Montgomery Election Preview in Fayette County
W C Taylor the sole incumbent on Montgomery ballot for January 1 election. Democratic mayoral candidate William Jacobs faces Republican Dr H C Skauge. Council slate includes Cecil Halstead Tony McClelland Charles Hatcher Thomas Carter Secondo Dalporto for Dems and McKay Hooper Applestine Waters Absolai for Republicans. Polls open 7 a.m. at five precincts including city hall and local schools.
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William Jacobs
Cecil Halstead
Tony McClelland
Charles Hatcher
Thomas Carter
Secondo Dalporto
Council
Jacobs
H.C. Skauge
M. Neil McMorrow
Taylor
Recorders
Paul V. McKay
8. C. Hooper
BE. R. Applestine
K. L. Waters
W. C. Absolai
Republican Council
Three Traffic Lights To Be Installed In Oak Hill
Oak Hill will add three traffic signals early next week. The New River Supply Company delayed installation due to Christmas rush. Lights will go at Salem Road junction East End, Central Avenue and Main Street, and Route 61 and Main Street, bringing Oak Hill to four working lights. Repairs at Minden Road will be postponed.
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Oak Hill
Register
C. S. Waugh
New River Supply Company
East End
Salem Road
Central Avenue
Main Street
Route 61
Minden Road
Waugh
Two Fayette Men Drown In River
The Kanawha River drowning occurred after an argument over who would row a boat killed two men, Isiah Smith and James Ricksey, near Harewood and Eagle. Louis Terry survived, and Clinton Wright rescued him. Fire Chief Roger Naninskie confirmed the men’s ages and that Smith and Ricksey disappeared after the mid stream capsizing.
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Associated Prets
Montgomery
Kanawia
Harewood
Eagle
Roger Nowinskie
Isiah Smith
James Ricksey
Louis Terry
Clinton Wright
Naninskie
Terry
Ricksey
Wright
Smith
State Lands Test For Mine Foremen
The State Mines Department reports a long running exam program for mine foremen assistants and fire bosses to improve underground safety and train leaders. Last year the department certified 754 men after a three day testing series covering first aid instruments electricity explosives gases ventilation fires and explosions mining practice and mine records and permits.
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Associated Press
Charleston
State Mines Department
Weather Conditions Curtails Sewer Work
Weather forces a halt to East End sewer project work. City manager C. S. Waugh says over 85 percent of the project is finished in the East End and Trump Addition, begun in August by Kanawha Construction Corp. The plan, costing about 208000 dollars, includes installing the new sewer and repairing the existing system.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Register
Oak Hill
East End
C. S. Waugh
Trump Addition
Kanawha Construction Corporation
Charleston
Waugh
Soot Fire Causes Little Damage
Fire in the pipes of a hot air furnace caused little damage to the home of Mr. and Mrs. C. H. Ellison in Whipple near Oak Hill. The blaze started from sent lodg ed in the pipes and was extinguished before the fire department arrived at about 2:29 a.m. Saturday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Register
Oak Hill
C. H. Ellison
Whipple
C. R. Weatherford
Christmas Cantata Lights Central Street Baptist Choir
The Central Street Baptist Church East Beckley choir presents The Light Eternal cantata tonight at 8 o clock in the church auditorium with Dr. H C Hargrove directing and Miss Katharine Mane Abram at the piano. The senior choir of Central Street Baptist will perform choruses and solos in a full hour of festive music.
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First Mission Baptist Church
Lillybrook
Independent Holiness Church
Mortons
Beckley
S. G. Braxton
Church of
H. C. Hargrove
Bernice Hill Henry
Katharine Mane Abram
Winter Queen Misses Coronation Snowbound
LAKE PLACID N Y The Winter Carnival Queen could not be crowned due to heavy snow. King Jack Barty of radio fame to be crowned alone at Olympic Arena as Queen Dorothy Kilgallen was delayed en route from New York City by record snowfall. MT HOPE WVU student Miss Fannie Lee Patteson and Mary Washington College attendees return home for holidays planning an informal party at Lions Club House Monday night December 29.
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Annie Woody Johnson
Morton Street
Ladies’ Communit
St. Timothy Church of God Apostolic
Pemberton
J. F. Clarks
Berrys Street
Philip F. Kings
Church Street
Price Taylor
Fitzpatrick
Nellie Richardson
New York City
Orlando Lewis
East Gulf
Joe Catus
C. H. Rawling
Glen Rogers
Associated Press
Lake Placid
N.Y
Jack Barty
Dorothy J. Kilgallen
Adirondack Mountain
Jcurnival
MT Hope
Fannie Lee Patteson
West Virginia University
Mary Jean Gray
Elizabeth Ann Craver
Mary Washington College
Soft Coal Output Up 16.6 Percent in 1947
The Bureau of Mines reports U S soft coal output for the year reached 603,671 tons as of December 20, up 166 percent from 1946. This marks the second time production exceeded 600,000 tons, according to chief T W Hunter of the coal economics division.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Washington
Bureau of Mines
United States
T. W. Hunter
Bureau
Cowboy Rescues Dog Using Lariat in River Rescue
Patrolman Jack Peterson saved a collie caught in the Missouri River by rushing to a store for a lariat and expertly looping the dog’s head. The officer said it was easy and he used to punch cows. The report also notes holiday travel and visiting guests in other local notices.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Great Falls
Jack Peterson
Missouri River
DAILY CROSSWORD DOWN 22 AND ACROSS CLUES LIST
A compact reader puzzle page item listing many crossword clues with across and down words, plus a cryptogram quotation and a dated quotation line. The entry notes a cryptogram and a historical Pope quotation about mood and tone.
