Four Civil Suits Settled and Others Continued in Fayetteville Court
In Fayetteville circuit court four civil suits were settled, several continued to the next term, and two cases involved parties recently drafted into the U. S. Armed Forces. Settlements included Jennie C. Fox v Harley Flannagan and A. W. Nida v Allen Janney, with other actions deferred due to witness absence or ongoing legal disputes. The Dickerson Reynolds incident at Pure Oil station yielded a confidential settlement.
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Register Staly Weller
Ernest Burgess
H. C
Gravely
Tewis L. Martine
Robert Thomas
Molly Scott
Pete Wallace
Ann Hendrickson
Rua Blake
J. E. Willson
Blake
Solon Long
Clyde Casey
C. V. Dickerson
Maurice Reynolds
Dickerson
Pure Oil
New Girl Scout Troop Organized in Princeton
A new Girl Scout Troop was enrolled last night at the Salvation Army Building in Princeton. Sunday services were led by Senior Captain and Mrs Horace Thomas of Richmond Virginia.
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Princeton
Salvation Army
Horace Thomas
Richmond
Montgomery Publisher Acquires Tribune and Appoints Editor
The Fayette Tribune, the oldest paper in Fayette County, has been sold to Kel Holliday of Montgomery and will become semi weekly. George Armstrong will edit the Tribune, leaving Beckley’s Raleigh Register where he was city editor since 1945.
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Register
OAK Hill
Fayette Teiune
Kel Stolliday
Montgomery
Henry C. Woodyard
George Armstrong
The
Tribune
Armstrong
Raleigh Register
Beckley
Fayette County
Holliday
Montgomery Herald
Roy H
Jack” Johnson
Woodyard
Virginia
New York
Spencer
Mont-gomery
Wright Addition Lot of Oak Hill Sold for 3500 Dollars
Fayetteville reports multiple land sales totaling about 7000 dollars with many deeds filed. Notable discourses include Homeseekers Land and Building Company selling Lot 6 Wright Addition to Oak Hill for about 3500 dollars to Mr. and Mrs. Steve Yurkovich, with Fayette Homes Inc. and others involved in numerous Oak Hill Glen Jean and Mountain Cove District plots.
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Fayetteville
Steve Yurkovich
Wright Addition
Oak Hill
Dounty
Homeseekers Land and Building Company
Glen
Jean
Professor Valentine
Fayette Homes, Inc
W. T. Ricnmond
Wir
H. T. Altice
Walter F. Reid
Glen Jean
Eva Yoney
F. W. Dickinson
Highlawn Park
Oak Hil
Buford L. Huffman
Rainelle Supply Company
Quinnimont District
Laura Ellison
Arthur Fitzwaters
Mountain Cove
Dogwood Ridge
Mary A. Cole
Glenn Jean
Babcock Coal and Coke Company
Samuel G. Holliday
I C. Bell
John Byron Skaggs
Homeseekers Land and Building Co
Carrie ¥. Sweeney
Washington Heights
Brack L. Campbell
Blanche Meadows
Twwohig
Meadow Bridge
Highlawn Memorial Park Co
Irene G. Fox
Guy Brown
Esso
Standard Oil Company
Gauley Bridge
Edith R. Brooks
Bessie L. Repp
Raymond Kious
Ames Mining Company
James E. Thomas
Ella L. Thomas
Gauley Mountain Coal Co
Ansted
Eleanor Franowsky
Julias Rasikas
Ogden City
Fayette’ Sville
F. L. Kessler
Smith
Nuttall
Mary M. Boothe
D. A. Jones
Meadow Fork Road
Leslie W. Shuck
George T. King
Ville
Virgie Biggs
Lewis Hatcher
Trump Street
Clyde Duncan
Deepwater Coal Company
Riverton Coal Company
aKnawha
Christian Colliery Company
Chesapeake and Ohio Railway Company
Ida McMillion
Aaron Franklin Ewing
Highland Mountain
Quinnimont
Organ Cave Personal Notices Hint at Travel and Illness
Organ Cave residents and kin share travel, hospital, and social updates. S Sgt Calvin Weikle returns from Stuttgart Germany and visits hosts Amos Weikle and others. Clarence Boone is hospitalized in Washington DC. several families host relatives in Virginia and Kentucky. several ill or recovering at regional hospitals. funeral attendance for Sgt Alan Weikle noted.
