Pax Family Visits and Local News Briefs
Mr. and Mrs. Charley McCoy and their family hosted relatives from Rupert Crawley Packs Branch and Pax Branch. Mrs. Ernest Fergeson remains a patient at Beckley Memorial Hospital. S. Sgt. Hugh Weeks and daughter Junie Gale visit Clare and James Williams in Long Branch as Weeks family members gather. The Woman's Home and Foreign Mission Society met at 7:30 p.m. Thursday at the Christian Advent Church.
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Pax
RNS
Charley McCoy
Donald McCoy
Rupert
Duard Hawkins
Crawley
McCoys
Stella Synor
Packs Branch
Ernest Fergeson
Beckley Memorial Hospital
Hugh Weeks
Junie Gale
Wilmington
Ohio
Clare Williams
Long Branch
Etta Weeks
James Dickenson Jr
Woman's Home and Foreign Mission Society
Christian Advent Church
Mount Hope Church Names Father Of Year
Mount Hope Christian Church honored J. B. Helton Jr. as Father of the Year at a Father’s Day event. Helton serves as church treasurer, has been Sunday School Superintendent for 11 years, and is active on the church board and choir. He works as a railroad fireman and promoted engineer and is father of three boys including a son in the Air Force.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mount Hope
RNS
Chesapeake and Ohio Railroad
J. Brit Helton Sr
C. J. B “Simmy
Helton
Air Force
Limestone
Maine
Jerry
Mount Hope High School
John Thomas
Tommy
Pastor's Wife Feted With Birthday Party
Long Branch community honors Mrs. Gale Stewart wife of Rev. Stewart with a surprise birthday event at Friendship Hall Long Branch Methodist Church. Numerous attendees named including Mrs. Ray Humphrey Mrs. Byron Kidd and Mrs. Bernard Shumate among others, with games and refreshments.
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Long Branch
RNL
Friendship Hall
Long Branch Methodist Church
Gale Stewart
Stewart
Ray Humphrey
Byron Kidd
Bernard Shumate
Tom Williams
Ada Dotson
van Cooke
Bertie Pettry
Irene Dunbar
Phyllis Dunbar
Ethel Lawrence
Harless Stover
Jeff Span
Francis Stout
Bett Godbey
J. J. Davidson
Jean Bowyer
Wilma Markham
Ethel Walkup
Ivy Billings
Edith Humphrey
Dessie Steward
McKinney Reunion Planning Started
The planning committee for the McKinney Reunion met at the home of Mr and Mrs Sherman Shumate Ghent and outlined plans for the annual event. The reunion is slated for August 2 at the Hiram Little place on the Stephenson Herndon road. Officers are President C S McKinney Beckley, Vice President G W McKinney Ghent, Secretary Treasurer Milburn McKinney Mullens.
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Flat Top
McKinney
Sherman Shumate
Ghent
Hiram Little Place
Basin
Stephenson - Herndon Road
C. S. McKinney
Beckley
G. W. McKinney
Milburn McKinney
Mullens
Area Garden Council Installs New Officers
Fayette County Garden Council installed new officers at a Monday meeting in Oak Hill Mrs Alex Doris Scarbro became president with Mrs Ruth H Hamilton installing. New vice president Mrs E O Wiseman and secretary treasurer Mrs D H Jones joined, while outgoing president Mrs W R Topham spoke on 1958 59 accomplishments.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
OAK Hill
ANS
Fayette County Garden Council
Alex Doris Scarbro
Summerlee
W. P. Bittinger
William Moore
W. R. Topham
Charleston Heights
E. 0. Wiseman
Fayetteville
D. H. Jones
Ruth H. Hamilton
H. L. van Camp
Fayette Garden Council
Collins High
Ansted
Emmy Lou Casto
George L. Vickers
Carl B. Vickers
E. O. Wiseman
J. E. Woodfin Jr
J. H. Thompson
Glen Falls
W. B. Errington
Alexander Doris
Scarbro
C. R. Harnsbarger
Robert Lilly
Mount Hope
William F. Price Jr
Paul P. Ramsey
N. M. Steen
J. D. Burgess
F. C. Thomas
D. P. Lively
Thelma Burgess
E. G. Larrick Jr
Thomas Martin
J. R. Taylor
John Samuels
Mike Mahoney
C. P. Anderson
A. L. Sydnor
Two Couples United At Double Wedding in Garrison
Miss Kay Barker and Donald Estep wed in a double ceremony with Miss Dolly Griffith and Orval Estep Jr. at the Garrison Church of God. Rev. J. Kile officiated. couples exchanged single rings. Barker and Griffith wore light blue and blue chiffon gowns with orchid corsages. Barker is from Packsville. Estep works in Toledo and served in the Army. Griffith is from Jarrolds Valley. Estep Jr. from Dorothy and both graduates of Clear Fork High School. The Estep couple plan to settle in Florida. Jim mie Estep traveled with them.
