Parking changes eyed for Mullens business district
Mullens City Council was asked to study a new plan to add 60 parking meters and reconfigure on street parking along Moran Avenue Fourth Street and Howard Avenue to ease congestion. One way limits and parallel and angle parking would be used, with tweaks near the Moose Club and post office.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mullens
Clyde Newsome
Newsome
Moran Avenue
Second
Fourth Streets
Moose Club
Fourth Street
Howard Avenue
Third Street
Logan
R. D. Platt
Council
Vic Shaffer
Virginian Brakeman Slightly Hurt After Locomotive Runs Over Him
Tom Spradling a 60 year old Virginian Railway brakeman from Roanoke Va was knocked down and run over by a switch engine in the Elmore yard at Mullens. Fireman Bill McGhee quick action stopped the train before the main body passed the brakeman who was later to be examined by a Princeton doctor for shoulder pain.
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Mullens
Virginian Railway
Tom Spradling
Roanoke
Elmore
Spradling
Bill McGhee
D. C. King
Berkley Mills
Norfolk Va
Princeton
Mrs. C. Miller Dies at Her Princeton Home
Mrs. Charles Miller, 69, pioneer Princeton resident, died at 1105 S Ninth St Tuesday from a heart ailment. Born February 29 1884 in Portsmouth Virginia, she was the daughter of James and (left) Cotton. She married Charles Shafer Miller who preceded her in 1947. Survivors include Charles E Miller Virginia Miller Marguerite Miller and Mrs Ashley Woodroof all of Princeton and brother James Cotton. She was a member of the First Baptist Church. Body sent to Seaver Mortuary pending funeral arrangements.
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Princeton
Charles Miller
S. Ninth St
James Cotton
First Baptist Church
Services Friday For Mrs. Lively
Funeral services for Mrs. Mary Lou Lively 51 of Dothan will be at 2 p.m. Friday at Dothan Community Church with Rev. C H Painter officiating Burial will be in Coleman Cemetery in Dothan She died Wednesday at Oak Hill Hospital after four weeks illness She was a housewife and Baptist Church member Born March 10 1902 in Neva Tennessee Survivors include husband Snowden of Dothan one half sister Martha Arnold of Johnson City Tenn three sons Frank Shelby Connie of Dothan two daughters Elizabeth Stover of Robson and Mabel Elder of Harvey The body will lie at Tur ee Funeral Home Oak Hill until one hour before services
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Oak Hill
Mary Lou Lively
Dothan
C H. Painter
Coleman Cemetery
Lively
Oak Hill Hospital
Baptist Church
Neva
Tenn
Snowden
Martha Arnold
Johnson Cith
Frank
Shelby
Connie
Elizabeth Stover
Robson
Mabel Elder
Harvey
Tyree
Theodore Woods Claimed by Death
Theodore Roose velt Woods 58 died at Oak Hill Hospital at 12 10 p m Wednesday of a heart condition after about a year of illness He was a retired miner and a United Mine Workers member born in Virginia and living in Glen Jean His wife died in 1945 He is survived by three daughters Mrs Curtis Davis Stamford Mrs Manuel Robinson Glen Jean and Miss Geraldine Woods Harvey Six grandchildren The body lies at Collins Funeral Home Glen Jean pending arrangements.
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Glen Jean
Theodore Roosevelt Woods
Oak Hill
United Mine Workers of America
Virginia
Curtis Davis
Stamford
Manuel Robinson
Geraldine Woods
Harvey
Collins Funeral
To Honor New Members Oak Hill Church Plans Dinner
Lockie Rankin Circle of Oak Hill Methodist Church met Tuesday to honor new members with a dinner at 6 p.m. on January 19 at the church. Members voted a $5 donation to the Fayette County Polio Fund, with fund headquarters on Main Street. Mrs. Harry Gray led the devotional The Word of God. The meeting also met at Mrs. Gray’s Woods Avenue home. The study book Jeremiah was given by Miss Lottie Johnson.
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Oak Hill
Lockie Rankin
Oak Hill Methodist Church
Fayette County
Main St
Harry Gray
Woods Avenue
Area Koreans dead totaling 190 in local list
Area servicemen killed or presumed dead in Korea rise to 190 with two more added to the list. Cpl Darrel W Scarbrough and Pfc Dallas L Gipson are confirmed presumed dead, joining others missing or declared dead. Other area men named include Cpls Harles Gill Donald K Foster John W Cooper and more with ties to Fayetteville Bluefield Hinton and Parkersburg.
