Two Slightly Injured In Wreck Near Rainelle
A tractor trailer overturned on Dead Man's Curve on Armstrong Mountain near Rainelle as brakes failed. Driver George DeGraan, 35, Boston, suffered a crushed left foot. assistant James D. Thorson, 33, Dallas, had a right knee injury. Damages estimated at $5,000.
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Rainelle
RNS
Armstrong Mountain
George DeGraan
Boston
Mass
Florida
Kentucky
Ohio
Minnesota
DeGraan
James D. Thorson
Dallas
Texas
Col
S. E. Tribett
B. H. Cassell
G. Wilkerson
Hilton Village
Fire damages Colcord residence in weekend blaze
Fire gutted the living room of the Colcord home of Mr. and Mrs. Don Mullens Saturday night. Furniture was destroyed and smoke colored other rooms. Fire started near a television set likely from a ground wiring fault. damaged by broken windows and walls, with rafters possibly needing replacement. The house, owned by Richard Krepps of Bremen, had $500 living room damage estimated by Nellie Stover. Mullens had no insurance on furniture.
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Colcord
RNS
Don Mullens
Mullens
Paul Florentz
Bill Nelson
Bert Pauley
Richard Krepps
Bremen
Ind
Nellie Stover
Krepps
Eastman Rites Set Wednesday
Funeral services for Egbert William Eastman will be held at 2 p.m. Wednesday in the Dodd Payne Mortuary Chapel Fayetteville with Rev. Greene Kitchen officiating. Burial in Hendricks Cemetery Turkey Creek near Ansted. Eastman 66 died Sunday after a long illness. Survived by wife Ruby Skaggs Eastman three sons Garland Denvis Dwight five daughters Eva Salisbury Deloris Turner Judith Andrea Bernice four brothers Ezra John Vernon Glenn three grandchildren.
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Ansted
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Egbert William Eastman
Dodd- Payne
Fayetteville
Greene Kitchen
Hendricks
Turkey Creek
Ansted Eastman
Montgomery
Ruby Skaggs Eastman
Garland
South Charleston
Denvis and
Dwight
Eva Salisbury
Deloris Turner
Detroit
Mich
Judith
Alexandria
Andrea
Bernice
Ezra
Lake City
Fla
John
Vernon
Glenn
Ft. White
Dalton Funeral Set Wednesday
James Lee Dalton dies after long illness at Welch hospital. Funeral at Matoaka Baptist Church Wednesday at 11 a.m. Burial in Jennings Cemetery near Spanishburg. Survived by two sons Howard and Luther, two daughters Mary Monk and Annie Brown, 19 grandchildren, 33 great grandchildren, 3 great great grandchildren.
Oak Hill Restaurant Burglarized Saturday
A burglary at Annie's Restaurant on Jones Avenue yielded one and one half boxes of candy. Police say the thief forced the front door and struck between midnight and daylight. Patrolmen Murdock and Tyree investigate. the restaurant had opened two weeks ago.
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Oak Hill
RNS
Jones Avenue
H. E. Janney
Bill Murdock
Howard Tyree
Wyoming Judge Recommits 1B Patient to Sanitarium
Judge Robert M. Worrell ordered Betty Atwell to be confined at Pinecrest Sanitarium Beckley until release by the superintendent. The petition filed January 24 cited 221 days of treatment for advanced pulmonary tuberculosis and her Oct 22 1958 departure against advice. Her current residence with her son in law and daughter with several children was noted as a health risk to them.
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Pineville
RNS
Betty Atwell
Coal Mountain
Franrock
Pinecrest
Beckley
Robert M. Worrell
Wyoming County Circuit Court
Wyoming Circuit
R. C. Hatfield
Wyoming County
Atwell
Revival Slated In Dorothy Web at Assembly of God Church
Dorothy revival to begin at Assembly of God Church led by pastor Rev. Ernest T. Edmonds with Evangelist R. E. Stevenson from Bluefield Va delivering Full Gospel sermons Each service includes special music by the Stevenson duo and is open to all area residents with daily meetings at 7 pm
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Dorothy
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Assembly of God Church
Ernest T. Edmonds
R. E. Stevenson
Bluefield
Stevenson
PSC Hears Testimony On Water Rate Hike
Charleston testimony on a petition by West Virginia Water Service Co. to raise rates in Princeton and nearby areas was heard by the Public Service Commission. The commission will review testimony with its own accountants and no further hearings unless requested. The company seeks roughly 28,000 dollars in annual revenue, estimating about two cents per day for the average household. Princeton City Attorney W. Robert Carr filed a formal protest on behalf of Princeton.
