National Magazine Features Fayetteville Sewage Plant
Fayetteville's sewage disposal plant is showcased on a national magazine cover in December with Mayor M. G. Hresan and town manager J. H. Allen. The article Public Utility Operation Municipal and Private discusses utilities objectives, public relations, rate changes, and operational issues.
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Fayetteville
RNS
National Magazine of
M. G. Hresan
J. H. Allen
Allen
Robert L. Honaker
Wyoming County Court approves tax exonerations
Wyoming County Court in Pineville approved multiple tax exonerations at its meeting. Names include Jesse Staton Guyan for a car not owned, Charles Lee Stewart Mullens for a misclassified Jeep refund, Cecil Henderson Huff Creek for a wrecked Cadillac, Oscar Johnson Guyan for an improvement that did not exist, Claude Wilson Premier for a house not owned, Conrad Richardson for a non existent improvement, Noah Hatfield Guyan for a car not owned, and J J Morgan Mullens for bus vehicles. Mrs Gladys Blakely denied for a cabin at Elk Lick as the building still exists.
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Pineville
ANS
Wyoming County Court
Jesse Staton
Guyan
Charles Lee Stewart
Mullens
Cecil Henderson
Huff Creek
Oscar Johnson
Claude Wilson
Conrad Richardson
Department of Public Assistance
Noah Hatfield
J. O. Morgan
Board of Public Works
Gladys Blakely
Elk Lick
Teachers Hired For 1959 60 Year In Pineville
PINEVILLE RNS The following teachers were hired at Mondays Board of Education meeting for the 1959 60 year: Betty Morgan Hanover Duke Shields Jr Oceana Raymond Stoutamyer Pineville Sue Nolley Mullens James Trent Baileysville Marion Brown Glen Fork Frederick Dowdy Glen Rogers Barbara Akers Mullens Vernon Lee Short Clear Fork Ronald Rose Baileysville Byron Rose Pineville Sandra Sue Bailey Pineville Shirley Cook Herndon Ralph Ellswick Kopperston R E Kuhn re employed in his present capacity of general education director.
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Herndon
Ralph Ellswick
Kopperston
R. E. Kuhn
Bays Rites Incomplete For Golden C Bays
Funeral arrangements for Golden C Buck Bays 60 of Fayetteville remain incomplete after his death from a heart attack Thursday at an Oak Hill hospital. A retired miner, he is survived by wife Mary two daughters Marie Copney of Fayetteville and Priscilla Snuffer of Orlando four sons Carl and Howard both of Fayetteville Eugene of Logan Tommy of Orlando and Larry and J C both at home three sisters Lillian Scott Irene McCracken and Marie Ferrell four brothers Ralph Charles Cecil and Edward twelve grandchildren. The body is at Dodd Payne Mortuary in Fayetteville.
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Fayetteville
RIIS
Golden C
Buck
Bays
Oak Hill
Mary
Marie Copney
Priscilla Snuffer
Orlando
Fla
Carl
Howard
Eugene
Logan
Tommy
Larry
J. C
Lillian Scott
Irene McCracken
Marie Ferrell
Appalachia
Ralph
Lochgelly
Charles
Richwood
Cecil
Edward
Omar
Dodd-Payne Mortuary
Theta Rho Club Elects Officers
Whitesville Theta Rho Girls Club elected officers for 1959 at Odd Fellows Hall. Patrica Radcliff is president and Bren da Dempsey vice president, with a full slate of secretaries, conductors, guardians, and heralds. Loretta Stover, Rosaland Tincher, and Carolyne Tincher will report. Miss Tincher to install, Miss Lonker marshal, ceremony Monday at 6:30 p.m.
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Whitesville
RNS
Theta Rho Girls Club
Odd Fellows Hall
Patrica Radcliff
Brenda Dempsey
Nancy Lonker
Jean Varney
Drema Bailey
Maude Beard
Sandra Brown
Carolyn Goyvai
Christy Griffith
Deanna Brown
Rosaline Stone
Cathy Rust
Linda Cunningham
Lynn Caldwell
Inside
Guardian
Ruth Ann Powell
Ardion
Ann Smith
Ancy Pettry
Rosemary Leslie
Ella Dulone
Phyllis Pinson
Heralds
Loretta Stover
Rosaland
Carolyne Tincher
Miss Tincher
Miss Lonker
Wood Child Rites Set On Saturday
Graveside services for Paul Erskin Wood will be conducted at 2 p.m. Saturday. The place is not yet known. Wood, age 2, son of Mrs Theba Mae Wood Carlisle, died in a Beckley hospital Wednesday. He is survived by his grandmother Hazel Wood of Carlisle. The C D Trent Funeral Home Beckley has charge of arrangements.
