State Proxy to Present Jaycee Charter to Whitesville Unit
Whitesville Jaycees prepare for a charter presentation by state president Harry Screrr Jr at 8:30 p.m. in the Whitesville Hotel. About 45 members will attend and new sidewalk talks for Whitesville Junior High School continue amid earlier refusals by state road officials. Local attorney John S. Stephens chairs the sidewalk committee. Also, February 18 marks Washington's Birthday Ball organized by Archie Showen.
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Whitesville
Register
Chamber of Commerce
Harry Screrr, Jr
Huntington
Whitesville Jaycees
Whitesville Hotel
William Barrett
Beckley
Nasional
West Virginia
Leonard Noel
Boosters Clear Over $200 at School Dinner
Colcords Clear Fork High School Booster Club raised over 200 dollars at a Wednesday dinner to reduce school indebtedness. About 183 guests attended. 15 volunteers prepared and served the meal.
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Register
Colcord
Clear Fork High School
Carl Wall
Mercedes Meigido
Sandy Soto, Jr
Robert Stover
Velma Johnson
John Thompson
Helen Sawyer
Virginian Cuts Passenger Trains
Berkley Mills announces curtailment of Virginian Railway New River Division passenger service starting Saturday due to coal shortage. Three weekly east bound and west bound trips will operate, replacing two daily Charleston to Roanoke trains. Roanoke to Charleston on Mon Wed Fri and Charleston to Roanoke on Tue Thu Sat. The ICC ordered the reduction.
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Register
Princeton
Berkley Mills
Virginian Railway
New River Division
Mills
Charleston
Roanoke
Interstate Commerce Commission
Jumping Branch Personalities At Home And On Trip
Mr. and Mrs. Jack Redden of Somerset Pa host family in Nimitz Me as their two year old Benny Paul travels to Blue field hospital for eye removal to save sight. Also notes hospital stays and visits by relatives and locals across Beckley, Hinton, Bellepoint and nearby towns.
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Ty Register
Jumping Branch
Jack Redden
Patsy
Jennie
Somerset
Mary Redden
Nimitz
Lee Hogan
Hinton
Benny Paul
Clarence Deeds
Mary Meadow
Raleigh General Hospital
Beckley
Bobbs Dodd
Charlottesville
F. A. Dodd
University of Virginia
Ray Decker
R. V. Lilly
R. G. Bucsland
Murt
Aliss Ramona Kesler
Bellepoint
Bob Fox
Barger Springs
Charles Buckland
Coal City
E. T. Lawson
Santon
Mary Belle Lawson
Charleston
T. Lawson
Dorne Parker
Vergie Deeds
Sam McChong
Alf Lilly
Bessie Woodrum
Orlando
Fla
Emma Dobbins
Beaver
Bessie Lowe
James J. Lilly
Crab Orchard
Whitesville Water Works to be improved
Whitesville City Council accepted engineer J E Settlement report after inspection. Proposed improvements include a new sedimentation tank two water meters and 225 meter yokes costing about 21012 50. Financed by bonds and second lien loans at four percent interest. Mayor Murray said growth requires hospital and water line expansion.
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Whitesville
J. E. Settle
Charleston
Don Sheets
Young and Moore Boading Company
Sheets
W. H. Ballard
Stephen Lang
Connie Stanley
J. £. Murray
Murray
Boone Hospital
Whitesville Junior High School
Rules Outlined For Talent Show
The Clear Fork High School auditorium hosts a talent show sponsored by the Clear Fork Booster Club on February 23 at 7 p.m. Contestants include dancers singers musicians and impersonators who may mimic national figures. Entries are due by noon February 22 with entry blanks from the school office and proceeds benefit the school's indebtedness.
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Register
Olcord
Clear Fork High School
Clear Fork
Don Stover
John Helter
Charles Durrett
Student to Deliver Church Sermon Sunday
Earl Miller Jr a Pineville High School senior will deliver the sermon at Cook Memorial Baptist Church Sunday He is the son of Mr and Mrs Earl Miller of East Pineville and has been active in church youth work for years
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Register
Pineville
Cook Memorial
Earl Miller, Jr
Earl Miller
East Pineville
Pineville High School
Miller
Thas
Moose Women Prepare for Charleston Meeting
Whitesville reports proceeds from a Saturday square dance fund the Women of the Moose for travel to a Sunday Charleston meeting. Chapter 317 will host the Academy of Friendship Day opening ceremonies. Ritual practice is set at the lodge hall tonight at 7.
