Polio Drive Chairman Announces Quota for Fayette County Towns
Rigister Staff reports HINTON The polio drive effort outlines quotas for Fayette County towns as part of a regional fundraising push led by Polio Drive Chairman. The piece also notes upcoming court actions in Hinton and local civil suits linked to a hospital incident and a building accident.
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Fayette County
Rigister
Wilter Hinton
Mary T. Cunninghan
Hinton
Wayne F. Cunningham
Circuit Court
Curtningham
A. P. Meador
The
Elks Lodge
City of
Tinton
Norman Shanklin
Shanklin
Firestone
Elks
Dr. Meador
Elk
Child Injured In Auto Accident In Mullens Area
A five year old boy was hospitalized with injuries after walking into a moving car near Mullens. The driver, Gene Layton Gunter, said a stick or rock noise preceded the incident and she drove back to the scene. The child’s condition was not considered serious. The report notes the driver fainted upon learning of the injuries. Local charity drives and public campaigns raise funds for infantile paralysis, with Fayette County quotas and community efforts planned.
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Register
Mullens
Elief
Gunter
Mount Hope
A. K. Kisér
Mount Dlope
Fayette County
Boy Scouts
Janior Woman's Club
Girl Scouts, American Legion
American Legion Auxiliary
Rainbow Girls
Mustang Capyrat
Athens Boy Dies Rites Held Today
Funeral services were held at 2 p.m. for Richard Lee Taylor, 9, who died Saturday morning at his parents home in Athens after a three day illness from wild diabetes. Rites were at his grandmother's home in Princeton. burial in Marlin Cemetery. He is survived by his parents a brother and a sister.
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Associated Press
Princeton
Richard Lee Taylor
Dorsey Lee Taylor
Athens
Concorde Training School
Walnut Street
2. F. Mayberry
Methodist Church
Marlin
Clyde Taylor
Daster
Loretta Fay .Taylor
Barkers Ridge PTA to Meet Tomorrow at Herndon High
Barkers Ridge Parent Teacher Association will meet tomorrow at 7 30 p m at Herndon High School School officials said Jesse Morgan superintendent of schools and Lloyd Fender supervisor of transportation are scheduled to appear as guest speakers
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PTA
Herndon
Parent Teacher's Association
Herndon High School
Jesse Morgan
Lloyd Fender
Marty Davidson Feted On Eighth Birthday At Kopperston
Marty Davidson son of Mrs. Ira Davidson of Wharton was feted on his eighth birthday with a party hosted by his aunt Mrs. J. G. Carr in Kopperston. Attendees included Jeffrey Pike, Marlon Upchurch, Clark Fultz, Betty Kaye Adkins, Tommy Wilson, Lu Anne Mason, Gary Gallagher, Peggy Jean Ragsdale, David Jones, Sam Ed Hager, Sharon Gallaher, Jimmy Lee Thomas, Edwina and Annette Burgess, Ben Boxley, Bob Boxley and Alfonazo Boxley. Trooper William Simon of the Mullens State Police resumed duties after a three week illness and emergency operation at Taylor Hospital.
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Register Stall
Kopperston
Ira Davidson
Wharton
J. G. Carr
Jeffrey Pike
Marlon Upchurch
Clark Fultz
Betty Kaye Adkins
Tommy Wilson
Lu Anne Mason
Gary Gallaher
Peggy Jean Ragsdale
David Jones
Sam Ed Hager
Sharon Gallaher
Jimmy Lee Thomas
Edwina
Annette Burgess
Ben
Bob
Alfonazo Boxley
Register Star
Mullens
William Simon
State Police
Taylor Hospital
Probation Hearings and Jury Trials Begin in Mercer
Fayette Scouts seek charters as W. P. Pierce announces新organization of multiple troops in the area. Fayetteville sponsor is the Men's Brotherhood of the Fayetteville Methodist Church with a Kingston Cub Pack led by John C. Scott and a roster of den mothers and scouts named. Mercer County criminal court opens with probation petitions and juries set for grand larceny, fraud, arson, and other charges, listing multiple defendants and a long docket through February.
