Mount Hope Lions Plan Family Picnic Thursday
Mount Hope Lions outline annual activities and new leadership at a July meeting. E. C. Burgess is president, with W. A. Vickers as first vice president and T. W. Howard as second vice president overseeing building and social programs. Committees include finance, membership, scout programs, welfare, and civic efforts, with extensive names listed for each chair and assistant roles. The club also schedules a family picnic on the clubhouse grounds at 6:30 p.m. Thursday and reports the first meeting of the new board of directors.
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Mount Hope
RNL
Lions
E. C. Burgess
W. A. Vickers
W. G. Potter
E. C. Amick
Harry Skaggs
Fred Frisk
W. B
C. Masey
T. W. Howard
G. E. Williams
J. M. Wade
C. E. Jones
S. M. Fox
Tom Howard
Jack Callaway
James Cobb
Robert McIntire
Bill Martin
Jack Shumate
Bob Evans
Bert Hall
C. R. Harnsbarger
R. G. Patteson
Rob
Ert McIntire
R. E. Tissue
Jjames Wade
Harry Quenon
E. W. Dunkley
G. G. Hodges
E. E. Jones
A. L. Walker
Tissue
Bernard Rocke
P. C. Graney
O. L. Patteson
George Teel
Ben Lewis
Henry Danner
O. Maxey
B. F. Vickers
Ostrex Tonic Tablets Ad Promotes Iron Boost For Adults
An old advertisement urges husbands and wives to try Ostrex Tonic tablets to restore vigor after 40 by supplying iron and vitamins. The "Get acquainted" 50 cent size is advertised for a low price at all druggists.
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al Druggists
Adv
Infant's Rites Today in Hico Cemetery
Grave side services were to be held at 2 p m today for the infant son of Harley and Madge Crist Legg of Brooklyn who died Monday in Oak Hill Hospital. Rites were to be in Legg Cemetery at Hico. Survivors include the paternal grandparents Mr and Mrs Walter L Legg of Hico and the maternal grandmother Mrs Ida Crist of Hico.
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Brooklyn
RNS
Harley
Madge Crist Legg
Oak Hill Hospital
Legg
Hico
Walter L. Legg
Ida Crist
Miss Janice Walker Engaged to Robert Crum
Mount Hope engagement announcement for Janice Gay Walker to Robert L. Crum. Parents Mr. and Mrs. Herbert R. Walker report the couple plans a late August wedding at Assembly of God Church Mount Hope. Walker is Mount Hope High School 1955 graduate active in Alpha Betta Club FBLA and school paper. Crum, Mount Hope High School graduate, studies at Southeastern Bible Institute Lakeland Florida.
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Mount Hope
RNS
Herbert R. Walker
Janice Gay
Robert L. Crum
Luther F. Crum
Bradley
Assembly of God
Miss Walker
Mount Hope High School
Alpha Betta Club
Future Business Leaders of America Club
Crum
Southeastern Bible Institute
Lakeland
Fla
Avis Funeral Slated Sunday
Final rites for Mrs. Lucretia Avis 79 Oak Hill will be held at 2 p.m. Sunday at Tyree Funeral Home Chapel Oak Hill with Rev Joe Rogers officiating. Burial will follow in High Lawn Memorial Park. She died Sunday evening after an extended illness. Born December 13 1876 at Garden Grounds. Survivors include two brothers three sisters five grandchildren and eight great grandchildren.
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Oak Hill
RNS
Lucretia Avis
Tyree
Joe Rogers
Mount Hope
High Lawn Memorial Park
Avis
Garden Grounds
Mike Smith
Flora Smith
Laurel Creek
Bertia Ennis
Meadow Bridge
Dollie Adkins
Virginia Adkins
Three AWOL Marines Arrested in Fayette
In Fayetteville, three Marines were arrested and jailed on charges of being absent without leave since June 13. Deputies Woodrow Bennett and Douglas Epperly identified Pfc. T. C. Swaggerty Jr., Garten. Pfc. T. R. Proffit, Jolo. and Cpl. Paul R. Gunsett, Akron, O. They were taken into custody near Garten in Gunsett’s car. Also jailed Saturday was Russell Anan Dougherty of Mount Hope on reckless driving charges. He was to be arraigned Monday before Magistrate Virgil Lyons.
