Pioneer River Boatman Recalls Old Days on New
John Chapman Martin of Beaver recalls bateaux on the New River from Hinton to Mercer Salt Works, the rugged voyage through Bull Falls, and the era when four strong rowers pushed to move up and down the stream. He describes boat design, cargo like salt and tobacco, and routes past Haines Ferry and Round Bottom, noting a 1935 government trial on navigability and sharing life in late 19th and early 20th century Southern West Virginia.
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Hinton
New River
Mercer Salt Works
Bull Falls
John Chapman Martin
Beaver
Chesapeake and Ohio Railroad
Norfolk and Western
Bluefield
Martin
Summers County
Mercer-McDowell - Tazewell- Giles-Bland-Wythe-Marion County
Mercers Salt Works
Shanklin
Victor
Clifton
Thomas
Blueay
Farley
Haines Ferry
Packs Ferry
Bertha School
Bertha
Crumps Bottom
Shanklin’s Ferry
Wylie Island
Round Bottom
Virginia Line
Glen Lyn
Albert Meadows
Don Shumate
Jim Hight
Alf Merchant
Alf
Cecilia
John Marshall
Supreme Court
James McDowell
William Lewis
William Carruthers
James Breckenridge
Andrew Alexander
James
Jackson
Greenbrier
Kanawha
Seaboard
Ohio River
George Washington
Register
West Virginia
William Jennings Bryan
William McKinley
Charleston
McKinley
Bryan
Athens
Rhoda Hall
Dugout
Oxley
Raleigh Lumber Company
W. M. Ritter
Five Injured In Mining Area Treated At Hospital
Five minors in the Mullens area received treatment at Wyoming General Hospital after work time accidents in the last week. Arthur Raines 51 of Deerfield shop man burned on the left hand operating an electrical switch. John Lusk 35 of Mead fractured ribs when slate fell at East Gulf mine. E L Staton 56 had X ray for possible rib fractures after the motor he was operating at Black Eagle mine wrecked throwing him off. George W Johnson 37 of Besoco employed by Vendil Coal Co at Lillybrook injured when a pick struck his left foot. Donald Waycaster 29 of Allen Junction treated after left index finger caught between two pans at Wyco mine.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mullens
RNS
Wyoming General Hospital
Arthur Raines
Deerfield
John Lusk
Mead
East Gulf
E. L. Staton
Black Eagle
George W. Johnson
Besoco
Vendil Coal Co
Lillybrook
Donald Waycaster
Allen Junction
Wyco
Farm Club to Make Aluminum Trays
Arrowhead Club members will craft aluminum trays at the March meeting in the extension offices court house. Mrs. Chester Hager hosted the gathering with Mrs. Porter Waugh presiding. Guests included Mrs. W. L. Burruss, Mrs. Ward Ashford, Mrs. J. A. Ritz, Mrs. E. E. Goodman, Mrs. Chester Bates, Mrs. W. M. Warren, Mrs. A. J. Duncan, Mrs. Glen Thomas, Mrs. G. T. Davis and Mrs. Romeo Bennett.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fayetteville
ANS
Arrowhead Club
Chester Hager
T. A. Myles
Porter Waugh
W. L. Burruss
Ward Ashford
J. A. Ritz
E. E. Goodman
Chester Bates
W. M. Warren
A. J. Duncan
Glen Thomas
G. T. Davis
Romeo Bennett
Numerous Suits Filed in Fayette
Thirteen suits have been filed in the circuit Clerk's office this month in Fayetteville. Parties include Richard Bailey infant suing by Maynard S. Bailey versus Pauline McGraw and Frederick Oscar Niday for $15,000. Luenettie Chapman administrator of Frank H. Chapman estate versus Charles A. Duncan. James Craddock versus Lonnie Rhodes and R. M. Rhodes. Lewis Watson versus Hubert N. Young and Wilson Motor Express for $25,000. Willie W. Propps versus Hubert N. Young and Wilson Motor Express for $50,000. Thomas Ray Jarrett suing by Luther Jarrett versus C. Ray Brown and Thomas Brown for $5,000. Clinton Ray Brown versus Earlie J. Mullins and Arnold M. Vickers and William Buchanan trustee for Montgomery National Bank. City of Oak Hill by Investment Securities Inc against George E. and Lona Cecil, Frank Love trustee, J. H. White trustee, Fayetteville Federal Savings and Loan Association. Donna Massey versus Foster R. Schultz for $8,000. Mary Irene Toney versus John Cabell and Bernine Cabell for $15,000. Ernest Tyler versus Graves Lundin and Cox for $1,500. Edgar D. Saunders versus Lines R. Ferguson for $500.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fayetteville
