Oak Hill Delegate to Attend Boys Nation at Fort Myer
Oak Hill teen Mike Miller and Parkersburg’s Ted Rake were chosen to represent West Virginia at the fifth annual American Legion Boys Nation at Fort Myer Virginia July 21 to 28. Selection followed performances at Mountaineer Boys State June 4-10 and Rake’s election as Boys State governor.
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W. Va
Oak Hill
Boys’ Nation
Fort Myer
Register
Mike Miller
Ted Rake
Parkersburg
West Virginia
C. A. Tesch
State Department
Can Legion
Mountaineer
Jackson's Mill
Rake
Congress
Loretta Scarbro Engaged to Franklin Pennock
The engagement of Loretta Scarbro to Franklin Pennock is announced by their parents. Miss Scarbro, a 1930 Oak Hill High School graduate, will wed Pennock, son of Mr. and Mrs. E. Pennock of Carlisle, with a church ceremony at Scarbro Baptist Church on August 9. Continuous coverage notes the couple’s family ties and local ties to Dothan and Oak Hill.
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Register
Allen J. McKinney
Sear- Dotran
Bro
Scarbro Baptist Church
Lorettal
Scarbro
Franklin Pennock
Miss Scarbro
Jate
Oak Hill High School
J. P. Scarbro
Dothan
Pennock
Sy Register
Andisame
Oak Hill
E. E. Pennock
Carlisle
Oakwood
New River Company
Oak Hill GOP Women To Elect New Officers
Oak Hill civic groups list meetings for the week with dates and venues. Key items include Oak Hill GOP Women officers election, Rotary Club dinner, Knights of Pythias gathering, VFW Auxiliary at Fayette 4 H Camp, Laure Rebekah Lodge, Oak Hill Lions dinner, Moose Chapter officers night, and Lookout Baptist Camp plans for July 17. Readers noted Sandra Powell and Darrell Powell active in church youth activities.
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Oak Hill
GOP
Laure
Rebekah Lodge
Pythian Hall
Miss Paris Bride-Elect of Jack Shockey
Fayetteville announces Doris Jean Paris, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Peter Paris of Cunard, will wed Jack Shockey of Fayetteville. Doris Jean, after Fayettesville High School, attended Nations Business College and Marshall College, where she joined Future Homemakers of America and held leadership roles. Shockey, son of Mr. and Mrs. Dennis Shockey, is a Mountaineer basketball player at Virginia University and member of an honorary fraternity.
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Cunard
Peteraris
Doris Jean
Jack Shockey
Dennis Shockey
Fayetteville
Fayetteville High School
Nations] Business College
A” Chuir
Frances Valli
The
Nation
Renner den
Dental Clinic Set for Lookout Area This August
Lookout residents and nearby communities can access a free dental clinic in August. The first such event for the area will care for children under 14 with parental preparation required. C. H. Crawford donated space for the mobile unit and office work, signaling potential for a permanent health center at Lookout.
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Register
Lookout
C. H. Crawford
Pers Song
Fox Infant Lannie Fox Funeral Today
Funeral services will be held for six month old Lannie Ray Fox at Milfork Church with Reverend Lucian Legg officiating. He died Friday at home. Burial will be in Martin Cemetery at Checkmer. He is survived by parents Mr. and Mrs. Okey O Fox and four brothers and two sisters.
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Crickmer
Lannie Ray Fox
Afr
Okey O. Fox
Milforook
Lucian Legg
Martin
Checkmer
Former Delegate To Boys State Heads Legion Post
Mt Hope Post 103 installed Lacy Anderson as commander after he had been chosen for Boys State in 1932 by the Daughters of the American Revolution. Anderson urged young men present to become leaders through service, addressing reports from three boys at Jackson's Mill.
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Register
Myt. Hope
American Legion
Roy
Mt. Hope Post
Lacy Anderson
Anderson
Daughters of the American Revolution
L. G. Fitzgerald
Jackson's Mill
Mt. Hope
Garten Man Fined and License Revoked for DUI Incident
Emmett R. Wood of Oak Hill was fined 30 dollars and costs by Magistrate Virgil Tonsierday on a charge of operating a vehicle under the influence. He was arrested after striking a truck driven by William G. Daney near the Top Hat Drive-in at Hilltop. Wood’s license was revoked for six months.
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Register
Oak Hitl
Emmett R. Wood
BM Garten Negro
Virgil Tons Sierday
H. D. Gibbs
Wood
Wiliam G. Daney
Oak Hil
Top Hat Drive-in
Hilltop
Gibbs
Chair Says Fayette Polio Cases Are Not Alarming
Mt Hope locality leader W Bernard Rocke chair of the Fayette County Chapter of the National Foundation says four infantile paralysis cases in Fayette County are not a cause for alarm. He notes West Virginia totals 24 for the year as of June 24 and urges immediate hospital care for suspected polio.
