Anna King Circle Christmas Party at Oak Hill church
Mrs. Maude Hoover hosted the Anna King Circle of Oak Hill Methodist Church on Kelly Avenue for a Christmas party and gift exchange. Guests played games and enjoyed refreshments, including Mrs. Glenn Kincaid Mrs. C. G. Eastwood Mrs. W. S. Harding Jr. and others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oak Hill
Maude Hoover
Kelly Avenue
Anna King
Oak Hill Methodist Church
Glenn Kincaid
C. G. Eastwood
W. S. Harding, Jr
E. E. Straughan
R. W. Flack
E. R. Ample
Howard Mahan
D. Vogt
I. S. Tyler
Nancy Hannabass
Frank Nichols
G. M Cook
Six People Pass Driver Tests in Whitesville
Whitesville state police reported six applicants passed the driving examination for operator licenses on Wednesday. The examiners noted eight persons were tested, with 29 learners permits validated, six passes, and three refusals.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Whitesville
Cpl
H. D. Gibbs
J. A. Roberts
John Woodrum
Keith
Paul Franklin Brown
Seth
Paul Franklin McCallister
Garrett Bend
Earl Short
Ameagle
Harlow Stover Jr
Artie
Bernard Benjamin Hapney
Sylvester
Delores Frances Loftus
Nellis
Beaulah Katherine Bennett
Blue Pennant
James Testement, Jr
Pettus
Clyde Jarrell
Dorothy
Robert Clifton Brooks
Charleston
William Paul Lewis
Harley Cook
Naoma
Glenn Neal
Clear Creek
Gary Lane Anderson
Jo Mullins
Foster
Shirley Ann Kinder
Peytona
Patsy June Easter
Ridgeview
Elizabeth Ellen Hensley
Charles Javins
Pearl
Myrine McCallister
Charles Ray Calhoun
Ernest Paul Wills
Silas
Greenbrier Post Entertains Miller in Fayetteville
Harry Miller of Fayetteville, commander of the West Virginia American Legion, was honored with a dinner by Greenbrier Post No. 26. Attending guests included seventh district commander Robert T. Beasley of Hinton and district adjutant Dr. Gale of Hinton, district vice-commander A. L. Hall of Rainelle, Lewisburg Post No. 69 commander Tommilson, and department adjutant Tommy E. Jones of Charleston.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fayetteville
Harry Miller
West Virginia American Legion
Greenbrier
Robert T. Beasley
Hinton
Gale
A. L. Hall
Rainelle
Tommilson
Lewisburg
Tommy E. Jones
Charleston
Wyoming County Appeal Refused in Pocahontas Land Suit
The Supreme Court declined to review a Wyoming County Circuit Court ruling favoring Pocahontas Land Corp. in a land dispute. The lower court held Pocahontas owned the land and voided a deed tied to an 1886 will, with judges Haymond and Riley dissenting on granting the appeal.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charleston
Supreme Court
Wyoming County
Pocahontas Land Corp
Pocahontas
Nancy K. Lambert
Barkers Ridge
Frank C. Haymond
James B. Riley
Mt Hope League Backs Two Charities At December Meeting
The Mt Hope Federated League voted to support the Beck ley Woman's Club Pinecrest Fund and the General Clay Fund for a German youth reorientation program. The Christmas program featured Rev Arnold Belcher of Mt Hope Methodist Church presenting The Christmas Story. A teen dance project chair was named and plans were made with two other clubs for a school season dance. The January 20, 1953 meeting will highlight local high school students presenting Men and Women Who Have Made America Great.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
MT. Hope
Mt. Hope Federated League
Beckley Woman's Club Pinecrest Fund
General Clay Fund
Arnold Belcher
Mt. Hope Methodist Church
Julian Viar
Loretta Jones
Marvin Davis
William Pennington
Carter
E. W. Dunkley
