Fayette Jury Expected Today Bowyer Case
Fayette Circuit Court expected to hear the Bowyer murder case today as the defense and prosecution prepare final matters. Key witnesses such as K T Worrell Pax and David Gilpin discussed the shooting at the Log Cabin tavern as jurors consider self defense claims amid testimony from state witnesses and defense observers.
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Weeks
Carl B. Vick
Forers
Walter S. Wilson
Bowyer
Tues- Worrel
Norfolk
Rosella Sutton
Iday
Gilpin
Army Proving Ground
State Witness
Pineville Personal Guests Fill Weekend in Town
Pineville residents hosted and visited relatives across the area. Edgar B. Rose and family from Pineville visited son Michael in Mullens, while many others from Pineville and nearby towns spent weekends with relatives or dined with friends.
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Pineville
RNS
Edgar B. Rose
Stanley Rose
Michael
Mullens
F. A. Anderson
R. L. Cook
Maxine
Wyco
Chartie Cook
Harold Rose
Charleston
Rose
Morris Harvey College
Davy
Mary.Morgan
Elmer Morgan
Robert G. Martin
Athens
Concord College
W. F. Rose
Elma Hayhurst
Donald
Man
Logan
Gerald Acord
B. D.mitchell
Robert Runyon
Jeanne
Bud
Vivian Rose
Mary K. Bowman
Beckley
John C. Bowman
Darrell V. McGraw
James Compton
Linda
Brenton
East Pineville
E. A. Blankenship
Oak Hill Lodge Initiation Set for January Meeting
Oak Hill Knights of Pythias Lodge No 7 will conduct a page initiation at the January 24 meeting. Shirley Love of Oak Hill is the candidate for the page rank. Signal Knob Lodge No. 7 in Ansted is invited to attend as plans to incorporate the lodge under a state charter were discussed.
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Oak Hill
RNS
Knights of Pythias Lodge No
Signal Knob
Ansted
Shirley Love
Mrs Adams 72 Fayette Native Taken by Death
Annie Adams 72 born Fayette County died Tuesday in Portsmouth Virginia. Funeral arrangements incomplete. She lived in Hinton 40 years before moving to Portsmouth five months ago. Survived by brothers M L Carnifax Portsmouth Va and W H Carnifax Ramsey Va and stepbrother H A Carnifax Victor and brother in law A B Adams Hinton. She was member of Hinton Methodist Church Ladies Auxiliary Brotherhood of Railway Trainmen and Hinton Rebekah Lodge No 40.
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Bruce
Nicholas County
Orn
Dorff
Fayette County
Gauley Bridge
Brown Chevrolet Co
Orndorff
Chesapeake and Ohio Railroad
Cannelton Coal and Coke Co
Cannelton
A. B. Adame
Hinton
Burford's Condition Reported Improving After Fall
Harry Burford of South Mullens is improving at a Pearisburg Virginia hospital where doctors suspect a ruptured disc in the back. Burford was stricken Friday and removed from a Virginia Railway freight train at Pembroke where he served as engineer.
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Mullens
RIIS
Harry Burford
South Mullens
Pearisburg
Burford
Pembroke
No-Parking Order Canceled in Mullens MSE AVE
City council meeting amid dispute over a no parking order on Mullens MSE Avenue and a curfew proposal. Officials discussed budget figures from 235 to 255 dollars for police, a proposed ordinance, and league membership for the West Virginia Municipalities, with actions postponed and a summary investigation into an alleged illegal action by the auditor.
