Need for Gas Hazard Tests Cited in Dartmont Mine Report
The Bureau of Mines released an official report citing need for gas and other hazard tests at the Orlandi No. mine in Dartmont. Inspector Harris endorsed about a dozen improvements including rock dusting within 20 feet of faces, safer explosive storage, automatic ventilating can alarm, protective gear, and stricter blasting procedures while noting good ventilation and systematic timbering.
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Dartmont
Orlandi No
Bureau of Mines
W. Harris
Orlando Coal Company
Harris
Rock Dust and Shelter Holes Suggested for Bem Mine
The Bem Coal Company's No 1 mine at Heywell should have rock dust within 80 feet of working faces and shelter holes at switch throws, per a Bureau of Mines reinspect report by Inspector J S Ferraro. The mine employs 36 men, averages 235 tons daily, and safety gains include immediate blasting after charging and daily fan inspections.
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Hewett
Bem Coal Company
Heywell
Bureau of Mines
J. S. Ferraro
Ferraro
Ferrara
Valentine Dinner for Wharton Girl Scouts Held
The Wharton Community Building hosted a Valentine dinner for Girl Scout Troop No. 1 on Monday. After the meal, the scouts, guests, and leaders joined in games and contests. Present were Donna Gale Smith, Cressa Mae Kirk, Margaret Ann Kirk, Daisy Endicott, Roberta Castle, Beverly Bradley, Carolyn Weaver, Greta Cocheran, Gerry Bailey, Myrna Gibson, Phyllis Huguenot, Helen Mitchell, Joan Chaffin, Helen Ellison, Ruth Myles, Detoris Green, Nona Jane Pauley, and leaders Mrs. Charles Bradley and Mrs. John Wells. Guests included Charles McClure, Bobby Bailey, Geneva Kidd, J. C. Rabbitt, Terry Wells, Dick Weaver, Tommy Parrish, Charles Bradley, Warren McNeely, James Totten, Ray McNeely, Charlotte Owens, Billy Wells, Bob White, Clifford Sloan, John Wells, and Charles Bradley.
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Wharton
Wharton Girl Scout
Donna Gale Smith
Cressa Mae Kirk
Margaret Ann Kirk
Daisy Endicult
Roberta Castle
Beverly Bradley
Carolyn Weaver
Greta Cocheran
Gerry Bailey
Myrna Gibson
Phyllis Huguenot
Helen Mitchell
Joan Chaffin
Helen Ellyson
Ruth Myles
Detoris Green
Nona Jane Pauley
Charles Bradley
John Wells
Charles McClure
Bobby Bailey
Geneva Kidd
J. C. Rabbtt
Terry Wells
Dick Weaver
Tommy Parrish
Warren Mc Neely
James Totten
Ray McNeely
Charlotte Owens
Billy Wells
Bob White
Clifford Sloan
Naoma Soldier In Washington
Pvt Herbert FE Douglas serves in the survey section of Headquarters Battery, 38th Field Artillery Battalion, 2nd Infantry Division at Fort Lewis Washington. He is the son of Mr and Mrs Claude Adkins of Naoma and enlisted in September 1949 after attending Mt View Junior High and Marsh Fork High School where he played football and basketball.
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Naoma
Herbert FE. Douglas
38Th Field Artillery Battalion
2Nd Infantry Division
Fort Lewis
Wash
Claude Adkins
U. S. Army
Mt. View
Marsh Fork High School
Mrs. Charlton Honored On 69th Birthday Party
Mrs. Edna Charlton was surprised with a 69th birthday party hosted by her daughters in Jumping Branch. Gifts went to several guests and attendees included relatives from Hinton and Montgomery, with a long list of neighbors and friends enjoying refreshments.
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Edna Charlton
Beulah Hannigan
Ida Abshire
Hannigan
Janie Hinton
Anna Stafford
Edna Cole
Thelma Buckland
Leonard Lake
Montgomery
Edgar Charlton
Ina Keaton
Teddy Wills
Tom Epperly
Lark Meadow
Justine Corker
John Wills
Marylan Wills
Bob Nowlin
Hinton
Grace Smith
Lois Lilly
Mary Deeds
Ethel Crook
Teva Meadows
Jim Bradshaw
J. A. Walker
T. G. Waddell
Reader
Willie
Jack Hinton
Rosy Simmons
Charles Earl
Mary Ann
Vista Abshire
Carlos Litly
Athelene Lawson
Ed Cole
Ida Dodd
Bee Abshire
Evelyn
Lina Lilly
Sandra Deeds
Carol Cale
E. W Hanigan, Jr
Ray Lilly
Gordon Personalities Visit and Local Calls
Gordon social notes mention Mrs. Betty McGee and daughter visiting from Dunbar. Mr. and Mrs. W L Perry and Rev Frank G Estep return home after a Logan visit. Mrs C V H Cook and daughter Carolina along with Patsy Ann Miller of Gordon were in Danville Tuesday evening.