C. J. Evans
W. H. Darnail, Jr
D. M. Warnock
E. E. Quenon
William Winder
America
Esther Mission Bible Class Christmas Party in Whitesville
Mrs. W. R. Barbour hosted the Esther Mission Bible Class of the First Baptist Church at a Whitesville home for its annual Christmas party. Games were played and gifts exchanged, with refreshments served to a group of local women including Mrs. Irene Galloway Mrs. Henry Snodgrass and Mrs. James Caffee among others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Whitesville
W. R
Barbour
Esther ‘Mission Bible
First, Baptist Church
Irene Galloway
Henry Snodgrass
James Caffee
John Woods
Keister, Greene
Eunice Moses
Walton Kelley
Tommy Dangerfield
Steve Lang
Margaret Walker
Raymond Stanley
Christmas Party for Otsego Children by Coal Firm and Union
Brule Smokeless Coal Co and Otsego Local Union 6195 United Mine Workers organized a Christmas party for more than 900 Otsego children at Conley High School Calorie. A high school band of Brule workers children performed followed by Boy Scouts Girl Scouts Cub Scouts and Brownies from Otsego Caloric and Harmco. Gifts were distributed to children aged infancy to 15 after the program arranged by J N Kerr and Ira Higginbotham.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Otsego
Brule Smokeless Coal Co
United Mine Workers
Conley High School
Calorie
Brule Smokeless
Boy Scouts
Girl Scouts
Cub Scouts
Caloric
Harmco
J. N. Kerr
Ira Higginbotham
Family Carol Sing At Mt Hope Presbyterian Church
A family friendly carol sing in the Mt Hope Presbyterian Church recreation room featured a lighted fireplace and decorations. Charles Nelson led the carols with Mrs C J Evans at the piano while Mrs John Calvin Scott oversaw the Women of The Church Joy Gift night benefiting aged and retired ministers. Dr W W Pharr delivered prayers and Miss Helen Baptis presented a Christmas message. The pastor's son Wally Pharr contributed to the program.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
MT. Hope
Mt. Hope Presbyterian Church
Charles Nelson
C. J. Evans
John Calvin Scott
W. W. Pharr
Helen Baptis
Mt. Hope Church
Wally Pharr
Hinton Woman Injured In Florida Car Wreck
Mrs E S Allen remains in critical condition after an automobile accident Sunday in St. Petersburg Florida. Her husband a former driver at the Hinton post office suffered two broken ribs. They collided with a car driven by Robert D Soper aged 18 who had a fractured skull and a broken leg. The Allens were wintering in Florida.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hinton
E. S. Allen
St. Petersburg
Fla
Dtive
Allen
Robert D. Soper
Allens
Florida
White Oak Club Guests Hear Christmas Program
The Fayette Study Club met at White Oak Country Club in Oak Hill for a Christmas program. Hostess Mrs. L E Gaines welcomed members as Mrs. A R Long introduced Mrs. Roger Howell who sang five carols with pianist Mrs. John Estes. A reading from The Littlest Angel and group singing rounded out the event.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
C. P. Anderson
J. C. Scott
Helen Rapton
Ida Shumate
Dewitt Snyder
P. C. Graney
George Siems
T. M. Martin
I. J. Baker
J. N. Jarrett
Guy Yeager
B. F. Puckett
W. H. Level
Thompson Rites Set In Mt. Hope
Funeral services were held for James H. Thompson a Mt. Hope resident who died Sunday from shotgun wounds. The Mt. Hope Methodist Church ceremony was led by Rev. Arnold Belcher followed by interment at High Town Memorial Park. An inquest at Lindamood Funeral Home returned a death by self action verdict. Surviving are his wife a six year old daughter June Ellen four brothers and three sisters.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
