Ousted Mingo Sheriff Cleared to Seek Unexpired Term
Atty General rules Howard B Chambers eligible to run for the unexpired Mingo County sheriff term in May. He has held the office most of the past five years but was ousted last fall. If elected, he can serve, and if he declines, may hold other elective or appointive office. Justice still uncertain on legal technicalities.
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Charleston
UPI
State Supreme Court
Howard B. Chambers
Mingo County
Mingo
Mark Russell
Chambers
Supreme Court
County Court
Tom Varney
Sheriff's Office
Thurman Chambers
Thurman
Howard
Russell
Claude Joyce
Varney
Howard Chambers
Howard Chamber
Joyce
Drivers Charged After Accidents In Beaver Area
Two Sunday crashes led to charges. Richard F. Armstrong, 43, of Beaver, arrested for drunk driving and no operator's license after rear ending a State Road Commission truck at Shady Spring. Bernard Gilkerson of Beaver, owner of the car, charged with allowing an unlicensed person to drive and drunkenness. Arm strong bonds totaled 75 dollars. Roscoe D. Loudermilk, 40, of Prosperity, the truck driver, injuries not mentioned. Second crash on Rural Acres Drive involved Grover C. Stump, 41, of Beaver, cited for fail to control his vehicle after hitting a parked car owned by Ethel Herman. Damages estimated at 300 dollars.
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Richard F. Armstrong
Beaver
State Road Commission
Shady Spring
Bernard Gilkerson
Armstrong
Rodriguez
Gilkerson
Burke
Roscoe D. Loudermilk
Rural Acres
Grover C. Stump
Stump
Ethel Herman
Beckley
Skelton
William Boyd Waddell
W. A. Burke
Greenbrier
Stamford Road
Carl Elmer Waddell
Harold Hanks
Raleigh
Henry Shannon
Eccles
Henry D. Burrell
Mercer County
Robert Spencer
Clark St
James E. Widensall
Ellison Ave
Patton Drive
Pipeline Eminent Domain Bill Faces Passage Delays
Legislature debates a Senate committee bill granting eminent domain to certain pipeline companies within the state only if they are common carriers. A related measure would place the entire issue in a one year study. Opponents, led by railroads, vow strong opposition after the six month study was rejected.
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House Judiciary Committee
Senate Committee
Senate
Ranger 3 and Soviet probes in solar orbit details
The report notes Ranger 3 will travel the sun once every 406.4 days with a closest approach of 91,503 miles and farthest 108,133,854 miles. It also lists two Soviet satellites, Lunik II Mechta launched January 1959 and a Venus probe launched February 1961, in solar orbit.
Ag Center Dedicated at West Virginia University
The West Virginia University Agricultural Center was dedicated in Morgantown with a ceremony that highlighted the new facility housing all agriculture division departments except plant pathology and agricultural engineering. President Paul A. Miller, an agriculture alumnus from 1939, spoke at the event.
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Morgantown
W. Va
UPI
West Virginia University Agricultural Center
West Virginia University
Paul A. Miller
Man sentenced for carrying dangerous weapon in Raleigh County
Leo W. Garris of Crab Orchard was sentenced to six months in Raleigh County Jail by Magistrate W. A. Burke for carrying a dangerous weapon. Police stopped him Saturday night for defective mufflers and found steel knuckles. Fine total 75 dollars. Other sentences and citations follow for moonshine, red light violations, and various police court appearances.
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Leo W. Garris
Crab Orchard
Raleigh
W. A. Burke
Garris
Beckley
Burke
Alveston Calvin Richardson
Lester
Robert Hall
Resoco
Hall
Michael P. Russell
Glen Morgan
Gene Hensley
Gaylen Jones Treadway
Mount Hope
Magnses Burke
Richmond
Bethel M. Hatcher
Joe Rodriguez
Raymond D. Boltoff
Edward L. Melvin
Fort Knox
Abie Hassan
Princeton
U. S
John McGee
Bluefield
Gabriella Petite Maxwell
Chicago
Ill
Alderson
Federal Reformatory For Women
Elac Howerton
East
Arithmetic anonymous courses aid parents in new math
Union High School, Union, New Jersey, offers spring adult education courses in arithmetic anonymous to help parents keep up with the reform math children learn in primary and junior high. The program aims to explain the new math curriculum in accessible terms to families.
Walter Reconsiders Run for 16th House Term
Representative Francis E. Walter of Pennsylvania, long chairman of the House Committee on Un American Activities, says he has reconsidered retirement and will seek a 16th term. He explains that medical tests show improved health and he now plans to run despite earlier plans to retire.