RNS
Circuit
Richard Bailey
Maynard S. Bailey
Pauline McGraw
Frederick Oscar Niday
Luenettie Chapman
Frank H. Chapman
Charles A. Duncan
James Craddock
Lonnie Rhodes
R. M. Rhodes
Lewis Watson
Hubert N. Young
Wilson Motor Express
Lona Cecil
Frank Love
J. H. White
Fayetteville Federal Savings and Loan Association
Donna Massey
Foster R. Schultz
Mary Irene Toney
John Cabell
Bernine Cabell
Ernest Tyler
Graves, Lundin and Cox
Edgar D. Saunders
Lines R. Ferguson
Funeral set for Dollie Burley in Oak Hill
Funeral services for Dollie Burley 67 Oak Hill will be at Calvary Baptist Church at 2 p.m. Tuesday with Rev. Robert Matherly and Rev. B C Jennings officiating. Burial follows in High Lawn Memorial Park. She died Sunday morning at home after a long illness. Born October 26 1817 in Winston she was survived by four sons Elmer Orville Lenlie and Carl five daughters two sisters five brothers 12 grandchildren and three great grandchildren. Body at Tyree Funeral Home with nephews as pallbearers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oak Hill
RNS
Dollie Burley
Calvary Baptist Church
Robert Matherly
B.C. Jennings
Mount Tabor
High Lawn Memorial Park
Winston
Elmer
Orville
Columbus
Ohio
Lenlie
London
Carl
Beckley
Clayburn Shumate
Jessie Moses
Bertha McKinney
Charlie Suttle
M. C. Suttle
Minden
Russell Suttle
Harper
Jasper
McKinley
Page
Tyree
John Preston Dixon Dies at 75 in Lansing
Funeral services for John Preston Dixon 75 of Lansing are set for Meadow Grove Baptist Church at 2 p.m. Tuesday with Rev. Guy Vaughan and Rev. Joe E. Brown officiating. Burial follows at Meadow Grove Cemetery after a short illness ends at Montgomery hospital. Survivors include a brother Ed Dixon a sister Annie Harrah nine nieces and 13 nephews. Nickell Funeral Home handles arrangements.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lansing
Rns
John Preston Dixon
Meadow Grove Baptist Church
Guy Vaughan
Joe E. Brown
Meadow Grove
Montgomery
Dawson
James P
Mary Cabell Dixon
Harvey
Annie L. Harrah
East Rainelle
Nickell Funeral Home
Cecil Harrah Jr
Harold Harrah
Wheeler Dixon
Junior Dixon
Orville Dixon
Bill Dixon
Admissions at Wyoming General Hospital Reach Forty Four
Admissions to Wyoming General Hospital last week totalled forty four with daily entries from Mullens Stephenson Sabine Amigo and other towns. Names include Mrs Ollie Dixon Bernard Thornton Mrs Mazie Lane Ruth Goad Della Logsdon Edith Mae Lewis Maggie Johnson Wila Mae Layne and many others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mullens
ANS
Wyoming General Hospital
Ollie Dixon
Otsego
Bernard Thornton
Covel
Mazie Lane
Tralee
Ruth Goad
Mary Cadel
Odd
Kyle Peck
Sabine
Gable Gibens
Amigo
Crathie Main
Geraldine Bower
Daniels
Mamie
Jim Bob Mullins
Bud
Sandra Cumby
Mark Walls
Stephenson
Robert Flumner
Thomas J. Dick
Polly Canada
Maben
Keeps Forest
McGraws
James Combs
Rockview
Marvin Whittaker
Ernest Hairston
Wyco
Margaret Lusk
Herndon
Mavis Richardson
Catherine Redden
Corinne
Gladys Daniels
Mary Fordham
Beulah Mae Brown
William Neece
Alpeca
Walter Sexton
Betty Blankenship
Blackie
Anna Rash
Rhodell
Wanda Hensley
Itmann
Rebekahs Meet To Have Contest OAK HILL
Laurel Rebekah Lodge No. 207 plans a contest to award a prize to the member who recruits the most new members by June 1. An initiation for new members is scheduled for March 3. The meeting was attended by Mrs. Nina Yates Miss Martha Sneedon Mrs. Grace Hubbard Miss Anna Cape Mrs. MacArthur Mrs. Jennie Cope Carter Mrs. Alice Coulter Mrs. Pauline Hutchison Mrs. R. L. Milton Mrs. Estella Hall and Mrs. Jemima Argenbright.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oak Hill
Laurel Rebekah Lodge No
Nina Yates
Martha Sneedon
Grace Hubbard
Anna Cape
MacArthur
