Mount Hope Groups Pack Gifts for Infirmary Residents
Mount Hope Federated League and Mount Hope Lions Club join to prepare holiday boxes of fruit candy and gifts for men and women at Fayette County Infirmary. Boxes delivered by civic committee, with Christmas dinner at Lions clubhouse and program featuring carols, Nativity story, and candlelight finale. Contributions planned to Penny Art Fund Endowment Fund Scholarship Loan Girl Scouts Joy Toy fund and a Christmas seal bond.
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Mount Hope
Mount Hope Federated League
Mount Hope Lions Club
Fayette County
League
Mary Hallow
Morris Memorial Hospital
Milton
W. J. Moore
Sred M. Frisk
H. B. Maroney
A. L. Walker
Maroney
R. E. Tissue
Mary Ballow
E. C. Burgess
E. Scott Carter
E. E. Jones
W. Herrence Saysuc. Darnall, Jr
W.C. Carter
Henry Danner
C. H
Duncan
C. E. Jones
Wright
Fred M. Frisk
C. S. Fink
L. Walker
G. E. Williams
Lafferty
Cation
Freddie Hanshew
FBI
W. D.lawton
Lions
C. J. Evans
W. C. Carter
Irma Jones
Lawton
Fayette County Infirmary
Williams
Liess Club
BR. G. Patteson
Mullens Company Purchases Land in Mullens Area
Mullens Hardware and Appliance Co buys Lots 53 and 80 in Frantz and Deegans Addition Mullens from L W Kerns Gertrude Kerns W O H Clay and Erma Clay. Other deeds on file include transfers involving Minta Morgan L J Morgan Paul D Blackshear W A Dixon Clair L Murdock Everett Green F P Cook James A Campbell Jr Lowell M Lester Carter Hedrick Addition Corinne Litz McGuire Eva Workman Sec 1 James Jackson Bluss Addition Jesse Oceana District Ocle Craighead Do A Blankenship John W Whitlock Grace Whitlock Leah Blankenship Wyoming County Gallie Henshaw Thomas Goodman Joseph Wood Ted Long Omer Good G C Hedrick Wint McKinney John D Farmer Gerald W Snyder Mullens.
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Pineville
Mullens Hardware and Appliance Company
Frantz and Deegans
Mullens
L. W. Kerns
Gertrude Kerns
W. O H. Clay
Erma Clay
Minta Morgan
L. J. Morgan
Paul D. Blackshear
W. A. Dixon
Clair L. Murdock
Mullins
Slab Fork
Everett Green
F. P. Cook
Elmore Yards
James A. Campbell, Jr
Lowell M. Lester
Carter-Hedrick
Corinne
Litz McGuire
Eva Workman
Thomas Goodman
Baileysville
Joseph Wood
Ted Long
Omer
Good
Wile
G. C. Hedrick
Wint McKinney
Koppers City
Oceana District
John D. Farmer
Gerald W. Snyder
Meadows Rites Held at Hinton
Funeral services were held at 3 p.m. for George H. Meadows 49 of Hinton who died in a car crash near Rocky Mount Virginia on Thursday. Burial was at Greenbrier Burial Park under Masonic Lodge auspices. He was born October 21, 1909, and survived by his wife Mona, daughter Jacqueline, and several relatives.
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Weiler Hinton
George H. Meadows
Hinton
Rocky Mount
Methodist Church
George M. Curry
C. H. Martin
Greenbrier
Danville
Meadows
Tyree
Portsmouth
Methodist
Lake Drummond
Craddock
Mona Shumate Meadows
Jacqueline
Wilson Meadows
Hinmond
Jimmy
Carroll
Jesse Meadows
Clarabelle Eades
Pauline
Lula Meadows
Faye Parker
North Carolina
Mary Jean Hagen
Pittsburgh
Jones Funeral Rites Held For Marius Jones
Funeral rites were conducted at Second Baptist Church yesterday for Marius Jones about 70 who died after a lengthy illness in Hinton Hospital. Rev G L Wilson officiated with burial in the local cemetery. He was a former Chesapeake and Ohio Railway employee and a Baptist Church member. Survived by son Edward Jones Detroit daughter Mrs Bessie Lewis and granddaughter Ruth Lewis Frederick Hall. A noted crew of African coast ships is mentioned with various explorers and merchants.