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Cpl
Darrel W Scarbrough
Margaret F. Scarbrough
Route 2
Fayetteville
Pfc
Dallas L. Gipson
Louise Gipson
Sandstone
Department of Defense
Harles Gill
Minnie G. Gill
Hinton
James Hanes Thomas
Roberta Thomas
Field Artillery
24Th Infantry Division
Billy J. Williams
Walter B. Willams
Carter St
Bluefield
Pete Conley
Lula Kirk
Harts
John W. Cooper
Margaret Cooper
Weirton
James B. Foggin
Lottie Ellen Foggin
Parkersburg
Donald K. Foster
Thelma May Foster
Charleston
Lewis
S. Harsher
Bertha Harsher
Wheeling
Pfe
Herbert A. Moats
Frances Moats
Moyers
Wendel R. Moles
Lucy Virginia Moles
Winifrede
Edward C. Vincent
Ernest Vincent
Sanitarian Job Owen in Wyoming
T E Hill resigns as Wyoming County sanitarian and no successor named. Hill left January 4 to join the Adult Division of the Rehabilitation Board of West Virginia as a junior counsellor in Charleston.
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Pineville
T. E. Hill
Wyoming County
Hill
Rehabilitation Board of West Virginia
Charleston
Circle Hears Mrs. McCoy at Oak Hill Church
Mrs. Ernest McCoy presented The Book of Jeremiah as the study book topic to Belle Bennett Circle members of the Oak Hill Methodist Church. The February meeting will be at Mrs. James Alexander home with Numbers chapters one through six read. Refreshments followed at Mrs. Ernest McCoy home with Mrs. Joe Cashion as co hostess.
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Oak Hill
Ernest McCoy
Belle Bennett
Oak Hill Methodist Church
Thelma Barton
W. T. Price
James Alexander
Joe Cashion
Fayette County sets 1954 Dimes quota at 40000
Fayette County's 1954 March of Dimes goal is $40,000 as approved by the county committee on Wednesday. Sterling Evans notes county support must be high, citing last year's $17,000 raised and $8,700 retained locally, plus $13,500 cash in advance from the national foundation. Mrs. Joe Keatley to lead Mother's March. volunteers urged to call Oak Hill headquarters. Bill Blankenship announces campaign committees to run drives across the county.
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Oak Hill
Fayette County
Sterling Evans
State March of Dimes
Hobart
Booth
Evans
National Foundation
Joe
Keatley
Main St
Bill Blankenship
Fayetteville Names New Police Chief Robert Sexton
Fayetteville town council introduced Robert Sexton as the new Police Chief at a city hall meeting. Sexton formerly served with Montgomery police and has relocated to Fayetteville. City manager J H Allen presented a financial report on town expenses. Miss Dea Francesa resigned as office clerk effective January 30 and Mrs A F Mulligan was hired to replace her.
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Fayetteville
Robert Sexton
Sexton
Montgomery
J. H. Allen
Dea Francesa
A. F. Mulligan
Tyree files for Mercer County Court in bluefield bid
E T Tyree of 1917 Washington Street Bluefield filed for Mercer County Court becoming the first candidate to file this year. Filing deadline is May 1 with a primary on August 3. Tyree formerly cashier and executive VP of Flat Top National Bank and prior served in the State Road Commission. Also noted Announce Birth OAK HILL Mr and Mrs Danny Davis Oak Hill announce the birth of a baby girl at Oak Hill Hospital weighing seven pounds seven and a half ounces. Davis works for Thomas Funeral Home Oak Hill.
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Princeton
E. T. Tyree
Washington Street
Bluefield
Mercer County
Tyree
Flat Top National Bank
State Road Commission
Fred Thomason
Beaver Pond
Oak Hill
Danny Davis
Oak Hill Hospital
Davis
Thomas Funeral Home
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Ray Toler
Carroll Worrell
West Mullens
White Avenue
Lewis Bolen
Worrell
Wieners
U.S
Gene
Jimmy
Miller
Seaver Mortuary
Theodore Woods
Moore Agency
del Monte
Long Island
U. S. NO
Baxter
KRAFT
Velveeta
C. & Sanborn
Maxwell House
Beechnut
Boscal
JFG Coffee
Pagoda Super Market
Crisco
Kansas
Harper Road
Bree
Sanitarian
Job Owen
Wyoming
Circle
Fayette
Latin America
JFG Special
Penney’s
Rose
Hunter Green
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