MT. Hope
James H. Thompson
Mt. Hope Methodist Church
Arnold Belcher
Hightown Memorial Park
New River Company
I! Health
W. C. Thomson, Jr
Lindamood
June Ellen
W. C. Jr
Hope
Hugh
Charmee
Robert
Fredericktown
John
Parkersburg
Jennie Thomson
Bud Jennings
Charlotte
N. C
Lewis Hipes
Charmco
Innkeeper Speakers and Duet Singers in Christmas Program
The program featured his version of The Innkeeper Speakers and a duet by Miss Nan Snyder and Charles Nelson singing O Little Town of Bethlehem. It closed with a prayer by Mrs. W. C. Carter.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nan Snyder
Charles Nelson
Little Town of
Bethlehem
W. C. Carter
Funeral Services Tentatively Set For Wednesday
Mullens mourns SN Wayde Cletus Bolen 24 year old Rhodesia Navy man killed when his car fell 75 feet near Mullens. On 72 hour leave from Charleston to visit his sick mother Mrs Ida Bolen, the widow. Body to be moved to Rhodell from Robertson and Foglesong Funeral Home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mullens
Wayde Cletus Bolen
Ohio
Bolen
Charleston
S. C
Ida Bolen
Services Today For D L Kanode
Carl funeral services were set for 2 p m at Mountain Baptist Church Carl for Carl L Kanode 60 a farmer The Rev W M Lusk to officiate burial to follow in the church cemetery He was born March 7 1892 in Pembroke Virginia Survived by wife Annie three daughters Mrs Mary Boyd Princeton Mrs Maggie Donathan Jeffersville Ohio and Miss Doreen Kanode at home five sons William Roanoke Melvin Rock Camp Donald Cleveland and Jimmie and Dall Jr both at home One sister Mrs Grace Kessler Pembroke Va two brothers Gilbert Kanode Pembroke and J D Kanode Roanoke and 13 grandchildren
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. M. Lusk
Pembroke
Church
Kanode
Annie
Mary Boyd
Princeton
Maggie Donathan
Jeffersville
Ohio
Doreen Kanode
William
Roanoke
Melvin
Rock Camp
Donald
Cleveland
Jimmie
Dall, Jr
Grace Kessler
Gilbert Kanode
J. D. Kanode
Hinton High School Faces Space Shortage After Fire
Summers County Board of Education must find classroom space after a blaze damaged the Central grades wing. The Beckley fire department saved the gym. damage estimated at 400000 with 300000 insured. Equipment losses include a 2500 PA system, 600 projector, 35 typewriters, 150 lockers, and student belongings. athletic gear valued at 6000 water damaged.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
HNTON
Summers County Board of Education
Hinton High School
Beckley Fire Department
Yule Program Set by Episcopal Church Tomorrow
A South Charleston court ruling reverses a $9,000 verdict against H. R. Abbot and W. Abbot in a Nicholas County traffic accident case. Mrs. Marie Faull, injured July 1950 on US Rt. 19, seeks negligence for lack of flagmen at a private drive intersection. Holy Communion services at St Stephens Episcopal Church will follow, with readings and multiple anthems listed for the service tomorrow night.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eccles
Charleston
State Supreme Court
Kanawha County
Marie Faull
U. S. Rt. 19
Nicholas County
H. R. Abbot
Abbot
Faull
Supreme Court
Chauncey Browning
St. Stephens Episcopal Church
O. Worth May
Jesus
Town of
Bethlehem
Christmas Program At First Methodist Church
