Whitesville approves free parking and new light on Victory
Whitesville council authorizes free parking at all meters from December 20 through Christmas and funds a new street light on Victory Street near Jimmy Hendricks. They also set monthly parking rates, implement a new $5 spaces fee, raise monthly rentals to 3 dollars, and proceed with the Gross Sales Tax ordinance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Whitesville
INS
R. W. Piltsenberger
Horace Morgan
Robert Dew
L. E. Salamy
Ted Bsharah
Cledith Halstead
William Hornsby
Victory St
Jimmy Hendricks
Wells Named President Of Mullens Chamber
Raymond Wells, part owner and general manager of Long Wells Motor Co., was elected president at the Mullens Chamber of Commerce luncheon and will begin duties Jan 1. Roger Pritchett becomes vice president, Bill Burdiss continues as secretary treasurer, with directors to be named in January. A public hearing is set for Dec 17 at Logan on flood control for the Guy and Itte River basin.
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Mullens
RNS
Mullens Chamber of Commerce
Raymond Wells
Long Wells Motor Co
Wells
Roger Pritchett
Bill Burdiss
Pritchett
Logan
Guyandotte River
Sorority Xi Alpha Theta Holds Christmas Party in Oak Hill
Beta Sigma Phi Xi Alpha Theta met at Mrs. OAK HILL home for the annual Christmas dinner and gift exchange. John Duda presided as president. two candidates were named for initiation, and baskets for shut ins and a Christmas box for Andrew 5S Rowan were planned. Officers were nominated for upcoming February events and a social with husbands followed by a card party was announced.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oak Hill
Xi Alpha Theta
Beta Sigma Phi Sorority
Dixon Jr
Sisters Temple 132
John Duda
James Alexander
Mary Sowers
Rowan
Sweet Springs
William Moore
Duda
Hobart Watson
Ernest Fazio
James Hess
Louis Hussar
Land Mes
R. R. Thomas Jr
Woman Injured In Beckley Car Truck Crash Hospitalized
Mrs. Hazel Mowell was injured Tuesday returning from Beckley shopping. Taken to Beckley Hospital by husband Clyde, she was treated and released, then admitted Wednesday with chest and back injuries and cuts. Her condition today is good. An infant son was born dead to Mr and Mrs Harry G Browning of Oceana Thursday at Mullens hospital.
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PAX
RNS
Hazel Mowell
Beckley Hospital
Clyde
Collis
Beckley
Mowell
Mullens
Harry G. Browning
Oceana
Mullens Hospital
Wyoming Births Report From Geneal Hospital
Multiple births recorded at Wyoming Geneal Hospital with names and birth weights including Dec dates. Families listed: Sizemore McGraws. Crotty Mulllens. Lafferty Mullens. Blankenship Herndon. Green Hern. Bishop New Richmond. Brown Oceana. Burrell Herndon. Shrewsbury Corinne.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mul-lens
Dorothy Irene
Conley Blankenship
Herndon
Thomas Thurmond
Jackie L. Green
Patricia Ann
Frank Bishop
New Richmond
Nancy Susan
Joseph E. Brown
Oceana
Stacy Edward
Paul €. Burrell
Thomas Bradley
Thomas W. Shrewsbury
Corinne
Mahan Resigns From Fayetteville Town Council
Frank K. Mahan resigns from the Fayetteville Town Council as he moves outside the corporate limits. George L. Vickers is sworn in to replace A. K. LaFon and joins Car B. Vickers in law practice. Vickers, WVU graduate, previously with the Upper Kanawha Valley Development Association, lives in Sunset Addition with his wife Geraldine Hastings and three children. The council approves a Christmas bonus for town employees and notes LaFayette Square area designation by the Fayelte County Court.
