Cook Wedding in Mullens to Washington Transition
After a honeymoon in Columbia South Carolina Mr and Mrs Robert Lee Cook reside now in Washington DC. They were married at Mullens First Baptist Church last Friday at 11 am by Rev Cecil H Robinson with Pam Carr and James Keith Helen as honor attendants. The bride is daughter of Mr and Mrs Robert Carr Jr of Mullens and the groom son of Mr and Mrs Enoch Cook of West Mullens. She graduated Mullens High School in May and he just finished his junior year at Concord College Athens.
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Columbia
S. C
Robert Lee Cook
Washington, D. C
Mullens First Baptist Church
Cecil H. Robinson
Pam Carr
James Keith
Helen
Fellowship Hall
Robert C. Carr Jr
Mullens
Enoch Cook
West Mullens
Mullens’ High School
Concord College
Athens
Thirteen Fayette Couples Seek Marriage Licenses
Thirteen couples applied for marriage licenses at Fayette County Clerk's office in the last week of June. The list includes Joe Allen Brown and Nancy Lee Worley, Charles Epperly and Carol LeMarr, Damon Jennings Jones and Peggy Jane Delung, and other pairs from Oak Hill, Mount Hope, Falls View, and nearby towns.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fayetteville
RNS
Fayette County
Isaac and
Blanche LeMarr
Damon Jennings Jones
Pax
Howard C. Brown
Ida Belle Hancock
Peggy Jane Delung
Dothan
John
Arizona Delung
Alva R. Logan Jr
Longacre
Alva
Clara Logan
Nelda Jean Hall
London
T. G. and
Arbutus Hall
David L. Mahood
Oak Hill
Claymus
Ethel McGuffin
Anna Ruth Rice
Garten
Clyde
Minnie Rice
Oceana Personal News Roundup at Local Plus Niagara Falls Visit
Mr and Mrs Charles Thompson are visiting Niagara Falls New York and plan to visit Canada before returning home. Miss Brenda Meredith spent summer with relatives in Benn Vista Virginia and was Monday guest of her mother Mrs H K Meredith. She accompanied home by her uncle and aunt Mr and Mrs Marshal E Scott and brother H K Meredith Jr. Others include Chasm Stewart and Doyle Cook fishing at Bluestone Dam. Mrs Clayton Farmer and children Linda Norma David and Timmy return from Philadelphia and New Jersey. Joan and Gail Kucek return from Anderson Indiana after six weeks with relatives. Miss Dottie Rane of Charleston visits Oceana friends. Mr and Mrs J B Justice and family spend two weeks at their camp near Hinton. Mr and Mrs Ralph Hicks and family depart Thursday for South Carolina to visit relatives.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oceana
RNS
Charles Thompson
Niagara Falls
N. Y
Canada
Brenda Meredith
Benna Vista
H. K. Meredith
Lorado
Marshal E. Scott
H. K. Meredith Jr
Virginia
Chasm Stewart
Doyle Cook
Bluestone Dam
Clayton Farmer
Linda
Norma
David
Timmy
Philadelphia
New Jersey
Joan
Gail Kucek
John Kucek
Anderson
Ind
Dottie Rane
Charleston
J. B. Justice
Hinton
Ralph Hicks
South Carolina
Honored At Shower HICO
A stork shower Tuesday at the residence of Mrs. Amy Willis honored Mrs. Grace Sedlock. Miss Linda Kessler led games. Guests included numerous local women and children, among them Mrs. Edith McGraw and Ellen Jane, Mary Ann, David, and Donna Willis.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
HICO
RNS
Amy Willis
Grace Sedlock
Linda Kessler
Ernest Wellman
Eugene Brown
Bertha Kessler
Maude Fields
Selma Sandige
Myrtle Price
Kathleen Ewing
Josephine McKnight
Ruth Sedlock
Hessie Campbell
Zela Grimmett
Janice McClung
Ora Kessler
Mildred Metheney
Maggie Potter
Verna Fortner
H. B. Huffer
Velma Kessler
Joan Ellison
Betty Kessler
Linday Kessler
Mabel McClung
Ruth Creger
Edith McGraw
Ellen Jane
Mary Ann
David
Donna Willis
Granite Cutting Requires Nickel Alloy Cast Iron
Granite ranks among the hardest rocks on earth and its cutting demands a specialized cast iron alloy containing nickel. This alloy enhances hardness and tool life for quarry and fabrication work.