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Jonk Hill
Fayetteville
Montgomery
Alley
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Hanley Bridge
Lookoul F
Winona
Smithers
Meadow Bridge
Kingston
Layland
Ansted
Register
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C. H. Maxwell
Carl B. Vickers
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Ralph F. Grafton
Jimmy Zovio
Jimmy Smith
Robert Paskel
Dickie Wells
Tommy Eubank
Jack Eskridge
Dickie Johnson
Billy Eskridge
Mike Gavin
John Hager
Eugine Parsons
Jackie Stover
Alexander Gray
Tom Haynes
Jon’ Haynes
David Haynes
Jimmy Akers
Princeton
F. Morton Wagner
Criminal
Mercer County
Wagner
Robert Morgan
Julius Ward
Bluefield States College
L. W. Terry
Atwood
Little Tavern
John Allen Gearhart
James D. Dunfera Jr
Wil Maimning
Hallie Duncan
Tolows
Claude S. White
W. M. Nelson
Eddie Fowell
Willis H. Jones
James Roscoe Jones
Lacy Rittie
Eugenes. Lyall
Wiliam von Weidensall
Elmer Buchanan
Steve Underwood, Jr
Guy Booth
Leroy Myers
Greever Mitchem
Roy Epperson
Howard Epperson
Mandy
Ray D
Edward Walker
Albert Walker
Olie Lewis
Evelyn Austin
John Saunders
James Stover
Eegruar
A. H. Treadney
Bobbie Neely
Maining
Preston Richards
Basil Sanders
Bluefield
Matoaka
W O Lilly 46 Dies of Heart Attack at Home
Funeral plans are pending for W O Lilly 46 of Lilly Avenue who died Sunday at home of a heart attack after residing at Lilly Avenue. The body lies at Keyser Funeral Home. Surviving are his mother Mrs Stella Powell of Roanoke VA a sister and his father W T Lilly who has been in Florida. Lilly was employed at Lillys Land Company and a member of the Elks.
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Lilly Avenue
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W. T. Lilly
Florida
Keyser Funeral Home
Stella Powell
Roanoke
George Thompson
Lily Avenue
Lilly
Lilly's Land Company
The
Elks
Good Fortune Aids Pierpoint Driver On Mountain Road
Floyd Houck of Pierpoint narrowly escaped disaster when his car’s lights failed on Pierpoint Mountain at about 6:30 a.m. A second vehicle’s brief aid helped him steer to a wide spot, but misjudgment left the car perched with two wheels over the steep edge.
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Register
Mullens
Pierpoint
Floyd Hlouck
Pierpoint Mountain
Houch
Houck
Imomuta
Hanna Funeral Rites Tuesday
Funeral services for Judson Hanna age 68 of Esty will be held at 1 30 p m tomorrow at the residence with Rev Joe Smith officiating Burial will follow in McMillion Cemetery Survived by widow Ada Morrison Hannay one son Jacy Hanna three daughters Mrs Andrew McClung of Maxwellton Mrs Opha Perry of Given and Mrs Ronald Perry of White Slaphur Springs
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Lewsburg
Judson Hanna
Esty
Whco
Ronceverte Hospital
Joe Smith
McMillion
Ada Morrison Hannay
Jacy Hanna
Airs
Andrew McClung
Maxwwelllon
Opha Perry
Fiven
Ronald Perry
White Slaphur Springs
Aged Fairlea Man Dies Rites Set
William A Caldwell of Fairlea died at his home Saturday. Funeral services will be held Tuesday in the Methodist Church with Revs. C. A. Willman and H. A. Whiteside officiating. Burial is in Rosewood Cemetery. Mullens Masonic Lodge calls a special meeting at 7 p.m. for first degree work.
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Mullens
Mullens Masonic Lodge
A. F
A. M
Vernon D. W. Dalley
Escaped jailbreak suspects in Pineville flee in stolen car
Wyoming County police pursue two escaped prisoners from the Wyoming County Jail after a Saturday breakout. Investigators identify a 1958 four door Winsumogo sedan with West Virginia plates tied to a Virginian Railway worker who reported the vehicle. Raymond Crist, Leo Wright remain at large after the bold escape, with warrants and charges of felonious wounding and jail breaking.
