Wyoming Men Held For Trial On Copper Theft
Five Wyoming County men waived preliminary hearing and were held on grand jury charges for theft of brass and igoy wire from seven coal firms in Wyoming Raleigh and Fayette counties. Bond set at 2500 each. cases investigated by state police and county officers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pineville
RNS
Wyoming County
W. P. Wilson
Barker's Ridge
Slab Fork
Wyoming
Ralph Kershner
Stephenson
Ermin Shrewsbury
Barkers Ridge
Bunn Reed
William E. Shrewsbury
Clifford
Armco Mine Chief Promotes Safety Attitude in 1954
Whitesville report shows Armco Steel Mine officials credit a safety attitude for preventing major accidents in 1954. Administrative VP Robert Gruver urged clean, orderly work and strict safety rules, noting safety as a production tool. Awards recognized accident free years among Nellis and Montcoal workers and foremen with lost time-free records, with a 1955 target of eight or fewer major injuries.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Whitesville
Robert S. Gruver
Armco Steel Corp
Armco
Montcoal
Nellis
Gruver
Joseph A. Holmes
Ton Brock
Cal H. Milam
Windsor Eagen
Thomas J. Pettry
Thurman J. Pettry
Callie Everett Walker
Albert Cantley
Marshall Bailey
Stanley Cook
A. E. Oakley
W. H. Jayne
National Coal Association
Houston Brock
Cal Milam
Dennis Thompson
Lacy Mitchell
Jeff Crutchfield
J. R. Aliff
W. J. Sauls
Dennis Hall
Bronson Keneda
Archie Hopkins
Victor Bradley
O. G. Hudson
Leonard Keffer
Carl Javins
Paul Doss
James Combs
Pete Gurski
Harold Javins
James Rust
Arnold Brackman
Ralph Holmes
Iron Man
Harold Javvis
Page H. Seckford
Frank Jarrell
Montroal
Alex Keleman
Montcoal No. 1
C. O. Kane
Kane
C., M. Allen
Middletown
Armco Steel
Julius Olzer
State Department of Mines
W. R. Park
U. S. Bureau of Mines
J. S. Chapman
Coal River Field Retains Most Of Its 1953 Production
Final 1954 figures show Coal River Boone County retaining 1.5 percent loss with 7,987,100 tons. Pocahontas 22,825,373 tons down 7.3 percent. Logan 14,251,550 tons down 11.2 percent. Williamson 12,264,750 tons down 14.6 percent. New River 7,891,950 tons down 18.6 percent. Winding Gulf 5,161,201 tons down 26.7 percent. Kanawha 3,533,700 tons down 26.6 percent.
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Pocahontas
Winding Gulf
Kanawha
Logan
Williamson
Coal River
New River
Two Men Charged With Copper Wire Theft In Harlem Heights
Fayetteville police arrested Rudolph Brown and Joe Moon at the Buttrick Junk Yard with 250 to 300 pounds of stolen copper trolley wire in their possession. Arraignment date to be set after further investigation by Sgt. W. R. Seal and deputies Buddie Crouch and Pearlie Elmore.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fayetteville
RNS
Minden
Fayette County
Rudolph Brown
Joe Moon
Sgt
W. R. Seal
Buddie Crouch
Pearlie Elmore
Buttrick Junk Yard
Harlem Heights
Fayette Pastor Accepts Call to Brethren Church
Fayetteville news reports James O. McAvoy, a Fayetteville High School graduate, has accepted a call to serve as pastor at the Church of the Brethren in Okeechobee Florida. He served Brethren Service in Elgin Illinois and performed alternate service with postings in Pilot House Baltimore and a migrant camp at Pahokee Florida. He received his preacher license in April 1954 at Pleasant View Church. The McAvoys, parents of James R., recently moved home to Fayetteville Rt. 1 after residing there several months.
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Fayetteville
ANS
James O. McAvoy
Church of the Brethren
Okeechobee, Fla
McAvoy
James R
Fayetteville Rt. 1
Fayetteville High School
Bridgewater College
Bridgewater
Brethren
Elgin
Ill
Armed Services
Pilot House
Baltimore
Pahokee
Fla
Pleasant View
McAvoys
Okeechobee
J. G. McAvoy
Photo Experts Held Meeting in Oak Hill
The Southern West Virginia Photographers Society gathered in Oak Hill on Sunday to discuss a March meet in Rochester New York. Attendees from Beckley Welch Whitesville Bluefield and Oak Hill attended a premeeting dinner at the Hotel Hill. Guest speaker Charles Gittins of Eastman Kodak demonstrated lighting and developing with models Mrs. Jennie Lee Via and Miss Betty Alice Perry.
