Hico Church Women Hold Leadership Training Session
The Woman's Mission Society of Sunday Road Baptist Church met at the church for a leadership training session and executive board meeting. Mrs. Joan Ellison led devotionals and showed a tool display for ABC women. Plans were made for a Home Mission study on Feb 4. An announced Leadership Training Conference for Hopewell Association Feb 1 at Gauley Bridge Baptist Church was postponed due to weather. Delegates include Mrs. Bertha Kessler Mrs. Velma Kesler Mrs. Joan Ellison Mrs. Zelawood and Mrs. Agnes McKey.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
HICO
RNS
Woman’s Mission Society of the
Sunday Road Baptist Church
Joan Ellison
Sler
Maggie Potter
Societies of Hopewell Baptist Association
Gauley Bridge Baptist Church
Bertha Kessler
Velma Kesler
Joan, Ellison
Zelaweed
Agnes Mcey
WSCS Exec Board Holds Meet at Mallory Home
The Triadelphia Woman's Club executive board met to fill district reports from departments division and committee chairs. They formed a literature-readership committee and approved donating a plant to Hemlock Garden Club. The district meeting is set for Feb. 6 at Huntington Woman's Clubhouse and the club will staff an information booth at the state convention in March at the Greenbrier Hotel. Attending were Mrs. Blankenshi Jr. and others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
RNS
Triadelphia Woman’s Club
C. E. Sinnette
Mallory
Triadelphia District
Hemlock Garden Club
Man
Sinnette
Huntington Woman's Clubhouse
Triadelphia Club
Greenbrier
J. C. Blankenshi Jr
T. R. Williams
William Crawford
D. E. Hensley
R. E. L. Hart
J. C. Hunter
R. E. Walls
George Reynolds
Harold VanHoese
Owen L. Osenton
Mrs. Martha Belle Young Succumbs at 43
Mrs. Martha Belle Young, 43, of Hominy Falls died after a long illness in a Montgomery hospital. Last rites set for 2 p.m. Wednesday at Mountain Baptist Church with Rev. Wesley Pennington and Rev. Herbert Parker. burial in church cemetery. Survived by husband Ernest, daughters Helen Frances and Wanda Lee, son Dennis, mother Rosetta Richmond Trout, six sisters, three brothers, and two half brothers. Body to be at home after 4 p.m. Tuesday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hominy Falls
Rns
Martha Belle Young
Mountain Baptist Church
Wesley Pennington
Herbert Parker
Young
Montgomery Hospital
Carl
Rosetta Richmond Trout
Alexander Braxton Trout
Ernest
Helen Frances
Wanda Lee
Dennis
Lade Dorsey
Lottie Copenhaver
Quinwood
Lona O'Dell
Minnie Thomas
Lucy George
Hines
Betty Amick
Leivasy
Sam
Arthur
Edward Trout
Melvin Trout
Louray, Va
Dexter Trout
Rupert
Wallace and Wallace Funeral Home
East Rainelle
Catholic Group Plans Altar Purchase at Immaculate Conception
A Montgomery Altar Society meeting named co chairmen to discuss buying a new ashlar altar for the Immaculate Conception Church with Rev Father McDonald. Miss Marguerite Rowe reported a 1959 church expenditure of 1400 dollars and a bridge party fundraiser was proposed for February.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Montgomery
ANS
Montgomery Immaculate Conception
Altar Society
Eugene Imbrogno
Bill Riccardi
R. L. Waters
Father McDonald
Marguerite Rowe
Emile Dalporto
Walter Nunley
Andrew Dalporto
Angela Grisafi
Thomas Smithson
Nora Dyer
Margaret Cunningham
Joseph Maiuri
Charles Rappold
Anne Rowe
Benny Filaggi
Charles Babick
Laurel Garden Club Plans Thursday Meeting at Davis Home
Laurel Garden Club meets at 2 pm Thursday at Mrs. W. A. Davis residence on Maple Avenue. Co-hostess is Mrs. James Kuhlke. The program features a discussion on the club sponsored Christmas flower show held in December.
