Powers of Whitesville is Boone's Only Gunsmith
WHITESVILLE RNS George Powers a coal miner at Glegora Coal Co Blue Pennant is Boone County's only gunsmith living on Victory Street. He maintains a basement workshop with his wife Rosella and son Jerry assisting in sanding and polishing. Powers plans a custom rifle as his prize piece and claims twelve years of gunsmithing experience, including checkering. He owns Colt 38-49 revolvers and a Billy the Kid style Colt. He intends to stay in mining a few years then open a modern shop locally for sportsmen.
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Whitesville
RNS
George Powers
Glegora Coal Co
Blue Pennant
Boone County
Powers
Victory St
Rosella
Power
Jerry
West
Billy the Kid
Fayette County Land Transfers List Fayette County Land Transfers List
Fayetteville in Fayette County records show numerous property transfers with prices from about 300 to 35 000 dollars. Notable deals include Louis Rahall purchasing the Ben Franklin Store building on Maple Avenue for roughly 35 000 dollars from Frank and Thelma Love, plus a wide range of lots sold to individuals and local firms such as Annie G Green Kath leen Hinkle James Curatolo and many others across Oak Hill Falls View and Gauley Bridge.
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Fayetteville
RNL
Maple Avenue
Ben Franklin
Louis Rahall
Fayette County
Frank
Thelma R. Love
George
Lula Mosley
Annie G
Annias Green
Deepwater
Kathleen
Edgar E. Hinkle
James V.curatolo
William and
Hailie
Mount Hope
Huse
Carl H
Lucille M. Conelly
Harold V
Mazie F. Legg
Wolf Creek Gardens
Cc. Higgins
J .H. White
Harry L. Wallace
Oak Hill
Joe
Mavis Domingues
Cather B
Lucy Campbell
Prince
W. A
Gladys B. Wilson
Homeseekers Land and Building Co
Mattie Tyler
Wolf Creek
Albert M
Willie E. Burgess
Jack
Olive Robertson
Lessie Brown
Ernest
Clara Riddie
Cannelton
Thomas Jr
Funeral services for George Franklin in Harlem Heights
Funeral services for George Franklin, 66, will be held at 2 p.m. today at Harlem Heights Community Baptist Church conducted by Rev. J. L. Bly. Burial follows at Greenwood Memorial Park, Beckley. He died Friday at his Harlem Heights home. Survivors include wife Ethel, daughters Virginia Powell, Elma Howard, Lenora Garmany, son James in the Air Force, and five grandchildren. Body lies at C. D. Trent Funeral Home. The article adds a note on Anglo Saxon names and meanings unrelated to the death.
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Harlem Heights
George Franklin
Harlem Heights Community Baptist Church
J. L. Bly
Greenwood Memorial Park
Beckley
Franklin
Harlem Heights No. 2
Ethel
Virginia Powell
Pittsburgh
Elma Howard
White Plains
N. Y
Lenora Garmany
Washington, D. C
James
Air Force
Charleston
C. D. Trent Funeral Home
Concord College pledges 137 men to fraternities
A total of 137 Concord College men pledged to five college fraternities for the 1050 spring term. Pledges named include Roy H Casto Dunbar and John Cook Affinity. Alpha Kappa Sigma Kappa Sigma Kappa presidents Eddie Roberts and Bowie Kahle lead the new chapters under West Virginia education standards.
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Athens
Concord College
W. S. Wooddell
West Virginia Board of Education
Concord College Interfraternity Council
Kappa Sigma Kappa
Roy H. Casto
Dunbar
John Cook
Affinity
Bill Hooker
Gary
Marvin Kaplan
Brooklyn
Keystone
Don Keaton
John Potanko
Pittsburgh
Roger Michial
Princeton
Joe Lorio
Wilkes + Barre
Donald Brierley
Cleveland
Ohio
Edward Statin
Roanoke
Carl
Pete) Ergenbright
Covington
James Walker
Skelton
Gary Neville
White Sulphur Springs
Lawrence Prater
War
George Nolley
Mullens
Ralph Crews
Bluefield
Dave Roman
Berkley Springs
Robert Stafford
Beckley
William Warden
Harry Kiffer
Hinton
Mark Chandler
Peterstown
Benny West
Phillip Leeber
Morris Nester
Quinwood
Hugh McCabe
Waterbury
Conn
Joe Whitehead
Mayberry
Bernard White
Jackie Gross
Crumpler
Larkin Dunford
Amonate
Ronald Porter
Arlington
Howard Cook
Herndon
Danny Prillaman
McDowell
Jack Hickok
Harry Tyree
Dick Dineen
Bowie Kahle
Lawger
Bill Gaylor
M. C. Mills
Bob Saunders
James Wortman
Charleston
Charles Dillon
Lashmeet
Kenneth Wade
Pageton
Joe Kincaid
Ronceverte
Chester Moran
Clear Creek
Ronald Pitzer
Madison
Alan Coffman
Frankford
Alton Turman
Raysal
Stanley Price
Pembroke
David Spangler
Leo Tilley
Pineville
Phi Ale
DAR Hears Address By Mrs. J. Howard
Mrs. J E Howard spoke at a Borderland Chapter DAR meeting at White Oak Country Club on constitutional safeguards and the Bill of Rights. Delegates were chosen for the 68th Continental Congress and plans were announced for history month activities and a local cook book project.