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Calvin Weikle
Stuttgart
Germany
Amos Weikte
Clarence Boone
Washington, D.C
Robert Plogger
Pulaski
W. H. Level
Oak Hill
Gray Boone
Telford Bland
Paul Rodgers
Hayes McDowell
Second Creek
Bill McClung
Greenbrier Valley Hospital
Ronceverte
Mir
Joe Morgan
James Miller
Bluefield
L. B. Crickenberger
Posie Dalton
Wallace Level
Pearisburg
George Level
Rebekahs Initiate Mrs Alice Holstein at Laurel Lodge
Laurel Rebekah Lodge initiated Mrs Alice Holstein during the meeting at the Pythian Hall. Plans were announced to honor Bennetts and Mrs Jane Randall and Mrs Mont Piqua, O who returned home after visiting Dena Sexton and her daughter Mrs Harry L. Poe.
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Rebekahs
Alice Holstein
Register
Qak Hill
Alice Hol
Reet
Laurel Rebekah Lodge
Pythian
Ballias
Kopperston
W. H
Bennett
Jane Randall
Mont Piqua
Dena Sexton
Harry L. Poe
Hinton Band and Scouts Lead March of Dimes Parade
The Hinton High School Band and about 100 Cub and Girl Scouts, led by a firetruck, paraded through the business district in support of the March of Dimes. The Hinton Wildcats solicited donations at downtown corners as the drive nears a $2,000 goal, with about $1,200 raised and collections continuing at the theater through Monday.
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Hinton
Firetruck
Leon Johnson Freed On Maiming Charge
Leon Johnson was acquitted by a Criminal Court jury in Princeton last week on a maiming charge involving Ernest Mabe. The verdict came during a special session of court. Pastor to Speak By Register State Writer Alderson in the absence of Rev Forrest Reynolds the Johnson Memorial Methodist Church services are conducted by visiting speakers. Rev Clyde Henaly district superintendent of Lewisburg will preach this morning and again on February 8.
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Leon Johnson
Register
Princeton
Ernest Mabe
Alderson
Forrest P. Reynolds
Johnson Memorial Methodist Church
Clyde Henaly
Lewisburg
Woman Edith Simmons Dies After Highway Incident
Princeton report: Edith Simmons, 34, of Green Valley, found on a highway near Princeton early yesterday. She died two hours later at Bluefield Sanatorium from injuries believed to be caused by being struck by two or more cars. Two motorists found her. a third vehicle passed over her body. Sheriff Clarence Elmore had seen her walking along the road about half an hour before the crash.
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Register
Princeton—An
Edith Simmons
Green Valley
Here
Bluefield Santarium
Clarence Elmore
Bluefield
Rotarians Hear First Aid Talk in Princeton
Rotary Club members heard a first aid program on Friday night. Harold Shockey of Appalachian Electric Power Company led the session and showed a film titled Danger Is Your Companion illustrating accident causes at roads, homes, and industry. Visitors included John Nash H Grisson John Knight Edwin C Taylor and Lindsey Allen, all Rotarians from Bluefield.
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Princeton
Harold Shockey
Appalachian Electric Power Company
John Nash
H. Grisson
John Knight
Edwin C. Taylor
Lindsey Allen
Bluefield
Seven Fayette Couples Get Marriage Permits
Fayetteville seven Fayette County couples received licenses to marry per county records. Alpha Earl Bayard 20 and Mary Jane Cody 17 of Lookout. Frank L. Downey and Vada Belle Kees Jones 18 of Mehan. Ralph Feazell 21 and Betty Geraldine McClung 18 of Fayetteville. James Hudson 28 and Aileen Page 26 of minder. Virgil Marlin 21 of Danese and Juanita Barnett 21 of Clifty. Hazel Webb 34 of Sun and Anne Sabroskey Hatfield 28 of Oak Hill. Charles Weaver 23 and Aileen McNeely 17 of Pax.
