New Cook Building Nears Completion in Fayetteville
Fayetteville moves forward with a new Cook Department Store building rising on Maple Avenue adjacent to the post office area. The Hamilton Building on Maple and Court Street has its downstairs showroom now open to New River Supply Company while upper offices await finishing. The project reflects Fayetteville’s aging business district redevelopment with remodeled structures and vacant lots awaiting new tenants.
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Fayetteville
RNS
Letcher Cook
Cook Department Store
Frank Love
Maple Avenue
Hamilton
Court Street
New River Supply Company
Cook
Maple
Rame Ave
Hundley
J R
Beckelheimer
Sheriff's
Gew
High Street
Harvey
Rosemont Flor
Strucures
Maple Ave
Minden Man Held After Shooting of Woman in Harvey
Leonard Woodson, 23, of Minden is jailed on malicious assault charges after confessing to shooting Willa Mac Bennett and firing on her escort Raymond Tyson on a Harvey dirt road between 2 and 3 am. Bennett is in Oak Hill Hospital in satisfactory condition after surgery. Tyson, uninjured, was nearby with Bennett at Hodges Place. one round hit his car. A hearing is expected this week.
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Oak"hill
ANS
Minden
Harvey
Fayette County
Leonard Woodson
Woodson
Willa Mac Bennett
Ibre
Raymond Tyson
W. R. Seat
Buddie Crouch
Oak Hill Hospital
Miss Bennett
Tyson
Hodges
Mrs. Bertha Flanagan 76 Taken by Death
Mrs Bertha Alice Flanagan 76 of Maplewood died Thursday morning at her daughter's Beckley home. Funeral services set for 2 p m Sunday at Maplewood Methodist Church with burial in Marlin Cemetery. Survivors include daughter Virginia Osborne and three other daughters and two sons plus 25 grandchildren and 13 great grandchildren. Bodies to be moved from East Rainelle funeral home to Sterley Flanagan's home Saturday afternoon.
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Maplewood
Bertha -Alice Flanagan
Jay Holliday
Ass. Dodgrill
Maplewood Methodist Church
Marlin
Little Sewell
Flanagan
Virginia Osborne
Beckley
Methodist C
Red Creek
Addiion
Osborne
Lectie Callison
Inez ‘Callison
Danese
Elva Wolford
Landisburg
Many Couples Receive Marriage Licenses in Pineville Area
The county clerk's office issued marriage licenses to twelve couples from Pineville Palmer Walter Gillespie 41 and Lola Mae Haynes 21 Marianna James Earl Bishop 22 and Norma Janice Williams 18 Mullins Jackie Lee Hatfield 21 and Adele Woolum 13 Coal Mountain James D Stone 19 and Betty McPeeks 17 Oceana Charles L Stewart 21 and Wilma Pauline McKinney 17 Matheny Jimmy Darrell Accord 25 and Nancy Walker 17 Pineville Ronald Murphy 24 Ikes Fork and Sylvia Walker 20 Justice Dallas Edward Conley 33 and Kathleen Geneva Sizemore 33 Pineville William Parks 40 and Hosa Johnson 27 Wyoming Edward Jones 26 and Edna Widener 19 Steeles Vincent Joe Wyatt 19 Pineville and Iva Chapman Simonn Dewey Toler Kopperston and Nancy Ritter 20 New Richmond
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pineville
RNS
Palmer -Walter Gillespie
Brenton
Lola Mae Haynes
Marianna
James Earl Bishop
Wyco
Norma Janice-Williams
Mullins
Jackie Lee Hatfield
Adele* Woolum
Coal Mountain
James D. Stone
Betty McPeeks
Hosa Johnson
Wyoming
Edward ‘Jones
Edna Widener
Steeles
Vincent Joe Wyatt
Iva Chapman
Simonn
Dewey
Toler
Kopperston
Nancy Ritter
New Richmond
Mrs. Mary Buckle Dies at 88 in Oak Hill
Mrs Mary Buckle 88 Oak Hill died at 4 pm Thursday at the Andrew S Rowan Home Sweet Springs after an extended illness. She was born in Warrington Lancaster England November 1868 and was a member of St Andrews Episcopal Oak Hill. Her husband George Buckle died in 19. The body is at Tyree Funeral Home Oak Hill.