H Ford Rites Scheduled Today
Alderson obituary notes Harvey Renick Ford died at 7 p m after a month long illness. He was 89 and a former stationary firemen engineer who helped launch Greenbrier Milling Co electric plant and first water into the Alderson reservoir. Funeral at Johnson Memorial Methodist Church at 2 30 p m with burial in Alderson Cemetery. Survivors include wife Virginia Waites Keadle Ford three sons Joseph Edward a WVU professor William Richard and Henry Paul two grandchildren and siblings. Pallbearers listed.
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Alderson
RNS
Harvey Renick Ford
Paul H. McKain
Johnson Memorial Methodist Church
Ford
Renick
Michael Hunter
Susan Livesay Ford
Greenbrier Milling Co
United States
Virginia Waites Keadle Ford
William Richard
Henry Paul
Joe Edward
West Virginia University
Richard
Ella Ayers
White Sulphur Springs
L. O. McClung
C. E. Hawks
C. N. Hoggsett
M. E. Pitzer
Reginald Reed
C. D. Hanger
R. R. Patterson
Jordan Dickerson
Morris Funeral Set Saturday
Alfred Henderson Bert Morris, 75, of Ronceverte dies in Clifton Forge Virginia hospital. Funeral at Trinity Methodist Church Saturday at 2 pm with burial in Hoke Cemetery Ogle Creek Virginia. Survivors include two daughters Frances Jamison and Dorothy Sisk, two sons Paul and Delphis, three brothers and 10 grandchildren. Body at Wallace and Wallace Funeral Home.
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Ronceverte
RNS
Alfred Henderson
Bert) Morris
Trinity Methodist Church
A. T. Stewart
Hoke
Ogle Creek
Morris
Clifton Forge
Chesapeake and Ohio Railway
Frances Jamison
White Sulphur Springs
Dorothy Sisk
Baltimore
Winged-Wonder Cat Stirs Pineville Legal Flight
A Pineville welfare mystery centers on a wingless cat named Mitzi Thomas. Magistrate Wilson rules Mrs. Charles Hicks owner and to reclaim or pay 275 dollars. Sheltons contest in Wyoming circuit court as the cat adventures stay unclear with wings being growths.
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Pineville
Thomas
Mitzi
W. Preston Wilson
Charles Hicks
Cat
Coy Shelton
Earl M. Curry, Jr
Beckley Post Herald
Shelton Boy
Raleigh Register
Curry
Business and Professional Men Assn
Augusta White Wed To J Kidd In Danville Kentucky
Augusta Jane White wed Joseph R Kidd in a June 3 Cen tenary Methodist Church ceremony in Danville Kentucky. The bride, daughter of Dr and Mrs C N White, and the groom, son of Evelyn Cope and grandson of Mrs A B Robertson, reside in Covington at 517 Madison Ave. The double ring rite was performed by the bride’s father and Dr H W Whitaker. The bride, a Union College graduate, directs teens at the Cincinnati YWCA. the groom, a Concord College graduate, studies theology at Candler School of Theology in Atlanta.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pineville
Augusta Jane White
Joseph R. Kidd
Centenary Methodist Church
Danville
C. N. White
Evelyn Cope
Washington, D. C
A. B. Robertson
H. W. Whitaker
Union College
Barbourville
Cincinnati Ywca
Kidd
Concord College
Candler School of Theology
Atlanta
Madison Ave
Covington
Warwick Rites Set Saturday for James Bradford Warwick
Funeral services will be held at 2 p m Saturday in Tyree Funeral Home Chapel Mount Hope for James Bradford Warwick who died in a Parkersburg hospital after a burn accident while workers repaired W Va Route 2 north of Parkersburg He was 1905 born in Dunloop and survived by his wife Christina a son Gerald Wayne a daughter Patricia Freivert six sisters and three brothers He was employed by the State Road Commission and the body remains at the funeral home
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mount Hope
RNS
James Bradford Warwick
Tyree Funeral Home
Ernest Barley
High Lawn Memorial Park
Oak Hill
Warwick
Red Star
Parkersburg
State Road Commission
W. Va. 2
Dunloop
William Preston Warwick
Nora Warwick
Christina Warwick
Gerald Wayne
Navy
Little Creek
Patricia Freivert
Green Castle Ind
Artie
Frank
Scarbro
Don Warwick
Glen Jean
Marie Adkins
Funeral today for David Hill in Athens area
Funeral services for David Hill, 61, were set for 2:30 p.m. at New Zion Baptist Church near Oakvale with Rev. Roy Commer presiding. Burial followed in Broyles Cemetery. Hill died at noon Wednesday at his parents’ home on the Athens Elgood Road after lifelong illness. Survivors include sister Mrs. Nellie Alvis and brothers Ted and Bernard. Pallbearers were Roy and Harry White, M. M. Hall, and David, Carl and Owen Taylor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Athens
RNS
David Hill
New Zion Baptist Church
Oakvale
Roy Commer
Broyles
Hill
