Luther Byrd Awarded Verdict in Dry Cleaners Case
Luther Byrd was awarded 450 damages in a Mercer County Circuit Court verdict against Querino Clotti doing business as Joes Dry Cleaners. New pleas were filed in Byrd v Ciotti cases and in suits by Wilbert Milleco against Ciotti. Multiple guardians and divorces were addressed in related matters with dismissals and property sales order for expenses.
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Register
Princeton
Luther Byrd
Querino Clotti
Joe’s Dry Cleaners
Pelit
Mercer County
Byrd
Ciottli
Joe's Dry Cleaning Machinery Co
Wilbert Millec Company
Ciotti
Mike Maskello
Gus Tsutas
Ysutras Brothers
Two Damage Suits Filed in Mercer
Mercer County court records show damage suits totaling 6500 dollars. The largest seeks 3500 by the City of Princeton on behalf of infant Herbert Dennis against Minnie Davis Gordon H Belcher and Peerless Casualty Co. Davis seeks 3000 against Gullion Electric Co. Also filed are Hattie Jane Asbury by Edna Mae McKinney v Henry Grady Asbury for divorce Blanche W Pennington v Dexter W Pennington divorce Violet Evelyn Hager v John Fulton Hager chancery.
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Princeton
Mercer County
Herbert Dennis
Minnie Davis
Gordon H. Belcher
Peerless Casualty Company
Glenn Davis
Davis
H. C. Gullion
Gullion Electric Company
Hattie Jane Asbury
Edna Mae McKinney
Henry Grady Asbury
Blanche W. Pennington
Dexter W. Pennington
Violet Evelyn Hager
John Fulton Hager
Negro Activities and Community Notices in Raleigh County
Community brief listing music program by Guyan Valley Choral Society of Logan W Va at First Baptist Church Montgomery December 12 1948 6 30 p m PTA Simmons High School meeting December 14 7 30 p m in auditorium Mrs Reginia Lawrence president. Also society meetings bake sale charity club Mt Grove Baptist Church 11 o clock Sunday and more local club and scout notices with member names and meeting times.
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First Baptist Church of Montgomery
Guyan ‘Valley Choral Society
Logan
W.va
A.J. Jones
West Virginia
P. T.A. of Simmons High School
Wyce
Fairy Claytor
Charity Club
Eva Meadows
Mt. Grove Baptist Church
Anumai
Raleigh County
Bluefield State College Alumni Association
Edna Howard
South Heber Street
Hazel Hairston
Emma Allen
Cleo Blankey
Evangeline Cook
Association
Mae Akers
East Beckley P. T. A
Scouts
Committee Woz
Stratton High School
Laurel Creek
Ladies Aid Society
Emma Tyler
New River District Choi
Quinnimont
Fred Merchant
Ida E. Holcombe
Nort Beckley Homemakers
Sallie Swain
Affinity Club
Jack Johnson
Usher Board
Barbara Mosby
F. PD. Claytor
Oak Hill Hospital
Carol Troth
Long Island
New York
Fletcher Claytor
Miss Bondurant Feted at Parties in Princeton
Miss Julia Bondurant soon to wed Harold David Moore was the guest of honor at multiple Princeton gatherings. Hostess Mrs E J Lambert held a bridge and miscellaneous shower at Bluefield Road with many attendees. A dinner and crystal shower followed at the Virginian Hotel with a large local guest list.
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Register
Princeton
Julia Bondurant
Harold David . Moore
E. J. Lambert
Bluefield Road
James Sarver
Bill Pednaw
Lois Delp
Chester Blevins, Jr
H. C. McCargin
W. C. Epling, Jr
Roger Bensey
Malph Crump
Woody Bondurant
Carson Hicks
Jack Anderson
Scott Lilly
Earl Hadden
Elizabeth Lowman
Ruth Elliott
Mary Kelly Strong J
Clara Hunnicut
Mary Nordseik
Janice Cook
Virginian Hotel
John Anderson
JH. C. MecCary, Jr
Woods Bondurant
W. C. Fitzgerald
Betty Bodell
Mercer County deer hunt yields seventeen legal kills
Game Warden Dick Gilpin reported that seventeen deer were killed legally in Mercer County during the two day open season. Poor weather and swollen streams challenged opening day but better conditions the second day drew hunters from across the state. Five Raleigh county hunters checked in. An unauth orized hunt led to one small buck and one doe killed, and Dale Ferguson and A G Evans were arrested near Canto Creek for hunting before the season opened.
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Register
Princeton
Dick Gilpin
Mercer County
Raleigh County
Dale Ferguson
A. G. Evans
Canto Creek
Gentry Corporation Receives State Charter in West Virginia
Princeton reports Gentry Corporation at 408 Mt View Ave Bluefield has received articles of incorporation with 10000 authorized capital stock and 1000 paid in. Megister staff writer notes the firm will manufacture and sell ice making machinery as part of its business plan.