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Whitesville
Women of the Moose
Charleston
Academy of Friendship
Chapter 317
Arrests and Fines Down in Princeton January Report
Princeton Police Chief Charles Ee Musgrave reports a drop in January arrests and fines. Total arrests 147 include drunken driving 49, speeding 11, and various offenses. fines amount to 159.26 dollars. Parking meters yielded 607.60 dollars. one stolen car recovered and property totaling 1400 dollars recovered. Traffic tickets issued 249 and parking tickets 127 in safety zones.
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Register
Princeton
Charles Ee. Musgrave
Graham Funeral Set in Virginia
Funeral services for Asel S. Graham 93 of Hiawatha will be held at 1 pm Saturday in Radford Virginia with Rev Elmer Skelton officiating. Burial will be in the family cemetery near Radford. He was born March 2, 1957 in Pulaski and was a retired farmer. Surviving are his wife Mary Jane Thornton and several children.
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Register
Matoaka
Asel S. Graham
Hiawatha
Dona Graham
Radford
Elmer Skelton
Pulaski
Mary Jane Thornton
Arthur Graham
Newburn
Otho Graham
Pat Jaski
Frank Graham
Logan
Eric Tota
Max Movitaw
Essie Treto
Mount Pleasant
Mercer Seeks $3 512 To Complete Tuberculosis Fund
Mercer County needs 3 512 41 to finish a 514 000 goal for the Tuberculosis and Wealth Association. Eva Counts reports seal sales total 10 487 59 to date with district contributions listed as Fast River 2 60 25 Beaver Pond 6 044 69 Plymouth 266 75 Jumping Branch 73 63 and Rock 1 242 23.
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Mercer
Register
Prnceton
Mercer County
Tuberculosis and Wealth Association
Eva Counts
Fast River
Beaver Pond
Plymouth
Jumping Branch
Rock
Jumping Branch Men Draw Fines In Court
Three Jumping Branch men were fined a total of 220 and costs after appearing in Hinton Cy Court mor to answer charges stemming from a Sunday crash while attempting to outrun a patrol car. Thomas B. Meador faced 355 guitars and license revocation for drunk driving, Larkin Trivey paid fines for moonshine possession and drunkenness, and George A. Lilly was fined 50 and costs for possessing steel knuckles and drunkenness.
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Nlion
Jumping Branch
Hinton Cy Court Mor
Thomas B. Meador
Larkin Trivey
George A. Lilly
Unclear Personal Notices from Chaprearville Visit
The fragment mentions Gordon Personali Gordon CORON Arthur Young after a visit in Chaprearville on Friday. It notes Mrs. Russell Elswick returning home from Madison General Hospital.
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Ty Register
Coron Arthur Young
Chaprearville
Russell Elswick
Madison General Hospital
Retired Colonel B Riley Dies at 62 in Princeton
Charles B Riley 62 a retired Army colonel and World Wars veteran died at his Princeton home after months of illness. Born in Roane County he later moved to Charleston and worked in contracting. He served in WWI and WWII and joined the War Crimes Commission after WWII retiring in 1948. Surviving wife and several organizations are noted.
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Register
Princeton
Charles “B. Riley
Riley
Roaney County
Isaac I
Mary Louise Goodwin Riley
Charleston
Heed and Lapsley
Ft. Benning
Camp Shelby
Hattiesburg
Miss
Ft. Jackson
S. C
War Crimes Commission
The
Methodist Church
American Legion Post
the Elks
Masonic Lodge
Beni Kedem
First Building Permit Issued for H Morgan in Mullens
City Clerk G B McGraw notes Herbert Morgan Pierpoint merchant was the first applicant for a 1950 Mullens building permit. He plans a five room frame house on Moran Avenue costing about 4000 dollars on a 30 by 100 foot lot beside the Rev Jarrett T Chandler's home.
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Register
Mullens
Herbert Morgan
G. B. McGraw
Morgan
Moran Avenue
Jarrett T. Chandler
Gordon Carter 41 Dies in Princeton
Gordon Carter 41 of Matoaka died at Princeton Memorial Hospital at 6 p m after a three day illness. He was an employee of the Matoaka Cab Company born September 1904 in Lansing North Carolina. Survived by two wives and two daughters, plus brothers and sisters in Matoaka Bluefield and Lansing.
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Register
Matoaka
Gordon Carter
Princeton Memorial Hospital
Matoaka Cab Company
Carter
Lansing
N. C
C. J. Carter
Inez Clay
Elaine Laxton
Judy Carr
Elna Kas
Rosa Eddings
Bluefield
Faye Jenkins
Roby Carter
Flaora Baldwin
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H. Morgan
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James Vermillion
R. B. Kent
Greensboro
R. W. Murray
Bradenton
W. G. Moore
Columbus
R. L. Hays
Washington
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Frank Smith
Marysville
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Mary Louise Riley
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Ohrrivar
Lee Ng
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