Charter for Buckskin Air Scout Squadron Presented to Legion 10 Raleigh
Fayetteville reports the Buckskin Council presents the charter for the only Air Scout Squadron to the LaFayette American Legion Post at a Monday meeting in Fayeneville. J W Halstead announces monthly Fayetteville Airport meetings. 11 boys attend, some traveling from Moult Rope. Legion committee members receive scout cards. James Murphy heads the membership drive needing 21 more members by March 15 to meet a 300 quota.
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Register
Fayetteville
Buckskin Council
LaFayette Amercan Legion Post
Legion Hone
Fayeneville
J. W. Halstead
Mace
Legionnaires
Legion Committee
Robert Wossard
Harold Stewart
JW. Halstead
3. R. Renick
Elmer
Lee Fearell
William R. Hesse
James Murphy
Lookout
Myton R. Renick
Hoover
American Legion
Veterans Administration
Harry W. Myles
Vnis
Hesse
Walker
Former Virginian Feazell Dies in Beckley Hospital
Mrs. Sarah Elizabeth Feazell 82 of Route 1 Beckley died at a local hospital at 6 15 this morning after a short illness Born in Franklin County Va June 11 1867 she moved to Raleigh County two years ago to live with her son Sam W Feazell She was a Methodist Church member Her husband died in April 1942 Survived by six daughters three sons 33 grandchildren and nine great grandchildren The body will lie in state at Caffee Funeral Home until 2 pm Thursday services at Caffee Chapel 1 pm Friday at Oak Grove Church then burial in Bassett Va family cemetery
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Sarah Elizabeth Feazell
Route 1
Beckley
Franklin County
Feazell
Raleigh County
Sam W. Feazell
Methodist Church
T No
Sam Feazell
Berkley
R. B. Feazell
Rock Mount
F. M. Hopkins
Glen Daniel
Verda Payne
Roanoke
B. W. Cramer
Harvey Sink
Julia Fulcher
Stuart
A. KR. Swaik
Leesburg
Caffee Funeral
Caffee
Oak Grove
Baptist Church
Bassett
Washington's Birthday Causes Fayette Offices to Close
Fayette County courthouses close for Washington's Birthday observance. At St Anns Episcopal Church last night, pancakes and sausages were served to about 125 guests in a Shrove Tuesday supper hosted by the Woman's Auxiliary with help from the St Anns Altar Guild. The event, featuring an old English pancake recipe, ran from 3:30 to 7:30 pm, with a note that they ran out of straw and everything else proceeding satisfactorily.
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Heaster Statt
AK Hill
St.Andres's Episcopal Church
John A. Wilson
Woman's Auxiliary
St. Ann's
Kenneth Carroll
Fayette County
Martha Barnes
Charles Whitley
Oak Hill St. Andrew's Episcopal Church
John Lindley
David Snell
Kenneth Caroll
Bill Flicknan
Pax Farm Woman's Club Discusses Food Dollars Topic
Pax Farm Woman's Club met at Mrs. Cecil Humphres home with Opal McNeely as lesson leader and Nina Shuck reading scripture. The group discussed making food dollars count, honored birthdays for Mrs. McNeely and Mrs. Irene Lively, and a luncheon followed with many members listed.
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Register
Pax
Pax Farm ‘Woman's Club
Cecil Humphres
Opal McNeely
Nina Shuck
Harriet ‘Tyree
McNeely
Irene Lively
Tyree
W. F. Shaffer
C. W. McCoy
Raymond Kelly
Mabley Davis
Ruth Lowry
Francis Lowry
Bertha Phipps
Lorena Lafferty
Frances Mason
Lawra Tucker
James Toney
Lucille Mudkins
Humphrey
The Way West Chapter Four Crisis in the Wagon Train
In 1845 the Unew Oregon Outfit faces a leadership clash as Ballheaded Fadlock clings to control and a council vote looms. Summers proves skillful with horses and rifle while Evans pursues caution as the Platte journey nears Oregon. The drift toward a company-wide meeting and pending decision sets the stage for the trek ahead.
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Martin
Unew-Oregon
Fadlock
Evans Aml
Rick
Wounel Nicetag
Tadlock Yo
Ramsele
Tadlock
Evans
Fairman
Mack
Brewer
Daugherty
Oregon
Yaulock
Faiman
Tadx
Oak Hill Student Tops Tech Students With Straight A's
Oak Hill High School graduate Fred Lokant, Oak Hill II, tops West Virginia Tech with a straight A average in the first semester. The junior pre law major is among 80 on Tech’s honor roll. others from the area include Evelyn Crandall Gauley Bridge Jimmie Pennington Edmond Franklin Bosin Kanawha Falls Ross Hutchens Sophia Glenn Johnson Ansted Marjorie McVey Alderson Charles Johnson Beckley William Burdette Lookout James Stover Kingston Philip Fourney Blue Jay Robert Shaw Gauley Bridge David Miller Austed Edward Tinney Kimball and Charles Staniey Beckley.
