Wyoming Mental Health Chapter Organized in Pineville
The Wyoming County Association for Mental Health, Chapter of the West Virginia National Association for Mental Health, organized Tuesday in Pineville. Officers and directors were elected, bylaws adopted, and a goal set to enroll 10 new members each within a month. The group endorsed a major budget increase for 1959-60, and outlined objectives including mental health legislation and public education.
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Pineville
RNS
Wyoming
Injuries Reported After Hay Truck Fall In Maben
J Blankenship, 39, was treated at Wyoming General Hospital after falling from a hay truck at about 6:30 p.m. sustaining a cut and bruises to the face. Mrs Ennis Haynes, 29, cut her left hand closing a cabinet metal edge. Norma Jean Stump, 17, cut her right index finger opening a can.
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Norma Jean Stump
Tralee
Taylor Listed As Critical After Mine Accident
Pete Taylor of Matoaka is listed in critical condition at Blue Field Sanitarium after a Wednesday accident at Crozier Coal and Coke Co mine. He suffered a neck fracture and spinal cord injury when crushed between the roof and a mine meter and was transported by Bailey Funeral Home ambulance for surgery.
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Matoaka
FMS
Bluefield
Pete Taylor
Crozier Coal and Coke Co
Dott
Taylor
Bailey Funeral Home
Six Couples Seek Marriage Licenses in Wyoming County
The Wyoming County Clerk's office lists six couples applying for licenses. Names include Lon Adkin and Dorothy Adkins. James H Linville and Carroll Poland. Cloyd H Lambert and Ellen Sue Aliff. Luther Batley and Wrena Elswick. James Lee Weaver and Helen Mae Hill. David Tilley and Gloria Jean Adkina.
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Pineville
Rns
Wyoming County
Lon Adkin
Keyrock
Franklind Cocoa Adkins
Dorothy Adkins
Mose
Ida Adkins
James H. Linville
Oceana
Odell
Noma Linville
Carroll Poland
Batleyville
Charles
Grace Poland
Cloyd H Lambert
Corinne
Raby
Mary Lan Vert
Ellen Sue Aliff
Herndon Heights
Herbert
Kathleen Ali
Luther Batley
Glen Fork
Wilbur
Ollie Bailey
Wrena Elswick
Lorena M. Greer
James Lee Weaver
Verla Weaver
Helen Mae Hill
Ira
Allie Hill
David Tilley
McGrawas
Maniey
Louela Tilley
Gloria Jean Adkina
Ravencliff
Cyrel
Velma
Ansted Woman Spends Week Visiting New York City
Miss Janice Hawver of Ansted is spending a week in New York City visiting friends and doing spring buying for Mattle's Shoppe. The trip highlights a shopping foray and social visit during a brief urban stay.
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Ansted
Janice Hawver
New York City
Mattle
Ashley Rites Conducted Today
Funeral services for Alva Ashley were held at 2 p m in the Christian Church at Roderfield conducted by Rev Phillip Strattas Burial followed in Yeager Memorial Cemetery Ashley 62 died Wednesday night in Mullens Hospital of a heart condition O J Douglas Mortuary Welch arranged the services
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Pineville
RNS
Alva Ashley
Christian Church
Roderfield
Phillip Strattas
Yeager Memorial
Ashley
Mullens
O. J. Douglas Mortuary
Welch
PSC Will Hear Railway Petition
Charleston Chesapeake and Ohio Railway Co seeks authority to discontinue its last passenger service on the Huntington Logan subdivision. PSC will hear the petition March 2. Trains 50 and 51 run daily between Huntington and Logan, operated at a great financial loss.
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Charleston
Chesapeake and Ohio Railway Co
Huntington
Logan
Public Service Commission
Estep Waives To Grand Jury In Fatal Oceana Shooting
James Estep 2 of Oceana waived preliminary hearing to the Wyoming County Grand Jury before Magistrate John Lambert. He admitted the fatal shooting of Edgina 37 of Oceana at the Miner's Inn about 9 25 p m Wednesday. Estep remanded to jail. bond to be set by Judge Robert M Worrell. Elkins was pronounced dead at 9 5 pm. Police said motive not established. investigation by Oceana police and Wyoming County deputies. Elkins, single, worked at the inn. Estep, unemployed miner, married with one child.
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Oceana
RNS
James Estep
Wyoming County Grand Jury
John Lambert
Estep
Edgina
Miner's Inn
Robert M. Worrell
Wyoming County
Elkins
R. C. Hatfield
Blind Youth Presented Braille Reader's Digest in Kopperston
John Paynter of the Kopperston Lions Club presented the first braille copy of Reader's Digest to Thurmond Adkins, Oceana High School student. Adkins, blind since age eight from an accident, uses Seeing Eye dog Holly and studies at Oceana with notes read aloud by siblings. his aim is psychiatry at West Virginia University. The braille subscription is a Kopperston club project.
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Kopperston
BNS
John Paynter
Kopperston Lions Club
Romney
Oceana High
Adkins
West Virginia University
Brown Lodged In Wyo Jail
Willis Edward Brown, about 30, was jailed by Wyoming County Sheriff Bert Short after breaking a window at Graham's Super Market in Oceana. Eyewitness Earoline Short saw him carry glass to the back. Lee Day and Herman Shumate helped detain him until the sheriff arrived. Brown faced a 20 dollar fine and 30 days in jail for destruction of property.