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Gentry Corporation
Register
Princeton
Mt. View Avenue
Bluefield
Megister
Andj
Athens
Delta Sigma Epsilon
Carlyle Gentry
Carrie M. Gentry
Carlyle Gentry, Jr
Deltas
Billie Rose Lilly
Cool Ridge
Juanita Hogg
Glen Ferris
Justyne ‘Monroe
Bnoehel Conrad
Carella
Ellen Bee Sizemore
Soulsville
Louise Bryan
Beckley
Ginger Perdue
Lockwood
Betty Lea Byrd
Pineville
Virginia Daugherty
Peterstown
Nuth Harvey
Union
Joan Beverly
Lusk
Ellen Rae Lawsson
Mullens
Shirley Watkins
Crystal
Clara Wayatt
Pat Graham
Evelyn Ringler
Bluestone
Jackie Hayworth
Nancye McGuigan
Mary Jane Minton
Welch
Betty Lou Lilly
Nancye K. White
North Tazewell
Mary Kate Stockner
Ann Rothlisberger
Berkley
Ann Gadd
Merie Jean Burks
Virginia Lee Bowting
Mary K. Beavers
Bettye Bowyer
Alpha Sigma Tau Sorority
Fatty Bates
Sarah J. Brooks
Hila Arrington
Jean ‘Bailey
Alice Christopher
Louise Joinks
Eccles
Arlene Farmer
Bolt
Joan Barger
Switchback
Lillian Luvas
Brenton
Joy Lovella Farmer
Coal Mountain
Mary Garnett
Bramwell
Jackie Meadows
Bellepoint
Dorothy
Hylton
Princelyn
Joy Rutherford
Annola Wells
Alpha Sigma Alpha Sorority
Alphas
Peggy Hambrick
Nemours
Phyllis Holliday
Garten
Louise Magyar
Gary
Margaret Tanner
Petra Urbino
San Juan
Puerto Rico
Injury Report From Wyoming Auto Accident Near Huff Mountain
One man seriously injured and two others lightly hurt in a car wreck on the Oceana side of Huff Mountain. Alfred White of Sla gle is listed as most injured with a broken leg and head cuts. Frank White and Jess Bishop, both Mohegan, also hurt. Car brakes allegedly locked after a spring unfastened, vehicle traveled down the mountain. Police investigators say all three were taken to Grace Hospital in Welch for treatment.
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Register
Oceana
Huff Mountain
Grace
Officer John W. Sasser Rites Held in Raleigh
Final rites were held in Raleigh North Carolina for Captain John W Sasser former Princeton resident who died in a German hospital on March 20 1945 The son of the late John W Sasser and Mrs Sasser his father once supervised at the Virginian Railroad in Princeton His brother and sister Philip and Nancy Sasser work in New York advertising Dr Harold Powell pastor of Edenton Street Methodist Church officiated Burial was at Oakwood Cemetery
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Rechster
Princeton
Raleigh
N. C
John W. Sasser
John W. [Sasser
Sasser
Virginian Railroad
Philip
Nancy Sasser
New York
Harold Powell
Edenton Street Methodist Church
Oakwoold Cemetery
Manning Rites Held on Sunday
Funeral services were held Sunday afternoon for Luther C. Manning a former Virginian Railroad employee who died Thursday morning in Washington D C from a heart ailment. The Rev John Womeldorf and Rev L D Roe officiated at the Presbyterian Church rites with burial in Resthaven Cemetery. Manning born December 14 1881 in Mercer County was the son of James and Nancy Manning. He married Merle Damerson March 25 1905 in Bristol Tennessee and is survived by his widow son Paul C Manning Newport News Va granddaughter Rose Marie three sisters Martha McDaniel Cashmere Katherine Thaxton Bluefield and Lucy Turner Minneapolis. He retired about two years ago and recently sold his Princeton home planning to reside in Florida. He had been a patient at Johns Hopkins Newport News Hospital and the Casualty Hospital in Washington.
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Wester
Pring Eton
Luther C. Manning
Virginian Railroad
Washington, D. C
John Womeldorf
L. D. Roe
Presbyterian Church
Resthaven
Maning
Merseer County
James
Nancy Mullins Manning
Mare E. Damerson
Bristol,Tenn
Paul C. Manning
Newport News
Rose Marie
Martha McDaniel
Cashmere
Katherine Thaxton
Bluefield
Lucy Turner
Minneapolis
Minn
Princeton
Florida
John Hopkins
Newport News Hospital
the Casualty Hospital
Washington
Dog Club Elects Officers for 49
Princeton records show Bluestone Bird Dog Club electing Sam Caldwell as president. Hartley Sanders became vice president and Tony Marshall secretary treasurer. Dr. W. H. Wallingford named chairman of the board. The club plans spring field trials and a summer beach show.
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Register
Princeton
Sam Caldwell
Bluestone Bird Dog Club
Hartley Sanders
Tony Marshall
W. H. Wallingford
Funeral Held for Mrs Hilda Naomi Blevins in Princeton
Funeral services were held Sunday for Mrs. Hilda Naomi Blevins who died Friday at her daughter's Bluefield home. She was 74, born in Marion Virginia, daughter of Andrew and Sarah Haga. Survived by son Fred Blevins and daughters Mrs. Arrington Princeton Mrs. Robertson Princeton and Mrs. Howell Rhetoric. Public notice follows on final settlement of fiduciary accounts for William Joyce Branson Joyce Bart Joyce and Clarice Mae Joyce under James H Rowland guardian.