Mrs W C Bailey Jr led a Christmas program at the Woman's Society of Christian Service meeting in the Fellowship Hall. Mrs Joel Taylor assisted with readings including The Annunciation Night and Bethlehem Road. Gifts were exchanged and donations given to Child Welfare. social hour refreshments were served by hostesses.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
MT. Hope
Beta Iota
Beta Sigma Phi Sorority
Allen Garrett Jr
Virgil Ditlon
Julian Viar
Dillon
Joan King
Fred Harless, Jr
Kenneth Keatley
Allen Garrett
King
Charles Martin
Pineville
W- C. Bailey Jr
Woman's Society of Christian Service
First Methodist Church
Joel Taylor
Dell Cooke
C. W. Shufflebarger
Pete Morgan
Jack Shipman
Kenny Rites Set In Home of Hico
Funeral services for Mrs Mary Matilda Kenny 87 will be held Wednesday at 2:30 p m in the home of her son Charles Kenny Ansted Rev Mont Carr officiating Burial will be in Willis cemetery She was born in Lawrence County Ohio in 1865 husband John Kenny preceded her in death Surviving sons Charles John Fred Ed all of various towns a daughter Mrs Annie Price of Ansted 15 grandchildren Body to be taken from Thomas Funeral Home Ansted Tuesday at 4 p m
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mary Matilda Kenny
Hico
Pnaemonia
Charles Kenny
Ansted
Mont Carr
Willis Cemetery
Lawrence County
John Kenny
Sur
Charles
John
Fred
Beckley
Fayetteville
Annie Price
Thomas Funeral Home
Funeral Rites Set For John Vedonia
Funeral services for John W. Vedonia 84 of Fayetteville Route 1 are set for Wednesday at 10:30 a.m. Father Eugene Klug of Scarbro will preside at Tyree Funeral Home Chapel. He was born in 1868, a native Lithuanian, and a Catholic. Burial will be in Highlawn Memorial Park.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oak Hill
John W. Vedonia
Fayetteville
Eugene Klug
Scarbro
Tyree Funeral Home
Vedonia
Catholic Church
Prurial
Highlawn Memorial Park
Dance Tonight at Beckley Junior High PTA Event
The Beckley Junior High School Parent-Teachers Association sponsors a dance at the Beckley Recreational Building from 7 30 to 10 30 p.m. Jan Campbell and his orchestra will provide the music.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Beckley Junior High School
Parent-Teachers Association
Beckley
Jan Campbell
Marriages Formed in Beckley and Nearby Areas
A list of marriage applications includes individuals from McAlpin Beckley Beckley Oswald Hotchkiss Rhodell Pemberton Athens Winding Gulf Shady Spring Beaver Fairfax Amigo Sophia Tarns Ury Packsville with partners from Beckley Athens Winding Gulf and surrounding communities. Names include Hickman Williams Ramey Coy Cook Blevins Whittaker Bragg Paugh Bays Dwornick Hart Philmore McLane Hamm Shrewsbury Skeens Broadnax Stover and many parental lines.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Troy Ferdinand Hickman
McAlpin
Ferdinand Hickman
Osa Mae Williams
Beckley
Frank Williams
William Bradford Ramey
Oswald
W. B. Ramey
Pauline Elizabeth Coy
C. R. Coy
Harless Anderson Cook
Hotchkiss
Francis Blevins
Bessie. Underwood
Betty ‘Irene Paugh
J. B. Roberts
John Stephen Bird
Athens
Minnie Bird
Ellen May Bays
Winding Gulf
Lloyd Bays
Maxie C. Dwornick
Frances Louise Canaday
Thera Canaday
Phillip Pat Harford
Beaver
S. A. Harford
Frances Ray Hart
Shady Spring
F. E. Hart
Kenneth Lockett
Elisha Lockett
Laura Mae Philmore
East Park
William Philmore
Irby Leon McLane, Jr
Fairfax
N. McLane
Wilma Evelyn Hamm
Amigo
Charlie Hamm
Lampkin Clyde Mills
Basin
Preston Mills
Phyllis Pearl Shrewsbury
Rhodell
Cecil Shrewsbury
Merle James Pitzenbarger
Sophia
William Pitzenbarger
Christine Skeens
Clayton Skeens
Clyde Junior Ross
Tarns
Thomas Ross
Annette Lucille Broadnax
