Holiday visitors fill Pax Branch homes with relatives
Readers in Pax and surrounding areas hosted a large number of relatives over Christmas and the weekend. Families from Baltimore, Winter Harbor, Morgantown, Miami, Middletown, Mullens, Sophia, Brooklawn, Summersville, Oak Hill, Flatwood, Long Branch, and more visited in homes of the Stover, Payne, Wingrove, Lively, Holly, Sutton, Kenney, Miller, and other families. Guests included airmen, sergeants, and multiple generations, with travel from Maryland, Ohio, North Carolina, and New Jersey for holiday gatherings and reunions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Thompson
Ollie Mayble
Greta O'Toole
Baltimore
Arnold L
Winter Harbor
Maine
Ti Communications
Iron Wright Se
Josie Payne
Waymon Payne
Morgantown
Ulysses Payne
Larry
Miami, Fla
Wallace Gumm
Middletown
Ohio
Mary Jo Payne
Zola
Lowell Payne
Montgomery
Franklin Payne
Karen
Summersville
Omhar Spencer
Robert Graves
Karen Jean
Harper
Othar Spencer Jr
Stanley
Gary
J. D. Janney
Sherman Stover
Roger and
Alan
Mullens
Jack Murdock
Ronnie
Sophia
David Janney
David Ray
Mike
Brooklawn
N. J
Larry Janney
Mich
James Stover
Opal
James H. Stover
Seymore Johnson Air Force Base
Goldsboro
N. C
Harlan Rees
Debra
Michael
Joe
Janet
Oak Hill
Warren Lowry
Jay
Flatwood
Hayden Stover
Whipple
Kay Stover
Washington, D. C
Gladys
Alaska
Susan Elliott
Mount Hope
Long Branch
Emory Wingrove
Jimmy Wingrove
Detroit
Tracy Lively
Jane Ellen
David
Gene Robinson
Longacre
Price Brock
North Carolina
Dolly
Jerry
Brock’s
Bobby Brock
Monroe
Otto Pruitt
Clear Fork
Walter Crookshanks
Carl, Dale
Sherry
Beckley
William Maynor
Lively
Hattie Tyree
Lorene
Christmas Program Opens with Lord's Prayer Recitations
Presenting a Christmas program, participants include Frazier Dwight Lafferty Betty Cook Regina Baugh Gaylan ce David Jude and Drema il Front row Paulette Dishman Phyllis Canada Gail Bailey Linda Coleman Gary Burleson and Donald Pennington. The group opened the program with the Lord's Prayer. Recitations included Welcome Christmas Bells What Will You Bring I'd Like to be Old Santa Claus and First Christmas.
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Santa Claus
Christmas Party At Mount Hope Baptist Temple
The Mount Hope Baptist Temple held its annual Christmas Party on Friday at 7 p.m. in the Fellowship Room. The Gay Foster Sunday School Class decorated the tree and the Junior High Class presented the program. The American Bible Class presented a playlet Rehearsal At Christmas with a large cast and nativity scene. The event featured a White Gifts presentation for the needy, a prayer by Rev Harry R. Dias Jr, and Santa’s arrival, followed by group singing and classroom performances by nursery and primary departments.
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Mount Hope
ANS
Mount Hope Baptist Temple
Gay Foster
American Bible Class
Mary Sue Wilkins
Connie Little
Parker
Nancy Stafford
Jane Garvin
Jerry
Joyce
Barbara Phillips
Inifer Huffman
Rachel
Cristy McNeely
Joanine
Bonnie Shockey
Martha
Mary Brady
Marion Trail
Brenda Gwinn
Don Tolliver
James
Billy Pat Brock
Rueben
Jesus
Betty Taylor
Phillis Bonifacio
Doris Shockey
David Shockey
Richard Allen Miller
Dean Bonifacio
Thelma Angle
Margaret Tissue
Fan-tnne Richeson
Francis Walker
Gale Kirby
Jimmy Taylor
Jamie Penman
Danny Cope
Thomas Swift Gwinn
Dale Hoke
Doris Queen
Lauran Dias
James Humphrey
Elizabeth
Jan Caye i Gwinn
Mary
Mary Jo McClung
Ruth
Starr Tolliver
Sarah
Jen
White Christmas Ball Held In Mount Hope
About 75 people attended the annual White Christmas Ball at Mount Hope Elementary School auditorium. Sponsored by Alpha Omega and Alpha Beta Clubs and Mount Hope High School majorettes, each member sold two admission tickets. Chaperones included Coach and Mrs. Jack Shockey and others. committees covered decorating, refreshments, music, and cleanup with named local volunteers.