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J. E. Howard
Daughters of the American Revolution
Borderland
White Oak Country Club
Howard
American Mercury
68Th Continental Congress
R. L. Hughes
Zel
Scarbro
Nathan Hale
West Union
F. A. Guffey
Foster Funeral Set Wednesday
Funeral services for C. G. Foster, 79, will be in the Presbyterian Church at 2 p.m. Wednesday with Rev. James R. Kennedy officiating. Burial follows in Greenbrier Burial Park. Foster, of 214 Pleasant St., died Sunday night after a heart attack. He was a retired C&O Railway employee and longtime Summers County resident. Survivors include his wife Sarah and three children, plus siblings and grandchildren.
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Huntington
Cecil B
Nitro
John E. Fischer
Hinton
E. P
Dayton
Ohio
F. H
Minneapolis, Minn
J. E. Saunders
M. M. Ballengee
C. H. Tupper
Richmond
Jarrell Infant Funeral Today in Naoma
Graveside services for the infant son of Mr and Mrs Raymond Jarrell of Naoma were held at Atkins Cemetery at 4 p m. The baby, stillborn Sunday afternoon in a Beckley hospital, was survived by a twin brother, grandparents Carl Jarrell and Archie Hopkins, great grandparents and other relatives. Armstrong Funeral Home of Whitesville handled arrangements.
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Naoma
RNS
Raymond Jarrell
Jack Weller
Atkins Cemetery
Beckley Hospital
Carl Jarrell
Archie Hopkins
Montreal
Charles Dillon
Willie Jarrell
E. L. Little
Wheelwright, Ky
John Nelson Hopkins
Wise
Armstrong Funeral Home
Whitesville
Russell Rites Set Wednesday
Funeral services for James Slim Russell are planned for 2 p.m. Wednesday at the Robertson and Foglesong Funeral Home Chapel with the Rev. Henry Parkham officiating. Burial will follow in Still Run Cemetery near Titmann. Russell, 67, of Harmeco, a Georgia native and former Virginia Railway section hand, died Sunday after a several week illness in a Welch hospital.
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Mullens
RNS
James
Slim) Russell
Robertson and Foglesong
Henry Parkham
Still Run
Titmann
Russell
Harmeco
Georgia
Virginia Railway
Welch
Hopperston Personal News Visitors In Various Cities
RNS dispatch notes Mrs Charles Lay and daughter Toni along with Mrs James Haynes visiting Charleston last week. Mr and Mrs L A Williamson visiting Beckley on Tuesday. Mrs Howard Elkins, her son Butch and granddaughter Donna Perdue visited Logan on Tuesday. Mr and Mrs J W Moore of Allen Junction were Friday guests of their son and family.
Funeral Notices from Mahoney Dooley Davis in Bluefield News
Mahoney Robert Quillen aged 74 of Temple Street died February 16 after a long illness. Service February 18 at Melton Mortuary Chapel with Dr. Cook and Dr. Witherspoon. Burial Monta Vista Cemetery Bluefield. Pallbearers named. Dooley Heath Dooley aged 66 of Princewick died February 16 of a heart attack. Remains at Melton Mortuary. Davis Thomas Eugene 23 of Sprague died February 16 in a Bluefield hospital. Remains at Rose and Quesenberry Funeral Home.
