Marriage license and divorce requests in county records
Fayet town records show Kenneth Clemons, 21, of Green Sulphur and June Wilburn, 19, of Layland applying for a marriage license. Also listed are Andrew Haircrow, 20, and Mary Rowland, 20, of Smithers seeking a license, plus Cornelius Kincaid, 22, of Dempsey and Maxine Skaggs, 18, of Fayetteville, and Randy Wood, 26, of Winone with Muriel Tlastic, 22, of Buffalo, pursuing divorce to wed.
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Fayetteville
Kenneth Elsworth Clemons
June Wilburn
Layland
Andrew Lee Haircrow
Mary Rowland
Smithers
Corneluus Kincaid
Dempsey
Maxine Skaggs
Randy H. Wood
Winone
Muriel D. T
Plentiful Candidates Surface in Fayette County Politics
In Fayette County Fay etteville chatter grows as May primary filings near. Republicans push multiple hopefuls for sheriff assessor and state senate while prospects for governor split the party. Democratic moves center on county clerk sheriff and circuit court seats with whispers of circuit judge candidates. Rumor and political talk dominate until formal announcements begin after year’s start.
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Register
Fayetteville
Fayette County
Kenneth HH
Martin
Montgomery
Dc. H. Martine
New River State College
W. Hey Haynes
Frank Love
Wm. G. Thompson
Raymond J. Funkhouser
West Virginia
H. R. Beckelheimer
Dr. Reed
J. Alex Tinsley
S. Tully
H. E. Dillon
Robt. Johnson Dies In Ansted
Robert Frank Johnson of Ansted, 61, died at home December 17 from a heart ailment after a four year illness. He was born November 14, 1882 in Heath Springs, South Carolina. Survived by wife Lulu, brother E. B. Johnson of Rock Hill, seven children in Ansted and Bridgeton, and one in the U S Army. Funeral at Ansted Baptist Church Monday at 2 pm conducted by Rev. E K Turner. Burial in West Lake Cemetery.
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Register
Ansted
Robert Frank Johnson
Burgers Seek Supreme Court Review in Hooper Case
J P Burgers and Eva Burgess petitioned the Supreme Court for a ruling in their $5,000 wrongful burial claim against B C Hooper. The circuit court previously ruled for Hooper at the September term, following the jury verdict directed by the court. Edward St Clair Burgess, son of the Burgesses, died in a January 1941 Page Mountain auto accident that involved several youths.
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Register
Fayetteville
L. 5. Tully
J. P. Burgers
Eva Burgess
Supreme Court
B. C. Hooper
Circuit Court
Hooper
Edward St. Clair Burgess
Burgess
Page Mountain
New Year Dance Planned by Mount Hope Groups
Mount Hope Federated league will back a New Year’s dance at Mountainair hotel with Lions club and Junior Women’s club. Members discuss buying a five dollar Tuberculosis association bond and host bridge and bingo after the meeting at Mrs. Frank Graff’s home assisted by Mrs. Maxine Maroney.
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Register
Mount Hope
Mount Hope Federated League
Lions Club
Mountainair Hotel
Frank Graff
Maxine Maroney
Everett Burgess
E. Scott Carter
William Darnall
C. H. Duncan
J. Evans
Fred Frisk
Paul Garret
R. L. Houchins
C. E. Jones
W. D. Lawton
Maxey
Willard Moore
R. Patterson
W. B. Poling
Gordon Stuart
L. H. Roberts
Mary Taggart
Willia Thompson
Emma Hepler
Margaret Jasper
Frances Jobe
Theresa Jobe
Loretta Jones
Irma Jones
Inez Lafferty
George Williams
H. B. Maroney
Harry Clark
Washington, D.C
Peggy
Joan Graff
Methodist Xmas Program Tonight at Fayet te Methodist Church
Fay etteville Fay etteville Methodist church choir under Mrs Stan ley Eskew directions presents a Christmas music program Sunday evening December 19 at 8 o clock. The program includes preludes and anthems with soloists and choirs, featuring Beth Coleman Wanda Eskew Lora Davi Stanley Eskew and E B Eskew. Dr W H Fogelson offers invocation and benediction.
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E. B. Eskew
Dr. Fogelsong
Wanda Eskew
Marjorie Dunbar
William Wise
Wendell Eskew
Mrs. de Cranman
Scarbro Vesper Service Is Today
Scarbro Circle number 2 of the White Oak Presbyterian Scarbro will present a Joy Vesper service this evening at the church after a recent meeting. Names of county farm inmates to whom they will send Christmas gifts were drawn. Mrs Hy Be Jones conducted a Bible study on Timothy at the Fame of Mrs St Wilson. Attending were Mrs Jones Mrs T G Howe Mrs Ropert Hindson Mrs William Sanger Mrs Robert Craver Mrs Bevla Miller Mrs WH Harrah Mrs Robert Osendale Mr and Mrs J J Wilson and Sally Jane Wilson. Corporal Duke Carl Rapp Jr stationed at Camp Edwards Mississippi is visiting his parents here for a few days.
