Poisoned cats and a frightened witness in a New York case
Lieutenant Chase probes a clue from Charlotte about dead cats and asphyxiation linked to Kingsley Cummings. Charlotte battles fear, fearing Tray and police suspicion as the case threads toward court testimony and possible revelations about Dorothy Velora Tim Eric and Osa Field. To Be Continued.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
King
Mario
Dorothy
Velora
Tim
Eric
Charlotte
Kingsley Cummings
Employment Census Set in Coal Counties
Washington announces a U S Labor survey of employment in 13 major coal counties of Southern West Virginia to be conducted by the West Virginia Department of Employment Security. The counties named include Raleigh Fayette Wyoming Mercer Nicholas Logan Boone Kanawha and McDowell. Representative Cleveland Bailey announced the plan on Monday.
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Washington
U. S. Department of Labor
West Virginia
Cleveland M. Bailey
D.-W.va
Raleigh
Fayette
Wyoming
Mercer
Nicholas
Logan
Boone
Kanawha
McDowell
Bailey
Department of Employment Security
Spangler Rites Held for Claude C. Spangler
Funeral services were held for Claude C. Spangler 76 a retired Norfolk and Western Railway engineer died Saturday Survivors include his wife Blanche a daughter Mrs Harry McNutt Mullens a son C C Spangler Jr Marrianna and a brother Cecil Spangler Peters town Burial was in Walnut Grove Cemetery Bluefield Oak Hill radio auction raises 215 for March of Dimes proceeds to benefit the March of Dimes.
Oceana Indians Celebrate Victory Guests Host Dinner
In celebration of the Oceana Indians basketball victory over the Baileysville Rough Riders on Friday night Mr and Mrs Harley Cook entertained the team with a chicken dinner at their home Saturday Assistants included Misses Louise and Marie Cook who served players Kermit Tucker Bob Ratliff Sprig Toler Garry Burkett Jerry May Harley Cook Harley Jo Cook Larry Nelson Eddy and Darlene Cook
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Oceana
RNS
Oceana Indians
Baileysville Rough Riders
Harley Cook
Mrs. Cook
Louise
Marie Cook
Kermit Tucker
Bob Ratliff
Sprig Toler
Garry Burkett
Jerry May
Harley Jo Cook
Larry Nelson
Eddy
Darlene Cook
Annual Spring Concert Discussed by Boosters
The Oceana High School Band Booster Club met at the Roach home with president Mrs. Hugh Miller presiding. They reviewed the year’s finances and planned the March spring concert and operetta by the band and chorus. A membership drive was urged by director Fred H. Shannon Jr. and future band activities were discussed. next meeting set for the band room at Oceana Grade School No. 1 on the first Sunday.
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Oceana
RNS
Oceana High School
Philip M. Roach
Hugh Miller
Fred H. Shannon Jr
Shannon
Miller
Miss Humphrey Weds W E Stover in Pax Ceremony
Norma Jean Humphrey daughter of Mr and Mrs Cecil Humphrey of Pax became the bride of William Edward Stover Tuesday in a ceremony at the bride’s parents home. Rev Denver Smith of Mount Hope conducted the service. The groom is the son of Mr and Mrs Ernie Stover of Scarbro, and the couple will reside in Price Hill beginning March 1.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pax
Norma Jean Humphrey
Cecil Humphrey
William Edward Stover
Denver Smith
Mount Hope
Ernie Stover
Scarbro
Price Hill
Whitesville Rotary Holds Dinner Meeting at Junior High
Twenty seven members attended the Whitesville Rotary Club Thursday night meeting at the Whitesville Junior High School cafeteria. After dinner, the business meeting followed. Col. J. P. West, past president, showed films he shot about local logging and coal operations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Whitesville
RNS
Rotary Club
Col
J. P. West
Mullens Couple Welcome First Child William Byron York
A 10 pound one ounce son was born to Mr and Mrs William York of Dayton Ohio at 9 am Monday in a Dayton hospital Their first child he has been named William Byron after his father Mrs York is the former Peggy Joyce Cook daughter of Mr and Mrs Clifford Cook of 11th Street Mullens
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Mullens
William York
Dayton
Ohio
William Byron
York
Peggy Joyce Cook
Clifford Cook
11Th Street
Pineville
Rns
William Lewis
Mildred
W. M. Lewis
Sarasota
Fla
H. C. Blakely
Sarah
Margaret
Darlington
Welch
Eddie Crews
Catherine Crews
Stevens Clinic Hospital
Barbara
Carl Crawford
T. R. Crawford
Anderson
Ensign William Ghee
C. W. Shufflebarger
Peggy
Myra Sue
Warren McGraw
Darrell V. McGraw
Firemen's Group Elects Officers in Boone County
Whitesville hosts Boone County Firemen's Association meeting at the recreation building. Officers named: Chief R. A. Smith Danville, president. Denver Crouse Madison, vice president. Chief O. E. Stump Jr. Whitesville, treasurer. Leonard Girling Madison, secretary. Two members from each department to sit on board. by laws to be drafted in April. All three towns gain new equipment. counties rated seventh class for insurance. Refreshments served by host department wives.