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Fayetteville
RNS
Frank K. Mahan
George L. Vickers
A. K. LaFon
Vickers
Car B. Vickers
West Virginia University
Upper
Christmas Meeting of Circle 3 at Fayetteville Methodist
The Christmas gathering of Circle 3 at Fayetteville First Methodist was hosted by Mrs. Dan H. Perdue with Mrs. Gene Bowling and Miss Tommie Dove in charge. After music pieces Ivory Palaces and a reading Out of Ivory Palaces were shared, and the Christmas Story from the Bible was read by Mrs. Bowling. Members present included Mrs. Ernest Amick Mrs. Claude Bess Mrs. Delaney Caldwell Mrs. QO. R. Davis Mrs. C. H. Maxwell Mrs. F. J. Morris Mrs. Leslie Decker Mrs. A. J. Duncan Mrs. Nell Gladwell Mrs. J. H. Jeffries Mrs. Frank Love and Mrs. A. B. Wilson.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fayetteville
RNS
Dan H. Perdue
Circle 3
Methodist Church
Gene. Bowling
Tommie Dove
Ivory Palaces
Bess
Delaney Caldwell
QO. R. Davis
C.H. Maxwell
F.,j. Morris
Leslie Decker
Nell Gladwell
J. H. Jeffries
Frank Love
A. B. Wilson
Rock injures miner at Tralee Mine in McDowell County
William R. Alley 31 of Kyle was treated at Wyoming General Hospital at 7 30 am after a rock fell on his right thumb at the Tralee Mine where he works as a pin machine operator.
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Mullens
Wiliam R. Alley
Kyle
McDowell County
Wyoming General Hospital
Tralee
Mount Hope High to Stage Christmas Program
Mount Hope High School bands and the Glee Club present a three part Christmas program at the high school auditorium at 7 30 p m on December 18. Allen Steele directs the band portion featuring a festival of songs from several countries. Mrs Eunice Flemming directs the Glee Club for The Song of Christmas with narrator Rev J Elbert Perkins. Soloists Mary Ellen Stover and Harold Lovelace with accompanist Mary Puskas. The band closes with Christmas songs and the Halleluiah Chorus from Handel’s Messiah performed by both groups.
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Mount Hope
RNS
Mount Hope High School
Allen Steele
Eunice Flemming
Glee Club
Selec
Whitesville Groups Collaborate on Christmas Food Baskets
The Women of the Moose and Whitesville American Legion Posts join to aid at least 59 Coal River area families. They plan a Dec 23 cartoon movie at the local theater, with admission a can of food per child, and collect donations via Moose Lodge containers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Whitesville
RNS
Women of the Moose
American Legion
Coal River
Moose Lodge
Lakin’ Henstey
Nickie Arvon
Ogether
The
Moose
Carl Pioch
Earl Howell
Freda Miller
Mary Peters
Lucy Thomas
Mary Howell
Lilian Walker
Dolla Ransom
Doris Dominion
WOTM
Lilly Haven News highlights Christmas events in Columbus trip
Lilly Haven residents Billy Harvey and family returned home after visiting Columbus Ohio where the kids watched the lighting of a 73 foot Capitol tree and the Laz tus Christmas parade. Harvey and relatives in Cleveland and Livingston are noted with illness and local visits.
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Lilly Haven
RNS
Billy’ Harvey
Billy
Tina
Columbus
Stone Begley
Capitol Building
Jce
Harvey
Cleveland
W. C." Harvey
K.“C. Counts
Livingston
Mont
Clem Crum
Hatcher
Hansel Cook
W. C. Harvey
Robert Marsh
Stevens Clinic
Welch
Charles Logan
Eligah T Roberts
Avondale
Mullens Legion Makes Donations and Elections
Mullens American Legion Post donated 30 to the City Police uniform fund and voted to aid the Tuberculosis Seal Sale. Commander Bill Burdiss appointed Fred Shutte as treasurer and adjutant after resignations by Paul Bower and Jack Feller. The group planned a December 21 Christmas party for Mullens and nearby children.
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Mullens
RNS
Mullens “American Legion
Bill Burdiss
Fred Shutte
Paul Bower
Jack Feller
H Meade Dies Rites Incomplete In West Virginia
Henry Meade 68 of Rhodell died at 9 30 p m Thursday in a Mullens hospital after weeks of illness from respiratory ailment and pneumonia. He worked previously at the Stephenson mine Buckeye Coal and Coke Co born October 2 1889 in Wayne County. Surviving wife Amecia a son Neal five daughters Mrs Woodrow Blankenship Rhodell Mrs Joe Zeboskey Black Eagle brothers and sisters nine grandchildren. Body at Robertson and Foglesong Funeral Home pending arrangements.
