Fayette Court to Hear Oak Hill Group's Site Proposal
Fayette Court will hear a proposal from the Oak Hill Chamber of Commerce seeking 60 acres of an 80 acre poor farm between Oak Hill and Fayetteville for a Methodist orphanage and hospital. The plan includes reserving land for a permanent Fayette County Fair site and potential lease or sale to the West Virginia Methodist Conference, with protections to revert if used otherwise.
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Fayette Court
Oak Hill Group
Oak Hill
RNS
Fayette County
West Virginia
Beckley
Sion
Department of Public Assistance
DPA
Fayette County Fair Assn
Mrs Kelly 40 Taken by Death Rites Wednesday
MINDEN West Virginia Mrs Nellie Buckland Kelly 40 of Minden died Sunday at University of Virginia Hospital Charlottesville after a seven month illness from a stroke She was born September 12 1914 at Clifftop Survivors include husband Earl Kelly parents Silas Buckland Talcott and Elmer Buckland Birmingham Alabama five sisters Norma Jean Uhl Cleveland Charlotte Phyliss and Barbara all at home Funeral services 2 p.m. Wednesday at Cunard Community Church Reverend Ernest Barley officiating Burial Coal Run Cemetery Body to be moved from Collings Funeral Home Glen Jean to the residence at 4 p.m. today and to the church one hour before services.
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Minden
Nellie Buckland Kelly
University of Virginia Hospital
Charlottesville
Clifftop
Earl Kelly
Silas Buckland
Talcott
Elmer Buckland
Birmingham
Ala
Norma Jean Uhl
Cleveland
Anna Louise Dick
Charlotte
Phyliss
Barbara
Cunard Community Church
Ernest Barley
Bradley
Coal Run
Collings
Glen Jean
Teacher's Rites Set Wednesday
Irene F. Whitehead of Oak Hill dies after four month illness at 5:30 a.m. Monday in Washington Ave. funeral services will be held at 3 p.m. Wednesday at Thomas Funeral Home chapel with Revs. Shirley Donnelly and Peter Vroom officiating. Burial in High Lawn Memorial Park. She taught at Page Elementary School. Born in De Koven, Kentucky, she was a member of Oak Hill Baptist Church. Survived by brother John M. Whitehead of Chesapeake, Ohio, and sister Margaret E. Whitehead of Oak Hill.
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Oak Hill
RNS
Irene F. Whitehead
Washington Ave
Thomas Funeral
Shirley Donnelly
Peter Vroom
High Lawn Memorial Park
Page
de Koven
John M. Whitehead
Chesapeake
Ohio
Margaret E. Whitehead
Holt to remain Greenbrier College faculty through 1955 56
Mrs Helen Holt will stay on the Greenbrier College faculty as an instructor in science for the 1955 56 school year. She plans to stay in Weston and continue as a Legislative representative from Lewis County while Mrs Holt was appointed to fill the late Rush D Holts House seat.
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Lewisburg
Helen Holt
Greenbrier College
John F. Montgomery
Holt
Rush D. Holt
Washington
Lewis County
William C. Marland
Former Laurel Creek Man Taken by Death
John Blake, 67, Saint Albans, formerly of Laurel Creek, died Saturday in a Charleston hospital after an extended illness. Funeral services are set for 1:30 p.m. Wednesday at Mount Zion Baptist Church Spring Hill with burial in Carter Woodson Cemetery Long Branch. He was a retired miner and a member of Pilgrim Home Baptist Church and United Mine Workers Local 6043. Survivors include his wife Sadie, a son Andy of Trenton New Jersey, and step-daughter Audrella Taylor of Saint Albans. Body remains at Harden and Harden Funeral Home Charleston.
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Laurel Creek
RNL
John Blake
Saint Albans
Charleston
Mount Zion Baptist Church
Spring Hill
A. L. Stratton
W. P. Woodson
Carter- Woodson
Long Branch
Pilgrim Home Baptist Church
United Mine Workers of America
Edmond
Sadie
Andy
Trenton
N. J
Audrella Taylor
Harden and
Professor Loses Arm To Study of Radium
In Turin, Italy, 70 year old radiologist Professor Mario Ponzio had his left arm amputated after a lifetime of radium research. The operation, his 18th and most serious, included removal of the arm, shoulder blade, and collar bone to halt radium burn complications.
