Legionnaires to Hold 06 Convention in War
The 1956 District Six convention of the American Legion Department of West Virginia will be held in War with the July date to be set. Delegates endorsed Harry Grogs for state commander and elected reps to the Miami national convention. The district vice commander election and various committee posts were decided at Pineville. Department Commander L. C. Bickel spoke, with Pineville Post 133 hosting.
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Pineville
RNS
American Legion Department of
West Virginia
Harry Grogs
Gary
Clarksburg
Miami
Fla
A. A. Angrist
Bluefield
Harry Moses
W. B. Henderson
Welch
Ira O. Holliday
T. C. Moorefield
Beckley
J. C. Wall
Col. W. H. Ballard
Raymond Zando
Harry West
Jack Feller
Mullens
Dean Coffey
Carl Bobbitt
Thurmond Scruggs
Dewey Mentz
R. H. Moore
Eddie Steele
Pineville Lions Install Officers At Dinner Dance
Pineville Lions Club held a dinner dance and officer installation at the Knotty Pine Restaurant. Charter past president Andrew Pendleton reviewed the club’s history since October 1953. retiring president Lewis Campbell gave a farewell, then introduced C G Peregoy who installed the new officers. The outgoing officers were Campbell, Deskins, Rogers, Williams, Houck, Miniaci, Rutherford, Scoleri, Hamlin, Pendleton. The new slate includes James D. Cook as president and Darrell McGraw as first vice president with Scoleri, Ledford, Morgan, Miniaci, Collins, Shannon, Pendleton, Hamlin, and Campbell as board members.
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Andrew Pendleton
Lewis Campbell
C. G. Peregoy
Peregoy
Lions International
Beckley
Frank Deskins
Ned Rogers
Don Williams
Jess Houck
Sam Miniaci
Woodrow Rutherford
John Scoleri
Doug Hamlin
James D. Cook
Darrell McGraw
Bart Ledford
Norman Morgan
Everette Collins
A. J. Shannon
Former Mullens Railroader Dies
Lawrence Clyde Pennington 55 of Princeton died Monday at Memorial Hospital after a heart attack. A Virginian Railway carman helper, he retired in 1953 after 35 years service with 28 years in Mullens and the rest in Princeton. Survived by wife Lillian Moxley, a son Rev Everett Pennington, two daughters Ann Blanche Robinette and Helen Pennington, one grandson, born Elgood. Burial plans pending arrival of son.
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Princeton
RNL
Lawrence Clyde Pennington
Thorn St
Memorial Hospital
Virginian Railroad
Mullens
Church of God
Oliver Ave
Brotherhood of Railroad Carmen of America
Lillian Moxley
Everett Pennington
Estevan
Saskatchewan
Canada
Ann Blanche Robinette
Hopewell
Helen Pennington
Elgood
Levi
Sally Ann Broyles Pennington
Baileysville Personal Guests Highlight Local Socials
The Baileysville community hosts many Sunday visits and dinners. Reverend E I Hill and families from Pineville join Harold Bailey. Joe Lester and family visit T L Bailey. Ray Davis from Mullens visits Pearl Davis. Henry Shuck family visits Ken Short. Edith Roski from Cleveland stays with Bessie Toler. Carol Poland of Washington spends vacation with Charles and family. Joyce Bailey visits Wanda Lester. Wayne Bailey visits QC Bailey. Bill Asbury and daughter from Oceana visit Tom Asbury and Arnold Rose. Jay Morgan family from Man joins Wirt Morgan.
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Baileysville
Rns
E. I. Hill
Buren Hill
L. L. Brooks
Eddie
Pineville
Harold Bailey
Joe Lester
Jesse
Tommy Bailey
Amonote
T. L. Bailey
Ray Davis
Eva Morgan
Delbert Newcomb
James Newcomb
Edna Adams
Cincinnati
Ohio
Joe Walls
Simon
Dave Rose
Fannock
Roy Short
Earl Walls
Alice Short
Joyce Bailey
Wanda Lester
Wayne Bailey
QC. V. Bailey
Bill Asbury
Oceana
Tom Asbury
Arnold Rose
Jay Morgan
Man
Wirt Morgan
Former Miner Hopes Between Jobs in DC Office
Glen Rogers obit shows Everett O. Elkins a former Glen Rogers coal miner who suffered a crippling stroke in 1950. After rehabilitation at Kabat Kaiser Institute he returns to work as elevator operator and starter in a Washington DC office building. He spent 29 years in Wyoming County mines.
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Glen Rogers
Everett O. Elkins
Elkins
Washington, D. C
Kabat-Kaiser Institute
Wyoming County
Monroe Murder Trial Set to Break 12-Year Record
The first murder trial in Monroe County Circuit Court since 1943 is scheduled to begin today. Larry Lynn Meador of Ballard faces possible conviction for the May 1, 1954 killing of Lonnie L. Dunn in a lunch room dispute. Twenty extra jurors were summoned to ensure a full panel, and the grand jury was dismissed as unnecessary.