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Whitesville
RNS
Whitesville Volunteer Fire Department Inc
Boone County Firemen’s Association
R. A. Smith
Danville Fire Department
Denver Crouse
Madison Volunteer Fire Dept
O. E. Stump Jr
Leonard Girling
Theadison Dept
Boone County
Madison
Wyoming County Records First 1954 Traffic Fatality
Wil lis Dale Godbey age 34, a Pine Chevrolet Co mechanic and former Charleston resident, died when his car left Rt 10 near Pineville, struck an embankment after weaving 400 to 500 feet. Speed appears a factor. Vehicle damage estimated at 1400 dollars. Surviving parents and 8 siblings. Funeral planned at Gay, burial there.
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Rt. 10
Gosnell
Vida Weaver
Godbey
Carte and Buckner
Willis Godbey
Davin
Logan County
Erma Godbey
South Charleston
Charleston
Gay
Jumping Branch Personal News and Visits
Jumping Branch notes welcome visits from Fairmont and Washington families as R. C. Hess Jr. and relatives return home after visiting their parents. Norris Thompson returns home from St Luke's Hospital Bluefield after six weeks as patient and much improved. Mack Ellison hosts dinner with daughter-in-law Benny Ellison and her parents Deed and Jim from Narrows, plus Ray and Dalene Alderman who recover from measles and are out again.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
R. C. Hess Jr
Ralph III
Meline
Fairmont
W. L. Sweet
Washington, D. C
R. P. Lilly
Norris Thompson
St. Luke’s Hospital
Bluefield
Mack Ellison
Benny Ellison
A Deed
Jim
Narrows
A. Ray
Dalene
Elmo Alderman
Mercer County Schools Face One Cent Lunch Cut
A one cent per meal reduction in federal funds lowers Mercer County hot lunch reimbursements to six cents for milk lunches and four cents for others. About 4,000 lunches are served daily across 35 programs, with 735 daily free meals. Some districts will raise prices to cover the loss, and total daily impact is around 40 dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Princeton
RNS
Mercer County
W. R
Pete) Cooke
Cooke
Blan kenship son arrives in Porta Rico with Marines
Pfe. Leo Blankenship, son of Mr. and Mrs. John Blankenship, has arrived in Porta Rico as an S.R.B. clerk with the U S Marines and will remain three months. Mrs. D B Akers visits in Peters town and with Eugene Akers family. Mr. and Mrs. Hubert Drake spend weekend in Spencer with relatives.
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T. P. Muncy
Hubert Drake
Spencer
Oak Hill Personal News Brief
Oak Hill resident Walter Farrish is confined at home due to illness. Buddie Farrish and Miss Peggy McClaskey of Oak Hill attended the wedding Saturday of Miss Jo Ann Price of Lewisburg.
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Oak Hill
Walter Farrish
Buddie Farrish
Peggy McClaskey
Jo Ann Price
Lewisburg
Five Fayette County couples file marriage licenses
Fayetteville reports five applications for licenses in the county clerk’s office. Couples listed include Robert Keith Evans and Margaret Ann Shuck. Peter James and Ethel Merchant. Billy E. Jones and Helen R. Sexton. Richard A. McDaniel and Dea Francesa. Marvin F. Hypes and Irene Fuell. Names listed with ages and parental designations.
