Walker Successor Still to Be Named By Fayette Demos
MOUNT HOPE The Fayette County Democratic Committee canceled the Friday meeting as several members could not attend. Chairman Okey L. Patteson said notices were sent noting the session was unnecessary since the legislature meets in January 1956. A successor for Mrs Nell Walker, Fayette County member of the House of Delegates named to a state banking post, will be chosen at a later, more convenient date.
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Mount Hope
Fayette County
Democratic Committee
Okey L. Patteson
Patteson
Nell Walker
House of Delegates
Five arrests in Fayetteville area over the weekend
Fayetteville area saw five arrests over the weekend. Gene Barrette 40 of Fayetteville was charged with grand larceny after A L Sawyers obtained a warrant alleging a $100 watch theft. Barrette allegedly had the watch when police searched his property.
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Fayetteville
ANS
Gene Barrette
A. L. Sawyers
Barrette
Tunney Hunsaker
R. C. Godsey
Oak Hill
Austin E. Hughes
Hunsaker
Court St
Fred Shoemaker
M. G. Hiesan
Estrel. Travis
Summerlee
Douglas Epperly
Ted Anderson
William Donald Mann
Marie
Buddie Crouch
Pearlie Elmore
Virgil Lyons
William Pollard Jr
Sun
Anderson
Crouch
Elmore
Infant's Graveside Rites Held for Crews Jr.
Graveside rites were held at Hill Top Cemetery for Fran cis Willard Crews Jr. infant son of Francis Willard and June Bragg Crews of Whipple. The infant died at Oak Hill Hospital at 5 15 a.m. Saturday. Tyree Funeral Home of Oak Hill arranged the services with Rev. Freddie Steele of Mount Hope officiating.
Hayes Funeral Rites Wednesday
William Hayes 78 of Oak Hill died at his Martin Ave residence at 11 a.m. Sunday after three years of illness. A retired coal miner born in Pendleton England on Sept 26 1877 he resided in Oak Hill since 1913 and was a member of the Episcopal Church and UMWA Local 5949 Minden. Surviving his wife Isa bella Hayes two sisters Maggie Annett Pendleton England and Mary Alice Chadwick Manchester England Funeral services are set for 2 p.m. Wednesday at Thomas Funeral Home Chapel Oak Hill with Rev O Worth Mays Beckley officiating. Burial will follow at High Lawn Memorial Park Oak Hill. The body will be taken to the residence at 4 p.m. Tuesday and returned to the chapel one hour prior to the service.
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Oak Hill
Pendleton
England
Episcopal Church
UMWA
Minden
Isabella Hayes
Maggie Annett
Mary Alice Chadwick
Manchester
Thomas Funeral Home
O. Worth Mays
Beckley
High Lawn Memorial Park
Thomas Funeral Home Chapel
Beckleyan Talks At Oak Hill Meet
Ray Light of the Beckley Lions Club spoke to the Oak Hill Lions Club on strengthening ties with South American nations for access to raw materials. Gene Cavendish introduced the speaker. Clarence Herndon, treasurer, presented a financial report which was approved.
