31 Arrested in Surprise Raids At Mullens and Bud Saturday
Wyoming County state police and local officers raided Mullens Guysndytte Hotel on Morgan Avenue and Bud basement quarters in a weekend operation arresting 31 people. Ten were booked for adultery after an overnight sweep. nine others faced gambling and drunkenness charges. Several suspects remained in custody or awaiting arraignment as authorities described the raids as a crackdown on alleged vice and illicit poker games.
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Mullens
Wyoming County
Mullens City
Bud
Kacy
Nancy Gagvin
Coy Bailey
Oceana
Bustedson
Cook
Knosen
Harry] Esids
Danny Wilson
Emory Deal
Harvey Lester
Emmett Sizemore
Wilford Shrewsbury
Patrick Lester
Patrick Estes
Calwin Sizemore
Ted Burke
Lawrence Green
Shuford Lester
Army
Clarence Lusk
Garland Sisk
Noah Adkins
Hermon
Ernest McKinney
Buron McKinney
Curtis McKinney
Lampkin Mills
Jack King
Basin
Harley Lester
W. R. Haga
Elmore
L. P. Mullins
Williams Simon
Mrs. Frank Covert Named To Temporary Club Post
Princeton junior club taps Mrs. Frank Covert as secretary for three months in Lena Dove's absence. Meeting at Mrs. C. E. Jones's home approves $10 to March of Dimes. Woodrow Bondurant outlines city government. New members welcomed. blood typing urged for Memorial Hospital blood bank.
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Princeton
Frank Covert
Princeton Junior Woman's Club
Lena Dove
Covert
C. E. Jones
Woodrow Bondurant
Neva Shepherd
Fred Whittaker
Preston, Hamilton
Howard Webb
McKay Fanning
Memorial Hospital
Retirement Railroad Worker James Young Dies at Home
James Henry Young aged 74 died unexpectedly at his White Sulphur Springs home Sunday morning. Funeral services are set for 2:39 p.m. Tuesday at Shanklin Funeral Home with Rev. Alvin C. Young officiating. Survived by wife Anne Mae. sons Eddie and Guy of Roanoke. daughters Evelyn Rowe of Washington DC and Mrs John Knighton of Baltimore. sister Elle Burns of White Sulphur Springs. brother Ira Young of Anjean. and three grandchildren. He was a retired C&O Railroad employee.
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Wikite
James Henry Young
Shanklin
Alvin C. Young
Anne Mae Young
Eddie
Guy
Roanoke
Evelyn Rowe
Washington, D. C
John Knighton
Baltimore, Md
Elle Burns
White Sulphur Springs
Ira Young
Anjean
Baileysville Man Expires at Home
Frederick Blaine Shields of Baileysville dies at 7 17 am aged 64 at home. Funeral services will be at the home Tuesday at 11 with Rev Roscoe Morgan and Rev L G Watts ef. Burial in family cemetery. Born 1885 son of Alex and Chlole Shields. Survived by wife Corble Short Shields, three sons Arthur Glen and Dave, daughter Georgia Richardson, three brothers W T Shields Davy J L Shields Martinsville Va and D L Shields Baileysville, one sister Mrs E P Rose Pineville. Body to be removed from Robertson and Fogle Mortuary to the home Monday at 2 pm.
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Mullens
Frederick Blaine Shields
Baileysville
Roscoe Morgan
L. G. Wattsef
Alex
Chlole Ellis Shields
Corble Short Shields
Arthur, Glen
Dave Shields
Georgia Richardson
Eccles
W. T. Shields
Davy
J. L. Shields
Martinsville
D. L. Shields
E. P. Rose
Pineville
Robertson and Foglesong
Dillon Funeral Set for Tuesday
Wester Oak Hill funeral services for Robert N. Dillon, died of a heart attack Saturday at Rainelle. Rites from Thomas Funeral Home Oak Hill with ministers Cross and Whited. Burial in Hightown Memorial Park. Survived by wife Frances, daughter Barbara Jane, and half-brother James C. Painter.
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Wester Oak
Midland Coal Company
Rainelle
Methodist Church
Oak Hil Lodge
A. F
Sewell
Royal Arch Masons
King Coal Chevrolet Co
Oak HM
Tle
Frances Dillon
Hiltop
Barbara Jane
James C
Painter
Beckley
Refusal to Pay Overtime Costs At Oak Hill
Motorist fined 13.59 for failing to insert a nickel in the meter and refusing the $1 overtime parking fine under Eliot Warden Whipple. Patrolman Maria said the meter was checked regularly and noncompliance will bring fines. Another motorist similarly refused payment but later agreed to settle.
