Bluestone Lake to see 15 glass-fronted cottages start soon
Summers County delegate C D McCormick said construction of 15 modernistic glass-fronted cottages and a $300,000 lodge may begin within 60 days with completion planned for August 1. The plan includes a survey of several hundred acres, a barrack-style sleeping block for fishermen, a snack bar, a bathing beach, a third boat dock, and access bridges as the Bluestone Lake area expands for fishing, boating, camping and swimming.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Blackwater Falls
Tucker County
Surveyor’s Branch Park
Bluestone River
Bluestone Bridge
Indian Mills
U. S. Army Corps of Engineers
Bluestone Lake
United States
Drive Under Way to Cut Death Toll in Half by Roof Top Safety
MULLENS W V Cook said a roof fall safety campaign will be discussed at Mullens High School at 6 45 p m Friday by William Rachun U S Bureau of Mines mine safety representative during a Wyoming Council Holmes Safety Association meeting The Rob ertson and Foglesong Funeral Home will demonstrate a predator breathing apparatus in the safety session
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Holmes Safety Association
Mullens High School
W. V. Cook
Robertson and Foglesong Funeral Home
Mothers Aid in Polio Drive For Fayetteville Areas
In Fayetteville and nearby communities the Mothers March of Dimes, led by Mrs. D Ellis Brown of the American Legion Auxiliary, organizes a polio fund drive Monday January 31. Courthouse bell at 6 and porch lights from 6 to 7 mark the event with captains assigned to each town section and community.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fayetteville
RNS
March of Dimes
D. Ellis Brown
Auxiliary of LaFayette Post
American Legion
Brown
Lindberg
William Bennett
Main St
F. J. Morris
Daniels St
Lee Akers
High St
E. M. Darnall
Maple Ave
Franklin Heights
Charles L. Garvin, Jr
Frank Clinebell
Windsor Addition
J. W. Jones
Walker Sr
D. G. Hatcher
Town
Bill Wood
Washington Heights
Tank Hill
Dave Turner
Nickelville
Emmett Stanley
Garten
L. J. Young
Kaymoor
Marcella Tufts
Air Scouts Win Varied Awards at Fayette Goose Dinner
Fayetteville ANS reports Air Explorer Scouts received Ground Observation Corps awards during the second annual goose dinner at Fayette Airport. Frank Thomas led the geese ceremony, with invocation by Paul Tinkle. Attending Air Scouts included Harry Stanley, Robert Hall, Sammy Stotts, and others. Charles Knotts spoke about a National Scout Camp in Cimarron NM. guests and family were listed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fayetteville
ANS
Fayette
Frank Thomas
Squadron 3
Paul Tinkle
Ground Observation Corp
Harry Stanley
Robert Hall
Sammy Stotts
Charles Knotts
Cimarron
N. M
Harry Ingles
Henry Stotts
Chuck Law
Buford Blevins
James Pegram
Bill Law
Lowell Mosses
Robert Denler
James Hall
Tommy Epperley
Carol
Cathy
L. K. Pegram
R. H. Ingles
Hattie Ingles
Ed Epper
Christmas Seal Fund Gets Aid
Fayetteville reports a $500 gift from the Fayette Tuberculosis Association drawn from the old Fayette County War Community Chest. Remaining chest funds were shared among participating agencies. E. O. Wiseman notes the gift supports a lagging annual budget raised by Christmas Seals. He adds the association, once part of the Chest, was entitled to a portion of its remaining funds as it dissolved.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fayetteville
ANS
Fayette Tuberculosis Association
Fayette County
E. O. Wiseman
Wiseman
Tuberculosis Association
Mullens Woman Is Given Shower
A stork shower honored Mrs. Bill L. Goad of Stewart Apartments Mullens Monday night at her mother-in-law’s home on Fairview Ave. Hostesses were Mrs. Warren Wingo Mrs. Randal Akers Mrs. J. C. Newsome and Miss Mary Hiser Guests opening gifts included Miss Jackie Hearn Mrs. Marian Vanover Mrs. Ernest Musser Mrs. Charles Edwards and many others in a pink and blue bassinette themed setting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mullens
