Wyo Gardeners Vow Civic Event Participation
The Lorna Spillers Garden Club votes to join a civic improvement contest funded by Sears Roebuck, upon request from Mrs. Byron W. Steele. A horticulture program is showcased by Mrs. Herman Akers in the home of Mrs. John Robinson, with new member Elizabeth Cook welcomed.
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Herbert Morgan
Louis Kaman
Carl Moran
Buren Toler
Carrie Thrasher
Jack Dick
Catherine Stewart
Four Area Residents Hurt In Weekend Mishaps
Mullens. Four people treated at Wyoming General Hospital for weekend injuries. Juanita Billings Morgan of Pierpoint cut two fingers when a car door closed on her hand. Rev. Charles Cox of Stephenson had nail removed from his left index finger after a mine accident. James Joe Worley of Itmann had an X ray after a fall injuring his right little finger. Cliff Bonar of Stephenson went for knee examination after a dashboard impact in a Thursday highway collision.
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Mullens
ANS
Wyoming General Hospital
Juanita Billings Morgan
Pierpoint
Itmann
James Joe Worley
Cliff Bonar
Stephenson
Mrs J Jenkins Rites Tuesday
Last rites for Mrs Josephine Jenkins will be held at 2 p m Tuesday at the Oliver Avenue Church of God in Princeton. Burial is in Roselawn Memorial Gardens. The 79 year old widow died at 4 45 am Sunday after a six month illness. She was born June 24 1881 in Rock daughter of the late Mary Hughes Ce cil. Survivors include her husband Jesse B five daughters and six sons as well as 43 grandchildren and 19 great grandchildren. The body will be moved from Bailey Funeral Home to her home at 3 pm today. Nephews will be pallbearers.
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Princeton
Rns
Josephine Jenkins
Oliver Avenue Church of God
Earl P. King
Ben Woodring
Roselawn Memorial Gardens
Jenkins
Lilly Grove
Rock
Mary Hughes Cecil
Jesse B
Maggie Ragan
Lorraine Haynes
Effie Parks
Wilmington
Del
Mabel Sparks
Boatwaine
Pauline Shrader
Matoaka
Carl
Raymond
Lawrence
Arland
Clarence
Benson
Bailey Funeral Home
Willie Sanford Funeral Tuesday at Little Creek Baptist
Funeral services for Willie M. Sanford, 74, will be conducted at 2 p.m. Tuesday in the Little Creek Baptist Church in Rainelle by Rev. Woodrow Beavers. Burial will be in the church cemetery. Sanford died Sunday at his Rainelle home. He was a retired farmer and church member. Born February 5, 1885 in Rainelle, he was the son of the late John Henry and Lucy Neff Sanford. Survivors include wife Ona Kenney, three brothers O. T. of Beckley, F. M. of Smoot, O. H. of Rainelle. two sisters J. E. Smith of Hines and Toney Gillespie of Crichton. two daughters Iva Bowyer of Danese and Sue Edwards of Rainelle. two sons George and Lloyd, both of Rainelle. a stepdaughter Madeline Kenney. eight grandchildren and two great-grandchildren. Nickell Funeral Home at East Rainelle will bring the body to the church one hour before the funeral.
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Ona Kenney
O. T
Beckley
F. M
Smoot
O. H
Rainelle
J. E. Smith
Hines
Toney Gillespie
Crichton
Iva Bowyer
Danese
Sue Edwards
George
Lloyd
Madeline Kenney
Nickell Funeral Home
East Rainelle
Ladies Night Slated By Club Oak Hill
The White Oak Country Club will observe ladies night at its next meeting with Dick Ruff, international counselor, as guest speaker. An out of town visitor was John Ziants of Woodbury Pa. Special work for the 17th Annual Spring Style Show to be held March 25 at Oak Hill Elementary School auditorium was assigned.