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Turin
Italy
Mario Ponzio
Princeton Marine Corps man found dead in car
The body of Robert L. Carroll 22 a Marine Corps investigator was found in an automobile on Wickham Ave near Princeton at 6 am Monday. Police ruled death by his own action carbon monoxide poisoning. He had visited his mother in law Thelma Walker and was with his brother in law Fred Walker until early Monday. Carroll married Delcie Walker last April and his wife lives in Baltimore. He is survived by his parents and siblings Edith, Frank Jr and Tima of Baker Florida.
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Princeton
ANS
Robert L. Carroll
United States Marine Corps
Quantico
Wickham Ave
Thelma Walker
McKinley Avenue
Fred Walker
Mercer Street
Memorial Hospital
R. B. Hogan
Hogan
Baker, Fla
Edith Robert
Frank Jr
Tima
Hunter Wounded By Falling Gun Hinton WV
Denver Hatcher 22 of Jumping Branch lies in serious condition at Hinton Hospital after a gunshot wound he says occurred when a groundhog hunting rifle fell from his pocket and discharged as he stooped to take a drink. The bullet struck his abdomen side. Sheriff E L Hellems released details of the incident from Monday around 11 30 a m.
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Hinton
Denver Hatcher
Lilly FE
Hatcher
Hinton Hospital
E. L.hellems
N Y Hotel Decorator Joins Greenbrier Staff
Mrs Margaret Deane Benson named assistant manager in charge of decorating and housekeeping at The Greenbrier White Sulphur Springs West Virginia. She arrives from New York City's Biltmore Hotel where she was decorating and housekeeping assistant manager for five years and executive housekeeper for 12 years. She previously assisted in Greenbrier setup during the 1948 reopening and ran Price Control for Hotels and Restaurants in New York during World War II.
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Margaret Deane Benson
Greenbrier
E. Truman Wright
Benson
West Virginia
Biltmore Hotel
New York City
Metropolitan Hotel
Price Control Department
Office of Price Administration
Fayette Teacher Joins Lipscomb College Staff in Nashville
Miss Sonia Cornelia Riley of Brooklyn has been appointed to the David Lipscomb College faculty in Nashville Tennessee. She will teach in Lipscomb's laboratory junior high school and graduate with a B.S. in elementary education magna cum laude after summer work. Previously Fayetteville High School graduate 1952, she is NHS and DAR awardee, active in glee club and thespian society, and taught at Oak Hill Church Bible School. She will teach preschool classes during the August 8 12 1955 summer lecture series.
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Brooklyn
RNS
Sonia Cornelia Riley
B. C. Rilley
David Lipscomb College
Nashville
Tenn
Riley
Lipscomb
Laboratory
Fayetteville High School
Miss Riley
National Honor Society
Daughters of the American Revolution
Glee Club
Thespian Society
Bible School
Oak Hill Church of Christ
Hospital Lists 54 New Patients at Wyoming General
Admission figures show 54 patients at Wyoming General Hospital for the week ending Saturday. Daily list includes names with locations such as Mullens Itmann Amigo New Richmond Kopperston and Otsego, among others.
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Dixie Lee Hiatt
Welch
Tommy Spratt
Sabine
Eliza Grose
Helen
Yvonne Harris
East Gulf
Jesse Burroughs
Corinne
Ennis Blankenship
New Richmond
Dorothy Plumbley
Kopperston
Lieuvenia Bell
Alpeca
Josephine Moore
Mullens
Jessie Adkinson
Mary — Johnson
Amigo
Grace McGuire
Basin
Wilford Shorter
Rhodell
Charles Simmons
Otsego
Katie Oden
Lacoma Coleman
Wyco
Helen Agee
Gladys ‘Wright
Bolt
Margaret Short
Clearfork
Anna Rash
Alice June Morris
Harmon Infant
Odd
Pauline Cox
Maben
Freddie Jannell
Add
Lawrence Infant Dies Funeral Rites Set
Rosie Gay Lawrence six month old daughter of Dreuey and Mrs Lawrence Coal Mountain dies at Grace Hospital Welch funeral 2 p m Wednesday at Long Branch Community Church Simon Rev A J Lester officiating burial in Simon cemetery survivors include two sisters Carol and Barbara paternal grandparents Mr and Mrs George Lawrence of Simon maternal grandfather J Stafford of Coal Mountain body moved from Evans Funeral Home Oceana to residence today
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Coal Mountain
RNS
Rosie Gay Lawrence
Dreuey Lawrence
Long Branch
Simon
A. J. Lester
Grace Hospital
Welch
Carol
Barbara Lawrence
George Lawrence
J. Stafford
Evans Funeral Home
Oceana
Tribune Editor Resigns to Take EMCO Position
George S. Armstrong editor of The Fayette Tribune will resign July 15 to become associate editor of EMCO News the Belctro Metallurgical Co employee magazine. He will work under John W. Mowrey and assist in EMCO recreation. Armstrong previously edited The Montgomery Herald and has held multiple local posts and community roles. He will keep residence in Ford Addition for now.