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Oak Hill
Rns
Mary Buckle
Oak Hil
Andrew S. Rowan
Sweet Springs
Buckle
George
Warrington
Lancaster County
England
St. Andrew's Episcopal Church
Tyree
Death Claims Mrs Cohernour of Ansted
Mrs Sarah Elizabeth Cohernour age 72 died today at the home of her son Samuel Cohernour in Ansted after an extended illness. Surviving daughters are Mrs Robert Murphy of Nallen Mrs Lenora Goode of Ansted and Mrs Halletha Barrett of Windham Ohio. Husband predeceased her in 1918. Body at Thomas Funeral Home Ansted funeral arrangements incomplete.
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Ansted
ANS
Sarah Elizabeth Cohernour
Samual
Dorsey ‘Cohernour
Robert Murphy
Nallen
Lenora Goode
Halletha Barrett
Windham
Ohio
Thomas Funeral Home
Ex Fayette Man Tipped as New U S Ambassador
Ex Montgomery resident Christopher Janus is proposed to President Eisenhower as U S Ambassador to Australia by Sen Everett Dirksen. Janus, 35, former restaurant operator and Chicago business associate, has a varied career and Greek origins. If accepted, he would be nominated by Eisenhower and must be Senate confirmed to fill the post vacant since Ambassador Douglas Moffat’s death last August.
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Gauley Bridge
Montgomery
Eisenhower
U. S
Australia
Everett Dirksen
Ilnois
Christopher Janus
Chicago
Cxulienden, Posesta and Co
Chicago Daily News
Janus
National News
Adolph Hitler
Franklin B. Roosevelt
Greece
State Department
White House
Eisenhowser
Senate
Douglas Moffat
Pineville Woman's Club votes to sponsor teachers award
Pineville Woman's Club met at Fellowship Hall of First Methodist Church with Christmas decorations and a buffet. Members planned to participate in a General Federation of Women's Clubs award for an outstanding local teacher, with a committee to review candidates. deadline is January 13.
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Pineville
RNS
Taylor
Lewis Campbell
James Dow Cook
John F. Scoleri
A.” 'Y Shannon
Henry Frye
G. We Hines
Fredge Huttman
Dean Gray
Pineyilter Grade School Glee Club
Robert E. Kuhn
General Federation of Women's Clubs
R. H. Breeden
Education Department
Public Hearing Tonight On Oak Hill Street Assessments
A 7:30 p.m. public hearing at City Hall addresses the council’s plan to finance street improvements on Wickline Blackburn Park Lively Elmore Chestnut and Church Streets. If approved the council will levy assessments on benefiting property owners to cover their shares of the costs.
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Can Hill
City Hall
City Council
Oak Hill
Wickline Street
Blackburn Street
Park Street
Lively Avenue
Elmore Street
Chestnut Avenue
Church Street
Visit With Parents Oak Will Spending Christmas with Frye Family
A family gathering over the Christmas holidays at Mr and Mrs Richard Frye home on Central Ave included their sons in law and daughters Mr and Mrs Randolph Scott of Huntington and Mr and Mrs Richard Mounts. Cleveland 0.
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Oak Will
Richard Frye
Central Ave
Randolph Scott
Huntington
Richard Mounts
Cleveland
Mrs. Tully Begins 25th Year as Fayette Circuit Clerk
Fayetteville notes Mrs. L. S. Tully starts her 25th year as Fayette circuit clerk on January 1 after election to a fifth term. She first entered county office in 1931, later becoming the state’s first woman county commissioner, and has led or aided campaigns with the local bar.
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Fayetteville
RNS
L. S. Tully
Fayette
Tuy
Willian Con i. A. Ossey
Tully
Montgomery Bridge Progress Delays Declared Near Finish
The Montgomery bridge nearing completion with guard rails in place and handrails installed after a California to Chicago inspection hold. Mayor Brown said opening by March 1 is doubtful but may quicken with fast arrival. City and Chamber plan an all-day ceremony. parade and officials expected.