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Fayetteville
RNL
Fayette County
Robert Keith Evans
John William
Lillian Evans
Rainelle
Margaret Ann Shuck
Floyd
Irene Shuck
Oak Hill
Peter James
Jesse
Arneta James
Minden
Ethel Merchant
Billy E. Jones
Edwin
Zelma Jones
Mt. Hope
Helen R. Sexton
Roy
Marie Sexton
Garten
Richard A. McDaniel
Clara McDaniel
Dea Francesa
Adelma Francesa
Marvin F. Hypes
Selma
Pearl Hypes
Whipple
Irene Fuell
John H
Lena M. Fuell
Scarbro
Revival At Free Will Baptist Church Meadow Fork
A revival is underway at Free Will Baptist Church Meadow Fork led by evangelist Rev. R. R. Vass of Piney View. Pastor Rev. Oscar Martin extends invitation to the public to attend.
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Oak Hill
RNS
Free Will Baptist
Meadow Fork
R. R. Vass
Piney View
Oscar Martin
Baileysville Basketball Team Honored at Dinner
Baileysville school basketball squad and coach were praised at a Saturday supper hosted by the First Baptist Church men in the church basement. Principal Harold Bailey, Pastor Wayne Rollins, and Coach Buren Hill spoke as players were commended for effort, sportsmanship, and successes amid blue and white school colors.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Baileysville
BNS
First Baptist Church
Missionary Society
Harold Bailey
T. L. Bailey
C. A. Kelly
Freil Lester
Wayne Rollins
T. L. Bailey Jr
Buren Hill
Former Kopperston Man Killed in Ohio Crash
WAUSEON Ohio The body of the second victim in a truck car crash near here Feb 4 has been identified as Benjamin Border Mason 36 last from Kopperston West Virginia The patrol said the body was identified from fingerprints sent to the FBI The two were killed in a car stolen from Cleveland Parker of New Albany Indiana was identified last week Mason's body is at a Metamora Funeral Home Relatives have not claimed the body
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Wauseon
Ohio
Here
State Highway Patrol
Benjamin Border Mason
Kopperston
W. Va
FBI
Washington
Cleveland
John E. Parker
New Albany
Ind
Mason
Metamora
WSCS to Meet Thursday in Pineville
The Woman's Society of Christian Service holds its regular meeting Thursday February 1 at 7 30 p m in Fellowship Hall First Methodist Church. President Mrs Darrell V McGraw will preside and conduct the business session. Mrs W J Billing will present The Outreach of the Methodist Church Among Rural Negroes as the program. Hostesses are Mrs J W Martin and Mrs Vaughan Stewart.
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Pineville
RNS
Woman's Society of Christian Service
Fellowship Hall
First Methodist Church
Darrell V. McGraw
W. J. Billing
Methodist Church
J. W. Martin
Vaughan Stewart
New Members Initiated by Lions at Oak Hill Meeting
Oak Hill Lions Club initiated Jack Long of Long Company Oak Hill and A C Twyman of Meadows Lumber Beckley. Visitors included Raymond Rapp Maurie Dunn B D Boggs Jack Hunt and Lions Holm and Cooke from Bluefield. Holm and Cooke invited Oak Hill to the Bluefield convention June 3 5 where J P Painter summarized unemployment in southern West Virginia.
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Oak Hill
RNL
Jack Long
Long Company
A. C. Twyman
Meadows Lumber Company, Inc
Beckley
Oak Hill Lions Club
Raymond Rapp
Jack Rapp
Maurie Dunn
B. D. Boggs
E. G. Booth
Jack Hunt
J. R. McDonald
Paul Holm
W. R
Pete’ Cooke
Bluefield
Lions Holm
Cooke
J. P. Painter
West Virginia
Firemen Answer Two Calls Within 2-Minute Period
Whitesville volunteers rushed to two out of town fires within two minutes Monday. At 3:10 p m a faulty flue caused a blaze at Kenner Adkins home in Orgas seven miles away. by 3:12 p m Montcoal clubhouse fire prompted a response. Both blazes caused about 50 dollars in damage and were extinguished before the units arrived.
