Oak Hill Patrolman Resigns. Gravely Replacement Named
Oak Hill City Council accepted Patrolman Fred Gravely’s resignation at an executive meeting chaired by Police Chief H. E. Janney. Gravely confirmed the move by phone. Cris Starney will replace Gravely on the force. The meeting was closed to reporters.
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Oak Hill
RNS
Fred Gravely
H. E. Janney
Gravely
Janney
Cris Starney
Kelly
S. C. Higgins Jr
Wallace Bennett
L. H. Roberts
Browning Rites Set At Rockview Thursday
Funeral services for M. Carl Browning 54 of Rockview will be at 2 p.m. Thursday at Rockcastle Baptist Church with Rev. Frank G. Estep officiating. Burial follows in Cook Cemetery. Browning died Tuesday at Stevens Clinic Welch after a three month illness attributed to cancer. Born Oct. 30, 1900 in Jesse Wyoming County he was the son of Theodore and Dora Browning. Survivors: wife Ruth, daughters Mrs Woodrow Pendry Detroit Mich and Gretta Browning at home, sons Marvin Detroit Vivian Pineville Virgil and Ersel at home, five grandsons and one sister. Pallbearers are church deacons.
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Rockview
RNS
Carl Browning
Rockcastle Baptist Church
Frank G. Estep
Cook
Stevens Clinic
Welch
Jesse
Wyoming County
Theodore
Dora Browning
Eastern Gas and Fuel Associates
Kopperston
Ruth Browning
Woodrow Pendry
Detroit
Mich
Gretta Browning
Marvin
Vivian
Pineville
Virgil
Ersel
Peece
Thomas Cook
Roy Goddard
John Borders
Grover Pendry
Delpha Walker
Fergie Scott
Forres Stewart
Casey Salome
Evans Funeral Home
Christmas Party of WSCS in First Methodist Church
Wo man's Society of Christian Service members plan their annual Christmas party in Fellowship Hall at the First Methodist Church. Mrs. Billeg, president, will lead a brief business session, with The Prince of Peace as the topic. Mrs. Bailey Jr. curates the program. hostesses include Mrs. Box Mrs. Lyons and Mrs. Lamb. Members are to bring a Christmas package valued under $1.
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Pineville
RNS
Woman’s Society of Christian Service
Fellowship Hall
First Methodist Church
W. J. Billig
Billig
W. C. Bailey Jr
Fred T. Box
James “A Lyons
John §. Lamb
Charlene Campbell
Farrington Smith
Carol Hylton
Smitty
Gordon Brooks
Davy
Maudie
David Miller
Chi
Bob Tabscott
Mac
Marion Nolley
Margaret
Mason
Roger Houck
Snoots
Beth Mills
Univen England
Janet Backus
Ruth Bailey
Marie Lowe
Buck Kidd
Bill Hight
Pete Hal‘uski
Lloyd Farley
Hyatt Funeral Set for Today
Louise Hyatt, 41, died Monday in a Beckley hospital. Funeral rites were scheduled for 1 p.m. today at the Church of God in Oceana, with Rev. James Casto assisted by Rev. W. S. Barbery. Burial followed in Jaeger Memorial Cemetery at Roderfield.
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Oceana
RNS
Louise Hyatt
Church of God
Beckley Hospital
James Casto
W. S. Barbery
Davy
Jaeger Memorial
Roderfield
No official action on protection from competition
Fragmentary report notes efforts to secure protection from competition without any formal action taken. No names, dates, or places are provided, leaving the status unclear.
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Job
Mullens Senior Play Premiere Thursday
Mullens High School presents the senior play Stag Line with two performances set for Thursday at 1 p.m. and Friday at 8 p.m. in the school auditorium. The three act comedy features 18 cast members led by directors Mrs. Louis Kaman, Lee Hodson, and James Lewie, with a wide cast list including Sue Cook as Maudie and Emily McNeil as Sylvia, among others.
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Mullens
RNS
Mullens High School
Louis Kaman
Lee Hodson
James Lewie
Hampton Hoge
Sonya Markowitz
Deadline Set for Dec 17 to Join Wyoming ACP Program
Thomas H. Smith, chair of the Wyoming County ASC and Conservation Committee, reminds farmers to sign up by December 17 to be on the priority list for the 1955 Agricultural Conservation Program. The plan offers share the cost aid for soil and water conservation measures to support national defense by protecting soil reserves. Farmers without 1955 signup are urged to contact the County ASC Office before the deadline.