WSCS Meeting Set At First Methodist Church
Members of the Woman's Society of Christian Service will meet at 7:30 p.m. Thursday in Fellowship Hall. Mrs. James C. Lyons, president, will lead the business session. Mrs. Joseph P. Taylor will present the program themed In Street, In Shop and In Tenement, with hostesses Mrs. A. B. Robertson Mrs. H. E. Crews and Miss Catherine Crews assisting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pineville
RNS
Woman's Society of Christian Service
Fellowship Hall
First Methodist Church
James C. Lyons
Joseph P. Taylor
A. B. Robertson
H. E. Crews
Catherine Crews
Oceana Pastor Weds Miss Bishop in Florida Church
Miss Olivia Ann Bishop and John Hunter LaMotte wed in a double ring ceremony at Greenville First Baptist Church Florida. Bride, daughter of Rosa Bishop of Greenville, studied Christian Education at Montreat College. Groom, son of L C LaMotte of Maxton NC, is a Davidson College and Union Theological Seminary candidate with Phi Beta Kappa and Sigma Chi affiliations. They honeymoon in western North Carolina then settle in Oceana where LaMotte will pastor the local Presbyterian Church for a year before returning to seminary.
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Oceana
RNS
Olivia Ann Bishop
John Hunter LaMotte
Greenville, Fla., First Baptist Church
Rosa Bishop
Greenville
L. C. LaMotte
Maxton
N. C
Montreat College
Montreat
Presbyterian Junior College
Davidson College
Union Theological Seminary
Richmond
Sigma Chi
Phi Beta Kappa Scholastic Fraternity
North Carolina
LaMotte
Oceana Presbyterian Church
Masonic Lodge Installs Officers at Thurmond Homecoming
Warren Lodge No. 109 installs officers for the new Masonic year during the lodge’s 59th annual homecoming in Thurmond. About 75 attended the banquet before the meeting. guests included West Virginia G M Thomas Holiman and district deputies Wicker Woodrum Cook.
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Thurmond
William Erskine Pugh
Warren Lodge No
Thurmond Lodge
Pugh
Thomas B. Holiman
West Virginia
W. S. Wicker
Howard W. Woodrum
Arthur B. Cook
Royal Arch Masons
C. W. Wells
Woodrum
Jack Clark
Roswell
Oceana residents enjoy extended visits and vacations
A long list of local residents and relatives report travels and guests including two week fishing trips in Canada by Mayor French Manning and others, a month in Canada by the Hatfields, plus visits between Charleston and Coal River and Welch. A bicycle accident injures Deanna Ellenburg, and Marines corporal Leo Blankenship returns from California maneuvers.
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Oceana
RNS
French Manning
Hubert Drake
Chester Britton
Don Britton
Canada
R. C. Hatfield
Gene Hatfield
Jerry Warsing
P. G. Hurst
C. W. Stewwart
Charleston
Hurst
Kelly Hurst
Garnet Deering
Coal River
Stewart
Allea Hendricks
Alvin Hendricks
Jersey City
N. J
Hendricks
Joe
Hiro
New Jersey
Betty Rutter
Leon Riggs
Grantsville
Park Riggs
Connie Hurst
Deanna Ellenburg
Harlan Ellenburg
Steven's Clinic
Welch
Cpl
Leo Blankenship
John Blankenship
Blankenship
U. S. Marines
Yorktown
California
John Lee Shannon
John Lee II
F. B. Shannon
Cora Burdette
Pearl Shannon
Ronald Lee Roach
Philip M. Roach Jr
Harold Brammer
Karen and
Austin
E. G. Shannon
Peggy Speakes
Morris Harvey College
Lacy McMillion
Patsy Conley
Illinois
Miner Learns Elevator Work After Welfare Fund Training
A United Mine Workers Welfare Fund patient at the institute spent 17 months there. Later two UMWA headquarters staff members John J. Butchko and Pete Graeff taught him to operate an elevator. Elkins landed his first job and says he has been getting along fine ever since.
Massey Funeral To Be Thursday
Harrison Massey 71 died after a lengthy illness. Funeral at 2 p m Thursday in Dorothy Assembly of God Church with Rev Ernest Edmonde officiating. Burial in Hill Cemetery Dorothy. Survived by wife Pearl Pettry Massey a daughter Mrs Robert Harvey of Dorothy four sons Carl Am eagle Robert Jimmy Mont at home a sister Mrs Lucinda White 13 grandchildren. Body to be taken to home at 2 p m today. Pallbearers Lee Farley Cephas Jarrell Arch Swandgan Robert Farley Bill Kinder Hubert Henderson. Armstrong Funeral Home Whitesville in charge.