Jennie Cope Carter
Alice Coulter
Pauline Hutchison
R. L. Milton
Estella Hall
Jemima Argenbright
Applications Made For Wedding Permits
Fayetteville report shows three couples applying for marriage licenses per county clerk records. Carl Lawson 22 of Cannelton and Lois Johnson 18 of Cannelton. Theodore Vorovka 24 of Kilsyth and Nancy Carol Soblaski 20 of Oak Hill. Sam Vigilante 30 of Smithers and Leah Phalen 18 of Cannelton.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fayetteville
ANS
Lacy Neely
Carl Lawson
Everett
Perry Lawson
Cannelton
Lois Johnson
Mike
Gaynell Johnson
Theodore Vorovka
Edward
Mary Romansky
Kilsyth
Nancy Carol Soblaski
Theodore
Bertha Soblaski
Earlier guillotines used in other lands than France
Records indicate the device appeared and was used in several countries before the French Revolution, challenging the notion of its invention as a solely French development. The evidence points to earlier deployment and execution methods elsewhere.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
France
Thurmond Man Suffers From Gun Wound in Foot
OAK HILL RNS Three persons treated at Oak Hill Hospital over the weekend for accidents. Roy Kincaid 18 Thurmond treated Sunday for a gunshot wound in the left foot with no details given. Fayetteville sheriff's office had no report. Also treated were Billy Ray Elmore 11 Harvey for a cut on the right hand from an ax and Mrs Cleopatra Jones 32 Glen Jean for an ankle injury from a fall.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oak Hill
RNS
Oak Hill Hospital
Roy Kincaid
Thurmond
Fayetteville
Billy Ray Elmore
Harvey
Cleopatra Jones
Glen Jean
Planting of Pink Dogwood Tree Planned to Honor Beckley Woman
Scarbro Garden Club planned a pink dogwood planting to honor Beckley woman Mrs. Genevieve Payne at a meeting hosted by Mrs. W. C. Bishop. The tree will be planted March 31 on Fayette Memorial Building lawn. The group’s annual buffet pot luck dinner followed a 20 donation to the permanent home fund, a 100 percent pledge. The program focused on Vegetable Gardening with Origin of Vegetables read by Mrs. W. C. Bishop. Attendees listed include multiple named members and the two hostesses.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oak Hill
BNS
Beckley
Genevieve Payne
Scarbro Garden Club
W. C. Bishop
Fayette Memorial Building
E. Henderson
J. R. Price
Charles Smith
Kenton Thompson
Mickie Vargo
C. R. Weatherford
Clay Garvin
J. W. Mahoney Jr
Emma Hepler
Flossie Hugart
O. C. Landrum
Oak Hill Band Boosters Raise Over $7,000 in Year
Oak Hill RNS report notes two hundred people attended the Collins High School Band banquet at the high school. The event, sponsored by Rotary Lions and Civitan clubs, honored Band Boosters Club president Bill Dixon who announced the group raised over $7,000 for the band in the past year. Principal Joe Oliver and director Paul Mackey praised sponsors. 29 senior band members were introduced along with chaperons and club presidents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oak Hill
RNS
Collins High School
Rotary Lions
Civitan
Bill Dixon
Joe Oliver
Paul G. Mackey
Barbara Donachy
Haven Smith
Flossie Hugart
John Scott
Pauli Mackey
Joline Yablonski
Clarence Bruffey
Lions Club
Leon Ford
Civitan Club
Guy Yeager
Rotary Club
Honors Paid to Scout Leaders For Outstanding Work for Boys
Fayetteville district honors two scouters at Friendship Hall Methodist Church ceremony. Frank Thomas receives Scouter's Key for five years of service training boys in character citizenship and fitness. Mrs Bland K Hesse Jr earns a Den Mothers Award for over three years of service to Pack 149. District and troop leaders announce Den Mothers Workshop at the Diamond in Charleston starting March 8 with five crafts and a 25 cent daily fee. A Philmont Wagon Trail Adventure to New Mexico is proposed with 30 days at army bases arranged to cut costs. District meeting set for March 2 and round-table sessions led by Oldacre and Knotts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fayetteville
