Funeral planned for Billy Conrad after fatal pistol wound
Funeral services set for Billy Conrad 31 of Leivasy at Carl Methodist Church with Rev. J E Brown officiating. He died after a self inflicted gunshot wound near Marfrance and was treated at Greenbrier Valley Hospital before death. The inquest was led by Magistrate C P Neal. Conference records list numerous transfers and estate items connected to family and local firms in Fayette and surrounding counties.
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Hast Rainelle
Billy Conrad
Leivasy
Carl Methodist Church
J. E. Brown
Wallace Memorial Cemetery
Clintonville
Conrad
C. P. Neal
James Holiday
Marfrance
Greenbrier Valley Hospital
Ronceverte
Lee Todd
Quinwood
Tha Conrad
Dairymen Hear ACS Program Details and Deadlines
Mercer County Dairy Association heard Jack Myers outline the 1936 Agricultural Conservation program. Farmers must plan with the Conservation Department and obtain county committee approval before starting practices. Applications for 1956 must be made at the courthouse by January 27. The meeting adopted by laws and the group will reconvene February 9 at 7 45 p.m. at the courthouse.
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Princeton
ANS
Jack Myers
Mercer County
Mercer County Dairy Association
Myers
R. J. Robert
Association
R. E. Harbert
Hunter's Luck Well Doggone Those Dogs
In Charleston a 45-year-old Wyoming County man, rabbit hunting, sent the animal head found by his dogs to the Conservation Department. Game Chief C. C. Handley identified the jaw as a pig, noting the dogs had picked it up and eaten part of it. The hunter said he had hunted all his life.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charleston
Wyoming County
Conservation Department
C. C. Handley
Handley
Trial of Lusk In Second Day Trial In Second Day
The Mercer County Court heard the Rufus Fitzhugh Lusk case as witnesses described the night of the killing at Fred Miles tavern near Montcalm. Prosecution outlined a fatal shotgun discharge after a confrontation and Lusk pleaded not guilty while defense plans to argue an accidental shooting.
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Lusk
Princeton
RNS
Rufus Fitzhugh Lusk
Montcalm
William Gordon Lusk
Mercer County Criminal Court
Rufus Lusk
Miles
Fred Miles
William Lusk
Frank Miles
Roscoe Pendleton
William Shrewsbury
Montroal
Laszlo Szabo
Bluefield Sanitarium
Heart Fund
E. D. Bazzie
Ness
Miles Tavern
Lusk Home
Funeral Planned for Sallie Jane Dugger
East Rainelle RNS reports funeral services for Sallie Jane Dugger 67 of 625 Marshall Ave Roanoke Va formerly of Fayette County. Service set for 11 a m Thursday at Meadow Bridge Baptist Church with Rev Homer Elkins and Rev W E Southern. Burial Sunset Memorial Park Beckley. Survivors include three sisters and two brothers.
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East Rainelle
Sallie Jane Dugger
Marshall Ave
Roanoke
Fayette County
Meadow Bridge Baptist Church
Homer Elkins
W. E. Southern
Sunset Memorial Park
Beckley
Dugger
Jefferson Hospital
Louella Lewis
Beelick Knob
Nora Lee
Meadow, Bridge
Clara Morgan
Washington, D.C
Dave Claypool
Mabscott
Edgar Claypool
Two Couples Seek Marriage Licenses
Fayette County Clerk records show Rufus J. Dempsey 32 of Victor and Mary Lou Carte 23 of Victor seeking licenses with parents Roy Nacho Dempsey Cecil Madeline Carte. Roger Glenn 22 of Smithers and Rosa Stabagi daughter of Nunzio and Grazia Stabagi also pursuing licenses.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ayetteville
RNS
Fayette County
Lions Club to Install Officers In Ceremony at Hinton Tonight
HINTON RNS Dr D W J second vice president Andy Ritter will be installed as first vice president Fink third vice president Gar dens of the Hinton Lions Club in a ceremony at The Diner. Secretary treasurer Willey and tail twister Purvis named. Directors Don Krisher H F Wyant W L Graham to serve one year. Other officers J D Ferguson president William Meador sight fund committee chair.
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Lions Internal Jr
C. H
Konal
Haynes
R. G. Webb
J. D. Woodrum
J.‘D. Ferguson
William G. Meador
Ftee
Plastic Heart Model Donated To Greenbrier Schools
A three times life size vinyl plastic heart model, mounted on a wooden stand with three accessible doors, was presented to Greenbrier County schools by the Roanoke Heart Association and Heart Fund through Dr. D. D. Harrah. The model aims to aid study in anatomy and health classes at Renick High School and other county schools.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Public Health Office
Renick High School
Seve
Students Aid In Polio Drive In Summersville
Nicholas County school children deliver dime cards for the March of Dimes campaign. Dime cards hold 20 dimes and a designed envelope for folding money. Officials promote contributions and events planned, including a comedy basketball game and Mothers March.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Summersville
ANS
Nicholas County
Wayne Koon
March of Dimes
Rudolph Jacobson
Jacobean
Koen
Joan Hypes
Nicholas County Bank
Hypes
Keon
Ralph Jones
Junior Chamber of Commerce
American Legion
Newspaper Boys Prevent Kopperston Store Fire
In Kopperston at 6 a.m. newspaper boys Davial Rankin Beckley carrier Clark Fultz alerted store manager R V Garrett after noticing smoke. A defective steam furnace overheated and melted alarm wires, and Garrett said a 30 minute delay could have caused an explosion and extensive damage to the General Department Store.
