Wolf Creek Farm Club Picnic Set August 12
The Wolf Creek Farm Women's Club plans its annual picnic for August 12 at Wolf Creek. At a past business meeting at Mrs. Roy Haynes home, members discussed the event, sang The West Virginia Hills, and read scripture before a lesson on Vitamin in Family Meals. The club voted to support Trinity Church as this year’s community project and noted a Broad Run Church Old Folks at Home program upcoming. Refreshments followed for members and guests including Mrs. Robert Skages of Charlotte and Mrs. L. A. Jones.
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Roy Haynes
West Virginia Hills
Curtis Cray
Jeacer
Trinity Church
Broad Run
Lola, Haines
F. d. Newberry
Eunice Skaggs
Hickman Skaggs
Robert Skages
Charlotte
N. C
L. A. Jones
Wheeling Moves To Crush Local Gambling Rings
Wheeling City Manager William N. Hunter ordered police to wipe out commercial gambling and slot machines. He called for arrest of any gambling operators and Dookie establishments in a dramatic crackdown following three men’s 30 day suspended sentences for operating bookie fronts.
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Wheeling
William N. Hunter
W. Robert Kennedy
William Reuther
William G. Tins
Nick George
J. W. Frost
Man Pulls Switch to Douse Blaze at Caffee Apartments
An unidentified man saved a building at Caffee Apartments in Wester PACKSVILLE by pulling a switch that stopped a fire blamed on wiring. Whitesville volunteers faced delays starting the first truck as crowds watched. several hundred spectators attended. In other notes, two couples from Coal River sought marriage licenses in Madison.
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Wester Packsville
Caffee
Whitesville
Coal River
Western Seth
Madison
Mathew Jones
Henry Jones
Sharples
Olivia Anderson
Charles Anderson
Ales
Murder Indictment Sought for Hanging
Chicago prosecutors move to indict Robert Munday fifteen, leader of the Blangmen's Noose Club, for the hanging death of three and a half year old Tommy Faux. A signed confession and police testimony frame a murder case. a kitten seized by police is set to play a key role in the dossier.
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Associated Press
Chicago
Robert Munday
Boyle
Wiestale
Rubert
Whitesville Police Report No Weekend Accidents
Whitesville area saw no highway accidents over the long weekend, according to local and state police. Only several persons were lodged in the ply jail. Police Chief M. E. Weikle reported. SON IS BORN By registrar Stall Weiler Janie Mp and Mrs Eugene Styling announce the birth of Estille Eugene on Thursday at Charleston General Hospital.
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Whitesville
Register
Flegister
Weiler Janie
Eugene Styling
Charleston
Mabscott Eyes Local Garbage Dump, Service Planned
Mabscott officials move to establish a local trash disposal area with a voluntary curbside pickup system. About 150 property owners have signed for 30 day or 6 day collection cycles, paying 75 cents per service. The Heckley dump will be used temporarily.
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Mabscott
Paige Cook
Heckley Cy
Farbaze
A. K Cradwell
William [Igran
Cook
Coox
Mabecott Council
Whitesville Driver Test Shows High Passing Rate
Forty four tests were administered with only nine failures. Corporal S. Fleck and Trooper C. N. Otto reported the pass list includes Claude Brown Navna Orban Williams Clear Creek Annie Hardin Elen G Beale Ed wight Lloyd D Pierson Pennie Snodgrass Hacine Ewell Jordan Keith James A Bailey Joe Smith Twilight Rufus D Kannon Harry H Zorns Miriam C Lilly Russell H Taylor Oxpas Cleadis D Weeds Pettus Crawford Zoins Darby William A Turner Willis Branch Jay R Johnson Arnett Arthur Adkins Comfort Mildred J Williams Dorothy James J Butler Clear Creek James J Jarrell Pine Knob William Albert August Montceal Troy Elvin Webb Pine Knob Ronald Curtis Thompson Ameagle Lola Violet Neal Whitesville Lloyd Harold Collins Comfort Albert Vivian Peters Garrison Albert Winton Paden Colcord Walter Eugene Stover Curtis Edward Williams Prenier Frank Lewis Hyers Ameagle Robert Lee Justice Oceana Geneva Marie Dickens Sundial Florence Isidore Tucker Whitesville.
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Whitesville
Fleck
C. N. Otto
Claude Brown
Navna
Orban
Williams
Clear Creek
Annie
Harryh. Zorns
Seth
Miriam C. Lilly
Russell H. Taylor
Oxpas
Cleadis D. Weeds
Pettus
Crawford Zoins
Darby
William A. ‘Turner
Willis Branch
Jay R. Johnson
Arnett
Arthur T. Adkins
Comfort
Mildred J. Williams
Dorothy
James J. Butler
James J. Jarrell
Pine Knob
William Albert August
Montceal
Troy Elvin Webb
Ronald Curtis Thompson
Ameagle
Lola Violet Neal
Lloyd Harold Collins
Albert Vivian Peters
Garrison
Albert Winton Paden
Colcord
Walter Eugene Stover
Curtis Edward Williams
Prenier
Frank Lewis H
Mrs Atkins Honored By Party at Leevale
In Leevale a miscellaneous party at the home of Mrs Woodrow Atkins featured Elizabeth Stewart Joann Asbury Ruth Hendricks and Beatrice Harris as hostesses. Guests included Mrs Ted Tolley Jack Stewart Jess Ferry Adram Webb Wallace Hancock Dave Robinson Ray Hughes and others with seating gifts recorded for several attendees.
