New Members Honored By Oceana Woman's Club
Oceana Woman's Club held a tea at the Oceana Methodist Church on Tuesday honoring new members Mrs. A. G. Sugar Jr. and others including Mrs. Jack Rider, Mrs. James Murray, and Miss Elizabeth William. Hostesses and officers, devotional by Mrs. Otis Cook, reviews of club governance, piano numbers, and about fifty members attended.
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Oceana
Oceana Woman's Club
Oceana~Methodist Church
A. G. Sugar Jr
Jack Rider
James Murray
David Speaks
Mason Griffith
Elizabeth William
J. C. Richardson
Dale Cook
Rubye Meadow
Doyle Rine
John Moss
Ivan Daniels
T. O. Whelan
James Hall
Thomas Nutter
Otis Cook
F. G. Shannon
Chester Stewart
Ralph Poland
Earl Wilson
Mrs Georgie Loudermilk Funeral Sunday
Funeral services for Mrs Georgie Allen Loudermilk will be held at 2 30 p m Sunday at the new Baptist Church in Vago Burial follows in the church cemetery Mrs Loudermilk 65 a former resident of Buckeye died in a Weston hospital after a long illness Survivors include her husband Charles Franklin of Vargo a sister Mrs Lydia Roomans of Clintonville two brothers John of Clintonville and Charles Allen of Hillsboro The body will be moved from Jack K Wallace Funeral Home at Alderson to the Loudermilk residence Saturday afternoon
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WAGO
Georgie Allen Loudermilk
New Baptist Church
Vago
Loudermilk
Buckeye
Weston
Charles Franklin
Vargo
Lydia Roomans
Clintonville
John
Charles Allen
Hillsboro
Jack K. Wallace
Alderson
Summersville
RNS
Elizabeth Florence Hamilton
White Funeral Home
Riker Bennett
A. F. Gregory
Groves
Hamilton
Memorial Methodist Church
Nicholas County
Edwin Hamilton
Sarah Hamilton
Scott McClung
C F Sexton Rites Saturday
Funeral services for Clay Franklin Sexton will be held at 2 p.m. Saturday at Woodlawn Presbyterian Church Auto with Rev. T D Alderman officiating. Burial follows at Woodlawn Cemetery. Sexton died Wednesday at his residence from a heart attack, survived by his wife Juanita Brown Sexton a son Michael his parents Winfred and wife and five brothers Sanford Danner RayCharles and Robert. Body moved from Wallace and Wallace Funeral Home in Lewisburg to his home at 5 p.m. today then to the church one hour before services.
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AUTO
Clay Franklin Sexton
Woodlawn Presbyterian Church
T. D. Alderman
Woodlawn
Sexton
Juanita Brown Sexton
Micahel
Winfred Sexton
Sanford
Dayton
Ohio
Danner
Ray
Baltimore, Md
Charles
Canton
Robert
Wallace and Wallace Funeral Home
Lewisburg
Edwin Cales Charged With Road Violation
HINTON RNS Edwin Cales faces reckless driving charges after an crash in which his car hit one driven by Howard S McGraw of Charleston. Cales attempted to pass as McGraw slowed to turn left at Pleasant Street and Second Avenue. Damages were estimated at $264 for Cales and $115 for McGraw.
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Hinton
RNS
Howard S.mcgraw
Charleston
Edwin C. Cales
Cales
McGraw
Pleasant Street
Second Avenue
William Toney to Undergo Surgery at Beckley Memorial Hospital
William Toney has returned to Beckley Memorial Hospital for surgery scheduled Friday. About 60 people attended the Chesapeake and Potomac Telephone meeting at Nuttall High School Tuesday. Attendees were assured of better service after March.
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Lookout
William Toney
Beckley Memorial Hospital
Chesapeake and Potomac
Nuttall High School
Greenbrier RC Seeks $12054 for 1959 60 Budget
Greenbrier County Red Cross seeks about $12,054 for the 1959 60 fiscal year. About $6,000 has been raised recently. more funds are needed to complete the year ending June 30. Mrs. Robert Price will chair the blood program and Mrs. George Watts will lead the blood replacement effort, both from Rupert.
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East Rainelle
RNS
Greenbrier County
Red Cross
Moose Building
Robert Price
George Watts
Rupert
Okey McCraw
Margaret Anderson
Lewisburg
Leonard Campbell
Last Rainelle
Keaton Funeral Set On Saturday
Herbert L. Keaton 26 died in a Baltimore hospital from pneumonia after a period ill. Funeral at Greenbrier Primitive Baptist Church Pipestem Creek at 2 p.m. Saturday led by Revs Wills and Wheeler. Burial Cook Cemetery Keaton family survivors include parents Grover and wife. brothers Kenneth and Billy Joe. grandparents Cora Keaton and T. E. Cooper. Body to home of parents at 4 p.m. today.