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Oak Hill
Eliot Warden
Whipple
G. O. Maria
Parkes
Martin
Carpenter's Body Found on Railroad in Princeton
The body of Canaila Shrewsbury a 85 year old carpenter was found about 6 a m beneath a bridge on the Virginian Railroad near Princeton. He had $370 in his billfold and no identifying papers. Death was ruled as exposure with a head wound. He lived on Beckley Kneet on road and is survived by his widow and several children. The body remains at Fredeking Seaver Funeral Directory pending arrangements.
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Princeton
Canaila
Shrewsbury
Beckley-@Kneeton road
Fredeking-Seaver
Rich Creek
Hesi ‘Ter Shrewsbury
Pauline Hughes
Beckley, Mes
Laura Whittaker
Paul Shrewsbury
Matoaka
Rupert Shrewsbury
Rites Conducted For Grover Bolin
Funeral services were held at Athens Baptist Church for Grover M Bolin 55 who died Friday at his sister’s home in Morgan Street Rev George L Cutlip officiated and burial was in Athens Cemetery Born October 19 1893 he is survived by sons William Bolin Boyd Bolin Gilbert Bolin and daughters Mrs A Meadows and Mrs George Sheik of Columbia Pa Also surviving are siblings Mrs R A Martin Fred Bolin Mrs Alice Pettrey Mrs Walter Cleghon Bailey Bolin and Clyde Bolin.
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Athens
Athens Baptist Church
Grover M. Bolin
Robert A. Martin
Morgan Street
George L. Cutlip
William Bolin
Cf A. Meadows
Boyd Bolin
Gilbert Bolin
George Sheik
Columbia
R. A. Martin
Fred Bolin
Alice Pettrey
Oceana
Walter Cleghon
Princeton
Bailey Bolin
Remington, Va
Clyde Bolin
Beaver
Evans Funeral Rites Today in Mount Hope
Funeral services for Howard Evans 69 a Mount Hope will be held at 2 p m today with the Rev Ernie Barley officiating. Burial follows in the family cemetery near the residence. Born in Greenbrier County he was a Church of God member. Survived by wife Ollie Evans four sons Homer Ira Cecil Roy two daughters Hazel Moore Lorene McPeak three majors Wayman Evans Fred G R Evans two sisters Clara Cawley Minnie Humphrey and 13 grandchildren.
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Mount Hope
Flor Howard Evans
Ernie Barley
Maple Fork
Greenbrier
Church of God
Ollie Evans
Homer
Calloway Heights
Ira
Cecil
Roy
Mt. Hope
Hazel Moore
Lorene McPeak
Hope
Wayman Evans
Sophia
Fred
G. R. Evans
Route 1
Clara Cawley
Beckley
Minnie Humprey
MecPeake
Land
Fire damages truck on Greentown hill incident
A dump truck driven by Clyde Whill was damaged when a fire damaged its carburetor while entering the city limits last night. The blaze appeared after the truck crested the Greentown hill and was put out using water from a nearby mud puddle. Whill and his wife escaped unharmed.
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Oak Will
Clyde Whill
Greentown
Whill
Wyoming Farmers to File Reports by February 15
Wyoming County farmers must report agricultural conservation practices to the county ACA by February 15 to satisfy 1948 and 1949 rules. Reports due February 13 if using lime or phosphate, with penalties for late or misreported material. Missing reports may shift materials to prior programs and incur double costs.
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Y Register Slatt
Pineville
Wyoming County
G. P. Goode
Goode
ACA
Beckley Army Recruiting to Open Mullens Branch
The Beckley Army and Air Force Recruiting Station plans a Mullens branch with Capt. J. C. Mathis announcing a lease request for space in a building due to complete March 1. The two day course on the new court–martial manual has been completed for recruiters from Beckley, Bluefield, Huntington, the Officer Reserves, and National Guard instructors.
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Army and Air Force
Mulens
J. C. Mathis
Mathis
Court Manarshall
Shumate Rites Set on Tuesday
Funeral services for Amos Shumate 78 will be held Tuesday at 2 p.m. from Oak Grove Church at McGraws. Burial in church cemetery. Shumate born Soulsville August 22 1870 was a farmer and former mail carrier and tracks man. Surviving are son Riley two daughters Hester and Cora a stepson S S G Roles eleven grandchildren and one great grandchild.
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Oak Grove
McGraws
Amos Shumate
McGraw
Stellie Parsons
Soulsville
Tolison
Betty Tolliver Shumate
Sarah Cozarl
Hadlso
McGraws- Saulsvill
Thes. M. Ritter Lumber Company
W. Riley
Shumate
Wyoming” County
Riley
Hester
Cora
S&s. G. Roles
Robertson and
Foster
Youth Training Classes to Open in Mullens
The First Baptist Church hosts three Baptist Youth Fellowship training sessions starting at 7 p.m. under Roscoe Keeney Sr state youth director of the Northern Baptist Convention. The two hour sessions run Monday Tuesday and Wednesday with the topic Youth Work in the Local Church. Dinner will be served on opening and closing nights at 6 o clock by the church women. The social committee members are Mrs. R L Hart chairman Mrs L T Lail and Mrs F C Bowers. Kenney former state BYF president will arrive tomorrow as guest of Sammy Pearis state VP southern area at the Pearis home Highland Avenue Mullens.
