Alpeca Miners Halt Work At Slab Fork Coal Co Mine
A two day strike continues at the Gaston No. 2 mine of Slab Fork Coal Co after firing of loading operator Walter Meadows Jr. 105 workers operate the mine producing about 750 tons daily. United Mine Workers wanes reinstatement while foreman Hutchens rejects. Meadows alleges a three punch confrontation.
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Alpoca
RNS
Gaston No. 2
Slab Fork Coal Co
United Mine Workers Jocal
Dewey Pack
Walter Meadows Jr
Fields Hutchens
Meadows
Coal City
Hutchens
Wittenens
Funeral for Nannie Logan Set in Clifftop Church
Mrs. Nannie Susan Logan 81 of Clifftop will be buried at Wallace Memorial Cemetery after funeral services Sunday at Clifftop Community Church. Officiating will be Rev. Wesley Pennington. She died Wednesday at her daughter’s home after a long illness. Survivors include three daughters, two sons, a brother, and many grandchildren. The body will be moved to Ruth Atkins’ home before services.
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Clifeftop
Nannie Susan Logan
Cliffton
Clifftop
Wesley Pennington
Wallace Memorial
Clintonsville
Logan
Ruth Atkins
Methodist Church
Edith Holliday
Cliftop
Florence Goddard
Meadow Creek
Clara Hiser
Quinwood
Lester Fink
Jesse Fink
Beckley
Floyd Bary
Alderson
Wallace and Wallace
East Rainelle
Mine Safety Contest Awards Presented by Fayette Council
Fayetteville reports 1955 accident prevention contest results with Minden and Kaymoor in Group I and Beards Fork taking Group II top honors. Easton Jr. announced 11 member mines logged 430 lost-time incidents and two fatalities across 962,000 man-hours, a 79.82 mishaps per million rate.
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New River & Pocahontas Coal Company
Minden
Fayette
Holmes Safety Association
Andrew Easton Jr. Cextremelett
Floyd Hubacher
Columbus Harrett
W. F. Eigenbrod
Fayette Council
Fayetteville
New River & Pocahontas Consolidated Coal Co
New River & Pocahontas Kaymoor
Oakwood Mine
New River Co
Beards Fork
Eastern Gas and Fuel Associates
Ames
Mining Co
Garden Group
Summerlee
Brooklyn
Southern Coals Corp
Lochgelly
Ansted
Gauley
Mountain Coal Co
Whipple
New River
Eight Injured in Wyoming Hospital Run of Cases
At Wyoming General Hospital Mullens several patients, mostly children, were treated for injuries on Thursday. Roberta Farmer burned by scalding water. Larry Akers fractured knee from a car accident. John Stump cut from a fall. Dean Campbell sprained foot. Jackie Danley bruised from a washing machine accident. Two miners also treated: Bill Eis with a deep finger laceration and William Cook with a compound finger fracture. John Hedrick injured by a hunting knife cut on two fingers.
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Ment
Mullens Hospital
Bill Eis
William D. Cook
Stephenson
John Hedrick
Tralee
Hedrick
Services Sunday For E A Wells
Funeral services for Estes A Ned Wells 73 of Dawson will be held at Meadow Grove Baptist Church at 4 p m Sunday with burial at Wallace Memorial Cemetery near Clintonville. Graveside rites will be conducted by Masonic Lodge No 372. Wells died Wednesday in a Spencer hospital after a long illness. He was a member of Meadow Grove Baptist Church and the Independent Order of Odd Fellows in East Rainelle. Survivors include one sister Mamie Walkup and five brothers Ray Hebert John C Gordon Lacy. The body remains at Wallace and Wallace Funeral Home in East Rainelle and will be taken to the church one hour prior to services.
Fayette Accident Blamed on Icy Road
An icy curve between Glen Jean and Mount Hope caused a two car crash at 11 15 p m Wednesday. Trooper Dean Lake of the Oak Hill State Police said a 1955 sedan driven by George Edward Kidd 23 Oak Hill struck a southbound 1949 sedan driven by Mike Lepczko 26 Cleveland. Both drivers escaped injury but both cars suffered heavy damage.
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Qak Hill
Furs
Glen Jean
Mount Hope
Dean Lake
Oak Hill
U. S
George Edward Kidd
Mike Lepczko
Cleveland
Two Couples Seek Marriage Licenses in Fayette County
Fayette County Clerk records show applications for marriage licenses by Thomas L Bennett 29 son of E J and Annie Bennett of Fayetteville and Reba Ann Cole 29 daughter of Walter and Annie Cole of Gauley Bridge. Also listed is Charles Edward Parsons 23.
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Fayetteville
RNL
Fayette County
Bowers Funeral Set at Oak Hill
George Calvin Bowers 85 of Minden dies after long illness in Oak Hill hospital. Services at 2 30 p m Saturday in Tyree Funeral Home Oak Hill with Rev C S Donnelly officiating. Burial in Odd Fellows Cemetery Oak Hill. Survived by son Alonzo Bowers and daughter Mrs Helen Tatum, sister Mrs Clara Murphy, four grandchildren and three great grandchildren.
