Assad Free On Bond Set For Jan Sixth Hearing
Assad free on 1500 bond until 10 am January 6 for arraignment on multiple charges. He faces counts of sale and possession of whisky and contributing to delinquency of a 14 year old girl after a police raid on his Allen Junction club.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Assad
Grant Taylor
Mullens
Alen Junction
Moonglow Club
Taylor
Elmore
Blackshear
Beckley Lan
Raleigh
Cpl. C. W. Andrick
Charles Vealey Rites Set in Bluefield Chapel
Funeral services for Charles Andrew Vealey 73 will be at 2 p.m. Thursday in the Latter Day Saints Chapel Princeton Street Bluefield with burial in Roselawn Memorial Gardens near Princeton. Vealey a Charleston resident formerly of Princeton died Saturday in a Baltimore hospital. He operated restaurants in Kanawha and Raleigh counties. He was born April 2 1896 in Comfort Virginia. He was a member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints. Survivors include a son Fred of Harrisonburg Va a step son B R Patterson of Gary a stepdaughter Mrs Cal Blevins of Baltimore two brothers Henry of Gallagher and Joseph Vealey of Winifrede and one grandchild. The body will be taken from Bailey Funeral Home Princeton to the home of his sister in law Mrs Howard Baldwin Bluefield this afternoon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Princeton
RNS
Charles Andrew Vealey
Latter Day Saints
Princeton Street
Bluefield
Roselawn Memorial Gardens
Charleston
Baltimore, Md
Kanawha
Raleigh
Comfort
Cornelius and
Mary Frances Vealey
Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints
Martha Cook Vealey
Fred
Harrisonburg
B. R. Patterson
Gary
Cal Blevins
Baltimore
Henry
Gallagher
Joseph Vealey
Winifrede
Bailey Funeral Home
Howard Baldwin
Damewood Succumbs At 65 In Princeton
Claude J. Damewood 65 a retired Virginian Railway yard engineer and former Mullens resident died Tuesday in a Princeton hospital He lived at 99 Mercer Street Princeton and operated a store on Ingleside Road He was a member of Kee Street Methodist Church and Brotherhood of Locomotive Firemen and Engine Men Surviving are three sons Jackson Miami Mack Roanoke two daughters Doris Swimm and Mary Margaret Farrar two sisters Bertha White Princeton and Mrs George Hardy Arlington two brothers Jesse Columbus Ohio and Bill Princeton and six grandchildren Funeral arrangements are in complete Body is at Memorial Funeral Directory Princeton
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Princeton
Rns
Claude J. Damewood
Mullens
Know Your State Government Day Delegates for Mount Hope
Mount Hope High School selects two junior delegates for the Know Your State Government Day in Charleston on February 29. Margaret Sutphin and Denny Criss will represent the school, accompanied by history teacher Miller Gwinn. Sponsorship is by the Citizenship and International Relations Committee of the West Virginia Education Association, with the event at the State Capitol.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mount Hope
RNS
Mount Hope High School
Charleston
Margaret Sutphin
Denny Criss
Citizenship and International Relations Committee
West Virginia Education Association
State Capitol
Miller Gwinn
Looney Infant Funeral Held in Sun Hill Church
Funeral services for Jeannie Elane Looney, three months old, were held today at Sun Hill Methodist Church in Sun Hill. The infant, born Oct 2, died at Mullens Hospital after admission Monday night. Burial took place in Lillydale Cemetery. Robertson and Folgesong Funeral Home of Pineville assisted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Baileysville
RNS
Jeannie Elane Looney
Sun Hill Methodist Church
Sun Hill
Stellie Parsons
Brenton
Lillydale
Stewart Looney
Mullens Hospital
Robertson and Folgesong
Pineville
Births Listed in Mount Hope Area
Mount Hope and Richmond families announce births. Nancy Gayle Smith was born December 9 at Richmond Medical Center weighing six pounds eight and a half ounces to Robert J. Smith and Nancy Foster with F. E. Foster and Percy Scott Smith as grandparents. Brenda Carol Williams arrived December 5 at Oak Hill Hospital weighing three pounds. Claudie Williams and family report two older children Claudie Wayne and Linda Darlene with Mary B. Williams and Blanche LeMarr as grandmothers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mount Hope
BNS
Robert J. Smith
Richmond
Nancy Gayle
Richmond Medical Center
