Jesse James Charged With Attempt To Kill In Oceana
Jesse James of Brown Town waived preliminary hearing on a Wyoming County charge of attempt to kill before Magistrate Emory Lusk. He was remanded to jail pending grand jury action. He also faced a misdemeanor charge of carrying a loaded uncased gun, fined $25 with 30 days suspended. Police said James fired three shots into a Brown Town home while seeking his wife and threatened others. His wife Sally said he had been drinking since Sunday and threatened to kill her five children and any officer.
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Oceana
ANS
Jesse James
Brown Town
Emory Lusk
Wyoming
Robert Worrell
James
Bert Short
Roy Aliff
Ward Shephard
Phillip Neal
Chester Hawkins
Harold Rose
Alza Matz
Sally
Edna
Brown
Death and church notes from Coal River Colcord area
Miss Maude VanScoy travels to Clarksburg after her sister-in-law Mary VanScoy dies from a heart condition. Funeral held Monday. Many local church and community updates follow including delegate selections, hospital visits, choir changes, and upcoming Presbytery plans inColcord and nearby towns.
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Colcord
RNS
Maude VanScoy
Clear Fork High School
Clarksburg
Mary VanScoy
Paul Dillon
Freddie Layman
Detroit
Mich
Presbyterian Council Project
Montreal Presbyterian Church
S. L. Pettry
William Legg
Franze Hull
Carl Walker
Theron Daniel
Ashford Phelps
Dorothy Church
Charles Thompson
Maple Fork
Jeff Thompson
Virgil Thompson
Ira Price
Charleston General Hospital
Mary
C. K. Foster
Price
Henry Thompson
Charleston Memorial Hospital
Lud Jarrell
Earl Dillon
Jimmie Jarrell
Lola Arthur
Walter
Kanawha Valley Hospital
Raymond Kuhn
Sylvester
Pattie C. Stockdale
Ravenswood
John Ralfs
Walter Elkins
St. Pettry
Ex-Beckleyan Named Principal of Fort Chiswell High
M. D. Pack, noted as a native of Warfield Kentucky and former George Wythe High assistant principal, is named principal of the new Fort Chiswell High School in Wythe County Virginia. Pack holds a Concord College degree and an UVA master's in school administration and is married to Jo Cooper Harper. He previously taught at Narrows High and led Thomas Jefferson Elementary in Staunton. The modern school opens its first session next September.
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Beckley
M. D. ‘Pack
Fort Chiswell
Wythe County
Pack
Concord College
Athens
Jo Cooper
Harper
University of Virginia
Warfield
George Wythe
Wytheville
Narrows
Mission Council Meeting at Mount Hope Home
The Mount Hope Woman's Missionary Council met at the Rev and Mrs. Dale Holmes home Monday. Mrs Irma Woodell gave the devotional. secretary's report read. old and new business discussed. Each member to bring an item to sell to raise funds. Mildred Cheeks elected vice president, replacing the former officer who moved away. Mrs Beula Painter closed with prayer. Refreshments served to attendees including Mrs Dale Holmes and others.
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Mount Hope
Grace Harris
Betty Kincaid
Edith Rut
Beula Painter
Mildred Cheek
Irma Eee
Pamela Woodell
UMWA To Open Wage Talks with WOAY Managers
District 50 United Mine Workers of America will open wage negotiations soon with Station WOAY TV management. Reid P. Davis, regional director, said the UMWA was selected as bargaining agent for WOAY employees in a National Labor Relations Board election held Tuesday. Fourteen employees participated.
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Oak Hill
RNS
United Mine Workers of America
Woaytv
Reid P. Davis
District 50
UMWA
National Labor Relations Board
Davis
Miss Trail Chosen Worthy Advisor for Rainbow Girls
Mount Hope RNS reports Miss Linda Trail has been selected as worthy advisor of Assembly No 14, Rainbow for Girls. Installation set for January 31 with two new members to be initiated January 25 at White Shrine Hall. Martha Pennington led the January meeting attended by about 30 girls and several adults including Mrs. Brooks and several Cope and Williams families.
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Mount Hope
RNS
Order of Rainbow
Linda Trail
Joe Trail
Miss Trail
White Shrine Hall
Martha Pennington
Vivian Brooks
Mary Stevenison
Jennie Cope Carter
Peggy McClung
Maude Marshall
Albert Cope
Wendell Phillips
Robert Williams
Woodson Infant to be Buried at Greenwood Memorial Park
Graveside rites for Gregory Demetric Woodson infant son of Mr and Mrs Demetric Woodson of Sprague were set for 2 pm today at Greenwood Memorial Park. He died Tuesday afternoon in a local hospital. Survivors include two brothers Winston and Norvel Lee two sisters Charlene and La Verne parental grandparents Mr and Mrs John T Woodson maternal grandmother Mrs Katherine Mallory and maternal grandfather Charles Rogers all of Hill Top. Ritchie and Johnson Funeral Home in charge.
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Gregory Demetric Woodson
Demetric Woodson
Sprague
Greenwood Memorial Park
Winston
Norvel Lee
Charlene
la Verne
John T. Woodson
Kathrine Mallory
Commodities To Be Distributed At Ghent Odd Road
Commodities will be distributed at the home of Paris Shrewsberry on the Ghent Odd road all day Friday and Saturday. Everyone is asked to bring their own containers.