Bill L. Goad
Stewart Apartments
W. G. Goad
Fairview Ave
Mullens Hill
Warren Wingo
Randal Akers
J. C. Newsome
Mary Hiser
Jackie Hearn
Marian Vanover
Ernest Musser
Charles Edwards
Bill Scott
Charles Tabor
John Shirley
W. R. Toler
Fred McKinney
P. G. Wingo
Bill Robertson
Harrison Artwood
W. D. Davis
O. H. Martin
Robert Carr
Bill Lester
Edith Cook
B. J. Whitt
H. S. Burcham
Russell McKinney
Earl Burcham
Charles McKinney
J. H. Snow
C. M. Bennett
Kopperston Woman In Beckley Hospital
Kopperston resident Mrs C R Rankin Raleigh Register correspondent for the area is in Beckley Hospital for treatment. She entered the hospital Monday morning and may be able to leave the latter part of this week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kopperston
C. R. Rankin
Raleigh Register
Beckley Hospital
Mullens High Girls to Baby Sit for Polio Drive
Mullens High School 7 B homeroom girls will babysit to raise funds for the March of Dimes polio campaign. They will provide services from 4 p.m. to 10 p.m. on weekdays and 9 a.m. to 10:30 p.m. Saturdays for about a month.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mullens High
Indictment sought for Webster train wreckers in court today
Presentments will go to a federal grand jury today against five Webster County men accused in dynamiting a Cherry River Boom and Lumber Co. train and the engineer's death. The five men Bush Wilt Wilson Bell Sparks face potential death or life imprisonment if indicted and convicted. The case is part of 24 scheduled for the January term of U S Southern District Court. The derailment occurred during a violent strike against J R Maust mining interests in Central West Virginia.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bluefield
Webster County
Asst
U. S. Atty
Percy H. Brown
U. S. Southern District Court
Brown
Cherry River
Kanawha County
Charleston
James Austin Bush
Bolair
Dorsey William Wilt
Webster Springs
Foster Ford (Shorty) Wilson
Burton Bell
Charles Sparks
J. R. Maust
West Virginia
Barter Meal Plan Transforms Sand Gap School Lunch
In Barkers Ridge at Sand Gap School near Mullens, P E McGraw led a barter hot lunch program. He organized a kitchen, water system, and community donations to provide hot meals using in-kind payments. a PTA cook, local firms, and the school board supported the effort. Only the teacher pays cash for his meal.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Barker's Ridge
Sand Gap
Mullens
P. E. McGraw
PTA
Eocation
McGraw
George Shrewsbury
Wyoming County
Suttle Funeral Set for Thursday
Laura Florence Suttle 76 of Winona dies in Wyoming General Hospital after a brief illness. Funeral at Church of God New Richmond with burial in Purdue Cemetery Pineville. Survived by husband Frank Suttle, brother Lewis Perdue, sisters Mert Tucker and Mrs W H Overstreet. Body to be taken to cousin’s home Guyandotte Ave Mullens this evening.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
England
Frank Suttle
Lewis Perdue
Pineville
Mert Tucker
Killarney
W. H. Overstreet
Montvale
Virginia
Robertson and Foglesong
Mattie Blessard
Guyandotte Ave
Mullens
March of Dimes Team Announced for Fayetteville Game
Fayetteville Anl Lions Club coach Lofton Tudor announced the Lions squad to face the Fayetteville High School faculty in a March of Dimes basketball game on Jan 26 at Memorial Auditorium. The roster includes Ralph Fazio Eugene Houchins Tommy Myles Harry Marshall Haven Shuck Bill Tully Tom Smith Dillard Inge Houston Wendell John Tamplin Tommie Platt Doug Epperly J E Cottle Howard Carson Carl Vickers. Jack Casto serves as assistant coach and trainer with H G Smokey Hesse as manager.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fayetteville
ANL
Lions Club
Fayetteville High School
March of Dimes
Memorial Auditorium
Lofton Tudor
Lions
Ralph Fazio
Eugene
Chig) Houchins
Tommy Myles
Harry Marshall
Haven Shuck
Bill Tully
Tom Smith
Dillard Inge
Houston
Wheat) Wendell
John Tamplin
Tommie Platt
Doug Epperly
J. E
Ex Virginia Crane Operator Dies at Home in Mullens