Miners Treated After Workplace Accidents at Wyoming Mines
Two miners received treatment at Wyoming General Hospital after injuries at Tralee and Wyco mines. Jack Alberty, 34, suffered a bruised left foot and back injury when a shuttle buggy tangled with electric cable and pinned him. A jack fell on his right foot. At Mullens, two youngsters were treated: six year old Charles Clay was cut by a swing at Amigo School and five year old Bruce Sinecoff fractured his right arm after a fall at Ravencliff.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mullens
RNS
Wyoming General Hospital
Jack Alberty
Iroquois
Tralee
Wyco
Corder Coal Co
Mullens Hospital
Charles Clay
Amigo
Bruce Sinecoff
Ravencliff
Bergundy Nonalcoholic Drink Sold at Navy Center
Bergundy grape drink offered in vending machines at the Naval Training Center is nonalcoholic and noncarbonate, described by the Navy as a grape flavor available among seven options for a nickel.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Calif
Naval Training Center
Navy
William Harris Rites Tuesday
Funeral services for William James Harris will be held at 2 p.m. Tuesday at Calvary Baptist Church Oak Hill conducted by Rev Harold Huffman. Burial follows at High Lawn Memorial Park Oak Hill. Harris 68 of 214 Second Ave Oak Hill died in a Beckley hospital after a two week illness. He was born in Richlands Virginia March 16 1891 and was a retired miner. He belonged to Calvary Baptist Church Oak Hill United Mine Workers of America No 7086 Page. Survived by wife Maryvous Harris a sister Virginia Perkins Bramwell four half brothers Alba Sossevane Va Carl and Leonard Crabtree Old Town Ky four sons Lawrence Detroit Maurice Gene Karl all Oak Hill four daughters Dorothy Gunter Marydel Delaware Della McMilion Kenton Ohio Marietta Farmer Barbara DuFour Oak Hill and 10 grandchildren. Body at Tyree Funeral Home Oak Hill remains there until one hour before funeral.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oak Hill
RNS
William James Harris
Calvary Baptist Church
Harold Huffman
High Lawn Memorial Park
Harris
Second Ave
Beckley Hospital
Richlands
United Mine Workers of America
Page
Maryvous Harris
Virginia Perkins
Bramwell
Alba
Sossevane
Carl
Leonard Crabtree
Old Town
Lawrence
Detroit
Maurice
Gene
Karl
Dorothy Gunter
Marydel, del
Della McMilion
Kenton
Ohio
Marietta Farmer
Barbara DuFour
Tyree
Six Injured In Auto Accident Near Fleshman s Store
Six people were hospitalized after a Sunday afternoon collision on State Route 20 involving a Phillips car driven by Floyd Phillips and a truck driven by Cather Campbell. Injuries ranged from head and chest injuries to lacerations, with several passengers treated and released.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Campbell
Orval Phillips
J. D Woodrum
Hinton Hospital
Phillips
Lucy
Danny
Darlene
Floyd Phillips
Worley Robinson
Church Circle Meets ANSTED The Light Of Life
Mrs Thel Pauls Methodist Church Thursday devotional The Light Of Life featured a donation to the church budget and a report on fruit cake sales A birthday party is planned in the Fellowship Hall January 29 at 7 30 p m with WSCS in charge Refreshments served to circle chairman Eva Claiborne and others February meeting planned with Annie Zimmerman
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ansted
ANS
Thel
Nancy Toney
Anna Laura Skaggs
Ethel Herndon
Fannie Mink
Etta Rae Skaggs
Jean Ligon
Sharon Skaggs
Annie Zimmerman
Catholic Group Plans 1960 Activities at St Peter and Paul
