Fitzwater Rites Slated Friday
Funeral services for William Lee Fitzwater six month old son of Mrs. Freda Fonda Fitzwater Oak Hill will be held at 2 p.m. Saturday at Thomas Funeral Home with Rev Mont Carr officiating Burial is in Crooked Run Cemetery The infant died at 4 00 am Thursday in an Oak Hill hospital after about a three week illness death attributed to a heart condition He was born in Oak Hill on July 20 1956 He is survived by two half brothers Veranon and Bobby Lee Fitzwater both at home The body will lie in state at the funeral home after 3 p.m today for viewing
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Oak Hill
RNS
William ~ Lee. Fitzwater
Freda Fonda Fitzwater
Thomas
Mont Carr
Crooked Run
Veranon
Bobby Lee Filawater
Teen-Age Dance Set After Game Tonight
In Fayetteville a teen-age dance sponsored by the senior and junior women’s clubs will take place in the Memori al Auditorium dining room after the basketball game tonight. Club members will chaperone as dance participation ranges from 65 to 100 youths. The dances are new this year and considered a success by the high school students.
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Ayetteville
RNS
Fayetteville
Memorial Auditorium
Fay
Dynamite Will Be Used In Search For Bodies
Logan National Guard units joined the river search for the Hatfield sisters near Pineville. Dynamiting to uncover bodies in the four mile stretch from New Richmond to Pineville followed by continued dragging. Captain Creger praised local cooperation as crews repair the New Richmond Hatfield bridge destroyed by flood earlier.
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Pineville
RNS
Logan National Guard
Guyandotte
Will Bel
Dilthe
Ania
Belly Hatfield
New Richmond
Jack Creger
Guard
Wntt
Creger
Rose Hotel
Wyoming County Board of Education
Hatfield
Bill Hatfield
Rodney Bowling
Francis Coffey
Marl Browning
William Bostic
Jack Bates
Steve Wranch
Hugo
Chatmon Funeral Set Saturday at Mount Hope
Funeral services for Mrs. Gertie Chatmon will be held at the First Baptist Church of Mount Hope at 4:30 PM Saturday, with Rev. A. W. Woods officiating. Burial follows in Mount Hope Cemetery. Survived by husband Louis Chatmon and sisters Susie Ody of Mount Hope and Katie Rush of Pittsburgh. The body lies at Trent Funeral Home until service time.
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Mount Hope
Gertie Chatmon
First Baptist Church
Fayette Study Club Reschedules February Meeting
The Fayette Study Club has moved its February 20 gathering to February 27 at 2 p.m. at Fayetteville Presbyterian Church. Mrs H E Dillon of Fayetteville will host and present a program titled Christian Education for Our Youth by Mrs C L Lobban Harvey.
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Oak Hill
RNS
Fayette Study Club
H. E. Dillon
Fayetteville
Fayetteville Presbyterian Church
C. L, Lobban
Harvey
Open Meet Set Tuesday By Oak Hill Pythians
Open meeting for Pythians Pythian Sisters and families will be held at 7:30 pm in Knights of Pythias Hall to mark the orders 93rd anniversary. An hour long film The Promise will be shown depicting Damon and Pythias with NBC stars. it was produced in Hollywood and first shown on Hallmark Hall of Fame a year ago.
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Oak Hill
NBC
Hallmark
Scouts and Explorers Camp Near Clifftop
Scouts and Explorers from Troop Post 7 Garten and Gatehead camp today through Sunday at CCC campsite near Clifftop in Babcock State Park. Adult leaders include Scoutmaster Lewis Baldry Explorer Advisor Ballard Pennington Troop Committee man Bill Williams Assistant Scoutmaster Robert Scott and Reverend Donald Ford. The camp features hiking scoutscraft stalking tracking signaling knot tying and first aid with the group cooking in parrots.
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Oak Hill
RNS
Garten and
Gatehead
CCC
Clifftop
Babcock State Park
Lewis Baldry
Ballard Pennington
Bill Williams
Robert Scott
Donald Ford
Homemakers Council Sets Meet Saturday in Glen Ferris
GLEN FERRIS Fayette County Homemakers Council will hold a meeting Saturday at the Glen Ferris Recreation Building. Mrs. Isabel McNight, council president, urges all members to attend.
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Glen Ferris
Fayette County
Wyoming Man Sentenced to State Penitentiary
A Wyoming County man with a probation revocation was sentenced to one to five years in the state penitentiary by Intermediate Judge William J. Thompson. David H. Haynes, 56, of Cyclone, had refused restitution for losses from bad checks totaling 1176 dollars as he operated a home license service and wrote the checks to obtain auto licenses for clients.
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Charleston
RNS
Wyoming
William J. Thompson
David H. Haynes
Cyclone
Clay F. Peters
Haynes
Lilydale Personal Notices and Family Visits
Lilydale Personal notices recount weekend visits by Mr and Mrs Wildon Browning and relatives from Verner and Mare Creek Ky. Linda Sue Perry remains confined to grandparents due to illness. A2C Charles H Blankenship on leave with Walls family. stationed at Art. Home Idaho. to report March a.m. Seattle. Mrs Raymond Cook home from Memorial Hospital and improving.
