Pineville Personal Notes Reflect Weekend Visits
Pineville residents and relatives share holiday travels and homecomings across multiple towns. George Lyons returns to Huntington from a visit with James C. Lyons family while Fair Curry comes back to Morgantown from Christmas with E. M. Curry’s household. Cadet Joe Morgan resumes study at Greenbrier Military School after holiday downtime in Pineville. Mrs. W. H. Brooks recovers from surgery at Stevens Clinic Hospital in Welch. Robert P. Knight heads to Berea College after two weeks with kin in Pineville. W. R. Patrick recovers from pneumonia at River Drive Addition home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pineville
George Lyons
Huntington
Inlaw
James C. Lyons
Taylor Vaughn
Oceana
Doyle’ Rine
Larry
Fair Curry
Morgantown
E. M. Curry
Crowley-Worrell
Earl
West
Ben Murphree
W. S. Brooks
Sidney
Glen Rogers
Sarah Morgan
Joe
Millard Dancy
Hemphill
Fred Little
Joe Morgan
Lewisburg
Greenbrier Military School
Mary Olive Anderson
T. P. Anderson
Mr. Anderson
Morehead
C. S. Smith
Eugene L. Neal
Harry H. Knight
Phelps, Ky
Benny Booth
Paula
Glenna
Williamson
Frank Smith
George Cassell
Bassett
Marvin Phillips
Pfe
Dempsey Phillips
Rhonda Sue
W. R. Patrick
River Drive Addition
Oak Hill Personal News Highlights Local Visitors and Students
Oak Hill notes report New Year's Day visitors at the Sowers home on Virginia Street. Gwendolyn McKinney and daughter Sarah Ellen spent the weekend in Beards Fork. Airman Ale Charles B. Flint has returned to Eglin Air Force Base after holidays with his parents. Ann Thomas of Ford Addition visits Huntington. Pvt Charles William Price of Fort Bragg spent the weekend with his parents. Nancy Tennant and Donna Mae Fitzgerald left to resume studies at Alderson Broaddus College. Martha Kay Mason left after holidays from the University of Kentucky. Joey Kopinski returned to West Virginia University after two weeks with his parents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oak Hill
W. F. French
Nancy Jo French
Page
T. W. Sowers
Virginia St
Gwendolyn McKinney
Sarah Ellen
Beards Fork
Ale Charles B. Flint
Bernard Flint
Minden Ave
Eglin Air Force Base
Florida
Ann Thomas
Ford Addition
Huntington
Charles William Price
Fort Bragg
North Carolina
W. T. Price
Summerlee Ave
Nancy Tennant
H. E. Tennant
Bibb St
Donna Mae Fitzgerald
Kline Fitzgerald
Alderson Broaddus College
Martha Kay Mason
University of Kentucky
Thomas Mason
Maple Ave
Joey Kopinski
Roman Konpinski
West Virginia University
Oceana Personal Notes Move Ot Rochester Mayo Clinic
Oceana residents report Mrs. Wanna Cook and her brother Mac Dawson traveling to Rochester Minnesota where he will enter Mayo Clinic. Nearby visits include Beasley family guests from Virginia at the Miller home and Mrs. Phillips with son Arthur returning from Weston for New Year at Barretts. Pic. Leo Blankenship returns to Camp LeJeune after leave with his parents. College students head back to schools including West Virginia University Marshall Duke and others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oceana
Wanna Cook
Mac Dawson
Rochester
Minn
Mayo Clinic
Richard Beasley
Jackie
Virginia
Hugh Miller
Beasley
Oceana High School
H. M. Phillips
Arthur
Weston
Jennings Barrett
Leo Blankenship
Camp LeJeune
N. C
John Blankenship
Bernard Morgan
Doris Morgan
Edith Tilley
Gene Hatfield
West Virginia University
Lewis Upchurch
Virginia Ann Tucker
Philip Roach, Jr
Marshall
Billy Lugar
Duke
Water Company Expands Service to Oak Hill Area
Residents in Fayette County receive water from West Virginia Water Service Company in Oak Hill replacing earlier supply from L. L. Pegram. Oak Hill plant serves about 3,576 customers with soft water after a $175,000 new facility. Major communities covered include Whipple Carlisle Scarbro Wingrove Glen Jean Lochgelly Summerlee Harvey and Prudence.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oak Hill
Harry and Prudence
Fayette County
L. L. Pegram
West Virginia Water Service Company
M. H. Martin
Minden
New River and
Pocahontas Consolidated Coal Company
Martin
Whipple
Carlisle
Scarbro
Wingrove
Glen Jean
Red Star
Lochgelly
Summerlee
Harvey
Prudence
Jesse Personals notes and travel updates from Jesse area
