Miner Killed In Deerfield Coal Mine Accident
In the Deerfield operation of the American Coal Company a fatal accident killed Woodrow Wiley, 33, at 2 30 am. Wiley, of Covel, operated a cutting machine and died when his head was caught between a mine timber and motor. Funeral arrangements are set in Matoaka with burial at Monte Vista Cemetery. Elbert Robertson of Lashmee sustained injuries when rock and coal fell on the machine helper. he was treated at Bluefield Sanitarium.
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Woodrow Wiley
Spees
Wiley
Covel
Deerfield
Piedmont
Mercer County
Virginia
Narrows
Scott
Mary Verdue Wiley
Elizabeth Wood Wylie
Brenda
Scotty
George Ellis
Charley
Columbus
Russell
Tom
Kegley
Sam
Detroit
Mich
Dennis
Covell
Garfield Wiley
Lynchburg
Maude Easton
Seneca
S. C
Myrtle Graham
Edwardsville
Annie Stables
Sid Clark
Matouka
Viola Semenske
St. Louis
Bailey Funeral
First Christian Church
Matoaka
J. S. Foley
Monte Vista
Bluefield
Princeton
Elbert Robertson
Lashmee
Bluefield Sanitarium
Deerfield Miner Injured at Work
A Deerfield miner Ernest Dudley of Montcalm was injured Friday night at about 9 50 when reentering his loading area after a blast. Timber gave way and the mine top collapsed, injuring Dudley who is at Bluefield Sanitarium with a head laceration possible neck fracture and crushing injuries to the left shoulder.
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Register
Mullens
Deerfield
Ernest Dudley
Montcalm
Dudley
Bluefield
Polio Death Toll Reaches Two in Wyoming County
In Mullens Wyoming County the poliomyelitis death toll rose to two with the death of 11 year old Dorothy McCrimmon of Mullens. She died Friday at Marmet Children's Hospital after illness starting Monday. Dorothy is survived by her parents two sisters and grandmother. Funeral arrangements are pending.
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Register
Mullens
Wyoming County
Dorothy McCrimmon
Frank McCrimmon
Marmet Children’s Hospital
Konday
Ward Wylie
Wyoming County Health Department
Delres Catherine
Geraldine
Mary Dickerson
Robertson and Foglesong
Dickerson
Goosehottow
Get Set for Success in Selling at Virginia Southern College
An advertisement promotes Elmer Wheeler Career Course in tested salesmanship taught at Virginia Southern College. It promises guidance on self-presentation and handling people, offered for free with enrollments for the fall term.
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Seeling
Elmer Wheeler
Virginia Southern
Virginia Southern College
Reaneka
Robinson Rites Scheduled Today
Funeral services will be held at 2 p.m. for William W. Robinson 78 of East Rainelle who died Friday after a heart attack. The East Rainelle Baptist Church will host with Rev. Joe E. Brown officiating. Burial is in End of the Trail Cemetery. He was a timber worker and survived by his wife Blanche and five children including Basil Edgar and William Jr. from East Rainelle and daughters Genevieve Dolan in Charleston and Arthena Hodges in Minden plus Lilly Mae Darling.
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Register
East Rainelle
William W. Robinson
East Rainelle Baptist Church
Joe E. Brown
Trail
Thomas Robinson
Kieffer
Blanche Robinson
Basil
Edgar
William Robinson
Eaat Rainelle
Genevieve Dolan
South Charleston
Arthena Hodges
Minden
Lilly Mae Darling
Jackson Dies From Self Inflicted Gun Wound
Funeral set for George E. Jackson the 43 year old Baileysville man who shot himself after setting his cabin ablaze Police report the fire caused no injuries and the death followed an arrest attempt Jackson left a note and claimed to have killed a former employer in Virginia He is survived by his wife three sons four brothers and a sister Funeral details include a 2 p m Monday service at Baileysville Baptist Church and burial at Lester Cemetery Briar Creek.
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Register
Baileysville
George E.jackson
Ya Welch Hospital
Lester
Briar Creek
Jackson
Arnold Rose
Dewey Bailey
Rose
Grover Kinsley
Prince William County
John H. Miller
Washington, D. C
George E
Mary Jackson
Marie Morgan Jackson
Barry
Jerry
Murrell
Etta Morgan
Rafe Branch
Robertson and Foglesong
Mullens BPW Member Appointed State Chairman
Miss Margaret Roles was named state chairman of the Business and Professional Women's Club Education and Vocation Committee at a three day Fairmont interim executive board meeting. The appointment was made by Emma Neal Bos gess of Spencer. The meeting also saw Mildred Martin chosen district chairman for District She covering Beckley Oak Hill Hinton Mullens.
