Fayette Delegate Injured in Wreck
Fayette County House of Delegates member Hobart Booth Jr. was hospitalized in Oak Hill after a Sunday morning automobile crash. He suffered a brain concussion and shock with minor cuts. Other occupants in the two cars were treated for head cuts.
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Oak Hill
Hobart Booth, Jr
Fayette County
House of Delegates
Booth
Roy N. Tucker
Bunker Hill
Tucker
Ruby Tucker
Ann McChung
Frank Vegh
Minden
Hobart, Kincaid
Benny Blethen
McClung
Terrall Awaiting Grand Jury Action On Murder Charge
Terrall, 41, of Meadow Creek, is held in Summers County Jail after waiving preliminary hearing on a murder charge tied to the fatal Christmas Eve shooting of William Edward Berry, 23. He was arraigned and committed pending bail decision. he claimed self defense, while family statements varied.
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Hinton
Alva Terrall
Meadow Creek
Summers County
Wiliam Edward Berry
W. H. Humphreys
Nickel Kramer
Summers Circuit
Terrall
C. V. Terrall
William Hay Gowin
Rites Set Today For Mrs Eagle of Danese
Funeral services for Mrs Mary Minnie Eagle 68 of Danese are scheduled at 1 p m at White Oak Methodist Church Danese with Rev Mont Care and Rev Lucien Legg officiating Burial follows at Withrow Cemetery She was born Oct 18 1883 in Danese to John and Nancy Whitlock survivors include daughters Christine Lavendar May Bennett Mattie Ballangee and sons John S Finley Robert L Bennett and 14 grandchildren Also a member of the Sons and Daughters of Liberty Pittsburg affiliation.
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White Oak Methodist Church
Lendisburg
Mont. Care
Lucien Legg
Ticieting
Withrow
W. H. Eagle
Danese
Joh
Nancy Whitlock
Christine Lavendar
May Bennett
Jumping Branch Personal Holiday Gatherings Report
Mr. and Mrs. Harold Boland hosted Christmas guests including Mildred Kane and Marylu Marie from Detroit and extended family from Hinton and Detroit. John L. Wilcox attended dinner with the Harpers in Beckley. Lon Meadows celebrated a 35th wedding anniversary with family. Other local visits included Alderman family in White Sulphur Springs and Marshall College student Dickie Meador at home for holidays.
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Jumping Branch
Harold Boland
Mildred Kane
Marylu Marie
Detroit
Mich
Joe Boland
Murrell Bolang
Hinton
Richard
John L. Wilcox
Frank Harper
Beckley
Lon Meadows
Wilma Meadows
Elmo Alderman
R. P. Lilly
White
Sulphur Springs
Dickie
University of Virginia
Charlottesville
Indiaw
Ferrera
Frankie An Rosanne
Norfolk
Amy Dodd
Ada Crook
Ben H. Light
Peace Springs
Roy Meadows
Russell, Kr
F. T. Bill
Bill Deeds
Dublin
Mrs. Della Bragg 48 Dies After Illness
Mrs. Della Bell Bragg of Winona dies after an extended illness. Funeral at 11 a.m. Friday at Lood Hope Baptist Church Graydon with Rev. Bert Jones officiating. Burial in church cemetery. Survived by husband Theodore W. Bragg, parents Henry and Martha Adkins, daughter Mrs. Margaret Smal, son General Franklin Bragg, two sisters and two brothers, and two grandchildren.
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Winona
Della Bell Bragg
Theodore W. Bragg
Lood Hope Baptist Church
Graydon
Bert Jones
Edmond
Henry
Martha Adkins
Sandstone
Sandstone Baptist Church
2Ra Margaret Smal
Franklin Bragg
Ellie Bragg
Ansted
Lara Ward
Berry Mountain
Will Adkins
Edgar
Huntington
Pax Farm Women Re-Elect Officers
Pax Farm Woman's Club re elected Mrs Bert McNeely as president with Mrs George Shuck as vice president and Mrs Raymond Keily as secretary treasurer. The group named committees for homes and housing projects health and nutrition recreation international relations and education special activities 4 H and a membership push with monthly lessons planned for the year led by various members and guests through December.