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Oak Hill
RNS
White Oak Country Club
Dick Ruff
International Councellor
John Ziants
Woodbury
Obituary sketch of C R Doc Wallace leader in Oceana
C R Doc Wallace owner of the Oceana Cut Rate Drug Store is a longtime community figure in Wyoming County. He supported the Oceana High School Band and ball teams, served in church and civic roles, and mentored youth while guiding his family of four.
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C. R
Doc” Wallace
Oceana Cut Rate
Wyoming County
Oceana
Jefferson, N. C
Grover Wallace
Stoco High School
Beckley College
Virginia Miller
Beckley
Patrick
Great Lakes
Ill
Navy
Peggy
Germany
Air Force
Charles Hutchison
Larry
Oceana High
Paulette
Wallace
Oceana Rotary Club
Oceana Presbyterian Church
Nallen Pastor and Wife Celebrate 36th Wedding Anniversary
The Rev Wesley Pennington and wife were honored with a surprise celebration after a Bays Chapel Church victory program. The event included a money tree, a four tier cake by Edith Dorsey, and a red rosebud corsage for Mrs Pennington. Pennington pastors six area churches and serves on the Nation Charge.
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Nallen
RNS
Wesley Pennington
Bays Chapel
Pennington
Edith Dorsey
Woman's Society of Christian Service
Churches of the Nation
Bracken's Creek
Legislative Inspection Group Will Tour Boone
Boone County will host a 10 member legislative inspection team on Wednesday to study unemployment. Delegates Dennie Hill Dell White and editor L R Jones will guide the group through Ashford Seth Whitesville Gordon Van and Madison with a public hearing at Boone County Courthouse at 7 PM to hear local economic distress.
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Hill
Gordon
Van
Madison
Boone County
Marison
Mrs Cora Williams Recovers After Oak Hill Hospital Stay
Mrs Cora Williams is recuperating at home after a hospital stay at Oak Hill Hospital. Weekend visitors included relatives from Newark Dover New Castle and Beckley as well as friends from Sun and Long Branch. Also mentioned are Mrs Gertrude Francis illness in Baltimore and J W Hall visiting Handley with his parents.
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Pax
Cora Williams
Ater
Oak Hill Hospital
Cleve Holly
Inlaw
Bobby Holly
Robbie
Reggie
Newark
Del
Lee Foster
Richard
Debra
New Castle
Joe Smith
Barry
H. P. Smith
Beaver
Wanda Holly
Susan
Sun
Bessie Meadows
Beckley
Seibert Warren Jr
Jennifer
Cora Kincaid
Long Branch
Carlos Williams
Gladys Barker
Baltimore
Gertrude Francis
J. W. Hall
Mrs. J. T. Hall
Handley
Men of Church Hear J. Harless at January Meeting
At Oak Hill the January gathering of the Men of the First Presbyterian Church drew 27 members and guests. James H Buck Harless Gilbert president of the Bluestone Presbytery Men s Council spoke on Genesis Let There Be Light and the three Genesis sections generations degeneration and regeneration. He urged active effort to present Christianity and introduced a loyalty rating chart for members use. Guests included Gene Thompson Azel Price Robert McIntire and Richard Murdock. Dinner was by Women of the Church.circle led by Mrs Tom Martin.
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Oak Hill
RNS
First Presbyterian Church
James H
General Assembly of the Presbyterian Church
U. S
Bluestone Presbytery
Presbyterian
Harless
Bavely
Danny Davis
Gene Thompson
Azel Price
Robert McIntire
Richard Murdock
Tom ,Martin
Area PTA To Discuss Parents Talent Show
Oak Hill area PTA plans a FebruaryFounders Day program and possible nomination for state Mother of the Year. Meeting starts 7:30 pm in the elementary school with an executive session at 6:30 pm.
