Fayette County Board trims cost for Gauley Bridge gym
Fayetteville H G Agsten Jr Charleston contractor won the Gauley Bridge High School gym contract after bid reductions. The final bid dropped to 150,735 from 163,000 with steel stairs saving 1,000 and plaster acoustics saving 4,000. Hardman Construction placed 147,456 as the lowest satisfactory bid. Frather Brothers will handle plumbing and heating and Electrical Supply of Charleston will wire.
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Levi J. Deen
Hardman Construction Company
Frather Brothers
Oak HM
Electrical Supply, Company of
Charleston
Deen
The
Ward
Nuttal
Irving Bowman
Meadow Bridge
Montgomery
Wyoming County Bus Safety Record Stands Firm
Records show no child ever hurt on county buses since 1933. Officials highlight strong safety focus as pupil ridership rises from 585 to about 4,000 with 29 buses in service. Corroborating inspections praise the fleet as the best in Eb years of police experience.
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Register
Pireville
Wyoming County
Lloyd Fender
Fender
Wyoming Board of Education
R. L. Tabscott
Six Teachers Resign Positions in Fayette
Fayette County Board of Education accepted six resignations at a special meeting. Resignees include Edna T. Minter Oakland Elementary Jack Neely Ansted High Mrs Jack Neely Nutlat High Lilian Craige Ansted Elementary Nancy Rollinson Oak Hill End and Lea Hypes Gauley Bridge High. Leaves of absence granted for Alice Morton Minden Elementary one semester and Nancy Shumate Boomer for 1949 59. New placements include Martha Godley Midway Mae Forren Glendale Alice Wiseman Eoar Clendate Faxa James Eyre Quinnimont Gloria Stover Richy Creek Russell Dessler Milburn Leona Sawyers Adkins Pauline Brown Big Creek Julia H Hundrey Elkridge James Warren Simmons High Montgomery Ruby Hart retained Thayer George Copelyi hired tru ant officer salary 165 a month.
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Edna T. Minter
Oakland
Jack Neely
Ansted High
Nutlat High
Lilian Craige
Ansted Elementary
Nancy Rollinson
Oak Hill End
Lea Hypes
Gauley Bridge High
Alice Morton
Minden
Nancy Shumate
Boomer
Ann Babiak
Montgomery Junior High
Dorothy France
Calvin Humphreys
Samuel Fink
Dorothy L Brown
Ansted
Divide
Elizabeth Holmes
Elkridge
Carbondale
June Haga
Adkins
Cavendish
Donna Summers
Gamoka
Gatley Bridge
Reva Skagas
Bix Creek
Lydia Byers
Summerlee
Oak
East End
Mary Lou Mitchell
Thayer
Summer Tee
Martha Godley
Midway
Mae
Forren
Glendale
Alice Wiseman
Eoar
Clendate
Faxa
James Eyre
Quinnimont
Gloria Stover
Richy Creek
Russell
Dessler
Milburn
Leona Sawyers
Pauline Brown
Big Creek
Julia H. Hundrey
James Warren
Simmons High
Montgomery
Ruby Hart
George Copelyi
Johnson Infant Dies Rites Set
Funeral services for Luther M. Johnson 10-month-old son of Mr and Mrs Luther Johnson of Calorie will be held Thursday at 2 pm with Rev Cal Tolliver officiating. Burial in Michjah Ridge family plot. Survived by brother Tracy and sister Nettie Lee. Body to be moved from Robertson and Fogle Mortuary to the home at 4 pm Wednesday.
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Mullens
Luther M. Johnson
Luther Johnson
Cal Tolliver
Michjah Ridge
Mlullens
Tracy
Nettie Lee Johnson
Robertson and Foglesong
Two Marriage Permits Issued in Wyoming
Two Wyoming couples received marriage licenses from the county clerk in Pineville. Ernest G. McKinney 31 and Dide Whitt 31 of Basin together with Nenny Lee Toler 64 of Clear Fork and Judy Gunnce 53 of Pineville were issued permits.
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Register
Pineville
Wyoming
Ernest G. McKinney
Dide Whitt
Basin
Nenny Lee Toler
Clear Fork
Judy Gunnce
Pinoville
Thurmond Private Clyde E. Richmond Stationed in Japan
Thurmond’s Private Clyde E. Richmond of Thurmond serves with the infantry regiment of the 10th Division stationed in Sapporo Japan. He is one of many soldiers assigned overseas as part of the postwar deployment.
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Japan
Register Star
Thurmond
Clyde E. Richmond
Dist ‘ Infantry Regiment
Tth
Sapporo
Tolliver 55 Dies of Leukemia in Wyoming Community
EM Tolliver 55 of Wyoming died at Stevens Clinic Welch at 430 pm yesterday from leukemia and complications. Born March 1 1894 in Wyoming County he worked as a miner for the Red Jacket Coal Corporation. Funeral from Wyoming Community Church Friday at 2 pm with burial in Sunset Memorial Park Beckley. Survived by wife Ada Mae Tolliver two sons Morris Wyoming and Gene Austin Portsmouth Va two daughters Mrs Freda Hall Deland Fla and Miss Belly for Talliver Wyoming. three half brothers Claude Ray Bud Vance Warren.
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Ellis Morris Tolliver
Wyoming
Stevens Clinic
Welch
Wyoming County
Red Jacket Coal Corporation
Robertson Foglesang
Wyoming Community Church
Sunset Memorial Park
Beckley
Charles W. McNutt
Harry E. Stevens
Ada Mae Tolliver
Morris
Gene’ Austin
U. S. Naval Hospital
Portsmouth
Freda Hall
Deland, Fla
Miss Belly
Talliver
Claude Ray
Bud
Vance
Warren
Murder trial heard in Wyoming court for Paul Walker case
The second murder trial is under way in Wyoming Criminal Court. Paul Walker, 24, faces charges for fatally shooting Ralph Sells, 22, and an earlier felonious wounding case against Fort Cox, 28. Walker, operator of the Ivanhoe Inn in Hatcher, is the sole defendant for today’s session, expected to last the day. The case involves family noted relatives including a half sister and mother from nearby towns.
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Peri Fury
Wyoming
Paul Walker
Ralph ¥. Sells
Hatcher
Walker
Fort
Murder Trial Deadlocked at Five to Seven in Pineville
Judge Grover M. Worrell set September 8 for deciding if Admiral Dewey Dallas Glen Rogers Negro’s murder trial will be reheard. The panel reported a five to seven deadlock after hearing a day’s evidence on the April 22 fatal shooting of James D Hubbard. Dallas testified self defense and a jailer testified Hubbard held a glass of water as he was shot. Dallas expressed remorse for shooting the boy. In Oak Hill the Stevens and guests from Morgantown Fayetteville Route 1 visited over the weekend.
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Pineville
Randday
Grover M. Worrell
Admiral Dewey Dallas
Glen Rogers Negro
Worrell
Dallas
James D. Hubbard
Hubbard
James Craig
Craig
Dan Justice
James
OAK Hili Sy Register
Oak Hill
Ville Stevens
Morgantown
Haven Stevens
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