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Whitesville
ANS
Orgas
Kenner Adkins
Montcoal
State Rt. 3
Montroal
Armco Steel Co
Coal Show Queen To Be Selected At Bluefield Event
Coal companies in the Pocahontas Field must choose a candidate to compete as Coal Show Queen for the Southern Appalachian Industrial Exhibit in Bluefield from May 26 to 28. Entries require a photo and a letter with age height weight education and employment. Contestants must be single ages 16 to 23 and from McDowell Mercer counties or part of Wyoming County.
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Pocahontas Field
Bluefield
Jack Adams
Pocahontas
McDowell
Mercer
Wyoming County
P. O. Box
Fayetteville man nominated for SAR chancellor
Charles E. Mahan of Fayetteville has been nominated for chancellor of the Sons of the American Revolution. The nomination occurred at a state board of management meeting held Saturday in Charleston. The state convention will be held in Logan on April 24.
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Fayetteville
Charles E. Mahan
The
Sons of the American Revolution
State Board of Managment
Charleston
Logan
Fayette Countian Names Mine Safety Instructor McCormick
Robert W. McCormick of Route 1 Fayette named safety instructor for West Virginia Department of Mines. A World War II veteran and Purple Heart recipient, he has 15 years in Fayette County mines and a state foreman's certificate. He served in U S Army Infantry, fought at Anzio, was wounded, and returned to coal fields in 1944. He emphasizes personal safety and has one lost time accident. He is married to Marie Jones of Fayetteville.
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Fayette
Robert W. McCormick
West Virginia
Greenbrier County
Anjean
Bellburn
Marfrance
Kaymoor
New River
Pocahontas
Blanding
Florida
McCormick
Anzio
United States
Yuma
Arizona
Prescott
Fayette County
Summerlee Mine of
Summerlee
Michigan
United Mine Workers
New River Safety Council No. 1
West Virginia Safety Council
George Crouch
Minden
Bernice Booker
Glen Rogers
Harrison Young
Capels
National Safety Council
Chicago
Ill
C. E. Jones
UMWA
Capell
Garnet Berry
Rupert
Roy Harris
Eccles
National Safety Congress
Marie Jones
Fayetteville
Fayetteville High School Opens Hot Lunch Program
Fayetteville High School began a hot lunch program on Monday served in the old home economics building. Initially only senior students and teachers were fed, with 125 lunches of meat loaf potatoes gravy hot rolls and milk. The program hopes to expand to junior high and serve 250 meals soon, with cooks Mrs Vernon Koontz and Mrs William J Martin. Meals cost 25 cents and mark a shift from home lunches or town restaurant meals.
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Fayetteville
RNS
Fayetteville High School
Vernon Koontz
William J. Martin
Overton to Speak at Oak Hill Lincoln Day Dinner
J Allen Overton of Parkersburg, executive secretary of the Republican State Executive Committee, will address the Lincoln Day Dinner at Hotel Hill Wednesday at 6 p.m. Sponsored by the Oak Hill Republican Woman's Club, it will be Fayette County’s only Lincoln Day observance.
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Oak Hill
RNS
J. Allen Overton
Parkersburg
Republican State Executive Committee
Hotel Hill
Republican Woman's Club
Fayette County
Mace Cox Honored at Stork Shower by Local Hostesses
Mrs Mace Cox was the guest of honor at a stork shower held Wednesday night at the home of Mrs Henry Clay Jr Miss Margie Cox and Mrs Charles Franklin were among the organizers hosting the event.
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Pierpoint
Mace Cox
Henry Clay Jr
Margie Cox
Charles Franklin
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Oak Hill Business and Professional Woman's Club
March of Dimes
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W. E. Stover
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Motorola
Shrewsbury Supply CO
Thorne St
Princeton, W. Va
Robertson and Foglesong Funeral Home
Jackson County
Oceana Personals
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Lions
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Neville St. - Beckley
Fayette Countian
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Joe Boa
Roman Cleanser
Thes Hitens Ps Sang
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