Two Teens Sentenced After Boone County Prison Break
In Boone County two of three teen escapees from a reform school were sent to the reformatory within hours. Sheriff Westerman and deputies tracked them to Reader in Wetzel County where Larry Rector, 16, hid with hostage 18 year old Sandra Lynne McKeen and another escapee. Rector fled a rifle but was held. Patrick Jarrell, 17, of Columbus, Ohio, surrendered with the other prisoner. The third escapee, Roger Lee Moore, 16, was captured in Tyler County. Officials say Rector and Moore had prior auto theft sentences and multiple parol es. Miss McKeen, the secretary, was unharmed but used as a hostage during the carjacking. The trio were taken to Taylor County Jail in Grafton.
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NEW Martinsville
Reform School
Reformatory
Boone County
Shannon W Westerman
F. C. Poe
Eight Mile
Reader
Wetzel County
Larry Anthony Rector
Sandra Lynne McKeen
Rector
Richard L. Young
West Virginia
Jarrell
Columbus
Ohio
Pruntytown
Tyler County
Wetzel
Roger Lee Moore
Harrison County
Young
Moore
Taylor County
Grafton
Miss McKeen
Clarksburg
Bridgeport
Mrs Minnie Shelton rites Thursday at Stoney Point Church
Funeral services for Mrs Minnie Shelton will be held at 2 p.m. Thursday at Stoney Point Baptist Church Laurel Creek conducted by Rev W M Freeman. Burial follows at Greenwood Memorial Park Beckley. Mrs Shelton 59 of Lawton died at home after a long illness. Survivors include husband Rev Frank Shelton mother Mrs Lizzie District two sisters Mrs Sallie Coleman Welch and Mrs Josie Finney Roanoke Va. Body to be removed from Ritchie and Johnson Funeral Home Beckley to church an hour before service.
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Lawton
RNS
Minnie Shelton
Stoney Point Baptist Church
Laurel Creek
W. M. Freeman
Greenwood Memorial Park
Beckley
Shelton
Frank Shelton
Lizzie District
Sallie Coleman
Welch
Josie Finney
Roanoke
Ritchie and Johnson Funeral
Watt Carr Sneaks At Church Service
Watt Carr filled the Glen Rogers Community Church pulpit in the pastor’s absence. Rev. Glenn Robinson studies at a Washington Theological Seminary for four weeks ending July 17. Miss Judith Jenkins led the evening devotional. Carr is a layman of the Mallens Methodist Church.
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Glen Rogers
Watt Carr
Mallens
Glenn Robinson
Washington, D. C
Judith Jenkins
Carr
Mallens Methodist Church
Composer Violinist Joe Venturi Wrote Ain t Doin Bad Doin Nothing
Joe Venturi a composer violinist with Paul Whiteman s orchestra for eight years wrote Ain t Doin Bad Doin Nothing He cannot give a birthplace address because he was born at sea.
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Joe Venturi
Paul Whiteman
Insurance Awards At Wyoming County Board Session
At a Pineville WY county board of education meeting an executive session approved distributing county insurance business among five agencies ten agents. Each agency gets 17 percent, five others get 3 percent. Premiums total about 14509 dollars. Also approved health office budgets, gas oil lubricants bid to Pure Oil, and kept current offices. Deputies discussed Sand Gap and Marsh Fork schools with patrons urging preservation and bus service. A special meeting on July 28 will address school bond sales.
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Pineville
RNS
Wyoming County Board of Education
Wyoming County
Jesse W. Morgan
Glen McKinney
Mullens
Bob Williams
Oceana
French Lilly
Pure Oil Company
R. D. Bailey
Shufflebarger
Marilyn S. Stone
Pineville High School
Edith Clemons
Herndon High School
Sand Gap
Stephenson
Jesse Morgan
O Stephenson
Stephenson School
Morgan
Marsh Fork School
Maben
William Worrell
Lloyd Fender
Stephenson and Mullens
Scotland Woman Fered At Outing
Mrs Anne Johnson of Scotland was honored with a wiener roast at the Tucker residence. She has stayed with the Mount Hope family for eight and a half months and plans to return to Kirkmuirhill Scotland in two weeks. Local neighbors attended including the Bolens, Canterbury family, Trail, Thomp son, Perry, Henson, Walker and children, and the Smiths among others.
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Mount Hope
RNS
Anne Johnson
Scotland
G. E. Tucker
Tucker
W. W. Bolen
Jess
Susie Canterbury
Charles
Lawrence
James
Gilbert Trail
Ella Thompson
Ollie Perry
Clayton Henson
Madge Walker
Erlene
Russell
Alice
Anna
Martha Willis
Josie
George
Tommy
Ann
Richard
Mike Smith
George Smith
Johnson
Frank
Gladys Casto Appointed Fayette School Attendance Director
Fayetteville ANS reports Mrs Gladys Casto named director of attendance for Fayette County at board meeting. Salary set at 325 monthly. no county teacher released from contract after Aug 1. Grade cards change proposal rejected. nine month salary checks approved. Secretaries of junior high and high schools receive $15 monthly raise. Multiple resignations and transfers approved or noted. several new hires listed for Fayette County schools.
