Harrell
Hill Top
G. 1
Hurl
R. Ll. Hall
E. R. Henry
Fred F Harless Jr
Mont Hope
Howard Gillespie
Winona
Hattie Ingles
Alma Jacobs
Zenith Jones
Smithers
Jack Jennings
Cunard
Bill Kious
Graydon
Harry Lazaroff
R. H. McClung
Victor
Edward McCoy
Scarbro
F. J. Morris
George Mink
Kimberly
Giles Musick
Lester Miller
Glen Ferris
C. H. Parsons
Clarence Ruffner
Public Health Service Grants Mount Hope Sewage Facilities
The Public Health Service approved a federal grant of 69757 for Mount Hope sewage facilities under the Water Pollution Control Act. The project funds a secondary sewage pump station and a primary treatment plant, part of a total $252620 project cost announced by West Virginia Senators Chapman Revercomb and John D. Hoblitzell Jr.
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Mount Hope
Public Health Service
aEwanes
West Virginia
Chapman Revercomb
John D. Hoblitzett
Wit Appointed To Finance Job In Fayetteville
George Vickers of the Buckskin Council appoints John L. Wit Jr. as Fayetteville finance chairman. Wit, a Methodist, radio repair shop owner, WWII artillery veteran, and local civic leader, has held multiple posts with the American Legion and community groups.
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Fayetteville
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George Vickers
Buckskin Council
John L
Wit Jr
Cottle Family Reunion Set At Fayetteville Camp
The Fayette 4 H Camp will host the Cottle family reunion this Sunday. Friends and relatives are invited to bring a basket lunch and attend. A special program is planned.
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Fayetteville
Fayette
Summerfield Named Fayette Campaign Head
J Zane Summerfield was elected campaign chairman for the November general election by the Fayette County Democratic Executive Committee meeting at Falls View. The Fayette County prosecuting attorney since 1936, he predicted many Republicans will vote Democratic this fall. He noted Fayette could deliver the largest Democratic majority in the county’s history. Previously, Summerfield worked with William Laird TH in the law firm Laird and Summerfield.
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Fayetteville
RNS
J. Zane Summerfield
Fayette County
Democratic Executive Committee
Falls View
Summerfield
Fayette
Summerfied
William &. Laird TH
Laird and Summerfield
Fayetteville High selects Judy Allen as Pen Pal Club student sponsor
Judy Allen, senior and charter member, is named the Fayet teville High School Pen Pal Club's first student sponsor. The appointment aims to deepen leadership and add annual assistant roles linking members to committees and officers. Judy is active as historian in Bluestone Presbytery Youth Council and head cheerleader at Fayetteville High.
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Fayetteville
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Fayetteville High School
Judy Alien
Miss Alien
Gilbert Smith
Judy
Clifford Allen
Pen Pal Club
Fayetteville Presbyterian Church
Youth Fellowship
Hotor
Bluestone Presbytery
Rhododendron Girls State
National Honor Society
Wyoming Teacher Workshop Set for Pineville September 2 3
A two day Wyoming County teacher workshop will be held in Pineville on September 2 and 3 with about 420 teachers expected. Concord College personnel will teach some classes and state school officials are invited. Public schools begin September 4 and district totals include 3420 high school and 8440 elementary pupils. New classrooms were added at Herndon and Baileysville high schools this summer with three new buses purchased for transport. The convention chapter notes the Leslie Baptist Sunday School Reunion ended with 79.98 dollars raised.
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Pineville
RNS
Wyoming County
Concord College
York
Herndon
Baileysville
Wyoming Board of Education
Free information offers relief from rheumatoid arthritis
A personal notice from Mrs Lela S Wier of Jackson Mississippi describes dramatic relief from rheumatoid arthritis and other rheumatism after medical diagnosis. She invites readers to write for free information, listing her address at 2805 Arbor Hills Drive and P O Box 2695.
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Lela S. Wier
Arbor Hills Drive
Jackson
Mississippi
Dinner Stated By Pythian Sisters at Oak Hill
A covered dish dinner is set for 6 p.m. September 8 at the Pythian Temple by the Pythian Sisters Temple 132. Initiation of new member Mrs. William Bellevue will be held at the dinner. Attendees included Mrs. Wallace Evans and others.