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Hinton
Second Baptist Church
Marius Jones
G. L. Wilson
Chesapeake and Ohio Railway
The
Baptist Church
Edward Jones
Detroit
Bessie Lewis
Ruth Lewis
Frederick Hall
Foster Funeral Set for Today
Funeral services for John Melvin Foster aged 27 will be held at 2 p.m. today with Rev. Mont Carr officiating. Burial will follow in Winston Cemetery. Foster died from a shotgun wound sustained at Mose's Place on Page Road Friday night. Deputy P. L. Elmore reports Denver Evans of Prudence is in Fayette County Jail on murder charges related to the shooting. Survivors include his parents Robert and Mrs. Foster and siblings Robert, Hay, Ernest, Jess, Claude with the U. S. Army at Fort Knox, and Ollie Morrison plus Margaret Ruth Foster.
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Wriston
John Melvin Foster
Montgomery
Mont Carr
Kincaid
Winston
Foster
Denver Evans
Prudence
Fayette County
Robert Foster
Robert and
Hay
Ernest
Jess Foster
Virginia
Claude Foster
U. S. Army
Ft. Knox
Ollie Morrison
Margaret Ruth Foster
Musical Vesper Program Held at West Virginia Tech
A Christmas vesper concert was staged in the Little Theatre Conley Hall at West Virginia Tech. The event featured Tech’s men’s glee club and mixed chorus with soloists Mary Lee Warner soprano Mrs Robert Miller contralto and James Douglass tenor. The 59 voice chorus was directed by Kenneth W Beall and accompanied by Anne Fadeley.
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Montgomery
Little Theatre
Conley Hall
West Virginia Tech
Glee Club
Mary Lee Warner
Robert Miller
James Douglass
Wwarener
Miller
Kenneth W. Beall
Tech
Anne Fadeley
Pineville Holiday Visitors Near Christmas Gatherings
Holiday guests visit Pineville and surrounding towns. Families from Petersburg Virginia Mullens and Morgantown spend the season with relatives in Pineville Maybeury Tatwell and Welch. Visitors include Mrs W F Hose Jr, Donna Paige Ray mond Talmadge Billie Yaman and others.
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Pineville
Raymond Temple
Petersburg
W. F. Hose, Jr
Donna Paige
Ray’mond Talmadge
Billie, Yaman
Rose
Myrtle Layman
Colin Manning
Manning
R. H. Coburn
Anne
Morgantown
E W. Worrell
Catherine Crews
Washington, D. C
H. E. Crews
A. E. Hatcher, Jr
Mr. Hatcher
Fayette Farm Women Organize for New Year
Fayetteville area clubs Danese and Chestnut Knob Farm Women’s Clubs elect new officers for 1949 with Mrs Hazel Wright and Mrs Funidio Pittinaro as presidents. A slate of officers includes vice president Mrs Elgie Hicks and secretary Mrs Vic Gilkerson. Monthly lesson topics cover households, health, nutrition, and family activities with various leaders named. Hostess details were not announced.
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Fayetteville
Danese
Chestnut Knob Farm
Hazel Wright
Funidio Pittinaro
Pittinaro
Elgie Hicks
Vic Gilkerson
John. Coughlin
Homes and Housing Committee
W. QO. Fitzpatrick
Mirs. Walton Fleshman
James Neff
W. ©. Fitzpatrick
Vic Gilkeson
Dewey Price
J. BL. Nell
Walton Fleshman
J. R. Ford
Health Department
Alva Bowles
Emidio Pettinaro
W. O. Fitzpatrick
James Off
John Coughlin
Law
Bennett Funeral Rites Incomplete In Fairlea
Funeral arrangements are incomplete for Mrs. Margaret Ann Bennett 94 wife of the late William R Bennett of Fairlea who died at her home Friday night Surviving are seven sons William P Bennett Wallace R Bennett James D Bennett Harry E Bennett Sherman Bennett, George Bennett, Robert J Bennett two daughters Carrie Erskine Colleen Walton one step son Forrest B Bryant and others
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Fairlea
Margaret Ann Bennett
William R. Bennett
William P. Bennett
Wallace R. Bennett
Oak Hill
James D. Bennett
Harry EB. Bennett
Ferrell
Sherman Bennet
George Bennett
White Sulphur Springs
Robert J. Bennett
Discovery Points to A New Coffee Decaffeination Method
In 1903 a shipload of coffee was deluged with seawater during a storm. Brine soaked beans reacted in a way that suggested a novel decaffeination process to scientists.
Funds Released for Clifftop Dormitories in West Virginia
The State Board of Education was informed that $10,000 has been released for two dormitory cottages at Cliff top Washington Carver 4-H Lamp by the Board of Public Works. This completes the remaining portion of a $25,000 appropriation approved by the 1945 legislature, of which $15,000 had been released earlier.