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Washington
UPI
Francis E. Walter
D-Pa
House
Walter
Committee On Un-American Activities
Suit Filed by Worker Against Norfolk and Western Rail
Lawrence H. Stoots sues Norfolk and Western Railway for 112000 in Raleigh County Circuit Clerk's office alleging 12000 for lost wages from Sept 1 1959 to Jan 1 1962 and 100000 for breach of contract for future wages benefits and costs. He claims injury while a Virginian Railway section laborer led to missed work and that upon recovery he was not restored per contract.
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Norfolk and Western Railway
Raleigh County
Lawrence H. Stoots
Robert Ashworth
Virginian Railway
Iran Skier Leads Rescue For Five Americans
Kayem Gilanpour, Iran's skiing champion, headed rescue teams into the Zagros Mountains to reach five Americans after a single engine Army plane crashed during a topographical training flight. The wreckage was found at about 12,000 feet, southwest of Tehran, with survivors believed to be few due to sub zero temps. Identified by the U.S. Embassy were Col. Walter Vann, Maj. Donald Carder, and Lt. Col. Johnson. one captain named Knotts among the unconfirmed.
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Tehran
Iran
UPI
Kayem Gilanpour
Zagros
U. S
Walter Vann
Monroe
N.C
Donald Carder
Kansas City
Col
O. Johnson
Brooklyn
Daniel Knotts
Youth Wounds Mom Over Pizza Dispute
In Tarentum Pennsylvania an 18 year old Tarentum High senior Robert Langhurst wounded his mother Bertha Langhurst after she refused him money for a pizza. He struck his sleeping father Roy Langhurst with an axe and seized a shotgun during a struggle. The mother is in satisfactory condition with a facial wound. the father was treated and released after a head injury. An ambulance crash nearby injured two transport workers and the vehicle was destroyed by fire. Langhurst is jailed on felonious shooting charges awaiting recovery outcomes.
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Tarentum, Pa
UPI
Robert Langhurst
Tarentum
Allegheny County
Bertha Langhurst
Fawn
Allegheny Valley Hospital
Roy
Young Langhurst
Languist
Langhurst
Nine Crandall family members perish in freezing house fire
A kitchen blaze trapped the Crandall family of a Greenfield area home. Robert Crandall, 66, his wife Grace, 63, daughter Olive Deame 33, grandson 5, Robert's brother, and five grandchildren perished. Firemen faced an eight below zero night as a ruptured hydrant hindered efforts. officials say an explosion in the cellar likely from the furnace started the fire.
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Robert
Raymond Crandall
Grace
Olive Deame
Charles
Crandall
Pamela
George
Paul
Warren
William
Crandalls
Everett
Springfield
Greenfield
Two Cars Involved In Morning Wreck At City Intersection
Beckley City Police identified drivers Garland G. Davis age 44 of 352 Mankin Ave and Billy Richmond age 21 of Beaver. Both were in 1953 model cars at the Johnstown Road and 1921 By Pass intersection. Damages totaled 95 dollars with no injuries.
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Johnstown Road
Beckley City
Garland G. Davis
Mankin Ave
Billy Richmond
Beaver
Soft Drink Machines Damaged by Thieves in Beckley
Beckley police investigate thefts at four service stations overnight. Dispensers damaged at Radford's Sunoco on Harper Road Keystone Station on US 1921 by-pass Gulf station on South Kanawha Street and Scott Avenue Ayers Esso on South Kanawha. Coin boxes removed. about $3 taken at Keystone, other losses undetermined. No arrests yet.
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Beckley City
Beckley
Radford
Sunoco
Harper Road
Keystone
U. S
Gulf
South Kanawha Street
Scott Avenue
Ayers Esso
South Kanawha
Montana Gov Nutter and two officials buried in State Capitol
In Helena the Montana House chamber held services for Gov Donald G. Nutter, executive secretary Dennis B. Gordon, and Agriculture Commissioner Ed Wren who were killed last Thursday by National Guard 47. Their bodies were moved from the Capitol rotunda where over 1,100 mourners paid respects.
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Helena
Mont
UPI
Montana House
Donald G. Nutter
National Guard
Nutter
Dennis B. Gordon
Montana Agriculture
Ed Wren
Capitol
Purcell Wins Congress Seat in Texas District 13
Washington dispatch says Graham B. Purcell Kennedy Democrat will take his seat representing north Texas 13th District. The 42 year old district judge and former cavalry officer defeated Republican Joe Meissner 23 871 to 14 087 in a special election to finish the term of Frank Ikard who resigned to join the American Petroleum Institute. Kennedy endorsed Purcell after the first primary.