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OAK Hill
ANS
Ray Light
Beckley Lions Club
Oak Hill Lions Club
Gene Cavendish
Light
South America
United States
Clarence Herndon
38 Patients Enter Hospital
Wyoming General Hospital admitted thirty eight patients in a weekly report ending Saturday. Names listed include Lela McMillion Judith Chaney Rose Sharon Felts and others across Pineville Iroquois Ravencliff Mullens Otsego Corinne Maben Becket Beckley and Tralee, with multiple households and towns represented.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lene Acord
Ravencliff
Winston Houck
Mullens
Joe Sizemore
McGraws
Erice Osborne
Oceana
Hazel Clark
Tralee
Alice Whitt
Herndon Heights
Mildred Trent
Grant O'Neal
Otsego
Dorothy Ellison
Beatrice Collins
Tams
Joseph Adkins
Sabine
Rena Hayworth
Basin
Doris Hughes
Allen Junction
Orpha McKinney
Pine Knob
Betty Legg
Pineville
Ruth Halsey
New Richmond
Verna McGraw
Sandra Stevenson
Beckley
William Neece
Alpeca
Marshia Lewis
Odd
Donna Grose
Ury
Monroe Clark
Killarney
Bessie Sinecoff
Miss Mary Frances Nolley Weds Leonard E Taylor
Miss Mary Frances Nolley daughter of Mr and Mrs George Nolley Mullens wed Leonard Edward Taylor son of Mr and Mrs Gordon Taylor Princeton at First Methodist Church Mullens The double ring ceremony was at 2 pm with Rev R J Chenoweth and organ music by Ruth Kirby The couple will teach in White Sulphur Springs after summer school and plan to reside there following a reception at the bride’s home
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Ruth Kirby
Mullens An
Pearisburg
Marian Elizabeth Nolley
David Taylor
Princeton
R. W. Kirby
Pearlsburg
Wilma Waldron
Jack Wells
Princton
Taylor
Concord College
West Virginia University
Athens
White Sulphur Springs
Herndon and Mullens High School
Demonstration Garden Tour Tuesday At Lee's Tree
A Fayette County garden will be shown Tuesday at 6 p.m. at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Joe McClung on U.S. Route 60 Lee's Tree. The event features newer vegetable varieties planting methods and garden practices with demonstrations by Claude Kemper and Dr Frank Bishop from the Extension Service. Mrs McClung hosts and Fayette County club members are urged to attend the public meeting led by J H Miller county agent as part of the County Extension Home Production Program.
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Fayetteville
RNS
Fayette County
Joe McClung
Lee
U.S. Route 60
Avemipcl
Claude Kemper
Frank Bishop
County Extension
OES Officials Visit Fayetteville Assembly
Miss Mary Ann Bonar of Wheeling, grand worthy advisor of the Order of Eastern Star, visited the Fayetteville Assembly of the Rainbow for Girls. She received grand honors and a white rosebud corsage, as did Miss Eleanor Godsey, the Grand Choir Director, who was also honored. Six new members were initiated, and the theme for the year was Faith with a project to buy four wheelchairs.
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Fayetteville
RNS
Australia
Elizabeth Darnall
Anna Lee Davis
Darnall
Linda Carson
Rosemary Platt
Mary Ella Laird
Alice Blake
Betty Jeryl Edde
Boydie Casto
Joel King
E. M. Darnall
Tommie Platt
Thelma Zorio
C. R. Bright
James of
Frame
Jean Annatt
Birth Announcement from Pineville Parents Manning
Mr. and Mrs. Dolan Manning of Pineville announce the birth of a son, Dora Ronald, weighing eight pounds one ounce, born Monday afternoon at Wilkinson Clinic in Pineville.
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Pineville
Dolan Manning
Dora Ronald
Wilkinson’ Clinic
Survey endorses deer restocking in Fayette County
A State Conservation Commission team led by C. O. Handley Pete Samsell and Bob Ketzley urged restocking at least 40 deer in two Fayette County areas near Babcock State Park and Garden Ground. The Fayette County Sportsmen's Association voted to adopt the plan and private clubs pledged help. a five year county closed season may be needed.
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Fayetteville
RNS
Fayette County
State Conservation Committee Commission
C. O. Handley
Pete Samsell
Bob Ketzley
Babcock State Park
Garden Ground
Samsell
J. L. Mathews
Association
Conservation Commission
Commission
Fayette Club
Gatewood
EMCO
Mt. Hope
Fayette
Sportsmen's Association
Handley
Ketzley
Monroe Men Hurt in Wreck
Two Monroe County men were treated at Wyoming General Hospital after their car overturned spilling gasoline on their clothing. C. A. Blankenship, 57, of Red Sulphur Springs, and Mundy Grimmett, 67, of Alderson, were not seriously injured as the gasoline saturated their waists but did not ignite.
Fayetteville Methodist circles meet in August picnic plans
Fayetteville WSC S circles met Tuesday in two homes. Circle 1, led by Kathleen Crawford, featured a devotional by Crawford and program by E. M. Norford with many members attending. Circle 2, chaired by J W Ayers, heard a devotional by Fletcher Arritt and program by Harold Sullivan. Plans were made for a August picnic at Thelma Blume’s home.