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Associated Press
Montgomery
Fred Lokant
Oak Hii
West Virginia Tech
Lokant
Auguste Lokant
Oak Hill High School
Tech
Evelyn Z. Crandall
Gauley Bridge
Jimmie Pennington
Edmond
Franklin Bosin
Kanawha Falls
Ross Hutchens
Sophia
Glenn Johnson
Ansted
Marjorie McVey
Alderson
Charles Johnson
Beckley
William Burdette
Look- Out
James Stover
Kingston
Philip Fourney
Blue Jay
Robert Shaw
David Miller
Austed
Edward Tinney
Kimball
Charles Staniey
Fire Hydrant Survey Held in Oak Hill
Acting Mayor R J Woods and City Manager C S Waugh toured Oak Hill to survey fire hydrant needs as groups push for seventh class fire insurance status. The inspection bureau plans an Oak Hill facility review. council notes a need for full time fire personnel. Four hydrants are being installed in Trump Addition by West Virginia Water Service with six inch mains to be laid.
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Oak Hill
R. J. Woods
C. 5. Waugh
C. Higgins, Jr
West Virrinia Insurance Underwriters Association
Trump Addition
West Virginia Water Service
Linesman's Rites Slated Thursday
Funeral services for Williard Lester 30 of Mullens Hill linesman for West Virginia Engineering Company killed in a fall from a utility pole will be held at 1 p m Thursday from Robertson and Foglesong Funeral Home Aludlens Rev Lonnie Blankenship of Corinne will preside burial in Rinehart Cemetery Mullens Survivors include his wife Marie and infant son Williard Lee Lester two other sons Carlos Lester of Corinne his father R B Lester of Bud his mother Mrs Martha Lester South Mullens a brother Lowell Lester Corinne three sisters Mrs Ewat Miller Mrs Clifton Graham both South Mullens and Mrs Claude Walker Spencer.
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Mullens
Williard
Lester
Mullens Hill
West Virginia Engineering Company
Robertson and Foglesong
Aludlens
Lonnie Blankenship
Corinne
Rinehart
Whitesville
Bud
Marie Ba'angee Lester
Williard Lee Lester
Carlos Lester
R. B. Lester
Martha Lester
South Mullens
Lowell Lester
Ewat Miller
Clifton Graham
South Aluhens
Claude Walker
Spencer
Baptist Youths Attend Party At Oceana Church Basement
Members of the Youth Fellowship of the Oceana Baptist Church attended a Monday party in the church basement hosted by Mr and Mrs Ronald Cook and Charlie Brooks. Guests enjoyed games and refreshments organized by hostesses Mrs Pauline Hawkins and Mrs Wayne Rollins.
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Register
Weiler Oceana
The
Oceana Baptist Church
Ronald the Cook
Charlie Brooks
Valentine Mall
Pauline Hawkins
Wayne Rollins
Anita Manning
Bill Dove
Virginia Anne Tucker
Pauline Hatfield
Marion Manning
Mary Jane Bonham
Joan Hatfield
Bernard
Public Sheriff Sale in Raleigh County West Virginia
On February 2 1850 at the Veterans Hospital on Mercer Street I will sell at public auction the Lima Power Shovel and related assets held by Ross Construction Co under a State Tax lien. Cash terms. Raleigh County Sheriff Ore y A Mills notes the sale in 1950 as public notice.
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Charleston
Tn Register
Fayetteville
Ebersale Gaines
New Veterans Hospital
Mercer Street
Raleleh County
West Virginia
Cath
Lima
Ross Construction Co
West Vicginia
C. H. Keantz
Orey A. Mills
Sherif
Raleigh
Weae P. HL
R. Re
H. L. Crawford
E. N. Smith
Garland Tracy Akers
Marjorie Akers
Raleigh County
Sherein
Bank of
Beckley
Court House
County
Mab‘scott
Ing City View
Mab Cott’ Hill
Lily Highland Addition
Wal Curtis
Eng
Lodge
Mark
Masha
Bill, Campbell
Nikki Lee
Larry Randall
Workmen Complete Pedestrian Walk Way on Stephenson Bridge
Workmen finished a concrete walkway beside the Stephenson Bridge over the Guyandotte River amid local safety concerns. Residents, led by Jake Meadows, pushed the action after years of travel hazards affecting pedestrians and schoolchildren. A separate note says Mullens WCTU meets Thursday at 7:30 p.m. at the Church of God.
