Labor Day Ticket Sales Report Due Sunday in Whitesville
Whitesville hosts the 20th Labor Day celebration with Hawkshaw Hawkins and Eddie Seacrist headlining. Ticket sales and unsold tickets must be reported by Sunday at 1 a.m. as plans finalize for Monday’s event at the Whitesville ball park and Junior High School.
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Whitesville
RNS
United Mine Workers
Ball Park
Whitesville Junior High School
Hawkshaw Hawkins
Eddie Seacrist
Women of the Moose
Lodge Hall
Fredia Miller
Stover Toney Reunion Crowds Attract 350 Attendees
A crowd estimated at 350 gathered at the Clear Creek Presbyterian Church for the Stover-Toney reunion. The event featured a devotional service, music by the Pax Quartet, and remarks by Mrs. Alice Donehoo. Prizes were given for aging attendees, and plans for ongoing charity work, including bandage drives, were announced.
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Thelma Stover
Ethyl Stover
Clear Creek
PAX
RNS
Mark Brewer
Ahd
Clive Brewer
Stover-Toney
Toney
Morgan Toney
Pax Quartet
Byterian Church
Bert McNeeley
Ances
Ernest Billups
W. Pettry
Gwenservice
Alice Done Jdolyn Toney
Lyorg
Cole
Donehoa
Helen Haywood
Macant
Earlings
John Toney
Fayetteville
Mary Toney
Stover
Harrie Stover
Mary Toney Shrowyer
Dothan
Kitty Stover
Colcord Elementary Opens Year With Open House and Meeting
Parents and patrons were invited to meet the principal and staff at Colcord Elementary as the school prepares for its nine month term. Judge J. W. Maxwell spoke on education and reunion activities ended with a return to classes. families urged to visit, view new books, and get acquainted with teachers and the campus.
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Colcord
ANS
Colcord Elementary School
Bashia J
Ham- Branch
Nettie Eiliston
Paxtillon
Mae Kin
Jim Workman
Artie
Frankin Tay Eard
Norma Thompson
Jor
Richard Dunbar
Aden Toney
Maude Stover
Macle
Williams
Mary Toney
Val
Foy Toney
Edgar
Toney
Clear Creek
J. W. Maxwell
Beckley
Tiime
George D. Toney
Rebels Rec Center Opens Saturdays for Mullens Youth
At a Mullens meeting the Youth Center Council voted to keep the center open Saturday afternoons and nights next season. 84 students have joined the Rebels Rec program with membership cards available Saturdays. Fall chaperones are set for September Baptist October Presbyterian November Christian December Methodist. Finalists in the ping pong tournament must finish games by September 7 for winner announcement.
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Mullens
UNS
Gust
Rebels
Youth Center Council
Saturn
Simann
Maben
Mrs Denny Lowe Feted At Shower In Mullens
Mullens residents hosted a stork shower Monday night at Friendship Hall First Methodist for Mrs. Denny Lowe Cumberland Kentucky visiting her parents Mr. and Mrs. Fred Wheley Allen Junction. Eight hostesses including Mrs. Jack Pinney and Mrs. Joe Simpson led the event. Guests from Mullens and nearby towns attended, with attendees listing dozens of local women and visitors from Allen Junction Pineville Warwick and Delaware.
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Mullens
RNS
Denny’ Lowe
Cumberland
Fred Wheley
Allen Junction
First Methodist Church
Jack Pinney
Joe Hi
Joe Simpson
Fred Shutt Jr
Peggy Brooks
Pat Neal
Ramona Christian
Amos Task
Merlin Campbell
Fred Conner Jr
Joe Witt
Clifford Phillips Jr
Ray Bowing
Harley Christian
M. Om. Shumate
Charles Thrasher
Carrie Thrasher
Jack Frank
Rugg Jo Gordon
Charles McKinney
Charleen Stewart
Harold Carle
Lacy Hight
Fmann
Eugene Graham
Pineville
Jim Ball
Warwick
Jack Barger
Delaware
Ohio
Fred Whody
Peggy Sue Lusk
Fred Lowe
Wyco
Mansfield Speaks to Rotary Club at Hotel Hill
Frosty Mansfield district governor of Rotary spoke to Mansfield Rotarians Tuesday evening at the Hotel Hill. He urged members to attend meetings wherever they are visiting to build friendships and encouraged West Virginia to promote tourism by building resorts. Forty members attended with guests Peter Broom from Philadelphia Lee Rashie and Joe McQuade from Richwood.
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Oak Hill
RNS
Frosty
Mansfield
Richwood
Rotary Club
Hotel Hill
West Virginia
Peter Broom
Philadelphia
Lee
Rashie
Joe McQuade
Four Wreck Victims Still Hospitalized Hinton RNS
Four persons remained hospitalized after a two car head on collision at 8 p.m. near Trembling Branch on White Oak Mountain. Pauline Frances Scott of Coal Ridge suffers chest injuries and facial cuts. her husband John Franklin Scott and their two year old child were treated and released. Bessie Mae Lilly of Cherry Creek remains hospitalized with possible internal injuries and facial fractures. Jess Bennett of Shady Spring receives treatment for facial and chest injuries. Oville Vest, Vest’s brother, was released Tuesday night after treatment. State Police continue the investigation. Both cars were total losses.