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Mullens
RNS
Newsome
Woodrow W. Cook
A. Ritz Kingdon
Halla.m
Gyandotte Ave
Glyde Newsome
Cliffside
Wyoming St
Cook
West Virginia League of
Ained
Meevin-Martin-as-city Pal
Changeless Gospel Program At WSCS Meeting
The Belle Bennett Circle presented The Changless Gospel in One new member Mrs. H. E. Tolley attended. Oak Hill, formerly Beck, was seated by Mrs. Ed Love. The Mary Peters Circle will host at Oak Hill Methodist Church Youth Chapel. Susannah Wesley Circle hosted with assistance from Lillian Rapp Helen Hall Harry Gray Gertrude Marshall A W Burdette. Reports by Spiritual Life and Literature officers noted. Weslean Service Guild to sponsor a pre social Jan 27. Attendance pin awarded to Mrs Ed Love.
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Oak Hell
Belle Bennett Circle
H. E
Pres Tolley
Oak Hill
Beck
Ed Love
Society of Christian Service of the King
Mary Peters
Oak Hill Methodist Church
Susannah Wesley
Lillian Rapp
Helen Hall
Harry Gray
Gertrude Marshall
A. W. Burdette
Carl Ledford
Wesleyan Service Guild
Corinne Stiltner Burned By Cigarette Lighter Incident
Debra Stiltner five of Corinne burned when playing with her father's cigarette lighter set her dungarees afire at Wyoming General Hospital. She sustained second degree burns to both thighs and abdomen but was not considered seriously injured. Mrs Stiltner treated for burns on both hands from extinguishing the flames. Shorry Ann Bell five of Wyco treated after left arm caught in wringer of washing machine while riding her tricycle.
Birth Is Announced By Arlington Couple
Mr and Mrs Carl Farley of Arlington Virginia are parents of a seven pound seven ounce son their first child born at 745 pm Monday in George Washington Hospital Washington DC The baby's grandparents are Mr and Mrs Clyde Hedrick Highland Ave and Mr and Mrs D C Farley South Mullens Delaware County. Meeting Postponed Oak Hill Republicans Woman's Club postponed until January 23 due to weather according to president Mrs Charles Elgin.
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Luther Blankenship
Clear Fork
East Pineville
Hazel Summers
Danny
Billy
Dainsville
William Bower
Pineville
Elbert Cook
James Pennington
Mullens
F. P. Cook
Saturda
Donna Jo Shields
Charleston
Charles . Shields
Stevens Clinic Hospital
Welch
Richard Goode
Goode
Oscar Adams
Oak Hill
RNS
Republican Womans Club
iMrs
Charles Elgin
Fayetteville Circuit Clerk Ill. Reporter Serves as Clerk
C H Maxwell Fayette County Circuit Court Clerk is home ill. Ben D Keller court reporter filled in as clerk Monday. John Morrow owner of Morrows Cash Market slipped on ice in Oak Hill fracturing his hip and is patient at Beckley Veterans Hospital.
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Fayetteville
Rns
C. ‘H. Maxwell
Fayette County
Ben D. Keller
John Morrow
Morrow
Oak Hill
Beckley Veterans Hospital
Film on Ground Observer Corps Shown at Princeton Meeting
At a Princeton Junior Women’s Club gathering the Elks Lodge featured a GOC film shown by Bob Smith of Roanoke’s Filter Center. Mrs. Richard Chanco received wings for GOC volunteer service and introduced the program. A flannel board discussion on Black Magic followed by magazine donations for Princeton Memorial Hospital.
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Princeton
Air Force
Bob Smith
Roanoke
Ground Observer Corps
Warren’s Club
Elks Lodge
Women's Club
Richard Chanco
Chanco
GOC
Probation Sought for Oak Hill Man in Fayette Court
Fayetteville RNS report shows Robert Franklin Clendenin of Oak Hill pleading guilty to breaking and entering and theft in Fayette County Circuit Court. He applied for probation. bond continued and referral made to County Probation Officer C. D. Epperly. Clendenin to return April 3. Trials of George Alvin Har men and Reginald Arlen Neito continued on breaking and entering charges.
