Mullens Merchants Report Record Christmas Buying Season
Merchants in Mullens call this the biggest Christmas buying period on record with stores open late and heavy sales surpassing 1945. C S Stump reports the Steele Drug Store posted its largest pre Christmas sales while Eli Duskhoff notes sales $10 000 over last year. Davis says he never saw such a sales record in his career selling hardware and clothing. roasters sold out and only two toy guns remained.
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Register
Mullens
C. S. Stump
Steele Drug
Eli Duskhoff
N. D. Trent
A. L
Wyoming Police Enroute To Colorado For Prisoner Pickup
Corps and Sheriff Goode plan to take Lundy Elswick and an accomplice from Wise County to Colorado where authorities hold them on related robberies. They will travel today from 1 30 p m to 4 p m en route through Mountain City area with no admission charge for the public.
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Mullens
R. D
Mountain City
Paul Goode
Colorado
Lundy Elswick
Elswick
Memorial Building
A. K
Gilliam
Twobery
Victory
Wyoming
Funeral Held for Mrs Lampton in Beckley
Funeral services were held Friday at 1 pm for Mrs Happy Jane Lampton 66 who died Monday night in Beckley hospital. The Rev Lonnie Blankenship led the service at her daughter's home Laura While. Burial followed at Caffee Cemetery Mounts Tabor. She was a member of the Amigo Methodist Church for 20 years, a Bracker County Kentucky native. Survivors include husband Frank Lampton six daughters two sons and 20 grandchildren.
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Mullens
iMes
Happy Jane Lampton
Beckley Hospital
Lonnie Blankenship
Laura While
Caffee
Mounts Tabor
Amigo ‘Methodist Church
Bracker County
Kentucky
Frank Lampton
While
Evans Heads Feneda Baptist Sunday School
J. S. Evans succeeds as superintendent after the annual teacher and officer election at Feneda Baptist Sunday School. Newly elected officers include Albert Toler Don D. Cook Vern Cook Virgil Lusk John Rollins Barbara Cook and Genesee Cooper with terms totaling 15 months.
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Heater
Ocfana
J. S. Evans
Feneda Baptist
Wilk
Albert ‘Toler
Don D. Cook
Vern Cook
Virgil Lusk
John Rollins
Barabara Cook
Genesee Cooper
Six Die on Wyoming Roads in 1947 Holiday Toll
Six people have died on Wyoming county highways this year according to Mullens State Police review of holiday driving. One arrest for drunken driving was reported as Paul Wilson Weeks of Kopperston, 34, pleaded guilty after a collision near Glenfork. Police noted a generally quiet Yuletide with $122 in fines in three days.
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Register
Mullens
Wyoming
L.P. Mullins
Kopperston
Glenfork
Pielos
Sepa
Yuletide
Itne
Prizes Awarded To Oceana Youths
Three members of the Foneda Baptist Youth Fellowship received awards for service during the recent calendar sale. Shirley Lamb won first prize, Lilly Goodman second, and J. Toler third. Proceeds totaled $14 used for a Christmas basket for a needy family. The annual election of the youth group will be held tonight.
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Oceana
Foneda Baptist Youth Fellowship
Shirley Lamb
Lilly Goodman
J. Toler
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Shuk Memorial Baptist Church
Baptist Church
Renick
Paul Wilson Weeks
MEET
Willer Mullens
Sammy Pearls
State Baptist Youth Fellowship
St. Albans
Ile
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Fligti
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Pilot Radio Corp
FA Pilotuner
Pilot Radio
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Palofravio. Corporation
36Th St
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N. Y
Protone Vinylite Records
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Oxford
Pic Agamasa
Dai
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Sporting Good Dept
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