Tree Hits Line Cuts Power in Mullens
Mullens residents lost power for about 12 minutes during a Monday night storm when a high wind uprooted a tree that fell onto a power line on Lusk Avenue. Mullens Volunteer Firemen responded after residents reported smoke from the line. Union Power Co. manager John Tice said service was restored once the tree was removed. damage described as minor.
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Mullens
RNL
Lusk Avenue
John Tice
Union, Power Co
Holt outlines state seal duties at Fayetteville Rotary meeting
Secretary of State Helen Holt spoke at Fayetteville Rotary Ladies Night sharing duties such as issuing charters to state corporations, sworn in appointees, and maintaining official acts. She noted a record number of new charters last year and discussed filing trademarks and election supplies. Clifford Davis introduced her as M. A. Holliday was absent.
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Fayetteviae
RNS
Helen Holt
Secretary of State
Fayetteville Rotary’ Club
Holt
Clifford Davis
Woliday
Visit Wreck Victims Reach Charleston General Hospital
Colcord residents Gordon Ferrell and Donald Workman were visited Wednesday by Bil Dillon at Charleston General Hospital. Both men were injured in an automobile accident Monday. Ferrell sustained a fractured neck but was resting and conscious, Workman semi conscious at times. Both in fair condition per Dillon.
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Colcord
Gordon Ferrell
Donald Workman
Charleston General Hospital
Bil Dillon
Ferrell
Workman
Gordon
Dillon
Richmonds Offers Ten Month Prize Drawings
Over the next ten months Richmonds will hold drawings with prizes including a Refrigerator Range Big Console TV and furniture for home use. Register for the July drawing at Richmonds pick‑up stations or via representatives or at Universal Company on South Fayette Street Beckley.
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Richmonds
Richmond
Universal Company
South Fayette St. Beckley
Pax Personal Notices From Local Ward Residents
Pax personal notices list multiple visitors and travels to and from Beckley Memorial Hospital and local households. Names include Mrs. Robert Glis, John Ellison, Bays of Covington, Bunyan Janney, Myra, Emmett Craddock, Ennis Lively, Linda Low Cindy Sue Wanda Gay, Grover Shephard, Tilden Lively, David Janney, Carlos Walker, David Ray and Michael, Judqe AMIE, with various weekends and relocations between Elkmills Maryland Oak Hill Cincinnati and Detroit area sites.
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Ennis Lively
Linda
Low
Cindy Sue
Wanda Gay
Elkmills
Grover Shephard
Long Branch
Itlaw
Tilden Lively
Oak Hill
Craddock
Carlos Walker
East Rainelle
David Janney
Circuit Court Rounds Disposed Without Trials in Fayetteville
Fayetteville circuit court opened with jurors but all cases were settled without trials. Sylvester Moore pleaded guilty to breaking and entering and awaits judgment with bond extended to Sept. 16. Santi and Lickenhaker trials continued to September term. Horsley and Austin failed to appear. bench warrants issued.
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Fayetteville
RNS
Fayette
Sylvester Moore
Summerley
Johnny Santi
Beckley
Calvin Lickenhaker
Ansted
James Horsley
Santi
Walter Austin
Four Generations Gather for Glen Jean Reunion
A family reunion Sunday at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Erving Knapp in Glen Jean drew relatives from Alderson Bellepoint Talcott Oak Hill Rainelle Clear Creek Hill Top and Chicago. Attendees included Judy Terry Joyce Roles and Charlotte Kirby among others, spanning four generations.
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Glen Jean
Erving Knapp
A. W. Knapp
Alderson
Donald Thompson
Joyce
Bellepoint
James C. Allen
Bernard Thompson
Robert Lee
Looney Thompson
Talcott
Judy Terry
Oak Hill
Joyce Roles
Chicago
Delia Kirby
Charlotte
Rodney Lee Knapp
Rainette
James Knapp
Evelyn
Clear Creek
Hillis Hitchens
Eteile Steel
Hill Top
Gene and
Lloyd Knapp
Deputy Resigns as Two Deputies Dismissed in Sheriffs Shakeup
Summersville West Virginia area reports a shakeup in the Nicholas County Sheriff’s Office with deputy W. W. Taylor resigning effective June 30 and Thomas Strickland and Frank McMillion dismissed amid internal discord. The court approved Boyd Ash as a daily deputy and discussed jail staffing changes including hiring a cook and purchasing agent, ending the jailer fee system August 4. Pat Goheen to vacate the jail and mileage payments to deputies tied to a new application form.