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Herbert L. Keaton
Greenbrier Primitive Baptist Church
Pipestorm Creek
W. M. Wills
E. C. Wheeler
Cook Cemetery
River Ridge
Keaton
Grover Keaton
Pipestein Creek
Baltimore
Summers County
Kenneth
Billy Joe
Cora Keaton
Pipestemn
T. E. Cooper
Bellepoint
Ronald Meadows
Hinton
Two Orders Entered In Circuit Court
Mercer County Circuit Court issued two orders. In Ethel Sophia Nash versus Conley William Nash, a lunacy warrant against the plaintiff was to be returned to the county clerk by Deputy Sheriff M. McNeal. In Helen Cumby Sanford versus Clay Horton Sanford, Haynes Construction Co. of Bluefield was directed to pay 91.39 to the plaintiff from an amount due to the defendant.
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Princeton
RNS
Mercer County
Ethel Sophia Nash
Conley William Nash
M. ©. McNeal
Helen Cumby Sanford
Clay Horton Sanford
Haynes Construction Co
Bluefield
Walthallsof Rockville Welcome Son Brent Evert
Mr and Mrs Fart R Shug Walthall of Rockville Maryland are parents of a son Brent Evert born January 16. The baby weighed eight pounds fourteen ounces. Mrs Walthall, formerly Mary Smith, is the daughter of Mrs B F Smith and the late Hh FE Smith of 912 Reynolds Ave Princeton.
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Princeton
Rns
Fart R. (Shug) Walthall
Rockville
Brent Evert
Walthall
Mary Smith
B. EF. Smith
Hh Fe, Smith
Reynolds Ave
Princeton Woman's Club Hosts Oil Painting Demonstration
Princeton artist Marvin Kessinger demonstrated oil painting techniques and shared many of his works at a Princeton Junior Woman's Club meeting. The program, in cooperation with the Fine Arts Department, featured appreciation gifts, future events, and proposals for a prenatal clinic and charity activities, with 50 members and guests attending.
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Princeton
ANS
Marvin Kessinger
Princeton Junior Woman's Club
Fine Arts Department
Thomas Thornton
Kessinger
Dean Coffey
Ansted Personal News Highlights Local Visits and Events
Ansted society notes show Mrs. W C Skaggs in Charleston General Hospital with Mrs. Paige Skaggs recuperating in Charleston Memorial Hospital. Several Skaggs family members visit Laura Skaggs at Beckley, and others attend church meetings, rallies, or travel to Portsmouth and Washington. Local funerals and weddings noted, including Maomi Cline marrying Martin Neal in Dayton Ohio.
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Ansted
ANS
W.C. Skaggs
Charleston General Hospital
Set
Charles Neal
Washington, D. C
Jessie Puckett
Paige Skaggs
Charleston Memorial Hospital
Madge Skaggs
Glen Humphrey
Alice Taylor
Ica Skaggs
Laura Skaggs
Skaggs
Beckley Memorial Hospital
Betty Riley
Roy Crist
Oak Hill
Gladys Brown
Martha Skaggs
Julian Skaggs
Charleston
D. V.marooney Jr
Leslie Hess
Fannie Mink
Ruth Mink
Benny Miller
Gerald Daniel
Woman's Society of Christian Service
St. Paul's Methodist Church
W. J. Vernon
Laird Memorial Clinic
Guy Vaughan
John Hammond
Laird Hospital
Montgomery
Nolan Gragg
Laird Memorial Hospital
Sammy Woods
Gauley Ridge
Rosa Woods
Lacy Wells
Chester Huffman
J. LD. Houchins
Handley
Mary Skaggs
Portsmouth
J. M. Houchins
Hazel Houchins
Joseph Deligne
Diana
Fla
Millard Boley
Ramsey
0. Crookshank
Evelyn Leake
Mattie Hess
Albert Deligne
Stevie
L. Cline
Maomi
Martin Neal
Dayton
Ohio
Abashed customer buys artificial snow in heavy snow
In Williamsburg Virginia an anxious shopper waded through deep snow to buy a can of artificial snow for his Christmas tree, as described by a local store proprietor. The anecdote highlights the region's winter conditions and festive season shopping.
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Williamsburg, Va
Civic League Sets Sunday Tea at Elks Club
Princeton civic group plans a silver tea at the Elks Club on Sunday to benefit the March of Dimes. Co hosts are Mrs. Bruce Guynn and Mrs. Douglas Wooten with Miss Ruth Keaton leading devotions. Members report on prior charity efforts and a health film from public health nurses was shown.
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Elks Club
Princeton Junior Chamber of Commerce
Jaycees
Cassidy
Princeton Youth Inc
LaSaluta
Libby Collier
Bluefield Junior Woman's Club
Mildred Woolwine
Princeton
RNL
Princeton Civic League
Bruce Guynn
Douglas Wooten
Ruth Keaton
Eddie Greene
Governor’s Mansion
Charleston
Orville Wallace
Harold Herring
Pinecrest
Ruby Cowman
McDonald Rice
Dorothy Harmon
Public Health Department
Ruby Cowan
Lena Wathall
Ronald, Greene
John Hickam
Pauline Robertson
E. J. Lambert
Freda Dobbins
Summers Parking Lot To Be Closed Feb 1
HINTON RNL Effective Feb. 1 the county parking lot will be closed to plow under for seeding of grass. Deputy Farley reported complaints of parking after lots filled and cars left idle for days. The lot, intended for county employees and visitors, fills by 9 a.m. with downtown workers’ vehicles.
