Mercer County to Georgetown romance ends in marriage abroad
Miss Charlotte Vandiver, Mercer County home demonstration agent, wed Oscar Fivdames Churaman in Saddle Essiquibo Georgetown British Guiana. Groom’s family ties listed. ceremony at S sivewell's Church. couple to reside in Saddle Essiquibo where he serves as agricultural supervisor. Vandiver travels from Mercer County via Atlanta Miami and San Juan to Georgetown arriving November 18.
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Weiser Princeton
Whi Segan
Mercer County
Charlotte Vandiver
E. G. Vandiver
Mr. Vandiver
Burlington
Oscar Fivdames Churaman
Gavin Kennard
John &. J. Isaacs
Churaman
Mies Vandiver
Atlanta
Sorority Pledges Elect Area Girls as Officers
Three Beckley area students were elected to pledge offices in Concord College Alpha Sigma sorority. Norma Jean Ellis of Charleston was named president, Loretta Stover of Clear Creek vice president, Mary Ann Davis of Beckley secretary, and Joyce Stover of Clear Creek treasurer. Pledges will meet weekly and receive pins at a formal ceremony before initiation.
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Register
Athens
Beckley Area
Alpha Sigma ‘Alpha
Concord College
Norma Jean Ellis
Charleston
Beckley
Loretta Stover
Clear Creek
Mary Ann Davis
Aid Joyce Stover
Fryman Buys Cook District Lots For About 1375 Dollars
Nine property deeds filed in Boone County Clerk's office include five Arbo Cook District lots sold to W A Fryman by Falry Mullins for about 1375 dollars. Other transfers show several parcels across Scott and Washington Districts, sizes from two acres to eight acres, with prices ranging from about 200 to 1000 dollars and coal company quit claims involving Spruce Fork lands.
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Register
Madison
Boone County
Arbo
Cook District
W. A. Fryman
Falry A. Mullins
H. W. B. Mullins
C. H
Jessie Nelson
A. B. Chambers
East
Danville
Scott District
J. M
Pauline Jarrell
J. N. Harper
Arnold Milter
Dry Branch
Oscar F
Berla Sheels
E. E. White
George E
Coptey
W. B. Copley
Spruce Fork
Washington
Cecil Abshire
Joe Eddie
Billy Ray Abshire
White Oak Creek
Peytona
James A. Ferrell
Elmer Ferrell
Scot
Yankee and Freeman Coal Company
Spruce Beane Land Company
James & and
Auncey A. H Maspel
Harolld G
Verna Cooper
Joes Creek
Sherman
Local Charleston Weekend Visitors Highlight Families
Register staff notes visiting Charleston on Saturday include Mr and Mrs Freeman Foster and their son plus Mr and Mrs Harvey Richards. 561 William Cowley is confined at home due to illness.
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SETI
Charleston
Freeman Foster and Son
Harvey Richards
Wiliam Cowley
Former Raleigh Engineer Osborne Dies in Hinton Hospital
George L. Osborne of Hinton died in a Raleigh hospital yesterday from a heart ailment. A native of Greenbrier County, he retired from the Chesapeake and Ohio Railway as an engineer in January 1947 after 44 years of service. He was a member of the Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers and the Brotherhood of Locomotive Firemen and Enginemen and the Inton Methodist Church. Surviving are his wife Adjeete Hoke Osborne, four children, one grandchild, and several siblings.
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Witter Junton
George L. Osborne
Hinton
Greenarier County
Chesapeake and Ohio Railway Company
Raleigh
Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers
Brotherhood of Locomotive Firemen and Engineers
Inton Methodist Church
Adjelte Hoke Osborne
Elbert Osborne
Ilinton
Lucille Richardson
Ueckley
Imogene Osborne
Camp Lee
Russell Waite
Chicago
C. W
Flarry Osborne
Frankford
J. L. Ostene
Robert Anderson
Ronceverte
Blanche Rose
Saskatchewan
Canada
Bertie Lyons
Cabin Creek
Beckley Area Students Cast in First Concord Play
Beckley area students are cast in the December 14 15 adaptation of A Christmas Carol at Concord College. Eddie Rowland and Louise Joinks headline as Scrooge and the Spirit of Christmas with a large ensemble including Bob Cratchit and Tiny Tim.
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Hegitor
Athens
Concord College
Beckley Area
Charles Dickens
Phyliss Shrewsbury
Mary Lou Barberry
Eddie Rowland
Speedway
Wil
Ebenezer Scrooge
Eouise Joiiks
Eccles
Sam Holroyd
Bob Cratchit
Bonnie White
Fayetteville
Mary Garnett
Bramwell
Scrooge
Frances
Ed Setrakian
Annawall
Marley
Margaret Thornton
Kil Karney
Phyllis Ruble
Bluefield
Chester Friedl
Roach
Tiny Tim
Ier High School
College I
Coal River Mining Institute
Sherman High School
Skyhawks
Seth
American Empire
Charleston Reds
Guyan Valley
Logan
Fayetteville Circuit Court Docket Set for January Term
The Fayette County circuit court docket for the January term will be set at a December 7 meeting at 1 p.m. in Judge R J Thrifi Jr s office.
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Fayetteville
Fayette County
R. J. Thrifi, Jr
Willian Wimmer 58 Funeral in Princeton
Funeral services were held at 2 30 pm for Willian Wimmer 58 who died Sunday night at Mermotal Hospital after a long illness cancer named as the cause of death. Rites were at Kegley Methodist Church with Rev C C Tolbert officiating burial in Wimmer Cemetery Black Lick. Survived by wife former Miss Flossie Winfrey and children Mrs Bengy Sizemore Fineville Mrs floward Blankenship Ralph Wimmer Jo Ann Wimmer Hayden Wimmer and W B Wimmer nine grandchildren and siblings Hayden Princeton Zeb Roanoke Mrs Flossie Woolwine and Mrs Edna Lamb Princeton.
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Jay Rraituir
Princeton
Willian Wimmer
Mermotal Hospital
Kegley Methodist Church
C. C. Tolbert
Wimmer
BlackLick
Flossie Winfrey
Bengy
Sizemore
Fineville
Floward Blankenship
Ralph Wimmer
Jo Ann Wimmer
Hayden Wimmer
W. B. Wimmer
Slab Park
Hayden
Zeb
Roanoke
Flossie Woolwine
Edna Lamb
Miner Injured In Mine Accident At Beckley Slumber Party
A Beckley mine brakeman suffered a compound fracture of his right leg after being crushed between mine equipment and a car. He was hospitalized at Hope Hill Hospital after the incident reported by attendants. no police report is on file. Guests at a slumber party hosted by Miss Newey Gooch included Miss Jane Petit and others.
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Register
Faby
Miss Gooch
Beckley Negro
Jane Petit
Pat Boling
Soult Codgall
Mount Isald
Hope
Gail Burgess
Beckley Hospital
Hill
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