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Fayette County
MT. Hope
W. Bernard Rocke
National Foundation
West Virginia
Roche
Rites Set Today for Mrs Dodson 74 of Kingston
Final rites for Mallisse Frances Dodson 74 of Kingston will be held Sunday at 2 p.m. at Kingston Community Church with Rev Mont Carr of Kincaid officiating Burial will follow at High-Jlown Memorial Park Oak Hill She died Friday at 11 55 a.m. at the home of her son Joe in Kingston after an illness of one and a half years She was born in Tennessee on November 15 1876 and is survived by a brother Homer Moore of Keeles five sisters Mrs Martha Denny Kingston Mrs Bonnie Deson Nashville Tenn Mrs Ada Dodson Davidson Tenn Mrs Carrie Neal Hotrose Pa and Mrs Willie Barns Tenn four sons W E and Paskel both Webster Springs Ezra and Doe both Kingston a daughter Mrs Thelma Jonnson Charleston and 10 grandchildren
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Register
Kingston
Mallisse Frances Dodson
Kingston Community Church
Mont Carr
Kincaid
High- Jlown Memorial Park
Oak Hill
Dodson
Joe
Tennessee
Homer Moore
Keeles
Martha Denny
Bonnie Deson
Nashville
Tenn
Ada Dodson
Davidson
Carrie Neal
Hotrose
Willie Barns
W. E. and
Paskel
Webster Springs
Fzra and
Doe
Thelma Jonnson
Charleston
Three Fayette Polio Patients Released In Good Condition
Marmet Hill Hospital attendants announced Saturday the discharge of three Fayette County polio patients. The released youngsters were Charles Calvin McGuire Jr., 3 1/2, Jackie Dean Hicks, 13, and Mary Inez Parker, 8 1/2 months, all listed as in very good condition. They will return for a two week follow up.
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Ste and Oak
Hill—Marmet Hospital
Fayette County
Eugene Parker
Layland
McNeil Funeral Services Monday
Mrs. Mattie Jane McNeil 79 of Oak Hill died Saturday at Oak Hill Hospital. Tyree Funeral Home Chapel service Monday at 2 p.m. Burial in High Lawn Memorial Park. Born Wilkes NC February 9 1871 she is survived by a brother a daughter two sons nine grandchildren and 18 great grandchildren. Body remains at funeral home until service. A note on Kaskaskia Illinois history follows.
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Register
Oak Hill
Mattie Jane McNeil
Oak Hill Hospital
Tyree Funeral Home
Gilmer H. Cross
Highlawn Memorial Park
Wilkes
N. C
Monroe Vanney
North Carolina
Ella Dancy
W. T. McNeil
Winston-Salem
C. W. McNeil
Iuneral Home
West Virginia Singers League Meet Set July 30
West Virginia Singers League Inc announces a July 30 worship services and song fest at West Virginia Institute of Technology Montgomery. Morning session features Rev EA Austin Powellton district choirs. afternoon includes Ernest Crockett and James Wade performances with multiple chorus groups, guest speakers, and a mayoral address. Three officers and a large board named.
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West Virginia Singers’ League
Register
Fayetteville
West Virginia Institute of‘Technology
Montgomery
West Virginia Singers’ League, ‘Inc
EA. Austin
Cunard
Patsy Walsden
Jobe Lewis
District 1 Chorus
Powellton
Capital City
Charleston
Patsy Walden
James Lemons
Ernest Crockett
Brooklyn
Dorthea Dues
Deepwater
Queens of Harmony
Jamie Bowles
J. A. Lewis
Eugene Charleston
Bluefield
Mary Fletcher
Henry Moon
Ward
Cleveland Johnson
Holden
John Finney
Sadie Crockett
James Wade
Scarbro
Henry Carter
Handley
John Redman
Memphis Martin
Three Cedar Grove Men Charged in Delinquency Case
Fayetteville the three Cedar Grove men await Fayette County Grand Jury action on charges of contributing to the delinquency of a minor transcripts filed with circuit clerk by Magistrate C Rk Bess of Boomer 2d Beaver Bob Hager and Ben Kelly are charged with taking a 15 year old girl on a tour of beer taverns in Fayette County with the alleged consent of her parents Don Kelly is free on a 500 dollar bond while the other two are jailed in Fayette County County jail
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Register
Fayetteville
Cedar Grove
Fayette County
Grand Jury
C Rk. Bess
Boomer
Beaver
Bob Hager
Ben ‘T Kelly
Don Kelly
Liberty
Two Suit filed for divorce in Payetteville
Two new divorce suits filed in the Circuit Clerk's office list Helen Foster versus John Foster and Mary Elizabeth Garbett versus Edward Gerald Garbett.
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Payetteville
Helen Foster
John Fostter
Mary Elizabeth Garbett
Edward Gerald Garbett
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