Blizzard and Lyons enter Fayette sheriff race
George Dan Blizzard a Democrat became the first candidate to file for Fayette County Sheriff. Virgil Lyons, veteran Democrat, also filed for the May primary. Blizzard, 45, Oak Hill resident, is a former Public Service Commission employee and currently district assistant to Congressman Bailey. Lyons, 57, Oak Hill resident, three terms as Justice of the Peace, former constable, miner, and Mason, celebrates 25th wedding anniversary with wife Genevieve Pettit and has one daughter and a grandson.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fayetteville
RNS
George Dan Blizzard
Fayette County
Virgil Lyons
Blizzard
Oak Hill
Democratic
George W. Blizzard
West Virginia
Betty Cobb
Danny
First Presbyterian Church
Illinois
Third Army
Public Service Commission of
Cleveland M.bailey
U. S. House of Representatives
Lyons
Fayette Mountain
S. J. Jasper
J. R. Aliff
Oak Hill Loy
Order of Moose
LaFayette
Sewell
Royal Arch Masons
O. Kessler
Orval Kessler
Victor Farmer
C. W. Stallard
Kessler
Mountain Cove
Nuttall
Gauley Mountain
Signal Knob
Victor Methodist Church
Wintering in Key West bound Burns Osbornes of Ameagle
Coal River area brief notices report Burns Osbourne and wife leaving Ameagle for Key West to spend winter with their son and daughter-in-law Machinist 1 C. and Mrs. Robert Osborne. Other local names visit, illness, travel, and military assignments are listed with relatives in Beckley, Colcord, Whitesville, Dayton, and Lafayette.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ameagle
RNS
Key West
Fla
Burns Osborne
Robert Osborne
Herman Coots
Charleston Memorial Hospital
Mary Coots
Dayton
Ohio
Officers Installed By Church Auxiliary In Kilsyth
Free Will Baptist Church Kilsyth Auxiliary installed new officers at the May meeting led by President Kate Arthur. Other officers named include Ruby Haynes as vice president Ollie Kiddy as treasurer Ethel Blanchard as recording secretary Opal Wall as financial secretary Barbara James as program chairman and Joanna Crumb as flora and visitation chair. Visitors and members attended with prayers and songs as readings from Matthew 13 3 8 and a prayer of consecration followed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mary Bauer
Mary Perry
Blanche Stone
Donna Mae Gibson
Jackie Combs
Hazel Sutphin
Lena Rierson
Louise Mobley
Hattie Bennett
Mary Cain
Wanda Collins
Ocie Goins
Helen Greer
Hazel Puckett
Florence Gibson
Pearl Tate
Mabel Fix
Ruby Haynes
Ollie Kiddy
Ethel
Two Wyoming Wreck Victims Transferred
GLEN ROGERS RNS Two Wyoming County servicemen were transferred from Beckley VA Hospital to Walter Reed in Washington DC and to the Naval Hospital in Portsmouth VA. They flew from Beckley Memorial Airport at 3 30 p m Aubrey Nuckols Jr 1 0 years in Air Force stationed at MacDill AFB Florida suffered neck and head injuries and is listed as serious Jim Amburger 21 who was injured Christmas Eve near Beckley is headed to Virginia hospital.
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Glen Rogers
RNS
Wyoming County
Beckley Veterans Adminstration
Walter Reed Hospital
Washington, D. C
Naval Hospital
Portsmouth
Beckley Memorial
Air Force
Aubrey Nuckols Jr
Washington Hospital
Jim Amburger
Virginia Hospital
Nuckols
MacDill Air Force Base
Florida
Donnie Nuckols
Beckley
Fayette Men Indicted For Series Of B E's
Fayetteville RNS two Gassaway men Junior Johnson 21 and Ira Robinson Jr 20 indicted in absentia by Fayette County Grand Jury on multiple breakins in Ansted area. One held in Lewis County Jail Weston and the other in Braxton County Jail Sutton. Indictments cite breaking and entering stations stores and a bank with goods valued at various amounts including 2.25 105 and 61.60. Additional indictments name Lloyd Knapp Otis Buckner Arnold Adkins and others for breakins in Hilltop Page Gauley Bridge Belva and nearby areas with total goods valued at several hundred dollars.
