Harvey-Woodrow Bass injured by large mine hook blast
Harvey-Woodrow Bass, 35, of Harvey, is hospitalized at Oak Hill Hospital after being struck between the eyes by a large hook at the Lochgelly mine of the New River Company yesterday. Oak Hill hosts a Poppy Day dance honoring forty-nine girls who sold street notices, with Rita Jo Woodrum named top salesgirl and Joyce Lluzas second. About 100 high school students attended. forty-six others received roses and prizes went to top sellers. Auxiliary members attended, including Mrs. R. D. McNichols and Mrs. J. A. Wallace.
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Harvey
Woodrow Bass
Oak Hill Hospital
Lochgelly
New River Company
Oak Hill
Veterans of Foreign Wars Auxiliary
Clarence W. Dickerson
Rita Jo Woodrum
Joyce Lluzas
Rita Jo
Charles Christian
Roger Howell
E. B. Gwinn
John Oyler
Veterans of Foreign Wars
Vickie Mae Thomas
Chicago woman fights robber on Michigan Avenue
A robber grabbed Mrs. Doris Swanson’s purse on Michigan Avenue. She would not release it and kicked the thief in the stomach, ending with the suspect fleeing up an alley.
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Associated Press
Chicago
Doris Swanson
Michigan Avenue
Boy Scout Round-Up Rescheduled For December 16
Fayette County health officials report Smithers child II, diphtheria diagnosed on November 25. The Fayette district Boy Scout Round-Up, moved from December 2, now set for December 16, with potential location changes due to Fayetteville High School schedules. District Annual Dinner proceeds as planned.
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Fayetteville
Mark Evans
Fayette
Fayetteville High School
Harry W. Miller
Oak Hill Personal Notices Report Hospital Transfers and Visits
Oak Hill Fayette County Clerk Lacy Neely moved from Oak Hill Hospital to Charleston General Hospital after two weeks as a patient. Staff Sgt. C. E. Fleshman has returned to Ft. Bragg after a weekend visit with his Oak Hill mother Mrs. Florence Fleshman. Anne Catherine Guffey, Hollins College student and daughter of Mr. and Mrs. F. A. Guffey, spent the weekend with family and returned to Virginia Monday. Jean Bishop, visiting Oak Hill, is a West Virginia University student from Jones Avenue. Teddy Lee Stanley had a tonsillectomy at Oak Hill Hospital on Tuesday. Vernor Ray Stanley sustained a small head laceration while sled riding near 145 River Avenue. John R. Dixon returned Wednesday to Morgantown to resume studies at West Virginia University after holiday visits.
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Oak Hill — Fayette County
Lacy Neely
Oak Hill Hospital
Charleston General Hospital
C. E. Fleshman
Ft. Bragg
N. C
Florence Fleshman
Oak Hill
Anne Catherine Guffey
F. A Guffey
Central Avenue
Hollins College
Virginia
Jean Bishop
A. J. Bishop
Jones Avenue
West Virginia University
Teddy Lee Stanley
Emmett Stanley
Vernor Ray Stanley
River Avenue
John R. Dixon
O. W. Dixon
Carlisle
Morgantown
Legion to Open Drive For Vet Registration
Fayetteville Legion launches War Veterans Registration Week from December 4 to 9 to add World War I and II veterans to a permanent memorial list. Commander Thomas E. Myles says this statewide campaign is carried on by the state's legion posts, with 234000 WV veterans estimated. Registration points include Fayetteville Legion Hall and multiple local businesses, plus post members will provide forms. no obligation or central agency holds complete data.
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Thomas E. Myles
LaFayette
American Legion
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Maple Avenue
W. H. Shriver
Beckwith
Elmer Feazell
Lookout
Hatcher’s
Esso
James J. Murphy
Lansing, Coyer’s
Roy Holliday
Winona
Booker’s
James Murphy
Layland
Tincher’s Cafe
Daniel Tincher
Ansted
Ansted Motors, Inc
Jim Murphy
East End
Oak Hill
American Lunch
C. W. Scott
The
Legion Post
December Meet for Wyco Girls Interest Group
The Wyco Methodist Church Girls Interest Group will meet December 19 at the home of Mrs. Anna Taylor. Hostesses at a Tuesday meeting were Mary Jane Dowell and Emily De Weese. The program theme Make a Joyful Noise was led by chair Sally Ruth Tolliver with assistants Joyce Wilcox Jean Mc Kendree Delores Rhodes and Audrey Mullins. Joyce Wilcox president led the business session and Bake Sale plans for December 8 at 1 p.m. at Wyco Company Store were made along with delivering Christmas gift baskets to shut-ins. Refreshments served to 18 members and six guests.