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Sy Register
Mallens
Margaret Roles
Business and Professional Women's Club
Fairmont
Flores
Charles Bailey
Mullens Club
Ernestine Farmer
Pete Palisades Park
Fineville
Mise Emma Neal Bosgess
Spencer
Mildred Martin
Beckley
Oak Hill
Hinton
Mullens
Bailey
Farmer
White Sulphur Springs
Miss Roles
Hiram Hugg
Acal Club
Miner Floyd Smith 44 Killed at Maben Mine
Floyd Smith 44 a brakeman at West Gulf Coal Maben operation was killed about 10 45 p m Friday as he rode a mine car pushed by a motor. The death is the mine’s second Natality this year and fourth since 1944. He had worked at Maben since 1950 April 4 and previously worked for Eastern Gas and Fuel Associates. He was born January 2 1906 in Reform Alabama and survived by his wife a son three daughters two brothers and two sisters. The body lies at Robertson and Foglesong Funeral Home with funeral arrangements incomplete.
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Register
Mullens
Floyd Smith
Harmeo Negro
Maben
West Gulf Coal Company
Eastern Gas and Fuel Associates
McDowell County
Reform
Ala
Ollie Smith
Mary B. Smith
Charles Edward Smith
Harmee
Jessie Younger
Mohegan
Clarence Williams
Charleston
Flosetta Davis
Caples
Robert Smith
George Smith
Chicago
Hayes Smith
Rosa London
Cincinnati
Jane
Chester
Robertson and Foglesong Funeral Home
Mitchem Funeral Rites Held for Davy Youth
Funeral services were held Saturday at Baileysville Baptist Church for N. David Mitchem 17 of Davy who died after a fall from a truck at Logan General Hospital. The Rev. Wirt Hatfield Rev. Wallace Cooper and Rev. Edgar L. Beverly conducted the rites. He worked for United Producers Gas Co Quinnimont and left thirteen grandchildren and several siblings including a sister from Camden-on-Gauley and two half sisters of East Rainelle.
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Baileysville
Baileysville Baptist Church
N. David Mitchem
Davy
Logan General Hospital
Wirt Hatfield
Wallace Cooper
Edgar L. Beverly
United Producers Gas Company
Quinnimont
Wanda Ross
East Rainelle
Letter from Melinda Blotz Sparks Talk of Romance and Work
The speaker recalls a letter from Melinda Blotz in Sand Lick country expressing hopes for a wife. He muses on loneliness, cooking, and the need for effort in love, noting that success or marriage requires work and patience amid country life. He also hints at frontier-level humor and rural values.
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Harmen
Melinda Blotz
WCTU Mullens Officers Retain Posts in Year
Mrs Paul Christian remains president with Mrs Sam Kingre a as vice president and Mrs Vic Hayhurst as secretary for a second term. Lou Christian is elected treasurer replacing Mrs James Kirk. Meetings shift to the fourth Monday. next session is Sept 25 at 7 30 pm at the Pentecostal Holiness Church.
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Register
Mullens
Paul Christian
Sam Kingrea
Vic Hayhurst
Woman’s Christian Temperance Union
Church of God
Lou Christian
James Kirk
Pentecostal Holiness Church
Sherwood Glutz On Divorce Reality And Friendship
The writer argues divorces rise from lack of effort and understanding in marriage and friendship. He claims partners fail to tolerate faults and to know each other beyond appearances, noting that lasting closeness requires effort and acceptance.
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Dorothy Dix
Sherwood Glutz
Prison Head to Address Moose Women in Mullens
Mooseheart Alumni Chapter Night in Mullens features Mrs. Mark Sims, superintendent of the West Virginia Institution for Women, as guest speaker at the 8 a.m. meeting. Initiation of Lena Dickerson, Amigo, set. Labor Day food booth plans approved with Mildred Martin and Marie Cook co chairmen. Clothes on hand to be sent to Long Branch School next week. Delegates Grace Deal and Montry Shutt attended national convention in Chicago. Picnic planned for Sept 10 on Greenbrier River for Moose members and guests.
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Iy Register
Mullens
Mooseheart
Women of the Moose
Mark Sims
West Virginia Institution For Women At Peace Springs
Lena Dickerson
Amigo
Grace Deal
Montry Shutt
Chicago
Ill
Greenbrier River
Moose Organization
Polio Threat Delays McDowell Wyoming Youth For Christ Meet
The August gathering of the McDowell Wyoming Youth For Christ at the Welch Memorial Building was postponed due to the polio threat. Crany Homecoming brightens Wyoming County with a 10 a.m. start, replacing the Cook reunion that won’t be held this year.
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Register
Pineville
McDowell-Wyoming
CRANY
Wyoming County
Cook
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Mallens Bpw
Friendship Hall
First Methodist Church
John A. Robinson
F. S.caffee, Jr
Carlos Gunter
Harry Lee
Charles Coffey
Kinsley
Richard Kidd
David
Dickie Nell
J. F. Biggart
Butch
E. T. Haslam
Luella
Hiram Hogg
Frank Holland
Ernestine
Brenton
Man
Logan County
Mitchem
Carl Mitchem
Brier and Baileysville High School
Carolyn Ann
Dan
Queen Ironing Board
Children’s Plastic
Taffy
Miner
G.C. Murphy CO
RED Cross
America
WCTU
N. Blakeslee
St. Petersburg
Florida
Jesus Christ
Central High School
West Virginia
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