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Fayetteville
RNS
Junior Johnson
Ira Robinson Jr
Fayette County
Grand Jury
Ansted
E. H. Pettry
Oak Hill
State Police
Lewis County
Weston
Braxton
Sutton
C. E. Crosier
Bragg Market
Mike Kozma
the National Bank
State Liquor Store
George McVey
Chimney Corner
Crozier Station
Lloyd Donald Knapp
Hilltop
Skyline Drive-In
Avelino Cartello
Otis Buckner
General Department Stores
Page
Arnold Adkins
Gauley Bridge
Delbert Priest
Leonard Kincaid
Charles Kincaid
C. F. Kayser
Belva
L. K. Torey
Clarence Blaney Penn
Clark Stevenson
Rufus Green
Handley
Eugene Absher
Turkey
Mrs. Margaret Hobbs Rites Saturday
Mrs. Margaret Mae Hobbs, 65, of Mount Hope, dies after a long illness. Funeral services set for 2 p.m. Saturday at Tyree Funeral Home Chapel with Rev. Ernest Barley officiating. Burial will follow in Bays Cemetery, Summerlee.
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Mount Hope
Margaret Mae Hobbs
Tyree
Ernest Barley
Bradley
Bays Cemetery
Summerlee
Hobbs
Caldwell
Minden
Holiday visitors and family travels across West Virginia
Pax PAX reports the Seibert Janney family visiting their son Wayne at West Virginia State College Institute. Numerous relatives from Beckley Mullens Quinwood and St Albans hosted or visited during holidays. Mr. and Mrs. Helm of St. Albans hosted Edward Helm’s in laws, while others travelled to Ohio Maryland and Alabama for gatherings and returns to duties at Ozark Alabama and Camp Lejeune North Carolina.
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Pax
Seibert Janney
Bernadine
Wayne
West Virginia State College Institute
Alfred Humphrey
Edward Helm
St. Albans
Kenneth Parisean
Faye
Homer
Ozark
Ala
J. F. Lively
Virginia Snuffer
Crab Orchard
Livelys
Stella Harshbarger
Beckley
Ira Stover
Tracy
Billy
Patsy
Quinwood
Snuffer
Baline Tyree
A. G. Sandy
Mullens
Patricia Sandy
South Carolina
Florida
Ernest Billups
Jim O’toole
Baltimore
John Thompson
Lonnie Lafferty
Beldon
Diane
Ronnie
Inlaw
Frank Canfield
Ravenswood
Harold Davis
Donald Davis
Phil
Toledo
Ohio
Raymond Kidd
Dean
Debbie
Vincent Lively
Camp Lejeaune
N. C
Tom Holley
Pvt
Roger Dirkies
George Davis
Grover Bennett
Frank Akers
Janet Miller Becomes Bride of Rev Jacobs at Oak Hill
Janet Miller married Rev. R. Elmer Baker at Bethel Assembly of God in Oak Hill. The ceremony featured lace and tulle gown, Queen Anne collar, three tiered skirt, and a cascade bouquet. Out-of-town guests included James and Lois Robinson and Dallas Rinehart. couple plans evangelistic work after a 1959 Collins High graduate bride.