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Stephenson Bridge
Register
Stephenson
State Road
Guyandotte River
Meadows
WCTU
Mullens
Woman's Christian Temperance’ ‘Union
Church of God
South Mullens
Stephenson-Iroquois
Moose Show at Mullens High to Feature Vaudeville
Mullens The Dale Thatcher Trio highlighted along with Cyclonic Balance Capers and Nikki Lee. The event, booked by Mullens Lodge 730, Loyal Order of Moose, runs Thursday at 9 p m in Mullens High School auditorium. Proceeds support the lodge and club aims.
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Register
Mullens
Dale Thatcher
Mullens High School
Mullens Lodge
Loyal Order of Moose
Fred Deal
Moose Lodge
Hetzer
Supreme Court Reverses Wyoming Property Title
The Supreme Court reversed a Wyoming county decision involving a deed that granted land to Jesse and Sarah Alius from Peggy Jane Wood. The ruling found a provision not in the original instrument and tackled the sale of the property in a case tied to a translated title dispute and lower court order.
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Register
Mekahan
Wyoming
Jesse
Sarah Alius
Peggy Jane Wood
West Virginia chancery suit to subject estate realty to debts
In Raleigh County Circuit Court the case of J. F. Butts administrator of William Jackson deceased against Leann Staples Jesse Staples Oscar Martin Lula Martin Mary Jackson Albert Martel and others proceeds. Nonresidents Martin Maggie Martin and Lloyd Martin must appear within a month to protect interests. Action aims to marshal decedent’s real estate to pay debts. Classified display.
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Johan Koresmaros Beckley
W. Va
West Virginia
Circuit
Raleigh County
Butts
William, Jackson
Chanvery
Leann Staples
Jesse Staples
Oscar Martin
Lula Martin
Mary Jackson
Albert Martel
Kermit. A. Locke
Sars Martin
Maggie Martin
Lloyd Martin
Whoren
Polly Foe McCullloch
A. A. Tieche
John Howard McCulloch
Bartners
Beckley Hospital
van Hunter
Miss Zelma Sauls Weds Roy Privett of Pineville
Pineville announces the marriage of Zelma Sauls daughter of Oceana to Roy Privett son of Mr and Mrs John Sauls and Mrs George Privett. The ceremony was led by Rev G S Barrett at 7 30 p m Saturday with relatives present. The bride wore blue crepe and red rosebud corsage. Irene Stump attended in cream lamé with red corsage. Bernard Stump was best man.
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Iy Megister
Pineville
Zelma Sauls
Oceana
Roy Privett
John Sauls
George Privett
G. S. Barrett
Key‘rock
Irene Stump
Bernard Stump
Morgan Funeral Rites Set Today
Funeral services for Mrs. Arminda Morgan 64 were held at 2 p m at Clear Fork Church of God with Rev Jake Mullins officiating. Burial followed in the Clear Fork family cemetery. Survived by husband E L Morgan siblings and many descendants. Body to be moved from Thomas Funeral Home to Victor residence Wednesday at 3 p.m.
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Clear Fork
Arminda Morgan
Wyoming County
Lawrence Morgan
Columbus
Ohio
Elmer Morgan
Davy
Charles Morgan
Ula Morgan
Hatcher
Corby Lester
Chesapeake
Maudie Pennington
Lenna Cook
Sid Stallings
Williamson
Bessie Bailey
Oceana
Blanche
Daisey Morgan
Ada B. Freeman
Baltimore
Fitzwater Rites Slated Thursday
Funeral services for Homer C. Fitzwater 74 of Victor will be held at 10 a m Thursday at Hopewell Baptist Church near Ansted with Rev. Guy Vaughn officiating. Burial will be in Lockwood Cemetery. He was born April 1 1875 in Lockwood and was a farmer and church member. Survivors include his wife Fannie Fitzwater four brothers William Duchene Utah Edward and Wyatt Ivy dale and Alonzo unknown address. five sons Burl Loch-
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Victor
Homer C. Fitzwater
Tlopewell Baptist Church
Ansted
Guy Vaughn
Summersville
Lockwood
Pam
Baptist Church
Fannie Fitzwater
William
Duchene
Utah
Edward
Wyatt
Ivydale
Alonzo
Burl
Loch
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Wolf Creek
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Marting
Thomas Funeral Home
Fitzwater
Visit Airport 90
Beaver
Eshy
Singer Sewing Center
Kagawha St
Olat
Galperin Music Co
Prince St
Beckley Dial
Windows
U. S. Rt
East Beckley
Foley Construction CO
Pittsburgh
Maxwell & Keyser
Prince
Dia
Fon Vass
Raleigh Glass & Mirror CO
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