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Oak Hill
RNS
America
Charles L., Garvin Jr
Garvin
Fayette County
Veterans Hospital
Nancy Canterbury
Christine Horton
Lucille Baumgartner
Francis Greene
Nora Ford
Ann Dickerson
Alma Burton
Lucille Bennett
Merle Treadway
Betty Alice Perry
Nancy Meek
Madeline Thompson
Southern West Virginia Photographers Society
Rochester
N. Y
Hotel Hill
Beckley
Welch
Whitesville
Bluefield
Frank Mauritz
Charles Gittins
Chattanooga
Tenn
Eastman Kodak Company
Gittins
Jennie Lee Via
Improvements Sought Along Road Kopperston Would Ban Bad Comics
Residents along the Hatcher Kopperston road asked the Oceana Town Council Friday night for relief from flooded lawns and mud on side streets after heavy rains. Mayor Manning will seek state road crew aid, while the council considers an ordinance to curb obscene literature and bad comics at newsstands. Attorney Paul Fourney reported on Beckley efforts for better youth literature and will report at the next meeting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oceana
RNS
Hatcher-Kopperston
Oceana Town Council
French Manning
State Road Commission
L. W. Beane
Oceana Woman's Club
Paul Fourney
Beckley
Kopper Kettle Hill
Birds at Fayetteville garden club program on native species
Garden Study Club of Fayetteville heard Mrs. Ben D. Keller discuss native Arkansas birds with color slides and notes on nesting and feeding habits. G W Bock urged a conservation list of "pick sparingly wild flowers," while plans included a Fayette Garden Council flower show, Camp Caesar reservations, Marmet Hospital garden therapy, and a Fayette County Fair garden exhibit.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fayetteville
RNS
Ben D. Keller
Garden Study Club
E. E. Houchins
Fayette-Raleigh
Oak Hill City Hall
Camp Caesar
G. W. Bock
C. E. Mahan
Joe Stone
Alex Gray
Fayette
J. K. Whitlock
Mary Ellen Allen
J. H. Allen
T. A. Myles
H. F. Frazier
Clifford Allen
Amos Burnette
Loren Wiseman
Gray
OES Affiliation Night Planned in Pineville
Pineville Order of the Eastern Star sets affiliation night for the January 20 session at the Masonic Hall. Edith Mae Browning presided as worthy matron in Freida Plann’s absence. C. C. Tucker stood as worthy patron with Oscar Goode still recovering from a mine injury. Numerous members and guests attended the meeting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pineville
ANS
Order of the Eastern Star
Edith Mae Browning
Freida Plann
Masonic Hall
C. C. Tucker
Oscar Goode
Mary McClellan
Ruth Casteel
Nora Chamber
Loretta Harper
Sara Daniels
Miriam Tucker
Anita Crozier
Toney Cline
E. E. Williams
Polio Game Benefits Fayetteville Faculty Team
Fayetteville High School announces its faculty team nicknamed The Wheeze Kids for a charity game benefiting the March of Dimes polio fund. Roster includes Martha Bragg Ila Mae Propps Lia Vaglio Marietta Vickers Anne Wiseman Edith Waybright Lora Davis Martha Parrish Jane O'Dell Fred Merriam David Hypes Alfonso Nicosia Holly Kessler Loren Wiseman Lee Lively. Coached by Sally Arritt with Mabel Hypes, managed by Beth Coleman. Jan 26 at 8 p.m. Memorial Auditorium with a 6:30 p.m. prelim for 7th and 8th grades.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fayetteville
ANS
Fayetteville High School
March of Dimes Polio Fund
Lee Lively
Martha Bragg
Ila Mae Propps
Lia Vaglio
Marietta Vickers
Anne Wiseman
Edith Waybright
Lora Davis
Martha Parrish
Fletcher Arritt
Memorial Auditorium
Shower Held For Alcyone Eary Before June Wedding
Fayetteville report says Miss Alcyone Fary to wed Dean Phillips this month after a bridal shower hosted by Miss Harlean Boyd Miss Janet Nutter and Mrs. H B McGraw at the hostesses home Friday night Games and refreshments followed with a long list of guests including Miss Anna Marie Ramilla Miss Anna Lee Davis Mrs E R Crouse and many others attending the event prior to the upcoming marriage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Effie Taylor
Gladys Bary
Loretta Jones
Yolando Zorio
Gloria Francesca
Writ Phillips
Ermel Wilson
Margie McVey
Shirley Bibb
Joyce King
Edna Kong
George King
Bland K. Hesse Jr
David Hypes
K. W. Parrish
C. F. Gladwell
Lora Davis
Zane Handley
W. J. White
J. M. Eubank
Granger King
Delbert Burton
J. P. Atkinson
Ollie Myles
Dennis Shockey
Carl B. Vickers
William McClung
J. G. McAvoy
Homer Fitzwater
C. A. Kidd
Janice Tufts
Sally Agee
Vickie Vickers
Myra Wheatley
Kay Martin
Elizabeth Dixon
Quenton Cotcamp
Janice Cotcamp
Verla O, Eary
Pineville Legion Auxiliary to Meet This Week