Mrs. G. A. Franklin is ill at home in Jesse. Dr. and Mrs. L. A. Workman and Loretta Workman of Jesse take a Florida vacation with the Dow Cooks of Pineville. Bud Gunter and son visit Miley Gunter’s family. Tom Scott and Oscar Stewart called in Charleston. Shirley Foster returns to Emory and Henry College after holidays with Edsel Dancy in Jesse. Pvt. Harold Cook leaves Camp Rucker after furlough. Powell Cook goes to Ft. Eustis after visiting parents. Emma Cook visits Lacy Richmond in Glen Daniels.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jesse
G. A. Franklin
L. A. Workman
Loretta Workman
Leesburg
Fla
James Dow Cook
Jimmy
Pineville
Bud Gunter
Carswell
Miley Gunter
Tom Scott
Oscar Stewart
Charleston
Stewart
Shirley Foster
Emory and Henry College
Emory
Edsel Dancy
Montgomery
West Virginia Tech
Harold Cook
Riffe Cook
Camp Rucker
Ala
Pvt
Powell Cook
Ft. Eustice
Harry Cook
Emma Cook
Lacy Richmond
Glen Daniels
Boosters Plan Operetta for Oceana Band
The Oceana Band Booster Association met at Mrs. Hugh Miller's home to plan a February hillbilly show in Oceana, with date to be announced. They will co sponsor with the Oceana High School Chorus an operetta directed by Fred H. Shannon Jr. Membership cards are on sale and the annual band concert is set for early March.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oceana
Oceana Band Booster’s Association
Hugh Miller
Oceana High School
Fred H. Shannon Jr
Powder Burns Reported After Shotgun Backfire
Mullens A cover man Troy Albert Lusk, 28, received treatment at the Wyoming General Hospital Monday for severe powder burns to his right eye from a shotgun backfire. Mrs Bernice Hamlet, 25, of Rohdel, was admitted with facial injuries said to be inflicted by her husband Raymond. James England, 30, of Pineville, went to the hospital X ray department for possible arm fracture after stumbling over his tool box at the It Mann mine.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mullens
Troy Albert Lusk
Wyoming General Hospital
Bernice Hamlet
Rhodell
Raymond
James England
Pineville
Itmann
Class Officers Elected at Guyandotte Baptist Church
The Guyandotte Baptist Church in Jesse reorganized on Sunday morning and elected Ray Tilley as superintendent. Other officers through 1954 include Stacy Brooks as assistant superintendent Carl Webb as secretary and treasurer Doyle Cook as adult class teacher Bill Workman as young peoples teacher Mrs. Margie Cook for junior class Mrs. Della Jewell for primary class and Miss Naoma Workman for card class.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jesse
Guyandotte
OES Meeting Set for Thursday in Pineville
Pineville Chapter No. 110 Order of the Eastern Star will hold its regular meeting Thursday January 7 at 7 30 pm in the Lodge Hall at Oceana. Worthy Matron Mae Cook announced initiation will feature at the meeting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pineville
Order of the Eastern Star
Oceana
Mae Cook
Pythian District Convention Set for Ansted This Saturday
Oak Hill hosts the 12th Pythian District convention on Saturday Jan 9 at Ansted with a 6 30 p.m. dinner at the Methodist Church and the main meeting at the Pythian Hall at 7 pm Delbert Elam of Oak Hill presides Andrew Vegh Jr district secretary and Charles Massey district deputy grand chancellor of Ansted are officers The meeting is open and ladies are invited to attend.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oak Hill
Manning Weekend Visit to Milton Featured in Family Trip
Mr. and Mrs. French Manning spent the weekend in Milton visiting his parents Mr. and Mrs. E. H. Manning. They were joined by their daughter Martha who had spent the holidays with her grandparents and accompanied them home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jane Miller
Concord
French Manning
Milton
E. H. Manning
Martha
Family Weekly Under New Management
Chicago announces new owner Leonard S. Davidow to head Family Weekly Magazine. The publication, launched in 1953, will stay in non metropolitan markets with 32 newspapers already signed for distribution and a 620,000 circulation base. Objectives target more papers in metropolitan cities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Ill
Family Weekly Magazine
Family Weekly
Leonard S. Davidow
Davidow
Consolidated Book Publishers