Rhoderick Oscar Edwards, a Virginian railway derrick engineer with over 30 years service, died at his Corinne home after an extended illness. Born August 19, 1903 in Allegheny, he leaves a wife Lucy, two sons and a daughter, and was a member of several local organizations. Funeral arrangements are incomplete.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mullens
RNS
Rhoderick
Oscar Edwards
Corinne
Edwards
The
Virginia
Allegheny
Lola Edwards
C. C. Edwards
South Mullens Chuch of God
Mullens Moose Lodge
Knights of Pythias
Montgomery
Lucy
Richard
Charles
South Mullens
William Brooks
Itmann
Palmer
Chestertown
Fred
Arizona
Gerald Dillard
Robertson and Foglesong Funeral Home
Scout Leaders Plan Meeting in Charleston Dinner
The Buckskin Council Boy Scouts of America will hold its annual dinner meeting at 6 30 p m January 28 in the Shrine Mosque Charleston. Commander Thomas J Keane USNR of New York City a long time Scouting leader will be principal speaker. Reservations by January 25 at the Council Office Charleston.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fayetteville
BNL
Buckskin Council
Boy Scouts of America
Shrine Mosque
Charleston
Thomas J. Keane
U.S.N.R
New York City
Keane
Belfast
Ireland
Melbourne
Australia
Robert Billington
Region 4
Kentucky
Ohio
West Virginia
P. O. Box
Powder Burns Woman in Summersville Fire
An elderly Summersville woman suffered burns when gunpowder mistaken for old garden seeds ignited in a home burn barrel. She was burning papers with her son helping, the fire flashed and clothing caught fire, she was treated by a local physician and reported in fair condition barring complications.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Summersville
RNS
Persinger
Alex Gates
Oak Hill Hospital Treated Three Accident Victims
Oak Hill Hospital treated three people for minor injuries on Monday and Tuesday. John Dale Toten five from Scarbro suffered a cut tendon in the left index finger. Lyle Rowe twenty from Sewell injured the left leg in a fall from a ladder. James Underwood seventy from Long Branch fractured the right hip in a fall.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
OAK Hill
ANS
Oak Hill Hospital
John Dale Toten
Scarbro
Lyle Rowe
Sewell
James Underwood
Fayette Court Term Convictions and Pleas
A Fayette County circuit court term impaneled jurors to try William John Jenkins for breaking and entering the Christian Colliery Co store in June 1954 and stealing property valued at 211.12 dollars. A Jack Hess and Robert Manley were sentenced to six months in county jail with a probation motion to be heard after 30 days. Cecil Toombs pleaded guilty to malicious assault and sought probation. Warren Thornhill was admitted to practice in the Fayette County Bar Association.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fayetteville
RNS
William John Jenkins
Christian Colliery Co
Charles L. Garvin Jr
Jack Hess
Deepwater
Robert Manley
Montgomery
Cecil James Toombs
S. C. Higgins Jr
Warren A. Thornhil Ill
Raleiga County Bar Association
Fayette County
Scarbro Area Gets New Doctor
Dr. Joe N. Jarrett of Oak Hill has become company doctor for Whipple Carlisle and Scarbro with offices in the Hill Building Oak Hill his appointment was effective midmonth Dr S S DuPuy the former doctor has returned to private practice in Scarbro per office staff
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oak Hill
ANS
Joe N. Jarrett
Whipple
Carlisle
Scarbro
New River Co
Hill Building
Main St
Jarrett
S. S. DuPuy
Pineville Personal Notes Show Visits and Moves
Pineville social notes recount Mr. and Mrs. E A Hatcher Jr with children visiting Mrs Crews and Catherine Crews. Eugene L Neal and mother Mrs. Knight visit Phelps. Jack Beavers family moving from Dayton to Roanoke. Elma Hayhurst returns from Pittsburgh. Mayor Vaughan Stewart and mother in law dine with the Murphrees in Mullens. Worrells visit Welch.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pineville
Rns
