Petition Seeks Lansing Elementary Principal Remove
Fayette County Board of Education set February 28 for a hearing on a petition to remove Lansing Elementary principal Ross Deaver. About 20 signatures supported dismissal for alleged yelling at students and exposing them to inappropriate materials. Board also considered school site matters and teacher replacements at several Fayette County schools.
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Fayetteville
Corinne Lowry
Thurmond
Ola White
Fayette County
Concord College
Fayettevile
Sudway
Crickmer
Rose Marie Hodges
Pax Mgh
Mary CO. Riffe
Lick Fork
Mabel O. Smith
Cynthia Norton
Arount Hope
Pax. High School
Belva L. Hendrickson
Nancy Bell Rowan
Mt. Carbon
Belva Linely
Register
Ross Deaver
Lansing
Vestereay
Faycette County Board of Education
Lsted
Ana
Joe Lawton
W. P. Blankenship
Lay~sland Junior High School
Goard
Mie Gevens
Lawton
Greenwood Cost Company
Sorority Bake Sale and Progressive Dinner Planned
Beta Theta Chapter of Beta Sigma Phi will sponsor a benefit bake sale Saturday starting at 10 a.m. Any member not participating will be fined 2.50. A progressive dinner was discussed, with W Bernard Rocke of the Fayette County National Foundation for Infantile Paralysis guest speaking. Decorations featured a red and white Valentine theme, with hostesses Mrs John Konathy Mrs W Dixon Jo land Mrs C Steele Callison. Next meeting hostesses named Mrs W E Bundy Jr Miss WM Margaret Bundy Miss Virginia Bobbitt.
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Register
Oak Hill
Beta Theta
Beta Sigma Phi
W. Bernard Rocke
Fayette County
National Foundation For Infantile Paralysis
Improvements to Whitesville Water System Bonds Issued
Whitesville town council adopted an ordinance to issue 23000 dollars in revenue bonds for water system improvements. Young Moore and Company of Charleston planned the bond issue, with Mayor J E Murray stating the rate around 9.3 percent. The second series will be financed from income, with no property taxes.
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Whitesville
Councell
Young- Moore and Company
Charles
J. £. Murray
Murray
Harry Cooke
Connie Stanley
Stephen Lang
Paul Thomas
Deitz Funeral Services Today
Funeral services for Mrs. Ella Deitz 87 of Hico were held at 1 30 p m from Sunday Road Baptist Church with Rev H W McClung officiating. Burial followed at Highlawn Memorial Park Oak Hill. She was born February 28 1862 in Meadow Bluff and survived by a brother A G McClung a sister Mrs Minin Nelson a son William A Deitz and two daughters Mrs Ethel Bennett and Mrs Beulah Kessler.
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Register
HICO
Ella Deitz
Sunday Road Baptist Church
H. W. McClung
Ihlico
Highlawn Memorial Park
Oak Hill
Meadow Bluff
A. G. McClung
Crawley
Minin Nelson
Fayetteville
William A. Deity
Mico
Ethel Bennett
Fay_etteville
Beulah Kessler
Charleston
Jumping Branch Couple Marks Wedding Anniversary
Yester day marked the 44th wedding anniversary of Mr and Mrs B H Harvey of Jumping Branch They were married February 14 1906 in Beckley and have lived in Jumping Branch for 43 years The couple have eight living children Myrle Massie Oak Hill Pearl Massie Daniels L D Harvey Oak Hill Nora Turner Oak Hill Dr L Harvey Oak Hill Ruby Farley Fayetteville Faye Waddell Beckley and James L Harvey New Britain Conn They have 22 grandchildren and two great grandchildren.