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Summersville
RNS
Tivo Nicholas County
Nicholas County Court
W. W. Taylor
Thomas Strickland
Frank McMillion
Strickland
Nicholas County
John C. Bell
McMillion
Boyd Ash
Richwood
Pat Goheen
Fayette County Board approves teacher changes and staff hires
Fayetteville RNS report notes resignations at several high schools and elementary schools. New principals include Akay Collins High to Pax as principal and Gypsy Kay Hall hired at Collins High. Booked is a leave of absence for Lena Moore and a transfer for J A Baumgartner. Secretaries hired across multiple schools. Deep Water property sold to Baptists for 1500 dollars.
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Fayetteville
RNS
Fayette County
Gypsy Kay Hall
Collins High
Hester D. Skaggs
Gauley
I Charles
Thomas Knight
Jodie
Virginia B. Topham
Malcolm Parker
Montgomery High
William Gene Henderson
Mount Hope High
Marilyn LaVerne Adkins
Oak Hill
Gladys Low
Ansted
Florence D. Bragg
Collins Junior High
Betty Jo Partain
Collins
Mount Hope
Patricia Richmond
Nuttall High
Effie Levy
Joyce M. Darrell
Pax High
Gladys G. Winston
Deepwater
Baptist Church
A. L. Walker
Jackson's Mill
State Board of Education
Alva Anderson
Joseph Cashion
Funeral Today for Mrs. Nannie Catherine Wood
Funeral services for 79 year old Mrs. Nannie Catherine Wood were held at 2 p m in the Winona Methodist Church with Rev L M Legg officiating. Burial followed in Good Hope Cemetery Graydon. Survivors include four daughters five sons two sisters sixty four great grandchildren and five great great grandchildren. The body was moved from Wallace and Wallace Funeral Home to the son Johns home and to the church an hour before services.
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Winona
Rns
Nannie Catherine Wood
Winona Methodist Church
L. M. Legg
Good Hope
Graydon
Wood
Norwalk
Minnie Gilkerson
Clyde
Ohio
Fannie Brown
Monroeville
Ella Gonzales
Sarah Persinger
Hamburg
N. Y
Gaines
Lookout
James
John
Hico
William
Ramsy
Orchard Park
Mary Bennett
Ramsey
Lilly Kincaid
Fayetteville
Wallace and Wallace
East Rainelle
Coal River Personals Chronicle Colcord Notes
Coal River section reports Vera Thompson leaving for New York to join a friend from Ameagle. Colcord residents and relatives travel, visit, and cope with surgeries, with updates on Ronald Kincaid’s overseas duty in Korea and local family gatherings amid Fourth of July visits and hospital care.
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Colcord
RNS
Vera
Jean Thompson
Modest Thompson
New York
Charleston
Carol Wiseman
Ameagle
Charles Ebert
Arlee
Wally Kincaid
Donnie Hamilton
St. Petersburg
Fla
Ronald’ Kincaid
Kincaid
Korea
Ronald
Christine Pauley
Timmy
Kenneth Flint
Eddie Flint
Harold Hoge
Detroit
Mich
Goldie Fannin
Ann
Olive Hil
Roy Angove
Aurora
Colo
Ben Copenhaver
Wilmington
Calif
Soony Osborne
Danny
Jay Bird) Thompson
Raleigh Boone Medical Center
Whitesville
Childs
Frankie Thompson
Funeral planned for Clyde Wolfe killed on railroad spur
Clyde Lee Wolfe 37 Mullens Virginian Railway brakeman died in a switchyard accident near Oak Hill. Funeral at 2 p.m. Wednesday at South Mullens Pentecostal Holiness Church with burial in Roselawn Cemetery. Wolfe, Army WWI veteran, leaves wife Geraldine and two sons, plus siblings. He had 13 years on the railroad.
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Mullens
RNS
Clyde Lee Wolfe
Oak Hill
South Mullens
Wolfe
Muttens
Princeton
O. L
Dora Wolfe
HO Poplar St
South Mallens
Pentecostal Church
Brotherhood of Railroad
Geraldine Wolfe
50th Anniversary Open House for Fayetteville Couple
Open house in Fayetteville honors Mr and Mrs J H Allen for their 50th wedding anniversary. Guests include four of five children Mary Ellen Clifford George Earl joining relatives and friends at Maple Avenue celebration.