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Washington
UPS
Graham B. Purcell
Congress
North Texas
Purcell
Wichita Falls
Joe Meissner
Frank Ikard
American Petroleum Institute
Kennedy
MacFarland in Beckley Hospital with respiratory ailment
E. J. MacFarland of 107 Wilson Street is listed in poor condition at Beckley Hospital where he is under treatment for a respiratory ailment.
Deaths and funerals in Athens and Raleigh County
Funeral services for Dr Uriah Vermillion 98 of Athens will be at 2 pm Tuesday at Athens Baptist Church with burial in Vermillion Cemetery. He died Sunday after a long illness. Also listed are Ash H Daniel 70 of Saxon retired Raleigh County teacher with service at Star Methodist Church and burial in Saxon family cemetery. Viola Epperly 93 of Rhodell died Friday and services were held Sunday in Christiansburg Va.
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Ash H. Daniel
Raleigh County
Saxon
Star Methodist Church
Virgil Cook
Daniel
Beckley Hospital
Star
Oceana
J. E
Glen Daniel
Ennis
Beaumont
Tex
Melton
Orville Stovier
Bert Milam
Arthur Milam
Howard Young
Judy Hurst
Omer Acord
Viola Epperly
Rhodell
Richardson Funeral Home
Christiansburg
Funeral services held for Azel F. French Jr in Orlando
Azel Ford French Jr., 31, a former Beckley resident, died in Orlando Tuesday. Funeral services were conducted there Friday morning. He was born March 2, 1930 in Stickney. Survivors include his parents, a sister Angela, a brother David, all of Orlando, and grandparents Floyd Totten, Seth Totten, and Mrs. Gussie Wheeler of Whitesville.
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Beckley
Azel Ford French Jr
Orlando
Fla
French
Stickney
Azel F. French
Angela French
David
Floyd Totten
Seth
Gussie Wheeler
Whitesville
Rns
Meadows Rites for Joe C Meadows Held in Spanishburg
Funeral services for Joe Carson Meadows 59 of Spanishburg will be at 2 p.m. Tuesday in Spanishburg Baptist Church with Revs. Ivan Meadows and Arlie Davis officiating. Burial follows at Reed Cemetery in Spanishburg. He died Sunday at 11:30 a.m. while digging a grave in a rural cemetery. Survived by his wife Elvie, a son Herman of Princeton, six sisters including Jodie Whittaker of Princeton and Dora Moore of Missouri, four brothers Ordie Pickshin Edgar Princewick Elliot Jonben and Woodrow of Crab Orchard. He was a farmer. Body at Memorial Funeral Directory in Princeton.
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Joe Carson Meadows
Spanishburg
Spanishburg Baptist Church
Ivan Meadows
Arlie Davis
Reed
Meadows
Elvie Meadows
Herman
Princeton
Jodie Whittaker
Dora Moore
Missouri
Anna Keaton
Beckley
W. L. Lambert
James Lavender
T. R. Meadows
Crab Orchard
Ordie
Pickshin
Edgar
Princewick
Elliot
Jonben
Woodrow
Huffman dies at 51 in Talcott after heart attack
Carlos L Huffman 51 of Talcott died at 1 a m today after a heart attack following six weeks of ill health. Born Feb 14 1910 at Barger Springs he was a carpenter and Carpenter Local Union member. Survived by wife Aina Irene Huffman daughters Carol Sue and Barbara Ann five brothers three sisters and other relatives. Funeral 2 p m Wednesday at E M Meadows Funeral Home Park Avenue Hinton Rev Dwight E Harris to officiate. Burial Barger Springs Cemetery.