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Gauley Bridge
BNS
Gomery
Denver P. Brown
California
Chicago
Kaiser Aluminum Co
Montgomery
Chamber of Commerce
Gauley Bridge Police Chief Gene Rader Resigns
Gauley Bridge Mayor announces Chief Gene Rader will resign from the police force effective January 1 after several years on the force and as chief since Hershey Eads’ resignation last year. Delbert Elam, Fayette County jailer and Oak Hill deputy sheriff, has applied for the job, with council to decide at the next January meeting.
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Gauley Bridge
RNS
Gene. Rader
Denver P. Brown
Rader
Hershey Eads
Delbert Elam
Fayette County
Oak Hill
Brown
Money Taken In Break-in At Sportsman Pool Room
Three pin ball machines were robbed in a breaking and entering at the Sportsman Pool Room on Main Street. City officials say the building was entered through a side window sometime Wednesday night.
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Oak Hill
RNS
Sportsman Pool
Main Street
Sylvester Residents Share Holidays With Kin
Mrs. D. G. Webb Jr. and Miss Sylvia Branham of Washington DC visit the Branham family in Sylvester. The Keeneys relocate to Meade Raleigh County. Artie Dillard Jr. and son visit Mills Hay den in Sylvester. Leonard Phelps and son stay with Carl Phelps in Sylvester.
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Sylvester
D. G. Webb Jr
Sylvia Branham
Washington, D. C
George Branham
James Keeney
Meade
Raleigh County
Artie Dillard Jr
Lebanon
Mills Hayden
Leonard Phelps
Buckhannon, Ky
Carl Phelps
Betty McPeeks Becomes Bride of James Stone
Betty Jane McPeeks daughter of Mr and Mrs Harold McPeeks of Linco wed A 3C James Denny Stone son of Mrs Anna Ruth Phillips of Man and grandson of Mr and Mrs James D Blake of Oceana in an Oceana Methodist Church ceremony officiated by Rev Okey Cooper Jr The bride, a Oceana High School senior and former cheerleader, wore a white street length frock with red rose corsage maid of honor Peggy Ragsdale and best man Elmier Cook stationed with the Navy in San Diego The groom a three letter athlete at Oceana High School joined the Air Force last May and will report to Larsen Air Force Base Washington after leave
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Oceana
BNS
Betty Jane McPeeks
Harold McPeeks
Lynco
James Denny Stone
Anna Ruth Phillips
Man
James D. Blake
Air Force
Okey Cooper Jr
Oceana Methodist Church
Peggy Ragsdale
Elmier Cook
San Diego
Calif
U.S. Navy
W.S. Cook
Oceana High School
B C Nichols Family Holds Early Christmas Dinner
INEVILLE RNS Mr and Mrs B C Nichols hosted a Christmas dinner at their Pineville home with Ralph Nichols Penny Ann Oscar Shepherd and children Ben Gibson C B Nichols Jr Basil Nichols Larry Eugene Estes Nichols Diane present From Chicago Illinois distant relatives could not attend.
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Ineville
RNS
B. C. Nichols
Pineville
Ralph Nichols
Penny Ann
Oscar Shepherd
Charleston
Ben Gibson
Sissonville
C. B. Nichols
Basil B. Nichols
Larry
Eugene
Oceana
Estes A. Nichols
Diane
Chicago
Five Land Deeds Admitted to Record in Wyoming County
Wyoming County Clerk lists deeds admitted to record in Pineville and Oceana districts. Transfers include Ida Thomas to Tony and Juanita Montrosse Lot 55 Block H and part of Lot 67 Valley Springs Addition, Marie Burks to Beulah Green Jot No 1 Lester Addition, Lake Lambert and J W Lambert to Paul P Holland and Jardine Halland Lots 83 and 86 Cook-Weaver Addition, Earl A Miller and Leona Miller to Jess Willard Warfield and Edith Hatfield Lot 31 Hedrick Carter Addition No 1, Milas A Canada and Isabella Canada to A H Howerton surface of Lots 2 and 23 Block H Valley Springs Addition Bud, plus other listed transfers in Barkers Ridge district.