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Oak Hill
RNS
Barbara Miller
Charnae Miller
James Crum
James R. Ailles
Cedar Bluff
Donald Crum
Beckley
Stephen Ingram
Falls View
Cate Win Cave
Pamela Dough
Ee Peane Clung
Whipple
Jean McClung
James
Lois Robinson
California
Dallas Rinehart
Sophia
Joe Cline
Ione Bridge
Carcellus Ingram
Paul Thompson
Vaneda Cox
Piney View
Emmett Crum
Emory Crum
Columbus
Ohio
W. R. Kendall
Ashland
Collins High
Bethel Assembly of God Church
Florida
Methodist Men Gift Adds to Camp Prayer Chapel Fund
Methodist Men vote to donate 75 dollars to finish the Prayer Chapel at the State 4H Camp Jacksons Mill. Oak Hill group previously gave 100 dollars toward the organ and pews. The non denominational chapel was sponsored at Jacksons Mill by Methodist laymen with broad denominational support. Rev R J Chenoweth urged co sponsorship of a church mission study with the Women's Society of Christian Service.
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Jackson's Mill
Oak Hill
West Virginia
R. J. Chenoweth
Women’s Society of Christian Service
Aubrey Halstead
Juvenile Released After Theft Report in Oak Hill
A 17 year old Summersville youth admitted stealing 15 candy bars and 12 soft drinks from M. Z. Cole man Packing Co on Salem Road. Police released him to his parents after M. E. Coleman declined to prosecute. Oak Hill Police said the car breakdown story was checked and the youth held briefly for vagrancy.
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OAK Holl
RNS
Summersville
M. Z. Coleman Packing Co
Salem Road
H. E. Janney
Oak Hill
M. E. Coleman
S Canteen City Police
Unlawful wounding cases and crash cited in Meadow Bridge area
The report lists unlawful wounding involving Mrs. Margaret Anderson near Chimney Corner and Hawks Nest on U S Route 60, with other incidents in Meadow Bridge. It also notes Sherman Crist Grimmett being accused by James Willis of reckless driving and leaving the scene after a collision that caused Willis’s car to wreck.
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Chimney Corner
Hawks Nest
Margaret Anderson
Bred Holden
Meadow Bridge
Everett Moody
Bernard Bradley
Lougritta Conliffe
Sherman Crist Grimmett
James Willis
Grimmett
Willis
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D. Blizzard
V. Lyons
Fayette Sheriff's Race
Dan Blizzard
Onry Thompson
Charleston Menecial Hospital
Lud Jarrell
Earl Dillon
Jimmie Jarrell
Donald Carter
Colcord
James Thompson
Greenville
Miss
Pauline Cadd
G. L. Kincaid
C. A. Kincaid
Needmore
Alfred Pettry
Charles Dillon
Whitesville
Pettry
Phillip
Fort Bragg
James Pettry
White Plains
N. Y
A. H. Wilson
Oscar Wright
Youngstown
Harrison Pettry
Shelby Pettry
Ind
Meredith Hall
Williams
Carol Lee
Logan
Jo- Charles
Don Hatfield
Leisa
Artie
Harlow Stover
Harry V. Stover
Germany
Fort Benning
Featuring
Miss Rosemary Hall
Oak Hill Hospital
Raleigh
Miss Hall
White Oak
Wyoming
Fayette
B&E’s
Mrs. M. Hobbs
Janet Miller
Rev. Jacobs
Glenn R. Jacobs
Camp Prayer
J. Ralph Taylor
Ear
Love
Mr. Love
James Allen
Church Board
Arlen Kitchen
Walter Bowles
Howard N. Collier
Earl Love
R. R. Thomas
Henry Godsey
B. P. Frantz
C. A. Crosier
Nolan Blake
Joe Snell
Carroll Johnson
A. W. Burdette
Fred Oxendale
William Thompson
Avis Partain
James P. Allen
H. L. VanCamp
G. Steele Callison
Wayne Winston
Aiden
Henry Iddings
Emmett Fitzwater
Billy Burgess
B. W. Crane, Jr
C. E. Kirby
R. E. Cavendish
R. B. Crislip
C. B. Simpkins
C. H. Lowry
W. C. Sundstrom
H. L. Jones
Jesse Jones
Jack Holt
Cheno
Juvenile
The
Breckinridge Company
Oakwood Ave
Robes
Chino Pants
Bulova
I.ouetty
Neville Street
Marty
Prince St
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