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Carlos Locie Huffman
Talcott
Barger Springs
William Lee
Elizabeth Meadows Huffman
Carpenter's
Aina Irene Huffman
Willard Houchins
Carol Sue
Barbara Ann
Claude
Dayton
Paul
Beaver
Henry
Cosby
Donald
Ballengee
Eva Hill
Bradley
Algie Thompson
Beckley
Iva Huffman
E. M. Meadows Funeral Home
Park Avenue
Hinton
Dwight E. Harris
Funeral Home
RNS
Dorsey Rites Planned for Erskine Reese Dorsey
Erskine Reese Dorsey 58 of Lewisburg died after a long illness in a Spencer hospital at 10 30 p m Saturday. Born March 3 1903 in Erskine he was a Ford Motor Co. employe and a member of Lewisburg Methodist Church and several fraternal organizations. Surviving relatives include Edith Ramey Dorsey Waynesboro Va a son Eugene Dorsey stationed at Dover AFB Del a daughter Mrs Paul W Shannon Waynesboro Va three brothers Benny Glen Florida Ralph Dorsey Mount Hope two sisters Miss Eleanor Dorsey Mount Hope and Mrs Amanda Bridgett Ohio four grandchildren. (RNS)
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Erskine Reese Dorsey
Lewisburg
Spencer
Erskine
Benjamin and
Carrie Reese Dorsey
Ford Motor Co
Eleanor Dorsey
Mount Hope
Amanda Bridgett
Ohio
Potter Rites Held For W G Potter At Hico
W G Potter 57 of Hico died en route to a hospital at 9 am Saturday from a heart attack. A machine operator at the Electro Metallurgical Plant at Alloy he belonged to the Baptist Church. Born May 14, 1904 in Ramsey he was survived by Maggie Potter his parents Mr and Mrs Fred Potter Gauley Bridge three brothers Everett Gauley Bridge Clyde Victor Walter San Francisco and seven sisters Iona White Fayetteville Ruth Smith Ansted Pearl Clendenin Sheffield Stella McClung Roger Ark Grace Brown Edmond Geraldine McLaughlin San Pedro Calif and Frances Potter Millville N J.
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W. G. Potter
Hico
Electo-Metallurgical
Alloy
Baptist Church
Ramsey
Maggie Potter
Fred Potter
Gauley Bridge
Everett
Clyde
Victor
Walter
San Francisco
Calif
Iona White
Fayetteville
Ruth Smith
Ansted
Pearl Clendenin
Sheffield
Ala
Stella McClung
Roger, Ark
Grace Brown
Edmond
Geraldine McLaughlin
San Pedro
Frances Potter
Millville
N. J
Graveside rites for infant Mark Anthony Epling
Mark Anthony Epling infant son of Douglas and Linda Kay Shrewsbury Epling of Odd died Sunday at a local hospital. Graveside services are set for 1 p.m. Tuesday at Epling Cemetery Flat Top with Rev. Virgil Shrewsberry officiating. Survivors include maternal grandparents Tracy and Linda Shrewsbury of Odd and paternal grandparents Andrew and wife of Flat Top. The body remains at Rose and Quesenberry Funeral Home until the funeral hour.
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Mark Anthony Epling
Douglas
Linda Kay Shrewsbury
Epling
Odd
Flat Top
Virgil Shrewsberry
Tracy Shrewsbury
Andrew Epling
Rose and Quesenberry Funeral Home
Final rites for Mrs Pearl Patton Aliff
Mrs Pearl Patton Aliff 73 Surveyor will have services at 2 30 pm Tuesday in Melton Mortuary Chapel Rev Jim Franklin presiding Burial in Davis Addition Mount Tabor Cemetery She died in a local hospital at 10 am Sunday after a long illness Born Greenup Kentucky Sept 22 1888 lived in Eccles Morgan town before returning Raleigh County two and a half years ago Survivors include two daughters Frances Smith Surveyor and Beulah Harmon Core two brothers Irwin McAdoo Sophia and Oliver McAdoo Beckley The body will remain at the funeral home.
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Pearl Patton Aliff
Melton
Jim Franklin
Davis
Mount Tabor
Aliff
Greenup
Eccles
Morgantown
Raleigh County
L. F
Frances) Smith
Alfred
Beulah) Harmon
Core
Irwin McAdoo
Sophia
Oliver McAdoo
Beckley
Final rites for Charles Burgess in Oak Hill
Charles Burgess 79 of Glen Jean died Saturday in Oak Hill Hospital. Final rites set for 11 a.m. Tuesday at Tyree Funeral Home Chapel Oak Hill with Rev. C S Donnelly presiding. Burial in High Lawn Memorial Park Oak Hill. Friends may call after 4 p m today at the funeral home.
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Charles Burgess
Glen Jean
Oak Hill Hospital
Tyree
Boys' Bodies Found After Mine Roof Collapse
Two Osceola Mills fathers, Eugene Husted and Ernest Lowe, identified their sons after rescue workers recovered crushed bodies nearly two weeks after disappearance. Coroner Heath said the youths died from multiple skull fractures when crawling through a cave-in in a Philipsburg area mine. Each father sent a brother to Philipsburg Hospital for official ID.
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Clearfield County
Robert Heath
Eugene Husted
Ernest Lowe
Osceola Mills
Philipsburg Hospital
Memphis hospital opens maternity wing with TV hook up
The Memphis Baptist Hospital unveiled a new maternity wing that provides a closed circuit television link so mothers can view the nursery from their beds.