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Raleigh Grill
Pettus
Gifford Estep
Toledo
Ohio
Clear Fork High School
United States Army
Miss Griffith
Tib Vickers
Jarrolds Valley
Clear Fork
Orval Estep
Dorothy
Florida
Jimmie Estep
Circles State Meets Mullens First Methodist Circles Schedule
Nine circles of the Woman's Society of Christian Service at First Methodist Church are set to meet July 7 at 7 30 p m except Circle Seven which gathers at 2 p m at the home of Mrs R C Carr Circle One meets with Mrs Frank Holland Highland Avenue Circle Two with Mrs S R Camper McKinney Street Circle Three with Mrs A L Robertson Highland Avenue Circle Four with Mrs M M Shumate Moran Avenue Circle Five with Mrs Lee Brooks Highland Avenue Circle Six with Miss Maude Stone Moran Avenue Circle Nine with Mrs A R Smith Ten with Mrs Harry Houck Moran Avenue Circle Eight will meet July 14 at 2 p m at the home of Mrs A G Backus Guyandotte Avenue
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Highland Avenue
M. M. Shumate
Moran Avenue
Lee Brooks
Maude Stone
Moran Ave
A. R. Smith
Harry Houck
Circle Eight
A. G. Backus
Guyandotte Ave
Mount Hope class grows as members invite guests
Mrs. Andrew Oschlager reports rising membership in the Loyal Women's Class at Mount Hope Baptist Temple. Each member is asked to bring a new member to class on Sunday, and the group invites guests to attend.
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Mount Hope
RNS
Andrew Oschlager
Mount Hope Baptist Temple
Doggone Kind Thief Feeds Ice Cream to Dogs
In Christiansburg Virginia an overnight burglary at a service station led to the theft of eight pints of ice cream. The culprit released or fed the ice cream to the local dog pound dogs, an act described with a humorous, local-color tone. Authorities investigated the odd caper.
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Christiansburg
Buried Evidence Reveals Wife-Killer in Desert
California case ends with arrest of Gerald Mosher after his wife Ina Mosher disappeared. Mourning spouse Martha Schulze reported a man burying items near her remote ranch. Police traced Mosher to a San Fernando hotel where he confessed to strangling his wife and led officers to the buried body alongside a private road.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Acton
Calif
Martha Schulze
Williamsville queen contest canceled after no applicants
In Williamsville New York no one applied to be queen, prompting drum corps president John F Plumner to cancel the contest. The lack of entrants left organizers puzzled and compelled cancellation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Williamsville
N. Y
John F. Plummer
Federal Employees Decrease by 2178 in May
Senator Harry F Byrd reports May federal employment fell by 2178 from April bringing total to 2 340 658 while Houdini is noted as originally a trapeze performer in a brief historical aside within the item.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Harry F. Byrd
D-Va
Beane Talks At WSCS Meeting In Oceana Church
Mrs Louis Beane spoke on A New Ambassador For Christ the Tourist at the Oceana Methodist Church WSCS meeting. Program leaders announced a July 17 fellowship dinner for Rev and Mrs Carter and listed committees for the coming year with names of church members serving in various roles.
