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Fayette County circuit court docket for January lists trials starting January 10 with Andrew Wright murder and multiple cases of grand larceny felonious assault breaking and entering and related charges. January 11 docket includes Mary Jane Groom murder Henry Stamper grand larceny manslaughter rape and other felonious assaults and weapon offenses. The full list names many defendants across varied indictments in a densely packed session.
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Register
Fayetteville
Fayette County
Carl B Vickers
Andrew Wright
Sam Peoples
D. C. Bennett
Dorothy Thomas
Albert Brown
Lotis L. Smith
John Wilkerson
Waymon Skeggs
Clinton
Frank Fain
Ra Thomas Howell
Frank Kinsler
James E. Biggs
James H. Pringle
Joe Walker
Virgil Rutherford
Curtis H. Rutherford
Chester E Gilliam
Obie L. Workman
Mary Jane Groom
Calvin C.neal
Walker Willis
Perry Richardson
George Q. Ewing
Herbert Donald Brooks
John H. Smith
Thomas Edward Tucker
Henry Lescher
Henry Stamper
James Robert
Glenn Orren
Spencer Lyle
Elmer Buchanan
Morris
George Robinson
Robert Curtis Brown
Charles E. Billings
Jack Rogers
John F. Dangerfield
Harold R. Guillams
James Johnson
Brenton Davis, Jr
Fitzhugh Bailey
Charles Adkins
Kermit Gardner
William Gardner
Former Forest Manager Dies in West Virginia
Warnion G. Young 76 former Wilderness Lumber Co forest manager at Nallen died Sunday at his Elk River home near Clendenin. Rites conducted at Barlow Funeral Home Charleston. Survivors include wife Annie, son H. Donald, two brothers, two grandchildren.
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Register
Nallen
Warnion G. Young
Wilderness Lumber Company
Elk River
Clendenin
Barlow
Charleston
Young
Leatherwood
John Young
California
Clinton
Boston
Massachusetts
Harmon
West Virginia
Peter Carrol
Wilderness Lumber Co
R. J. Carroll
Annie Young
H. Donald Young
P.M. Young
Ashley, Ohio
Robert B. Young
Mercer County Officers Sworn to Duties
Newly elected Mercer County officials and deputies were sworn in at the county court meeting. Oaths were taken by judge F. Morton Wagner, assessor R. C. McClaugherty and deputies, prosecutor W. Robert Carr, assistant prosecutor Robert Richardson, sheriff Clarence C. Elmore and chief deputy Thomas C. Bivens, and several Bluefield Princeton and Beaver Pond deputies and jailers. District officials across Beaver Pond East River Plymouth Rock and other districts also were sworn in as justices, constables, and stabiling officers.
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Princeton
Mercer County
F. Morton
Wagner
Criminal Court
R. C. McClaugherty
W. Robert Carr
Robert Richardson
Bett
Clarence C. Elmore
Thomas C. Bivens
Bluefield
Norman Pendelton
Irene Beatty
Janet Caffee
Ruth Stanley
Beaver Pond
Louis Cook
East River
Clarence Swim
Rock
Roy Sigman
Earl Rose
T. C. Hill
Emmett Meador
Calvin Dotson
Charles Surface
Mason Sexton
J. A. D. Bailey
W. T. Jackson
J. Earl Bailey
Lewis Perdue
Charles McGuire
Plymouth
Jesse White
Bob Martin
E. J. Caldwell
John Peck
Rock District
Otto Walker
Frank Gibson
J. F P. McKinney
Jimmy Mills
Infant Blankenship Dies at Birth Rites Held
Funeral services were held at 2 p.m. for Larry Douglas Blankenship infant son of Mr and Mrs Cart Blankenship of Princeton. He died shortly after birth at Princeton Memorial Hospital. Burial was in Sarver Cemetery at Spanishburg. Survivors include two brothers Marvin Stanley and James Raleigh and grandparents I H Blankenship of Shawnee Lake and M M Delp of Montgomery.
Lugar Buys 100 Acres in Wyoming
A. G. Lugar purchases 100 acres of land on Tilley Fork of Rock Castle Creek in Center District from Dorothy Pearl Webb and husband. The deed is on file with the county clerk. Additional filings include transfers in Rock Castle Mullens Oceana Slab Fork and Huff Creek districts.
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Register
Pineville
A. G. Lugar
Tilley Fork
Rock Castle Creek
Center District
Dorothy
Pearl Webb
Joe Lonker
Nolan K. Ison
K. G. Khorazian
Rock Castle
S. T. Cook
Rufus L. Cook
Bash Cook
Ella Shumate
H. D. Bowker
Oceana
Millard McComas
Minnie Blake
Cyclone
Roy C. Sisk
Wayne A. Sisk
Margaret Naylon
Frantz and
Deegins
Mullens
W. B. Cook
Sarah E. Seeley
A. J. Mullins
Slab Fork
C. N. Kirby
Finley Myers
Huff Creek
McComas Man Held For Youths Murder
Lewis Lee, 53, of McComas, is held on murder charges after confessing to shooting A. J. Repass, 20, at 4 a.m. Sunday in Lee’s two room home. Repass died at the scene. Lee surrendered after calling a deputy sheriff saying I shot a boy. The Mercer County Grand Jury will consider the case.
