Retired Wyoming Miner Dies After Being Found in River
An elderly Allen Junction man Lee Mathews about 74 and a retired Wyco miner was found partially submerged at the edge of the Guyandotte River near his home and pronounced dead on arrival at a Mullens hospital. Authorities said death appeared natural with two minor facial bruises from a fall after fainting spells.
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Mullens Rns
Guyandotte River
Allen Junction
Mullens Hospital
Lee Mathews
Wyco
Mathews
Wyoming
Sam Foglesong
Grant Taylor
Mathew
Ley
Robertson and Foglesong Funeral Home
Baileysville Sportsmen Meet in Morgans Grocery
The Baileysville Sportsmen Club held its regular meeting at Morgans Grocery on Saturday to neurite the club constitution. Attendees included Audie Morgan Harley Pack Gene Acard Virgil Shields and Wonnie Farmer. The next meeting will be at the same grocery at 2 30 p.m. Sunday.
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Baileysville
RNS
Baileysville Sportsmen Club
Morgans Grocery
Audie Morgan
Harley Pack
Gene Acard
Virgil Shields
Wonnie Farmer
Mrs Sally Newell Elected Head of Fayetteville Mission Circle
Mrs Sally Newell was elected president of the Women's Missionary Circle of the First Church of God in Fayetteville. Officers include Jackie Payne as vice president and Betty Campbell as secretary and treasurer. The group planned a sunshine basket for Verda Treadway in Oak Hill Hospital and appointed a nursery committee for the church.
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Fayetteville
RNS
Sally Newell
First Church of God
Jackie Payne
Betty Campbell
Nola Treadway
Gladys Webb
Joyce Payne
Enya Lee Camppel— Seaton
Winfordee
Zelda Poff
Velma Payne
Windeed Newell
Lalma Payne
Verda Treadway
Oak Hill
Teeeadway
Gladya Webb
Nellie Morrow Rites Held in Fayetteville
Funeral services for Nellie M Morrow 69 of Route 1 Fayetteville were conducted at 10 am Wednesday at the home of her nephew Harvey T Cottrell. Burial is planned at Schown Cemetery Bancott. Surviving are step son John R Morrow four grandchildren and three great grandchildren. The body was moved from Dodd Payne Funeral Home to the Cottrell residence at 5 30 pm Tuesday.
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Fayetteville
RNS
Nellie M. Morrow
Harvey T. Cottrell
Kenneth Sherrod
Schown
Bancott
Dodd-Payne Funeral Home
Cottrell
Democratic Women Postpone Open House in Fayetteville
The Fayetteville Democratic Women postpone their May primary open house to March 21. Mrs William Bennett president, says plans and committees will be arranged at a Wednesday library meeting in Memorial Auditorium.
Mullens High Principal Drops Out of Assessor Race
Mullens High School principal Robert E Kuhn withdraws from the Democratic race for Wyoming County assessor, citing inability to balance school duties with campaigning. He has taught since 1930 and lives in Pineville. He is the third candidate to retire from major county offices, after Dr C C Cattell and Charles W Cook.
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Mullens
RNS
Robert E Kuhn
Mullens High School
Wyoming
Kuhn
Pineville
C. C. Cattell
Glen Rogers
Rites Thursday For Mrs. Skaggs Of Fayetteville
Funeral services for Mrs. Bessie Ametha Skaggs 53 of Fayetteville will be held Thursday at 2 p m at Pilgrim Holiness Church with Rev W C Killen and Rev R L Brown officiating Burial follows at Huse Memorial Park Survivors include husband Harvey four daughters two sons a son in law and nine grandchildren The body will be moved from Dodd Payne Funeral Home to the Skaggs residence Wednesday afternoon
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Fayetteville
Rns
Bessie
Ametha Skaggs
Pilgrim Holiness Church
W. C. Killen
R. L. Brown
Huse Memorial Park
Skaggs
Beckley
Birthday Party Held For Bert Morral, 8
Bert Morrall, son of Mr. and Mrs. B A Morral, was honored on his eighth birthday with a party at home. Guests included Clarence Harvey, Eddie Tilly, Sherryn Toier, and many Toler and Harvey family members.
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Baileysville
RNS
Bert Morrall
B. A. Morral
Clarence Harvey
Eddie Tilly
Sherryn To Ier
Roger Tilly
Nadine Harvey
Patricia Toler
Sandra Harvey
Larry Toler
Minnie Harper
Buck Blankenship
Bennie Toler
Bobbie Ward
Clint Toler
Willis Blankenship
Trudy Toler
Dianne Walls
Harry Toler
Roger Hedrick
Jess Toler
Delores Harvey
Joan Toler
Morris Mitchel
Dock Toler
Frank Tilly
Richard Blankenship
Juanita
Ante
Douglas
Fred
Parcie
Keith Toler
Varde Toler
Roger
Reginald Walls
Jacie Toler
Civinettes Attend World Day of Prayer Service
The Oak Hill Civinettes plan to attend the World Day of Prayer Service at Oak Hill Methodist Church at 7 30 p m Friday with Rev Donald B Duncan as main speaker for the Day of Prayer sponsored by the Oak Hill Scarbro Ministerial Association Others taking part include ministers Dr C G Eastwood Rev R P Robertson Rev T E Alester Rev E W Lambert and Rev Milton M Robinson.
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Oak Hill
RNS
C. G. Eastwood
R. P. Robertson
T. E. Alester
E. W. Lambert
Milton M. Robinson
All Glen Rogers Mine workers enroll in accident prevention course
All 330 employes at Glen Rogers No 2 mine join the U S Bureau of Mines accident prevention program led by inspector L A Lewallen. Classes cover roof fall hazards as fatalities rise from 1964 to 1955, with the Bureau expanding safety efforts.