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Whitesville
Rns
Harrison Massey
Dorothy
Assembly of God
Ernest Edmonde
Hill Cemetery
Pearl Pettry Massey
Robert Harvey
Carlol Ameagle
Robert
Chicago
Jimmy
Mont
Lucinda White
Bald Knob
Lee Farley
Cephas Jarrell
Arch Swanigan
Robert Farley
Bill Kinder
Hubert Henderson
Armstrong Funeral Home
Swimming Party by Pineville Methodist Youth
The Pineville Methodist Youth Fellowship and guests traveled to Princeton Sunday to swim at the Princeton Municipal Pool. They visited Peggy Jo Hansbarger, a former MYF president and lifeguard there. A swim meet featured members Butch Goode Christine Lambert James Hale Ralph Hale and attendees James Hale Ralph Hale Butch Goode Christina Lambert Danny Bragg Warren McGraw Pat Phillips Peggy Shufflebarger Connie Sue Martin. Chancellor Rev. Albert R. Young and Mrs Joe Hansbarger accompanied the group.
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Pineville
RNS
Pineville Methodist Youth Fellowship
Princeton
Princeton Municipal
Peggy Jo Hansbarger
MYF
Butch Goode
Christine Lambert
James
Ralph Hale
Christina Lambert
Danny Bragg
Warren McGraw
Pat Phillips
Peggy Shufflebarger
Connie Sue Martin
Albert R. Young
First Methodist Church
Joe H. Hansbarger
Pineville Personal Notes On Visiting Friends Families
The Pineville column lists guests and visitors including the Youngs with Mrs. F E Lambert and Belva of Parkersburg, Harry Cooke and Ann Barlow of Charleston, Crystal Lynn and Melody Lane Ball of Dayton visiting Pineville relatives, A D Belcher returning from Peters Town, Eddie Crews family vacationing in Cincinnati, Walter Baugh recovering from appendectomy in Welch, H E Crews and Catherine Bluefield business visit, Carl and Mrs Ellison visiting Beckley, Ned C Rogers family returning from Myrtle Beach, Clifford Skaggs family home in Boomer after visit, Myra Shufflebarger visiting Mullens.
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Pineville
Rns
Albert R. Young
F. E. Lambert
Belva
Parkersburg
Harry W. Cooke
Ann Barlow
Charleston
Dell Cooke
Keith Ball
Crystal Lynn
Melody Lane
Dayton
Ohio
D. L. Haga
Alpeca
Zed C. Ball
Eddie Crews
Ned
Mary Ann
Barbara
Cincinnati
Walter Baugh
Jesse Kenny
Stevens Clinic
Welch
H. E. Crews
Catherine
Bluefield
Carl Ellison
R. E. Falkenstein
Falkenstein
Beckley
Ned C. Rogers
Jane
Bailey- Murphy
Myrtle Beach
S. C
Clifford Skaggs
Boomer
Jack Shipman
Myra Sue Shufflebarger
Mullens
Oceana Rebekah Lodge installs new officers
Oceana Rebekah Lodge 61 conducted installation services Saturday night for Oceana RNIS noble grand Miss Elizabeth Williams presiding. News noted new officers Almer McClellan vice grand Dallas Canterbury recording secretary Ruth Conley right supporter to noble grand Encil Dean right supporter to vice grand Mary Bowden warden Lara Cook chaplain Elva Kidd musician Jane King inside guardian Emma Marks past noble grand. Refreshments followed for members and guests.
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Oceana
RNIS
Noble Grand
Oceana Rebekah Lodge
Elizabeth Williams
Zelda White
Almer McClellan
Dallas Canterbury
Ruth Conley
Encil Dean
Mary Bowden
Lara Cook
Elva Kidd
Jane King
Inside Guardian
Emma Marks
Oceana Lodge
Scouts Quizzed By Church Unit For God and Country Award
Kopperston West Virginia Scouts David Rankin Tommy Hamilton and Harold Walker were examined by the Board of Christian Education of Kopperston Community Church on baptism communion church history and local church organization as preparation for the God and Country Award. The award requires one year and optional participation includes service projects like ushering and nursery help.
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Kopperston
RNS
David Rankin
Tommy Hamilton
Harold Walker
Board of Christian Education
Kopperston Community Church
Three Hurt in Accidents Oak Hill News
In Oak Hill a 13 year old boy Bobby Lee Edes was treated as an outpatient after being hit by a car while riding a bicycle. Roy Hughes age 34 also received outpatient care for cuts and abrasions. Billy Ray Murray five was admitted with an elbow injury from a fall from a pony at Oak Hill Hospital.
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Oak Hill
Bobby Lee Edes
George Edes
Sun
Oak Hill Hospital
Roy Hughes
Billy Ray Murray
Paul J. Murray
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Legionnaires
Pineville Lions
Pineville Lions Club
Knotty Pine
UMW
Monroe
WSCS
Oceana Pastor
Miss Bishop
Florida
Masonic Lodge
Oceana Personals
Massey
Virginia
AsP’s
Oceana Rebekah
Service Department
Tomchin’s
Tomchins
Moran Ave
Tomchin Furniture CO
Mullens, W. VA
Prtice
Jane ‘Arker
Toastmaster Toaster
Holland Dutch
America
Friendly Mullens
A&p
Arer
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