Nancy Foster
F. E. Foster
Percy Scott Smith
Claudie Williams
Daugh
Brenda Carol
Oak Hill Hospital
Claudie Wayne
Linda Darlene
Employes Feted At Yale Dinner
Godfrey L. Cabot Inc workers in the Southern District were honored at the annual Christmas dinner at the Cow Shed in Pineville. Rue Schoolcraft welcomed attendees and introduced Harvey Simmons of Charleston. Religious leaders spoke and sang, with Rev Norman Morgan addressing Christmas meanings and Rev Robert McCoy performing O Holy Night with his daughter Marilyn at the piano. About 90 people attended.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pineville
Godfrey L. Cabot Inc
Rue Schoolcraft
Harvey Simmons
Charleston
Norman Morgan
Pineville Presbyterian Church
Robert McCoy
Cook Memorial Baptist Church
Marilyn McCoy
Fayetteville Woman's Club Plans 1960 Brochure and Contest
Fayetteville report shows Mrs W T Durratt leads the local project to secure subscriptions for a West Virginia portrait brochure to promote the state. The piece will be published by the West Virginia Federation of Woman's Clubs early in 1960. Mrs Mike Kuhn Jr earned praise for two Woman's Club magazine ads. Mrs Bernard Collins was named Vogue sewing contest chair for early next year, with four other members planning to participate.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fayetteville
RNS
Fayetteville Woman's 4
West Virginia
W. T. Durrett
Vogue
Bernard §.Collins
Gladys Bary
Mount Hope Names New Head Cheerleader
Mount Hope High School selects Linda Trail as head cheerleader for the basketball season. Tra il plans include displaying a replica Mustang in the auditorium. she is in her first year on the varsity squad along with Judy Jones Sharon Nottingham Bonnie Vaillina Joan Berezo and Kitty Jo Bolen. Alternate Sheila McClung. Sponsor is Mrs June Lancaniese.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mount Hope
ANS
Mount Hope High School
Linda Trail
Joe Trail
Miss Trail
Judy Jones
Sharon Nottingham
Bonnie Vaillina
Joan Berezo
Kitty Jo Bolen
Sheila McClung
June Lancaniese
Mount Hope Junior High School
Men Receive Draft Notices for Induction in Fayette County
January 13 induction is called for seven local men by Board No. 3 including Kenneth Allen Schott Ansted James Harrison Fox Crickmer Edwin Eugene Elgin Oak Hill Carlos Lee Keaton Fayetteville Robert William Tucker Corliss Johnnie William Kessler Hico and Donald Jay Dempsey Minden.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fayetteville
RNS
Armed Forces
Fayette County
Kenneth Allen Schott
Ansted
James Harrison Fox
Crickmer
Edwin Eugene Elgin
Oak Hill
Carlos Lee Keaton
Robert William Tucker
Corliss
Johnnie William Kessler
Hico
Donald Jay Dempsey
Minden
Christmas Visits Spread Through Family Gatherings
The notice lists various relatives from Houston Worley Walker Addi tion Camp Lejeune and Beckley who spent the holidays with family. The article notes Miss Thelma Leah Alfrey and Mrs Grat Jones returning from surgery and Carrie Dunn with her daughter Linda visiting relatives in Washington D C during the Christmas period.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oceana
RNS
Thelma Leah Alfrey
Houston
Texas
Earl Alfrey
Worley Walker
Freddie Filetcher
Eddie
Ann
Camp Lejeune
S. C
Minnie Hawkins
Grat Jones
Beckley Hospital
Carrie Dunn
Linda
Washington, D. C
Five Generations Share Christmas In Pax Family Portrait
A Pax family gathers for Christmas with five generations present. The youngest, three month old David Carl Bowyer, is held by great great grandmother Luella Humphrey. Bowyer’s mother Jeannie Bowyer, and the late Airman 1 C Carl Bowyer, are part of the lineage along with Richard and Ray Humphrey. Mrs Humphrey, 83, has lived in Pax for 51 years in a two story home. Her husband H F Humphrey died December 21 1949 after they had 13 children, 10 of whom survive.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
David Carl Bowyer
Luella Humphrey
Pax
Jeannie Bowyer
Carl Bowyer
Bowyer
Richard Humphrey
Ray Humphrey
Richard
Craigsville
Humphrey
White House
H. F., Humphrey
Christmas Visits and Local Obituaries In West Virginia
Christmas greetings fill a long list of residents visiting relatives across West Virginia and touring families in Ohio and Maryland. Notable mentions include Beckley area families with Glen Rogers and Huntington guests, plus Elliot Byrd of Dayton remembered in funeral services.