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OAK Hill
ANS
National
Parent-Teacher Association
PTA
Aubrey Halstead
Fayette 4-H Leaders to Be Feted at Dinner
Fayette County 4-H leaders will be honored at a spaghetti supper Saturday at Divide elementary school Lookout. More than 60 leaders and guests are expected as the 4-H Pin Weavers host the event and present an educational program with speakers H A Jack Burton and Thelma Pickens Webster County.
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Fayetteville
RNS
Fayette County
the Divide
Lookout
Fayete County
H. A
Jack” Burton
Thelma Pickens
Webster County
Burton
Miss Pickens
Rebecca Funkhouse
Jane Howard
41 Admitted To Mullens Hospital
An weekly list shows 41 patients admitted to Wyoming General Hospital across days from Sunday to Saturday. Names include Juanita McCrimmons Mullens Walter Ellis Short Stephenson Linda Ross Mullens Emma Green Pineville Alfonso Sando val Mullens Betty Gay Ellis Sabine Rufus Tolbert Herndon Edna Coyer Mullens Carl Browning Hatcher Robert Gray Clear Fork John Porter Rhodell Betty Jean Staton Mullens Nancy White Mullens Harvey Sizemore Itmann Eda Mae Francis Glen Fork Wesley Coyer Mullens James Cook Mullens Brenda Tabscott Mullens Ruby Sizemore Herndon Heights Mary Sizemore Rhodell Janice Dominick Alpeca Ruby Folden Herndon O Dell Morgan Mullens Kathy Cook Alpaca Claytine Conklin Sophia Robert Blankenship Mullens Macy Hayden Mead Virgie Robinson Wyco Elsie Blankenship Pineville Elsie Trump Mc Graws Patty Webb Oceana Edith Acord Corinne Ruthie Tilley Ravencliff Evelina Echols Corinne Jackie Bailey Herndon Albert Hare Mullens Mildred Blankenship Mullens Lois Arrington Mullens.
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Mullens
ANS
Wyoming General Hospital
Juanita McCrimmons
Walter Ellis Short
Stephenson
Linda Ross
Emma Green
Pineville
Alfonso Sandoval
Betty Gay Ellis
Sabine
Rufus Tolbert
Herndon
Eliza Grose
Helen
Edna Coyer
Carl Browning
Hatcher
Robert Gray
Clear
Ruby Folden
Debra K. Morgan
O'Dell Cook
New Richmond
Marion Hawkins
Allen Junction
Kathy Cook
Alpaca
Claytine Conklin
Sophia
Robert Blankenship
Macy Hayden
Mead
Virgie Robinson
Wyco
Elsie Blankenship
Elsie Trump
McGraws
Patty Webb
Oceana
Fulton Funeral Held in Madison for Lilburn Fulton
Funeral services for Lilburn Fulton were held at 2 p.m. Sunday at the Hunter and Hunter Funeral Home Chapel in Madison. Burial followed at Boone Memorial Park in Madison. Fulton, famed as possibly the oldest practicing lawyer in West Virginia, died at his Madison home Friday at age 96. He served as Boone County circuit court divorce commissioner and had been Boone County prosecutor in 1900 and 1904, with a long tenure from 1932 to 1945. Surviving: five sons Bert, Dallas. Charles, Charleston. Buss, Merton. Burton. daughter Edith Sherwood. sister Mrs. Walter Rush. 22 grandchildren and 38 great grandchildren.