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Gordon
Betty McGee
Dunbar
W. L.perry
Frank G. Estép
Willard Adkins
Wylene Waller
Jumping Branch Personal News Highlights Local Visits
Jumping Branch residents welcome visitors and announce homecomings from St Albans and Hinton. Mrs Ruby Ferguson returns to His ton after a week with sister Mrs Bernard Bowling. Dinner guests at Roscoe Meadows include Curtis Cox and families from Oak Hi Bellepoint and Philadelphia connections.
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Q. J. Bowling
Jumping Branch
St. Albans
Lynda Bowling
Ruby Ferguson
Histon
Bernard Bowling
Roscoe Meadows
Curtis Cox
Mr. Hope
Clyde Williams
Oak Hi
Billy John Redden
Hinton
Marvin Meadows
Bellepoint
Everette ‘Mionix
Nera Krouse
Graden
Clara
Philadelphia
26 Pass Exams For Licenses In Bluefield And Princeton
Twenty six people passed driver's tests Friday at local state police headquarters. Ten failed, with six due to oral examination and three for operational failure and one for equipment. Passes include Robert Lee Asbury Lashmeet Paul Treole Maybeury Charles William Walker McComas Paul Lensiey Reed Oakvale Betty Mae Miller Jack Leslie Swim Dorothy Massey Harrison Junior Alley Roy Maxwell Turner Robert Scott Hamme Charles Edward Stele Robert Randall Jones Roy Alexander Bowling David Overbay Bill Blair Wessum Edward Anthony Bess Altice George Monroe Burgedy Ralph Ervin Armstrong Henry Houston Hayes Helen Rebuck Doris Ann Sykes Marlene Egbert Fart Winters Thornton Donald Thomas Bowling Jane Lee Musick all of Bluefield and Princeton names.
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Princeton
Robert Lee Asbury
Lashmeet
Paul Treole
Maybeury
Charles William Walker
McComas
Paul Lensiey Reed
Oakvale
Betty Mae Miller
Jack Leslie Swim
Dorothy Massey
Harrison Junior Alley
Roy Maxwell Turner
Robert Scott Hamme
Charles Edward Stele
Robert Randall Jones
Roy Alexander Bowling
David Overbay
Bill Blair Wessum
Edward Anthony
Bess Altice
George Monroe Burge Dy
Ralph Ervin Armstrong
Henry Houston Hayes
Helen Rebuck
Doris Ann Sykes
Marlene Egbert
Fart Winters Thornton
Donald Thomas Bowling
Jane Lee Musick
Bluefield
Mrs. McLaughlin Marks Birthday at 80
Mrs. Margaret McLaughlin observed her 80th birthday at the home of her son and daughter in law James J. and ____ McLaughlin. She recalls early settlement near the Raleigh County line at Mt. View and later near Jumping Branch where the Nimitz Post Office now sits. The couple traveled in 1883 from Poca through Lewisburg to Summers County in a two horse buggy. PREP FORMAL HELD. Sigma Tau Gamma hosted its annual prep formal honoring the 1850 preps in Athens, supplementing the Candy Cane Formal with sister sorority Sipha Sigma Tau.
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Jumping Branch
Margaret McLaughlin
James J. McLaughlin
Raleigh
Mt. View
Nimitz
J. J. McLaughn
Pocahontas County
Lewisburg
Summers County
Iby Register
Athens
Sigma Tau Gamma
Sipha
Sigma Tau
Two Men Fined For Coal Theft At Avis Crossing
HINTON two men were fined $28 and costs and sentenced to 10 days in jail for stealing coal from the Chesapeake and Ohio Railway at Avis Crossing in Hinton. Arrested by Special Officer E J Allen Luther Gullian and Dempsey Ward were ordered to serve an additional 10 days each in default of fines before Magistrate John W Cook.
