Plans Begun for Christian Church in West Mullens
Mullens residents learned at the third anniversary dinner that the First Christian Church plans to build on Maple Avenue near Mullens High School this spring after disposing of two Highland Avenue lots. Rev. Dennis Pruett of Princeton has accepted the pastorate and will remain based in Princeton to continue studies at Concord for medical missionary work. Food at the dinner was served buffet style at Ben Dunman cafeteria.
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Mullens
First Christian Church
Highland Avenue
West Mullens
Pevening
D. C. Farley
Maple Avenue
Mullens High School
Dennis Pruett
Princeton
Pruett
Concord
Ben Dunman
Ralph Valentine
Christian Churches
West Virginia
A. O. Perry
Edith Tuggle
Zach Lawson
Meadows Rites Set Wednesday
Funeral services for Sadie J. Meadows 78 of Stephenson will be held at 1 pm Wednesday in Stephenson Methodist Church. The Beckley hospital death followed a month’s illness. Burial is in Sunset Memorial Park Beckley. She was wife of W D Meadows and a Hillville Virginia native. Survived by daughters Mrs Willie King Spencer and Mrs Jake Meadows Stephenson.
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Mullens
Sadie J. Meadows
Stephenson
Beckley
Stephenson Methodist Church
Rex Anderson
Sunset Memorial Park
W. D. Meadows
Hillville
Willie King
Spencer
Jake Meadows
Willing Workers Meet In Paul Robison Home
Members of the Willing Workers Circle of the Christian Tabernacle Church met Tuesday at the Paul Robison home with Mrs. David Haynes as vice president in charge. The session opened with song and prayer and fund raising ideas were discussed by visitors Velma Stines Joann Terry and Madeline Dean all of Oceana.
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Willing Workers Circle
Christian Tabernacle Church
David Haynes
Velma Stines
Joann Terry
Madeline Dean
Oceana
WSCS
Register
Leonard Fost
Women’s Society
Christian Church of the Oceana Methodist Church
R. C. Hatfield
A. G. Lugar
Maxine Barrett
Clyde Backus
Marie Bradley
Pearl Wright
Arline Drake
Carrie Wier
Leonard Foster
Mary Dean
Nora Gardetta
Dot Morgan
Jack Francis
Charles Thompson
Phylis Cozart
Virginia Smith
Nancy Evans
A. G. Sugar
Norma Thornsburry
Eva Con
Oceana News Briefs Include Illness and Club Events
Register Staff writer notes Oceana residents with pneumonia confinement for Estell Conley, Mrs. Shannon hosting guests, and visitors including Mrs. Budritt and Mr. Stepp returning from Florida. Several local society reports cover WSCS stork shower honoring Mrs. Leonard Foster and missionary society meeting with program on heart themes and upcoming Circles meetings.
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Oceana
Eledine Conley
Estell Conley
Vivian Cook
Van
J.C. H. Shannon
Sunhill
Shannon
Cora Budritt
Charleston
Charley Stepp
Florida
Glen Shield
Sherry
Dave Short
Baileysville
Hayes Perry
Kop 'Perston
Perry Bailey
Julia Cook
Appalachian closes Mt Hope office in economy move
Becket Beckley Oak Hill and Mt Hope will handle payments after February 23 1952 as Appalachian Electric Power Company shifts Mt Hope collection to Brown Hardware Co formerly Rhodes Hardware Co. The Mt Hope office will close and Corrie Graff the sole employee will transfer to Beckley while remaining a Mt Hope resident.
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MI Hope
Waldo S. la Fon
Beckley District
Appalachian Electric Power Company
Tuesday Brown Hardware Co
Rhodes Hardware Co
Brown
Beckley
Oak Hill
LaFon
Corrie Graff
Father of Three Killed by Train Near Quinwood Depot
Amos Richmond, 42, of Marfrance, a miner for Imperial Smokeless Coal Co., was killed about 3:30 p.m. Monday near the Quinwood depot when a coal train struck him. He was reportedly lying on the tracks in a sharp curve and was not seen in time to avoid the impact. He was decapitated and one leg amputated.
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Marfrance
Byia
Imperial Smokeless Coal Co
Reichhmond
Mrs. Sue Spade Rites Held After Death
Funeral services were set for 2 p.m. Tuesday for Mrs. Sue Spade 33 who died at home Sunday night after a lengthy illness. In East Rainelle First Baptist Church Rev J B Brown and Rev J E Smith of Rupee officiated. She was born June 26 1896 in Ghent Raleigh County daughter of John Houchins and is survived by church and lodge memberships. An infant daughter of Walter and Lena Daniels Gibson Cyclone was buried Saturday in Brown Cemetery. Boosters Club met at Clear Fork School in Ameagle.
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First Baptist Church
J. B. Brown
J. E. Smith
Ru- Pee
Ghent
Raleigh County
John Houchins
East
Anfant
Register
Cyclone
Brown Cemetery
Walter
Lena Daniels Gibson
Second Wreck Victim Dies Rites Wednesday
Mullens reports the death of Golden L. Billings 24 of Herndon at 1 pm Monday in Wyoming General Hospital from injuries in a highway wreck on State Route 10 near Herndon Saturday night. The crash also claimed Clayton Pierce about 23 of Mullens. Funeral services set for 11 am Wednesday at Honeysuckle Cemetery. Surviving relatives listed include parents Jesse Oliver and Mary Jane Billings and a son Roger Dale with several siblings.
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Mullens
Wyoming County
Golden L. Billings
Herndon
Billings
Wyoming General Hospital
Clayton Pierce
Her
Korea
Charles Wood
Bramwell
Veteran's Hospital
Beckley
Pfc
Henry Ford
Ray Sisk
Robert
Rafe Tolbert
Dott
Mercer County
Jesse Oliver
Mary Jane Tilley Billings
Semet Solvay
Tralee
Roger Dale
Riley Billings
Matoaka
Eldridge Billings
Arista
Bill Cooper
Miller
S.C
James
Graham
Springton
Paul Belcher
Bud
Gyraland Shrewsbury
Dale Shrewsbury
Orley Bailey
Otto Tilley
Honeysuckle
Robertson and Foglesong
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Paul Robison
Beckley Insulation Co
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French Manning
PET
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Clear Fork
James Blankenship
Stevens Clinic
Welsh
Red Jacket Coal Co
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Virginia Wilson
State Health Department
Parent-Teacher Association
Woodrow Dean
Kennis Cook
Earl Shumate
Darrell V. McGraw
Pineville
Re Oe
NY Linn
Marietta’s Shield
Miss Linehan
Madeline Linehan
Linehan
Memorial Building
Burgundy
Beckley-Marietta Paint CO
S. Oakwood Avenue
Packard
Elivere
Ward-Evans Motor Co., Inc
S. Oakwood Beckley, W. VA
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