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Ray
Beckley
Jumping Branch
Myrle Massie
Oak Hill
Pearl Massie
Daniels
L. D. Harvey
Nora Turner
L. Harveys
Ruby Farley
Fayetteville
Faye Waddell
James L. Harvey
Jarrell Rites Set Thursday
Funeral services are planned for Oscar Lee Jarrell 55 Colcord at 2 30 p m Thursday at his home with Rev C W Pindar officiating Military rites will be at Estep Cemetery Ameagle by Whitesville Veterans of Foreign Wars Post and the American Legion Jarrell a World War II veteran had worked for Chesapeake and Ohio Railway 30 years He is survived by brothers Kester Jarrell Colcord Carl Jarrell Prenter sisters Maudie Stover Colcord and Etheli Verron Colcord The body was moved from Armstrong Funeral Home Whitesville to the home today
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Register
Colcord
Oscar Lee Jarrell
C. W. Pindar
Estep
Ameagle
Whitesville
j@hesapeake and
Ohio Railway
Kester Jagrell
Carl Jarrell
Prenter
iMaudie Stover
Etheli ‘Verron
Armstrong Funeral Home
al “Oon
Albert Kidd 89 Taken by Death
Albert Kidd age 89 of Seth died at his granddaughter’s home in Premier Tuesday. Funeral services at 11 a m Thursday at Freewill Baptist Church Premier with Rev. Dewey Jarrell and Rev. Roy Crum officiating. Burial Mount Joy Cemetery Ray Branch. Survived by two sons Alex Kidd and William J. Kidd two sisters Rose Turley and Lacey Kidd, numerous grandchildren and great grandchildren. Body at granddaughter Mrs Zornes Lam’s home today.
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Seth
Albert J. Kidd
Helen Holston
Zornes
Dewey Jarrell
Roy Crum
Freewill Baptists Church
Mount Joy
Ray Branch
Alex Kidd
Prenier
William J. Kidd
Charleston
Rose Turley
Spring Hill
Lacey Kidd
Miss Mega Sergi Weds Roy Spina In Mount Hope Ceremony
Miss Meg a Sergi of Mount Hope and Roy I Spina of Niagara Falls N Y were married at St Anthony Catholic Church Kilsyth in a double ring ceremony conducted by Father Eugene Klug The bride wore satin with lace trim and a long train The groom in construction with his family attended by best man Ray Glowinsky and usher Tony Tipane After a family dinner the couple left for a honeymoon then to Niagara Falls to make their home
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Associated Press
Mount Hope
Mega Serzi
Roy Ispica
Niagara Falls
N. J
Hoy
Eugene Klug
St. Anthony Catholic Church
Kilsyth
Skinners
Emma Falvo
Grace Bar
Para
Ray Glowinsky
New York City
Tony Tipane
Mab
Scail
Mount Hope High School
Toni Sergi
Martrieze
Kroger Company
Spina
Archbrogio Spina
New York
Iva Alonge
Patsy Spina
Albert Palumbo
Lewis Simon
Charleston
Mary Jacobs
Sergi
Pittsburgh
Ni‘agaca Falls
N. Y
Mitchell Attacks Hancock After Gambling Trial
Mitchell A Mitchell pleads guilty to gambling charges in Montgomery and faces a hearing on a breach of peace allegation after allegedly knocking Magistrate Hancock to the ground. Fines totaling 4000 dollars, plus costs, followed raids on Montgomery establishments with thousands of lottery slips and confiscated equipment.
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Register
Montgomery
Alex A. Mitehell
Mitchell
Montgomery Hancock
H. C. Scaggs
Dlan
Cork A
Montgomery Police Department
Scaggs
Hancock
Preach Wactorhat
Sers Pussies Mitchell
Fayette County
C. B. Vickers
Falls From Truck Injures Oak Hill Man
Oak Hill resident Thomas James, 45, was treated yesterday at Oak Hill Hospital for injuries to his right arm after falling from a truck. He was discharged after treatment and released.
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Register Stati
Oak Hill
Thomas James
Oak Hill Hospital
Induction Rites Planned for 51 IVFW Members
By Register staff writer GAK Hill A banquet initiation is planned by the Clarence W. Dickerson Post Veterans of Foreign Wars for 51 lawmen approved for Oak Hill group membership. Commander Hobary Booth says initiation will be done by state department members. After Wednesday’s meeting, canteen committee chose a new manager for the Canteen in East Frd of Oak Hill. Joe Notch will replace R D McNicol as manager, assisted by Ray Riner.
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Register
Gak Hill
Clarence W. Dickerson
Veterans of Foreign Wars
Law
Oak Hills
Hobary Booth
Thestate Department
Oak Hill
Joe Notch
R. D. McNicol
Notch
Ray Riner
Griffith Heads Young Adults at Pineville Methodist
Harold C. Griffiths elected president of the newly organized Young Adult Fellowship at Pineville First Methodist Church. Officers include Mrs. W C Bailes Jr as vice president and Mrs. J B Thomas as secretary treasurer. The group, with social chairman Maurice Thomas and others, plans a February 20 meeting to arrange plans for a sub district gathering on February 27. additional members urged to attend.
