Alexander Rites Slated Thursday in Oak Hill
Funeral services for Walter Emmett Alexander aged 82 will be held Thursday at 2 p.m. in the Church of God Oak Hill with ministers Mil ton Robinson and E W Lambert officiating. Burial follows at High Lawn Memorial Park. He died Tuesday at his home after an illness of about weeks. Born May 8 1874 in Batesville Va he was a retired farmer and Oak Hill Brethren Church member. Survivors include wife Willie Brown Alexander a sister Nellie Collins three sons Addison Ernest and James Alexander and 13 grandchildren. The body lies at Tyree Funeral Home Oak Hill and will be moved to the church one hour before the service. Nephews will serve as pallbearers.
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Qax. Hill
Fins
Walter Emmett Alexander
Oak
James G
Oak. Hill
Spencer Spencer funeral set for Fayetteville resident
Funeral services for Waller Spencer 77 of Fayetteville will be held Thursday at 2 p.m. at Fayetteville Baptist Church with Rev. Joseph A Crosier officiating Burial will be in Huse Memorial Park with Masonic rites He died Tuesday after months of illness a lifelong Fayette County resident and retired contractor He was a member of Fayetteville Baptist Church and LaFayette Lodge No 57 AF and AM His widow is Mrs Jarvin Spencer two daughters three or more siblings and step mother are named The body remains at Dodd Payne Mortuary and will be taken to the church an hour before services.
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Fayetteville
RNS
Waller
Spencer
LaFayette Lodge
A.F. Iving
Jarvin Spencer
Daugh
Emogene Spencer
South
Charleston
Lee
Weston
Elmer
Eastisters
Lada
Cole- Bank
Kate Sowards
Ashland
Ray
Mitchell Booth nuptials in Chicago Illinois
Oceana and family announce the marriage of Danny Robert Mitchell to Patty Booth of Lorado. The ceremony took place January 24 in Chicago where Mitchell studies and works at Western Electric. The bride is a junior at Man High School. he is an Oceana High School alumnus who studied at West Virginia Tech briefly before transferring to Chicago.
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Oceana
RNS
Drewey
Mitchell
Danny
Robert Mitchell
Patty Booth
Lorado
Chicago
Western Electric
Man ‘High School
Oceana High ‘School
West Virginia Tech
Montgomery
Chi. Caso
Men Waive Hearings On Copper Wire Theft
Herman Shrewsbury and Ralph Kershney Jr. waived to the grand jury on grand larceny charges after appearing before Magistrate Virgil Lyons. They were sent to Fayette County Jail in default of $4,000 bond each. Accused of stealing 450 pounds of copper from the Slater Mines at Layland, they were arrested in Raleigh County and transferred to Fay County.
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Oak Hill
RNS
Herman Shrewsbury
Ralph Kershney Jr
Virgil Lyons
Fayvette County
Raleigh
Beckley
Fayette County
Slater
Layland
Program Group Named for Annual Tb Meeting
Dr H 8 Edwards D C Means Mrs Kermit A Locke and Carl G Jarrell named to the program committee for the Raleigh County Tuberculosis and Health Association annual meeting to be held in April. Budget and nominating committees named and by laws amendment considered to enlarge the board.
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Lewis
Philpott
Deane F. Brooke
Lafurence Pruett
W. D. Nace J
S. Butts
A. Ford
Roy
Smith
C. C. Sanders
Church and City Agree on Parking Lot Terms in Princeton
The First Methodist Church of Princeton and the city council reach a six year lease plan for the Halé and Center streets lot. The church will demolish the former nursing home, the city installs meters and police, and both share revenues while the lot is beautified. Residents in adjacent apartments receive 60 days notice before demolition begins.
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Princeton
RNL
Board of ‘Stewards
First Methodist Church In
Halé and
Center Streets
Princeton Hospital
Typhoid Clinic Response Good in Clear Fork Area
The Clear Fork area typhoid clinics held Monday drew roughly 100 injections. Elementary and high school pupils received the preventive shots as a precaution against possible water contamination. The Raleigh County Health Department sponsored the event.
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Colcord
Clear Fork
Raleigh County Health Department
Charleston Evangelist To Conduct Services
A revival meeting is set for February 17 to March 3 at First Baptist Church in Scarbro with main speaker Evangelist Jake Boggs of Charleston. Services begin at 7 30 p.m. nightly for two weeks as Rev. Edward Kocher, pastor, plans to include a visiting musicians men's choir for special music.