Dora Alene Blake Becomes Bride of Paul W Smathers
Dora Alene Blake wed Paul Wiseman Smathers in Oak Hill at 8 p m Friday with a double ring ceremony at Oak Hill Baptist Church The bride wore white satin with a long train and a net veil The groom is a Marshall College student and Alpha Sigma Phi member They plan to reside in Huntington after the wedding
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dora Alene Blake
Paul W. Smathers
Register
Oak Hill
Paul Wiseman Smathers
Oak Hill Baptist Church
Guamer H. Cross
A. A. Angle
Oak Hill Methodist Church
Love
Kellis Miller
John Estes
Raymond Treadway
Rodney "Riser
Vann Wilmoth
Painsetta
James H. Smathers, Jr
William Shorter
John White
Alpha Sigma Phi Fraternity
John Murdock
Arboursvile
Gene Rich
Blacksburg
Son Is Born to Mr. and Mrs. Ray J. Clinebell
Oak Hill couple announce the birth of a son Ray Le Clinebell Jr at Oak Hill Hospital on December 21 Mrs Clinebell is formerly Miss Lois Miles of Beckley.
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Oak Hill
Ray J. Clnebell
Ray le Clinebell
Oak Hill Hospital
Clinebell
iMiss Lois Miles
Beckley
Yule Party Highlights White Shrine Meeting
The Jabal Alrija Shrine No. 6 of the Order of the White Shrine met at the Masonic Hall in Mount Hope with gifts exchanged and a social period after business. Members from Oak Hill Fayetteville Thurmond Scarbro and Mount Hope attended while Beckley was absent. A death notice for Mrs. N. F. Stump prompted a memorial service at the next monthly meeting. Isabel Alford was named Shrine Patrol president with practice set weekly and plans to participate in the Atlantic City run in May 1948. Notices will invite interested people to join the patrol.
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N. F. Stump
Isabel Alford
Shrine Patrol
Atlantic City
Marie Bolton
Alfard
Summersville Couple Travel After Sudden Death
Dr and Mrs Eugene Brown left Summersville Friday for Charlotte after word of Mrs Brown's father Huddleston's sudden death. In Canton Ohio Blanche Peck visits son Dr John Peck and daughter in law for the holidays.
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North Carolina
Summersville
Eugene Brown
Charlotte, N.C
Ohio
Blanche Peck
John Peck
Lin Canton
Summersville Property Purchased by C Carlson
Summersville staff reports Clyde Carlson has bought a lot on Daniels Street Summersville a deed filed in Nicholas County Clerk's office lists the buyer as Clyde Carlson and the seller as Mr and Mrs Clyde Roop The notice also lists additional deeds on file across Summersville including land transfers in several districts and towns with multiple parties and parcels described.
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Register
Summersville
Clyde Carlson
Daniels Street
Nicholas County
Carlson
Clyde Roop
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West Virginia Tech
Fayette
Mount Hope
MT. Hope
W. L. Cottle, Jr
Katie Akers
West Wicknam
Winding Gutf
Stephenson Missionary Society
Scott
Gue
Cowboy
Ali
W. C.ward
Bill
Ward
J. F. Ward
Bluefield
Virginia
Register Stall
Oak Hill — Major
Lack Judy
Arlington, Va
Judy
C. W., Rule
Daily Crossword
Beata
Bird
Manserven
Hornet
Truyhiyd
Crynteewete
Pope
Mae Puckett
Smathers
Fayette County
Mes, Paul Wiseman
Glenn [Breastle
Point Pleasant
Mona Gray Harris
RaineNe
Caralyn
Robert Campbell
Als
Clyde Roane
Washington, DC
Fred Roop
C. Carlson
G. G. Worrell
Careroll C. Worrell
Anglings Creek
Wilderness
W.T. Facemire
Roxie
Herbert J. Smith
Fenwick
Gauley Coal Land Company
Charles McCue
Kentucky
Lida Campbell
Flossie Campbell
Side Campbell, Jr
Mill Crees
Hamilton
Lilly Land Company
W. H. O'Dell
Lilly, Cove
Rosa Wilson
Norman Wilson
Woodrow Wilson
Jon Anglings
C. Umbarger
Hattie Um
Barger
Harry Spencer
Dela Spencer
Riverside
Richwood
Harry C. Spencer
R C. Umbarger
Anna Hart
John A. Hart
Edgar Hoover
Mill Creek
Alamilton
Nerbert J. Simith
Alice Jardine
Beaver
CE Coulter
Beulah Coulter
W. D. Rogers
A. L. McMillion
Sally Casto
Fairview Heights
Arthur Backus
D. D. Parsons
Elk Creek
Swiss
A. Rodackson
Jamis Thompson
L. T. Westfall
Esetella Smith
Home Jin’ Creek
Tennessee
Reador Statt
James Campbel
Ralph Morris
Argie Frame
Chattanooga
Ernest Frame
G. Powells Creek
Isomer Kyle
Talis Hospital
Madge Kyle
Resistier Sete
Jim Creek
Curtis Key Pouller
Leslie Buckland
St. Nicholas
Ruperf
Fee Ee Gene le
Effie Whife
Burke White
Perry J. Amick
Edith Amick
Meadow Creek
Aves
Rua Wrel
Rupert
Donald Edds
C. P. Edds
William Fain
Hester Fain
Billie Fain
Airs
Lain Fain
Alantgomey Med
Saurnos
Montgomery Ubud
Hush’s
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