Fayette Resident Held After Wreck Killing Two Men
Fayette County man is held for investigation of a car wreck that killed two men and injured another near Quinnimont. The names identified include Bill Avancini of Layland and victims Bill Ewing of Prince and Claude Richoyard of Quinnimont. Funeral details and survivor lists follow in the report.
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A. W. Hizer
Richmond
Sherman Richmond
New
Greenwood Coal Company
Lawton
C. ¢. Corker
Meadow Creek
Dumping Branch
Wallace and Wallace
Fast Rainelle
Mary Richmond
Patel
Kathleen Avancini
Terry
Victoria Richmond
Virgie Gwinn
Princeton
Letty McCarthy
Hinton
Gertrude Cook
Dexter Kintaid
Prusence Cook
Violet Hutchinson
Rita West
Charleston
Braskey
Noah
Jumping Branch
Carl
Oral
Pincy
Lewisburg
Ewing
Ada McMillan
Piney View
Frank
Leonard
Raymond
Filbert Ewing
Prince
Earl Ewing
Laurel Creek
J. B. Ewing
Rose Funeral
Beckley
Raymond Ewing
Smith Cemetery
Highland Mountain
Carl Roseblock
Avancini
Fayette County
Hizer
Ameagle Man Victim Of Hit-Run Driver
Ameagle resident Thomas Goodson was struck by a hit and run driver Friday night and taken by ambulance to Charleston General Hospital with a fractured leg. He works as a brakeman for American Eagle Colliery and is listed in satisfactory condition.
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Register
Ameagle
Thomas Goodson
Charleston General Hospital
Charleston
Valley Funeral Home
American Eagle
Eagle
Elinor Skaggs Weds C L Wilson in Alderson Op U
Elinor Skaggs and C L Wilson Jr exchanged vows at Old Greenbrier Baptist Church Alderson. The couple will reside in Washington DC after a southern wedding trip. Maid of honor is Elizabeth Skaggs, bridesmaids wore white organdy gowns. Best man is William F Wilson. numerous ushers attended. The bride, a Marshall College graduate, taught in Alderson High School. groom a Davis and Elkins alum and military instructor in DC.
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Register
Alderson
Charles LeRoy Wilson, Jr
Martha Elinor Skages
Greenbrier Baptist Church
Randolph F. Johnson
J. Frank Nash
Hallie Jones
Mary Bare
Judy Nash
Elizabeth Skaggs
Anderson
Alfred Hite
Bowling Green
Marian Kesinger
Issabel Lobban
Agnes Vernon
Rosebud i S. D
Rosemary Skaggs
William F. Wilson
Elkins
Edwin 3B. Wilson
Washington, D. C
Charles D. Mays
Beckley
Sam J. Hogan
Roger L. Patchett
West Englewood
N. J
William A. Boone
Ronceverte
Charles P. Skaggs
Logan
Alfred A. Hite
Monroe Street
Stella Nelson
Ernest Ham- Brick
Antionette Mays
Edwin B. Wilson
Tillie Bare
Joy Nash
Sidney C. Skaggs
Alderson High School
Marshall College
Delta!Sigma Epsilon
Gamer Gammer
Mack Sorority
The
Woman's Athletic Association
Order of the Eastern Star
Business
Suits Filed in Mercer County Circuit Court
John T. Parry sues Violet Bradley for 10000 damages returnable to July rules. R C McGuire sues I H Goodwin for 600 damages under July rules. Chancery suits by Margaret Jane Waters against Gus Wilbur Waters and Jo Ann Spencer against Curtis O Spencer returnable to July rules.
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Register
Princeton
John T. Parry
Violet Bradley
Mercer County
R. C. McGuire
I. H. Goodwin
Margaret Jane Waters
Gus Wilbur Waters
Jo Ann Spencer
Curtis O. Spencer
Knight 71 Taken by Death Rites Set Today
John Samuel Roi Knight 71 died at his Lilydale home Friday night after a brief illness. Survived by wife Annie Cray Knight. daughters Maude Weikle Ccil Broyles Union and Roxie Knight and Kferen Knight at home. sister Myx Tom Green Union. six grandchildren. Funeral from Broyles Funeral Home Union to Lilydale residence Saturday afternoon. Services at Zion Church with Rev G C Roberts and Rev Sublett. Burial in Hedding Cemetery Lilydale.
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Reglster
UNION
John Samuel Roi
Lilyds
Annie Cray Knight
Fone
Maude Weikle
Cecil Broyles
Roxie
Kferen Knight
Myx
Tom Green
Broyles
Lilydale
Zion Chire
G. C. Roberts
Cedar Bluff
Sublett
Manteate
Hedding
Peterstown Personal News Roundup
Mr. and Mrs Theodore Buckland and daughter Doris visited relatives in Trovile Virginia and were joined home by their son Marshall who had been visiting there. Kay Gentry of Maltens visited Harry and Kay Gentry. Mrs W S Bryant spent the weekend with her parents A M Tay lor in Peterstown. Bill Gentry returned from two weeks with grandparents W J Johnson in Scarbro. Joyce Taylor and Darlene spent the weekend with sister Mrs Harry Martin in Forest Hill.