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Carlile
Paul Erskin Wood
Wood
Theba Mae Wood
Carlisle
Beckley Hospital
Hazel Wood
C. D. Trent Funeral Home
Beckley
Funeral set for Mrs. Mary Cross in Mullens
Funeral services for Mrs. Mary Sue Cross will be held at 11 a.m. Sunday in the Tommy Creek Holiness Church with Rev. Lillian Norton officiating. Burial follows at Greenwood Memorial Park in Beckley. The 45 year old Mullens resident died Wednesday at her mother's home, Ella Ragland. She was born March 16, 1913, in Alabama. Surviving: mother Ella Ragland. two sons Robert James Smith of Scarbro and Warren Lee Cross of Mullens. five daughters Helen Edwards Geraldine Gloria Marvella and Irma, all of Mullens. two grandchildren. The body remains at Robertson and Foglesong Funeral Home chapel until Sunday.
Bryant Funeral Set Saturday
John Mack Bryant, 59, of Meadow Bridge died Wednesday after a long illness. Funeral services will be held Saturday at 2 p.m. in Meadow Bridge Baptist Church, with burial in Chapel Hill Cemetery, Grassy Meadows. Survivors include his wife Lora two daughters and several siblings. Body to be taken to the church an hour before service from Wickel Funeral Home.
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Meadow Bridge
RNS
John Mack Bryant
Homer Elkins
Earl Fine
Chapel Hill
Grassy Meadows
Bryant
Blue Sulphur Springs
Lora
Dorothy Reed
Hinton
Nellie
Willie
Emma Simms
Ida Eggieston
Alice Lafon
Virgie Jones
Elsie Cohenour
Wickel
East Rainelle
Returns To Florida Oceana Educator Earl Smith
Earl Smith, former Oceana High School band instructor and now professor of band music at Manatee Junior College, conducting a 50 piece ensemble in Brandenton Florida. He previously led bands at Alderson-Broaddus College and is a noted WV director recognized in 1958. Smith served in the military and is a member of the Tampa Philharmonic Orchestra under Alfredo Antonini.
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Oceana Rns
Earl Smith
Florida
Ricky
Smith
Oceana High School
Manatee
Concord College
Athens
West Virginia University
Tampa Philharmonic
Alfredo Antonini
Villanova Alum Tom Brennan Plays for NYAC Basketball
Tom Brennan, a former Villanova athlete, is currently competing for the New York Athletic Club basketball team. His move highlights a post college career path in amateur and club level competition. Brennan's participation underscores NYAC's roster with experienced players from major programs.
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Tom Brennan
Villanova
New York Athletic Club
Maben PTA Nets $129 On Dinner
The Maben Parent-Teacher Association netted 129 dollars from a turkey dinner at the school. Jesse Durham presided at the Monday night meeting with 31 parents and 4 teachers in attendance. A recommendation to require the president, principal, and secretary-treasurer to sign all checks was approved. The seventh and eighth graders presented The Legend of Sleepy Hollow, with refreshments provided by Pierpoint parents.
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MABEN
RNS
Parent - Teacher Association
Jesse Durham
Ted Clay
B. C. Miles
Sleepy Hollow
Pierpoint
Boone County Grand Jury Reports January 19
Madison RNS reports Boone County Grand Jury will meet January 19 to hear 32 transcript cases. Names listed include M G Wilhoit Clyde Carter Lil lie Midkiff Virginia Warren and others across Sherman Crook Scott Peytona and Washington districts. Petit jurors are named for the January term of the Boone County Circuit Court running to February 17 with a large list of citizens selected.
