Mt Hope Couple Marks Golden Wedding Anniversary at Special Church Service
Mt Hope couple Mr and Mrs A M Vargo celebrated their Golden Wedding Mass at Sts Peter and Paul Catholic Church Scarbro The pair were wed in Czechoslovakia January 23 1901 Their large family included sons Mike John Duran Steve and Andy and grandsons Joe and Paul Duran all noted their Army service Since arriving in the United States Mike Vargo worked as a miner then at Darry Hale and Oswald before retirement in 1943 Later he ran a confectionery adjacent to their Mt Hope home They recalled the community celebration that followed their marriage and the decision not to host a big reception due to sons in the Army
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ruth Clark
MT. Hope
Sts. Peter and Paul Catholic Church
Scarbro
Mike Vargo
Inchoslovakia
Billy
Vargo
Glen Jean
Darry Hale
Oswald
Mullens Dentist Enlists in Naval Dental Corps
Dr. Ben M. Lewis of Mullens will assume duty as a Navy lieutenant junior grade on February 1. He leaves his Mullens dental office and his role with Wyoming County dental program serving about 3,500 schoolchildren in 15 months. He will report to Great Lakes Illinois for training and be attached to the dental corps at the Navy training center. His wife and two sons will remain in Parkview Additions Mullens until he can join them. Lewis, a World War II veteran, enlisted for naval duty on October 17.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Register
Mullens
Ben M. Lew J
Jon
Wyo~iming County
Navy
Lewis
Great Lakes
Dental Corps
Navy Training Center
Richard
Joseph
Parkview
Allen Funeral Rites Saturday
Funeral services for John Wesley Allen 65 will be held at 2 p.m. Saturday in the Collins Funeral Home chapel Glenlean with burial at Clareuunt. Allen was killed while walking along the highway about two miles south of Oak Hit on Route 21. Survivors include wife Menville Allen Packs Branch three sons Hewert Abpou Leslie Parks Branch and Elmer unknown and daughter Evelyn Dixie Daniel Packs Branch. R W Henderson Harper Road Beckley will be charged with manslaughter per investigators. He is a merchant in an Oak Hul garage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Register
Weller Oak III
John Wesley Allen
Collins
Glenlean
Allen
Oak Hit
Nis
Menffird Allen
Packs Granch
Hewer
Discipleship Meeting Set Tonight in Scarbro Church
A 7 o clock discipleship meeting will be held at First Baptist Church in Scarbro with Miss Elsie Kittlitz as principal speaker. Dr Edward H Pru den will present a recorded address and Rev Robert Godfrey will lead the session. The event includes a slide program on Discipleship and focuses on missionary work in China.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Register
Scarbaq
First Baptist Church
Scarbro
Elsie Kittlitz
China
Woman's Mission Training School
Swaters
American Baptist Convention
Edward H. Pruden
Washington, D. C
Robert Godfrey
Stephenson WSCS to celebrate 10th birthday anniversary
Members of the Women's Society of Christian Service of Killarney plan a birthday party marking the tenth anniversary observance of the Stephenson WSCS at Topam. The event is scheduled for Wednesday February 2.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Register
Stephenson
Women’s Society of Christian Service of
Killarney
Stephenson Wscs
Topam
Whuesday
Pel
Fayetteville land transfers and local property deals noted
The Fayetteville area records show Wendells Bay Property in addition to Fayetteville land transfers, including Rose and wife sale, Gray and wife to Jard, Smithers, and other parcels with approximate prices around 9000 dollars. Earl Waddell divests in trucking partnership interests to Howard Bue Jr and to Landisburg Coal, with Hill Top Coal Company equipment listed and other real estate transactions in Gauley Bridge, Ansted, and Kilsyth. A school fellowship event at Oceana Baptist Youth Fellowship hosted by Mr and Mrs Rubel Conley.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fayette
Proximaici
Fin Rose
Gray
Ganley Bridge
Smithers
Earl Waddell
Howard Bue, Jr
Waddell and
Harvey Trucking Company
Hinton
Howard Bugg
Landisburg Coal Company
Hill Top Coal Company
High
Lawn Memorial Park Company
Clarence R. Bragg
A. Conley
Basil F. Martin
Gauley Bridge
Emily V. Fox
John E. Massey
Ansted
Coalfield Land Company
Albert Wiliam Booth
Conley
Register
Oceana
Ruble
Oceana Baptist Youth Fellowship
Bowman Funeral Services Sunday in Hinton Church
Charles Carroll Bowman 17 a retired Chesapeake and Ohio Rail Way conductor died at Hinton Hospital at 2 p m after an extended illness funeral Sunday at Hinton Methodist Church with Rev Fred B Wyand and Rev H P Hackney officiating burial at Greenbrier Burial Park Born near Charlottsville Va July 6 1873 he lived in Hinton since 1877 and worked for C O B & Q Big Four Penchant Bridge Co Indiana Illinois Kentucky and other firms before returning to Hinton in 1895 to work in local railway shops later becoming a brakeman He was survived by two wives Edna and Fay and seven children
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Register
Hinton
O John D
Elizabeth Cowman
William James Sons Co
Tio
Indianapolis
Ind
Big Four
Penchitt Bridge Company
Indiana
Illinois
Kentucky
Big Sandy River
Catlettsburg
Rrailway
P. K. Litsinger
Also Mentioned on This Page
MR. and
Mrs
Scarbro Church
Wesler Hatcher
Toneda Baptist Sunday School
March of Dimes
Neelys
Oak Hill
Charles Neely
East Oak Hill
Lacy Arnold
Neely
Iona Canterbury
Rock Lick
Elsie Kittlity
United States Marine Corps
Jack W. Hall
Korea
Walker H. Hal
J. N.C. Gordon
Oakland Naval Hospital
Calif
Chosen Reservair
Muliens High School
16Th Engineering Corps
First Marine Division
Wendells Bay
Fayetteville
Kilsyth
A. H. Lilly Land Company
Idessie Ll. Ashby
Fayetterict
L. D. Fox
Franklin Hing Addens
Nhany
Armoentrout
Princes
Sina
Herman Cecil Holcomb
Bernall Fox
Marvin Rose
BL F
R. TH
Montgomery National Bank
Loup Creek
University
Fayette County
West Virginia University Alumni Association
Hill
P. H. Garrett
Co. Mahan
Peney
EMCO
Glen Ferris
Edna Ie Pepane
Fay E. Stennett
Charles A. Bowman
Oswald H. Bowman
Connelsville
Crystal Mae
Gordon Milton
Sliss Frances Bowman
Mabel Louise
Gladys Vernelle Bowman
Alderson
Thorbughily
Neville Street
the Post Office
Emil
Beckley’s
Kn&eehole
Vox
Axminster
Ty Ay
Tess
Cash & Carry
Seality Telne Bey
This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!