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Fayetteville
RNS
Fayette County
Woodrow Bennett
Douglas Epperly
Pfc
T. C. Swaggerty Jr
Garten
T. R. Proffit
Jolo
Paul R. Gunsett
Akron
Gunsett
Russell Anan Dougherty
Mount Hope
J. R. Lilly
Virgil Lyons
Largest funeral cortege forms for Mrs Mont Carr
Fayette County mourning a lengthy illness death, as 442 vehicles led the funeral procession. The Tyree Funeral Home reported the cortege for Mrs. Mont Carr included 442 cars and trucks. East End Tabernacle in Oak Hill held services conducted by Rev. Earl Henson. Mrs. Carr, who helped operate Oak Hill Orphanage with her husband, was buried at High Lawn Memorial Park. Many attendees parked blocks away and Oak Hill traffic delayed over an hour.
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Mount Hope
RNS
Fayette County
Mont Carr
Tyree
East End Tabernacle
Oak Hill
Earl Henson
Charleston
Carr
High Lawn Memorial Park
Jones Ave
Richardsones welcome daughter Deborah Lynn in Pineville
Mr and Mrs Gerald Richardson of River Drive Addition Pineville announce the birth of their daughter Deborah Lynn at Wilkinson Clinic Pineville on July 2. The infant weighed 6 pounds 10 ounces.
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Pineville
Rns
Gerald Richardson
River Drive Addition
Deborah Lynn
Wilkinson
Mt Hope Personals Highlight Summer Travels
Families from Mt Hope share summer plans across Florida and Ohio. Harry Goodman and Milton Kiddy visit Pensacola and Orlando while Steve Sollus visits Akron relatives. Privitt family arrives for two weeks with Okey Eans. Buddy Lilly, tied to Mount Hope via Mullens, works with Mount Hope management and the telephone company after Navy service and a short move.
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Mount Hope
RNS
Florida
Harry Goodman
Pensacola
Milton Kiddy
Orlando
Fla
Steve Sollus
Akron
Ohio
Frank Privitt
Okey Eans
Privitt
Buddy Lilly
Beckley
T. Harold Lilly
Mullens
Buddy
United States Navy
Bob Twaddle
Cleveland
T. T. Twaddle
Roberta Thomas
Tom Wood
Elizabeth Welch
R. A. Welch
Aug 27 Safety Day at Armco Montcoal
Armco Steel Corp plans a safety day on Saturday August 27 at Montcoal, featuring only a first aid contest this year due to the Nellis mine closure. Five men's first aid teams and four to five children's safety teams are expected, with C. O. Kane and J. S. Chapman directing arrangements.
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Armco Steel Corp
Montecoal
Nellis Country Club
Nellis
Montroal Tennis Court
C. O. Kane
Armco
J. S. Chapman
Murder trial resumes in Fayette County Court in Withrow case
Fayetteville RNS reports James Anthony Stover faces murder charges in the death of Albert Withrow during a 1955 Fayette County Circuit Court trial. Prosecution says Withrow was stabbed on a porch after visiting John Anderson. defense claims Stover acted in self defense amid a fight with Withrow and Drake. Witnesses include Albert’s widow Virgie Withrow, Dr. J B Thompson, Wilbert Drake, Sgt. W R Seal, and exhibit weapons.
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Fayetteville
RNS
James Anthony Stover
Albert Withrow
Fayette County
Atty
Howard Carson
John Andereson
Stover
Wilbert Drake
Withrow
Anderson
Plum Orchard
Drake
Carson
R. J. Thrift Jr
Thrift
Virgie Withrow
Albert
J. B. Thompson
Oak Hill
Sgt
W. R. Seal
Seal
Four Plead Guilty To Indictments In Fayette County
Four men Rudolph Brown Daniel Hartenstein Leonard Woodson and Clifford Earl Emmett pleaded guilty to indictments in Fayette County Circuit Court and are scheduled to return September 20 for action on their pleas Emmett stands charged with breaking and entering the Glen Jean taxi stand Brown and Hartenstein with grand larceny Woodson alias Sam Woodson with contributing to the delinquency of a minor.
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Fayetteville
RNS
Fayette County
Rudolph Brown
Daniel Hartenstein
Leonard Woodson
Sam Woodson
Clifford Earl Emmett
Glen Jean
Hesse Nominated For Fayetteville Postmaster Post
Bland K. Hesse, acting postmaster at Fayetteville, is nominated for postmaster and appears on a list sent to the White House. Other nominees include Loren Hoffman of Grafton, Rebecca Ziler of Great Cacapon, and Mary Earman of Harpers Ferry, per Republican National Committeeman Walter Hallanan. Pineville Eastern Star chapter to hold a school of instruction at 7 pm at the Masonic Hall led by Maude Abshire.