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Oceana
RNS
Louis Beane
Woman's Society of Christian Service
Oceana Methodist Church
Christ
Drewey Mitchell
Richard Atwell
Art Carter
Carter
Bill Drake
Conference School of Mission
Buckham
WSCS
Pres Wright
Arthur Bostic
E. G. Shannon
Pauline Mayhew
B. L. Morgan
Argel Cozort
Jennings Barrett
James Hall
F. M. Cook
Archie Roberts
Alma Mitchell
Monroe McClain
Harry Lovell
Wanna Cook
Ples Wright
H. K. Meredith
Tommy Evans
Harlan Ellenburg
Hugh Miller
Ray Shannon
Norman Hopkins
Elsie Vance
Mae Cook
Berlin McKinney
Vida Cham
Coal River Personals in Artie Ameagle and Collapsed lists
Visiting families from Wharton Hazard Ky Ohio and Long Island New York gather in Artie Ameagle Colcord for weekend visits. Names include Perry Fraley Toney Stover Duncan and Henley among others with travel to Chicago Cleveland and Los Angeles noted. The piece records multiple extended families visiting in small towns and their upcoming travel plans.
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Colcord
RNS
Matthew Perry
Ina Phelps
Adron Lyons
Bill Painter
Rita
Treasure
Wharton
Normal Perry
Hazard
Mary Perry
Man
Virgil Thompson
Lawson
Perry
Woodrow Toney
Robert Fraley
Ishmael Fraley
Patty
Brenda
Marion
Brecksville
Ohio
Sandra Toney
Fraley
Miss Toney
Chicago
Tony Novak
Kitty Welling
Cleveland
Paul Peters
Lana
Sherry
Ellen Lewis
Ameagle
John Thompson
G. C. Carbone
Yvette
Larry
Long Island
N. Y
A. I. Beard
Darold
Anthony
Balttimore
Los Angeles
Calif
Ben Lasley
Margaret
Gary
Phillip
Ben Copenhaver
Clyde Walker
Ed Henley
Inlaw
Fred Little
Princeton
John Henley
St. Albans
Oran Henley
Brushton
Jerry Walker
Charleston
Summerville
Mt Hope Area Personal News and Travels
Mit Hope area social notes recount various trips and visits. Mr and Mrs Dave MacMillan and sons plan a month at a Presbyterian Camp in North Carolina before returning to Vero Beach Florida. Families Snyder and MacMillan group meet at The Greystone Roaring Gap Virginia. Craddock family visiting Kentucky and Virginia posts service updates.
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Mount Hope
RNS
Dave MacMillan
Mac
Randy
Vero Beach
Fla
MacMillans
North Carolina
Ronald Snyder
Snyders
Greystone
Roaring Gap
Mount Hone
MacMillan
Martinsburg
Warrentown
Ohio
Roy Miller
Kroger Co
Oak Hill
Fred Harless Jr
Cecilia Ann
Dennis Garrett
Charles
Louise
Huntington
Ernest Huffman
la Habra
Calif
Charles Brown
Culver City
Harless
Garrett
Neil Ankrim
Bill Keiffer
Orange
Roberts
Price Hill
Cecilia Harless
Mabel Garrett
Rose Huffman
Sarah Brown
Ankrim
Peggy Huffman
Keiffer
Dorothy Brown
Anyple
Frank T. Graff
Flat Top Lake
E. M. Bartrug
Nancy Robinson
Susie Kay
Barry Bartrug
Charleston
Brent Winters
Portsmouth
Cecilia Ann Harless
J.C. Gwinn
Johnny
Jan Cage
Tom Swift
the Graffs
Bartrug
Virginia Polytechnic Institute
Blacksburg
Hazel Harless
Harold Stafford
E. R. Cantley
Austin Ave
Beckley
E. T. Mullins
Hinton
Lawrence Angle
Eugene Reece
Reece
Charlotte Ann Angle
C. R. Harnsbarger
Oak Hill Hospital
Virginia ,Williams
Patrick
Earl Theis
Marietta
Park Heights
Mary Puskus
Peggy Puskus
Russell Edwards
Sylvia Smith
Washington, D.C
George Lancaniese
Jimmy Lancaniese
Frank Lancaniese
Beckley Hospital
Kitty Jo Lancaniese
Albert Lancaniese
San Bernardino
Susie Humphrey
Patty Green
David Humphrey
Mary
Columbus
Don Humphrey
Bertha Trent
Bil
Carson Trent
Baltimore
Elsie Bryant
Myron
Dana
Detroit
Mich
C. A. Hogg
E. C. Burgess
L. P. Tracey
Cheater Lake
Fred Young
Young
Barbara Hogg
Funeral services for Mrs. Marie Spratt
Funeral services for Marie Spratt 44 will be held at 10 a.m. Friday at the Mullens Hill home of her parents Mr and Mrs H L Herald with Rev Orville Belcher officiating. Burial in Blue Ridge Memorial Gardens Prosperity. She died of cancer at Bluefield Hospital Tuesday evening. Her body was moved from Robertson and Foglesong Funeral Home Mullens to her parents home at 6 p.m. today.