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Mount Hope
RNS
Alpha Omega
Alpha Beta Clubs
Mount Hope High School
Jack Shockey
Thomas Warren
Henry Danner
Willia Thompson
Bennie Spa
Vicky Bolen
Freda Ruff
Sharon Walker
Betty Ruff
Brenda Treadway
Watchnight Service Set by Mullens Church of God
Moran Avenue Church of God in Mullens hosts a community Watchnight service Saturday from 8 p m to midnight with pastors Vernon Roop Glen Fork E L Ellis Slab Fork E D Arnold Rhodell H V Lambert speaking and special music throughout, says pastor E R Heaton.
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Mullens
Moran Avenue Church of God
Allen Junction
Vernon Roop
Glen Fork
T. L. Sizemore
Slab Fork
E. L. Ellis
Coal City
E. D. Arnold
Rhodell
H. V. Lambert
Authority Granted For Sewage System In Mullens West Virginia
The Public Service Commission granted Mullens Wyoming County authority to provide sewage disposal for about 3500 water users. The town will install a sewage treatment system costing roughly 343000 dollars with about 25 percent funded by the federal government.
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Charleston
uPl
Wyoming County
Mullens
Public Service Commission
Couple Observes 55th Anniversary in Fayetteville
Fayet teville residents Mr and Mrs Ernest Amick marked their 55th wedding anniversary on Sunday. Married December 25 1905 in the home of his parents in Dempsey the couple later traveled by train to Charleston then Ohio to visit relatives. They have three sons Ralph Curtis and Robert and a daughter Mrs Frank Spangler plus nine grandchildren.
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Fayetteville
RNS
Ernest Amick
W.maple Ave
R. E. Amick
Dempsey
Aliie Thacker
W. N. Thacker
Covington
D. F. Gossling
Southern Methodist Church
Clayte Thacker
Sam Carter
C. L. Wood
Clyde Settle
Fayette Station
Charleston
Ohio
Amick
Ralph
Mount Hope
Curtis
Akron
Robert
Huntington
Frank Spangler
Christmas Weekend Visitors to Fayetteville
Fayetteville items note Miss Barbara Spangler visiting her parents the Spanglers during Christmas while working in Hartsdale New York and studying at the New York Interior School of Design. Linda Pridemore of Columbus Ohio visits in the Dempsey home. The Thompsons host Rev Charles S Thompson Jr and his wife as Mr and Mrs A Guy Jeffers of Charleston welcome guests. Miss Maxine Tredway of Chicago is a guest in the home of her sister Mrs Gladys B.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. E. Lively
Buford Lively
Hannah
Neil
Eleanor
Charleston
Randolph Hendrickson
John
Oak Hill
Nancy Holley
Columbus
Ohio
Coy Holley
Russell Lee Williams
Chantilly
Rexford Williams
Plum Orchard
Delia Lively
Hazel
Harl Lively
Stewart Wayne
St. Albans
Cleve Holly
Wanda Holly
Lacy
Cyrus
Susan
Sun
S. E. Warren Jr
Jennifer
Cora Kincaid
Long Branch
Larry Kelly
Vickie
S. L. McGown
Ronceverte
Rosella Sutton
Patricia Sutton
Man
Pfc
Howard Paul Sutton
Fort Bragg
N. C
Frank Tyree
J. W. Mowell
Fort Campbell
Bernice Coleman
Coleman
Howard Stover
Cheryl
Denise
Dayton
Howard Franklin
Adrian Kenney
Pamela Sue
Karen Kay
Kilsyth
Laura Miller
Henry Jr
Patricia
Chesapeake
George Vick
New Jersey
Jimmy Godby
Maple Fork
C. D. Brown
Jackie
Packs Branch
Fayetteville
RNS
Barbara Spangler
Hartsdale
N. Y
New York Interior School of Design
Frank Spangler
Boston Dempsey
Linda Pridemore
Charles S. Thompson Jr
Pineville Attorney Named Bank President
Pineville attorney Clarence Worrell was unanimously elected president of the Castle Rock Bank of Pineville at a board meeting after the death of H. E. Crews on December 9. Also named were Robert Bailey as vice president Lewis Campbell as executive vice president and cashier and William Lewis and A. E. Baldwin as board members.