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Pineville
RNS
Ida Thomas
Tony
Juanita Montrosse
Valley Springs
Bul
Barkers Ridge
Marie Burks
Beulah Green
Lester
Oceana
Lake Lambert
J. W. Lambert
Paul P. Holland
Jarldine Halland
Cook-Weaver
Earl A. Miller
Leona Miller
Jess Willard Warfield
Edith Hatfield
Hedrick Carter
Corinne
Milas A. Canada
Isabella Canada
A. H. Howerton
Bud
Birthday Announcements List From Mt Hope and Oak Hill Areas
A long birthday notice lists numerous individuals with residences in Mt Hope Oak Hill and nearby areas. Names include Weldon DcLacy Canday Mary Ellen Harless Pax Myrtle Wand Carter Russell Patteson Carl Basham Maudine Batten Alley Wil liam Bays Raymond Kerr Ivan Bush Jr George Bennett Clarence Bender Lena Bell Gladys Bennett Oscar O Dell Joe Buizzard Eldon Decker Freda Brennan Fred W Jasper Everette Burgess Hazel Johnson Rodney Armstrong Beulah Waghes Gertrude Harvey Betty Williams Jack George William Holley Betty Williams Campbell Court and related addresses.
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Weldon DcLacy Canady
Mt. Hope
Mary Ellen Harless
Pax
Myrtle Wand Carter
Russell G. Patteson
Mt. Hone
Lively Carl Basham
Oak Ill
Maudine Batten
Alley
William Stuart Bays
Oak Hill
Raymond Kerr
Ivan HH Bush, Jr
Oak Hills
Willian Bays
George R. Bennett
Antited
Clarence Bender
Whiapie
Lena Bell
Boomer
June E
Roberson Rites Set Sunday
Funeral services for William Henry Roberson 81 Glen Jean will be held at 1 p.m. Sunday at Springfield Baptist Church Appomattox County Virginia conducted by the Rev. Ernest Rose. Burial will follow in the family cemetery Buckingham County. Survivors include five sons Manuel Samuel Wilbur Charles Ernest and one sister Maggie Pankey. The body will be moved from Ritchie and Johnson Funeral Parlor to Virginia Saturday night.
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Glen Jean
William Henry
Roberson
Springfield Baptist Church
Appomatox County
Ernest Rose
Buckingham County
Manuel
Samuel
Wilbur
Charles
Baltimore
Ernest
U.S. Army
Elizabeth
Estelle Diggs
Elizabeth Roberson
Brooklyn
N.Y
Mize Marie Roberson
Roberta McCutt
New York City
Maggie E. Pankey
Ritchie and Johson
Virginia
Twelve People Receive U S Citizenship In County Ceremony
Judge Charles I Garvin Jr conferred citizenship on twelve people in a county courtroom ceremony. Names include Anton Polegnak Milburn Frank Garcia Pete Roce Luigi Curatola Anthony Kinsler Johanna Kirk Katherine Mason Maria Janiszewski Joseph Janiszewski Eva Popovich Annaliese Olief Johnson.
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Apayetteville
ANS
Charles I. Garvin Jr
United States of America
Anton Polegnak
Milburn
Czechoslovakia
Frank Garcia
Oak Hill
Spain
Pete Roce
Italy
Luigi Curatola
Gallagher
Anthony Kinsler
Grea Jean
Germany
Maria Alello
Smithers
Maly
Johanna Kirk
Powellton
Katherine Mason
Summerice
Maria Janiszewski
Scarbro
Poland
Joseph Janiszewski
Eva Popovich
Austria
Annaliese Olief Johnson
Richwood
Garvin
Pineville Personal Notices Highlight Holiday Visits
Pineville residents report holiday greetings and travel. Mr. and Mrs. C. B. Taylor and son Gene visit Baltimore relatives. Roanoke and Charlton trips are shared by multiple families. Christmas gatherings include the Cook and Glover households, and several Pineville residents host or visit kin in Mullens, Newport, Kopperston, and nearby towns.