Athens-Elgood Road
Steve Hill
Elgood
Nellie Alvis
Princeton
Ted
Coaldale
Bernard
San Diego
Calif
Princeton - Pisgah
Roy
Harry White
M. M. Hall
David
Carl
Owen Taylor
Courthouse Closed for Independence Day observance
The Wyoming County Courthouse was closed all day and will stay closed Saturday in observance of July 4. County clerk Mrs. Helen Shufflebarger announced the closure.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pineville
RNS
Wyoming County
Helen Shufflebarger
July 4 Celebration Planned At Oak Hill
Oak Hill hosts a July 4 program at City Park with fireworks and races including Little Miss and Little Mr Baseball contests. Events run from 2 p.m. to 11 p.m. featuring Minor League and Babe Ruth activities, bike and foot races, golf putting, and dances at the Scout Cabin with prizes for winners.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oak Hill
ANL
Oak Hill City Park
Fayette Tribune
Albert Savage
Charles Webb
Armory Field
Red Sox
Pirates
Babe Ruth
Little League Park
Thermometer Goal Boards To Track Pool Drive
Oceana plans to place thermometer boards at Drake's Service Station and General Stores to show public donations for a Laurel Park pool project. The Leuvel Park Swimming Pool Committee met to set up 5000 digit boards with 1000 increments, starting with $6.70. A National Pool Equipment Co representative from Florence will visit soon, with others from American Engineering Co of Charleston and firms in Oklahoma and New Jersey to discuss financing and construction. The committee, led by Robert Williams with George Conley as co chair, will hold weekly meetings each Tuesday at 8 pm in the Daniels Building, inviting public attendance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oceana
RNS
Drake's
General Stores
Leuvel Park
Laurel Park
National Pool Equipment Co
Florence
Ala
The
American Engineering Co
Charleston
Oklahoma
New Jersey
Daniels
Robert Williams
George Conley
Ray Neal
Hugh Miller
Tom Smith
R. W
Herman Hopkins
Hubert Drake
Ivan Daniels
Lloyd Blackburn
O. R. Wallace
Neal
Meadows Rises Held Today
Funeral services for Dorsey E. Meadows were held at 2 p.m. at Allison and Rose Funeral Home Covington Kentucky. Burial followed in Highland Cemetery Fort Mitchell Kentucky. Meadows 33 of New Richland Ohio formerly Summers County was electrocuted Tuesday morning while working as a pile driver when a crane struck a high voltage wire. He was born in Barger Spring and was the son of Ernest E. Meadows and the late Sadie Sims Meadows. Survivors include his wife Elizabeth Steele Meadows two sons Tommy and Robert a brother W J Meadows of Alderson and three sisters Ernestine Tabor Janie Mann of Talcott and Ruth M Estep of Malden.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elizabeth Steele Meadows
Tommy
Robert
W. J. Meadows
Alderson
Ernestine Tabor
Janie Mann
Talcott
Ruth M. Estep
Malden
76 WV Tech students suspended for low grades and 55 probated
Seventy six West Virginia Institute of Technology students were suspended for low academic standings with 5 placed on probation after the spring term ending in May. Of the 76, 12 faced a second suspension. 64 may return after a semester if they show progress toward graduation. Probation totals include additions and removals. the dean notes 162 students posted a B average or better in the term.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Montgomery
West Virginia Institute of Technology
Frederick £. Thornton
Tech
Thornton
Colcord Personal News and Travel Tidbits
James Knott, 14, was taken to Louisville by his father Buster Knott whom he had not seen in about 12 years. Ada Knott and Connie remained in Colcord as news of the estranged father surfaces. Other items note visits and moves among Colcord residents including Ameagle relocation after a rock incident, Cleveland and Columbus trips for Harris families, illness in Ohio prompting travel, and Patricia Griffith’s Detroit trip returning home with relatives.
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Colcord
RNS
James Knott
Louisville
Buster Knott
Ada
James
Connie
John Aalfs
J. H. Wilkinson
I.S. Wilkinson
St. Paul
Minn
Bertha Henderson
Paul Mays
Connelsville
Oak Hill Kwik Wash robbed. coins stolen from machines
In Oak Hill the Kwik Wash, a 24 hour self service laundry, was broken into during what may have been a 1:30 to 2:30 a.m. window. An unidentified customer used the facility before the break in, and a second patron found the theft at 7 a.m. Police said thieves pried open coin machines with a metal bar or heavy screwdriver. Co owners are A. T. Caldwell and Steve Baynes.