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Scott
Harless
Charles O. Pierpoint
Martha August
Peytona
Christy Barker
Charlie Harmon
Pearl Bradshaw
Washington
Petit Jury
Boone County
Boone County Circuit Court
John S. Adkins
Annn Ball
Perry Baker
Dewey Ballard
Lawrence Barker
Emmett K. Bias
Dennie Browning
Tweet Browning
Paul Christie
Andy Cox
Kenneth Cowley
Flora Curry
Esta Dunlap
Charles M. Evans
Carlos Green
Cartie Green
Raymond W.heaton
Earl Hendricks
Charlie Hensley
Arrowwood Hill
Cecil Hill
Essie Holstein
Hughey Keeney
W. J. Kinder
L. B. Lyon Jr
Margaret Meadows
Edna McClure
Fred McComas
J. C. McVey
Brady Miller
H. F. Morgan
Theodore Mullins
Betty Nelson
Carl Scholl
Ester Shaw
Bruce Smoot
Oliver Snodgrass
Carl C. Stollings
Ernestine Thomas
Jess Thompson
Noah F. Thornton
J. A Totton
Hassel Vickers
Ward Walker
Don Weaver
G. G. Ziegler
M. D. Parrish
Tom Rowe
Lucille Haldwin
M. H. Barker
Boone County Land Transfers Listed By Clerk
Boone County Clerk's Office records two weeks of land transfers. Transfers include Thompson to Acord for Lots 4 5 6 in Washington Heights and several parcels in Washington and Sherman districts with values ranging from about 1 000 to 14 000 dollars involving multiple couples and properties along Turtle Creek Big Creek and near US Route 119.
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Madison
RNL
Boone County Clerk's Office
Alice
John Thompson
J. C. Acord
Washington Heights
Washington
Robert
Virginia Dew
Marcella Scholl
Ore
Grant
Kathlee Miller
Herbert
Dollie Bell
Turtle Creek
Ray Smoot
Archie
Virginia Morris
Coon
Seth
Sherman
Arebra
Battie Powell
Mildred
Irvin Perry
Greenview
Garnet Cooper
Bobby Cooper
Court House Addi
Tion
Scott District
Joe
Ruth Tyler
Reldo Miler
Little Horse Creek
Little Coral River
Clyde
Ernie Baisden
James
Ethel Queen
Big Creek
A. M
Gertrude Harless
A. C
Velma Lewis
Basil
Inez Jarrell
Howard ‘Thompson
Raymond
Myrtle Lilly
Hurston
Gail Sweeney
Hopkins
White
Danville
Richard and
Claria Casto
Bessie Elrod
Spruce Fork
Jess and
Nattie Pauley
Jack
Janice Spratt
Crook
B. W. Adkins
Virgie Carpenter
Curtis and
Ellen Banks
Ollie
Mary Burns
Ottawa
Clothier
Wash
Siete
Wanda Sharpe
Dan
Emma Pelphrey
Acorn Village
Nellis Peytona
Peters Honored At Farewell Fete
Norma and Mrs Delbert Peters were honored with a farewell party at the Baptist Church Naoma. Peters has accepted a position with Peoples Life Insurance Co in Jackson Ohio. Attendees included Troy Peters Bert Dickens Willie Howell Everett Peters Carlos Peters Jack Maddix Byrd Pettry Bessie Allen Evelyn Lemon Katheleen Cox Margaret Gray Violet Cook Maudie Pettry Bertha Peters Dorothy Peters Barbara Peters Marty Ethel Peters Ruth Maddix Gertie Wiley Jessie Elkins Essie Howell Bonnie Davis Sandra Davis Sue Robert and David Cox Danny Joyce Howell Gary Penny Ricky Wayne Sherry Peters Kay Jo Maddix Delores Stone Joe Eddie Allen Cher Randall Elkins and David and Linda Jo Pettry.
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Norma
Delbert Peters
Ladies Aid
the Baptist Church
Naoma
Peters
The
Peoples Life Insurance Co
Jackson
Ohio
Troy Peters
Bert Dickens
Willie Howell
Everett Peters
Carlos Peters
Jack Maddix
Byrd Pettry
Bessie Allen
Evelyn Lemon
Katheleen Cox
Margaret Gray
Violet Cook
Maudie Pettry
Bertha Peters
Dorothy Peters
Barbara Peters
Marty Ethel Peters
Ruth Mad
Rekindling the Gift at Delilah Methodist WSCS
The WSCS of Delilah Methodist Church met Tuesday under Mrs. David Mayberry with theme Rekindling the Gift. Assisting were Mrs. Rubye Meador Effie Mae Dillon and Pat Ford co hosts were Mrs. John Edwards and Mrs. Robert Dillon Devotional given by P D Raymond prayer by Rev H W Gillespie business session led by Mrs Jack Rider Stork shower planned for Mrs Gail Wyatt January 16 five bottles vanilla extract to sell proceeds to buy silver for the church Next meeting at Mrs Rubye Meador or Mrs Gene Akers home Present listed attendees and guests
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Oceana
RNS
David Mayberry
Woman's Society of Christian Service
Delilah Methodist Church
Rubye Meador
Effie Mae Dillon
Pat Ford
John Edwards
Robert Dillon
P. D. Raymond
H. W. Gillespie
Jack Rider
Gail Wyatt
Herman Reed
Gene Akers
Dennis Cook
K Keith Raymond
Edna Dillon
Lucy Blackburn
Ralph Toler
Joy Walker
Mary Ann Meador
Linda Raymond
Teresa Raymond
Dona Raymond
Golden Anniversary Observed By Couple In Rock House
A golden wedding anniversary was celebrated Sunday by Mr. and Mrs. Jim Goggs of Rock House. Married in Charleston, they settled in Dorothy before moving to Rock House and have lived there 48 years. They are parents of nine, with seven living, and have 22 grandchildren.