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Oak Hill
RNS
Pythian Temple
Pythian Sisters Temple
Temple
William Bellevue
Wallace Evans
Velan Boalda
George, Baldwin
Gene Vanetter
Margie, Warrick
Blanc Samuels
Elizabeth Crone
Sally James
Anne Strong
Mary Sowers
Ann Barton
Mabel Kincaid
Goldie Price
Mobile X Ray Unit To Visit Wyoming County
A Mobile X Ray Unit will tour Wyoming County September 2 to 5 to detect tuberculosis and help residents obtain health cards. It will not stop in Pineville but will visit Herndon and Oceana with posted times each day.
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Wyoming
Pineville
RNS
Wyoming County
Oceana
Keffer Reunion Brims With Four Generations At Lively Home
Representatives of four generations gathered Sunday at the home of Mrs. Merie Keffer in Lively. The attendees included Mrs. Keffer her daughter Mrs. Mabel Evans of Charleston her grandson Cecil Edwin Stephens Jr and Mrs Patsy Stephens of Diamond.
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Keffer
Lively
RNL
Merie Keffer
Mabel Evans
Charleston
Cecil Edwin Stephens Jr
Patsy Stephens
Diamond
Polio Cases Reported in Wyoming County
A polio case and an unconfirmed spinal meningitis case were reported by the Wyoming County Health Department. Stevie Reed, 10 months, is at Milton Memorial Hospital. Debra Collins, 2, has been released after polio hospitalization with ongoing follow up every two weeks.
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Wyoming County
Pineville
Debra Collins
Jacek Collis
Milton Memorial Hospital
Tne
Wilk
A J Estep Hosts Four Elderly Guests at Dorothy Assembly
A J Estep Ameagle hosts four elderly men at morning worship at Dorothy Assembly of God Church. Guests include Everett Stover 78 of Beckley and Morris 76 of Dorothy, Ned Stanley 83 and Lucien Perry 64 of Colcord. Luncheon follows at Estep home with grandchildren Gary Wade Jim and Jerry Lee Hamilton of Fullerton Ky. An afternoon musical program entertained the group at the Wristons.
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Dorothy
RNS
A. J. Estep
Ameagle
Dorothy Assembly of God
Everett Stover
Beckley
Route 1
Morris
Ned Stanley
Lucien Perry
Colcords
Blake Lusk Descendant of Hatfield McCoy Feud Fame
Blake Lusk of Pineville is a descendant of the Hatfield and McCoy feud families. The article traces Lusk lineage through his parents, grandparents, and notable relatives, recounts his birth in 1890, schooling, marriage to Ethel Porter, children, and varied careers with the Norfolk and Western Railway Maytag Company and military service in World War II. It notes his later life in Wyoming County and praises his value as a local history source.
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Fern Miniaci
Pineville
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Blake Lusk
Hatfield
McCoy
Lee P. Lusk
Martha Smith Lusk
Lusk
Devil Anse" Hatfield
Baileysville
Indian Creek
Powell Lane
Wyoming County
Ethel Janette Porter
Blue Ridge Springs
Welch
Roanoke
Kathleen Lusk Franklin
Hawaiian Islands
Navy
Warren B. Lusk Sr
Norfolk
Stewart L. Lusk
Savannah
Lincoln - Mercury
Norfolk and Western Railway
U. S. Army
France
Williamson
Maytag Company
U. S. Navy
St. Julian’s Creek
Portsmouth
Atlanta
North Springs
Reece Lusk
Reece
Samuel Lusk
John Gilbert
Gilbart
Gilbert
Chillicothe
Martha Ingles
Ingles Bottom
George Morgan
Newman
Morgan
Brier Creek
Oceana
Wyoming
Man Charged in West Virginia Murder Waives Grand Jury
Bill Baker 65 and Glen Rogers waived to Wyoming grand jury on murder charges filed after Baker allegedly shot Roy Ferguson in his home. No bond set yet. Ferguson was killed at about 9 30 pm Saturday amid prior trouble between Baker and Ferguson at Glen Fork.
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Pineville
Ans
Bill
Baker
Glen Rogers
Ferguson
Magist
Jack Pizzino
Glen Fork
Iim
Robert M. War
Roy Russell Ferguson
Harper
Faulty Electric System Triggers Fire in Mullens
Mullens firemen were called to the Guyandotte home of Mrs. Mollie Heath around 2:30 p.m. after a faulty electrical connection started a blaze in a fuse box supplying an electrically operated saw. Fire damage stayed confined to the firing system.