The Blessed Sacrament group executive board met at Rev Eugene Klug's home to map a 1960 program. Planned events include a turkey dinner on March 20 a May bake sale a September ham supper and a November bazaar and bake sale. The officers listed prospective members for contact. Attendees were Mrs John Duda president Mrs Harold Warden vice president Mrs Charles Menarchik treasurer and Mrs John Chesunus secretary.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Duda
Harold Warden
Charles Menarchik
John Chesunas
Mrs Reynolds Rites Tuesday
Funeral services for Mrs Ida Warren Reynolds will be held Tuesday at 2 p.m. in Fayetteville Methodist Church with Rev. Charles S. Thompson officiating. Burial follows at House Memorial Park. Mrs Reynolds age 78 died Sunday morning at an Oak Hill hospital. She was born September 11, 1881 in Crickmer, daughter of Lewis and Susan Warren. She was a Methodist and member of Mission Circle No. 4. Survivors include husband Lucius C. and children Maurice Fayetteville Charles Cleveland Ohio William Jacksonville Fla, Noco Davis Bartow Fla, Madeline Thomas St Albans, brothers Walter Fayetteville Luther Huntington Everette Alderson, sisters Margaret O'Dell Eleana Elwell, 12 grandchildren, 17 great grandchildren. The body is at Dodd-Payne Funeral Home and will be taken to the church one hour before service.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fayetteville
RNS
Ida Warren Reynolds
Fayetteville Methodist Church
Charles S. Thompson
Huse Memorial Park
Reynolds
Oak Hill Hospital
Crickmer
Lewis
Susan Dean Warren
Methodist Church
Mission Circle No. 4
Lucius C
Maurice
Charles
Cleveland
Ohio
William
Jacksonville
Fla
Noco Davis
Bartow
Madeline Thomas
St. Albans
Walter
Luther
Huntington
Everette
Alderson
Margaret O'Dell
Eleana Elwell
South Charleston
Dodd-Payne Funeral Home
Benjamin Agee Rites Tuesday
Last rites for Benjamin Franklin Agee will be conducted by Rev. E. L. Clower at 2:30 p.m. Tuesday in the Tyree Funeral Home Chapel, Oak Hill. Burial will be in Pleasant View Cemetery. Agee, 48, of Kingston, died Sunday in his home from a heart condition. He was a retired miner for Robin Hood Coal Co. and a United Mine Workers member No. 6112. Born March 20, 1911 at Fayetteville Route 1. Survived by Bertha Adkins Agee, his wife. three sons Bobbie, Larry, and Roger Agee. a brother James Agee of Detroit. eight sisters. Pallbearers will be brothers-in-law.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kingston
RNS
Benjamin Franklin Agee
E. L. Clower
Fayetteville
Tyree
Oak Hill
Pleasant View
Agee
Robin Hood Coal Co
United Mine Workers of America
Route 1
Bertha Adkins Agee
Frank Agee
Bobbie
Larry
Roger Agee
James Agee
Detroit
Mich
Coal River DOROTHY and Colcord Hospital News Briefs
Mr and Mrs Mack Cline visited their daughter Mrs Clifford Massey at Kanawha Valley Hospital where she underwent surgery last week Harold Henry remains hospitalized at Charleston Memorial Hospital for a back condition Visitation included Mr and Mrs Ben Henry Marfork and Mr and Mrs Ted Cline Sylvester Freddie Mancaris mother suffered a heart attack and was moved to Kanawha Valley Hospital Rufus Brown Dorothy is under observation at Kanawha Valley Hospital Walter Arthur Colcord admitted to Kanawha Valley Hospital for observation Henry Thompson Colcord hospitalized at Charleston Memorial Hospital visited by his daughters Lud Jarrell and Earl Dillon and grandson Jimmie Jarrell Billy Hodge discharged from Charleston Memorial Hospital after being stabbed by a hitchhiker He is recovering at home Lorene Dillon returned from Beckley Memorial Hospital Children at Colcord Elementary School enjoyed a turkey dinner the sixth this school year.