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Fayetteville
RNS
Robert Franklin Clendenin
Oak Hill
Fayette County
C. D. Epperly
George Alvin Har [Men
Reginald Arlen Neito
Village Project Ruined by Jordanian Rioters
The American Friends Service Committee announced at its annual meeting that a village development project in rural Jordan was attacked and destroyed by Jordanian rioters on January 9. Two American staff members at the site, Paul B. Johnson and his wife Jean, are reported safe.
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Philadelphia
Asterican Friends Service Committee
Amman
Jordan
Paul B. Johnson
Jean
Johnson
Winter Park
Fla
Dibdin
Area Women Accept Jobs in California
Miss Lena Alexander of Oak Hill and Miss Emma Lou Trump Beckley left Beckley Hospital Sunday to begin work at a San Diego hospital. A farewell party was held Friday night by Beckley Hospital laboratory and personnel.
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OSK Hill Ans
Lena Alexander
Oak Hill
Emma Lou Trump
Beckley
Beckley Hospital
San Diego
Calif
Matney family travels to Deval Ky for injured brother
Oceana residents John Matney and his sister Ruth Dent journeyed to Deval Kentucky to be with Rick Matney after his Friday automobile accident left him in Prestonsburg Hospital. Other notes mention Mrs. A F Clendenin returning from Huntington to visit family and Stella Rippeth's four week study trip to Cleveland with sister Martha Moore, plus trips by David Maybury Otis Cooke to Bristol Virginia and Philip Roach Jr and son Philip Mark visiting Charleston.
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Oceana
RNS
John Matney
Ruth Deant
McConnell
Deval
Rick Matney
Matney
Prestonsburg
A. F. Clendenin
Huntington
Ezra Gibson
Dean
Stella Rippeth
Cleveland
Ohio
Martha Moore
Delbarton
David Maybury
Otis Cooke
Bristol
Philip M. Roach Jr
Philip Mark
Charleston
John Lee Shannon
Oach
Hollywood Sidewalks Sparkle With New Abrasive Design
The Los Angeles Board of Public Works approved plans to install brightly colored sidewalks on Hollywood Boulevard and Vine Street. Buff and brown cement squares with aquamarine trim will feature an abrasive coating to prevent slips and catch the eye.
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Hollywood
Hollywood Boulevard
Vine Street
Los Angeles
Radar light fails Richmond radar mystery teased by bulbs
A high school student reported flash bulbs going off as a radar patrol car passed. Traffic Maj. John G. Hanna ordered an immediate trial to test the beam with bulbs at different distances. The machine was surrounded with bulbs but no effect arose, leaving the mystery unresolved.
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Richmond
John G. Hanna
Shi
Junior Gardeners at Mullens Urged to Compile Flower Book
Mullens West Virginia junior garden club members urged to start a nature study booklet on flowers and birds. At a meeting hosted by Dorothy Ritchie at Church Street, members heard a program on birds of West Virginia and their habits led by Carolyn Thorn and Nina Markewitz.
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Mullens
Laurel Garden Club
Dorothy Ritchie
Tye
Church St
Carolyn Thorn
Nina Markewitz
West Virginia
Boy Bound Over To Wyoming Jury In Road Death
Danny Tolliver, 13, Soulsville resident, bound over to the February Wyoming County grand jury on negligent homicide. Tolliver drove the car that fatally struck Jimmy Dale Lambert, 7, in front of his Ravencliff home. He posted a $2,500 bond and was released.
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Pineville
Danny Tolliver
Soulsville
Wyoming County
Preston Wilson
Tolliver
Jimmy Dale Lambert
Ravencliff
Wilson
Folliver
Mayor Taft to Open 55 Preaching Mission in Charleston
Charleston notes Taft will deliver two addresses Feb 5 at the start of the 1956 Charleston Preaching Mission with sessions through the week. Speakers include Dr. Perry Gresham, Rep. Walther Judd, and Dr. Mordecai Johnson. Rev. C Oral Lowe chairs.