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Minden
RNS
George Calvin Bowers
Tyree
Bowers
New River
Pocahontas Consolidated Coal Co
Oak Hill
Buckeye Furnace
Alonzo Bowers
Helen Tatum
Clara. Murphy
Nelsonville
Ohio
Hallie Taylor of Oak Hill Dies After Illness
Hallie Mae Taylor 66 of Oak Hill died Thursday in Orlando Florida after a long illness. The body is at Tyree Funeral Home Oak HillShe was born January 12 18% in Dothan Alabama Survivors include seven sons Alfred Lynn George William in Oak Hill Tom Ralph Raymond in Orlando four daughters Bya Akers Edith Akers in Kron Ohio Ruby Akers Summerlee Martha Tu gue in El Paso Texas and two sisters Mrs Jim Fisher and Mrs Webster Lixely in Dothan.
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Oak Hill
Rns
Hallie Mae Taylor
Orlando
Fla
Tyree
Taylor
Dothan
Alfred
Lynn
George
William
Tom
Ralph
Raymond
Bya Akers
Edith Akers
Kron
Ohio
Ruby Akers
Summerlee
Martha Tugue
el Paso
Texas
Jim Fisher
Webster Lixely
Wolf Pen Man's Funeral Today
Funeral services for Sanders Cook 170 were to be held at 2 p m at his Wolf Pen home officiated by Rev Eli Sizemore with burial in the family cemetery at West Pen. He died early Wednesday after years of bedfast illness leaving a wife Tennie and multiple children and a sister.
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Princeton
Bert Beverly
Cletis Cook
Wolf Pen
Harry Stanley
Marianna
Elmer Neely
Matheny
Etta Workman
Oceana
Verdict favors Remington Co in hunting gun injury suit
A Wyoming Circuit Court jury ruled for Remington Arms Co. of Bridgeport Conn in a case brought by hunter Oldie A Lusk who was wounded by his own 12 gauge semi automatic shotgun. The trial lasted about 12 hours with a possible new trial noted.
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Pineville
Rns
Wyoming
Remington Arms Co
Bridgeport
Ford Motor Co
Norfolk
Micajah Ridge
Virginia
Lusk
Mullens
Andy ‘T
Helpers Chosen For Polio Drive In Fayetteville
Assistants have been picked by area captains to aid the Mothers March on Polio from 6 30 to 7 30 p m Monday. Sponsored by the American Legion Auxiliary, the list names captains and helpers in multiple districts including Garten Kaymoor Gatewood Cunard Brooklyn Wolf Creek Nickelville Ames Lansing Crooked Run Tourison Fayette Station and Abbot Addition with Mrs D Ellis Brown coordinating unreported assistants.
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Fayetteville
RNS
American Legion Auxiliary
Garten-Kaymoor
Clifford Davis
D. C. Wickline
Marcella Tufts
Gladys Menarchik
Alice Law
Max Thompson
Danny Walker
Gatewood
Glendon Riner
Ruth Dooley
Hilda Kincaid
Frances, Riner
Helen Swanigan
Clara Dooley
Wilma Ford
Cunard-Brooklyn
Catherine Paris
Edward Sexton
Josephine Gustock
N. M. Jones
Norman Allen
Joe Summerfield
H. E. Legg
Wolf Creek
J. Richie
Mary Mathews
Ben Allen
Gladys Broadnax
Evelyn Bibb
Nickelville
Clyde Burgess
W. W. Hambrick
M. E. Miller
J. A Prather
Helene Plumey
Ames Lansing-Edmond Graydon
Carol Franklin
Charles Sedock
Irving Snyder
Don Skaggs
Lgil Jones
Maxine Hatcher
Thelma Rupert
Crooked Run
G. A. Treadway
Tourison
Nyle Ellison
Eldred Wilson
Fayette Station
N. B. Stone
Dempsey
John Tamplin
Lawrence Spearin
R. M. Cottle
Abbot
Myron Renick
Howard Warren
Beckwith
Earl Braggan
Polio Prayer Service and Mothers March Planned
The annual Polio Prayer Service is set for 7 30 p m at Bluestone Baptist Church with special music and a film. An offering will support the March of Dimes. Mrs Lon Meadows chairs the Mothers March on Polio from 2 to 8 p m Sunday.
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Ens
Bluestone Baptist Church
Lon Meadows
Marehall Extension Classes Set for Fayetteville Event
Marehall College schedules two extension classes at Fayetteville Elementary School at 6 30 p m February 1. The sessions will cover audio visual aids and conservation for attendees.
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Oak Hill
Marehall College
Fayetteville
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Suet’ Rone i Oigaraen
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Verdict
Remington Co
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Pearl Parsons
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Corliss
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Ene
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Armour's
Morton’s
Grendview
Colgate
Gleem
Mins Virginie
Florida
Lerge Stetkss Celery
L&b Swrer Market
Black Eyed Peas
Sauerkraut
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Joe Wallace
Guy Clark
Phyllis Bragg
Altamont
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Virginia Phillips
Harry Marshall
Wendell McCrae
D. Ellis Brown
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