Deanna Evans Engaged to Wed in Mount Hope
The engagement of Miss Deanna Kay Evans to Thomas Spade was announced by her parents Mr and Mrs Charles Batten of Mount Hope. The couple, both from Summerville and Mount Hope, plan a future wedding.
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Mount Hope
RNS
Spade
John Spade
Summerville
Deanna Kay Evans
Clar
Thomas Spade
Charles Batten
Miss Evans
Mount Hope High School
The
Reflector
Future Business Leaders of America
May Queen
Assembly 14
Order of the Rainbow
Mount Hope High
Cofer Construction Co
Virginia
Pineville Personal News Highlights Local Travel and Visits
Pineville residents report holidays with relatives in Cleveland Beckley and Columbus. Families visit hospitals, attend funerals and share meals with relatives in Pineville and nearby towns. Military and church community members are noted along with school leaders and a planned wedding.
Indictments Handled by Summers County Grand Jury
The Summers County grand jury returned 10 indictments nine felonies Tuesday. Five target inmates of the State Prison for Women at Peace Springs for escaping with three recap tured and one year added to each sentence. Others include Richard Adkins theft of dynamite from the Chesapeake and Ohio Railway sentenced 1 to 10 years. Percy Wright pleaded for probation. Jesse Smith on a misdemeanor charge got six months. Tobey Cline not guilty on murder charge with May term. James Cook felonious assault set for May term.
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Chesapeake and Ohio Railway
Percy Rogers Wright
Jesse Smith
Tobey Cline
Dessie Mae Roberts
James Cook
Fayette County Bar Elects New Officers at Dinner
Fayetteville event at Glen Ferris Inn crowned Kenneth Martin of Montgomery as president Walter Wilson of Ansted became vice president Frank Mahan was named secretary and Thomas E Myles of Fayetteville elected treasurer during a Friday night meeting.
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Payetteville
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Fayette
Janis Paige to Wed Producer Arthur Stander in Las Vegas
Actress Janis Paige and her producer fiancé Arthur Stander announce their January 18 Las Vegas wedding. It will be Paige’s second marriage and Stander’s first.
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Hollywood
Janis Paige
Arthur Stander
Las Vegas
Nev
Fayette Woman Hurt in Wreck
Mrs. Madge Ryan of Maple Ave Fayetteville was admitted to Oak Hill Hospital after her 1953 sedan slid along U S Route 21 near the Chuck Wagon Drive In and ditched. She suffered a facial laceration and shock. condition listed as fair. She was alone in the vehicle. She is wife of Thomas C. Ryan and a Fayetteville High School teacher.
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Oak Hill
RNS
Madge Ryan
Maple Ave
Fayetteville
Oak Hill Hospital
Ryan
Thomas C. Ryan
Miss Crews to Give Program for WSCS
Miss Catherine Crews will present a program at 7 30 p m Thursday for the Women's Society of Christian Service at First Methodist Church in Princeton. The topic is A Changeless Gospel in a Revolutionary World. Miss Crews is connected with the church and its WSCS activity. Mrs. Molly Ramey and other local hosts will assist in hosting the event.
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Pineville
Catherine Crews
Woman’s Society of Christian Service
Princeton
Body Methodist Church
Larkly C. Ramey
Mount Hope
Lewis Campbell
A. E
Baldwin
Rosy Market Seen For Coal Shipments
Charles T. Jones of Charleston spoke on Coal Mining in Europe to the Oak Hill Rotary Club Tuesday evening. He predicted a rosy market in Europe for West Virginia coal in the coming years.
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Oak Hill
RNS
Charles T. Jones
Charleston
Europe
Rotary Club
Jones
West Virginia
Circles of Cook Memorial Baptist to Meet Thursday
Pineville circles of the Woman's Missionary Society plan meetings Thursday at 7 30 p m. Edna Stevens Circle meets at Elma Hayhurst home Shannon Cooper Circle at Pauline Snyder home Jewell Asbury Circle at Crystal Hinzman home. Also January dinner of the Methodist Men's Club at 6 15 p m in First Church Fellowship Hall chaired by Ed Hawley.
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Pineville
Rns
Patricia
Chambers
Margaret
Cleveland
Ohio
India Cooper
Barbara
John Sands
James Sands
A. B. Forrest
Beckley
Julia W. Clay
George A. Brooks
E. E. Hash of
Mullens
Hugh B. Drake
Kingsport
Tenn
Vivian Rose
Bluefield Sanitarium
Elma Hayhurst
Elmer Morgan
Davy
Edgar B. Rose
C. F. Treadway
Sam Woolcott
Harriet M. Roberts
Columbus
Charleston
Art Glover
Roanoke
H. M. Roberts
Pfc
Westley J. Brown
Brown
Fort Bragg
N. C
E. A. Blank
Woman’s Missionary Society of
Cook Memorial Baptist Church
Edna Stevens
Shannon-Cooper
Pauline Snyder
Jewell Asbury
Crystal Hinzman
Fellowship Hall
First Methodist Church
Ed Hawley
Chub
Mink Ranch Plans Near Pocahontas County
Lowe, a current employee, builds a mink operation at Green Bank in Pocahontas County with 37 females and five breeders aiming for a full time business by April 1954. He cites a ready market for pelts and notes prices from $40 to $70 for standard hides and up to $650 for a pearl pelt, with family help from his wife Virginia Ervine and daughter Rebecca.
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Marlinton
RNS
Lowe
Pocahontas County
Green Bank
Ralph Lowe
Ize
Virginia Ervine
Cloverlick
Rebecca
Dinner Held For W. H. Harrah In Mount Hope
W. H. Harrah was honored with a surprise birthday dinner at his Mount Hope home on Thursday. Guests included Rex Parker and Ted McClure of WOAY-TV, Pete Cobb and family of Piney View, Glenna McCama, and other local residents. A note mentions mink coats require 80 pelts to make, highlighting fur fashion.
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Mount Hope
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W. H. Harrah
Harrah
Rex Parker
Ted McClure
Woay-Tv
Pete Cobb
Piney View
Sandra Louise
Pamela |Kay
Glenna McCama
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Charles Venters
Baileysville High School
Vinson Venters
Pineville Circles
Joseph
Ralph
Milady
Wedge
Simmons Lumber Company
Sandstone, W. Ya
Pe. Kroehler Nylon
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Wes
Eofteble
Barret Beck
V. V. Swivel
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Tomchins Furniture CO
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Gessy Heartburn Tetley
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