Five Men Injured In Area Mine Accidents
Five miners and a boy were treated for injuries at area mines around Mullens. L A Newman Black Eagle cut hand and bruises from rope and sheave. Colines Dawkins 47 Prince ton fractures to shoulder and collarbone from falling slate at Deer field. Alfred Naylor 39 Corinne struck left hand on conveyor chain at Itmann. Ancel Greer 49 Mullens treated for cuts after finger caught under a roof bolt at Itmann. Doug Grindstaff 38 Corinne sent for hip back sprain from lifting equipment at Black Eagle. Omar Burns 13 Wyoming treated after lip cut from barbed wire.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Black Eagle
Colines Dawkins
Princeston
Deer= field
Alfred Naylor
Corinne
Itmann
Ancel Greer
Mullens
Itmann Mine
Doug Grindstaff
Black Eagle Mine
Omar Burns
Wyoming
Lorain Bennett Funeral Today at Little Bluestone Church
Funeral services for Lorain W. Bennett were held at 2 p.m. at the Little Bluestone Primitive Baptist Church near Jumping Branch with Elders A L Neely and Owen Harvey presiding. Burial followed in the Cochran Family Cemetery near Jumping Branch. Bennett, 37, of Oak Hill, died at 12:05 p.m. Wednesday at Beckeley Hospital after falling ill while working for Oak Hill Wrecking Company. He attributed his death to a heart attack. Born March 21, 1921, in Summers County, he was a son of Asa and Liva Cochran Bennett and had lived most of his life in Summers County, moving to Oak Hill six years ago. He worked as a timber man until six months ago when he became a partner in the wrecking business. He served in the Army from 1941 to 1945. Surviving are his wife Hildred Bennett, two daughters Joan and Brenda, four brothers Robert, Oris, Frank, and John, and a sister Elsie Richmond. The Ronald Meadows Funeral Parlors, Hinton, handled arrangements.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oak Hill
Lorain W. Bennett
Little Bluestone Primitive Baptist Church
Jumping Branch
A. L. Neely
Owen Harvey
Cocheran Family
Bennett
Beckeley
Oak Hill Wrecking Company
Hildred Bennett
Joan
Brenda
Robert
Overlin
Ohio
Oris
Medina
Frank
Shady Spring
John
Elsie Richmond
Ronald Meadows
Hinton
Pineville Personalities Visit and Weekend Trips
Pineville residents and visitors share weekend visits across states from Pineville to Welch Roanoke and Chicago. Families including Breeden Perkins Mangus Glover Brown Cameron Nichols Belcher Mullens Chisler travel to and from Pineville for holidays and midsemester breaks, with Marshall College and West Virginia Tech students returning home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pineville
Rns
R. H. Breeden
Roy Lee
Crowley-Worrell
Welch
L. L. Perkins
Sharon and
Douglas
Glen Ln
Joe Skeen
C. S. Worrell
C. W. Shufflebarger
Art Glover
Roanoke
Roy F. Thomas
Glovers
Charles Cameron
Canvas
Charles Jr
A. 5
Robertson
Gilbert Austin
Sharon Kay
Chicago
H. C. Nichols
Pine Ville
Robert Belcher
Bill Mullens
Lanny Chisler
Montgomery
West Virginia Tech
In Case of Tragedy What Guarantee for Children
Feb 22 Family Weekly questions safeguards when a family faces loss or incapacity, asking how custody and care are arranged to prevent children from being shuffled between relatives. It urges clear plans and legal backing for stable guardianship.