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Dorothy
Mack Cline
Clifford Massey
Kanawha Valley Hospital
Harold Henry
Charleston Memorial Hospital
Ben Henry
Marfork
Ted Cline
Sylvester
Freddie Mancari
Rufus Brown
Colcord
Walter Arthur
Charleston
Henry Thompson
Lud Jarrell
Earl Dillon
Jimmie Jarrell
Billy Hodge
Lorene Dillon
Beckley Memorial Hospital
1957 U.S. Newspaper Circulation Hit Record High
A study by Cunningham and Walsh notes an advertising in the home. It states that in 1957 U.S. newspaper circulation reached a new all time high of 58,000,000 copies purchased daily.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cunningham and Walsh
U.S
Eighteen Couples Apply For Marriage Permits In Pineville
The Wyoming County Clerk records show eighteen couples from towns including Coal Mountain Cyclone Oceana Mullens and Pineville obtaining marriage licenses. Partners include Berman Stepp and Mary Blankenship, Wendell Harless and Emma Cline, James Childers Jr and Janet Baxter, and others aged 17 to 43 with connections to Mullens Oceana and Cyclone.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pineville
RNS
Wyoming County
Berman H. Stepp
Coal Mountain
Marvin
Mary Stepp
Mary Edith Blankenship
Cyclone
Sherman and Blankenship
Wendell C. Harless
Oceana
Oliver
Verna Harless
Emma
Rachel Cline
Clear Fork
Jesse
Ethel Cline
James N. Childers Jr
Kopperston
James N. Childers
Janet Marie Baxter
George
Helen Baxter
Charles Allen Pennington
Mullens
Harry
Lettie Pennington
Phoebe Dell Floyd
Clarence
Hazel Floyd
Lloyd Franklin Brooks
Marianna
Lonnie
Pauline Brooks
Shelby Jean Cooper
Marian
May Lusk
Daugh‘ter of
Drewy
Linda Lusk
Arnold C. Broyles Jr
Glen Rogers
Arnold
Marie Broyles
Dixie Lee Tolliver
Soulsville
James and
May Tolliver
Kenneth Lee Godfrey
Hanover
Onnie
Ruby Godfrey
Marianna Cline
Max
Olive Cline
Philip Nathaniel Reed
Alfred and
Edna Reed
Juanita Louise Stewart
John Stewart
Lettie Borders
Howard Allen
Lynco
Arthur
Earmie Allen
Mary Frances Griffith
Kenner
Lilly Griffith
Thomas Joseph Webb
Ira
Alice Webb
Helen David
Aaron
Mary Jane Davis
Jack Taylor Young
Huntington
John
Helen Young
Audra Mable Cook
Bowen
Brookie Cook
Gibson Acord
Brenton
Robert
Eva Acord
Dora Kathleen Hatfield
Elmer
Eva Blankenship
Walter Clifton Blankenship
Lou Blankenship
Jeanette Fay Lawson
Itmann
Victor
Sybie Lawson
Denver Hunt
Mohawk
Lee
Raye Hunt
Barbara Davis
Wolfpen
Dorothy Davis
Ralph E. Riffe
Ikes Fork
Georgie
Hannah Riffe
Priscilla Damron
Adam
Gracie M. Damron
Glenn Okey Johnston
Tralee
Caless
Pearl Johnson
Elaine Gertrude Lafferty
Corinne
Luther
Virginia Alibright
Service Station Break-In Reported at Oak Hill Site
Oak Hill State Police investigate a break in at the Kees Gulf Service Station 801 Jones Avenue owned by Robert Kees. Two Dodge spinner hub caps and one nickel peanut vending machine were stolen.