Cook Book Sales Organization
Sears, Roebuck & Company
the Register
Pay Checks Change Controversy Emerges in Congress
New York commentators describe a widening clash over Social Security funding. Paychecks and employer taxes rise to 2 percent with a $72 cap, fueling debate whether the program should remain funded by reserves or shift to a pay-as-you-go system. Bank and business voices question the reserve approach, arguing future pensions depend on income taxes rather than accumulated securities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Sam
Congress
Social Security
U. S
U.S. Treasury
Treasury
Social Security Fund
Eisenhower
National City Bank of New York
Smoke Mistaken For Fire After Crash In Asheville
Residents near a county store in Asheville, North Carolina, reported smoke after a car collided with the building. Firefighters arrived to find the haze was snuff dust released from a tobacco counter by the impact.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Asheville
N. Cc
Year of New Words and Dimensional Movies
Hollywood year 1953 labeled the year of new words and dimensions with terms like depthies and cinemascopé. It lists highs and lows in film, noting best pictures, actors, actresses, industry news, and notable unions and splits while reflecting a hopeful view for the new year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hollywood
Dimension Praecox
Marriage license applicant listed in Fayetteville
Fayetteville County Clerk reports one marriage license applicant, Robert Stanley Underwood age 24, son of William Franklin and Gertrude Underwood of Mt Lookout, and Ernestine Holcomb age 19, daughter of Ernest and Louise Holcomb of Lookout. Meadow Bridge residents Kenneth Large and wife have returned to Morristown Tennessee after visiting relatives. Charles Gill of Meadow Bridge is a patient at C. and O. Hospital in Clifton Forge Virginia for observation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fayetteville
Robert Stanley Underwood
William Franklin
Gertrude Underwood
Mt. Lookout
Ernestine Holcomb
Ernest and
Louise Holcomb
Lookout
Meadow Bridge
Kenneth Large
Morristown
Tenn
Large
Charles Gill
C. & O. Hospital
Clifton Forge
New Horizons In Haiti's 150th Independence Era
Editor's note details Haiti's postwar boom under President Magloire. Tourism rose 70 percent to 34,439 visitors in the year ending Oct 1, with spend near $1.9 million. New hotels, hotel school, murals, and public works uplift life, education, and health while peasant poverty and limited industry persist. Enduring ties to arts and voodoo traditions shape daily life.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ben F. Meyer
Port AU Prince
Haiti
United States
Guantanamo Bay
Cuba
Paris
New York
Petion Ville
Kenscoff
Cap Haitien
United Nations
Jean Jacques Dessalines
Africa
Paul Eugene Magloire
White House
Magloire
Space Stations Could Blanket World TV Signals
Dr H R J Grosch a Cincinnati based rocket expert and former American Rocket Society president proposed space television stations as a solution to TV coverage. He said orbiting relay stations at about 18600 miles per hour several hundred miles above Earth would rotate without power and constantly blanket the world with TV waves reducing the need for ground stations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nashville
Tenn
H. R. J. Grosch
Cincinnati
American Rocket Society
General Electric Corp
American Astronomical Society
Earth
Grosch
Dormitory plan excludes rocking chairs for elderly residents
A New Haven AP report says Connecticut will build a $2.5 million dormitory for chronically ill, aged, and infirm residents but will prohibit rocking chairs to keep residents content and active in workshops or recreation centers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Haven
Wrong Thumb Used Ride Turns Up Principal at School
Three Jefferson high school sophomores skipped classes to visit Christmas displays and thumbed a ride. The driver was C. C. Hancock, the school principal, who gave them a lift.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Richmond, Va
Jefferson High School
C. C. Hancock
Tobacco Grower Fubank Heads to Lynchburg Market