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Marie Spratt
Bluefield
Mullens Hill
H. L. Herald
Orville Belcher
Blue Ridge Memorial Gardens
Webb and Neal
Vance Drive
Mabscott
Webb & Neal Funeral Home
Kincaid Kincaid
Laura
Lea
Herbert Kincaid
MacArthur
Caffee Funeral Home
Miss Betty Harbert Named Secretary at Marshall College
Madison RNS reports Miss Betty Harbert daughter of Mr and Mrs Curtis L Harbert will serve as secretary of Marshall College information service office. Appointed by the West Virginia Board of Education her term begins June 15 after earning a BA and journalism certificate at the May 31 graduation. She led her senior class and was active in Student Senate student publications and Alpha Chi Omega.
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Madison
RNS
Betty Harbert
Curtis L. Harbert
Marshall College
Harbert
West Virginia Board of Education
Marshall
Mies Harbert
Alpha Chi Omega
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Neil Schelling
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Arlen Matney
Baileysville
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Coal River Personals
Artie
Bethal Stover
Lansing
Claude Stover
Ruth Stover
Perry Stover
Hattie Williams
Emmett Ripley
Camp Creek
Boone County
Alphas Stover
Nelson Treadway
Roseville Church
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Icie Duncan
Greenup
Willie Lee Duncan
Howard Treadway
Doyle Treadway
Nickie Treadway
Mit
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Director of Conservation
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Mineral County
Scherr
Maysville Gap
Jordan Run Rd
North Fork Cottages
Pendleton County
Hunter’s Choice
Bucks
Said
Harpers Ferry National Monument
Horner
Raleigh County
Cr. O. Smith, Jr
French Creek
Beaverdam
Greenbrier State Forest
Boone, Fayette
Virginia State Line
Yukon
Greenbrier and
Forest Ranger
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Bluestone Reservoir
Bluestone State Park
Baird's
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Sleepy Creek
Lewis Wetzel
Oar Rock
Ben
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M. Lane
Walter R. Mitchell, Jr
Morrison Morrison
Howard H
Stamaford Road
Rose and Quesenberry Funeral Home
South
Kanawha Street
Rose & Quesenberry Funeral Home
Wright & Anderson Funeral Home
Fanes
Robert L. Amick
Henry Newspapers
Sander
Montgomery Ward Beckley
F.H.A
Bank OF Raleigh
F. D. EC
Sam G. F Foley
Lowell Foley
New
Edger
Todd's Grocery and Hardware
Beaver
Sanders
REN Gray Lumber Co
Crab Orchard
Beckley Ice & Feed CO
Prince St
Huddle Earl ‘Ss Studio
Main St
Dial
Buckley
Charel Street
Zella Taylor
Zella
Neville Street
Fama
Edna Stover
B. E. Silverman
Grover
Wright’s
Ashworth & Sparks, Inc
Prince St. Beckley
John W. Eye
West Neville St
Ashworth Firestone
Prince St. Ph
John W
EYE Radio Sales & Service
Lovitz
S. Oakwood
Hardy Carnations
Dias Floral Co
City Avenue
City Ave
Oakwood Ave
Amos E. Quesenberry Rose
Quesenberry
Kanawha St
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