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PAX
Bert McNeely
Pax Farm Woman's Club
George Shuck
Raymond Keily
Hemp Lafferty
Cecil Humphrey
William Markham
Lewis Thompson
Ramond Kelly
Ash Davis
Sam
Ayden
Bertha Phipps
Willian BR. Williams
Hattie Tyree
Ray Humphrey
Orpha Tyree
H. F. Shaffer
Lucile Hodkins
HDA
William, Markham
Thompson
Raymond Kelly
Sam Hyden
Hemp ‘Lafferty
William R. Williams
West Virginia
Jax Dollar
Sam Kyden
Carter Sisters to Sing at New Year's Day Show
Fayetteville hosts a New Year's Day concert by the American Legion Post featuring the Carter Sisters with Bill Monroe and his Blue Grass Boys the Duke of Paducah and Lew Children Two performances are scheduled at 3 pm and 8 pm in the Fayette County Memorial Building auditorium Advance tickets for reserved seats are on sale Mother Maybelle Carter and her daughters record for RCA Victor and appear on the Grand Ole Opry each Saturday night
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Fayetteville
Fayette- Wile
Retta Fisher
The
American Legion
Legion
W. Va
Beckley Veterans Affairs Office
Register
American Legion Post
Carter Sisters
Bill Monroe
Blue Grass Boys
Duke of
Maybelle Carter
RCA Victor
Grand Oie Opry
Oak Hill News Highlights Snags Married, Births and Events
Oak Hill notes report Miss Mary Ann Ellison has joined the Army Nurse Corps as a second lieutenant stationed at Fort Sam Houston Texas. Several Oak Hill residents share Christmas and holiday movements including visits by Jackie Newell and Barbara Secondon. Five births recorded at Oak Hill Hospital. Veterans of Foreign Wars Auxiliary held a holiday party with Roy Smith VA official speaking on Veterans Bonus forms. Oak Hill Junior Woman's Club hosts annual Christmas Ball at White Oak Country Club with proceeds to civic projects.
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Oak
Hill
Harry Katisaris
Florida
Mary Ann Ellison
Anna Ellison
Oaw ‘Hill
Army Nurse Corps
Fort Sam Houston
Texas
Oak Hill High
Laird Memorial Hospital
Montgomery
Donald Newell
Jackie Newell
Greenibber College
Lewisburg
Barbara Secondon
M. E. Seconda
Oak Hill
Carl Short
Eva Mae Pritt
Ohio
Jack Yeck
Margie Nicholson
Frank Nagicki
D. C. Rapp, Jr
Jane Bowles
Beckley
VA Hospital
Huntington
VFW
YALE
Register
White Oak Country Club
Don Boyd
Mt. Hope
Jack Vargo
Fayetteville
Juanita Scott
Idoor
Thomas Martin
Nancy Haana’ ‘Bass
James Perry
Betty Alice Perry
Jean ‘Thomas
James Painter
English Students To Attend Meeting
Mullens Rotary prepares guests for a lunch meeting as two English students studying in the United States under the Hart Shriver Scholarship are named as special guests. The infants, twins born Dec 26 at Mullens hospital, join the families of Mr. and Mrs. Hart Shriver of Itmann. District Governor Frank Diathoacha meas extended invites to Mullens college students and Rotary delegations from Pineville Welch Bluefield Princeton Beckley Keystone Kimball and Taegar.
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Mullens
England
Rotary Foundation
Hart
Old Shriver
Itmann
Clas
Mullens Hospital
Bluefield
Rotary
Frank Diathoacha
Meas
Pineville
Welch
Princeton
Beckley
Keystone
Kimball
Taegar
Stephenson Infant Born Christmas Day in Mullens
Mr and Mrs Clyde Shrewsbury welcomed their third child, a 7 pound daughter named Sylvia Mae, at 9 25 am Tuesday in Mullens Hospital. The Christmas birth marks a double holiday for the Stephenson household.
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Stephenson
Mullens
Ry Register Stall
Wryter Mullens
Lyde Shrewsbury
Sylvia Mae
Mutlens Hospital
Walton's have son John Michael Mullins born Dec 26
Mr and Mrs John Walton of Corinne announce the birth of their fifth child a son named John Michael weighing 9 pounds 12 ounces at 1 30 a m on December 26 in Mullins.