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Oak Hill
BNS
Kees
Stitch and Chatter Club Donates $5 to Polio Fund
The Stitch and Chatter Club met at Mrs. Effie Blume’s home and contributed five dollars to the polio fund. Members from Lookout and Winona prepared rugs and planned a future quilt for Mrs. Caldwell. Attendance included Mrs. Blume, Mrs. Biggers, Mrs. Beaver, and others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lois Whaley
Wanda Jones
R. O. Blume
Gertrude Blume
Kountz
Lookout
Land transfers listed by Wyoming County Clerk
Pineville details deeds recorded by the county clerk totaling several thousand dollars. Alfonso Sandoval and Velma Sandoval convey Lot 1B in Mullens to Samuel and Oretia Kingrea for about 9000 dollars. Additional transfers include Ace Aliff to Ace Aliff for lots 228 and 230 in Oceana, and many more transfers across Mullens, Oceana, Pineville, and surrounding areas with values ranging from about 40 to 6000 dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pineville
RNL
Alfonso
Velma Sandoval
Mullens Land and Insurance Agency
Mullens
Samuel
Oretia L. Kingrea
Wyoming County
Ace Lee Aliff
Ella Mae Aliff
Ace Aliff
Cook-Weaver
Oceana
Ella Shumate
Harry
Rita Shumate
Don
Norma Bailey
Hazel Lusk
Big Huff Creek
Randall
Faye Bailey
Wint
Lula McKinney
Oceana District
Lena
Omar Goad
Vinn Wood
Wylie- Farmer
Lois M. Beane
Guy
Josephine Chambers
Sherwood Park
Rites Tuesday For Mrs Biggs
MARLINTON West Virginia Sally Jackson Biggs 92 died Saturday in Marlinton hospital Funeral services set for 1 p m Tuesday at New Hone Church Maine with Rev Robert Shields Burial in Orchard Cemetery Ballard Survivors include two daughters eight sons and husband William J Biggs died 1943 Body will be moved from Smith Funeral Home to the home of son James Marlinton this afternoon then to the church one hour before the service
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Effie B. Michael
Ronceverte
A. W. Broyles
Marlinton
James R
Lamer J., Wilson Jr
Henry H
Charles W
Price Hill
John W
Belva
Albert R
Lansing
Paul H
Cleveland
Ohio
Smith Funeral
James
Mrs N Jones Talks At Ladies Aid Meet
Mrs Neva Jones spoke on the importance of a Church Home and attending church services at the Baptist Ladies Aid meeting held Thursday at 7 30 p m in the home of Mrs Emory Goode. Others taking part included Mrs Helen Hypes and several named members. Next month the meeting moves to Mrs Annie Walker's home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Winona
ANL
Neva Jones
Baptist Ladies Aid
Emory Goode
Helen Hypes
Nora Beaver
Marion Miller
Thelma Selinger
Anice Hampton
Annie Tully
Annie Walker
Also Mentioned on This Page
Hico Church Woman’s Mission Society
WSCS
Catholic Group
Altar
Laurel Garden Club
William Harris
Church Circle
Mrs. Reynolds
Benjamin Agee
Club
Wyoming
Robert Bailey
W. M. Ritter
Epp
Bessie Cole
Vergie Cole
Lillydale
Bernard and
Mildred Cook
Otherss
Nianza Fay Cook
Green
Leola Bailey
Leonard Bailey
Baileysville
Hillcrest Memorial Gardens
John S. Evans
Edna Evans
Christus
G. L
Zero Shook
Monfrey Chicanelli
Burgess Addition
Hazel
Luther Lusk
Wyoming County Board of Education
Rosa Lee
Princeton
Huff Creek
C. T. Upchurch
Laurel Fork
Etta
Burke Lamb
Grady Bailey
Monroe Cozort
Adkin
Thames Browning
Elva Browning
Roy
Zada Stone
Clayton
Kathryn Gunter
Roman
Thelma Cook
Garnett Rhinehart
Griffith Street
Pierpoint
Pineville Land Company
Willis and
Evelyn Cook
Earl C. Cook
Willie
Minnie Pendry
Arnie
Pearl Walker
Ritz
Mrs. Biggs
Mrs. N. Jones
Ladies Aid Meet
Buick
Beckley
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