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Princeton
Hilda Naomi Blevins
James Akers
Ropers Street
Bluefield
Blevins
Marion
Andrew
Sarah Anderson Haga
Akers
Fred Blevins
Glenwood Park
Sam Arrington
O. E. Robertson
A. O
James H. Rowland
William Joyce
Branson Joyce
Barnet Joyce
Clarice Mae Joyce
Leo Td1
Raleigh County
West Virginia
Private Leroy D Ransom Killed in Italy in 1944
Private Leroy D Ransom 35 of Beaver was killed in Italy on October 21 1944 while serving with the U S Army. The body will be moved from Caffee Funeral Home to the residence Wednesday at 7 p m Funeral services at Table Rock Church Thursday December 9 at 2 p m with Rev D R Carder officiating Burial in Ransom Cemetery at Table Rock.
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Ransom Ransom
Leroy D
Beaver
Italy
U.S. Army
Caffee
Table Rock
D. R. Carder
Ransom
Table Daal
Funeral notices from local paper including Henderson and Baer families
Obituary notices list William Henderson aged 14 dying at home in Deothan with services at Dothan Crush and burial at Lon Lon Weis ton Cemetery. Joseph Leonard Baer 90 of Burleson Apartments dies in hospital with services at Keyser Funeral Home and Mt Wood Cemetery. Wooltrow Wilton Redden of Crow dies. services at Crow church and Redden Cemetery. Family thanks express gratitude to Beckley Hospital staff and Williams Funeral Home.
Death Notice for William Luthec of Flat Top
William Luthec age 77 of Flat Top died Monday December 6 at home. The body will be removed from Rose Funeral Home Tuesday morning. Funeral services Wednesday December 8 at 2 p.m. at the residence with Elders J J Bowling J R Foley and P P Kiblinger officiating. Burial in family cemetery at Flat Top. Pallbearers Nelon Kermit Cole Alphon Cole Velmer Adkins Donald Oaks Clyde Adkins. Arrangements by Rose Funeral Home Florists.
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Alulen Redon
Woollwrow Wilton
Crow
Keyser
Tne Crow Church
Paul Smith
Burton
Redden
Jake Brogan
Buren Epperly
Dean Richmond
Opal Bennett
Buddy Morris
Willian Hookans
Funeral Home
William Luthec
Flat Top
A. Im
Hts
Rose Funeral Home
J. J. Bowling
J.R. Foley
Nelon Kermit Cole
Alpnon Cole
Velmer Adkins
Donald Oaks
Clyde Adkins
Rose Funeral Home Florists
Also Mentioned on This Page
Charlie Rischla
Harry Pennington
P. W. Bailey
Ralph Bailey
Ronald Bailey
Betty Bailey
Jerome Harold Marlin
Divin T. Bailey
Katherine Marie Bailey
P. D. Shiveley
Katherine Shiveley
Donald Lewis
Paul Miller
Mercer
Miss Bondurant
Concord Girls
Wyoming
William Simon
L. P. Mullins
Manning
Dog Club
Greece
Caffee Funeral
Rome
Bulova
Beckley Jewelry Store
Fama
Eckley
Neville
Accoas
People's Shoe Shop
South Fayette St
Dial
Daniel Daniel
William Henderson
Deothan
Gis P. To
Tyree Funeral
Dothan
Lick Fork
Weis Lon
Tyree Funeral Rome
Baer Baer
Joseph Leonard
Burleson
Keyser Funeral Home
J. R. Weln
Mt. Wood Cemetery
Wheeling
Messer Funeral Mem
John W. Warner
Falknes
Winding Gulf
Beckley Hospital
Woodrow Lusk
Williams Funeral Home
Mettle Warner
Talidren
Bull Dixon
Bits
Watson Shrewsbury
Oscar Warner
Robert C, EO
SEARS
Monument Co
Virginia St
Charleston
W. Va
Harper Rd
MSO
SNEAD
Beckley Hotel
Fisher's Flowers
Prince ST
Diab
MT. Hope Ra
Crab Orchard
Dial Beckley
Snow Thornton Florists
Glade Creek
D.C. Wiley
Star Roule
Beckles
iLest
Murph
Hugh Prest Brunk
Aroell
el Lucille Jones
Layland
William Powers
Sophia
Affinity
C. T. Blankens
Carl Clark
Osal
A. J. Justice & Son
Andrews Mal Ie
Milion Young
Kanawha St
Kana
Your South
Curley
Baein
Sauan Ws
Dixie Land Swing Orchestra
Curley Allen
MGE
Lincoln St
J. Wiles
Wrights
General Electric
Nixon Furniture Co
Singers Singer Sewing Machine CO
South Kanawha St. Dis
H J Munsey
Compton Comstruction Co
Phona Resoco
Fred Hicks
Becikleyt Wayva
Neville ST
OASIS
iGift
Waffle
Westinghouse
Westinghouse Electric
Henry Conway
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