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Tribune
EMCO
Oak Hill
RNS
George S. Armstrong
Fayette Tribune
Emco News
Belctro- Metallurgical Co
Alloy
Armstrong
The
John W. Mowrey
Mowrey
Montgomery Herald
Montgomery
Saginaw couple with eight children born to twins
Jewel Frazier 21 and his 20 year old wife are parents to eight children in Saginaw Michigan. Their third set of twins was born this year and adds to a growing family.
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Saginaw, Mich
Jewel Frazier
State GOP Rally Planned for August 27 at Glenwood Park
Mercer County GOP organizes West Virginia’s large rally with an all day program at Glenwood Park featuring speeches from state leaders and guests. Co chairs include James O. Lakin and E H Tucker. Invited speakers include Walter Hallanan and Frances Stubblefield with many other prominent Republicans expected to attend.
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Bluefiled
West Virginia
Mercer County
GOP
Glenwood Park
Fred O. Blue
Bluefield
James O. Lakin
Charleston
E. H. (Lige) Tucker
Walter S. Hallanan
Frances D. Stubblefield
Jim H. Shott
Henry M. Oates
Parkersburg
Federation of Republican Women's Clubs
Cleo S. Jones
Young Republican League of
Dayton Stemple
West Virginia Senate
Cecil H. Underwood
Sistersville
House of Delegates
Blue Said
Sherman H. Ballard
Peters
Mrs. Pittman 73 Fatally Stricken in Oak Hill
Mrs Icey Mae Pittman 73 of Oak Hill died at Oak Hill Hospital at 9 40 p m Monday from a heart attack She was a Pentecostal Holiness Church member born February 3 1882 in Two Mile Kanawha County Survivors include four brothers two sisters three sons Alfred Jr James son William and three daughters Hazel Meadows Angie Spencer Dorothy Mills 33 grandchildren and five great grandchildren Funeral services will be at 2 p m Thursday at Garten with burial in Memorial Park Fayetteville Tyree Funeral Home to carry the body to Alfred Jr s home Wednesday then to the church one hour before services
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Oak Hill
Rns
Icey Mae Pittman
Oak Hill Hospital
Pentecostal Holiness Church
Garten
Two Mile
Kanawha County
Harry Martin
Herman Martin
Seth
William Martin
Chelyan
Alfred Martin
Charleston
George Buckner
Ada Beasley
Campbell's Creek
Alfred Jr
James
William
Cleveland
Hazel Meadows
Lookout
Angie Spencer
Gauley Bridge
Dorothy Mills
Land Transfers Filed in Wyoming County Clerk Office
Newly recorded transfers list Henry Clay and wife conveying land to Emmett England and wife in Mullens town Slab Fork District. Henry Clay and Verne Clay transfer land to E S Jennings and Dortha Jennings in Lilly Land Company Addition Mullens. Henry Clay and wife convey land to Merlin H Greene and wife in Lilly Land Company Addition Mullens Slab Fork District.
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Pineville
RNS
Wyoming County
Henry Clay
Emmett England
Mullens
Slab Fork
Henry
Verne Clay
E. S
Dortha Jennings
Lilly Land Company
Merlin H. Greene
Carnival operators fined for child labor law violations
State Labor Commissioner Charles J. F. Sattler announced that three people connected with a carnival operating at Boomer in Fayette County were fined 20 dollars and costs each for child labor law violations. The fines were assessed by Magistrate C. R. Bess and named L. P. Brady owner, Mrs. Ted Cole, and Bill Burns.
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Charleston
Charles J. F. Sattler
Boomer
Fayette County
Sattler
C. R. Bess
L. P. Brady
Ted Cole
Bill Burns
Fraziers welcome twins amid family growth
The Fraziers announced the birth of twins this week. They already have two older children aged six and three, with another set of twins born in 1950 and 1953.
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Fraziers
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