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Louis P. Jenkins
Raleigh-Wyoming Mining Co
Glen Rogers
West Virginia
U.S. Barras
Glen Rogers No
U. S. Bureau of Mines
L. A. Lewallen
Lewallen
Lewaller
James Westfield
Raleigh-Wyoming Mining Company
Nelson Bailey
Matts Bailey
U.S. Bureau of Mines
Dalma Telliver
Bill Phillips
Five Fayette Churches Ordain Deacons at Oak Hill
Five Fayette County churches ordained deacons Sunday at Oak Hill Baptist Church. The ordination sermon was delivered by Rev. William P. Nelson, with Rev. John Kyle as moderator. Candidates included Kenneth Burgess, Herbert Dews, James Dorton, J A Baumgartner, Joe Fox, Lewis Thompson, Omer Bennett, Randolph Epperly, R G Kinneaid, and others as part of a ceremony with about 30 deacons and pastors participating.
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Oak Hill
Fayette County
Oak Hill Baptist Church
John Kyle
Gatewood
Page
William P. Nelson
Atount Hope Baptist Temple
Kenneth Burgess
Herbert Dews
James Dorton
J. A. Baumgartner
Joe Fox
Quinnimont Church
Lewis Thompson
Omer Bennett
Randolph Epperly
Page Church
R. G. Harvey
Richard Kinneaid
James F. Frame
Fayetteville Baptist Church
Charter Granted for Rock Castle Sportsman's Club
A charter was granted by the Secretary of the State in Charleston to the Rock Castle Sportsman's Club Inc. with incorporators Noah Ellison Stacey Biullens Curtis Blankenship Cash Halsey and Charles W Cook Jr all of Pineville. The club is a nonstock nonprofit organization.
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Pineville
RNS
Charles|ston
Rock Castle
Pledge Tea for New Beta Sigma Phi Chapter Held at Oak Hill
A pledge tea at Mrs. Ray Clinebell’s River Addition home launched a new Beta Sigma Phi chapter honoring founder Walter W. Ross. Beta Theta chapter hosted pledges including Victoria Kepinski Faye Greene Nancy Tennant Rita Jo Woodrum Sara Jane Ashley and others with talks on the sorority’s cultural civic and social roles.
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Oak Hill
Rns
Ray Clinebell
River Addition
Beta Sigma Phi Sorority
Beta Theta
Walter W. Ross
Audrey Eigenbrod
John Duda
Beta Theta Chapter
Victoria Kepinski
Faye Greene
Nancy Tennant
Rita Jo Woodrum
Sara Jane Ashley
Margaret Wooten
Barbara Tyree
Barbara Allen
Jane Harsany
Mary Roach
Jeanette Amos
Miss Harmon
Betty Ruth Harmon
Barbara Mathews
Martha Ayers
Stella Fraga
Phyllis Evans
Belly Scruggs
Raymond Thomas
Joe Tyree
Beta Sigma Phi
Hobart Watson
Ruth Easton
William Moore
James Painter
Bill Ross
Mary Lou Mitchell
Wilbur Eigenbrod
Benedict Teano
D. C. Rapp Jr
Avis Partain
R. W. Ellison
Mitchell Aide
Zella Bishop
Ernest Fazio
R. R. Thomas Jr
Gerald Hildebrand
Earl Bannister Jr
O. W. Dixon Jr
Marketing Cost Lower in 1955 for Fayette Wool Pool
Fayetteville reports marketing costs for 1955 at 9.45 cents per pound, down from 1964 levels. Manager R. N. Fox and assistant M. V. Twohig released figures showing lower total costs and wool prices for clear medium, half-blood, and rejects, with detailed deductions including grading freight taxation and wool promotion.
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Fayetteville
RNS
Fayette County
R. N. Fox
M. V. Twohig
Thurmond Easter Star Chapter Fund Appeals for Donations
Members of the Thurmond chapter of the Order of Eastern Star planned to contribute funds to the furniture fund at a meeting. The furniture will be donated to the Eastern Star Home at milkwood, according to Worthy Matron Jacqueline Pugh.
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Thurmond
Order of Easter Star
Eastern Star
Milkwood
Jacqueline Pugh
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Dora
Fanny Stan
Fall Mullens
Itmann
Ronald Williams
Wyoming General Hospital
Winford Newell
Ethel Campbell
Nola Teeadway
Lucille Light
John
Richmond
Nellie Morrow
County Board of Education
Charles W. Cook
Mrs. Skagas
Ery Bestor A Aie
Bert Morral
Logan Hall
John Workman
Shelfirer
Claude Walker Jr
B.C. McClanahan
Limberman
Robert Acord
Coal Processing Corp. Briquette
Sportsman's Club
Lester
Fayette Wool Pool
Springdale
P. L. Twohig
Burtey Sims
H. E. Rookstool
F. L Twohig
Ralph Rookstool
J. A. Hurley
J. M. Henson
R. J. Gheen
Ernestine ‘Mitchell
D. C. Newell
R. A. Wallace
Meadow Bridge
Alpha C. Fox
H. E. Ennis
Lake Gwinn
Elmore Gwinn
Alvin
Robert Lane
Bellwood
S. A. Burdette
Scarbro — Carrol Clifton
C. W. Miller
Hilltop
Harry Wallace
Jelle — Leon Shoemaker
R. Fox
J. A. Crookshanks
J. A Tincher
Lockridge
J. H. Welch
J Lacy St Clair
Nallen
A. P. Bays
Russellville
Evelyn Haynes
Beelick Knog
Edna Martin
Danese
Paul Cole
C. C. Allen
J. H. Crookshanks
Maplewood
Nellie Falor
Green Sulphur Springs
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Norfolk
Charlottesville
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