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Oak Hill
RNS
Oak Hill VFW Club to stay open under post control
City council said the VFW Club on East Main Street may remain open only if VFW Post No. 310 takes sole responsibility for management and activities and cooperates with police. Post must appoint a member to oversee operations, notify police of trouble, and avoid leasing to individuals facing grand jury actions. May affect nearby street paving and public hearings scheduled for March.
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OAK Hils
RNS
Veterans of Foreign Wars Club
VFW
Francis W. Crews
H. E. Janney
H.C. Brown
Janney
Tthe
East Main Street
Elis
M. “Red” Brinson
Grand Jury
Frank McGee
Ronald Clifton
River
Elmore
Nyes
Virginia Street
Shumaie Street
Fayette County
Wyoming Thieves To Be Returned By Law Officers
Pineville officers depart for Cleveland to fetch three brothers Raymond Pack 26 Dewey Pack 49 Luther Pack 37 wanted in a Wyoming County armed robbery. The trio allegedly robbed Kenneth Blankenhip 90 and wife Cynthia for 2600 after entering their Long Branch home January 13 and are being questioned in a separate school safe robbery worth 1000.
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Pineville
State Police Corp.ic
W. Andrick
James Gibson
Cleveland
Wyoming County
Andrick
Pack
Raymond
Dewey
Luther
Kenneth’ Blankenship
Cynthia
Long Branch
Baileysville High School
Oak Hill Resident Dies From Mine Injuries
Giacomo Eloiso Moro 58 of Oak Hill died at 5 15 p m Tuesday at New River Coal Mine from injuries sustained in a slate fall. He was a member of St Andrew’s Episcopal Church Oak Hill and Oak Hill Masonic Lodge 120. Born Genoa Italy August 18 1897 he is survived by two sisters Mrs Marie Ottone and Mrs Rita Moro of Italy and siblings Charles F Oak Hill and Antonia Dayton Ohio and one grandchild. Funeral Friday at St Andrew’s Episcopal Church with burial in Higa Lane Memorial Park. Masonic Lodge will conduct graveside rifles and pallbearers. body at Tyree Funeral Home Chapel then church one hour prior to service.
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Jack” Moro
Oak Hill
New River Company
Oakwood
Yall
St. Andrew's Episcopal Church
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Oak’ Hill
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Haly
Marie Ottone
Rita Mero
Hye Sans
Charles
Antonia
Dayton
Ohio
Ae Andrew's Episcopal Church
Donald B. Duncan
Higa Lain’ Memorial Park
Masonic Lodge
Tyree
Earl Hunter Injured in Bulldozer Mishap at Dry Creek
A bulldozer slipped from its moorings at Dry Creek on Monday pinning Earl Hunter 51 of Naoma to the ground. He was taken to Memorial Hospital in Charleston with a broken left leg and chest injuries.
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DRY Creek
BNS
Earl Hunter
Naoma
Hunter
Memorial Hospital
Charleston
Fellowship Hour at Whitesville Presbyterian Church
About 50 people attended a Sunday Fellowship Hour at Whitesville Presbyterian Church marking the first such gathering in a long time. The deacon board will meet, and the evening program featured hymns requested by attendees. Sunday School starts at 9 30 am with Rev J L Bly conducting worship.
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Whitesville
RNS
Presbyterian Church
Harlem Heights
Community Baptist Church
Sion
Robert Lee
Lrarn
J. L. Bly
Mrs Donald Flint Visits Mother In Quinwood
Mrs. Donald Flint of Sylvester visits her mother Mrs C C Nutter in Quinwood and is joined by Mr Flint and Mrs Nutter on the return trip. Mrs Nutter will have an extended visit at the Sylvester home.
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Sylvester
Donald Flint
Sylvester Teft
Quinwood
C. C. Nutter
Mullens City Moves Toward Parking Lot Construction
The City of Mullens accepts bids to raze two frame homes to clear space for a new 68 car parking facility. The project, funded by $80,000 in revenue bonds over 26 years, involves relocating a pair of historic houses and selling the sites to the highest bidders after vacating occupants.
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Mullens
RNS
YAK. Hill
Hi Elementary
Mark S
Jube Barly Estate
Woodrow W. Cook
Oran White
Nance
Moran
Local Order and Pharmacy Fiancée Ties in Montgomery
The article notes Wakoma Chapter No. 52 of the Order of the Eastern Star and the Inter-Society Cystology Council. Her fiancé, educated in Montgomery schools with a B S in pharmacy from West Virginia University, is a Tau Kappa Epsilon member and pharmacist at the College Drug Store in Montgomery.