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Mullens (Riis
Henry Meade
Rhodell
Mullens Hospital
Stephenson
Buckeye Coal and Coke Co
Wayne County
Amecia
Neal
Woodrow Blankenship
Joe Zeboskey
Black Eagle
Shower Honors Mrs. Carroll Halsey at Pierpoint Home
A Friday night household shower honored Mrs. Carroll Halsey of Pierpoint. Hostesses Mrs. Dennis Goble and Mrs. Paul Dempsey led games with prizes won by several guests. Attendees included numerous local women, with the honoree and her mother Mrs. Gordon Pailsel among them. Mrs. Halsey is formerly Miss Freda Paitsel.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oceana
Carroll Halsey
Pierpoint
Dennis Goble
Paul Dempsey
George Darnell
O. J. Halsey
James
Carter
Henoree
Homer
Jeffrey
Earl Slusher
Eugene Arrington
James, Carter
Howard Elkins
Earl Coook
S. A. McClean
Clarence Givens
Don Grose
George Conley
Wade Houck
Richard Atwell
James Pennington
Ora Meadows
J. Halsey
W. A. White
Charlie O’brien
M. L. Plaster
Gordon Pailsel
Halsey
Freda Paitsel
Lomax Services for John Lomax in Glen Rogers
Funeral services for John Lomax will be held Sunday at 2 p.m. in First Baptist Church Glen Rogers with burial at Greenwood Memorial Park. Lomax died in a mine accident at the Glen Rogers mine Monday night. Survivors include his wife Mary two sons two daughters his mother and three brothers and two sisters all of Cincinnati Ohio. Body to be moved from Wrights Funeral Home Beckley to the church one hour prior to services.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Lomax
First Baptist Church
Glen Rogers
F. W. Williams
Green- Wood Memorial Park
Lomas
Raleigh-Wyoming
Mary
Richard Eugene
James Edward
Clarice Mae
Cynthia Ann
Sharon
Cora Lomax
Ernest
Robert Lee
Carl
Dorothy Mae Davis
Vera Lomax
Cincinnatii
Wright
Beckley
Priory
Mine Purchase Denied in Fayettville Town Meeting
Town Superintendent J H Allen told council the reported sale of the Minden and Kaymoor mines by New River and Poccahanalas Consolidated Coal Co will not affect Fayettville water source. Branch Fuel Co president E Sparks said they do not plan to buy mines. ANNOUNCE MARRIAGE OAK HILL Miss Betty Jo Osborne and Webster Eugene Dobson Jr were married at the Rev Ernest Barley home at Bradley. Dobson is son of Mr and Mrs W E Dobson of Canvas. The bridegroom entered the Army Tuesday. The bride will live with her father.
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Fayetteville
RNS
J. H. Allen
Minden
Kaymoor
New River
Poccahanalas Consolidated Coal Co
Branch Fuel Company of
Lawton
E. Sparks
Branch Fuel Co
Oak Hill
Betty
Jo Osborne
E Osborne
Webster Eugene Dobson Jr
Canvas
Ernest Barley
Bradley
Dobson
W. E. Dobson
Rath
Ray Bailey
Fayetteville Sixth Annual Outdoor Christmas Lights Contest Opens
Registration for the sixth annual Fayetteville outdoor Christmas lighting contest, sponsored by the Vandalia Garden Club, opens today. Open to Fayetteville and surrounding areas with no entry fee, entries must be mailed or called in by noon December 23, with lights on from 6 30 p m to 10 30 p m through December 30.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fayetteville
RNL
Vandalia Garden
Harold A. Jones
Ermel A. Hess
Jones
Mother Of Mullens Men Dies Today In Princeton
An Ada Christian mother of Paul and Lou Christian of Mullens died at Princeton Memorial Hospital from a heart condition. She was 81, widow of Robert Lee Christian. She lived with daughter Mrs. H B Robinette in Princeton and is survived by three sons C C and Leroy of Princeton and Jesse of Ripley, two daughters Mrs. Carl Keaton of Princeton and Mrs. George Clemson of Glen Morgan, a brother Minnie White of Beartown, two sisters Mrs. Alva Templeton of Arlington Virginia and Mrs. Lutie Ford of Washington DC. The body lies in a Princeton funeral home with arrangements incomplete.
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Mullens
Ansela Christian
Paul
Lou Christian
Princeton’ “Memorial Hospital
Christian
Robert Lee Christian
Princeton
H. B. Robinette
C. C
Leroy
Jesse
Ripley
Carl Keaton
George Clemson
Glen
Mrs Effie Caldwell Dies in Oak Hill Hospital
Funeral services for Mrs. Effie Caldwell are planned today after she died at 12:15 a.m. in an Oak Hill hospital from a heart attack. Born June 17, 1881 in Simmons, she was preceded in death by husband Charles. Survivors include brothers Vanden Wilson Lookout and Gordon Wilson Rand, sisters Ruth Ellison Cedar Grove and Otha Pennington North Carolina, daughters Naomi Smoots Washington DC and Patty Tweet Oak Hill, and four grandchildren. Body at Tyree Funeral Home Oak Hill.