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Register
Pineville
Harold C. Griffitts
W. V. McNemar, Jr
H. H. Griffith
Nautrice M. Thomas
Robert Harris
Harold Pryor
Samuel A. Harford
J.B. Thomas
W. C. Bailey, Jr
Vaughan Stewart
Mercer Schools Hit by Epidemic
In Weyanoke and Matoaka Mercer County schools are closed for the week due to an influenza epidemic. Matoaka High School reported about 200 of 500 students absent Monday and 76 absent at the elementary, Lashmeet Elementary saw 60 to 70 absent, with roughly 100 cases across the two communities.
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Princeton
Weyanoke
Matoaka
W. R B. Cooke
Mercer County
C. J. Bult
Matoaka High School
Lashmeet
Robbers Take $500 From Safe In Torch Break In
Officers report robbers used an acetylene torch to open a safe at a local shop and take about $500 in cash. The ledger and papers were left intact. Police said the incident occurred last night at a business tied to Ralph Mays, park owner, with the firm’s workshop targeted.
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Associated Press
Mullens
Wyo
Ralph Mays
Iting Auto Company
fTice
Miss Myrtle Cook Plans June Wedding to Nichols
Miss Myrtle Cook and Ralph Nichols announce an engagement and June wedding. The groom elect is the son of Mr and Mrs B C Nichols of Pineville. Cook is a graduate of Oceana High School and Charleston School of Commerce and works as a stenographer for Dr James M Dunlap. Nichols is a Pineville High School graduate who served in World War I and now works for Carbide in Charleston.
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Pineville
Myrtle Cook
Ralph Nichols
Jane Browning
Oceana
Miss Cook
Oceana High School
Charleston School of Commerce
James M. Dunlap
Kanawhe ‘County
Pineville High School
United States Navy
Carbide
Charleston
Maben PTA Hears Otsego Principal Speak
Mrs Effie Delp Otsego Elementary School principal addressed the Maben Parent Teacher Association Monday night. About 40 members and guests heard her talk Why I'm A Teacher and were entertained by the Otsego Quartet. Devotions were led by Mrs Farr Workman and refreshments were served by Pierpoint ladies after a brief business session.
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Register Star
Maben
Effie Delp
Otsego
Parent-Teacher's Association
Otsego Quartet
Farr Workman
Pierpoint
Kopperston Lions to Aid Pupils and Welcome New Members
Kopperston Lions Club will provide eye examinations and follow up care for six county school children. Guest speaker Tom Smith of Logan spoke on West Virginia University Day. Other attendees included F. Paul Chambers of Logan and William McNemar of Pineville. The club anticipates new members during January’s Lions International drive honoring president Melvin Jones. In other notes, Ralph Sutphin and Erma Register announce birth of son Ralph Martin on January 25. Navy man Robert L. Tully, son of Mrs. L. S. Tully of Fayetteville, arrived in the Mediterranean aboard radar picket destroyer USS Thomas J. Thomas to relieve Sixth Fleet units.
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Kopperston
Kopperston Lions Club
Tom Smith
Logan
West Virginia University
F. Paul ‘Chambers
William McNemar
Pineville
Lions International
Maben
Ralph ‘Sutphin
Ralph Martin
Sutphin
Ermay Register
Rober L. Tully
United States
Net
Navy
L. S. Tully
Fayette
Oceana Owls Honor Oceana High Team With Steak Dinner
Oceana High School basketball players were feted at a Friday steak dinner at the Gibson Hotel after the Marsh Fork game. Oceana Owls Club organized the event with team members, managers, coaches, and the principal in attendance along with cheerleaders and Qwis Club members.
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Oceana
Oceana High School
Gibson Hotel
Oceana Owls Club
Bob Branham
Frankie
Cook
Sammy Clark
Rondey Davis
Ralph Parsons
Barnell Dempsey
Bill Cobb
Shank Thomas
Billl Patrick
Raymond Perry
Carl Salyers
Orince Lusk
Gene Kaifield
Raymond Lusk
Jimmy Branham
Acié Stewart
Kennis Cook
Landon Cox
Sharon Beane
Ramona Lewis
Jean Fleenor
Gayle Beane
Qwis Club
O. D. Judy
Horn Ellenburg
Jim Criskey
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Miss Mega Sergi
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