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Scarbro
White Oak Press
Thrift Hosts Quail Dinner in Fayetteville
Robert D Thrift entertained at his home last night with a quail dinner attended by Fay etteville residents and officials including Senator Arnold M Vickers from Montgomery, Sheriff J R Aliff of Charleston, Sheriff Okey I T Patteson of Mt Hope, and others from Gauley Bridge Glen Ferris and nearby areas.
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Register
Fayetteville
Robert d. Thrift
Co. B. Vickers
Karl Warden
Guy Clark
Howard Carson
Duval Shultz
F. G. Janutoalo
Arnold M. Vickers
Montgomery
Jocier
J. Or. Aliff
Charleston
Okey
Patteson
Mt. Hope
Robert Miller
Gauley Bridge
W. W. Jennings
Glen Ferris
War Dads Chapter Grows to Forty Members in Oak Hill
Oak Hill reports the War Dads of America chapter now has 40 members including 15 new entrants this week. A charter lists 24 charter members and 15 newcomers, with planned meeting at Oak Hill City Hall Sunday at 2:30 p m.
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War Dads
Oak Hill
Register
War Dads of America
C. A. Mankin
A. A. Batugartner
George Bryan
L. M. Miller
Sidney Smith
P. S. Wallace
J. W. Coleman
FE. W. Crawford
Oak Hill City Hall
Thomas Loving Promoted to Sergeant at Pocatello Base
Thomas H. Loving Jr of Red Star has been promoted from corporal to sergeant by the Pocatello army air base Idaho. He entered service in May 1942 at Fort Thomas Kentucky and has served at Keester Field Mississippi Salt Lake City Pendleton Field Oregon and Pleasant Grove Utah. He is now chief clerk in the base headquarters file section. Son of Mr and Mrs T J Loving of Red Star he is a Mount Hope High School graduate and formerly worked for Star Coal and Coke Company.
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RED Star
Thomas H. Loving, Jr
Pocatello Army Air Base
Pocatello
Idaho
Sat. Loving
Fort Thomas
Kentucky
Keester Field
Mississippi
Salt Lake City
Pendleton Field
Oregon
Pleasant Grove
Utah
Pocatello Base
T. J. Loving
Mount Hope High School
The
Star Coal and Coke Company
Freshmen From Marshall College Spend Christmas With Families
Miss Emma Dun and Miss Rose Marie Martin, freshmen at Marshall College in Huntington, arrived here to spend the Christmas holidays with their families. Sergeant Radford, stationed at Fort Worden in Missouri, is on a Christmas furlough with his family and friends. he serves in an engineering unit.
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Norisset
Watts Oak Hill
Emma Duncan
Rose Marie Martin
Marshall College
Huntington
Sgt
Radford Visips
Fayetteville
Radford
Fort Woorf
Missouri
Loup Creek Mine Lease Signals Local Real Estate Tide
Fayetteville records show Loup Creek Colliery leased Beards Fork operation to Eastern Gas and Fuel Associates for 20 years. Nearby transactions include multiple land transfers in Quinnimont Sewell Mountain Gauley Bridge Oak Hill and Lookout towns, plus a cemetery lot sale and a Go Fayetteville board education property transfer. Also report of Whipple visit by Harry Dooley from Portsmouth Navy Yard to his mother and sister.
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Register
Fayetteville
Loup Creek
Beards Fork
Eastern Gas and Fuel Associates
Clarence
Betty Lively
Osie Gean Muir
Quinnimont
John
Annie L. Arrington
Walter J
Ikatherine M. Broyles
Sewell Mountain
J. OH. Lily Land Company
H. C
Flora F. Mason
Belvoir
Oak Hill
Margaret Jeffries
Joseph L. Kincaid
Frederick F. Kincaid
Gauley Bridge
Frederick F
Ada Kincaid
Maude Messer
Highlawn Memorial Park Company
Emma Lou, Parrish
Mt. Hope Motors, Inc
C. W
Flder Jean Shephers
Deegans
Mt. Hope
Josephine Tolliver
Pearl
Edward
Elaine
Doris
Namer
Charlotte Toles
Greentown
R. L. Prather
A. A. Argibright
N. W. Shorter
Red Star Lodge
C. M. Jarrell
W. Richards
J. W. Dixon
Oak Hill Lodge
D. P. Lively
Opal M
Captain Richards
Tracy W
Lillian R. Smith
Whipple
Harry Dooley
Portsmouth Navy Yard
Portsmouth
Virginia
Fayetteville Pageant Tonight at Presbyterian Church
The Fay etteville Presbyterian church presents a pageant this Sunday at 5 p.m. under the women's auxiliary. Program includes preludes, songs by Miss Dorothy Jones and the choir, multiple prologues and scenes from the Nativity, a prayer by Dr. W. H. Foglesong, a Joy Gift offering, and benediction. Miss Gladys Feary directs with assistance from Mrs. W. H. Haynes and others. soloists include Dorothy Jones Ann Absolom and Mary Durantl Courtney Phillips Belly Madison.