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Oak Hill
ANS
Robert Murdock
Murdock
A. T. Caldwell
Steve Baynes
Mrs Reynolds Rites Tuesday
Mrs Mollie Reynolds 75 a White Sulphur Springs resident dies after short illness in Ronceverte Hospital. Funeral at 2 p m Tuesday in Pentecostal Holiness Church with Rev Marvin Richardson. Burial Hillcrest. Survivors include adopt daughter Mrs William L Brown of San Diego and two grandchildren. Pallbearers named by Shanklin Fu Nephews.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
White Sulphur Springs
RNS
Mollie Reynolds
Pentecostal Holiness Church
Marvin Richardson
Hillcrest
Reynolds
Ronceverte
Gilbert E. Reynolds
James R
Mary Sawyers McAllister
Ileghany County
William L. Brown
San Diego
Calif
Shanklin Funeral Home
Mrs Clyde Gillian Rites Set In Sandstone Home
Funeral services for Mrs Clyde Gillian will be held at 11 a m Sunday in the Sandstone residence led by Rev Earl Ward. Burial in Richmond Cemetery Sandstone. She died at 6 30 a m Thursday at 60 years old from a cerebral hemorrhage. Born March 9 1899 in Sandstone she was the daughter of the late John William and Annie Richmond. Surviving are her husband O C Gillian three sons Jack of St Albans Tom of Beckley Earl Ewart of Los Angeles a daughter Mrs A L McMillion of St Albans two brothers Frank Richmond of Sandstone and Davin Richmond of Hinton two sisters Mrs Harry Honaker of Sandstone and Mrs Margaret Honaker of Los Angeles and 10 grandchildren. Body from E M Meadows Funeral Home to the residence at 3 p m Saturday Pallbearers listed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sandstone
RNS
Clyde Gillian
Earl Ward
Richmond Cemetery
Gillian
John William
Annie Richmond
Sandstone Baptist Church
O. C. Gillian
Jack
St. Albans
Tom
Beckley
Earl Ewart
Los Angeles
Calif
A. L. McMillion
Frank Richmond
Davin Richmond
Hinton
Harry Honaker
Margaret Honaker
E. M. Meadows
Jess Honaker
Conrad Graham
George Ames
Howard Eckle
Ralph Gillina
W. J. B. Simmons Jr
Mount Hope Personalities Update in Brief
Mrs. Marvin Davis took her mother in law Mrs. Mary Davis home from Beckley Hospital on Monday. Mrs. Effie Dower, who became ill, has recovered. Mrs. Calvin Williams remains a patient in Oak Hill Hospital.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mount Hope
Marvin Davis
Mary Davis
Dothan
Beckley Hospital
Effie Dower
Calvin Williams
Oak Hill Hospital
TV director set to steer Broadway debut show
Aaron Ruben, a TV director who has supervised the Phil Silvers show on CBS for two years, is signed to bring The Boys Against The Girls to Broadway. The musical revue, due in October, features Bert Lahr and Nancy Walker.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Broadway
New York
Aaron Ruben
Phil Silvers
CBS
Bert Lahr
Nancy Walker
Wreck Victim Is Improving
Layton Pegram 45 Fayetteville Route 1 is listed as improving at Oak Hill Hospital after a motorcycle crash on Route 61 near Oak Hill last Saturday. He suffers a fractured shoulder blade and three broken ribs. His companion Paul Bowman 48 Chestnut Avenue Oak Hill is in Laird Memorial Hospital Montgomery with facial cuts and is in satisfactory condition.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oak Hill
RNS
Oak Hill Hospital
Layton Pegram
Fayetteville
Paul Bowman
Chestnut Avenue
Laird Memorial Hospital
Montgomery
Route
Pegram
Cancer Victim Rites Incomplete
Funeral arrangements for Mrs. Nell Belcher Shingleton 38 who died Thursday morning in her lyma Ohio residence of cancer remain incomplete Born in Welch March 9 1921 she was a daughter of Paris and Margaret Shannon Belcher both deceased She leaves a daughter Penny four brothers and two sisters The body will be brought to Welch by train.