BNS
Fayette
Friendship Hall
Frank Thomas
Charles Knotts
Thomas
Knotts
Bland K. Hesse Jr
B. Bower
Hesse
Troop 125
Carlisle
Buckskin Council
Diamond
Charleston
Philmont Ranch
New Mexico
Funeral services for Lula P. Taylor at Glen Jean
Lula P. Taylor, 72, of Gatewood, died in Oak Hill Hospital at 2 45 p m after a year long illness from a heart condition. Funeral services were set for 2 p m today at Collins Funeral Home Chapel in Glen Jean, Rev B C Jennings officiating. Burial followed in Coal Run Cemetery. She was born April 13 1882 in Marion County Virginia and survived by two brothers William Pennington Fayetteville and Joe Pennington Sanger. four sisters Mrs Pearl Evans address unknown Mrs Lucy Moore and Mrs Alice Rainey both of Sanger and Mrs Jennie Rainey of Minden. two sons William of Gatewood and Henry of Oak Hill. five daughters Mrs Lena Higgins Salem Road Mrs Pearl Arnold Clearco Mrs Lucille Buckland Cunard Mrs Mildred Brown Maryland and Mrs Ruth Mullins Orient Hill.
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Gatewood
RNS
Lula P. Taylor
Collins Funeral Home
Glen Jean
B. C. Jennings
Beckley
Coal Run
Oak Hill
Marion County
William Pennington
Fayetteville
Joe Pennington
Sanger
Pearl Evans
Lucy Moore
Alice Rainey
Jennie Rainey
Minden
William
Henry
Lena Higgins
Salem Road
Pearl Arnold
Clearco
Lucille Buckland
Cunard
Mildred Brown
Maryland
Ruth Mullins
Orient Hill
Fayetteville Girl Named to Dean's List at Madison College
Fayetteville resident Miss Jean Ann Platt, a junior at Madison College in Harrisonburg Virginia, earned dean's list honors for the past semester. She has appeared on the dean's list each semester since enrolling, carrying 19 hours of coursework in the latest term, and is the daughter of Mr and Mrs Tommie Platt.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fayetteville
RNL
Jean Ann Platt
Madison College
Harrisonburg
Jean Ann
Tommie Platt
Garden Club approves donations for charity and council
Laur el Garden Club members at Mrs Harley Christian home voted $15 each to the March of Dimes and the Shoe Fund for Ben Dunman Elementary School indigent children. A $1 contribution to the National Council of State Garden Clubs was also approved.
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New York
B. W. Steele
George Fordham
Harley Christian
G. D. Conner
Harry Woods
Robert Woods
Alan Pack
Fof Stephenson
Steele
Capitol
Picures
Mullens
Christian
Roger Pritchett
Ratliff Rites Set for Tuesday at Weirwood Church
Funeral services for Robert L. Ratliff of Pax will be held at 10 a.m. Tuesday at Weirwood Community Church with Rev. Thomas Shumate officiating. Burial will follow in Knights of Pythias Cemetery at Pax. He died Thursday in a Beckley hospital after a six year illness.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pax
Robert L. Ratliff
Weirwood
Thomas Shumate
Knights of Pythias
Beckley
Nursing Home Being Enlarged in Fayetteville
The Christian Nursing Home in Fayetteville is being enlarged and expected to finish by April. Owner Mrs. Ralph Frazier received authorization from NH Director N. H. Dyer to add an extra ward, with an architect's sketch sent for approval. The addition will allow 24 patients, a larger kitchen, a new women’s ward with ten beds, private partitions, two chairs, a chest of drawers, a closet, and two bathrooms.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fayetteville
Rns
Christian Nursing Home
Ralph Frazier
N. H. Dyer
Department
Girl Scouts Will Give PTA Program at Oak Hill
The Oak Hill PTA set a meeting in the Elementary School auditorium at 7 30 p m Tuesday. The Girl Scouts of Oak Hill will lead the program under the supervision of Mrs Robert Slack.
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Girl Scouts
Oak Hill
RNS
Parent-Teacher Association
Robert Slack
Girl Scouts of
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