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Fayetteville
ANS
Fayette County
A. L. Walker
Four County Schools Wyoming Board Approves Plans
The Wyoming County Board of Education approved preliminary school plans by the firm Zando Martin and Millstead for Bud Alpoca Oceana Coal Mountain and Mullens High. Bud Alpoca will have six classrooms and a 30 by 45 multi purpose room. Oceana will add sixteen rooms with steam heat and central facilities. Coal Mountain will add two rooms and a 64 by 60 foot multipurpose room. Mullens High will undergo alterations costing about 145000 dollars.
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Pineville
ANS
Zando, Martin
Zando
Oceana
Morgan
Coal Mountain
Mullens High School
Mullens
Birthday Party for Robert Farren Jr. at Grandparents’ Home
Mrs. Robert Farren hosted a Friday party at O. C. Farren’s home to celebrate Robert Jr.’s second birthday. Attendees included many relatives and family friends such as Mrs. Bill Woman and children Ronda Lisa and Stevie, Mrs. Willard Toney and Kathy, Mrs. Sidney Griffith with Carol and Gene, and several Crouch and Harvey households, with games and refreshments enjoyed by all.
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Lilly Haven
RNS
Robert Farren
Robert Jr
O. C. Farren
Bill Woman
Ronda
Lisa
Stevie
Willard Toney
Kathy
Sidney Griffith
Carol
Gene
Rudolph Tilley
Rudolph Jr
Raymond Cook
Chuckie
Orlie Farren
Neva
Delain Clark
Debbie
Robert Crouch
Robbie
Mike
E. H. Crouch
Linda Graham
Dumpie
Brenda
Stevie Clay
Tina Harvey
Cheryl Simson
Lance
Melinda Davis
Body Of Fire Victim To Arrive Here Today
The body of Buster Adkins, 43, Chicago Heights, Ill., who died in a burning Chicago apartment Monday, will arrive by train at Thurmond at midnight and be taken to the Thomas Funeral Home in Oak Hill for arrangements. Adkins, formerly of Oak Hill, was alone in the apartment. His wife Lucille Chamber Adkins had returned to West Virginia to bring belongings to their new home. The couple moved into the three room apartment last month. Mr. and Mrs. Melvin Humphrey of Beckley were called to Oak Hill due to Adkins death. he was their nephew.
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Oak Hill
RNS
Buster Adkins
Chicago
Heights
Ill
Thurmond
Thomas Funeral Home
Adkins
Lucille Chamber Adkins
West Virginia
Melvin Humphrey
Hargrove St
Beckley
Keatley Re-Elected Mayor of Oak Hill
Oak Hill voters re elected Joseph Keatley mayor as council members were sworn in. Gus Baumgardner remained assistant mayor while incumbents kept their posts. Frank Mauritz, from the Better Government Party, was new to the council after the June 2 election.
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Oak Hill
RNS
Joseph Keatley
Gus Baumgardner
Frank Mauritz
Better Government Party
Doris Mercer
Hurricane
Mauritz
Jones Avenue
Kelly
Earl Mullens Construction Co
Wallace Bennett
West Virginia Health Department
State Road Commission
Main Street
Central Avenue
Jack Manning
Veterans of Foreign Wars Club
July Fourth births in Huntington family
AP report notes Mrs Leonard Kilgore, 23, welcomed a son on Saturday in Huntington. The Kilgore couple previously had a daughter, Anna Marie, born on July 4 last year, marking another year of family milestones.
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Food Service
Willards Super Market
Kanawha St. Beckley
W. Va
Mrs. M. Shelton
Mark
Fayetteville, West Virginia
For All
Gladys Casto
Fayette School
Lorena C. Skaggs
Ansted
Joan E. Scarbro
Mount Eary
Ola Legg
Ansted High School
Patricia Ann Winston
Beards Fork
Pauline Davis
Fayetteville Consolidated School
Clyde McClung
Winona School
Bessye L. Ashley
Gauley Bridge
Mary Helen Morris
Jodie
Virginia Dunkley
Glen Jean
Mary C. Harless
Oakland
Betty Mann
Kingston
Marie Redd
Sun
Harlem Heights
Maxine Anderson
Long Branch
Hill Top
Beatrice F. Smith
Katie Coles
Phyllis Fox
Scarbro
Oak Hill East
Gladys Lowe
Sylvia Carter
Edythe Wainbright
Fayetteville High
Florence Hansford
Glen Ferris
Lois McClung
Nuttall High
Billy Kent Harless
Pax High
Evelyn Reed
Powellton
Eva Peters
Searbro
Wyoming Education Board
Oceana Elementary School
C F. Mundy
John Shufflebarger
Gilbert Goode
Don D. Cook
Archie Lusk
NRG
Keatley
Manning
Council
Police Department
Street Department
Budgt
Howard Janney
King Coal Chevrolet
Oyler Avenue
River Addition
East End
SRC
U.S. 21
Oyler
Universal
Neville St.—Beckley
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