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Paris Shrewsberry
Ghent - Odd Road
Hopkins Treated for Thumb Injury at Beckley Hospital
James W. Hopkins of Beaver was treated Tuesday at Beckley Hospital for an injured right thumb after catching it in a cable reel. He works for the Chesapeake and Potomac Telephone Company.
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Hopkins
James W. Hopkins
Beaver
Beckley Hospital
Chesapeake and Potomac Telephone Company
Wimback Jr Suffering Head Injury In Mine Accident
Richard Wimback Jr 41 of Midway is listed in satisfactory condition at Beckley Memorial Hospital after a head injury from a mine accident at 11 50 p m Tuesday. He works for the Eastern Gas and Fuel Company.
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Wimback
Richard Wimback Jr
Midway
Beckley Memorial Hospital
The
Eastern Gas and Fuel Company
Sunday meeting set for Knights of Templars chapter
A Sunday meeting is scheduled for House of Correction No. 3 of the Knights of Templars Free and Accepted York Masons East Gulf. Secretary H. N. Goings states the session will begin at 4 p m Sunday.
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House of Correction No. 3
Knights of Templars
York
Jimmie Gillenwater Feted On Thirteenth Birthday
Kopperston party honors Jimmie Gillenwater son of Mr and Mrs Ella Gillenwater at Recreation Building with many attendees including Audrey Pennington Tommy Cook Mike Cook Louise Hickman and others. Mrs Ralph Hickman assisted.
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Kopperston
RNS
Jimmie Gillenwater
Ella Gillenwater
Gillenwater
Ralph Hickman
Audrey Pennington
Tommy Cook
Mike Cook
Louise
Ricky Hickman
Karen Snider
Billy Williamson
Karen
David Thomas
Jimmy Johnson
Johnny Pike
Craig Harper
Mike Boshell
Brenda Whitt
Judy Sparks
Darlene
Charlene Centers
Glenna McGuire
Nancy Poland
Tommy Smith
Eugene Cook
Anne Chambers
Gary Payne
Claudia Grosse
Diane Hall
Toni Sauls
Billy Stafford
Roger Webster
Howell Caton
Kopperston PTA Plans February Concert by Junior Band
Kop perston Grade School PTA met at the school cafeteria with Vaugh Stewart announcing a 50 piece junior band concert for February. Robert Dillon said a board of education contact led to a creek bridge project to Koppers City once weather allows. No new instruments will be bought this term. Mrs Avil Grosse's first grade room count was noted. refreshments planned for the next meeting. Oather Board remains in fair condition in Raleigh General Hospital after injuries from a Saturday car strike on South Fayette Street.
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Kopperston
RNS
Vaugh Stewart
PTA
Robert Dillon
Board of Education
Koppers City
Avil Grosse
Oather Board
Raleigh General Hospital
South Fayette St
Page PTA Hears Mrs. G. Thomas
At Page School, Mrs. Grant Thomas assistant director of Fayette County Civil Defense outlines a home preparedness program for nuclear and natural emergencies. She notes the plan targets reducing casualties and aiding civil defense workers, with Fayette County as a pilot area and a broader national rollout.
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PAGE
Page School Parent-Teacher Association
Grant Thomas
Fayette County
Civil Defense
Thomas
United States
Joel
Magistrate Bernard Morgan seeks fourth term in Baileysville
Pineville RNS reports Bernard Morgan 53 seeks reelection as Justice of the Peace for Baileysville District. Born Oct. 14, 1906 at Baileysville, Morgan worked seven and a half years for Virginian Railway and long with Red Jacket Coal before running a Brenton service station and grocery. He and wife Margaret Short have five children. Morgan has previously been Justice of the Peace since 1948, 1952, and 1956, and pledges to serve the people with the same care if reelected.
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Pineville
RNS
Justice of the Peace of
Baileysville
Bernard Morgan
Brenton
Morgan
Isaac Morgan
Ida Morgan
Virginian Railway Company
Red Jacket Coal Company
Wyoming
Margaret Jane Short
Ed Short
Fannock
Betty Jo Day
Marianna
Bobby Lee Morgan
Billy Wade Morgan
Columbus
Shirley Ann Hatfield
Dayton
Ohio
Brenda Kaye Morgan
Baileysville High School
Justice For the Peace
Superintendent named in Jackson County
CHARLESTON AP Jackson County maintenance superintendent named Harvey Snyder of Murraysville takes over effective January. Snyder comes from Kaiser Construction and Du Pont Construction. He succeeds Glenn R. Mann who returns to his post as assistant. Shrine meet set at Mount Hope White Shrine of Jerusalem Jabel Alreja Shrine No. 6 to convene at 7:30 pm Friday. officers urged to attend.
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Charleston
Patrick C. Graney
Harvey Snyder
Murraysville
Jackson County
Snyder
Kaiser Construction Co
du Pont ‘Construction Co
Glenn R. Mann
Mount Hope
Alreja Shrine No. 6
White Shrine of Jerusalem
White Shrine
Bailey chairman and principal assist with program
Bailey chairman and the principal J B Scott will assist her with the program.
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Bailey
J. B. Scott
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