Fayette Memorial Building Set to Open December Twentieth
Fayette County plans to open the Fayette Memorial Building on December 20. The $375,000, 2000-seat facility includes a stage, basketball court, and offices. completion hinges on landscaping and driveways. The project, authorized in 1945, will serve service members and county residents, with a packed use schedule including school games and planned boxing and wrestling events.
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Beckley College
Concord College
American Legion
Hill Construction Company
Oak Hill
Heating and Cooling, Inc
Charleston
Prather Brothers of
South Charleston Electric Company
Chas
E. Mahan
Fayetteville
W. W. Jennings
Falls
J. Cralle Henderson
Kanawha
E. W. Vawter
Mountain Cove
Nell W. Walker
Nuttall
W. A. Johnson
Quinnimont
Fayette Man Held Fined in Oak Hill For Fire Crackers
OAK HILL The charge of shooting fire crackers in the City Bus Terminal resulted in a $16.50 fine for Homer Neubert of Fayetteville road in the Oak Hill Police Court. He was arrested Thursday by City Police. Also arrested were two men charged with driving while intoxicated. James Honaker of Oak Hill was fined $37.50 and Chester Twiggs of Oak Hill is free under $75 bond.
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Register
Oak Hill
Homer Neubert
Fayetteville Road
James Honaker
Chester Twiggs
Death notice for L. J. Ellison in Victor
Lawrence James Ellison 45 of Victor died in a Montgomery hospital at 7 15 Sunday Funeral services are set for 2 p m Wednesday at Hopewell Baptist Church with Rev H L Fuller officiating Burial will be in Perry Cemetery He was a coal miner born August 8 1906 in Fayette County a World War II veteran Surviving wife Celeste and a large family list of siblings and in laws The body will move from Thomas Funeral Home to the home of Mrs Charles Bostic Tuesday at 4 p m Also Yale party planned in Oak Hill Christmas party Dec 19 by Auxiliary to the Veterans of Foreign Wars at the Canteen East Oak Hill Gift wrapped box sent to Huntington V A Hospital
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Register
Victor
Hopewell Baptist Church
Lawrence James Ellison
Montgomery
H. L. Fuller
Pilgrim Holiness Church
Fayetteville
Perry
Fayette County
Hopewell
Oak Hill
Thomas Funeral Home
Charles Bostic
YALE
Veterans of Foreign Wars
East Oak Hill
Veteran’s Hospital
Huntington
Oak Hill PTA Meeting Tuesday Christmas Program Set
The Oak Hill Parent-Teacher Association will meet Tuesday with a special Christmas program by students of the elementary and high school music departments.
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PTA
Register
OAK Hill
Parent-Teacher Association
Oceana Social Roundup Notes Local Visits and Furloughs
Oceana residents report multiple visits with Indiana, Glen Rogers, Huntington and Mullens names. Mayors illness cited, Mrs Hurst substituting, and Carl Parson enters Huntington veterans hospital. Marine Pfc Calvin Blankenship Jr honored at a home dinner with many Cyclone and local guests.
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Register
Oceana
Edwin Gibson
Indiana
J. R. Gibson
Beulla Bouldin
Glen Rogers
Mervan Walker
Lessie Lambert
W. T. Lambert
Huntington
Jess Cook
Logan General Hospital
Chris Fisher
Pfc
Calvin Blankenship, Jr
Marine Corps
Cuba
Ashby Brown
Jason Brown
J. John Brown
Vester Gibson
Roy Lusk
Robert Martin
Stacy Daniels
Azel Bailey
Levi Gibson
Ashby
Lochgelly Woman Taken by Death
Funeral services for Mrs. Lottie Mae Fugate 53 of Lochgelly will be at 2 p.m. Wednesday at Lochgelly Community Church. Burial in High Lawn Memorial Park. She died Saturday night in Oak Hill Hospital after a lengthy illness. Born March 8 1897 in Ritchie Kentucky she is survived by her husband William Fugate two sons and six daughters and numerous relatives including siblings in Kentucky Indiana and New Jersey. Rites conducted by Rev. Ernest Farley Mt Hope.