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Jess Bennett
Shady Spring
Vest
Oville Vest
Scott
Delegation Seeks End Of Pollution Of Guyandotte
A Wyoming County delegation of eight asked the State Water Commission to curb pollution of the Guyandotte River. They cited about 50 coal mines and several municipalities in four counties as polluters, urging coal firms to install circulating cleaning systems and towns like Mullens Pineville Oceana Gilbert Man Logan and Chapmanville to build sewage plants. The group blamed pollution mainly on Wyoming Raleigh Logan and Mingo counties. Members included Charles W. Stewart William Allen Stacie Mullens W R Keyser John H. Martin William Englend Jr T D Cook and Curtis Blankenship.
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Wyoming County
State Waters Commission
Guyandotte River
Charles W. Stewart
Mullens Advocate
The
Water Commission
Mullens
Pineville
Oceana
Gilbert
Man Logan
Chapmanville
Wyoming
Raleigh Logan
Mingo
Stewart
William Allen
Baileysville Sportsmen's Club
Stacie Mullens
Rock Castle
W. R. Keyser
Welch Daily News
John H. Martin
William Englend Jr
T. D. Cook
Curtis Blankenshiplal
Four Tailoring Course Graduates in Mullens Area
Four Wyoming County women completed a tailoring course at Mullens High School with excellent results per instructor Mrs. Woodrow W. Cook. Participants—Mrs. Mickey Warden, Mrs. Denver Lilly, Mrs. French Brooks, and Mrs. M. J. Warden—made items for family and self, including a multicolor corduroy suit, red skirt, black velveteen coat, tailored work skirt, and rust corduroy shorty coat. The program plans to offer basic sewing next summer and tailoring again in August if enrollment grows. women should contact Mrs. Cook.
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Mullens
RNS
Wyoming County
Mallens High School
Woodrow W Cook
Mickey Warden
Malhen
Teresa
Denver Lilly
Patricia
French Brooks
Ravencliff
M. J. Warden
Maben
Jung
Cook
Mullens FHA Chapter Executive Council Meeting Set
Mullens High School Future Homemakers of America officers will hold an executive council meeting at the school at 10 30 a m Thursday along with chapter members who attended summer meetings.
Man Denies Bribery Charge In Kanawha Court Hearing
In Kanawha County Circuit Court Bud Howerton denies bribery allegations as state official Roy D. Platt accuses Howerton of offering $100 to influence a beer license. The case centers on a petition to compel license issuance for the Howerton grocery restaurant.
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Bud
Platt
Hon
Sioner
Roy D. Platt
Erton
Kanawha County
Alton Howerton
Howertons
Nial
Howerton
Cpl. C. W. Andrick
Howerton Place
Frank L. Taylor
Mrs Vickers Delegates to Rebekah State Meeting
Mrs Elton Vickers, Past Grand, will delegate to the State Rebekah convention in September. She was named at Monday’s meeting where Noble Grand Hazel Bailey presided with sixteen members present. A dinner plan was discussed for later and to be continued at the September 2 meeting.
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Whitesville
RNS
Laboka
Rebekah
Ledge
Elton Vickers
Pasti Grand
Vickers
Hazel . Bailey
Noble Grand
Pax Personal notices from Pax Branch and surrounding areas
Overnight guests of Mr and Mrs Robert Glissen included Frank Smith and his daughters from Thomasville Georgia. Grace Cochran recently returned from Beckley Hospital after a ten day stay. Estelle Teaster and children from Fonda Nan Starlena and Marshal Tams visited her mother Fonda Paschal. Keith Winfield and son Mike from New Haven visited Willie Sawder Buck Sawder and Jimmy Skeens families. Charles Smith and Virginia from Sidney Ohio visit Edgar Weaver and family. Julia Fielding and Billie Hugh from Sidney also visited. Margest Weaver, Smiths sister, will stay two weeks.
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PAX
Robert Glissen
Frank Smith
Thomasville
Grace Cochran
Pax Branch
Beckley Hospital
Estelle Teaster
Fonda Nan
Starlena
Marshal
Tams
Fonda Paschal
Keith
Winfield
Mike
New Haven
Willie Sawder
Buck Sawder
Long Branch
Jimmy Skeens
Maple Fork
Charles Smith
Virginia
Sidney
Edgar Weaver
H.C. Daniels
Sweeneysburg
Julia Fielding
Billie Hugh
Margest Weaver
Smith
Price Funeral Slated Thursday
Oley Price of Pine Knob dies after long illness at home aged 81. Funeral services set for Thursday at 1 p.m. in Freewill Baptist Church with Rev. W. M. Peters. burial in Miller Cemetery at Pine Knob. Survived by wife Dana, three daughters Lena Green, Jerushie Dawson, Jeanette Price. two sons Everett and Haskell. two sisters Ada Ferrell and Ethel Thomas. seven brothers Berlin Hobart Pete Virgil Harrison. 13 grandchildren. Body to be moved from Armstrong Funeral Home Whitesville to the residence at 5 p.m. today.
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Pine Knob
Oley Price
Freewill
W. M. Peters
Miller
Price
Dana
Lena Green
Bald Knob
Jerushie Dawson
Jeanette Price
Why barns are painted red or white in Texas
In Dallas, Lawrence T. Ganiner, a paint company president, explains most barns are red because the paint is cheaper. He notes a shift toward white barns as they reflect heat better, reducing absorbed warmth.
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Dallas
Tex
Lawrence T. Ganiner
Rag Weed Prisoner Hidden in Jail Block
Po nca City Oklahoma police smelled burning in the station house and rushed an investigation. They found a prisoner in the jail block without tobacco rolling his own with rolled up rags, exposing a makeshift smoking device.
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Ponca City
Okla
Jrail
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