Fayetteville Gardeners To Sponsor 1960 Show
The Vandalia Garden Club of Fayetteville will sponsor the 1960 flower show. The decision came at a Fayette County Garden Council meeting at Mrs. Alexander Doris’s Scarbro home. The Sears Roebuck Foundation Award of 1500 dollars funds the West Virginia Garden Club Civic Improvement Fund with awards for councils and clubs. Attendees included Mrs. Dollie Greiner Lookout and others from Ansted Mount Hope Fayetteville Scarbro Glen Jean Oak Hill and more.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oak Hill
Vandalia Garden Club
Fayetteville
Fayette County
Sears Roebuck Foundation
Philadelphia
West Virginia
Garden Club Civic Improvement Fund
Garden Club
Garden Clubs
Garden Council
William Price Jr
Jean Vandell
Ansted
J. W. Massing
Robert Lilly
Don Sanford
Mount Hope
George L. Vickers
Carl Vickers
E. Henderson
Scarbro
N. J Jobe
Glen Jean
D. H. Jones
J. R. Taylor
Bailey Family Edges Holiday Guests At Home
Miss Betty Adams features as elder daughter while Miss Ella Mae Bailey of Washington DC visits her parents Mr. and Mrs. Harry Bailey for the Christmas holidays. Also at home is Miss Janet Bailey, a senior at Marshall College, during vacation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Betty Adams
Ella Mae Bailey
Washington, D. C
Harry Bailey
Janet Bailey
Marshall College
Christmas Holiday Guests Fill Many Homes in Region
Holiday guests appeared across multiple families in Craigsville Beckley and surrounding towns. Visits included Ray and Helen Humphrey with Richard and Gary Humphrey, Virgil Godby and sons Mike and Danny, and others from Detroit Baltimore Norfolk and Weirwood. Additional gatherings featured John Ellison family and Amos Janney household, with extended relatives from Pineville Charleston Oak Hill and Marshallton Delaware.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
PAX
Ray Humphrey
Richard Humphrey
Gary
Craigsville
Inlaw
Virgil Godby
Mike
Danny
Wilmington
Ohio
Flavis McNeely
Gay
Bradley
Hugh Weeks
Junie Gail
Beckley
Shelia Williams
Detroit
Mich
Connie Cannterbury
Norfolk
Ada Lee Bowyer
Baltimore
Eugene Bowyer
Weirwood
Wanda Bowyer
Denny Ray
Robert Wingrove
Long Branch
Richard McNeely
John Ellison
Besleigh Thompson
Sandra
Roger
Princeton
Grady Mullins
David
Pineville
Roxie Ellison
Kingston
Leonard Ellison
Charles Moore
Fort Jackson
S. C
Martha Moore
Amos Janney
Tom Saunders
Blue Jay
Homer Hizer
Wayne
Clara
Naomi
Jenks Belcher
Quinwood
W. E. Lively
Buford Lively
Hannah
Neil
Eleanor
Charleston
Randolph Hendrickson
John
Oak Hill
Bob Emerson
Billy Keith
Robert Ford
Robbie
Marshallton
Del
Fords
Lundie Ford
Scarbro
Ernest Billups
Phil Robertson
Beth
Athens
Norman Collier
Stevie
Debbie
South Charleston
Gerry Collier
Shirley Humphrey
Mount Hope
Bill Tyree
Mark Allen
I. D. Janney
Johnny
J. D. Janney
John Janney
Crab Orchard
Janney
Saunders
Washington
Strict Patrol Keeps Boone Highway Free From Holiday Accidents
Boone County sees few Christmas traffic incidents due to a strict highway patrol led by Sheriff Dell White. Deputies arrested several drivers for drunkenness and hit run, with fines ranging from 25 to 100 dollars and costs. State Police also reported over 80 road violations in December. A New Year’s Eve service at Long Branch Methodist Church invites all to attend.