James M. Fubank of Frogtown within Fayetteville city limits left Saturday for Lynchburg Virginia to sell his tobacco crop. He raises and cures it in a personal barn and ships it in cardboard car tons. After ten years of farming the hail damaged crop still required his usual market trip. He remains the sole local tobacco farmer in the area.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fayetteville
James M. Fubank
Lynchburg
Fubank
Frogtown
Eubank
Toll Road Vote Set in Oklahoma
Oklahoma voters will choose in a special election on January 26 whether to authorize construction of three new toll roads. Governor Johnston Murray backs the projects from Tulsa to Joplin Missouri and routes near Oklahoma City and Wichita Falls Texas, following the Turnpike's 88 mile Oklahoma City to Tulsa route opened last year amid battles and lawsuits. Opponents say tolls burden citizens and bypass small towns.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oklahoma City
Johnston Murray
Oklahoma
Tulsa
Joplin
Wichita
Kan
Wichita Falls
Tex
Murray
U. S. Supreme Court
Poultry Market Reports and Beckley Civil Service Exam
Shenandoah Valley live poultry market shows heavy broilers and light turkeys with fair to good demand and farm prices around 20 to 24 cents. South Branch area reports moderate supply, good demand, and prices mostly 21 to 24 cents with some higher lots. Plus Beckley WV police civil service exam notice set for January 12 1954 to create an eligibility list for patrolmen.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harrisonburg
Shenandoah Valley
Moorefield
W.va
South Branch Valley
New Hampshire
South Branch
West Virginia
Beckley
Fads Kovics and White Martin funeral notices
Mike Fads kovics 73 of Affinity died January 3 at Andrew S Rowan Memorial Home. Funeral 2 p.m. January 6 at Melton Mortuary Chapel Rev Anthony Garges. Burial Sunset Memorial Park. UMWA grave side rites. William Martin White 57 of Maple Fork died January 3. Funeral 2 p.m. January 5 at Maple Fork Baptist Church Rev Don A Lowe. Burial American Legion Cemetery Beckley. Pallbearers named.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fadskovics
Mike
Affinity
Andrew S. Rowan
Sweet Springs
Melton Mortuary
Melton
Anthony Garges
Sunset Memorial Park
UMWA
White White
William Martin
Maple Fork
Maple Fork Baptist Church
Donald A. Lowe
American Legion
Beckley
George Craddock
Luther Bowyers
Deck Davis
Hess Davis
Lawrence Crafton
William Jewell
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Oceana Personals
Pythian Convention
Clear Fork
Edwin Blankenship
Grace Hospital
Welch
Robert L. Whitehead
Stevens Clinic
Pocahontas Fuel Company
Paul Turner
Glen Fork
Welch Friday
Bluefield
Robert Miles Vincent
Guyandotte Avenue
Rabette
Christine Vicetoria Allen
Arthur Lesley Allen
Anna Louise Bays
Edward Eugene Bays
Montgomery Clift
Richard Burton
Marlon Brando
Julius Caesar
William Holden
Fredric March
Deborah Kerr
Audrey Hepburn
Leslie Caron
Joan Crawford
Ethel Merman
Me Madam
20Th Century- Fox
Shane
Salome
Charles Laughton
Living Desert
Frank Sinatra
Ann Blyth
James McNulty
Rita Hayworth
Andrey Hepburn
Robert Wagner
Dragnet
Marlene Dietrich
Las Vegas
Lucille Ball
Lewis Stone
William Farnum
Herbert Rawlingson
Roland Young
Chris Pin Martin
Alan Curtis
June Haver
Tennessee
New Horizons
West Indies
Dominican Republic
France
Caribbean
Civil Service Commission Police Department City of
F W. Mann
Quesenberry & Webb Funeral Home
Quesenberry Mir
Barre
Robert C. Egnor Monument CO
Crab Orchard
Dial 4460
Ruth Bibb
Clover Creek
Pocahontas County
Roy Cameron
Marianna
W. Va
W. E Harvey
Sanders and
Ewood Hatfield
Milton Young
Dial
Marguerite’s
Main Street Dial
Edward Parrish
Professional Directory
G. H. Church
B. E Silverman
Raleigh County Bank
H.C Kinzer
Davenport’s
Pet Dairy
Halstead’s
Grigg Radio Service
Morgan's
Dial Beckley
Maxwell & Keyser
Prince St
Lovitz Television Service
Beckley Marietta Paint CO
South Oakwood
Nash Campbell Floors
Beckley Newspapers
Wright
John W. Eye
West Neville
Frank
GMC
Sprague Watch
REK
Mountain State
Wn James
Field Enterprises, Inc
Marshall Field
McAdoo
Avon Cosmetics
Avon
Home Court
B. E. Higginbotham
Gibson Hotel
Raleigh
Fayette
Wyoming
G. I
Mr. Brown
Beckley Hotel
Beckley Music & Electric CO
South Fayette St
Loti
Acre Insurance
Ste
American Glass
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