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Gak Hill
RNS
Effie Caldwell
Simmons
Charles
Oak Hill
Vanden Wilson
Lookout
Gordon Wilson
Rand
Ruth Ellison
Cedar Grove
Otha Pennington
North Carolina
Naomi Smoots
Washington, D. C
Patty Tweet
Tyree Funeral Home
Birthday Party Set for Whitesville Moose Honorees
Two members of the Whitesville Women of the Moose will be honored at a birthday party Saturday at 8 p.m. at the local Moose Home. Mrs. Mary Peters of Birchton and Mrs. Doris Dominion of Whitesville are the honorees. A dance with George Molle and his orchestra follows at 9 50 p.m. Women of the Moose sponsor the dance.
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Whitesvile
BNS
Whitesville
Women of the Moose
Mary Peters
Birchton
Doris Dominion
George Molle
Three Men Jailed in Fayette County Over Weekend
Albert T. Brown of Crab Orchard received two days in jail and a 38.50 fine for drunk driving after arrest Saturday night by Oak Hill state police. Garland Lewis of Meadow Bridge faces a probation violation hearing before Judge Charles L. Garvin Jr. Woodrow Brown of Lookout was sentenced to six months for a peace warrant arrest by Magistrate W. R. Blizzard.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fayetteville
RNS
Fayette County
Albert T. Brown
Crab Orchard
Virgil Lyons
Oak Hill
Garland Lewis
Meadow Bridge
J. W. Fox
Charles L. Garvin Jr
Woodrow Brown
Lookout
Baptist Ladies Auxiliary Meets for Bible Quiz at Lillydale
The Lilly Haven Baptist Church Ladies Auxiliary met at Mrs. Bill Womack’s home Tuesday night. Mrs. Robert Frazier led devotion on how John saw Jesus. Bible quiz payouts went to Mrs. Norma Frazier Mrs. K C Griffith and Mrs. Bill Womack. Next gathering at Mrs. Ruth Trent’s home Lillydate.
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Lillydale
RNS
Lilly Haven Baptist Church
Bill Womack
Robert Frazier
John
Jesus
Norma Frazier
K. C. Griffith
Ruth Trent
Betty Frazier
Hugh Barber
Sheila Trent
Maxine Barber
Shirley Craig
Janice Barber
Fayette News Briefs Update from regional visitors
Mr and Mrs G C Johnson returned from Norton Virginia where they attended the funeral Wednesday of her nephew Billy Gibson who was killed in an accident Monday. Jim Frank Powers Beckley was a Sunday visitor in the home of Mr and Mrs John Peyton. Mrs Fonda Paschal was a Tuesday guest in the Oak Hill home of her brother in law and sister Mr and Mrs Owen Fitzpatrick. She also visited Mr and Mrs Tilden Lively. Bobby Phillips home for the weekend stationed at Flintstone Georgia and his sister Miss Jo Anne Phillips employed at Charleston. They are the son and daughter of Mr and Mrs W L Phillips Jr.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pax
G. c. Johnson
Norton
Billy Gibson
Jim Frank Powers
Beckley
John Peyton
Fonda Paschal
Oak Hill
Owen Fitzpatrick
Tilden Lively
Bobby Phillips
Flint Stone
Jo Anne Phillips
Charleston
W. L. Phillips Jr
Revival Slated at Free Church of God with Rev Hayes Bragg
The Free Church of God will hold a revival led by evangelist Rev Hayes Bragg of Warren Cliff starting Sunday at 7 p m. The church pastor is Rev K C Griffith.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
E Lillydale
Free Church of God
Hayes Bragg
Warren Cliff
K. C. Griffith
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Bery
John W. Eye
W. Neville
G. M. Powers
Main Street
Wyoming
Mahan
Richmond
Ichmond Cleaners
Mt. Hope
Boone
Lilly Haven News
Mullens Legion
Legion and
H. Meade
Lomax
Norte Fayette Gi
Santa Kitty Steele
Candice Whitt
Claus
Santa
Susan Elliott
Vandalia Garden “Club
Kengee
City Mail
Harald
A. Jones
Ermet A. Hess
E. Caldwell
Adal Elswick
Earl] Morrison
Mann
Melody Shop
Baptist Ladies Auxiliary
Fayette
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