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Charleston
West Virginia Water Service Co
Princeton
Public Service Commission
Robert Carr
R Clendenin Given Six Month Jail Term
Fayette County Circuit Court jailed 21 year old Robert Clendenin of Oak Hill for six months after he pleaded guilty to unlawful joyriding. He sought probation, which was denied, with the six months counting for time served.
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Fayetteville
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Fayette County
Robert Clendenin
Oak Hill
Clendenin
Mercer Bill Signed To Allow Health Center Funds
Charleston report states Governor Cecil Underwood signed the 1958 Legislature’s first enactment a local Mercer County bill permitting use of unexpended funds for construction and maintenance of a public health center by the county court.
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Charleston
Cecil Underwood
Mercer County
Committee To Seek Free Lunch Sponsors For Sylvester
A PTA committee led by John Proton and W R Martin will seek sponsors for free lunches for needy Sylvester school children. About 30 students lack regular lunch due to parents' no income. Edith Shaefer reported on Boon County Scholarship Fund. a cash donation was approved. Founders Day planned for February. Team captains announced for Garrison Long Creek Elk Run White Pennant Whitesville Coal Camp and Whitesville town.
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Sylvester
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Sylvester School
Parent Teacher Association
John Proton
W. R. Martin
Charles Davis
PTA
Edith Shaefer
Boon County
Davis
Jarrell
Robert Massey
Garrison
Eugene Lewis
Long Creek
Jack Burnette
Elk Run
Edith Brown
Eva Roach
Blue Pennant
Lizzie Mones
Whitesville
Glen Rogers Personal News Briefs
Susan Chattin, daughter of Mr and Mrs Thomas Chattin, returned home from Beckley Hospital after a week with asthma. Mrs Adalee Bailey visited her aunt Mrs Rosie Hatcher in Raleigh General Hospital Beckley. Wayville Johnson of Iroquois visited Harvey York’s family. Their 10 month old Harvey Dewaine Johnson is a patient in Wyoming General Hospital Mullens. Mrs Johnson formerly Nancy York. Rev John Richardson of Glen Rogers Independent Church conducting a revival at Calorie.
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Glen Rogers
Susan Chattin
Thomas Chattin
Beckley Hospital
Adalee Bailey
Rosie Hatcher
Ghent
Raleigh General Hospital
Beckley
Oliver Meadoo
Wayville Johnson
Iroquois
Harvey York
Johnson
Harvey Dewaine
Wyoming General Hospital
Mullens
Nancy York
Forrester McKeehan
Bob Willams
John Richardson
Glen Rogers Independent Church
Miss Janie White Rites Incomplete
Miss Janie Ruff White of Lewisburg aged 76 died around 4:30 a.m. Monday at home from a heart attack. A retired schoolteacher of 40 years she belonged to Gray Ladies and the PEO Sisterhood. Survivors include brother Parks White and sisters Marie White Anna L White and Muriel Wade. Body at Wallace and Wallace Funeral Home.
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Lewisburg
Riil
Janie Ruff White
Miss White
White
Gray Ladies
Chanter F
PEO
Parks White
Marie White
Huntington
Anna L. White
Muriel Wade
Wallace and Wallace Funeral Home
Founder's Month Talk At Princeton Lions Meeting
Princeton Lions heard a program on Founder's Month meaning and purpose with Earl Graham, B Myers, and Owen Griffith explaining origins, eligibility, and club ideals. Plans include a Princeton Richwood basketball team dinner, Ladies Night Feb 12 at the Memorial Building, and a freshmen WVU basketball game in Princeton next January. Byron Meadows was inducted, and the board of directors meets Tuesday at 7 30 p.m. at the Virginian Hotel.
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Princeton
RNL
Princeton Club
Earl Graham
B Myers
Owen Griffith
Graham
Lions Club
Bill Myers
Richwood
Virginian
Memorial Building
Lions
Byron Meadows
Frank Claytor
Doug Gowler
Meadows
Civitan Club
West Virginia University
Bell Services Set Wednesday in Talcott for Charlie Bell
Funeral services for Charlie Bell 77 will be held at Second Baptist Church Talcott at 10 a.m. Wednesday led by Rev. Frank Shelton. Burial follows at Sprading Oak Cemetery Dillwyn Va. Bell died Monday at his residence from a cerebral hemorrhage. He was born January 15 1882 in Buckingham County Va. and lived in West Virginia 45 years and Talcott five years. A former coal miner on Laurel Creek he was a member of the United Mine Workers of America. Survivors include wife Odell Sweeney Bell two stepsons Hugh and Lester Sweeney of Talcott and six grandchildren. The body will be moved from Ronald Meadows Funeral Parlors to the church one hour before services.