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Fayetteville
RNS
J. H. Allen
Maple Ave
Maple Avenue
George Allen
Clifford Allen
Mary Allen
Earl Allen
Judy Allen
Barbara Sue Allen
Allen
Mary Ellen
Clifford
George
Gauley Bridge
Earl
Salt Lake City
Utah
Harry
Florida
Mary Alice Mundy
John Herbert Allen
Thayer
Ephraim Coal Co
Scranton School of Mines
Lillydale Personals and Local Hospital Notes
Dennis Dean is a patient at Beckley Memorial Hospital awaiting an operation after admission Sunday. Noah Mullins remains a patient at Man Memorial Hospital with improved condition reported. Mr and Mrs Frank Harvey and family and Mr and Mrs Homer Jeffrey and families rest this week for Morganston North Carolina to visit Howard Harvey. Staff Sgt and Mrs Don Barber and family have returned to Fort Jackson District of Columbia after visiting their parents Hugh Barber and Hazel Blevins. Recent visitors at Roy Trent's home include Dennis Toney Viola Trent Pax and Earl Trent Milburn. Mrs Argyle Belcher and family from Marion Virginia visit her parents Hazel Blevins. Mr and Mrs Billy ONeal visited Mrs Romey Clay who is a patient at Grace Hospital Welch admitted Sunday.
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Lillydale
RNS
Dennis Dean
Beckley Memorial Hospital
Noah Mullins
Man Memorial Hospital
Frank Harvey
Homer Jeffrey
Morganston
N. C
Howard
Harvey
Don Barber
Fort Jackson
D. C
Hugh Barber
Hazel Blevins
Roy Trent
Dennis Toney
Akron
Viola Trent
Pax
Earl Trent
Milburn
Argyle Belcher
Marion
Billy O’neal
Romey Clay
Grace Hospital
Welch
Men's Bible Class Conducts Attendance Contest
At Oak Hill Methodist church the Men's Bible Class ran a May and June contest split into Blues led by Cather Jones and Harry Gray and Reds led by Robert Flack Otie Carden. The Blues gained 43.5 percent with eight members achieving perfect attendance: C A Burk Henry Godsey A B Harvey Bruce Martin John Perkins W B Rhodes Gordon Spessard Ray Williams. Reds with perfect attendance were James Allen Nolan Blake Carden A Harless Bevis James and George Snyder.
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Oak Hill
BNS
Oak Hill Methodist Church
The
Blues
Cather Jones
Harry Gray
Reds
Robert Flack
Otie Carden
C.A. Burk
Henry Godsey
A. B. Harvey
Bruce Martin
John Perkins
W. B. Rhodes
Gordon Spessard
Ray Williams
Red
James Allen
Nolan Blake
Carden
A. Harless
Bevis James
George Snyder
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Raleigh County
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West Virginia
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Universal Home Equipment Co
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Prince Street
Kanawha Street
Cottage Inn
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Pax Personals
Vi-Lee
Sheriffs Office
Coal River
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Nancy
Dayton
Luther Dillon
Doug Hamilton
Zella Jarrell
Burk Kuhn
Kuhn
Sneten Brown
Tommy Brown
James Flowers
Virgil Kuhn
Zella Jarrett
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Germany
Set
Flowers
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Doris Jean Kuhn
Robert Brown
Cleveland
Denver McClure
Delano Brown
Ermil Brown
Patricia Brown
Laura Brown
Brenda
Charleston Memorial Hospital
Snoten Brown
Garrison
Bashia Hamilton
Gerald
Bill
K. D. Furrow
Tony DeLuca
Robert Copen
J. JL. Harpron
Woodrow Halsey
Robert Estes
Bud
Robertson and Foglesong
BRT
Low Moore Iron Co
Kaymoor
Branch Coal and Coke Co
Elyerton
Huse Memorial Park
Muncipal Water Works
Methodist Church
Rotary Club
LaFayette- Masonic Lodge
City Managers Association
Lillydale Personals
Yorktown
Birch
Nash Campbell Floor Company
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