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Oceana
RNS
Willis Edward Brown
Wyoming
Bert Short
Brown
Graham
James Gibson
Gibson
Short
Earoline
Miss Short
Angela
Lee Day
Herman Shumate
Jack Pizzino
Glen Fork
Caldwell announce birth of son Lerona Princeton
Mr and Mrs Roy R Caldwell announce the birth of a son on January 26 at Memorial Hospital Princeton The newborn joins a sister and grandmother Mrs C Warfel at the family home in Lerona.
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Lerona
Roy R. Caldwell
Lerena
Jan
Memorial Hospital
Princeton
Theodore Emory Humphries Funeral Rites Saturday
Theodore Emory Humphries 79 died after an extended illness in a Beck ley hospital. Funeral services set for 2 p.m. Saturday in the Jehovah's Witness Kingdom Hall Ansted with burial in Westlake Cemetery. Survivors include wife Rus sie. daughter Inez Cristlar of Ansted. sons Ted of Parkersburg and Charles of Warren Ohio. stepsons Fred of Tampa Fla. and Allen Steele of Mount Hope. sisters Laura Skaggs of Ansted Ester and Noca Humphries of Powellton. 13 grandchildren. Body from Dodd Payne Mortuary Fayetteville at 5 p.m. today to hall an hour before service.
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Ansted
RNS
Theodore Emory Humphries
Jehovah's Witness Kingdom
Walter Clayton
Westlake Cemetery
Humphries
Beckley Hospital
Russie
Inez Christlarr
Ted
Parkersburg
Charles
Warren
Ohio
Fred
Tampa
Fla
Allen Steele
Mount Hope
Laura Skaggs
Ester
Noca Humphries
Powellton
Dodd- Payne Mortuary
Fayetteville
Samuel Carter Named Chief Engineer at Armco Monteval
Samuel P. Carter promoted to chief engineer of Armco Steel Corp Operation Monteval replacing the late Paul Maxey. A Virginia Tech electrical engineering graduate, he began as an electrician in 1934, served in the Air Force, then rose through maintenance roles to superintendent of maintenance for all mines in 1949. Carter is married with five children.
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Carter
Mothers March for Polio Planned in Whitesville
In Whitesville the Mothers March for Polio will run from 7 to 8 p.m. under the Whitesville PTA sponsorship. Donors are asked to place blue emblems on collection containers reading Join The March of Dimes and to keep porch lights on for visibility.
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Whitesville
RNS
Parent Teacher Association
Kenneth Jarrell
PTA
Frank B. Nichols Rites Saturday
Funeral services for Frank B. Nichols will be held at 2 p.m. Saturday at Oak Hill Baptist Church where he was a member. The Rev. Randolph Johnson and the Rev. R. J. Chenoweth will officiate. Burial follows at High Lawn Memorial Park. Nichols, 73, of 332 Jones Ave., Oak Hill, died about 9:30 Thursday at an Oak Hill hospital. He was a retired weigh boss for New River Co. and worked there 28 years. He was a member of Oak Hill Masonic Lodge 120 and Independent Order of Odd Fellows Lodge 26. Born in Nicholas County, he is survived by his wife Blanche Alice and a brother W. O. of Riviera Beach, Florida. The body will be taken from Thomas Funeral Home to the church one hour before the funeral. Pallbearers are Henry Siddings, John Scott, G. E. Davis, H. A. Bumgartner, E. N. Goode, and R. T. Scott.
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Oak Hill
RNS
Frank B. Nichols
Oak Hill Baptist Church
Randolph Johnson
R. J. Chenoweth
High Lawn Memorial Park
Nichols
Jones Ave
New River Co
Oak Hill Masonic Lodge
Independent Order of Odd Fellows Lodge
Nicholas County
Blanche Alice
W. O
Riviera Beach
Fla
Thomas Funeral Home
Henry Siddings
John Scott
G. E. Davis
H. A. Bumgartner
E. N. Goode
R. T. Scott
Suit Against Bank Deliberations Set In Fayette
In Fayette County Court Mrs Gladys Potter sues Bank of Mount Hope for 9600 in bonds and savings alleged stolen by her husband W Garland Potter who is in federal prison in Lewisburg after pleading guilty to theft of over 40000. A deposition said he cashed 9000 in bonds owned by his wife during 1956 1957. Trial judge Charles L Garvin Jr to guide jury final arguments today.
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Fayetteville
W. Va
Fayette County
Gladys Potter
Bank of Mount Hope
W. Garland Potter
Lewisburg
Pa. Potter
Potter
Charles L. Garvin Jr
Graveside Rites Held for Stillborn Infant
Graveside services were to be held this afternoon for the premature infant of Mr and Mrs Earl Oliver Keyrock stillborn Wednesday night at Mullens hospital. Robertson and Foglesong Funeral Home had charge of arrangements.
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Pineville
RNS
Earl Oliver
Keyrock
Mullens
Robertson and Foglesong Funeral Home
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June Dunlap
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W. W. Wells
Martin Backus
French Lilly
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