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Madison
Lilburn Fulton
Hunter and Hunter Funeral Home
Boone Memorial Park
Fulton
West Virginia
Boone County Circuit Court
Wise County
Boone County
Elbert
Dallas
Texas
Charles
Charleston
Buss
Merton
Burton
Edith Sherwood
Walter Rush
Clintwood
Pineville Social News Highlights Family and Visitors
Mr and Mrs Floyd Rose of East Pineville were Sunday dinner guests of her brother-in-law and sister Mr and Mrs George Saunders in Man Mrs Dorothy Bannister of East Pineville has been homebound due to illness Her son and daughter in law Mr and Mrs Jack Bannister and sons Paul and Terry of Hanover visited her Sunday Visitors included the Rev Clarence Elrod and others from Brenton Tom Day Betty Day Pat Gillespie Brady McGrady and the Rev James E Compton of Wilco Also Mr and Mrs Jack D Martin and children Kathy Donnie and Billie Pineville were Friday and Saturday guests of his parents J W Martin and Mrs Linda Compton has returned to Wilco after a week with Alex Bannister
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Pineville
Rns
Floyd Rose
East Pineville
George Saunders
Dorothy Bannister
Inlaw
Jack Bannister
Paul and
Terry
Hanover
Clarence Elrod
Tom Day
Betty Day
Pat Gillespie
Brady McGrady
Brenton
James E. Compton
Wilco
Jack D. Martin
Kathy
Donnie
Billie
J. W. Martin
Camp Creek
Linda Compton
Alex Bannister
Banks Services Set On Tuesday
Funeral services for A. L. Banks will be held Tuesday at 1 p.m. at Wesley Methodist Church in Red Star with Rev. Alfonzo Witten officiating. Burial follows at Carter-Woodson Memorial Park Ingram Branch. Banks, 71, died Sunday morning in an Oak Hill hospital after a short illness. He was a retired miner and member of the Wesley Methodist Church and several fraternal orders. Survivors include a daughter, three grandchildren, and seven great grandchildren. Funeral arrangements are with Ritchie and Johnson Funeral Parlor in Beckley.
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RED Star
RNS
A. L. Banks
Wesley Methodist Church
Alfonzo Witten
Banks
Oak Hill
Grand Lodge
Knights of Pythias
Nasaeana
Queen of Minden Lodge No
Williar L. Tipton
Knoxville
Tenn
Ritchie and Johnson Funeral
Beckley
19 Births Reported at Pineville Maternity Hospital
Pineville Maternity Hospital lists 19 births from Jan 1 to Jan 17. Highlights include twin girls Linda Lou and Brenda Sue born Jan 12 to Orville and wife Ravencliffe Paugh, plus individual births across Pineville, Kopperston, Jesse, Brenton, Clintonville, Wilcoe, Coal Mountain, Marianna, McGraws, Lynco, Baileysville, Northfork, and more, with weights ranging from about 3 to 7 pounds and notable names Jeffrey Lynn, Gregory Hames, and Patricia Jo among others.
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Pineville
BNL
Pineville Maternity Hospital
Orville James Paugh
Ravencliffe
Linda Lou
Brenda Sue
Jeffrey Lynn
Richard C. Hoffman
Gregory Hames
Marrell H. Ball
Kopperston
Wendell Paul
Elbert Brown Jr
Jesse
Michael Gene
Richard D. Brown
Brenton
Ada Darlene
Willie Dickerson
Lynce
Byron Lee
Mark Earl
James Earl Compton
Wilcoe
Patricia Jo
Edward L. Smith
Coal Mountain
Bradley Edwin
Charles Edward Farmer
Doreen Drema
George B. Edens
Baileysville
Ricken Allen
Wendell Ray Bailey
Tammy Lynn
Gerald Ellison
Norman Fannin
Northfork
Sidney Calvin
George D. Fleming Jr
Marianna
Funeral arrangements incomplete for William A. Greer
William A. Greer 74 a retired miner died at 9 20 am Sunday in a Mullens hospital where he had been a patient since August 28 his death was due to a heart ailment The body was taken to Bennett Funeral Home at North Fork
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Mullens
RIIS
William A. Greer
Mullens Hospital
Bennett
Northfork
Birth of Mark Earl Compton in Pineville Hospital
The Rev. and Mrs. James E Compton of Wilco announce the birth of a son named Mark Earl on January 6 at Pineville Maternity Hospital. The baby weighs seven pounds one half ounce.
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Pineville
James E Compton
Wilco
Pineville Maternity Hospital
Mark Earl
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