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Memphis, Tenn
Polio Clinic Set at Lester School by PTA
A polio clinic will be held at the Lester School building Friday from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. sponsored by the school Parent-Teacher Association. A nominal fee will be charged for the shots.
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Lester
Parent-Teacher Association of
Bowman dies at 69 in Beckley VA Hospital
Harry A Bowman age 69 of Prince ton died at 6 35 a m today in the Beckley Veterans Administration Hospital.
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Harry A. Bowman
Princeton
Beckley Veterans Administration Hospital
Runaway River Barges In Tow
Weary towboat crews corralled 150 runaway barges on the Mississippi above Cairo as an ice jam on the Ohio River threatened new trouble. Three barges sank while others were moved to new moorings. the jam, the worst in over 40 years, may ease after several warm days. A salvage rig was en route from Paducah to raise sunken barges.
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Cairo
Till
UPI
Mississippi River
Ohio River
Kentucky
Mississippi
Ohio
Island, No. 2
Paducah
Evel
Oak Hill Men Held For Theft
Two Oak Hill men Bill Jeffries and James Billings were bound over to Fayette County Jail in $1,000 bond each on four theft counts. They waived to grand jury after a preliminary hearing before Magistrate Myr O'Dell. Charges allege copper wire thefts from Barbara Gale Coal Co. at Kaymoor on Dec 22 1961 Dec 27 1961 Jan 13 1962 and Jan 20 1962 with weights and values listed. deputies Fred O'Boyle and Earl Dempsey made the arrests.
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Oak Hill
Faysette
Bill Jeffries
James Billings
Myr O'Dell
Barbara Gale Coal Co
Kaymoor
Fayette
Fred O'Boyle
Earl Dempsey
Coffeehouses in 17th Century London Social Club
The London coffeehouse served as a social literary and political club where wits philosophers and writers gathered. The beverage sparked lively conversation and was advertised to quicken spirits and lighten the heart, with coffee replacing earlier intoxication as the social stimulant.
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London
Randolph Urges Deeper Channel At Va Coal Port
UPI reports Sen. Jennings Randolph calls for deepening the Hampton Roads channel at Norfolk to at least five feet to enable larger coal ships. He warns the U S must compete with foreign ports to avoid economic harm to West Virginia Virginia and Kentucky and notes hearings on the proposed channel project. West Virginia Gov Barron supports the move citing lower transport costs for coal.
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Norfolk, Va
Norfolk
Newport News
Randolph
United States
West Virginia
Hampton Roads
Virginia Tidewater
Baltimore
New York
Philadelphia
W. W. Barron
Barron
Senate Weighs CIA Appointee Nominee McCone Faces Scrutiny
Washington reports the Senate planned to take up John A. McCone for CIA head with debate and a likely confirmation. A final vote could be delayed. McCarthy pressed for closer look at qualifications and past actions, while McCone defended honesty and that he would steer clear of policy making.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
D-Minn
McCone
McCarthy
California Institute of Technology
Kennedy to send three messages to Congress on urban reforms
Kennedy plans to transmit three messages to Congress, including a plan for a new urban affairs department and a proposal to finance UN operations in the Congo via a half of a $200 million long term bond. He departs Palm Beach with family around 3 pm EST aboard Air Force jet transport.
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Congress
U.S
United Nations
Congo
House
Senate
Kennedy
Palm Beach
Air Force
House Rules Committee
Lilly Files City Police Judge Formation
Lilly is married to Anna Lee Bowster and they have two children. He belongs to several groups including the Methodist Men's Club Ra leigh and various bar associations. He is a member of the Beckley lodge Elks Moose and Civitan clubs.
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Anna Lee Bowster
Methodist Men's Club
Raleigh
West Virginia
Virginia
American Bar Associations
Beckley Lodge
Ancient
Free and Accepted Masons
Beckley Elks A Moose Lodge
Beckley Civitan Club
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Dant Distillery CO
Dant
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Iry
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Athens
Athens Baptist Church
B. L. Withers
Vermillion Cemetery
Vermillion
Stephen Trinkle Vermillion
Masonic Lodge
Robert Moss French
Bethlehem
Order of Eastern Star
T. A. Vermillion
Hampton
Harry F. Cooper
Pine Street
George W. Seaver
Ralph FE. Klingensmith
Fred S. Rogers
Sam G. Williamson
Carl H. Mann
Joseph Marsh
Homer K. Ball
Joseph Freidl
Richard Lilly
Dr. Uriah Vermillion
Azel F. French Jr
J. C. Meadows
Carlos L. Huffman
E. R. Dorsey
Mark A. Epling
Mrs. Pearl P. Aliff
Polio Clinic
Sef
Encyclopedia Britannica
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