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Mullens
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Guyandotte
Mollie Heath
Billy Cook
Two Pineville Men Fined For Speeding
Clyde W. Church 21 of Pineville was fined 15.50 and costs for speeding at a Pineville magistrate hearing. He was arrested by State Police Co C on State Route 10. Jeffe D. Carrett 20 of Pineville also paid 15.50 for speeding and was arrested on State Route 10 by the same officer.
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Pineville
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Clyde W. Church
W.F. Wilson
Church
State Police Co
C. W. Andrick
Jeffe D. Carrett
Piney Ville
Mount Hope man charged with bastardy in Wood County hearing set
Lawrence Brydie, 25, of Mount Hope, faces a bastardy charge. He will have a hearing in Parkersburg after being arrested Sunday by Sheriff’s Deputies Buddy Crouch and Fred O’Boyle on the warrant in Wood County.
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Fayetteville
KNDF
Lawrence Brydie
Mount Hope
Parkersburg
Buddy Crouch
Fred O'Boyle
Wood County
Humphrey Family Holds Annual Reunion in Pax
A Humphrey family reunion was held Sunday at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Philip Humphrey in Pax. Attendees included Mr. and Mrs. Hughie Humphrey with granddaughter Yvonne of Miami Florida, and service members Private 1-C Larry Jarrell and Pvt. Gerald Coffey at Fort Bragg. Other guests were Mrs. Ray Morris and daughter Myrna Kay, Glen White. Mrs. Tom Hartzor and daughter Pamela. surveyor Mrs. C. S. Humphrey. Mrs. Carrie Miller. and Mr. and Mrs. Carl Humphrey with daughters Sherry and Carla.
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Philip Humphrey
Phyllis
Pax
Hughie Humphrey
Yvonne
Miami
Fla
Larry Jarrell
Gerald Coffey
Fort. Bragg
N. ‘Claro
Ray Morris
Myrna Kay
Glen White
Tom Hartzor
Pamela
C. 5
Humphrey
Carrie Miller
Carl Humphrey
Sherry
Carla Pax
Hail Storm Knocks Out Kopperston Power
A severe hail storm hit Kopperston causing power outages for six and a half hours starting around 2 30 p m Trees were blown down and electric wires torn down by the storm Hail stones irregular in shape and up to two and a half inches wide pelted homes and melted after about 40 minutes on the ground.
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Kopperston
RNS
Coal River Women Embrace Kaffee Klatsch Coffee Breaks
Coal River area women and workers adopt kaffee klatsch coffee breaks as a daily respite. Ten five and four are cited as favored hours for chats, with teachers, office workers, and housewives joining neighborly conversations before and after chores. The City Drug Store in Whitesville serves the trend.
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Coal River Area
Coal River
Whites‘ville
Glen Jean Couple Receives San Francisco Key
Miss Beatrice Christopher sister of San Francisco mayor presented the city key to Mr and Mrs W F Kane of Glen Jean during a visit to Mr and Mrs J M Ocheltree A luncheon at the Iron Horse on Marder Lane followed with attendance by Miss Christopher Mrs Helen Lynce Joann Gayle and Kathleen Ocheltree.
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Glen Jean
Beatrice Christopher
George Christopher
San Francisco
W. F. Kane
J. MM. Ocheltree
Beattice Christopher
Iron Horse
Marder Lane
Miss Christopher
Helen Lynce
Trans World Airlines
Joann, Gayle
Kathleen Ocheltree
Solo Party Slated At Oak Hill Fayette Airport
Oak Hill Fayette Airport has built a strong safety record since opening in 1945 with 406 solo flights by beginning pilots. James W. Haugh 18 of RFC Fayetteville became the 400th student to solo. A solo party for the 400th solo is set for 7 30 p m Saturday at the airport to honor current and former student pilots.
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Oak Hill
Fayette
Frank K. Thonas
James W. Haugh
RFC
Thomas
Clarence Weeks Attends Church of God Convention
Clarence Weeks of Oak Hill returned home from a week at the Church of God Convention in Philadelphia. He traveled with other delegates and planned to resume local duties after the convention.
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Oak Hill
RNS
Clarence Weeks
Philadelphia
Church of God
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