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Pineville
ANS
H. E. Crews
Castlerock Bank of
Clarence Worrell
Crews
Robert Bailey
Lewis Campbell
William Lewis
A. E. Baldwin
Layland Girl Killed in Uniontown Collision
A two car crash in Uniontown Pa left two dead and three injured. Patti Sue Morton 19 of Layland W Va was pronounced dead at the scene. Ida Donneway 61 of Markleysburg was dead on arrival at Uniontown Hospital.
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Uniontown
Monay
Patti Sue Morton
Layland
W. Va
Ida Donneway
Markeysburg
Uniontown Hospital
Fractures Hip in Fall on Bibb Street
R B Overton, 71, Kelley Ave, suffered a fractured right hip Tuesday after slipping on icy Bibb Street. He will undergo surgery today at Oak Hill Hospital.
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R. B.overton
Kelley Ave
Bibb Street
Oak Hill Hospital
Band Radio Club To Have Dance At Oak Hill
The Raleigh Fayette Citizens' Band Radio Club RFCB Radio Club will sponsor a dance Friday at 8 pm in the Oak Hill American Legion club room announced by Bill Forbes of Beckley president. The club with 31 members across two counties aims to acquaint two way radio owners who have talked but not met. Any citizen band two way radio license holders may attend with spouses or guests. Music will be by Johnny and Carol Green Oak Hill twin guitarists.
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Oak Hill
RNS
Raleigh-Fayette
Federal Communications Commission
Johnny and
Carol Green
Princeton Man Sets Christmas Day Fire
A Princeton man, Robert Lee White, 32, admitted planning to burn a house on Christmas Day after a dispute over $3,000. The target, owned by Joseph R. Hatcher, was destroyed though unoccupied. occupant Bessie Cruise was not harmed. White was to appear before a magistrate as state troopers identified the threat letter and arrested him Tuesday. The note demanded $3,000 in cash left in an old tool shed near town.
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Princeton
UPI
Robert Lee White
D. L. Moye
White
Joseph R. Hatcher
Hatcher
Bessie Cruise
Christmas visitors fill West Virginia homes in Mount Hope area
Mt Hope area residents welcomed many relatives over Christmas. L A Lewallen, a WVU student, spent the holidays with parents Mr and Mrs Luther A Lewallen. Visitors included Tom Feazelle and Bob Kent family from Greensboro NC, Alta Craig from Cumberland Ohio, C E Clapper with family, and relatives visiting Bill Ward Jr in Pineville plus several Beckley and Charleston guests.
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Alta Craig
Cumberland
Ohio
C. E. Clapper
Bill Ward Jr
Pineville
William C. Ward
Blanche Cook
Andrew Oschlager
Charles Bergendah
Eddie
Sarah
Perry O'Dell
Beckley
Ashby Abshire
Charleston
Gene Thompson
Benoit
Jack Gulbin
Mabel Abshire
C. A Hogg
Churchall Lee Hogg
Hagerstown
Ed Marchio
Angela Yates
Detroit
Mich
Jack Samples
Hazel Samples
W. R. Thrasher
Helen
Layland Ayers
John Kiser
Scarbro
Roy Wickline
Wickline
Ayers
Kiser
Alex Mackey
Zennie Wickline
Bill
Chicago
Wicklines
Mullens Family Involved In Two Accidents
A Mullens family was involved in two separate accidents at Lashmeet Mercer County. Susan Marie Evans eight, and Mrs Eugene R Evans were injured when the Evans car and another driven by Henry Farmer of Rock collided at 9 15 p m Saturday. Susan Marie, a passenger, suffered a broken collar bone. While Evans called state police to report the wreck, a car driven by Virginia Mae Miller of Covel rammed the Evans parked car, knocking it over. Mrs Evans sustained a broken right arm and shoulder plus other injuries. Damages were estimated at 1400 to the cars. No charges have been filed.