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Charleston
Cincinnati
Charles P. Tat
Taft
U. S
Robert A. Taft
Ohio
Federal Council of ‘Churches
C. Oral Lowe
Perry Gresham
Bethany College
Walter Judd
R-Minn
Mordecai Johnson
Howard University
Returns to Base Oak Hill
Sgt. Harry Pannell Jr. of the Army at Fort Riley Kansas has returned to base after visiting his mother Mrs Letha Pannell at 126 Duncan Avenue.
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Oak Hill
RNS
Harry Panell Jr
Army
Ft. Riley
Kan
Letha Pannell
Duncan Ave
Wyoming Girl Engaged to Wed
The engagement of their daughter Vicky Shrewsbury to Stanley Lee Cebula was announced by Mr. and Mrs. Chess Shrewsbury of Stephenson. Miss Shrewsbury, Mullens High School graduate, works as a secretary to attorney Harry D. Barnes in Elkton. Cebula, Elkton High School graduate, served three years in the Army and works for General Motors in Wilmington, Delaware. Wedding plans are incomplete.
Mercer Suit Yields 130 Awarded In Court
A Mercer Circuit Court jury returned verdicts in several cases. Luck Saunders won 230 against Wayne Butler for auto damage. Gaither versus Ashworth dismissed as settled. Oakvale Stone Co. won 1346.71 against J. R. Sigman. A divorce awarded custody to Reva Mae Smith. Jury trials end for November term. next term starts February 14 with subsequent terms in May August and November on the second Monday.
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Princeton
ANS
Mercer
Luck Saunders
Wayne Butler
Saunders
Budge
James Reginald Gaither
Joseph Lyle Ashworth
Ruth Stewart Elley Ashworth
Oakvale Stone Co
J. R. Sigman
Party Honors Man Grandson OCEANA Birthday Event
A joint birthday party was held Saturday at 2:30 p.m. in the Knotty Pine Restaurant ballroom for Roger Bane Herndon nine and his grandfather John R. Lambert magistrate of Oceana District. Valentine decor, games, prizes went to Corky Wars Diana Lambert Ella Herndon and Wanda Farley amid many relatives and friends.
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Oceana
RNS
Roger Bane Herndon
Bane Herndon
John R. Lambert
Oceana District
Knotty Pine
Oceana-Pineville Road
Ats
Valentine
Corky Wars
Diana Lambert
Ella Herndon
Wanda Farley
Claude Johnson
Raymond Farley
Junior Wars
John Lambert
Tom E. Lambert
Bernie, Lambert
Charmaine Cook
Willmoth Stables
Nancy Herndon
Latha Atkins
Corsy Wars
Kenneth Wars
Gene Farley
Tracy Farley
Sharon Lambert
Brenda
Hospital Treats 3 for Injuries
Oak Hill Hospital treated Nan ie Brown 34 of Oak Hill for a fractured right ankle. Weekend admissions included Walter W. Slack 32 of Cleveland Q who suffered lacerations to the head and facial bleeding in a car crash with details unavailable. Eddie Leon Kemensky 13 son of Edward Kemensky Kilsyth sustained a possible left ankle fracture after a sleigh ride collision.
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OAK Hell
RNS
Nan
Onie Brown
Oak Hill
Oak Hill Hospital
Walter W. Slack
Cleveland
Eddie Leon Kemensky
Edward
Kemensky
Jack Toler Seeks Oceana Constable Post
Republican Jack Toler, former Oceana police chief, announces candidacy for Oceana District constable in the May primary after filing with the Wyoming Circuit Clerk on January 16. He is married to former Miss Maxine Cook, has four children, and now works in Kopperston for Eastern Gas and Fuel Associates.
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Oceana
RNS
Jack Toler
Police Chiet
Wyoming Circuit
Toler
Maxine Cook
Kopperston
The
Eastern Gas and Fuel Associates
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Prince Thornton
Appalachian Electric Power Company
Princeton Memorial Hospital
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