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Megister
Princeton
Mercer County
Lewis Lee
McComas
Lee
Frank Gibson
Matoaka
A. J. Repass
P. L. Dye
Repass
Dyz
H. D. Bazzie
Mercer Funeral
Montcam
Funeral services for H. Arthur Bryce in Duo
H. Arthur Bryce 54 of Duo died in Beckley hospital. Funeral at 1:30 p.m. from Rose Funeral Home Beckley with Rev. James W. Witherspoon. burial Sunset Memorial Park. Former Raine Lumber and Coal Company superintendent at Duo, previously with Lilly Brook Coal for 12 years. Survived by widow Lillian Elizabeth Maid Bryce, two daughters, three sisters, six brothers. Production figures show Mullens area mines boosted output by 26 350 tons in six days, Virginian Railway reported weekly totals 315 750 tons versus 259 400 prior week.
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Register
Duo
H. Arthur Bryce
Beckley
Chapel of the Rose Funeral Home
James W. Witherspoon
Sunset Memorial Park
Raine Lumber and Coal Company
Bryce
Lillybrook Coal Company
England
Theswidow
Lillian Elizabeth Maid Bryce
Margaret Joy
Peggy) Bryce
Pemberton
Joan Bryce McGinnis
Washington, D. C
Sara Bloomfield
Hannah Hudspeth
Toledo
Ohio
Nora Maid
By Register
Mullens
Alex Bryce
Morgantown
James Bryce
David Bryce
William Fee Bryce
Rochester
N. Y
John Bryce
Ares
Stanley Bryce
Mines
Virginian Railway
The
Virginian
Goddard Held for Forgery of a Check
Percy Goddard Jr is held to answer to a grand jury by Magistrate W A Harrah on forgery charges for a $125 check. He allegedly forged J P Kidwell’s name and delivered it to the Service Garage of Meadow Bridge. Noel Waitman Bush was found guilty of non support and appealed to the Circuit Court. Annie Price is held awaiting grand jury action on a $70 theft from Mary Kenney after a preliminary hearing before Magistrate W S Kessler.
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Hegisser Stor
Payetteville
Percy Godd~ Yard, Jr
W. A. Harrah
Goddard
J. P. Kidwell
Meadow Bridge
Noel Waitman Bush
C. A. Harler
Circuit Court
Annie Price
Grand Jury
Mary Kenney
W. S. Kessler
Ansted
Court Dockets Show Several Couple Name Disputes
Dorothy Jones versus Ronald Jones and John Thohar versus Helen Tho sar appear in civil action notices. A third case lists Freda Blevins versus William Blevins.
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Dorothy Jones
Ronald Jones
John Thohar
Helen Thosar
Freda Blevins
William [Blevins
Missionary Twila Ludwig to Speak at Mullens Church
Mrs Twila Ludwig missionary from Kima Station Africa will speak at the Church of God South Mullens at 7 30 p m Thursday She will also show a film about work done in Africa Ludwig native of Illinois has lived in the United States since 1940 studying home economics at Western Teachers College Macomb Ill She plans to return to Africa in January Mrs R E Dishner society secretary treasurer was informed of the visit by a call from Pearisburg Va.
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Hy Register
Oak Hill
Hotel Hill
Pythian
Odd Fellows Hall
Episcopal Church
R. E. Kelly
Harry Katsuris
At & P.m
Boosters Club
C. P. Yost
West Virginia University
Morgantown
Veterans of Foreign Wars Auxiliary
Pinecrest Sanitarium
Lions Club
Birth of Christ
Ira B. Wilson
Oak Hill Baptist Church
Paul G. Mackey
John Estes
Illinois
Parke Home Destroyed In Saturday Blaze
Damages of 6000 dollars followed a Saturday afternoon fire that destroyed the home of Earl J. Parker about one half mile north of Princeton. Princeton fire department investigated the incident.
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Parke
Register
Princeton
Earl J.parker
Princeton Fire Department
Fire destroys home while family away
Neighbors say Parker was at work with Gary while his wife and four children shopped in Princeton when the house burned to the ground. Firefighters fought the blaze but the structure was lost, with only the family’s clothing saved.
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Parker
Gary
Princeton
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James W. Twohig
Fred W. Meyer
Patrick C. Twohig
John B. Beard, Jr
Bing
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WJLS
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Beckley Music & Electric Co
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