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Fayetteville
Bland K. Hesse
White House
Republican National
Pineville
RNS
Maude Abshire
Princeton
Order of the Eastern Star
Masonic Hall
Edith Mae Browning
Pineville Personal News Breeze From Pineville District
Local notes list residents visiting relatives and hosting guests across Pineville and nearby towns. Names include Elma Hayhurst, Elbert Cook, F P Cook, Edgar Rose, Saundra Canterbury visiting Cleveland, Dilmeda Daniels, Michael Mullens, Gwendolyn Box, D L Pope, Berta McClanahan, and Peggy Jo Hansbarger. Also mentions trips to Lynch, Bluefield, Princeton, Limestone Maine, and Fort Riley.
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Pineville
Rns
Elma Hayhurst
Springfield
Mass
Elbert Cook
Mullens
F. P. Cook
W. F. Rose
W. F. Rose Jr
Donna Page
Raymond
Lynch
Agee Stewart
Edgar B. Rose
Stanley Rose
Michael
Saundra Canterbury
Cleveland
Ohio
L. L. Shannon
East Pineville
J. L. Watters
Beckley
Dilmeda Daniels
Salem
Fred Beavers
B. C. Nichols
Gilbert Austin
London
Gwendolyn Box
Fred T. Box
Pinejville
Jacksonville
Fla
D. L.pope
Oliver Basham
Bluefield
W. S. Davisson
Deborah Dawn
Montgomery
Basil Elliott
Ben Gibson
Sissonville
Claude A. Pancake
H. E. Fleshman
Annie Rooney
Helen Fleshman
Keystone
Berta McClanahan
Princeton
C. A. Pancake
Mary Beth
Helen Sue
Ora Pancake
Fred H. Shannon
Fred Jr
Shannon
Inlaw
G. West
N. A
Princeton Pool
Mrs Tenbieg Taken by Death
Mrs Diphie Tenbieg 65 of Oceana died at 6 a m at home Born May 6 1890 she was the daughter of James and Martha Shannon Cook Survived by three sisters Maggie Kirby Ica Gibson and Delilah Tate Funeral at 2 p m Thursday at the residence with Rev Orville Belcher and Rev Okey Cooper officiating Burial in Cook Cemetery Body moved from Evans Funeral Home to residence at 5 p m Wednesday
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Oceana
RNS
Diphie Tenbieg
James
Martha Shannon Cook
Maggie Kirby
Hinton
Ica Gibson
Milwaukee
Ore
Delilah Tate
Orville Belcher
Mount Hope
Okey Cooper
Cook Cemetery
Evans Funeral Home
Pythian Sisters Add Two to Roll
In Oak Hill Mrs. Bess ie Kincaid excellent chief of the Pythian Sisters initiated two new members, Evelyn Rhodes and Ada Dotson, at a Monday night ceremony. A covered dish supper honoring April May and June birthdays followed at Knights of Pythias Hall with many members present.
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OAK Hill
RNS
Bessie Kincaid
Pythian Sisters
Evelyn Rhodes
Ada Dotson
Knights of Pythias Hall
Kincaid
Rhodes
Dotson
Elizabeth Baldry
Thelma Frye
Plumley Infant Dies in Kopperston
The infant daughter of Mr and Mrs Beecher Plumley died at Mullens General Hospital at 7 p m Monday Graveside rites were to be conducted at 2 p m today at Plumley Cemetery Abraham with Reverend Lawrence Miller officiating
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Kopperston
RNS
Beecher Plumley
Kopperst
Mullens General Hospital
Todew
Plumley Cemetery
Abraham
Lawrence Miller
Vesve
Pineville Circles Set Meetings Thursday Night
The Cook Memorial Baptist Church circles will meet Thursday at 7 30 p m Shannon Cooper Circle at Pauline Snyder home Jewell Asbury Circle at Ralph Cook home with Edna Rose program leader Edna Stevens Circle at W F Rose home with Walter Fisher program leader
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Pineville
RNS
Cook Memorial Baptist Church
Shannon Cooper
Pauline Snyder
Jewell Asbury
Ralph Cook
Edna Rose
Edna Stevens
W. F. Rose
Walter Fisher
Brewster Baby Born in Fanrock at Stevens Clinic
Mr. and Mrs. Buel Brewster Jr. of Fanrock are the parents of a son born Sunday at 12 20 p m in Stevens Clinic Welch. The newborn weighed 6 pounds 5 ounces.
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Fanrock
Buel Brewster Jr
Stevens Clinic
Welch
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Harvie Stark
C. A. Kansala
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E. B. Roberts
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T. M. Rogers
G. Williams
Conrad Neely
Ladies Summer Shoes
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Ralph Edwards
Bill Cullen
Hunting TV
Ton Charleston
NBC Network
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R. L. Crum
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