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Mullens
John Walton
Corinne
John Michael
Mullins
Tolliver Announces Birth in Koppersion
Mr and Mrs Grover C Tolliver of Koppersion announce birth of an eight pound daughter on Friday December 21 at Stevens Clinic Hospital Welch.
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Koppersion
Grover C. Tolliver
Stevens Clinic Hospital
Welch
Funeral services set for J Wise in Rural Retreat
Funeral arrangements announced for James Wise 84 who died Tuesday at Alpeca Home of a son Charles. He will be honored Sunday at High Point Baptist Church with burial in Mercerville Cemetery. Wise worked 30 years as a quarryman near Independence and belonged to the High Point Church for 40 years. Survived by four sons Jasper John Theodore and Charles Henry five daughters Mary Diamond Mamie Williams Ruby Johnson Bernice Robison Betty Huston three sisters Alice Callie Cox Lonnie Isom. Body to be moved from Buaman Funeral Home to Charles Wise home Thursday evening then to Mrs Betty Huston Rural Retreat Friday.
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Mullens
James Wise
Alpeca
Charles
High Point Baptist Church
Mercerville
Rural Retreat
Grayson County
Independence
Charles Henry
Jasper
Stotesbury
John
Theodore
Detroit
Mich
Mary Diamond
Mamie Williams
Pittsburgh
Ruby Johnson
Welch
Bernice Robison
Maitland
Betty Huston
Alice
Callie Cox
Lonnie Isom
Buaman
Woman Hurt by Car After Refusing Date
Mrs Bessie Brown of Madeline Raleigh County says a man offered her a ride after a bus stop and, when she refused a request for a date, steered his car off the road and ran over her. She is hospitalized with leg injuries as the driver allegedly returned to offer a ride home.
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Mullens Hospital
Bessie Brown
Madeline
Raleigh County
Amiga Hollow
Ater
Tralee Officials Complete Mine Safety Course
Nineteen Tralee mine officials from the Somiet-Sol iway Division of Allied Chemical and lDye Corp near Mullens completed a 40 hour accident prevention course offered by the U S Bureau of Mines. The class, taught by Edward M. Lewis, included 19 graduates and 11 additional men who partially completed the program.
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Curtis Carl Bowden
Coulter JJ. Barnett
Kenneth K.coleman
Brack G.compton
John M. Dantajler
Columbus G. Dotson
Melville M. Earnest
Two Rockview Men Injured in Truck Accident
Harley Cain, 51, and Ernest Reed, 29, were hospitalized at Grace Hospital Welch for injuries from a truck crash. Cain suffered head, leg, hand and back wounds while Reed faced possible rib fractures, shin lacerations, back injuries and leg and elbow abrasions after the vehicle skidded on ice and tumbled down a bank. Cain recalled an oxygen tank striking him and briefly rendering him unconscious.
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Rockview
Harley Cain
Ernest Reed
Grace Hospital
Welch
Cain
Reed
Pineville Holiday Guests Gather At Several Homes
Pineville society notes list guests visiting local residents for Christmas and holidays. Families including Breeden, Parks, Painter, Worrel, Cooke, Ball, Curry, Browning, and Shufflebarger host relatives from Charleston Mullens Baltimore Keystonesia. Several trips planned to Daytona Beach and Florida.
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Pineville
R. H. Breeden
Roy Lee
Crowley-Worrell
M. E. Parks, Jr
Janice Lee
Charleston
R. M.painter
Keystone
Parks
Painter
Breeden
W.V. McNemer
Worrel
Barbara
Sharyn
Kathy Lou
Perry C. Cook
Mullens
Co. W. Shufflebarger
Peggy
Myra
Woodrow W. Cook
J. W. Shufflebarger
Betty Ann
E. M. Curry
Earl and
Kay
R. EB. iKohn
Banner Ball
Colonial Beach
Louis Roncaglione
Amonate
James Smith
Logan
E. M. Curry S
Williamson
Earl and Kay
Z. E Johnson
T. P. Anderson
Mary Olive
A | Morehead
S. Worrel
Ihildren
Lona Brown- Jing
Daytona Beach
Fla
Sandra Deeds Weds Benny Ellison in Jumping Branch
Miss Sandra Deeds and Benny Paul Ellison wed Saturday at the Wilcox home in Jumping Branch. The ceremony followed a Christmas setting with family present, and both families hail from Dublin and Nimitz. The bride, a Dublin senior, will transfer to Hinton High. the groom, a Summers County native, works for the C&O Railway. The couple plans to reside in Jumping Branch. Simon Bedford Toler, 44, of Simon, was treated for leg cuts at Stevens Clinic Hospital in Welch.