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Princeton
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James Lee Dalton
Matoaka Baptist Church
Jennings Cemetery
Stovall Ridge
Spanishburg
Dalton
Kegley
Welch Hospital
Carroll County
Sarah Underwood Dalton
Turkey Gap Coal Co
George Winner
Raymond Shrewsbury
Bailey Funeral Home
Howard
Talcott
BNS
Charlie Bell
Second Baptist Church
Frank Shelton
Sprading Oak
Dillwyn
Bell
Buckingham County
Ned Bell
West Virginia
Laurel Creek
United Mine Workers of America
Odell Sweeney Bell
Hugh
Lester Sweeney
Ronald Meadows
Youth Fellowship Officers Installed at Comfort and Premier
The Rev. V. A. Venizia installed Youth Fellowship officers at Comfort and Premier Presbyterian churches on Sunday afternoon. Officers named were Carol Rose Wiley president Matthew Coach vice president Alice Condra secretary and Alice Marie Swiger treasurer. Committee chairmen appointed included Don Brown Christian faith Cookie Wiley Christian witness Karen Sutphin Christian outreach Verner McNeely Christian citizenship and Norma Wiley Christian fellowship. Michael Warren, a ministerial student at Marshall College, delivered the sermon on Christian Faith.
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Michael Warren
Marshall College
Matheny Personal News From a 50th Wedding Anniversary
Mr and Mrs Tom Duty and daughter Patty attended the 50th wedding anniversary of Cleveland Justice of Nellis and his wife. Open house welcomed family and friends. Mary Carr of Oceana accompanied the Dutys as far as Greenview and visited with son in law Cecil Ball. Aussie Thompson of Hewitt Crew joined them in Greenview and will visit Mary Carr this week. Ralph Hannah and children were guests of Dock Warner and his wife in South Charleston.
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Aussie Thompson
Hewitt Crew
Mons. Carr
Ralph Hannah
Dock Warner
South Charleston
A L Davis Reported Resting Comfortably
Mullens West Virginia A L Davis 62 of Mullens was reported in good spirits and resting comfortably Thursday night at Beckley Memorial hospital where he is undergoing treatment. Davis became ill about 10 am Thursday at his Mullens Hardware Paint store and was admitted by ambulance after oxygen and an electrocardiogram. Beds were unavailable at three other local hospitals before Miners Hospital could accept him.
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Miners Hospital
Pax Tyree prepares for aviation school in Kansas City
Pax PAX Charles Wayne Tyree left last Sunday for Kansas City Missouri to attend the National School of Aeronautics. He is the son of Mr and Mrs Tom Tyree and Mrs Orpha Dickenson. Lively remains a patient at Raleigh General Hospital admitted two weeks ago. Visiting her were her granddaughter and husband Mr and Mrs Lowell Sowder from Miami Florida. They also visited her grandmother Mrs Jose Tyree Maple Fork and Mr and Mrs Seibert Janney Pax.
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PAX
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Charles Wayne Tyree
Kansas City
National School of Aeronautics
Tom Tyree
Orpha Dickenson
Lively
Raleigh General Hospital
Miami
Fla
Lowell Sowder
Jose Tyree
Maple Fork
Seibert Janney
Worrell Speaks At PTA Meeting In Stephenson
W C Worrell assistant superintendent of Wyoming County schools spoke on Better Schools at a Monday Troquois Stephenson PTA gathering. Rev Harry Pilkington offered remarks hoping Worrell's suggestions elevate local schools. He performed two accordion solos and discussed Child Miracles using John 6 1 14 as text with 15 parents present.
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Iaa Elliott
Ralph Payne
Laverne Lesler
Paul Bishop
Ray Sheets
C. R. Goodson
Kelly Whitt
Enoch McKinney
Admitted To Mullens Hospital Fifty-Four Patients Listed
The Mullens area hospital received sixty six admissions during the week ending Saturday. Names cover Elizabeth Cook Kerrock Chester Warren and many others across Ravenscliff Mullens Stephenson Itmann Sprague Pineville and surrounding towns. Highlights include multiple Johnsons Meads and Moss families with several mothers and infants noted.