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Pineville
Rns
C. B. Taylor
Gene
Baltimore
Azel Brown
R. F. Thomas
Terry Lee
Roanoke
Art Glover
Virsil A. Cook
Fred Ho Shannon
Fred, Jr
Donald Farmer
Sharon Lyon
Newport
Curtis Cook
Bill Weaver
Floyd Rose
Donald Hayhurst
Man
George Saunders
Perry C. Conk
Mullens
Carl Ellison
Peggy Gwinn
Kay Curry
Joe Morgan
Warren McGraw
Rote Xr Shipman
West Virginia University
Pine Ville
Sandra Bailey
Connie Martin
Ronald Rose
Louise Gunter
Bob Martin
David Cline
Concord Calerie
A. E. McLain, Jr
Trenton
Curt
Walter C. Byrd
Early Browning
Kopperston
Icy Griffith
Patricia Church
Charleston
Christmas Dinner Guests Gather in Pineville
RNS reports a Pineville dinner with guests including George W. Cook Jr and his daughter Rebecca, and multiple families such as the Runyons, Stewarts, Roses, Carmells, Rare, Hayhurst, and others. Locations listed as Pineville, with numerous children mentioned among the attendees.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Christmlas
Pineville
George W. Cook Jr
Rebecca
Charleston
Robert Runyon
Jeanne
Bud
Agee Stewart
Thomas
Rosalie
Lynce
Vivian Rose
Ronald
Sue
Carmell
Patricia
W. FP. Rare, Jr
Donna Page
Raymond
Elma Hayhurst
Donald Keith
Birth announced for daughter Sandra Dean Skaggs
Mr and Mrs Clinton Date Skaggs announce the birth of a daughter Sandra Dean Dee on the 26th at Oak Hill Hospital. The mother is Barbara Jean Hatfield, daughter of Luther and Mrs Hatfield of Scarbro.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oak Will
Clinton Date Skaggs
Maple Wood
Sandra Dean
Dee
Oak Hill Hospital
Skaggs
Barbara Jean Hatfield
Luther Hatfield
Scarbro
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Pat Crowley
Maxie Rosenbloom
Srak
Anita Exberg
Frank Tashun
Erma
Lars Fm
Wep Sones
Daveee
Tecrnicolor
visnVision
Cohernour
Woman's Club
Cena
L. al Worrell
Dennis
Dottie
Darrell
Princeton
FE. G. Shannon
Nancy Jeanne
Corky
T. F. Brammer
Lillian Stewart
H.W. Whisenant
Wand
Dickie Whisenant
Daugters
William Jarrett
Fonso Chafin
James
U. S. Marine Corps
Hugh Brown
Navy
Philip Roach Jr
Philip Mark
Freddie Fletcher
Minnie B. Hawkins
Logan
Boone 'Peltrey
Fletchers
Camp le Jeune
N.C
Charles Bailey
Roninte Bailey
Eliza Bailey
Ralph Hicks
Bermie Short
Clear Fork
Bud Hall and Son
Allen
L. A. Beane
Gary Cooper
Richard Eyer
Robert Middleton
Phyllis Love
Mark Richman
Walter Caslett
Jessamyn West
Ey Dimitretiomkin
William Wyler
Tye
Ade
Circuit Court
King
Women of the Presbyterian Church
N New
Bris. J. Lal Lawton
William L
New River and Pochontas Co
National Bank
Philadelphia
Robert
Antietam
Quonset Point
R. I. Naval Base
Lawrence
Raleigh County Bank
Ann Absalom
Secretary of the Navy
Pentagon
Washington, D.C
John M
Lan
Summersville
C. H. Maxwell
Meg. LS. Tully
Fayelle P . Va
Isorena Stone
A. H. Buchanan
Tom Carter
Buchanan
Carter
State
Barbara Stanwyck
Burma
Wee Maryin Vye
Lisa Montel
Robert Warwick
Reginald der
Road TO
Denver
John Payne
Mona Veetman
James Stone
B.C. Nichols
Alan Freed
Mountain Air Drive-In
Glen Jean Tridat
Saterday
Robert Milthum
Dan
Thlus
Paris
Tay Curtis
Glorii the
Afte
Johanna Kick
America
Underwood Lumber Co
Shady Spring
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