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Jumping Branch
Sandra Deeds
Benny Paulison
Nimitz
John L. Wilcox
Bill Deeds
Dublin
Mack Eli‘son
Wilcox Home
Russell Lilly
Beckley
Joan L. Wilcox Jr
John C. Ridenour
Ellison
Dublin High School
Hinton High School
Summers County
Chesapeake and Ohio Railway
Simon
Simon — Bedford Toler
Af Simon
Stevens Clinic
Welch
Funeral Rites Held for Ada Robinson in Athens
Funeral services conducted at 1 p.m. for Ada Robinson 160 of Athens Star Route. She died Tuesday at 10:15 a.m. at Princeton Home where she had lived with her son Frank Lilly. Burial followed at Farley Cemetery Pipestem. Survived by son, daughter Mrs. O. S. Leslie Dayton Ohio, brother W R Hopkins Pipestem, sister Mrs. Walter Poole Athens.
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Athens
Ada Robinson
Athens Star
Princeton
Frank Lilly
Pipestem Baptist Church
Farley
Pipestem
Summers County
Rachel and
Breckenridge Hopkins
Robinson
John Lilly
Sec
M. W. Robinson
0. S
Leslie
Dayton
Ohio
W. R. Hopkins
Pipestein
Walter Poole
Toliver Brother of Beckley Resident Dies at 15
Funeral services for William Franklin Toliver 15 of Gap Mills were set for 2 p.m. Thursday at Brown Chapel Church Gap Mills with Rev Luther Fuller officiating. Burial followed at Dicks Hill Cemetery. He died Monday night in a Ronce Verte hospital after a brief illness. Survived by parents Mr and Mrs Roland Toliver three sisters Mrs Elizabeth Murcrill Pittsburgh Pa Miss Ethel Toliver Beckley and Edna Louise Toliver at home and one brother Ben Wheeling.
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Gap Mills
William ’ Franklin Toliver
Roland Toliver
Ronceverte
Brown Chapel Church
Luther Fuller J
Dicks Hill Cemetery
Threes
Elizabeth Murcrill
Pittsburgh
Ethel Toliver
Beckley
Edna Louise Toliiver
Ben
Wheeling
Scout Training Begins at Edwight with Leadership Class
Edwight training sessions led by Ra leigh County Girl Scout executive Edwight Anne Hitze teach Scout leadership. Brownies include Mrs. Mary Wade Morton Leberta Jamison Ruth Yancey. intermediates Mrs Mandrella Byars Dillard Mary Alice Brydie Janita Thompson. seniors Mrs E M Thompson H M Jeffries. Plans to organize troops in January.
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Edwight
Anne Hitze
Raleigh County Girl Scout
Lars
Brownies
Mary Wade Morton
Leberta Jamison
Ruth Yancey
Mandrella Byars Dillard
Mary Alice Brydie
Janita Thompson
E. M. Thompson
H. M. Jeffries
Oceatio Personal Visits Highlight Holiday Season
Mr. and Mrs. Lessle goo and family visit Williamson on Monday. Philip Roach Sr. and Jr. with Ronnie visit John Lee Shannon in Charleston. T. H. Lambert and Matheny relatives share Christmas with Haynes Duty and Sherman Jones in Lundale. J. W. Bean hosts holiday guests. Earl Smith and Ira Blankenship families from Philippi. Emil Cook, Langley Field airman, home for holidays before possible Spain assignment. Others arriving Sunday include Ronald Leeck Ivan Daniela Willis Blankensnip Alvin Toler Bob Burkett.