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Fayetteville
RNS
E. B. Eskew
Joe Stone
Alfred Bibb
E. E. Goodman
Elsie Wright
J. D. Shultz
Ethel Grose
C. E. Mahan
Ben R. Sharpe
Circle 2
J. G. Page
C. E. Chapman
Fletcher Arritt
Harold Sullivan
J. W. Ayers
J.C. Blume
E. N. Poff
C. H. Dodd
Kenneth Tygrett
John Witt
C. R. Bright
Felix Benix
James Boyd
Maurice Reynolds
Joe McQueen
J. H. Allen
Mary Ellen Allen
F. N. Bacon
Thelma Light
M. Wolffe
Jennie Lee Boyd
Thelma Blume
Hancock to Serve As Temporary Editor
The Rev. John Hancock of Montgomery has temporarily replaced George Armstrong as editor of the Fayette Tribune. Armstrong resigned July 15 to join Electro Metallurgical Co. Alloy as co editor of EMCO News, a magazine for employees. An announcement on Armstrong’s successor is expected within two weeks.
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Oak Hill
RNS
John Hancock
Montgomery
Beckley Post Herald
Charleston Daily Mail
George Armstrong
Fayette Tribune
Armstrong
Electro - Metallurgical Co
Alloy
Emco News
Guilty Plea Entered in Slaying Case
In Fayette County Circuit Court, David Ferrell Whipple pleaded guilty to voluntary manslaughter for the February shooting death of James Hensley Lewis in the Sportsman's Club at Carlisle. He seeks probation with a $2,500 bond continued and will report for parole and probation at the September term.
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Fayetteville
RNS
David Ferrell
Whipple
Fayette County
Ferrell
James Hensley Lewis
Carlisle
Lewis
Sportsman's Club
Gilbert Allen Smith
Kenneth LeRoy Taylor
Gerald Stanley Wheeler
Elbert Kelly
Grover Lykens
Ed Bays
Lonnie Carter
Kenneth Adkins
Howard Payne
Joseph Man
Forrest Drennen Jr
Charles Woodie
Arliss W. Amick
Dennis Q. Wilson
Arnold Dooley
Robert Jackson Miller
Margie Gilliam
Harold Larsen
Raleigh Junk Com
Clayton Johnson
William Coleman
Artis White
Donald Arthur
David Austin
Robert Lee Hurley
Telford Simpson
Clayton Harrah
Jake B. Ewing
Ruth Lilly Burwell Funeral Services Planned
Funeral services for Ruth Lilly Burwell 61 will be held at 2 p.m. Tuesday at Ronald Meadows Chapel with Elders Arvel Neely and Owen Harvey officiating. Burial in Lilly Cemetery near Nimitz. Born in Summers County she lived in Huntington 32 years and is survived by a son George Burwell a sister Mae Fitzpatrick a brother Paul C. Lilly and several half siblings.
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Huntington
Twentieth Street Baptist Church
George Burwell
Paul C. Lilly
Cave Ridge
Mae Fitzpatrick
Dale Gladwell
Charleston
Royal Lilly
Wilmington
Del
Virginia Sizemore
Princeton
Ruby Griffith
Spanishburg
Velma Oliver
Child Struck by Auto Suffered Head Injuries
Wally Joe Bowles four year old son of Mr and Mrs Walter M Bowles Jr of 126 Main St Oak Hill was reported in fair condition at Oak Hill Hospital after running into a car on Main Street about 9 pm Saturday. The car was driven by a man named Mays of Coal River. He was not charged. The child was moved to Charleston hospital for specialist care.
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Oak Hill
ANS
Charleston
Wally Joe Bowles
Walter M. Bowles Jr
Main St
Main Street
Mays
Coal River
Creek Development and Flood Control Meeting Highlights
Paint Creek Development Association met at Pax High School to discuss flood control and creek development. Participants included U.S. Rep Cleve Bailey and representatives from United Mine Workers of America, Small Business Administration, and local development groups. Bailey stated a solution is “as good as done” and will contact Army Engineers for the project.