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Boone Highway
Hendricks
Andy Harkless
Garrison
Harold Michaels
Harkless
Snodgrass
van Buth
Carson Cook
Madison
Princie Jarrell
Long Branch
Gale Stewart
Jim Tavelor
Sophia
Woman's Society of Christian Service
Linda Fraley Weds James O Dell In Colcord Ceremony
Miss Linda Faye Fraley and James Grover O'Dell wed at Kanawha Presbyterian Church in Colcord Charleston area. The bride, daughter of Mrs. B. C. Fraley, wore a white silk organza gown with Chantilly lace, and carried a white rose and carnation bouquet. Attendants included Doris Jean Fraley and Carolyn Fraley. Groom is son of Mr. and Mrs. W. A. O'Dell of Charleston. After a reception at 614 Glenwood Ave Charleston, the couple left for Virginia on a blue traveling suit. Linda Fraley attended Florence Att Switchboard School and Capitol City Commercial College. employed by Bert Wolfe Motor Sales. James O'Dell is a Stonewall Jackson High School and Morris Harvey College graduate, former Atlantic and Pacific Tea Co. employee, now in Army basic at Fort Hood with further training on Jan 1.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
B. C. Fraley
Colcord
W. A. O'Dell
O'Dell Ave
Charleston
George R. Jackson
Grace D. Schmidt
Jack Weller
Jarrolds Valley
Sabrina
Doris Jean Fraley
Carolyn Fraley
Linda Bibbee
Brenda Kay Fraley
Randy Taylor
Dean Parkins
David Bedinger
Cincinnati
Ohio
Donald Bibbee
John Cunningham
Glenwood Ave
Virginia
Clear Fork High School
Florence Att Switchboard
Cleveland
Capitol City Commercial College
Bert Wolfe Motor Sales, Inc
Stonewall Jackson High School
Morris Harvey College
Atlantic and Pacific Tea Co
Army
Fort Hood
Texas
Birth Listed Christmas Day at Oak Hill Hospital
A daughter, Virginia Elizabeth, was born Christmas Day at Oak Hill Hospital to Dr. Ivan H. Bush Jr. weighing six pounds five and a half ounces. Also listed are five other Oak Hill births from December 19 to 24, including Margaret Anna, Edith Ardene, Denzil Ray, and Charles Shelton with respective parents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
OAK Hill
BNS
Virginia Elizabeth
Ivan H. Bush Jr
Oak Hill Hospital
Bush
Margaret Anna
William Raymond Hayslett
Edith Ardene
Quzell Wilma Ward
Page
Eugene William Walton
Scarbro
Denzil Ray
Elmer Ray Terry
Charles Shelton
Herbert Shelton Sanger
Also Mentioned on This Page
Charles Vealey
Damewood
Government Day
Looney
Mary B. Williams
Blanche LeMarr
Yale
Woman's Club
Glen Rogers
Betty Tackett
Layman North
West Virginia University
Morgantown
Becky Pizzino
Nicky Taraczkozy
Mike O’kane
Huntington
Bobby Mosley
Bobby Sturgill
Melvin Becklehimer
West Virginia Institute of Technology
Montgomery
Don Nuckols
Morris Harvey
Jerome Pizzino
Ginger Blevins
Thomas Bunting Jr
Cheryl
Thomas Bunting
Elliot Byrd
Dayton
West Carlton
Ina Rhen
Hayden Wolf
Jack Clay
Judy
George Sublet
Newport News
Bob Shepard
Debby
Aubrey Nuckols Jr
Macdill Air Force Base
Fla
Donnie Nuckols
Nuckols
Jackie Canterbury
Bobby Nuckols
Sherri
Aubrey Nuckols
Everett Guthrie
Darrel Buttrick
Kim
Ray Sheppard
Dianne
Glenn Robinson
Raymond Jones
John Sizemore
Dewey Haynes
Overton Caperton
Bill Gray
St. Petersburg
Clare Brooks
Bobby Rice
Dee Brooks
Glen Fork
Bernard Brooks
Sabine
Gary McClung
Mack
George
Eddie Plann
Bill Alderman
Carmen Bailey
Bob Wilma
Audrey Collins
Arlington
Bill Collins
Ken Shumate
Wyoming General Hospital
Icie DeCook
Beckley Memorial Hospital
Fayetteville Gardeners
Council
Linda Fraley
James O'Dell
Linda Faye Fraley
James Grover O'Dell
Kanawha Presbyterian Church
Virginia Street
Valley Drive
America
ST. Joseph Family Almanac
Cohen
Eeaks Pooserpton Drug Stores
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