Ury
George Bron van Buren Shepherd, Jr
Marfork
W. B. Shepherd
Inez Stover
Packsville
Tom Stover
Dog bites treated after car incident near Charleston
Mrs. R. D. Cook was treated Saturday night in a Charleston hospital for severe dog bites on her hands after trying to rescue her pet dog struck by a car. She is reported recuperating at home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dry Creek
R. D. Cook
Charleston
Cook
Minor Mullens girl forfeits bond in shoplifting case
A 14 year old Mullens girl, the only shoplifter arrested in Beckley during the pre Christmas shopping season, forfeited a $16 bond after failing to appear in city police court. She was jailed after last weeks arrest at the W T Grant store. Police judge T R Wilsonscheduled her appearance at 7 p.m. Ernest Sheppard of E Rainelle also forfeited a $35 bond for failing to appear on a separate matter. Two men appealed drunk driving convictions to Raleigh County Criminal Court, Horace F Banks of Valley Drive and Harry Whitesell of Beckley, each fined $50 and costs and released on $500 bonds. Trial for Buford Miller of Calloway Heights on a drunk driving charge was continued until Monday. He was arrested on Harper Road December 20.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mullens
Beckley
W. T. Grant
T. R. Wison
Aso
Ernest Sheppard
E. Rainelle
Raleigh County Criminal Court
Horace F. Banks
Valley Drive
S. Oakwood Avenue
Harry Whitesell
S. Kanawha Street
Buford Miller
Calloway Heights
Harper Road
Christmas Play Tonight at Prosperity Church
The Youth of the Fundamental Baptist Church in Prosperity present the play A Gift for the Christ Child tonight at 7:30 p.m. Directed by George Coley and Mr and Mrs Wilbur Stover, the program features Charles Stover Nelma Pettry Shirley Arrington Retha Harrah Patsy Thornton Donald Kiser Jack Lively William Kasuen Kenneth Kiser Tommy Mize Jo Ann Thornton John Belaskie Jerry Stover Zelma Norman Nancy Arthur Wanda Jenkins George Thornton Darrell Pettry Phyllis Toney and Robert Mize.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
the Fundamental Baptist Church
Prosperity
George Coley
Wilbur Stover
Charles Stover
Nelma Pettry
Shirley Arrington
Retha Harrah
Patsy Thornton
Donald Kiser
Jack Lively
William Kasuen
Kenneth Kiser
Tommy Mize
Jo Ann Thornton
John Belaskie
Jerry Stover
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Attiover
Greenbrier Post
Miller
Wyoming
Mt. Hope League
Union
Rialto
Wmullens
Pachart
Gloria Swanson
Aaa
White Oak
W. C. Casto
Glenn Eastwood
H. L. Mankin
John Scott
R. E. Kelly
W. D. Bittinger
O. F. McCoy
John McCoy
Jacques Price
C. & Howard
W. W. Hunter
Harvey Starr
O. C. Landrum
W. C. Bishop
Robertson and Foglesong
D. L. Kanode
Carl
The
Mountain Baptist Church
Carl L. Kanode
Carl Farmer
Episcopal Church
State Road Commission
WSCS
Neville St
Palace
Pop Steele
Yric Dial
Rever
Richard Joanne
Audrey Widmark
George Winslow Kid
Foghorn
Gaynor Scor Brady
China-Burma-India
Vet Assoc
C.b.lv.a
Spanish Hall
W. VA
Fayetteville, W. Va
Nats PS Vk Ck
Fayette County
ICE Vogues
P.O
Beckley — Keatley’s and Sports Center
Fox & Tindher
Gauley Bridge
Carson Drug
Oak Hills
New River Supply
Montgomery — College Drug
Auditorium
Jewel
Mount Hope
Wickera Jewelry
Kenny Rites
John Vedonia
MT. Hope Mat
Hope, W.va
Manry
Jungle Girl
Johnny Sheffield
Aren Sherpe
Princess Theatre
Www
Thunderhead Son
Flicka
Roddy MacDougall Hig
Aladdin and His’ Lamp
Patricia Medina
Pas Ait
Regkuey
Colorado
Plas Federal Taz
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