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Charleston
State Board of Education
Clifftop
Washington
Funeral Rites Tuesday for Virginia Bostic in Glen Rogers
Funeral services for Virginia Bert Bostic 69 of Glen Rogers are set for 1 p.m. Tuesday at Mount Tabor Baptist Church with Rev. B. C. Jennings officiating. Burial will be in Calfee Cemetery. She died at 5 10 a.m. yesterday after a three month illness. She is survived by Harry J. Bostic her widower and six children from a former marriage among other relatives.
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Glen Rogers
Virginia Bert Bostic
Mount Tabor Baptist Church
8. C. Jennings
Calfee
Mount Tabor
Lucille Beck-leheimer
Monroe County
Sarton First
Fire Victim's Rites Today for John Gallant
Funeral services for John Gallant will be held at 2 p m today at Layland Community Church with Rev. H D Gunter presiding. Burial in Highlawn Cemetery Oak Hill. A coal miner and Catholic, he belonged to Beckley Eagles Lodge Layland Moose Lodge. Survived by brother Tony Gallant Detroit and sisters Jenny Wielgus Fairmont and Helen Karvasky Layland.
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Layland
John Gallant
H. D. Gunter
Highlawn
Oak Hill
Beckley Eagles Lodge
Layland Moose Lodge
Tony Gallant
Detroit, Mich
Jenny Wielgus
Fairmont
Helen Karvasky
Oceana Visit Notices Highlight Local Residents
Visiting in Koppers ton is Myrtle Parks of Charleston guest of Barbara Bailey. Mr and Mrs J Rush Cook of Oceana visit Mt Hope with daughter during holidays. Hearid Smith a Marshall College student visits Lynco with parents. Private First Class Robert Burt visiting Lorado family after three years in the air corps returning from the Pacific. Former Oceana High School student.
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Lorado
Oceana
Air Corps
Pacific
Oceana High School
Simmons Rites To be Tuesday
Funeral services for Myles P. Simmons 87 of Durbin are set for 2 p.m. Tuesday at Arbovale Church with Rev. Bill Pugh officiating. Burial will follow in Arbovale Cemetery. The body remains at Wallace and Wallace Funeral Home in Lewisburg until one hour before the service. Survivors include four sons Ernest Iman, Harry Clifton, John and Letha, and three daughters Florence Simmons, Mrs. J. A. Robertson, and Mrs. Elmer Helmick.
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Lewisburg
Punerat
Myles P. Simmons
Durbin
J. A. Robertson
Clifton Forge
Arbovale
Bill Pugh
Wallace and Wallace
Winona
Ernest Iman
Society of Christian Service
Harry G. Clifton Ke
Forge
John
Letha
Warren
Ohio
J. W. Garvey
Florence Simmons
Ashtaba
Thema
John Stemple
John Watkins
Wm. Campbell
R. L. Flaherty
E. M. Frame
Chloe Watkins
Hattie Ohlinger
E. C. Hampton
Nellie Morris
Annie Walker
Palmer Jennings
Fred’ Fisher
Stella Clement
Audrey Zickaoose
Nell Walker
J. F. Biggers
Pp. B. Karickhoff
Frank Hoke
Virgie Pannell
Inez Hoke
J. R. Hisey
Margaret Goodall 91 Dies. Rites Held in Spruce Rock Church
Peterstown obituary reports Margaret Goodall age 91 lifelong Monroe County resident died yesterday at her niece Mary Broyles home in Lindside. She was a Brethren Church member and funeral services were conducted at 11 am today by Rev. E. W. Jamison of Roanoke Va from Spruce Rock church. Burial followed in the Wradley Cemetery.
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Wester Peterstown
Margaret Goodall
Monroe County
Mary Broyles
Lindside
Brethren Church
Spruce Rock
E. W. Jamison
Roanoke
Wradley
Williams Funeral Rites Held Today
Funeral services were held at 1 p m in Vaughn Baptist Church for Mrs Hannah Etta Williams of Vaughn with Revs Carl Burrows and Clarence Morton officiating. Burial followed at Vaughn Cemetery. Survived by husband Michael Isaac Williams a daughter Myrtle Keith Vaughn a son Howard Roscoe Williams Dixie a brother John S Darling ton Vaughn four grandchildren
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Summersville
Hannah Etta Williams
Vaughn
Vaughn Baptist Church
Carl Burrows
Clarence Morton
Vaughn Cemetery
Michael Isaac Williams
Myrtle Keith
Howard Roscoe Williams
Dixie
John S. Darlington
Pipestem Resident Al Len Farley Dies at Home
A Pipestem resident, Al Len Farley, died early Thursday morning at his home on River Ridge. Funeral services were held at 1 p.m. today at Log Church conducted by a Princeton minister, with burial in the family cemetery.
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Hinton
Allen Farley
Fold Log
River Ridge
Princeton
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