Wyoming Commissioner Proposes Divorce Statute Remedies
D Grove Moler, Wyoming County Divorce Commissioner, proposes a corrective divorce bill for the 1949 West Virginia legislature. He urges uniform county statistics on divorces and marriages to guide future laws, and targets dismissing certain cases where couples have resumed living together. A February term aims to clear docket backlogs with about 40 cases scheduled for trial in Wyoming County.
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Pineville
West Virginia
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D. Grove Moler
Moler
Ward Wylie
Senate
Mullers
Hen Ashworth
Raleigh County
Jroler
Ander
F.S. Caffee
June R. Clfee
Totel
Mary
Blevins
Earl Blevins
John
Torney
Rawline
Marv Bow
Ward Wylie and A Blankenship Begin Legislative Terms
Ward Wylie Democrat of Mullens starts his fourth term in the West Virginia Senate after a military service leave during World War II. A. Blankenship begins his third term in the House of Delegates from Wyoming County, previously serving as Wyoming County schools superintendent and Pineville resident.
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Ward Wylie
Mullens
Senate
House of Delegates
Wyoming County
A. Blankenship
Wyoming
McDowell County
Blankenship
Pineville
Young Democrat Club
Mullens Postoffice Gains in Receipts and Murder Trial Opens
Mullens post office reports 1948 receipts of 20 751 09 up from 19 570 46 as money orders reach 386 055 90 with a 77 233 08 rise. In Fayetteville circuit court Andre Wright faces first degree murder charges for the shooting death of Sallie Mae Wright wife. Wright claims the shooting was accidental and contested that he did not know the gun was loaded. Defense argues the gun was for a hunting trip but not used in the quarrel.
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Fayelte Circuit
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Glen Jean Negro
Sallie Mae
H. W. Carson
Wright
H. E. Dillon
Weller Mullens
Ugross
Mullens
Curtis Crodly
Rites Incomplete For Gun Victim Walter Terry
Walter Terry twenty of Carlisle was fatally shot Sunday night in a Scarbro car. Junny Belle Williams fifteen year old Scarbro girl admitted shooting him and is held in Fayette County Jail for murder. Preliminary hearing planned before Magistrate Virgil Lyons today. The girl told her family she fired the shot after the incident.
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Payetteville
Walter Terry
Carlisle
Fayetteville
Junny Belle Williams
Fayelte County
Virgil Lyons
Scarbro
Oak Hill Hospital
Beckley Man Discusses Small Loan Business at Oak Hill Club
Beckley man Matt Powers spoke to the Oak Hill Business and Professional Woman's Club during a dinner at Hotel Hutt, outlining a small loan operation focusing on careful debtor screening and modest profits. He noted real estate resales as a money maker and predicted a business uptick after miners return to a five day week. Donations were announced for Pinecrest Sanitarium and a charity drive continues for local funds. Funeral rites were set for Lars Thomas Peters, 57, at the Community Church in Dothan with burial in the Peters family cemetery.
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C. R. Hill
Wester Fain
Irene Kurzyna
Lars Thomas Peters
Athan
Arm Light
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Qotken
Peters
Dothan
New River Company
Cariste
Willie Peters
Annie Peters
Mount Hope Business Group Pledges First Paraly sic Drive Gift
Mount Hope awaits the infantile paralysis drive as the Mount Hope Business Men's Association votes unanimously to donate 506 toward the $3,000 goal. A charity basketball game between Pleckley College and Salem in Mount Hope Thursday night will also benefit the polo fund.
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Pollo
Thursday Rites Set for Underwood
RED SULPHUR SPRINGS Funeral services for George W. Underwood 83 will be at Dry Pond Church Thursday at 1 pm conducted by Jesse Bowing. Burial in Orchard Cemetery. He died Sunday at his daughter Lilly Ellis home. Survived by sons Arthur Red Sulphur Springs and Charles Orchard. Body to be moved to daughter's home Wednesday in anticipation of son Charles arrival from Florida.
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Concord teacher resigns to take job in Washington
Athens reports Dr. Cecilia Earhart home economics instructor at Concord College resigned after one term to accept a better position in Washington.
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Leota Martin Leads Pythian Sisters in Oak Hill
Mrs. Leota Martin was elected and installed as most excellent chief of the Pythian Sisters at the Pythian Hall. Officers named include Mrs. Dorthy Hurt as senior, Mrs. Goldie Price as junior, and Mrs. Frances Thompson as secretary with other posts filled. Two new members to be initiated January 24. Pineville club hosts a musical program tonight at 8 with Fred Shannon Jr, Richard Jarvis, and Richard Kirk as guests.
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