Dimes March set with $12000 Wyoming goal for 1954
Wyoming County Chapter of the National Foundation for Infantile Paralysis established a $12,000 goal for the 1954 March of Dimes drive to begin January 4. Director D Grove Moler calls it the highest county goal yet, noting last year’s $10,000 target and 1953 receipts of $12,038.01, excluding post-report funds.
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Mullens
Wyoming County
National Foundation For
D. Grove Moler
Moler
Mildred Shannon
Pineville
Wyoming
Raleigh
Elk’s Club
Beckley
West Virginia
Homeless Family Aided by Girl Scout Troop 55
Troop 55 led by Mrs. Ray Compton and Mrs. R. E. Dishner prepared a Christmas box of food and clothing for the Otis Cook family, burned out at Tralee recently. The box will be delivered to relatives in Caloric. The report also notes little change in farming methods from 3000 B C to 18th century AD.
December Marriages Rival June at Fayette Clerks Office
December filings for marriage licenses surge at Fayette County Clerk's office with many young couples from Oak Hill Gauley Bridge and nearby towns. The list includes Billy Bryant Brown and Mary Corinna Summers 21, Clarence E Berry and Shirley Anne Shuff 17, Roy T Blake and Alma Bell Price 16, and other pairs from Oak Hill Scarbro Beards Fork Edmond and Mt Hope.
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Fayetteville
Fayette County
Billy Bryant Brown
Wilbur S. and
Viola Brown
Oak Hill
Mary Corinna Summers
Roscoe and
Malxissa Summers
Gauley Bridge
Clarence E. Berry
Jesse
Eva Berry
Page
Shirley Anne Shuff
James
Mabel Shiff
Roy T. Blake
Charlie
Belva Blake
Scarbro
Alma Bell Price
Luther
Lillian Price
Roy Lee Gill
Fletcher
Julia Gill
Whipple
Gloria Gilkerson
Oscar
Clara Gilkerson
Floyd H. Merrow
Harry
Etta Merrow
Edmond
Verlia Martha Pauley
Margaret Pauley
David Perry
Lawrence
Edna Perry
Clifty
Betty Lou Fields
Smith and Maude Fields
Hico
Harry Keith Price
William T
Goldie Kirk Price
Norma Jean Widener
Audrey Widener
Preston Porter
Henry
Lillian Porter
Carlisle
Bessie Thompson
Leo
Rites Held Today For G. P. Hannah
Final rites were held at Central Baptist Church for George Paul Hannah 58 a Chesapeake and Ohio Railway engineer found dead at his Raleigh side New River home. Burial was in Greenbrier Rural Park with American Legion and VFW pallbearers. he belonged to American Legion VFW Loyal Order of Moose and the Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers and Firemen.
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Hinton
George Paul Hannah
Chesapeake and Ohio Railway
Raleigh
New River
Central Baptist Church
H. P. Hackney
Greenbrier
American Legion
V.F.W
American Legion Veterans of Foreign Wars, Loyal Order of Moose and
The
B. of L. F. and
Armstrong Infant Rites Held Today
Funeral services for Sharon Gail Armstrong two month old daughter of Mr and Mrs Hilton Beecher Armstrong were to be held at 2 p m today at Fairview Methodist Church East Kingston with Rev B L Moss of Kincaid officiating Burial would follow in Winston Cemetery The child died Monday at home She is survived by two sisters Patricia Ann and Donna Sue both at home the maternal grandparents Mr and Mrs Coy Holly and the paternal grandfather Ira E Armstrong all of Scarbro Route 1
Oak Hill Personal Christmas Visitors Mentioned
Oak Hill brief lists students from Alderson Broaddus College West Virginia University Marshall College Greenbrier Military School and families visiting over the Christmas holidays. Nancy Tennant Leslie Withrow Ann Flack C R Treadway George Kincaid Tommy James Nancy Rapp are among those noted as spending holidays with their parents in Scarbro Central Ave Bible St Minden Ave and local homes.
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Oak Hill
Nancy Tennant
Alderson Broaddus College
H. E. Tennant
Bible
Leslie Withrow
West Virginia University
Fred Withrow
Scarbro
Ann Flack
Marshall College
R. W. Flack
Central Ave
C. R. Treadway
Greenbrier Military School
Charles Smith
George Kincaid
H. A. Kincaid
Minden Ave
Tommy James
Thomas James
Nancy Rapp
D. C. Rapp
Home Destroyed By Fayette Fire
Fayetteville report describes a six room home of Mrs. Ralph Stegall on High Street wiped out by a Tuesday night blaze. Neighbor spotted flames around 9 p.m. Fire Department fought interior flames yet caused total loss. Cause undetermined. value not yet estimated. Mrs Stegall lived alone and was at the bus station when notified. She is connected to R. H. Magee of Beckley and Dr C H Wilmoth of Oak Hill.
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Fayetteville
Ralph Stegall
High
Brown to Take Sanitary Board Office Jan 1 1954
Princeton council appoints former councilman Ernest M. Brown to fill the Sanitary Board vacancy caused by W D Shuff’s death. Brown will assume office January 1 1954 for about 18 months. The council approves a five way traffic light at Mercer Center Park and moves to draft a jaywalking ordinance. Additional actions include traffic light synchronization, new fire masks, a $25 000 payment to Haynes Construction, and paving plans for Bluefield Avenue next spring.
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Princeton
Ernest M. Brown
W. D. Shuff
Brown
Mercer Street
Center
Park Avenues
W. Robert Carr
Mercer
Ninth Streets
Mercer and
W. K. Umberger
Haynes Construction Co
Bluefield
Beam
Carr
Robbery Suspects Held in Wyoming
Wyoming County man William Clinton Ward of Calorie admitted robbing the Brule Smokeless Coal Co. store at Otsego on December 11, taking clothing and cigarettes. Ward implicated Jimmy Cooke, of Otsego, in the theft. Both are 22. Ward says they entered via a ventilator. Value of stolen goods undetermined. Authorities held in Wyoming County with no charges yet filed.
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Pineville
R. L. Tabscott
Wyoming County
William Clinton Ward
Brule Smokeless Coal Co
Otsego
Tabscott
Ward
Jimmy Cooke
Oak Hill approves 54970 dollar street paving bill
Oak Hill City Council approved assessments totaling 549,970.62 against property to pave six residential streets after public questions and adjustments. Costs from Woodcrest Contractors include Taylor St 2072.70, W High Lawn 8628.10, St Clair Ave 11815.90, Slaven Ave 4215.40, Park St 13989, Trump Ave 14249.52. Police officers receive a 30 dollar monthly raise effective January 1.
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Oak Hill
City Hall
Trump Ave
Park St
Woodcrest Contractors
Fayetteville
Taylor St
W. High Lawn
St. Clair Ave
Slaven Ave
Council
St Joseph Nose Drops For Children With New Cough Syrup
Specialized St Joseph product offers nose drops for children and a pleasant tasting cough syrup. Water base with doctor approved ingredients including neo synephrine. Generous bottles priced at 59c and 89c. Safe for delicate nasal tissues and relief from head colds.
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ST. Joseph
Joseph
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