E. A. Hatcher Jr
Logan
Alan
Mark
Sarah Jane
H. E. Crews
Catherine Crews
Eugene L. Neal
Harry L. Knight
Phelps, Ky
C.S. Smith
Jack Beavers
Dayton
Ohio
Roanoke
Beavers
Elma Hayhurst
Pittsburgh
Vaughan Stewart
H. W. Conley
Baltimore Livestock Market Report Notice
USDA Baltimore market totals show cattle 250 head with insufficient basis for trading. Calves 75 yearlings 34.00 prime vealers, 28.00 to 33.00 good and choice. vealers down to 22.00. culls 7.00 and down. Hogs 600 head with ranges from 19.25 to 50 for 160–200 lb barrows and gilts, 18.75–19.00 for 220–240 lb, 17.75–18.75 for 240–270 lb, 17.00–18.00 for 270–300 lb, 17.00 and down over 300 lb. 120–140 lb 17.50–18.50, 140–160 lb 18.50–19.00. sows under 400 lb 15.75, 400–450 lb 14.75, 450–500 lb 13.75, 500–550 lb 12.75, 550–600 lb 11.75. Sheep none.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Baltimore
USDA
Poultry Market Report from Harrisonburg Virginia
Shenandoah Valley live poultry market quiet with light demand and moderate receipts. Farm prices for broilers under 3 lbs 25-26 cents, 3 lbs and over 27-28, heavy hens 17-18, small turkey fryers 27-29, breeder hens 25, toms 18. Weekly summary shows broilers under 3 lbs down 21 percent, 3-3.5 lbs up to 55 percent, and 3.5 lbs and over about 24 percent. overall plus 32 percent from prior week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harrisonburg
Shenandoah Valley
Richwood Theatre Upgraded With Cinemascope Screen
Richwood’s New Star theatre, established 1907 by J C Holt, received extensive upgrades costing thousands. Improvements include a full width Cinemascope screen, new foyer carpet, heated auditorium, upgraded lobby with plate glass, and relocated box office. Fred Alderman built the work. painting by J B Rader Hoyt Dean and Dexter Dotson. The building also houses the Jewel Box lobby shop and Citizens Financial Service on the second floor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Richwood
RNII
New Star
J. C. Holt
Virginia
Wendell Holt
Star Theatre
Main Street
Fred Alderman
J. B. Rader
Hoyt Dean
Dexter Dotson
Jewel Box
John White
Citizens Financial Service
Oceana Bridal Shower Honors Marcella Henderson
Hostesses at a Oceana Methodist Church bridal shower honored Miss Marcella Henderson. The event in the church recreation room Friday featured pastel decor and bridal motif. Attendees included Mrs. Ralph Cook Mrs. Jack Dempsey and Mrs. O B Henderson along with many guests and prize winners. Miss Henderson will marry Sgt Bryant Cook Saturday at the Methodist Church.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oceana
RNS
Marcella Henderson
Ralph Cook
Jack Dempsey
O. B. Henderson
Oceana Methodist Church
Miss Henderson
Sgt
Bryant Cook
Methodist Church
J. Rush Cook
Norma Caldwell
Charles Thompson
Mesdames Maude Cozort
Mae Cook
Vida Chambers
George Darnell
Frank Bostic
O. H. Hoover
George Wayne Cook
Arlene Drake
Ora Meadows
Philip Roach
Phyllis Cozort
Patty Parker
L. W. Boothe
Paul Dempsey
Wanna Cook
John White
Glenna Blackburn
Minnie Hawkins
Jennings Barrett
B. L. Morgan
Freda Jo Stepp
John Pomeroy
John Paynter
Arnald Branham
Delmer Blackburn
J. C. Tate
Nancy Ellenburg
Ralph Marks
John Hobert
Ray Neal
L. W. Beane
Sadie Cook
Bill Knott
Barbara Goodwin
Jeanette Bogstie
Miss Ferrell
Donna
Sue Cook
Billie Beane
Also Mentioned on This Page
Brooklyn
Catherine Paris
John Witt Jr
Wolf Creek Section
S. J. Ritchie
Kaymoor No. 2
D. C. Wickline
Fayette Station
N. B. Stone
Crooked Run
G. A. Treadway
Dempsey
Laurel Creek Road
Theron Edds
Beckwith
Myron Renick
Old Beckwith Road
Lindberg Addition
Epperly Transfer
Levisay
W. O. Henderson
Air Scouts
Christmas Seal Fund
Webster
Board of Education
Parent-teacher Association
Pikes Peak
Duncan-Catron Motor CO
Prince St. Plone
Beckley, W. VA
Scout Leaders
Nicholas
Mark Fayette
Scarbro Area
Dale Carnegie
Beckley Hotel
John Ruskin Hall
Lewis Street
Charleston, W. Va
Crowgey
Crowgey Sausage Company
Kellysville
West Va
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