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Ranister
Fayetteville
Mary and
Joseph
Egypt
Christ
Bethlehem
W. H. Fogg Irsone
Fog
Local Notes From Pineville And Surroundings
Sergeant Robert Ellis recently visited his parents near Herndon and relatives in Raleigh and Wyoming counties before returning to Ellington Field Texas. Oak Hill births announce a daughter born in Oak Hill hospital to Secondo Dalporto and wife, the father serving in the U S Army. Reverend Charles Rice and Mrs Woodson Thomas accompanied to Charleston for navy boot training at Great Lakes. W G Fleys family moves to Pikeville Kentucky due to coal company transfer. Joshua Gibbs Lipford, 76, miner for Cannelton Coal and Coke, dies returning home from shift. Colorado hunters contribute deer hides and elk fat for war effort. Dial 3321 Ad Taker daily until 11 p.m.
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Register
Pineville
Robert
Joe Bill
Ellis
R. G. Ellis
Herndon
Raleigh
Wyoming Counties
Ellington Field Texas
Oak Hill
Secondo Dalporto
Oak Hill Hospital
U. S. Army
Oak Hilt
Charles Rice
Faye Rice
Woodson
Thomas
Woodson Thomas
Charleston
Navy
Great Lakes
Mrs Brash Returns Oak Hill Holiday Plans
Mrs John Brash, called home by her father H A Calhoun’s death, will meet husband Cpl John Brash U S Army in Washington D C, then proceed to Indian River Pennsylvania where he is stationed to spend the holidays. Private first class James Campbell arrived in Oak Hill to visit wife Frances Treadway and his mother. he is stationed in Louisiana and will return there after Christmas.
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Brash
Register
John Brash
H. A. Calhoun
Washington, D. C
Cpl
U.S. Army
Indian River
Pennsylvania
Oak Hill
Hy Register
James Campbell
Oak Hi
Merit
Frances ‘Treadway
Louisiana
McLain Sidelined by Illness at Oak Hill Home
Oak Hill resident J. G. McLain has been confined to his home for a week due to illness. Local register staff reporter notes the condition without further medical details.
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McLain
ILL Ity Register
Oak Hill
J. G. McLain
Garden Club Has Xmas Program
Garden Study club members were entertained at Mrs. C. Hamilton’s home. Mrs. Mary K. Pulliam narrated “We Have Seen His Star,” a Christmas story about carol history. Wanda Eskew sang carols with Beth Coleman at piano, also performing Oh Holy Night. Gifts were exchanged among attendees.
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Register
Fayetteville
Fayettevile Garden
C. Hamilton
Mary K. Pulliam
Wanda Eskew
Beth Coleman
Eskew
J. H. Allen
EB. G. Blume
I. S.tully
Kate Hood
Nell M. Houchins
Dag’ Perdue
FP. G. Janutolo
W. Brock
Ethel Brown
T. A. Myles
J. W. Fury
J. G. Page
J. C. Hamilton
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Fayette County News
Robt
Johnson
Mr. Hope
Federated League
Methodist
Scarbro Vesper
Duke Carl Rapp. Jr
Camp Edwards
Thrift
Thomas Loving
College Tee
Marguerite
Beckley's Finest Charge Account Store
South Kanawha St
Koppers
Fayette
Robel
Purple
Raleigh County Bank Bldg
Presbyterian
Gladys Bary
Bas
Hy Rowister
Sayetteville
W.G. Fley
Pikesville
Flea
New River & Pocahontas Consolidated Coal Company
Carbondale
Joshua Gibbs
Lipford
Cannelton Coal & Coke Company
Colorado
For All
STAR
St. Kanawha St
Garden Club
E. M. Payne
Beckley
Hart, Schaffner and
Marx
Silver Brand
Hyde Park
Hart, Schaffner & Marx Clothes
Neville
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