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Baileysville
Ris
Nell Belcher Shingleton
Lyma
Ohio
Welch
Shingleton
Paris
Margaret Shannon Belcher
Wallace
Penny
Charles
Floyd
Bridgeport
Conn
Tommy
Mullensville
Burgess Shingleton
Correte
Hazel Blankenship
Brenton
June Johnson
Airman Fined On DC Charge
Airman Cletus Paul Spence of Bunker Hill Air Force Base Indiana was fined after pleading guilty to drunk driving and driving left of center. He was arrested after a head on collision on Glen White Road Crab Orchard with Amon Taylor. Spence paid fines and costs totaling 60 dollars and was released from Raleigh County Jail.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cletus Paul Spence
Bunker Hill Air Force Base
Peru
Ind
Raleigh
J. E. Mays
Spence
Beckley Veterans Administration Hospital
Amon Taylor
Mallory
Glen White Road
Crab Orchard
Shirley Lozier
Sophia
Raleigh General Hospital
Oak Hill Tank Company Leads Guardsmen On Maneuvers
Oak Hill's Tank Company of the Third Squadron, 150th Armored Cavalry Regiment lines up for West Virginia Army National Guard field maneuvers. Commanded by Capt. Arthur Burdiss, with Lt. Emmett Bennock as EO, the unit earns high marks in training and fired mounted sub calibre machine guns on opening day. Capt. John Martin led the marathon training session with Lt. Paul Martin assisting. MSgt. William Criss supervised firing. Oak Hill NCOs and specialists including Underwood, Fox, Sale, Nichols, Bad Shumaker, Dalton, Swanigan, Ward, Slater, Young, Dixon, O’Boyle, and 1st Sgt. Barry Allen support the effort.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
OAK Hill
ANS
150Th Armored Cavalry Regiment
West Virginia Army National Guard
Arthur Burdiss
Oak Hill Guard
Emmett Bennock
Tank Company
John Martin
Charleston
Paul Martin
Montgomery
Martin
William Criss
J. C. Dick Underwood
Dennis Fox
Bob Sale
Paul Nichols
Roger Ladoucer
Bud Shumaker
Ron Dalton
Don Swanigan
Bill Ward
Paul Slater
Carl Young
Pfc
Nee Dixon
Johnny O’boyle
Barry Allen
Reverend Purchases Lots Near Skaggs Property
The Rev. John J. Smith has bought lots adjoining the Kenneth Skaggs property to build a residence. Bobby Fox, son of Mr. and Mrs. Elmer Fox, attends Beckley College’s summer term. Mrs. Eugene Hawver and children Reggie and Rickie of Beckley were guests of her parents, the Cecil Hypes. The Cecil Hypes family held a picnic Tuesday at Babcock State Park with attendees including Mr. and Mrs. Cecil Hypes and son C. L. Hypes, Mrs. D. C. Hawkins and children Mary Belle and Eddie, Mr. and Mrs. Hobart Legg and children Beth and Carl, and Mr. and Mrs. Eugene Hawver and sons Reggie and Rickie.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cecil Hypes
C. L. Hypes
D. C. Hawkins
Mary Belle
Eddie
Hobart ‘Legg
Beth
Carl
Eugene Hawver
Reggie and
Rickie
Beckley
Sun diameter and mass figures from National Geographic Society
The sun's diameter is 864000 miles and its mass is about 330000 times that of the earth, according to the National Geographic Society.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
National Geographic Society
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Fayette
Clarence Aaron McDaniel
Winston-Salem
N. C
Carl and
Nellie McDaniel
Shirley Ann Harrell
Lookout
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Louella Harrell
Elmer Lee Nichols
Piney View
H. D
Maggie Nichols
Gladys Irene Kees
Homer B
Leva Kees
Robert J. Stapus
Cleveland
Jacob and
Josephine Stapus
Goldie Marie Smith
Kincaid
Roy A
Helen M. Smith
Ernest Stover
Robson
Roscoe
Olie Stover
Ann Neal
Page
John and
Vada Neal
Duvaine Ermine Siers
Chariton Heights
Ermine
Mildred Siers
Diane Louise Hanson
Kanawha Falls
Shirley
Maxine Hanson
Thurman Tincher
Jess
Hazel Tincher
Linda Lee Tyree
Holley Tyree
Violet Stanley
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Doug
Hicks
Sheltons
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Wilson
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Michigan
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J. Kidd
Glen Rogers
Louis Daraban
Daraban
Eccles
Logan County
Mary Daraban
Sarita Matney
West Virginia
Miss Matney
Arlen Matney
Morris Harvey College
Wyoming
James Lockwood
Pineville Business and Professional Men’s Association
Matney
Lockwood
Coal River Personals
Ameagle
Wilson Williams
Williams
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Roger
Michael
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Columbus
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Gene Sauls
Ben Thompson
Clayton Stover
William Legg
Jesse Jarrell
Patricia Griffith
Lovell Griffith
Detroit
Mich
Lester
Kathleen Stover
Elbert Stover
Mrs. Reynolds
Mrs. C. Gillian
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