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Thomas H. Smith
Wyoming County Agricultural Stabilization, and Conservation Committee
Smith
ASC
Eastern Star Initiates First Time In New Hall
Pineville chapter 110 of the Order of the Eastern Star held its first initiation at the New Masonic Lodge Hall. Mrs. Geraldine Shannon became the first member initiated at Pineville, with Mrs. Mary McClellan also joining from Freeburn. Officials and officers led the ceremony as 54 members and guests were served refreshments.
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Pineville
ANS
Geraldine Shannon
Order of the Eastern Star
Masonic Lodge
Mary McClellan
Freeburn
Frieda Plann
C. Chilton Tucker
Edith Mae Browning
E. EF. Williams
Gladys Stone
Hinton Man Named To Top C and O Post
Seldon Plumley, 38, is appointed transportation inspector for the Chesapeake and Ohio Railway with headquarters in Clifton Forge Virginia. Plumley, born in Hinton, began with C and O in March 1941 at Clifton Forge and has served as assistant trainmaster at Huntington.
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Hinton
Fton Forge
R. G. McGehee
Clifton Forge
Plumley
Huntington
Miller Funeral Set for Thursday
Mullens West Virginia obituary reports John H. Miller former Wyoming County sheriff Mullens police veteran and former coal operator died Monday after a heart attack. Funeral at First Methodist Church with Rev. R. J. Chenoweth officiating and Rest Haven Cemetery Princeton burial. Police pallbearers to attend. Body to be taken to the home Wednesday at 5 p.m. from Robertson and Foglesong Funeral Home.
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Mullens
RNS
First Methodist Church
John H. Miller
Wyoming
Robertson and Foglesong
Bazaar Planned This Thursday In Oak Hill
A Christmas bazaar featuring home canned foods cakes pastries candies and toys will be held by the Oak Hill Methodist Church Women’s Society at Lee's Home Accessories on Main Street from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. A turkey dinner at the church will be served Friday from 5 to 7 p.m. Tickets available through society members or at the church.
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Oak Hill
BNS
Woman’s Society of Christian Service
Oak Hill Methodist Church
George Armstrong
Lee’s
Main St
Wor. R
Miss Jean Shawyer Honored at Shower
Fayetteville event honors Miss Jean Shawyer ahead of her December 28 wedding to Richard Crandall. Guests enjoyed canasta and prizes won by Mrs. Ermel Wilson and Miss Lois Madison. salad course served to a long list of attendees including Mrs. George Hatfield and Miss Nancy Warren.
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Fayetteville
RNS
L. W. Tudor
Jean Shawyer
Richard Crandall
Ermel Wilson
Lois Madison
George Hatfield
Robert Abbot
Carl B. Vickers
Janie Phillips
Bill Joe Neal
Nell Gladwell
Myron Renick
Margaret Pauley
Delaney Caldwell
Noreen Wells
Polly Wright
Bill Wood
Nancy Warren
Frances Warren
J. C. Blume
Irene Cavendish
Joan McClung
John Tommy Cashion
Ethel Fleshman
H. E. Shawver
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Dean
Doan
Funeral for Bud Woman Held
Burial services for Miss Emma Rowe, 63, Bud, were held in Huntington after her death Sunday in a hospital there. A Mullens native, she was the daughter of Guy and Polly Whitt Rowe. Surviving are two brothers A. W. Rowe of Princeton and W. T. Rowe of Bud, and two sisters Mrs. Mary Thornton of Rock and Mrs. Liza Brewer of Lashmeet.
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Mullens
BNS
Emma Rowe
Bud
Huntington
Guy
Polly Whitt Rowe
A. W
Princeton
W. T
Mary Thornton
Rock
Liza Brewer
Lashmeet
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Martha
Opal Goode
Electa
Margaret Tackett
Warder
Dortha Paynter
Sentinel
Evelyn Witt
Montgomery
Helen MecNemar
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Florence Wilks
Goldin Kessler
Dicey W. Rule
Pichmon Cleaners
R. J. Chenoweth
Rest Haven Cemetery
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