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Rock House
Rns
Jim Goggs
Charleston
Chriss Massey
Martha Cook
Dorothy
Eula Dixon
Madison
Georgia Workman
Sylvester
Lena Cameron
Dayton
Ohio
Kathie Platt
Gogus
Child Jane Bailey Treated After Highway Mishap
Hatcher RNS reports seven year old Jane Ann Bailey of Hatcher was treated at Stevens Clinic Hospital Welch for multiple contusions from a highway mishap Saturday and released after treatment.
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Hatcher
Stevens Clinic
Welch
Jane Ann Bailey
Mullens Group Hosts Benefit Bean Supper and Shower
A benefit bean supper was held Monday at 300 Highland Ave in Mullens by the Ladies Mission Circle of the First Church of God. The event included a gift shower for the hostess Mrs J N Kirk as she and her husband pursue adopting their infant daughter. Plans were made for a church program on February 7 at 7 30 p m with Mrs Vic Hayhurst as MC, and a freewill offering will support the March of Dimes with the rest kept by the circle. Participants listed include Mrs A C White Mrs C F Mundy Mrs J W Caldwell and others.
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Vic Hayhurst
A. C. White
C. F. Mundy
J. W. Caldwell
Zara Cook
J. T. Shirley
Jack Clay
R .E. Dishner
Kermit Cook
John Bailey
James Kidd
Carl Shrader
Roy Sisk
Ernest Lesler
Kelly Pauley
Dunn Street paving assessment notice Sophia Heights Addition
Notice to owners abutting Dunn Street Sophia Heights Addition Town of Sophia Raleigh County West Virginia that assessments may be laid starting January 13 1959 at 7 30 p m for street paving and improvements the report by Dennis M Leary Jr Consulting Engineer lists frontages and assessed amounts per lot with total cost 11383 43 and rate per front foot 7 7215 tied to concrete pavement and associated improvements filed with the town clerk and council for revision or correction at 730 p m January 13 1959
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Dunn Street
Sophia Heights
Sophia
Aalfighton
West Virginia
Dezem Street
Sophia Rights
Raleigh County
Dennis M. Leary, Jr
County OF
Raleigh
Towit
State OF West Virginia
Boem Street
Dunn
Portland Cement Tower Concrete Co
Dennis M. Tour
Virginia
Sedeecsne
WOTAR
Cnc Cccine
Wapaenetsbrseders Cosegerees
Dennis M. Leary JR
Raleigh Co
Town of Sophia
James B. Deck
Funeral notices from Mabscott and surrounding areas
Infant daughter of Mr and Mrs Adam K Mullins of Mabscott died shortly after birth. Graveside services set for 2 p m Saturday at Blue Ridge Memorial Gardens with Rev L A Garten presiding. Burial at Melton Mortuary later. GUNTHER James Anthony 22 of Inverness Fla, formerly Wickham, died Jan S with services Jan 19 at Mabscott Methodist Church. Burial Snuffer Cemetery Crab Orchard. Active pallbearers listed. HARRAH Mrs Emma Susan Greer 95 of Stanaford dies Jan 6. Funeral at 2 p m Jan 8 at Stanaford Baptist Church with Rev C W Jones and Rev Sam Smith. Burial in family cemetery. Arrangements by Webb & Neal Funeral Home. Honorary pallbearers named.