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Register
Oak Hill
Lottie Mae Fugaet
Lochgelly
Ernest Farley
Mt. Hope
High Lawn Memorial Park
Ritchie, Ky
William Fugate
Jesse Ritchie
Duane
van Ritchie
Van
Fred Ritchie
Hardbully
Raymond Ritchie
Zeikel Ritchie
Indiana
Elsie Smith
Connersville
Ind
Lillian Morgan
Long Island
Daniel
Kenneth
Vernon Lee
U. S. Army
Ruth Tumbs
Ingram Branch
Margaret Cook
Summerlee
Ruby Gauntt
Bridgeton
N. J
Evelyn Ballengee
Rocket Recovered Near Wreck Scene
A Navy rocket shell lost in a Sewell Mountain truck wreck near Rainelle was found a mile west of the crash site and taken to the South Charleston Naval Ordnance plant. The 50 pound shell measured 20 14 inches long and 5 inches in diameter and contained TNT capable of damaging eight buildings of tavern size. A cleanup crew and a demolition expert recovered the shell after the wreck, with recovery delayed until Monday morning.
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By Register
Rainelle
Sewell Mountain
South Charleston
Naval Ordnance Plant
Lee's Tree Tavern
Angelo Taini
Explosive Ordnance Disposal, Fifth Naval District
Portsmouth
Concensus
Brinkley Promoted to Railway Terminal Trainmaster in Roanoke
Virginian Railway discloses new terminal trainmaster post at Roanoke yard with Stanley B. Brinkley moved from Elmore yard to fill the role. Brinkley’s promotion leaves vacant the general yardmaster job at Elmore, a position earlier filled after C. E. Stearts retired about a year ago.
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Register
Mullens
Virginian Railway
Roanoke, Va
Stanley B. Brinkley
Elmore Yard
Brinkley
Elmore
C. E. Stearts
Roundtable Planned in Mullens Scooter Discussion
The Guyandotte District hosts a scooters roundtable at 7 30 p m Wednesday in the American Legion Home Mullens G D Skidmore and John Tice lead the event for local riders and enthusiasts inviting participation.
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Register
Mullens
Guyandotte District
American Legion
G. D. Skidmore
John Tice
Family mourns as funeral services set for local residents
In Crab Orchard and Violet, and for Kathleen Fugaet, arrangements place the Tyree Funeral Home to transport family to the home on Tuesday at 4 p.m. Funeral will be held in state at the church for one hour prior to service.
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Crab Orchard
Violet
Kathleen Fugaet
Tyree
Marland for Governor Movement Gets UnderWay
Wyoming County Democrats formed a committee with Circuit Clerk John S. Lambert as temporary chairman and Mrs. Maxine Davis Cottrill as temporary secretary to launch a Marland for Governor club. A countywide meeting is set for December 15 at 7 30 p.m. in the Wyoming County Courthouse to organize Chapter One and invite W C Marland to attend.
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Register
Pineville
W. C. Marland
Governor Club
Wyoming County
John S. Lambert
Maxine Davis Cottrill
Marland
Glen Rogers
Lambert
Funeral for Cpl. Arlis H. Fisher in Oceana
Funeral services for Cpl. Arlis H. Fisher of Oceana will be at 11 a m Thursday at Sprague Church of God with Rev. Grace Grant and Rev. Hazel Jennings officiating. Burial at Sunset Memorial Park Beckley with graveside rites by American Legion Post 32. Fisher, born Oct 24 1933 in Carroll County Virginia, died July 18 1951 in Korea with the 25th Infantry Division. He enlisted May 1950, trained at Fort Knox, had 10 months overseas. Survived by parents Alfred M. and Rhoda Winesett Fisher and six siblings.
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Register
Oceana
Cpl
Arlis H. Fisher
Sprague
Sanford Fisher
Lynee
Edgar Fisher
Jesse
Carlie E. Fisher
Fort Belvoir
Kenneth Fisher
Edith York
Petersburg
Dorothy Fisher
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Buckskin Council
John Harsany
C. E. Jones
Faye
Fayettevile
Tuberculosis Association
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L. J. Ellison
Reed & Barton
Tea Service
Creamer
I Beckley
McCreery St
Oceana Personals
Rocket
Rebekah Lodge
Knights of Pythias Hall
Pe K. & P. Hall
Oceana Soldier's
Vicks
Country Club
America
Mobilgas
Nash
DIAL
Oakwood Avenue
Beckley, W. VA
Nash Motors
Nash-Kelvinator Corp
Detroit, Mich
Rayon
Penney’s
Chambray
Towncraft
Penney
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