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WYCO
Wyco Methodist Church
Anna Taylor
Mary Jane Dowell
Emily DeWeese
Sally Ruth Tolliver
Joyce Wilcox
Jean McKendree
Delores Rhodes
Audrey Marie Mullins
Wyco Company
Thelma
Mt Hope Man At School for New Inspectors
L. G. Fitzgerald of the Mt Hope Bureau attends a three week training at the Central Experiment Station in Pittsburgh run by the United States Bureau of Mines. He will address the annual school for new inspectors. On December 11 the group will see explosion demonstrations at the experimental coal mine near Bruceton Pa and the course ends December 14.
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United States Bureau of Mines
Central Experiment Station
Pittsburgh
L. G. Fitzgerald
Mt. Hope Bureau
Fitzgerald
Bruceton
Three Area Men Reported Missing in Action
Three area soldiers are reported missing in action and a fourth has sustained wounds, per Casualty List 164 released by the Department of Defense today. Missing are Pfc. Bobby E. Akers, Pvt. William K. Collins, and Cpl. James H. Dick. Wounded is Pvt. Steve R. Smith.
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Princeton
Department of Defense Today
Bobby E. Akers
Alberta Irene Akers
Athens Star Route
William K. Collins
Bitha Collins
Bluefield
James H. Dick
Estelle L. Dick
Sandstone
Steve R. Smith
Lucille Smith
Rt 1
Weekly Cannery Hours Set at Wyoming County Plant
Supervisor G F Brown announced Saturday operations at the Wyoming County Cannery will run from 8 a m to 4 p m each week and may expand on holiday days. He cited 530 cans meat 99 cans pork and beans and eight kettles of lard processed the day after Thanksgiving as season kickoff. Inclement weather caused a prior Saturday closure. Clarence George Sundin Jr born Nov 29 at Beckley Hospital to Mr and Mrs Clarence George Sundin Glen Rogers.
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Pineville
Wyoming County
G. F. Brown
Brown
Glen Rogers
Clarence George Sundin
Clarence George, Jr
Beckley Hospital
Beckley
Dowell and Lindsay Family Individuals Named in Advisory List
Dowell, Mrs. Chappy Lindsay, Tommy Dowell, Diana Lindsay, Bill Dowell, Tod Lindsay, and adviser Mrs. Anna Taylor appear in an advisory roster. The record notes their association and roles within the group.
Merchants and City Clear Oak Hill Streets
Oak Hill merchants join with the Chamber of Commerce to clear snow and ice from the business district. Chairman L. J. Epstein said the mercantile board voted to cooperate with City Manager C. S. Waugh in a joint city and state effort begun after a breakfast meeting at Hotel Hill.
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Mercantile Board
Chamber of Commerce
L. J. Epstein
Hotel Hill
C.S. Waugh
Guest Speaker Set for Service at First Presbyterian
George M. Nolley principal of Ben Dunman Elementary School and Young Adult Sunday School teacher will speak at the 11 o clock service. Woodrow W. Cook a ruling elder presides. An 730 p m Bible story film on St Paul life will be shown with Mrs Alfonso Sandoval presiding and Junior Choir directed by Mrs B L Depew providing music.
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First Presbyterian Church
George M. Nolley
Ben Dunman
First Methodist Church
Woodrow W. Cook
St. Paul
Alfonso Sandoval
Alpeca
Women of the Church
B. L. Depew
Oceana social notes from Oceana Daily
Mrs Bill Miles a patient at Bluefield Sanitarium for eye injury. Mr and Mrs Junior Short and children and Mrs Loren Lusk return home after visiting J E Bowes in Pickaway. Miss Sharon Beane returns to Concord College Athens after Thanksgiving at home with her parents. Philip Roach Sr and son Ronnie visit Sun Hill and grandmother Mrs Gusta Shannon ill. Anne Brammer returns to Concord College Athens after Thanksgiving with E G Shannon family. Dennis Allen family return from Grayson Kentucky after Thanksgiving. U S Navy relatives on Worcester leave in Oceana to visit Dennis Allen. Charles R Whisenant reports back to duty after 15 day furlough with parents. Whisenant in Air Force.