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Register
Hinton
Chesapeake and Ohio Railway
Avis Crossing
E. JO
Allen
Luther Gullian
Dempsey Ward
John W. Cook
Bigamy Charge Brought Against Mercer Man
Princeton Albert Jacob Stewart of near Athens faces a grand jury on a bigamy charge after arraignment before Magistrate C. C. McGuire. He is held on a $2,000 bond. The warrant alleges he married Agnes Atkins in Pennsylvania on June 30, 1946 and, while still married, wed Minnie Lee Martin of Athens on December 15, 1948.
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Princeton
Albert Jacob Stewart
Athens
C. C. McGuire
Stewart
Agnes Atkins
Pennsylvania
Minnie Lee Martin
Garner Funeral Services Today
Funeral services for Gordon Garner 35 Mercer County publisher and printer were set for 2 p.m. at the Presbyterian Church with Rev. John Wemerdorf officiating. Burial followed in Resthaven Cemetery. Garner, born April 6 1895 in Williamson, a World War I veteran, operated Twin City Advance at Alatoaka before moving to Princeton twenty years ago to run a publishing and printing business. He was active in the party and sought the sheriff nomination in 1943. Survivors include his wife Jessie P Garner a son Major Gordon Garner Jr of Savannah Ga a daughter Mrs Louis Woodyard Norfolk two brothers Wallace and Hughes Garner and a sister Mrs Roland Wood with four grandchildren.
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Princeton
Gordon Garner
Mercer County
Princeton Memorial Hospital
Presbyterian Church
John Wemerdorf
Resthaven
Williamson
Per
Jessie P. Garner
Gordon Garner, Jr
Chatham Air Force Base
Salvannah
Louis Woodyard
Norfolk
Wallace
Hughes Garner
Washington, D. C
Roland Wood
Chicago
Mercer Father Granted 3000 Damages in Train Fatality Case
Dale White of Rock Mercer County was awarded 3000 in a federal jury verdict over the death of his 21 month old daughter who was struck by a coal train near Rock last June 2. White sought 10000 in the civil action filed against Norfolk and Western Railway in Southern District U S Court. his lawyers argued the engineer failed to exercise proper care.
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Bluefield
Dale White
Rock
Mercer County
White
Seivil
Norfalkland Western’ Railway
U.S
Bloomer Girls Free After Posting Bonds in Petticoat Theft Case
Mildred Goolsby and Pauline Wakefield, two of the Bloomer Girls, are released from Mercer County Jail after bonding out. Ann Amey, alias Wanda Hill, posted bond earlier. The three Negro women wore oversized bloomers concealing stolen clothing from Cary's Style Shop and Margaret Spangler's shop. Each posted 1500 bond before two magistrates and await next grand jury action with possible Cabell County charges referenced. Archie Thomas of Bluefield serves as all bondsman.
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Princeton
Mildred Goolsby
Pauline Wakefield
Cary
E. Dale Bailey
C. C. MecGuire
Margaret Spangler
Cabell County
Thomas
Archie
Bluefield
Nine Beckley Area Students Named to First Dean's List
Athens Nine Beckley area students were named to Concord College’s first dean’s list for the semester. Seventeen students earned the distinction with 3.00 averages. Names include Grave Harris Hinton junior Donald Larrick Beckley senior B B Hall Oceana senior Blaine Garreston Stephenson junior Leola Marcroft Princeton senior James Harris Hinton freshman Anilee Roblins Oceana freshman Virgil Noonkester Princeton senior plus others. Eligibility required a 2.70 semester average with no D or F grades and at least 12 credit hours, as set by a committee of counselors and Student Government Association members.
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Athens
Beckley Area
Concord College
Grave Harris
Hinton
Donald Larrick
Beckley
B. B. Hall
Oceana
Blaine Garreston
Stephenson
Land
Leola Marcroft
Princeton
James Harris
Anilee Roblins
Virgil Noonkester
iThese
Student Government Association
S. Ul, McGraw
Couple Married Saturday In Mercer County Jail
Mrs. Sammy Kanade married in Mercer County Jail to Kanade awaiting transport to Moundsville state penitentiary. Ceremony conducted by Princeton minister Trustys in jail kitchen with witnesses present. Bride formerly Miss Fauline Pitzer of East Princeton. Officials debated legality. prosecutor found WV code does not prevent marriage post-sentencing. Kanade sentenced to one to ten years for embezzlement.
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Princeton
Sammy Kanade
East Princeton
Kanade
State
Moundsville
Mercer County
Fauline Pitzer
Mercer
Lowery G.bowling
W. Robert Carr
West ‘Virginia
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