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PAX
ANS
Paint Creek Development Association
Pax High School
U.S
Cleveland M. Bailey
Robert Forren
United Mine Workers of America
Joe Burdett
Board of Control
Delbert Williams
Small Business Administration
Clarksburg
Bailey
Paint Creek
Army
Williams
Forren
Burdett
George Vickers
Upper
Brooks Infant Dies in Rand Family Notice
The infant daughter of Mr and Mrs Gene Brooks Rand died at 730 am today at the home of the maternal aunt Mrs Vinie Robbins n The Collins Funeral Home Glen Jean is in charge of graveside rites at 4 pm today at Sun Cemetery Survivors include two brothers at home the paternal grandmother Mrs Mattie Brooks Rand and the maternal grandparents Mr and Mrs Eugene Robbins Sun
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RAND
RNS
Gene Brooks
Vinie Robbins
Collins
Glen Jean
The
Sun
Mattie Brooks
Eugene Robbins
Son Born to Mr and Mrs Marvin Necessary
Mrs Marvin Necessary of River Drive Addition Pineville announces the birth of a son named Jeffrey Neal weighing seven pounds four ounces at Wilkinson Clinic Pineville on July 12.
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Pineville
Rns
Marvin Necessary
River Drive
Jeffrey Neal
Wilkinson
Funeral planned for Teddy Redden after Virginia crash
Funeral services are set for Dallas Lee Teddy Redden at Corinne Baptist Church in Mullens on Tuesday at 1 p.m. Burial follows at Table Rock Cemetery. Redden, a passenger in a Crab Orchard native Charles Clyde Wilcox Jr. vehicle, died after a crash near Berryville Virginia. Wilcox, decapitated in the collision, worked at a General Motors plant in Delaware and was en route to visit family in Michigan. Redden, born April 13 1932, was a Pineville High and Wyoming County Trade School graduate and a former U S Air Force corporal. He is survived by his parents, two brothers and two sisters. The body rests at Robertson and Fogleson Funeral Home. Wilcox’s family plans final arrangements in Mullens today.
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Stephenson
General Motors
Delaware
Berryville
Wilcox
Detroit
Miah
C. C. Wilcox
Cedar Road
Crab Orchard
Redden
Winchester Memorial Hospital
Terry
Everette
Katherin Redden
Pineville High School
Wyoming County
United States Air Force
Korea
Itmann
Pocahontas Fuel Co
Harold
West Virginia University
Jimmy
Jack Lesler
Las Cruces
N. M
Logan Mays Jr
Wilmington
Del
Robertson and Fogleson
Mullens Mortuary
Civitan Committees Appointed for Year in Oak Hill
Oak Hill Civitan Club names committee chairmen and members under President John W. Perry Jr. Roles include Membership Leon Ford chair with Kyle Ellison James Russ Charles Duncan Joe Gallaher. Projects R B Crislip chair Bill McKnight Kyle Ellison Rev Donald Duncan Ferris Aide. Budget and Finance Joe Gallaher chair Ferris Aide Investigating Committee led by Rev Donald Duncan Frank Shumate Bill McKnight. Publicity Vince Sundstrom chair Bill McKnight Charles Duncan James Elkins. Program and Entertainment Leon Ford chair with rotating monthly appointees. Ellison to represent at Chamber of Commerce landscaping meeting. Betty Baker to present July 22 after Girls State sponsorship.
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OAK Hill
ANS
John W. Perry Jr
Oak Hill Civitan Club
Leon Ford
Kyle Ellison
James Russ
Charles Duncan
Joe Gallaher
R. B. Crislip
Bill McKnight
Donald Duncan
Ferris
James Elkins
Ferris Aide
Frank Shumate
Vince Sundstrom
Chamber of Commerce
Collins High School
Pineville Personal Recap of Visits and Travel
Pineville residents report visits and weekend trips as families and friends travel. Mrs. Charles Roberts and children Tina and Billy Dean vacation in Virginia after hosting relatives, while others host relatives from Charleston Logan Mullens and Bluefield area. Several Pineville residents spend weekends with kin, and trips extend to Tampa and Oceana with family groups joining en route.