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Bill Miles
Bluefield Sanitarium
Junior Short
Loren Lusk
Pickaway
J. E. Bowes
Sharon Beane
Concord College
Athens
L. W. Beane
H. W. Whisenant
Sgt. Whisenant
Air Force
Two Children Die as Flames Destroy Home
In Burnwell, Montgomery, a fire killed Nancy seven and Becky three, daughters of Rev. Carl G. Light, destroying the five room frame house. The pastor and wife escaped from a bedroom window. two other daughters Carol twelve and Freda eight survived. The blaze left the family barefoot in the snow and obliterated all contents of the dwelling.
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Burnwell
Nancy
Becky
Carl G. Light
Light
Hospital Records Seven New Mullens Patients
Mullens General Hospital admitted seven patients over three days. On yesterday’s list were John West Spencer of Maben and Mrs. Leonard Staton of Mullens. Tuesday and Wednesday arrivals included Miss Peggy Rye of Tralee, Mrs. Halfred Shrewsbury of Corinne, Gene Bailey of Pineville, Thomas Lark of South Mullens, and Charles E. Cook of Corinne. Randolph Reed, 24, of Sand Gap in Barkers Ridge District, had an emergency appendectomy after arriving Tuesday, with family delaying ambulance due to mountain road conditions.
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Mullens
Mullens General Hospital
John West Spencer
Maben
Leonard Staton
Peggy Rye
Tralee
Halfred Shrewsbury
Corinne
Gene Bailey
Pineville
Thomas Lark
South Mullens
Charles E. Cook
Randolph Reed
Sand Gap
Barkers Ridge
Robertson and Foglesqgng
Reed
Reservists and social visits noted in Memphis and Beckley
Reserves Training Corps member stationed in Memphis. Mrs Minnie Hawkins hosted Mrs Nash Bailey Sr and her sons Ronald and Donald of Mullens Tuesday. Miss Jean Whisenant, student nurse at Raleigh General Hospital Beckley, visited family during Thanksgiving after three months at Philadelphia General Hospital psychiatry training. Mr Philip Roach Sr spent Wednesday and Thursday on business in Williamson and Pike counties Kentucky.
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Williamson
Pike Country
Herndon Senior Play Postponed To A Later Date
Herndon High School principal C. C. Ritchie Jr announced the senior class play, scheduled for tonight, has been postponed. A new date will be announced later.
Clyde Duncan Rites Planned In Oak Hill
Funeral services for Clyde Duncan of Summerlee Avenue Oak Hill will be held at 2 30 p m Sunday at Washington Street Church of God with Reverends L E Thomas and Charles V Weber officiating. Interment will be in High Lawn Memorial Park. Duncan a Mankin Lumber Co employee died Thursday at 5 a m in a Charleston hospital Born August 1 1895 in Oak Hill he was a member of Modern Woodmen of America Lodge Surviving wife Hattie, stepmother Mildred Duncan, a son Aubrey, a half brother Justice Duncan, four half sisters Nanney Geffs Erdine Tackett Mary Rogers Lucy Thomas and a grandson Aubrey Jr all of Oak Hill Body to be removed from Thomas Funeral Home to residence at 4 p m today.
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Clyde Duncan
Summerlee Avenue
Washington Street Church
Hattie Duncan
Mildred Duncan
Aubrey
Justice Duncan
Belle
Nanney Geffs
Orlando, Fla
Erdine Tackett
Mary Rogers
Lucy Thomas
Aubrey, Jr
Thomas Funeral Home
Mullens Woman Undergoes Emergency Appendectomy
Mrs. Brooks Lowe of Kopperston daughter of Mr and Mrs W C Mutter of 1215 Guyandotte Avenue South Mullens is a patient at Welch Emergency Hospital Welch where she underwent an emergency appendectomy Tuesday night.
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Mullens
Brooks Lowe
Kopperston
W. C. Mutter
Guyandotte Avenue
South
Milburn Walker Dies At Tommy Creek Home
Milburn Walker a Tommy Creek miner died early today at his Mullens home. The body rests at Robertson and Foglesong Funeral Home Mullens awaiting services.
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Tommy Creek Miner
Robertson and Foglesong
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