Mrs. L Keeney Funeral Sunday Service and Burial
Funeral services for Mrs. Lou Edith Keeney 59 Beckwith will be held at 2 p.m. Sunday at Dodd Payne Funeral Home Chapel Fayetteville led by Rev. Ernest Harley. Burial follows in Summerlee Cemetery. She died after a long illness at Hill Top Nursing Home Thursday. Survived by five sons Luter Akron Loren Moundsville David Chicago Basil Mount Hope Robert Hobbs Deans N J and five daughters Cora Canterbury Chicago Stella Smith Beckwith Reva Paris Lebanon Dorothy King Cleveland Mary Lucas Whitesville her mother Ellen Barr Phoenix and 24 grandchildren.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Beckwith
Lou Edith Keeney
Dodd-Payne Funeral Home
Fayetteville
Ernest Harley
Summerlee
Keeney
Glen Jean
Hill Top
Luter
Akron
Ohio
Loren
Moundsville
David
Chicago
Ill
Basil
Mount Hope
Robert Hobbs
Deans, N. J
Cora Canterbury
Stella Smith
Reva Paris
Lebanon, Tenn
Dorothy King
Cleveland
Mary Lucas
Whitesville
Ellen Barr
Phoenix, Ariz
48 Admitted To Mullens Hospital
The weekly report lists 48 patients admitted to Wyoming General Hospital in Mullens and surrounding areas. Names include Burnzle Daniels, John Repass Itmann Eliza Grose Helen Becklehimer Imogene Gilbert Orazio Lucento Sue Richmond Raymond Perdue Otha Tanks Jr Robert Kynard Lacy Akers Kenneth McGuire Martha Underwood Carol Corinne and many others from Mullens Itmann East Gulf Covel Ravencliff Pineville Mullens Amigo and surrounding communities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Burnzle Daniels
Cyclone
John Repass
Itmann
Eliza Grose
Helen
Virginia
Becklehimer
Allen Junction
Imogene Gilbert
Alpeca
Orazio Lucento
Hud
Sue Richmond
Mullens
Raymond Perdue
Otsego
Lewis E. Staton
Corinne
Georgia Widener
June Semenske
Otha Tanks Jr
Robert Kynard
Killarney
John Roberts
Wyoming
Lacy Akers
Hesoco
Kenneth McGuire
Covel
Champ Walker
Amigo
Ray Fuller
Naomi
Kathy Adkins
East Gulf
Nell Cook
Ethel Johnson
Hatcher
Mildred Trent
Ruby Tabor
Stephenson
Ethel Borders
Keyrock
Mary Smith
Pineville
Nathan Simpkins
Herndon Heights
Roger Dale Lusk
Martha Underwood
Martha Bee~man
Neema Smith
Maben
Delores Sizemore
Ruth Trent
Oceana
Christobelle Acord
Ravencliff
Ollie Mae Hishop
Ruby Jones
Beulah Blanchard
Basin
Webb Henderson
Jerry Howerton
Bud
James Brooks
MceGraws
Bessie Sinecoff
Grace Cook
Marianna
Tillie Morgan
Ruth Tilley
Narciss Jones
John Blankenship
Mickey Mooney
Josephine
Agnes Blankenship
Wyco
Peggy Ann Lafferty
Mulens
Sunday Youth Lead Pineville Church Services
Pineville church shifts adult duties to its youth at Cook Memorial Baptist Church. William McCoy covers church school for two Sundays while Lois Schoolcraft directs the full program and midweek service. Gus Mulkey Gloria Sizemore speak, Kitty Goode Marilyn McCoy sing. Paul England and Joe Baum appear February 25, and Danny Christian speaks March 1 at Alderson Broaddus College.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pineville
RNS
Cook Memorial Baptist Church
William McCoy
Lois Schoolcraft
Baptist Youth Fellowship
Gus Mulkey
Gloria Sizemore
Kitty Goode
Marilyn McCoy
Paul Fengland
Joe Baum
Danny Christian
State Baptist
Alderson Broaddus College
Ocean Circle Meets at First Baptist Church
The Eliza Bailey Circle of the Woman's Missionary Society met at the First Baptist Church with Mrs. Reuble Conley as hostess and Mrs. Mora Chambers leading a program on Prayer. Attendees included Mrs. Jack Davis and others. planned tele-a-bake fundraisers for circle projects. next meeting is March 12 at Nanah Fisher's home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oceana
RNS
Eliza Bailey
Woman's Missionary Society of the
First Baptist Church
Reuble Coneley
Mora Chambers
Pearl Shockley
Ruth Harless
Reuble Conley
Chambers
Jack Davis
Circle
Wayne Rollins
Nanah Fisher
Conley
Patsy
Freddie Laing
Eliza Hailey
Sweetheart Dinner Held By Fayetteville Woman's Club
The Fayetteville Woman's Club held its annual Sweetheart Dinner in the Memorial Auditorium dining room on Saturday. Honor guests, husbands of members, were recognized by president Mrs. George Hatfield. A club member’s painting was awarded to Mrs. Tom Warrett of Montgomery. Attendees included numerous club members and spouses, plus Judge and Mrs. Charles L. Garvin Jr. and others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fayetteville
RNS
George Hatfield
Charles T. Shackelford
Carl B, Vickers
Collins
Shackelford
Tom Davis
W. T. Durrett
C. A. Kidd
Charles L. Garvin Jr
A. L. Huddleston
W. L. Whittaker
Fletcher Arritt
Delaney Caldwell
Dan H. Perdue
P, G. Hoye
H, F. Frazier
Howard Carson
Wyoming Grand Jurors Return Indictments
Wyoming County grand jury returns indictments naming Blaine Griffith Claude Kade Donald Kade and Clarence Kade for armed robbery of McKinley Bailey on Jan 3 1959 with stolen cash and items. Other cases include receiving stolen goods grand larceny breaking and entering felonious wounding gambling and liquor law violations involving multiple individuals and July 1953 to Feb 1959 dates.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pineville
RNI
Wyoming
Blaine Griffith
Claude Kade
Donald Kade
Clarence Kade
McKinley Bailey
Cyclone
Bailey
Patrick Gishop
Fred Lafferty
Jesse Johnson
James Stewart
Joe Ann Justice
Pocahontas Fuel Company
Consolidation Coal Co
Marvin Morgan
Roy Cox
Winding Gulf Coals, Inc
Maben
Emmett Stewart
Shadrach Stewart
Bobby Moran
Buron McKinney
Dennis Radford Jr
Oscar Eugene Waycaster
George Eugene Chafin
Ira Magini
John Berta
Clovis Woman Fires Shot to Free Husband From Gambing Game
A Clovis woman entered an all night gambling game and fired a shot into the floor lining players against the wall to force her husband home. She was fined $25 for firing a gun within city limits. The piece ends with a note explaining that sign language meanings vary by country.