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Pineville
Rns
Charles Roberts
Tina
Billy Dean
Grantsville
Rue Schoolcraft
Lois
Doris
Bailey-Murphy
Virginia
Joan Wahl
Ravencliff
C. V. Shannon
R. L. Cook
Harry W. Cooke
Ann Barlow
Charleston
Dell Cooke
James Smith of
Logan
Marylizabeth Robertson
Arvid Robertson
Mullens
A. B. Robertson
Joseph Kidd
Margaret Averill
Bluefield
Millard Dancy
Fred Little
Hemphill
Mr. Little
Tampa
Dennis C. Morgan
Earl Smith
Oceana
Baptist Circle Dines. Mission Study At Fayetteville
Lolita Circle members of the Baptist Church in Fayetteville held a covered dish dinner Tuesday night. Mrs. Dennis Dempsey presented a program on Missionscope and Mrs. Trevy Martin led the Bible study on II Chronicles. Attendees included L. E. Bullion and many named members plus new member Kathleen Sprouse.
Mrs. Ada Belle Canterbury Dies After Illness
Whitesville reports the death of Ada Belle Canterbury 68 of Rock Creek after a long illness in a Charleston hospital. Survivors include five daughters Mrs Clifford Richmond Mont real Mrs Eustace Clay Arnett Mrs Andrew Castle Rock Creek Mrs Homer Holston Seth and Mrs Newton Taylor Cleveland Ohio five sons yacy Roscoe Don Pine Knob Orville and Mevie Dry Creek one brother Thomas Scarbro Rock Creek and a sister Mrs Minnie Canterbury Rock Creek 28 grandchildren and five great grandchildren. Body at Armstrong Funeral Home Whitesville.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Whitesville
RNS
Ada Belle Canterbury
Rock Creek
Charleston
Clifford Richmond
Montreal
Eustace Clay
Arnett
Andrew Castle
Homer Holston
Seth
Newton Taylor
Cleveland
Ohio
Yacy
Roscoe
Don
Pine Knob
Orville
Mevie
Dry Creek
Thomas Scarbro
Minnie Canterbury
Armstrong Funeral Home
Legion Schedules Election Aug 1 at LaFayette Post 149
LaFayette Post 149 American Legion in Fayetteville will elect new officers at the August 1 meeting. A nominating committee led by W. R. Hesse will report Monday night and may draw further floor nominations at the July 18 meeting. The board authorized air conditioning for clubrooms.
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Fayetteville
RNS
LaFayette
American Legion
W. R. Hesse
Roy D. Cruikshanks
F. J. Morris
J. Zane Summerfield
Wade H. Mahood
Luther J. Young
Claude Bess
J. C. Blume
E. M. Darnall
Walter Caldwell
Harry Marshall
Chuck Balding
Legion
John Witt Jr
James J. Murphy
Robert W. Spath
W. H. Haynes
D. W. Stotts
Leslie O. Withrow
Wade H. Ma
Miners injured in separate West Virginia mine accidents
At the Black Eagle mine in Mullens Fred Waycaster, 44, was treated at Wyoming General Hospital after a slate fell on his right hand injuring his little finger. In Itmann Howard Courington, 48, was treated after dropping a drill on his left foot fracturing a bone.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mullens
Fred Waycaster
Wyoming General Hospital
Slate
Black Eagle
Howard Courington
Itmann
Baltimore Livestock Market Prices Report
USDA cattle and hog prices at Baltimore market show varied lots with steer and heifer grades, calves and sheep values. Notable figures include 1135 lb steer at 25.00, 910-1148 lb steers 23.50-24.00, 450 lb calves 19.00-22.00, hogs 180-220 lb 18.50-18.75, and lambs around 21.00-22.00 for 85-207 lb.
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Baltimore
USDA
U. S
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Walker
Fayette Demos
Hayes
William Hayes
Martin Ave
Sanitone
Ust
Cash & Carry
Richmond Cleaners — Laundry
Beckleyan
Mrs. Leonard Edward Taylor
Mary Frances Nolly
Leonard E. Taylor
Earl Hall
Russellville
OES
Fayetteville Assembly
Monroe
WSCS
Burwell Funeral
Brooks
Dallas Lee Redden
Civitan
Baptist Circle Meets
Mrs. Canterbury
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