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Mullens
ANS
Mercer County
Susan Marie Evans
Eugene R. Evans
Henry Farmer
Rock Callied
Lashmeet
Susan Marie
Evans
Four Summers County High Schools Entered
Police probe Christmas weekend robberies at four of five Summers County high schools. Thieves netted $100 total with Sandstone High School suffering the most damage from broken windows and doors. Entrusted schools included Talcott Forest Hill Hinton.
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Hinton
UPI
Summers County
Talcott High School
Sandstone High School
Forest Hill
Hinton High Schools
Christmas Visits Across Prince ton Area
Mr and Mrs Clarence L Hurt of Prince ton hosted overnight guests with the Scoleri family in Bailey Murphy Addition. Miss Maggie Goode of Princeton visits her brother in law and sister Lambert. Mrs John W Martin Camp Creek visits sons in Crowley Worrell Addition. The Martins and Sow ers and Kimberly Martin of Princeton also visit relatives for Christmas. Connie Waddell a WVU student spends holidays with her parents in Bowman Bottom. Linda Jo Mathena Morris Harvey College and James Mathena of Orlando Florida visit Howard and family.
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Pineville
Rns
Clarence L. Hurt
Princeton
John Scoleri
Bailey- Murphy
Maggie Goode
John S. Lambert
John W. Martin
Camp Creek
Jack D. Martin
Crowley-Worrell
John H. Martin
William B. Sowers
Joel
Robert G. Martin
Kimberly
Tony Scoleri
Eckman
Quernando Angelli
Northfork
Connie Waddell
West Virginia University
Linda Jo Mathena
Morris Harvey College
James Mathena
Orlando, Fla
Mrs
I Howard Mathena
French Class Hosts Christmas Dinner at Glen Rogers High
Glen Rogers High School French students held an annual Christmas dinner Wednesday, a class project using home and food vocabulary. Decorations featured Santa Claus figures, French menus, candles, and favors made by the students. The class, not taught since 1956, started with 22 pupils and now has eight due to moves and changes.
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Glen Rogers
RNS
Glen Rogers High School
Wed
Elaine Vince
Sarah Lucas
Ronat
Old Tyree
Thomas Pack
Carolyn Brown
Dreama
Per
Jail Escapee Admits Break-ins At Multiple Schools
Madison ANS report says Jerry Eugene Nutter, 22, a Georgia State Penitentiary fugitive, admitted to breaking into Marsh Fork Grade and High Schools, Monteval Grade School, Pettus Grade School, Whitesvale Junior High, and Lether School after being arrested during a Big Star Super Market robbery in Racine. He previously escaped a 17 year sentence and has worked with carnivals while lodging at the Du Pont Hotel in Charleston.
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Madison
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Racine
Georgia State
Jerry Eugene Nutter
Boone County
Dale White
D. W. Lilly
Marsh Fork
Monteval
Pettus
Whitesvale Junior High
Lether
Nutter
Georgia
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Icie Webb
Pax
Ray Lunsford
Rita
Rand
Grace Pyle
Patty
Ernie
Gene Miller
Sabine Elementary School
Alfa Clay
Diana Blankenship
Linda Frances
Mary Mullins
Judy Hill
Baptist Temple
Church of God
Mt. Hope
Charles Waddell
Bowman Bottom
Leree Ty
Lilly
Boone
Raleigh
Kanawha
Logan Counties
DuPont Hotel
Beckley Ice
Prince St
Comet
Lincoln-Mercury
Kor Company
Lincoln-Mercury Sales, Inc
Oakwood Avenue
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