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Clovis
N. M
Natural Causes Ruled In Death Of Scarbro Man
OAK HILL RNS Robert Lee Roop 26 Scarbro died of natural causes a coroner s jury decided Thursday night Roop was found dead in his Church Hill residence at 7 p m by Reese Dellorso Scarbro Magistrate R C Godsey inquest at Tyree Funeral Home said no evidence of foul play Funeral services in Carlisle Church of God at 2 p m Saturday led by Rev Ralph Parsons and Rev C E Bays burial in High Lawn Memorial Park
Church Dispute Leads To Filing Of Suit
A circuit clerk filing on Thursday stems from a dispute in the Freewill Baptist Church Cyclone. Plaintiffs Arnold Ray Brown W M Toler and Ernest Brown church trustees sue defendants Mr and Mrs David Haynes seeking resolution of church affairs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pineville
Circuit Clerk’s
Freewill
Cyclone
David Haynes
Arnold Ray Brown
W. M. Toler
Ernest Brown
Designer Hartnell comments on muumuu as mosquito shield
Norman Hartnell, dress designer to British royalty, visited Honolulu and praised the muumuu during discussions of the long shapeless gown. He said it would be very comfortable and likely provide excellent protection against mosquitoes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Honolulu
Norman Hartnell
Mother Hubbards
William P Cook Dies in Baileysville Church Funeral
William P Cook 77 died at Baileysville residence after years of illness from a stroke. Funeral services set for 2 p.m. Sunday at Baileysville Methodist Church, with burial in Shannon Cemetery. He served as Wyoming County Sheriff from 1928, taught, then cashiered at First National Bank of Pineville, county clerk, farmer in Mercer County, later bookkeeper for the State Road Commission. Survivors include wife Josephine Short Cook, six sons, four daughters, and ten grandchildren. He was a Democrat and Methodist. Body at Evans Funeral Home in Oceana.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cook
Baileyseville
Liam
Wyoming Couney
First National Bank of
Pineville
Harry Stewart
Mercer County
Wyoming County
Baileysville
State Road Commission
Joesephine Short Cook
Washington, D. C
Edward
Charleston
Jim
St. Peterseburg
Fla
Tom
Largo
Harry
Nita Vermillion
Susan Lusk
Ann Marler
Norfolk
Nell Rutherford
I. E
Amanda Cook
Methoodist Church
Evans Funeral
Oceana
Polio Victim Flora Sexton Rites Planned Saturday
Flora Roberta Sexton eight dies from polio in Milton hospital. Funeral at Robinette Church of God at 1 p.m. Saturday with Rev. Verlin Lambert. burial in Claypool Cemetery. She was daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Robert Sexton of Lexington Michigan, lived with grandparents Mr. and Mrs. Tommy Vannatter, and has two sisters Erieanna and Mary Joe.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robinette
RNS
Flora Roberta Sexton
Robinette Church of God
Verlin Lambert
Claypool
Robert Sexton
Lexington
Mich
Morris Memorial Hospital
Milton
Tommy Vannatter
Vernon Sexton
Jeddo
Erieanna
Mary Joe
McNeely Funeral Home
Man
Ice Cream Parlor Sign Sparks Teen Talk Debate
A Zanesville Ohio man reports seeing a sign in a local ice cream parlor reading Teenage spoken here. The sight prompts discussion on teen expression and shop policy in the community.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Zanesville, Ohio
Zanesville
National Park Service Manages 792 Properties in DC
The National Park Service oversees 792 properties in Washington DC with the White House listed among them.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
The
National Park Service
Washington, D.C
White House
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Lorain Bennett
Family Weekly
L. Keeney
Mullens Hospital
Oceana Circle
Woman's Club
Glenmore
Kentucky
Glenmore Distilleries CO
Louisville, KY
Pic gAvines
Krochler
Kroehler
Sawyer
Weet
Nat
Wyo
Issac Sizemore
Woodrow Edwards
James Coe
William Sparks
Arthur Toler
Great Britain
United States
Sicily
Scarbro
William P. Cook
Baileysville Methodist Church
Shannon Cemetery
TU Sera
Tomchins
Tracy Sink
Odds and Ends
Westinghouse
Axminster
Hollywood
Moran Avenue
Mullens, W. VA
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