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Leevale
Jack Stewart
Woodrow Atkins
Elizabeth Stewart
Joann Asbury
Huth Hendricks
Beatrice Harris
Ted Tolley
Jess Ferry
Adram Webb
Wallace Hancock
Dave Robinson
Ray Hughes
Tarry Wade
Don Perry
Sandra
James Stewart
Lynn
Jack Jones
Julia Joseph
Esther Stewart
Echo Buskirk
Maxine Clay
Ruth Hendricks
Helen Holestien
Lois Pinsom
Walley Buskirk
Kathleen Kenwood
Iruman Buskirk
Fred Pennington
John Hansford
Virginia Overby
St Louis Picked For NEA Parley 1950 Convention
The National Education Association chose St Louis as the site for its 1950 convention despite protests that the city is Jim Crow. The new board reaffirmed the old board’s decision, saying every effort was made to provide satisfactory arrangements for all delegates, while retiring directors argued St Louis was the only feasible choice and had promised equal housing for white and New York teachers.
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Associated Press
Bostan
St Louis
National Education
Vgn
Three More Streets Petition for Paving
Street Engineer Phil Wilson announced that three more streets Wilkes Avenue Sunrise Avenue and Roosevelt Street have petitioned for inclusion in the citys 1949 paving program. Roosevelt Street petitions have failed once before due to insufficient signatures. The first group of 20 sheets is already paving and the second group of 23 sheets will be presented to the Council Tuesday. The mid August potential Council approval is noted. The final line about Earth's population appears out of place.
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Phil Wilson
Wilkes Avenue
Sunrise Avenue
Roosevelt Street
Wilson
Colcord Youth Honored With Marshmallow Roast
Freddie Laymon received a marshmallow roast honor Tuesday hosted by grandparents Mr and Mrs Albert Paden Attending were Freddie Laymon Jerry Foster Lacy Jarreil Julie Gillespie Roger Aldine Lois Wright Eugene Dillon Bill Dillon Ethel Mae Dillon Freda and Bar rty Herron and Laura Kay Gordon
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Register
Colcord
Freddie Laymon
Albert Paden Allending
Jerry Foster
Lacy Jarreil
Julie Gillespie
Roger Aldine
Lois, Wright
Eugene Dillon
Bill Dillon
Ethel Mae Dillon
Freda and
Barrty Herron
Laura Kay Gordon
Five patients escape from Eastern State Hospital in Lexington
Dr William N Libscomb reports five male patients escaped last night from Eastern State Hospital by battering through the heavy wooden door of the admission ward. The report notes a 1900 world population estimate of 1.527 billion.
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Associated Press
Lexington
Eastern State Hospital
William N. Libscomb
Camp Wilderness Weeklong Camp and VFW Cabinet Appointments
Local men James T. Runner Beckley and Tony Fondale Mabscott named to the West Virginia Veterans of Foreign Wars cabinet by Commander James A. Mack. About 110 Appalachian Council Boy Scouts left for Camp Wilderness for a week with Troops 87 63 74 22 109 80 and 88 among those attending and leaders listed.
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James T. Runner
Beckley
Tony Fondale
Mabscott
Veterans of Foreign Wars
James A. Mack
West Virginia
Runner
Morgantown
West Virginia University
Post- Herald
Fondate
Mack
Spencer
Parkersburg
Boy Scouts
Appalachian Council
Camp Wilderness
Gus Walker
Scouts of the Council
Marfork
Kenneth French
Art. Tabtor
D C
Wylie
MacArthur
T. A. Gathercale
Crab Orchard
James Thompson
James Collins
Norman Knapp
Edwight
Wiliam Smith
Highcoal Social Notes
Mr and Mrs Clyde Carder and daughter Jean returned home from Washington DC. Edna Coffman returned home after visiting Central City. Charles Fanh visiting Cincinnati over the weekend. Margie Cooper and Claudia Kinder on vacation. G H Billings family vacationing in Kentucky and Alabama. Van D Stith and Dr Powell with children Anna Belle Patty Sue visiting Indiana. Dashia Ayres visiting relatives in Washington DC and Keyser WV.
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Register
Highcoal
Clyde Carder
Jean
Washington, D. C
Edna Coffman
Central City
Charles Fanh
Cincinnati
Ohio
Margie Cooper
Claudia Kinder
G. Fl. Billings
George
Kay
Kentucky
Alabamma
van D. Stith
Powell
Anna Belle
Patty Sue
Indiana
Dashia Ayres
Washington, D. Cc
Keyser
W. Va
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Sarrolds Valley Ey
William B. Abbot
Jarrolds Valley Presbyterian Church
Abbot
Princeton Theological Seminary
Louisville
Abbotts
Huntingdon
Philip Lilly
Wolf Creek Farm Club
Wolf Creek
Wolf Creek Farm Women's Club
Reuther
George Seibert
Coty
Charles P. Mead
Man
Blaze
Mrs. Atkins
St. Louis
Nea Parley
Uho
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Chesapeake & Potomac Telephone Company of
Orgas
Barbara June Blaylock
Chadwick Lee Sebok
Healing Stream Baptist Church
Paul Sebok
Joe Blaylock
Lloyd Cosby
Lois Campbell
George Veres, Jr
Luke Nichols
Charlotte Blayfock
Sebok
Sherman High School
Anchor Coal Company
U. S. Army
VFW
Dias Floral Co
R. R
Albert Wheley
Reservoir Rd
Optiers Cortan
Mone Geary Man
Ty A Tahlos
ABC
Nedroths Arty Merday Tve
Mountain Motors., Inc
First Avenue
Beckley, W. Va
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