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Weller Pineville
Wyoming County
Pineville
State
Virginian
Drakeman
K. C. Stewart
West
Wiene
Ponce
Pearing
West Virginia
Stewart Wince
T Olin
Raymond Crist
John H. Miller
B. L. Tabscott
Mullens
State Police
Miller
Crist
Moundsville
Leo Wright
Dan Justice
Bryant Cecil
Justice
Wright
Bull Pen
Jay Cook
Enson
Oceana
Charlie Dalton
Dalton
Pineville High School
Bineville
Marianna
Ita
Towen
Peters Rifes Are Incomplete
Funeral services are incomplete for Earl Thomas Peters 57 of Dothan who died at his home from a cerebral hemorrhage. He worked as a miner for New River Company at Carlisle and was a longtime Dothan resident and a member of United Mine Workers Local 604 and Dothan Baptist Church. He is survived by his widow a mother two sisters one son and three sisters in Carlisle. Body remains at Tyree Funeral Home pending arrangements.
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Oak Hill
Earl Thomas Peters
Dothan
New River Company
Carlisle
United Mine Workers of America
Annie Peters
Faye Fawcette
Belle
Hazel Hancock
Donald Earl
Edith Martin
Kathleen Toney
Anna Toney
Tyree Funeral Home
Carlisle Man Dies Of Gunshot Injury
Walter Terry Hill of Carlisle died from gunshot wounds to the head at Oak Hill Hospital last night. Rubin Puryear of Minden reported Terry was shot in a parked automobile after a misunderstanding with his girlfriend. Police could not verify details.
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AK Hill
Walter Terry
Carlisle
Oak Hill i Hos
Pital
Rubin Puryear
Minden
Terry
I E Basham Appointed Wyoming County Surveyor
I E Basham will serve as surveyor for Wyoming County after appointment by the county court. The court re elected Murvan Walker as president for 1949 and approved multiple guardianships estates notaries bonds deputies and justices of the peace.
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Pierce
Spicie Toler
Eva Cline
Paul Goode
Wyoming County
Argel Cozort
Hayes Cook
Guanila June Woodey
Barbara Carote Woodey
D. Grover Moler
W. R. Haga
Don D. Cook
Herndon Cook
W. O. Hinkle
William Howard England
Darlin Lee
Arnald A. Rose
Raymond R. McClure
Onnie B. Blankenship
W. B. Wilson
H. Cecil Henderson
Bernard Wade Morgan
Horn Steele
Azzie Morgan
Bert Short
Extension Classes To Begin At Oak Hill Jan 18
Enrollment in five sociology extension courses at Oak Hill High School begins January 18 at 6 30 pm. Dr James W Wright will teach History of Social Thought and Marriage in the Family. Credit toward teachers bachelors and masters degrees is available. Names of enrolled include Mrs Bernice Henry Miss Wanda Eskew E B Eskew Miss Marie Jefferson F A Jefferson Miss flossie Hughart and many others.
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AK Hill
Qak
Hitlough School
James W
Oak Hill
Vicinity
Wright
Bernice Henry
Beckley
Wanda Eskew
E. B. Eskew
Fayetteville
Marie Jefferson
F. A. Jefferson
Hilltop
Flossie Hughart
E. C. Heath
Scarbro
Jean Jickman
Emma C. Robinson
Clarence Edmondson
Mount Rope
Mary E. Boyd
Kingston
Jack Rapp
John Scott
Ila Basham
Hortense Callawna
Robert Smith
Lillian Bumgartner
Herbert Dews
Cecil Lindsey
Samuel Sgeclator
Thurmond C. McKinley
Ernest McCoy
Divorce suit filed in Fayetteville
Alva Margaret Cook files for divorce from Earl William Cook in Fayetteville circuit clerk records.
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Fayetteville
Alva Margaret Cook
Earl William Cook
Cirewit
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