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Mullens
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Wyoming General Hospital
Elizabeth Cook
Kerrock
Bernard Thornton
Covel
Chester Warren
Rhodell
Juanita Smith
Ury
Beulah Tolliver
Ravencliff
Inez Sims
Wyco
Hazel Lawson
Augusta Frances Cox
Susan Kemp
Della Lafferty
Pineville
Patricia Ayers
Stephenson
Brenda Ayers
Obie Cruise
Coal City
Margaret Sydenstricker
Sprague
Marylin Mullens
Ocie Wright
Helen
Freeda Simmons
Deborah Simmons
Malada Oliver
Jesse
John Krawchak
Glen Rogers
Flora Church
Mariana
Johnny Barton
Janice Allen
Harvey Johnson
Tralee
Argie Elmore
Helen Jeanette Lawson
Itmann
Virgie Phillips
Anna Adkins
East Gulf
Obituary notices for Ellis, Butterworth, Bradley, and Knight
Obituaries recall Hattie Ellis 69 of Ingram Branch died February 1 at Cardwell Nursing Home Minden with services February 3 at Ritchie Johnson Funeral Parlor and Greenwood Cemetery burial. Walter O Butterworth 63 of Sophia killed January 31 in Asheboro NC. funeral February 4 at Freewill Baptist Church, burial Speedway Family Cemetery. pallbearers listed. Jeremiah Bradley 68 of Charleston formerly Whipple died January 31. services February 3 at Ritchie Johnson Parlor, Greenwood Cemetery. Cleo Fallie Knight 41 of East Beckley died January 40 local hospital. services February 3 at Second Baptist Church, Greenwood Memorial Park. Florists.
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Ellis Ellis
Hattie
Ingram
Butterworth Butterworth
Walter O
Sophia
Asheboro
North Carolina
Freewill Baptist Church
Ernest Barley
Wade Webb
Speedway
Williams and Craven Funeral
Bradley Bradley
Jeremiah
Jerry
Charleston
Whipple
Ritchie and Johnson
Knight Knight
Cleo Fallie
Mills Street
East Beckley
Second Baptist Church
J. W. Goins
Greenwood Memorial Park
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Matheny
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Worrell
Mullens Hospital
Williams & Craven Funeral Home
Ritchie & Johnson Funeral Parlor
Peckley
Oakwood
Webb
Crab Orchard
W. Va
Elsie Duppee
Charles Cox
Kenneth E. Painter
Charles Sanger
Robertson and Foglesong Funeral Home
Murphy
Orville Duppee
Grandma
Harold
Keyser - Bryant Funeral Home
Douglas T. Bryant
South Oakwood Ave
Amos E
Quesenberry
Robert L. Amick
E. Shrewsbury, Daniels
H B. Blick
Gray Lumber Co
Todd's Grocery and Hardware
Beaver Dial
F.H.A. Loan Bank of Raleigh
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Farl R. Huddle
Earls Studio
Main St Dial
Buckley
Church Street
Kidd
Noakwood Ave
Wva
BE Silverman
Ashworth & Sparks, Inc
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Prince St Beckley
John W. Eye
West
Neville St
Dial
Harper Road
Aitc
Wright
Kroger's
Kroger
Beckley Hotel
R. E. Bare Dial
Roy A. Jones
Basil and
Ross Spangler
Call
Bibb Snyder
R. L
J H. Stinson
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le Cone Service
Gall Co
Rogers Plumuising & Heating
Temple St. Lee
Morris
Frank
Nichols
Aaron Venetian Blind Cleaners
W Va
Lewis Transfer & Storage
Piney Ave
Bluestone Tire Service
Third Avenue
Summers Street
Hinton
Jan Campbell Music. Co
White Pine Gray Lumber CO
Will John Laibach
Ridge Avenue
Raleigh Insurance Agency
Lilly Building
Main Street
Jim Greennight
New York City
Avon Agency
West 40Th St
Avon
Bostick, Avenue
New York
Town and Country Drive
New York Area
Broadway _ Huntington Station
U. S. Coast Guard
Navy Recruiting Office
Metz
Mr. Irene President Hotel
Fuzi
President Hotel
Baby
Bob Mann
Guernsey
B. Earl Mann
Harrison Mills
Best Furniture Company
South Fayette Street
C. W. Pack
Ee Branch
Kessler
Westinghouse
Motorola
Bryson
MacArthur
MRS. Daniels Boarding House
Montgomery Ward
Nathan St. Room & Board
WARDS
Gravely
Mercer Street
O. A. Lilly
DOY Appliances & TV
Valley Drive
Ashworth Firestone
Prince Street
Harvey Cabinet CO
Eisenhower Drive
Wipperman Construction Co
Meadows Lumber Co
Cavalier
Jalousie
Beckley Insulation Co
Pinecrest Motel
Sanitarium
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