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Philip Roach
Philip, Jr
Ronnie
John Lee Shannon
Charles‘ton
T. H. Lambert
Matheny
Haynes Duty
Sherman Jones
Lundale
J. W. Bean
Earl Smith
Philippi
Ira Blankenship
Sharon Bean
Athens
Emil Cook
Rem Cook
Langley Field
Spain
Ronald Leeck
Ivan Daniela
Willis Blankensnip
Alvin Toler
Bob Burkett
Miss Rolie Francis and Robert Crouch Tie May in Oceana
Oceana reports the marriage of Miss Bobie Jean Francis to Robert Charles Crouch at 5 30 p m Saturday in the home of the officiating minister Rev Lon Cook. Both are Oceana residents with local families attending. The bride is an Oceana High School graduate and the groom a Greenbrier Military School and Bowling Green University alumnus now employed by his father. An undisclosed wedding trip was postponed until after Christmas. They reside at a new home in Crouchland.
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Oceana
Bobie Jean Francis
Robert Charles Crouch
Lon Cook
Charlie Francis
Ralph Crouch
Delaine Clark
Greennriee Military School
Lewisburg
Bowling Green University
Kentucky
Crouchland
Three Deeds Recorded Following Land Sales
Pineville reports three deeds admitted to record at the county clerk's office. Garnett Hatfield and wife transfer 0.52 acres in Clear Fork District to Greg Hatfield and wife. Greg Hatfield and wife transfer 0.25 acres in Barkers Ridge to the trustees of Guyandotte Church. C G Crow and wife transfer Lot 11, Block 3 in Guyan City Addition to Mullens Slab Fork District to Wallen Sterling Carr.
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Pineville
Garnett Hatfield
Greg Hatfield
Clear Fork
Boyd Green
Guyandotte Church
Barkers Ridge
C. G. Crow
Wallen Sterling Carr
Guyan City
Mullens
Slab Fork
Lynco Mine Improvements Proposed by U S Bureau of Mines
Federal Inspector A L Ulshater urges safety upgrades at the Lynco mine operated by Crozer Cozi and Land Co. Improvements include roof control, extra supports, dust control, test holes near uninspected areas, extended rock dusting, safer escapeways, and no smoking. The mine employs 315 and averages 2000 tons daily.
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LYNCO
United States Bureau of Mines
Crozer, ‘Cozi and Land Company
A. L. Ulshater
Alshafer
Five Wyoming Couples Granted Marriage Licenses
Wyoming County Clerk in Pineville issued marriage licenses to five couples. The list includes Robert Lee Bias and Patty Shields of Baillysville, Robert Charles Crouch and Bobie Jean Franklin of Oceana, Bob Calloway of Davin and Gladys Sorrell of Cyclone, Marion Lafferty of Davin and Barbara New of Cyclone, and Arthur B. Dalton Jr. with Betty Jean Barnett of Coal Mountain. A separate item reports J M Lane, 31, of Coal Mountain injured at Ritter Lumber Co. and treated for a fractured ankle at Welch hospital.
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Pineville
Wyoming County
Robert Lee Bias
Patty Shields
Baillysville
Robert Charles Crouch
Bobie Jean Franklin
Oceana
Bob Calloway
Davin
Gladys Sorrell
Marion Lafferty
Barbara New
Arthur B. Dalton, Jr
Betty Jean Barnett
Coal Mountain
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West Virginia University
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J. R. Deitz
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R. O. Farmer
Romeo Bennett
B. S. Thomas
C.H. Maxwell
Chester Hager
W. T. Wilson
Berry
Gowin
Pat
Walter Smith, Jr
Terral
Mrs. Eagle
Mary Minnie Eagle
City Products
Imbus, Ohio
Stover Brothers Co. Prosperity
Clary
Beaver
Kent Taylor
Evelyn Venanie
Princess Theatre
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Robert Montgomery Serne
Pax Farm
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Rachel Alieng
William Herbert ‘Lilly
van Earl
Black Hawks
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Gary Cooper
J. Wise
Tralee
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Benny Paul Ellison
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Williamson Monay
Miss Rolie Francis
Robert C. Crouch
Wyoming
J. M.lane
Ritter Lumber Company
Welch Hospital
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Thunderhead — Son
Preston Foster
Rita Johnson
Rialto
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William G. Snyder
John Hangock
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Edute Bracker Anh
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