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Stace
Fayetteville
Faylette County
Alpha Earl Bayard
Mary Jane Cody
Lookout
Frank L. Downey
Vada Belle Kees Jones
Mehan
Ralph Feazell
Betty Geraldine McClung
James Hudson
Aileen Page
Minden
Virgil Marlin
Danese
Juanita Barnett
Clifty
Hazel Webb
Sun
Anne Sabroskey Hatfield
Oak Hill
Charles Weaver
Aileen McNeely
Pax
Princeton Lions Buy Glasses for Crippl ed Children
The blind committee of the Lions Club reports 45 pairs of glasses furnished to poor children with nine more applications on file. Douglass Toosburg led the program and presented two mining tools films. The club received thanks from the Salvation Army for its kettle drive and a Christmas party for crippled children. Visitors included J C Lavinder and Hoss Jones.
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Aimee Ee
Princeton
The
Lions Club
Douglass Toosburg
Salvation Army
J.C. Lavinder
Charleston
Hoss Jones
Mullens Civic Club Women Meet for Literary Music Program
In Mullens the Civic Club Women gathering of the Literary and Music Department met at the Davis home on Church Street. Mrs. B L Depew led the program featuring 19 Mullens High School girls in songs and poems with duets by Jean Moore Pat Neal Kitty Moler Peggy Brooks and Marion Greta Griffin and a trio Joyce Davis Pat Segle Edna Allen. Jean Moore Pat Neal read poems Dorothy Williams gave a short reading. Effie Delph presided over a brief business session in the absence of chair E Day Humphrey. Mrs Roger Pritchett to host next meeting February 28.
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Register
Mullens
Mullens ‘Woman's Civic Club
Iray Davis
Alton Caldwell
Davis
Church Street
B. L. Depew
Mullens High School
Jean Moore
Pat Neal
Kitty Moler
Peggy Brooks
Marion
Greta Griffin
Joyce Davis
Pat Segle
Edna Allen
Depew
Jean Moore F
Dorothy Williams
Effie Delph
E. Day Humphrey
Roger Pritchett
J Department
Poultry Profits Seen Rising At Princeton Meeting
Princeton reports indicate poultry profits should be good due to meat scarcity and ample feed. Ted R. Hash of West Virginia University urged about 50 attending farmers to start chicks early, buy triple chicks per pallet, and keep to February and March plans for profitable layers, with local extension staff also present. In Summers County, Jesse R. Quesenberry and Elaine Good obtained a marriage license.
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Register
Princeton
Ted R. Hash
Hash
West Virginia University
Hevs
Princeton High Senior Serves as Attache in Charleston
John McClaughtery, senior at Princeton High School, son of Mr and Mrs Willan McClaugherty of Douglass Street, serves as attache to Paul Hudgins of Bluefield, a member of the House of Delegates, in Charleston.
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John McClaughtery
Princeton
John Mc
Claughtery
Ares Willan McClaugherty
Douglass Street
Charleston
Paul Hudgins
Bluefield
House of Delegates
School Officials Attend State Superintendents Meeting
Princeton officials Charles Archer and W A Cooke, county school superintendent, attended a weekend legislative meeting of the State School Superintendents Association where the group discussed a building proposal.
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Register
Princeton
Charles Archer
W. A. Cooke
State School Superintendents Association
Association
National Guard to drill Thursday in Princeton
Princeton Rifle Company of the 150th Infantry National Guard voted to hold an extra Thursday drill at 7 30 p m. Four men were enlisted bringing membership to 52. Plans discussed to move the company to Fort Knox Kentucky July 24 with officers hoping employers will grant leave so all can participate in summer field training.
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Princeton
Princeton Rifle Company
150Th Infantry
National Guard
Ft. K Knox
Kentucky
Mrs Yost Resigns From Princeton Post
Mrs Morris Yost of Brown Apartments resigns from duties aiding the sheriff’s office in tax-ticket enforcement effective February. The move ends her noted service assisting local law enforcement in fiscal matters.
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Yost
Princeton
Morris Yost
Brown Apartments
Sheriff's Office
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