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Eugene Money
Sam Money
Herbert Gibson
Ralph Rector
W. C. Money
Ralph Armentrout
Melton Mortuary
Dooley Dooley
Heath
Princewick
Davis Davis
Thomas Eugene
Sprague
Bluefield
Rose and Quesenberry
Kanawha Street
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G. Powers
Boone
Winona National Bank
Gauley Bridge
W. W
Katherine Jennings
Vergil H. Wills
Falls View
W. R
Elizabeth Murdock
Richard A
Mary Ann Murdock
Mary B. Godfrey
Blackburn Patteson Realty Co
Zora
Florence Caudill
Kathleen and
Clinton Settle
Loup Creek
Arill H
Zera E. Worlledge
Linda Roncaglione
Ames Heights
Leroy
Margaret J. Britt
William E. Saxton
Lenna Mullens
High Lawn Memorial Park
Orville
Lillian Rich
John F. Ross
Gladys Kesler
Edgar
Edmund
Edward
Edwin
Concord
Pha Chi
Everett Jennings
New Phi Delta Pi
Harold Greene
Walter Kelly
Shady Spring
Lewis Rutherford
Clay Sanford
Phillip Robertson
Thomas Dewey Estepp
Kermit
John Spencer
Hemphill
Charles Hall
Oscar R. Smith
Rainelle
Bill Caruth
David Bragg
Ben Daniel
Danny Moore
John Jamison
Delta Delta Delta Tau
Ronnie Pogodziewski
Frank Broyles
Willam Buckley
South Charleston
Jim Halsey
William St. Clair
Buelfield
Jack Parkey
Robert Kipscomb
S. R. Patterson
Meadow Sherwood Lipford
Clyde Parker
William Gay
Marlinton
Robert Kessinger
Williamson
Theodore Miller
Jimmy Shires
John Wargo
Filbert
Michael Dalesandro
Sherill Stewart
William C. Hedrick Jr
Culpepper
Dar
Mrs. J. Howard
Foster
Ronald Meadows
Jarrell
Hopperston
Merton Mortuary
Rose & Quesenberry Funeral Home
Oakwood
Funeral Home Phone
South Oakwood Ave
Amos E
Quesenberry
Rose & Quesenberry
Kanawha St
Charles Hodel
Maxwell Hil Road
Robert L. Re
Fabulon
Beckley Ick & Feed
Prince St
H. B. Blick
Dial
Gray Lumber Co
Crab Orchard Dial
E. Shrewsbury, Daniels
Todd
Beaver
F H.A. Loan
Bank of Raleigh
F.d.lc
Earl R. Huddle Farls
Main St
Buckley Photo Service
Church Street
Amercan Techncal Society
East 18Th Street
Drexel
Chicago
Iinois
Kidd's Barber Shop
N. Oakwood Ave
W. VA
Dr. B. E. Silverman
Eace Ace
Wright
Morris
Beckley Television Service
Ashworth & Paneworth & Sparks, Inc
Prince St. Beckley
John W. Eye
Neville St
TV Valley Drive
W. C. Rogers Plumbing & Heating
Temple St
Harper Road
Aaron Venetian Blind Cleaners
Beckley, W. Va
Lovitz Television Service
Nichols Wall Cleaning Service
Jake Lilly
Coolridge
Lewis Transfer
Piney Ave
Jan Campbell Music Co
Dial CL
White Pine Gray Lumber CO
Crab Orchard
Wil
Morris Harvey
Will John Laibach
Ridge Avenue
Raleigh Insurance Agency
Lilly Building
Main Street
Jim Greennight
WillihsvilLe
Elko Ind
S. Robertson
Los Angeles
Calif
Avon
New York City
West 40
Blue Star
Resoco
Raleigh County
Coalwood
Avon Cosmetics
Bostick Avenue
New York Area
Broadway Huntington Station
Tango Inn
MacArthur
New York
Nan
Prince Street
Beckley Supper Club
North Kanawha Street
Fogle
Ere
President Hotel
Raleigh
Care Beckley Newspapers
eThe
Kley College
R. K
J. H. Stinson
East Beckley
Bibb Snyder
R. Bare
Roy A. Jones
Basil and
Ross Spangler
Call
Crosier Hatchery
J. E. Daniel
Glen __Daniel
Bob Mann
Earl Mann
Joe Hunt
Piney View
Cash & Carry
Cash & Delivery
Hill-Rohrer Lumber CO
Central Ave
Bucyrus Erie
Buckeye
John Alley
Meadow Bridge
THOR
Stevens
Marlin
Kelvinator
Philco
Motorola
Bryson
Lynn
Clark's Mill
Rt. 3
Singer Sewing Center
South Kanawha Street
Lesco Homes
French & Comes MacArthur
Harvey Cabinet CO
Eisenhower Drive
Williams
Cavalier
Jalousie
Beckley Insulation Co
Beckley Newspapers
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