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Lilydale
Rnl
Wildon Browning
Ardel Walls
Donnie Browning
Verner
Lee Kidd
Henry Stratton
Mare Creek
Linda Sue Perry
Hazel Blevins
Miss Perry
Charles H. Blankenship
Arthur’ Walls
Art. Home
Idaho
Seattle
Wash
Raymond Cook
The
Man Memorial Hospital
ISS Representative Visit in Ansted
An ISS representative will visit Ansted at the city hall on Wednesday at 10 am to assist with old-age and survivors insurance claims and answer questions about the program.
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Ansted
Seniors Run Oceana One Government Day
Seniors at Oceana High School partnered with Mayor French Manning and the Oceana Town Council for a student government day. Elections named Earl Pelfrey mayor and Eu gene Dillé recorder with seven councilmen. Ralph Elswick served as principal as seniors ran classes, marking the first observance in four years to teach city governance and law enforcement.
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Oceana
RNS
Oceana High School
French Manning
Oceana Town Council
Earl Pelfrey
Eugene Dillé
Recorder
Jimmy Toney
Harold Miller
Byron Cook
Jerry Canterbury
Wanda O'Brien
Ralph Elswick
Banquet Planned for Clear Fork High Cheerleaders and Faculty
Ameagre Presbyterian Church Women met Tuesday and voted to assist at the athletic banquet for Clear Fork High School. The event honors players, cheerleaders, and faculty members and is scheduled for Friday at 6 p.m. Refreshments were served by hostesses Mrs. Unn Byers, Joyce Withrow, Mrs. Effie Wiseman, Mrs. Charles Smith, Mrs. Delphia Kinder, Mrs. Garl Hamilton, Phyllis Honaker, and Doris Walker.
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Ameagle
BNS
Willing Worker's Club
Ameagre Presbyterian Church
Clear Fork High School
Unn Byers
Joyce Withrow
Effie Wiseman
Charles, Smith
Delphia Kinder
Garl Hamilton
Phyllis Honaker
Doris Walker
Bluefield and Princeton to Merge Daily News Card
The Daily Telegraph Publishing Co plans to combine the Bluefield Sunset News with the Princeton Observer next month. The Observer was bought Feb 10 from editor W. Kyle McCormick, who led since the 1920s. The merged paper will run from Princeton and Bluefield with AP wire service and a joint dateline.
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Bluefield
Princeton Observer
Sunset News
Daily Telegraph Publishing Co
The
Observer
W. Kyle McCormick
Princeton
VFW Groups Hold Joint Dinner Meeting
VFW Post No. 3110 and Ladies Auxiliary shared a covered dish dinner at the canteen in Oak Hill. A film on comradeship of the VFW and the national home in Eaton Rapids, Michigan followed, with attendees listed by name including Mr. and Mrs. Fred Fredericks and several other local residents.
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Oak Hill
RNS
Clarence W. Dickerson
Veterans of Foreign Wars
Ladies Auxiliary
Bob Considines
VFW
National
Eaton’ Rapids
Mich
Fred Fredericks
Samuel Sluzas
Be.rilat
Glen Rogers Personal Notes Highlights Local Guests
Glen Rogers society page lists Basil Trump ill at Beckley Hospital with his son and daughter in law from Dayton Ohio visiting. Several Beckley residents host or visit relatives from Beckley, Summersville and Charleston including the Sheppards, Brooks, Ward, and Alderman, with updates on hospital stays and weekend guests.
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Glen Rogers
Basil Trump
Beckley Hospital
Inlaw
David Trump
Dayton
Ohio
Virgil AfeNiell
Sidney Box
Beckley
Charles Sheppard
Billy
Jack
Ann Ruch
Harper Shumate Jr
Marie Broyles
Ed Johnson
Johnny Watts
Carol Sheppard
Carol Durham
Vada Sheppard
Johnny Bailey
Tommy Thomas
Elsie Clemens
Fairdate
Margie Sheppard
Everett Guthrie
Andister
Donald “Summers
famBy
Summersville
Nick Vidovich
Tom Dillon
Harper Road
Sidney, Brooks
Charleston
W. S. Brooks
Sonny Ward
Cleveland
Pat Sturgill
William “Alderman
Hockley Hospital
Representative to visit Whitesville on Thursday at 10 am
WHITESVILLE The Social Security representative will visit the mayor’s office at 10 am Thursday to assist residents in filing old age and survivors insurance claims and answer questions about the program.
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Whilesville
Whitesville
Trash Hauling Firm Sold in Mount Hope Change Affects Accounts
Mount Hope announces the sale of the local trash hauler Loup Creek to Isaac Sivalkee. The franchise transfer to Walk er takes effect March 1. Accounts owed to the previous owner go to ACrawford. city says it sets rates but does not regulate haulers directly.
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Mount Hope
RNS
Isaac Sivalkee
W. Bernard ’ Rock
City of
Aare
Rocke
Comfort Blue and Gold Banquet Held at Presbyterian Church
The annual Blue and Gold Banquet for Cub Pack No. 95 convened at 6 30 p m today in Comfort Presbyterian Church to award Liberty Bell neckerchief slides and recognize den mothers den chiefs and committee members from Comfort Bloomingrose Maxine Ben and Scarbro Elementary PTA meeting postponed to Feb 26 at 7 30 p m at the school
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Comfort’ Presbyterian Church
Seigel Coon
David Banks
Winters Pritt
Jay Workman
Richard Toothman
Bloomingrose den
William ‘Stringer
Junior Moore
Maxine Ben
Pack
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