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Farley
Niki Adopts A Family
A short novel by Tibor Dery translated by Edward Hyams portrays Janos Ancsa an honest engineer in Budapest whose life narrows as political trouble grows. His dog Niki adopts him and the family. Ancsas prize independence as tyranny rises, and Ancsa is jailed, while Niki grieves loss and freedom.
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Niki
Tibor Dery
Edward Hyams
Doubleday
Janos Ancsa
Hungary
Budapest
Ancias
Anesa
Dery
Ancsa
Ancsas
Nabokovia Mystic Land review and Nabokov’s Stories
W G Rogers reviews Nabokov’s Doubleday collection Nabokov’s Dozen noting it contains 13 stories despite the title. The piece discusses memory imagination and truth in Nabokov’s prose and references Lolita and Poe as influences while praising the exotic, otherworldly voice and the author’s magicianlike style.
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Nabokov
Doubleday
Vladimir Nabokov
Edgar Allen Poe
Mystic Land
Nabokovia
Same Number Same Job Sayre Rural Carrier Essie Inman
In Sayre Oklahoma Essie Inman, a rural mail carrier for 51 years, has kept the same phone number. The AP report notes continuity in her role and contact method as a symbol of stable service.
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Sayre
Okla
Mra
Essie Inman
Kyle McCarty Named Fireman Of The Year
Marlinton Volunteer Fireman Kyle McCarty received the Fireman of the Year pin from Fire Chief Harry Hockenberry at a firehouse ceremony. He has 9 years in the department, 3 as first lieutenant, 4 as captain, and serves with his two sons Steve and Charles. Also a 17 year postal carrier, he is married to Ruby Sharp with six children.
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Marlinton
RNS
Kyle McCarty
Harry Hockenberry
Hockenberry
McCarty
Fire Department
Steve
Charles
Marlinton Woman's Club Meets at Mrs Cooper Home
The Marlinton Woman's Club gathered Monday at Mrs A E Cooper's residence. The program committee led the session and each member and guest shared a piece of silver china or glassware with its history while a dessert course was served to numerous members and guests including Mrs Smith Miss Irvine and hostess Mrs Cooper.
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Marlinton
RNS
A. E. Cooper
Marlinton Woman's Club
Z. S. Smith Jr
R. F. Currence
Keith Nottingham
Smith
Currence
Nottingham
Lee Barlow
Layman Davis
C. K. Dilley
William Harper
F. P. McLaughlin
C. B. Moore
Ben Morgan
P. R. Overholt
Edward Rexrode
Lee Buckman
Jane Sharp
Edward Wilson
H. A. Yeager
W.J. Yeager
S. N. Hench
Anna Lee Irvine
A. E. Campbell
H. M. Pennington Jr
W. E. Pierce
J. W. Smith
Cooper
Altares Hold Dinner Party in Alderison Residence
A Saturday dinner hosted by Mr. and Mrs. George H. Altare featured two bridge tables and a canasta table afterward. High bridge scores went to J. W. Raine and Mrs. Harry Brown while Mrs. Frank Nash and Carl Eades won canasta. Guests included J. W. Raine Nina Kinsella Harry Brown Carl Eades Frank Nash A. W. McThenna Mrs. M. F. Link and Mrs. Richard Altare.
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Alderson
ANS
George H. Altare
J. W. Raine
Harry Brown
Frank Nash
Carl Eades
Nina Kinsella
A. W. McThenna
M. F. Link
Richard Altare
Dress shop owner hunts city dump for hidden receipts
In Hammond Indiana AP reports dress shop owner Donald Faulkner scavenged the city dump seeking two thousand nine hundred dollars in receipts he had hidden in a store. The effort stems from business concerns and the presumed stash remains unrecovered.
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Hammond, Ind
Donald Faulkner
Hearse Draws Attention At Chatham Parade
A horse drawn hearse from the 1680s, a rare collector’s item owned by Kenneth Scott, stole the show at Chatham Virginia’s festive parade, with most residents having never seen such a vehicle before.
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Chatham
Kenneth Scott
Club Schedules Monday Meeting in Ronceverte
The Gateway Hotel hosts a 7:45 p.m. Monday meeting of the Ronceverte Woman's Club. The hospitality committee will honor "The Teacher of the Year" and Burr Shafer will present a musical program.
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Ronceverte
RNS
Gateway Hotel
Ronceverte Woman's Club
Burr Shafer
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C.F. Sexton
Edwin Cales
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Greenbrier RC
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Ansted Personals
Civic League
W.G. Rogers
W. G. Rogers
Isi
West Virginia
Mrs. Hamilton
Woman's Club
le Fevre Trio
Jimmy
Pierce
First Assembly
Valley Drive
Trios
Guitar
Bass
Cornet
T. M. Waldron
Westinghouse
Laundromat
Westinghous
Ashworth & Sparks
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