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Mullins Mullins
Adam K. Mullins
Mabscott
Blue Ridge Memorial Gardens
L A. Garten
Melton Mortuary
Gunther Gunther
James Anthony
Inverness
Florida
Wickham
Mabscott Methodist Church
Lester Tenney
Snuffer Cemetery
Crab Orchard
Melton Morturay
Bill Cox
James Nary
Gene Gravely
Kipling Priest
Russell Nary
Johnny Cook
Emma Susan Greer
Stanaford
Helen Lewis
Webb and Neal
Vance Drive
Lewis
Stanaford Baptist Church
C. W. Jones
Sam Smith
Harry Harrah
William Harrah
Robert Harrah, Jr
Kermit Harrah
Joe Harrah
Omer Rogers
Buzz Gwinn
Owen Walker
Clay Clay
Carl
Fairdale
Glen Rogers
Calfee
Coal Marsh Baptist Church
Doff Harve
H. Dinsmore
Sunset Memorial Park
Haven Claypool
Kelly Barrett
Far Clowers
Herbert Marvey
Weldon Beckett
Marshall Chastain
Fairdale Freewill Baptist Church
Perry Snuffer
George Barrett
Charley Shepperd
Claude Walker
Dewey Byrd
Bob McMillion
Teddy Lacy
W. F. Brooks
Sam Cozort
Ramey Hampton
Ted Stover
Willard Lafferty
Claude Worley
Arlie Barbour
Claude Humphrey
Paul Bond
Ronald O'Dell
Jack Murdock
Charlies Luther
Lacy Milam
Kelly Milam
Joe Culberto
Bob Fanning
Garner Halloway
Caffee Funeral Home
Local business ads and obituaries mix on page
A jumble of classified items appears with listings for Lovitz Television Service, Wright's Radio Service, plumbing from W C Rogers Plumbing Heating, and Morris Upholstery offering easy terms. Obituaries note Timothy Reed, Carl Clay age 53 of Fairdale, with funeral details and memorials at Calfee and Coal Marsh Baptist Church.
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Lovitz Television
Wright
W. C. Rogers Plumbing
Temple St
U Ee
Morris
Dial CL
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National Magazine
Park Committee
Wiseman Ave
High St
State Municipalities Association
Robert Abbot
Abbot
Golden C. Bays
Theta Rho Club
Mrs. Mary Cross
EH Vat
Ries
Boone
WSCS
Mrs. D. Mayberry
Mullens Group
Desert Foot
Reacher Jones Lott No
Madison Lowry Lots
Gertrude Campbell
Lena Mary Darnell
J Pearl Calvert & Lots No
Delmar Thomas Darnell
Ilionee Herbert W. Kirk
Dorothy E. Kirk
Sophie
Heights
Alice Wood
Sven Brown & Lot
Louise Brown
W.bakers
Lot Heights
Vts
Minnie M. Les
John E. Eller
Eulah Eller
Asseyt
Soia Heights
Atlanice
John W. Eye
West
Neville St
Dial
Ashworth & Sparks, Inc
Prince St Beckle
Foster Hardware CO
Main St
Nichols
Custom Dry Wall CO
R. Wilder
Aaron Venetian Blind
W Va
Reed Reed
Timothy Troy
Elmer Lee Reed
Sprague
Calfee Funeral Home
Chanel
Mt Tabor
Ali
Oakwood
W. Va
Keyser - Bryant Funeral Home
Douglas T. Bryant
Cwner
South Oakwood Ave
Beckle Newspapers
W . Ron Wilson
Beckley Newspapers
Robert L. Amick
Iaan
Senate
H . Blick
Gray Lumber Co
Todd's Grocery and Hardware
Beaver
Fabulon Foster Hardware Co
Main St. Beckley
PH Bof
Ction Ari Huddle
Ge Nrls
Buckley Photo Service
Church
Mair
del - Mar
Neville Dial
E. Silverman
Kidd's
Oakwood Ave
Arnett Lilly Harper
Frank
Harper Road
H J Munsey
Piney Ave
Bester Co
South Fayette St
Jan Campbell Music Co
Bluestone Tire Service
Third Avenue
Summers Street
White Pine Gray Lumber Co
Bradford
Bradford Termite Service
Raleigh Insurance Agency
Lilly Building
Main Street
Jim Green
Walters Insurance Agency
McCorkie Avenue
Southarieston
W Vale
Babyland
Morristown
Tenn
New York
Transportation
Huntington
Broadway Huntington Station
Beckley Glass
Alex N Breckinridge
Com
SAVE
Jalousie
Beckley Insulation Co
Poss
Eisenhower Drive
Thermador
Revco
Waste King
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