Pineville Ladies Auxiliary to the American Legion Warne Cline No 133 will gather Wednesday January 12 at 7 30 p m in the Legion Hall. Members with unpaid dues are asked to bring payment to the meeting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pineville
ANL
Warne
Cline No. 133
Post
Ladies Auxiliary
American Legion
Legion Hall
Mullens Pastor Attends Midyear Meeting in Parkersburg
The Rev. Cecil H. Robinson pastor of Mullens First Baptist Church is in Parkersburg for the mid year meeting of the state commission of the West Virginia Baptist Convention. He chairs the commission on Christian Education.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mullens
ANS
Cecil H. Robinson
Mullens First Baptist Church
Parkersburg
West Virginia Baptist Convention
Commission On Christian Education
Water Official Faces Penalty PTA Sets Earlier Session
Mullens PTA will convene at 7 p.m. in the Mulens Grade School auditorium to avoid clashing with a basketball game. A panel on Better Schools features Jesse Morgan county school superintendent, George Nolley, and Robert Kuhn Mullens principals, with audience Q and A.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mullens
RNS
Mullens-Welch
Mullens Parent-Teacher Association
Cecil H. Robinson
Jesse Morgan
George Nolley
Robert Kuhn
Fox Frightens Lewisburg Folk
A rabid looking fox roamed Lewisburg streets frightening residents. It followed M D Tuckwiller into a downtown garage, and was last seen near Greenbrier Military School. The incident triggered school notices to go home after classes and heightened alarm after rabid dog bites last week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
M. D. Tuckwiller
D. D. Harrah
Greenbrier County
Amos Garner
Health Department
James Mann
State Health Department
Ex Flat Top Woman is Dead
PRINCETON RNS Mrs Roxie Overholt 84 of New Hope died at her home Sunday at 11 45 She was born Flat Top June 17 1870 daughter of Greene C and Jane Bailey She was first married to W M Young who died Oct 14 1911 and later to W H Overholt who died May 15 1927 One son and two sisters preceded her in death Surviving four sons M C Young Hobart Young Millard Young and the Rev A J Young one daughter Mrs Clyde Maxey ten grandchildren two great grandchildren She was a member of the New Hope Methodist Church a charter WSCS member Funeral Wednesday 2 pm at New Hope Methodist Church Rev J R Cottrell and Rev O S Neese officiating Burial Monte Vista Cemetery
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Princeton
Rns
Roxie Overholt
New Hope
Flat Top
Greene C
Jane Bowling Bailey
W. M. Young
W. H. Overholt
M. C. Young
Bluefield
Hobart Young
Millard Young
A. J. Young
Huntington
Clyde Maxey
Spanishburg
O. S. Neese
Monte Vista Cemetery
Erick Lee Hoffman Breaks Hand in Oak Hill Incident
Erick Lee Hoffman age 12 of Oak Hill fractured his right hand while playing and was taken to Oak Hill Hospital Sunday night for treatment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oak Hill
BNS
Erick Lee Hoffman
Oak Hill Hospital
Mullens Sergeant Is Out of Hospital
S. Sgt. Bill E. Newsome son of Mr and Mrs Eugene Newsome Moran Ave Moran Ave is convalescing at the Municipal Air Force Base Memphis Tenn after having undergone an operation Dec 23 He was released from a Memphis hospital Thursday Sgt Newsome entered the Air Force in 1951 and since completing a two year assignment at Anchorage Alaska has been stationed in Memphis the past year
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Law
Wilson
Cpl
R. L. Tabscott
W. F. Wynne
Monty MecCary
Paul Goode
Dewey Short
Dewey Bailey
Garland Ellison
Buckeye Coal and Coke Co
Pocahontas Fuel Co
Itmann
Branch Fuel Co
S. Coal Co
Herndon
Amigo Coal Co
Amigo
E. C. Minter Coal Co
Killarney
Davy
Garvage
Ashland
Coal River Field
West Virginia
Boone
E County
Gorcey
Bowe
HunTz Hall
Esdro Bago
Princess
Mt. Hope
W. V
Froark Seans
Hee United Artisty
20Th Century
Randolph
Monin Ware
Yate
Kopperston
Vaughn Cozort
Argel Cozort
Dick Cook
Chauncey Pennington
Hassell Blackburn
Marmet Hospital
OES
WED
THURS
Cornel Wilde
Yvonne Decarlo
Allan Dowling Press
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the House OF Hits
Doris Day
Heart
Warner Bros
Warnercolor
Young Barry
Pam
Henry Blanke
Hore Malone
PST Aero Cor ST
Our Toss
Eameo E
Ee Peree
PTA
Fox
Lewisburg
Charleston
Public Service Commission
Everett Miller
Brenton
PSC
Miller
Commission
Richard Butcher
American School
Dept
Ohio
Beggs Building
Columbus
Vacation-ette
Beckley, W. VA
By-Pass Super Market
Gulf Service Center
House of Color Johnnies
Esso Servicenter
Lewis Terminal, Inc
Commerce St
Bluefield, West Virginia
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