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Kopperston
RNS
Davial
Rankin
Beckley
Rier
Clark Fultz
Charleston
Welch
R. V. Garrett
Garrett
Coexistence Idea Rejected by Princeton Rotary Speaker
Princeton Rotary hears refugee Alex Roda reject coexistence with Russia arguing world control is Russia's aim. He cites weak Western links France, Italy and England and notes his escape from Czechoslovakia in 1948, later moving to the United States in 1955 to work for Celanese.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Princeton
RNS
Russia
Czechoslovakia
Princeton Rotary Club
Alex Roda
Celanese Corp
West
Europe
France
Italy
England
Roda
Fred Bell
Celanese Engineering
Philippines Uncovers Largest Nickel Ore Deposit
Philippines agriculture secretary announces discovery of 29 million metric tons of iron ore containing 1.38 percent nickel on Nong Island near Mindanao. Shipments could affect wartime strategic materials in the Far East.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Far East
Manila
Philippines
Agriculture
Juan de G. Rodriguez
Nong Island
Midanao Island
Fasteeth Powder Claims Secure Fit for Dentures
An old advertisement touts PASTEETH a denture powder that keeps false teeth from sliding or rocking. It describes a gummy taste free formula, mildly alkaline to avoid sour breath, and urges readers to buy FASteeth at drug counters.
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Fayette
Union Carbide and
Carbon
Carl
Donegan Coal and Coke Co
Burton Conrad
Madline Overstreet
Mount Vale
Mabel Rhodehaver
Crichton
Mary. Amick
Joyce Anderson
Margaret Heaster
Keiffer
Frank Conrad
Guy Conrad
Mount Nebo
Benton Conrad
Canvas
Jpp
Frankin Hale
Biltie Usher Hale
Gordon Lee
Jeanette Anna Hoffman
Donovan Robert
Eva Grace Herndon
William
Bessie Addline Harmon
Lawrence Edward
Marie Evans Johnson
Henry Bradford
Rosetta Macel Jones
O'Dell Coats Lucas
Eugene
Martha Mae Lawrence
James Peter
Pirtleada Gray Livesay
William Beg
Frances Elizabeth Lampkin
Bill Ashton
Virginia Garnett McCutcheon
Jess and
Avalda Lee Martin
Herbert Thomas Myers
Delores Ora
Teddy
Fayetteville
R. Morton
Edward Elwoodfin Floyd
Lennie Virginia
Reba Elizabeth Martin
Gory
Carl Wesley
Mary Red Land
Ani Robert Lee
Margie Vivian Pey
Elizabeth Hedrick
John Hoconde
Union Tion
Jasper Gray
Helen Kart
Harriet Wells Hale
Carbide and Carbon Corp
Christine Pennington
Dominic
Guy Ronsford
Mildred Jean Employes
Nellie Juanita Petrella
Elte Jones
David James
jEssay E
Juanita J. Stelle
Agnes Dean Kirk
Harry Felix
Victoriqg White Lynch
Willig
Ed Fulks
Edward Luther Martin
Carrie Mae Trent
Johnnie
Octavie Jones
O'Dell
Richard and
Maud Gra
Alvin and
Joan Sims
Eae An Lima
Pauline Graves
Winston
Joseph Marlon
Lawrence
Lorena Pearlea
Iene Frances ‘Woods
Lowe
Clarence
Charlotte Lawrence Cotis
Reva Beulah Bee
John Cecil
Reba Minnie
John Solomon
Madeline Buxton
Leonard Lee
Mar- Cross Holland
Horace Clark Garet Iino Carson
Virginia Bray Kessinger
James Elmore
Gladys Casto
Charles V
Alma Evelyn
Roger Nelson
Martha Marie Crookshanks
Robert Lee
McClure
Ronald D
Emily Gayle
Marlene Drake
Thomas Huddleston Russell
James Wilson
Frances Lou Dillon
Anthony
June Virginia Rappold
Emmett Joseph
Rosemary
James Farlin
Margaret Layton Earley
W. Smith
James Edward Jr
Basil Isaac
Bertha Luella Ell
Lois Hillsman Woodfin
Joseph Campbell
Charles Oscar
Bessie Mae Ball
Nancy Ella Fitzwater
Frank
Urbanna
Va. W
Ralph Hall
Ralph
Alig
Hunter
Bazzie
Bluefield
Cpl
Burton
H & M Shoe Store
Neville St
Sallie Dugger
Wallace and Wallace Funeral Home
Lions Club
Hinton
Greenbrier
Dubois
Cincinnati
Washington
Chicago
Washington, D. C
Linchburg Airland
New York
At. Louis
Desbru
Portsmouth
ORIO
Norfolk
Prince St
Ted Trailways
Ea NA
Crippled Children’s Fund
Princeton Club
Beckley Club
George Seaver III
Penney's
SAVE
Penney's Nylon Petticoats
Penney
Ylons
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