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Wakoma
Eastern Star
Inter-Society Cystology Council
Montgomery
West Virginia’ University
Tau’ Kappa Epsilon
Coal Valley Lodge
College
Harlem Heights Residents Reported Ill This Week
Several Harlem Heights residents were reported ill at their homes this week including Mrs. George Wilkerson Mrs. Mary Harris Mrs J E Reynolds and Mrs Clyde Arnold who is a patient in Laird Memorial Hospital Montgomery Flood Needs Met Oak Hill Reverend Landrum Fayette County Red Cross Chapter chairman said immediate needs for clothing and food in the flood area have been met Supplies were donated and brought to the city hall and chapter office in Fayetteville for local use.
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Harlem Heights
RNS
George Wilkerson
Mary Harris
Oak Hill
F' Landrum
Fayette County
Red Cross
Fayetteville
Visits in Michigan
Mrs Frances Hodge of Ameagre leaves Friday for Detroit to visit her daughter Alec Verdula and family and another daughter Miss Erestine Hodge employed there. She plans to stay several weeks.
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Michigan
Ameagle
RNS
Frances Hodge
Ameagre
Detroit
Marth
Alec Verdula
Daugher
Erestine Hodge
Amazing new laxative CoLonan promotes quick relief
The copy promotes CoLonan as a revolutionary laxative that remoistens a dry colon and adds bulk to stimulate the urge to purge. It claims safety for pregnant women, superior-to-old laxatives performance, no gripes or vitamin absorption interference, and overnight relief with a 60 tablet package priced at 98.
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CoLonan
Colonaid
Maturiz
Pha Covonam
Redden Funeral Set Thursday
Everett L. Redden 33 of Corinne dies Sunday in a Beckley hospital. Funeral services will be Thursday at Corinne Missionary Baptist Church with burial in Table Sack Cemetery. The body will be moved from Robertson and Foglesong Chapel to the Redden residence at 3 p.m. today.
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Redden
Beckley
Robertson and Foglesong
Report debunks Liberian freighter sinking alarm
A Tuesday update in Key West says a Liberian freighter with 351 crewmen was not sinking in the Florida Straits 70 miles west of Key West. Mrs. C. T. Baker hosted a birthday dinner Sunday at her Harlem Heights home with several neighbors and friends from Harlem Heights and the Bronx.
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Key West
Fla
Florida Straits
Here
Baker
Harlem Heights
Rns
C.T. Baker
Bessie Macmore
Pansy Echols
Charles Walker
J.E. Robertson
Mary C Tomes
The
Bronx
N.Y
Now-St Joseph Aspirin Proved 3 Times Faster
A laboratory test shows Now-St Joseph Aspirin disintegrates and absorbs faster than leading brands, delivering quicker relief for headaches and body pains. It claims gentle action with minimal stomach upset and notes its status as the world’s largest seller at 124,000 tablets priced at 49 cents, or 79 cents for blety.
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ST. Joseph
St Joseph
Mrs Scott speaks at Fayetteville Woman's Club meeting
Mrs John Scott state treasurer of the General Federation of West Virginia Woman's Clubs addressed the Fayetteville club on by laws, Camp Galahad support, and the year theme Consider These Our Children. Vivian Back named Teacher of the Year. club plans a Sweetheart Dinner and quilt display.
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Fayetteville
RNS
John Scott
Oak Hill
General Federation of West
Scott
Glee Club
Gladys Barcy
Carl B. Vickers
Friendship Hall
the Methodist Church
Loren Wiseman
Gladys Bary
George Hatfield
Louise Hoover
R.G. Thomas
W. C. Henderson
D. H. Perdues
Fletcher Arritt
Shott Will Probated in Princeton County Court
The will of James Howard Shott dated November thirteenth 1956 was probated in the county clerk’s office. Executors named were H J Shott Jr Edwin Easley Shott and Martha Easley Shott with appraisers Fred P Edwards James K R Tilson and James Strap. The estate is left to the widow and sons, with authority to authorize a $10000 transfer to the City of Bluefield from the Corporate Trust for city improvement.
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Princeton
RNS
James Howard Shot
H. J. Shott Jr
Edwin Easley Shott
Martha’ Easley Shott
Fred P. Edwards
James KR. Tilson
James Strap
City of
Bluefield
Americanism Classes Begin February 14 in Beckley Area
Foreign-born residents of Beckley and nearby regions may start Americanism citizenship classes on February 14. The free 10 week course, led by Archie Ellenbogen of B'nai B'rith, meets Thursdays at the county courthouse with no charge for attendees and books furnished.
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Beckley
United States
Archie ‘Ellenbogan
B'nai B'rith
Bockley
Ellenbogen
Fayette County
Edward
Eltenhozen
Raleigh County Board of Ed
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