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Baptist Youth Fellowship
First Baptist Church
Roscoe Keeney
Northern Baptist Convention
Parkersburg
R. L. Hart
L. T. Lail
F.C. Bowers
Kenney
Sammy Pearis
Mofher's Trial Begins Today
A 31 year old mother and housewife from Bluefield goes on trial in Mercer Criminal Court for the knife slaying of her husband Clarence Boone on their lawn last July 11. The indictment charges murder. she initially said the knife caused by accident, then claimed self defense. Witnesses numbered twenty five for the state and thirty one for the defense are ordered to testify.
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Mercer
Louise T. Boone
Bluefield
Clarence Boone
Boone
Bluefield Man Fined For Drunken Driving
PRINCETON D. W. Call of Bluefield was fined 50 dollars plus costs by Magistrate E Dale Bailey on a charge of driving while intoxicated His car was impounded for six months and his license revoked for a similar period He was arrested by State Police Friday
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Princeton
D. W. Call
Bluefield
E. Dale Bailey
Hal Shaw Named To Rotary Post
Hal Shaw will serve as secretary of the Rotary Club on Oak Hill to fill the office left vacant by the resignation of Carl Ledford. The announcement came at a Tuesday night meeting where Lt. L. S. Larson described his Berlin Airlift experience. Guests included Frazier Wiseman Holliday Hambrick Holliday and others from Fayetteville Montgomery and Lewisburg.
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Oak Hill
Hal Shaw
Rotary Club
Carl Ledford
L. S. Larson
Army Air Force
Berlin
Europe
H. F. Frazier
FE. O. Wiseman
M. O. Holliday
James IT. Hambrick
Fayetteville
W. G. Thompson
Kel Holliday
Montgomery
James W. Wright
Lewisburg
Wilson Funeral Rites Held Today
Funeral services for Mrs. Lillie Wilson were held at Mt. Calvary Baptist Church at 2 p.m. She died at her Pine Street home after a lengthy illness. Rev. S. N. Gibson presided. burial followed at Lincoln Park Cemetery. Mrs. Wilson, born September 1, 1894 in Alabama, married Rev. F. W. Wilson in Columbus, Mississippi on May 24, 1909, and is survived by her husband, a son James of Chicago, a brother Will Mitchell of Alabama, three sisters Ada Oaks Birmingham Annie Johnson of Birmingham and Savannah White of Aliceville, and half brother Earl Glass of Birmingham.
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Princeton
Mt. Calvary Baptist Church
Lillie Wilson
F. W. Wilson
Pine Street
S. N. Gibson
Lincoln Park
James
Chicago
Will Mitchell
Alabama
Ada Oaks
Annie Johnson
Birmingham
Als
Savannah White
Aliceville
Ala
Earl Glass
Buckhannon Man Named to Post
Charles J. West of Buckhannon has been appointed conservation aide in the Soil Conservation Service. Co V Fisher announced the vacancy since last spring when James Park Jr. resigned. West, a West Virginia native, attended West Virginia University for three years and is unmarried, staying at the Diamond Tourist Home.
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Wester Summersville
Charles J. West
Buckhannon
Soil Conservation Service
Co. V. Fisher
James Park, Jr
West
West Virginia
West Virginia University
Diamond
Car stolen from Mulens High School persists in search
Police continue search for a missing 1938 Chevrolet coupe owned by Charles Kidd of Broadway Street. Kidd reported the black car with a spotlight and two extra driving lights was taken from in front of Mulens High School after basketball practice Friday around 4 PM. He cannot recall the license number. the registration card was inside.
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Mullens
Mullens High School
Charles Kidd
Broadway Street
Kidd
Chapman Funeral Riles Set Today
Funeral services for Rayburn Garfield Chapman age 8 of Fenwick will be held at 2 pm today at Spruce Grove Methodist Church near Mi Neds with Rev Hill Howes officiating. Burial will follow in the church remoter y. PINEVILLE Orval Lusk 22 and Barbara Cook 16 both of Jesse have received a marriage license from the Wyoming County clerk office.
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Rayburn Garfield Chapman
Spruce Grove Methodist Church
Ear Mi. Neds
Hill Howes
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Pineville
Orval Lusk
Barbara Cook
Jesse
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