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Hegister
Wesler
Peterstown
Theodore Buckland
Doris
Bill Gentry
W. J. Johnson
Scarbro
Joyce Taylor
Darlene
Harry Martin
Bryant Undergoes Amputation of Leg in Montgomery
Charles Bryant underwent surgery at Laird Memorial Hospital to remove a leg after Thursday X rays and examinations found a muscular cancer. He works with Peter's Creek Coal Co and assists at Campbell Brothers Garage and Campbell Tractor and Equipment Co. His wife and family from Lillygrook, Beckley, and Summersville visited him.
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Register
I Summersville
Charles Bryant
Laird Memorial Hospital
Montgomery
Bryant
Peter's Creek Coal Co
Campbell Brothers’ Garage
Campbell Tractor and Equipment Company
WW. H. Bryant
Norma Bryant
Lillytrook
Funeral services for Betty Ann Lester set in Jesse
Betty Ann Lester three and a half year old daughter of Mr and Mrs Roy Lester of Jesse dies Friday afternoon from double pneumonia. Funeral at 2 p m today from Coon Fork Church Keyrock with Rev O A Sparks Beckley officiating burial in Simpson Cemetery Keyrock. Body left Evans Funeral Home Oceana at 11 am Saturday
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Jesse
Betty Ann Lester
Roy Lester
Coon Fork
Keyrock
O. A. Sparks
Af Beckley
Simpson
Evans Funeral Home
Oceana
Police Chief Warns Against Fireworks Over Holiday Period
Police Chief Wendell W. Cook cautioned that fireworks are unlawful and dangerous during the Fourth of July weekend. He urged responsible celebration to avoid fires and injuries while not spoiling the holiday for residents.
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Register
Winster Mullens
Wendell W. Cook
Lions Club Ladies Night Installs Mullens Officers
Forty four members and guests attended Mullens Lions Club Ladies Night banquet at the West Mullens clubhouse. Rev Graver C Currie installed the 1950 51 officers led by Woodrow W Cook president with Ebert Cook first vice president and other directors. A social of round and square dancing followed the banquet with many couples present including Mr and Mrs Eugene West and Mr and Mrs Ernest Hodson among others.
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Weiler Mullens
The
Mullens Lions Club
West Mullens
Graver C. Currie
Lee Hodson
Eugene West
Onnie Bailey
Ernest Hodson
John Robinson
Louis ‘Kaman
Marietta Gates
Woodrow W. Cook
Ebert Cook
Earsel Toler
Jim Pendleton
Charles Bailey
Onnie Skidmore
Mack Davis
Houston Graham
Presbyterian Church
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Tinker Bailey
Robert Clay
Raymond Wells
Ritz Kingdon
Harry McNutt
Charles Rhinehart
DeForrest Lilly
Ray Bowling
W. W. Wells
G. D. Skidmore
Louis Kaman
Elbert Cook
Ersel Toler
Byron Toler
Margaret
Holiday Celebration Planned at Quinwood Sugar Grove
United Mine Workers Local 6200 and the Auxiliary sponsor a July 4th event at Sugar Grove Quinwood. The all day celebration includes a watermelon contest for children a boxing bout a baseball game at 2 pm and a speech by George J. Tiker president of District 29.
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Quinwood
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Sugar ‘Grove
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George J. Tiker
District 29
Federal loan grants Mullens sewage system expansion
From Washington Kilgore Neely and Kee report Mullens receives a 7740 loan to cover engineering and blueprinting for an improved sewage system. Plans include a disposal plant and sanitary and storm extensions funded by a conditional housing program with bond financing and user charges based on water use. Mayor Holroyd said survey work will begin soon.
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Harley M. Kilgore
Matthew M. Neely
John Kee
jMultens
Community Facilities Service Bureau
Housing and Home Finance Agency
W. D. Kelly
Charleston
Holroyd
Arange
Labor Day Meet Set By UMW in Mullens
United Mine Workers District 29 will host a Labor Day celebration in Mullens on September 4 with central focus on coalfields, announced district president George J. Tiler. Mullens Mayor William Holroyd welcomed the event, noting it has been 12 years since miners observed a holiday there. Mullens Chamber of Commerce President Gordon D. Skidmore said local businesses will assist in promoting the holiday.
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Mullens
Toalfields
United Mine Workers
George J. Tiler
Wil
Liam Holroyd
Gordon D. Skidmore
Mullens Chamber of Commerce
Miss Mary Jane Williams Weds Ernest R Hodson at Pineville
Mary Jane Williams daughter of Mr and Mrs E E Williams of Wyoming married Ernest Randall Hodson son of Mrs G J Trodson of West Mullens in a single ring ceremony at First Methodist Church Pineville. The bride wore a blue gabardine suit and white gardenia corsage. Attendants were Margie Southard and Bill Spangler. Williams attended Pineville High School and works at Pine Theatre. Hodson, Mullens High School 1944 graduate, served two years in the Army Air Forces aboard a B 24 Liberator and now works for Elk Refining Company Mullens.
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E. E Williams
Wyoming
Mary Jane
Ernest
Randall Hodson
G.J .S. Trodson
West Mullens
Mr. Hodson
First Methodist
Pineville
Sam Harford
Margie Southard
Pineiville
Bill Spangler
Mullens
Miss Williams
Pineville High School
Tri-Hiy Club
Future Teachers of America
Minuteman Club
Glee Club
Pine Theatre
Mullens High School
Hodson
Army Air Forces
Elk Refining Company
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