New Officers Installed For Legion and Auxiliary
Fayetteville report shows LaFayette American Legion Post installation of new officers led by J J Murphy with 371 members and a target 251 quota. Mrs Vic Fellers installed auxiliary officers while a membership drive introduces a contest among groups. Four Fayette couples received marriage licenses per county clerk records.
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Register
Fayetteville
LaFayette American Legion Post
J. J. Murphy
Looxout
State Department
Walker Long
Hunttington
Vic Fellers
Mutlens
Long
Legion
Charles Hesse
James J. Murphy
Took Out
Thomas £. Myles
Walter Caldwell
Verna Fary
Robert Honaker
Charles L. Garvin
Myron R. Renick
Joseph FE. Nodson
Fayette
Wesler
Fay- Toffe
Mayor &. Johnson, Jr
Oak Hill
Frances Hackney
Page
Wander Cecil Kincaid
Bury Vida Settle
Minscient
Tommy Massey
Ethel Shrewsbury
Mahan
Ralph Levy
Corliss
Nellis Waugh
Rainelte
Flint Found Guilty Of Manslaughter by Fayette Petit Jury
Fayetteville reports the Fayette Circuit Court petit jury found Chester Ellul guilty of voluntary manslaughter after about an hour of deliberation. Flint, charged with killing Herbert Adkins last March, stood trial this week with J G Karsey prominent as foreman. The term also saw Denver Evans acquitted in Melvin Foster’s death and Henry Lesher convicted of second degree murder in Amos Hodge’s death.
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Fayetteville
Fayette Circuit
Chester Ellul
Flint
Herbert Adkins
J. G. Karsey
Alley
Denver Evans
Melvin Foster
Henry Lesher
Amos Hodge
Andrew Smith 70 Dies of Cancer Rites Set Friday
Andrew Metcalf Smith 70 of Svirbro died at home yesterday at 6 p m after a six month illness from cancer. Funeral services are set for 7 a m Friday at Tyree Funeral Home chapel with reverends Hoos and Pharr officiating. Burial in Odd Fellows Cemetery Oak Hill. Smith born in England January 31 1879 was a mine foreman. Survivors include wife Hose Ann Smith three brothers two sisters and several children. Body to remain at the funeral home until service.
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Ay Register
Oak HiLl
Andrew Metcalf Smith
Svirbro
Tyree
African Hoos
Scarbro
W. W. Pharr
Mount Hage
Barial
Beckley
H. A. Hyde
Tittuswilte
T. A. Robinette
Oak Hil
Sarah Smith
Wife Jailed After Husband Shot in Fayette County
Fayette County deputy Sheriff P. L. continues the investigation into the shooting of 48 year old Poste Thomas. His wife Aveleaner Thomas, 32, is jailed in Fayette County on related charges. The incident occurred at 4 15 p m Saturday in House 17 at Wingcove HUW near Scarbro. No details released.
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Ty Reglater
Fayetteville
Fayette County
P. L. &Lmore
Poste Thomas
Aveleaner Thomas
Turday
Elmore
Wingcove
Huw
Neary
Scarbro
Jean Bishop Hosts College Friends Tea at WVU
Jean Bishop honored weekend guests Miss Keota Friend and Miss Vivian Per dine of Clay with a informal tea Saturday afternoon. The three girls are roommates at West Virginia University. Also present were Drema Thornburg, Betty Perry, Norma Jean Jocks, Jean Blake, June Garten, Jean Ann Warden, Carolyn Bishop, Jeanne Moorefield, Jennie Lee Mason, Carol Wood, Kay Zeek, Marylee Bishop and the hostess Jean Bistrop.
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Uy Magister
Oak
Jean Bishop
Keota
Vivian Perdine
Clay
West Virginia University
Joe
Drema Thornburg
Betty Mice Perry
Norma Jean Jocks
Jean Blake
June Garten
Jean- Ann Warden
Carolyn Bishop
Janeseen Jeanne Moorefield
Jennie Lee Mason
Carol Wood
Kay Zeek
Marylee Bishop
Jean Bistrop
Mount Hope Presbyterian Church anniversary draws 250 attendees
Mount Hope Presbyterian Church marked its first anniversary with more than 250 members and guests at a morning service and dinner. The event featured special music by Edgar and Charles Nelson with Mrs. C. J. Evans and a children’s sermon before the adult service led by Pastor’s assistant Russell Burns who discussed church outreach at two outposts in Bradley and Oswald. A long list of local attendees from West Mullens and surrounding towns joined in the celebration.
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Mount Hope
Mount Hope Presbyterian Church
Edgar
Charles Nelson
C. J. Evans
Russell Burns
Burns
Davis and Elkins
Bradley
Oswald
Presbyterian Church
Keenbrier
Mes
H. B. Jones
Willian Jennings
E. W Swibell
W. B. Poling
Women of the Church
D.C. Snyder
J. A. Ridinger
Huntington
Tommy Tomlinson
Norton
G. M. Lally
Charlotte
N. C
Paul Rankin
Pochester
N. Y
James Tully
Washington, D.C
S Tully
Ann
Fayetteville
Harry Dafton
Cedar Grove
Eugene Spraddla
Glen Jean
Charles Frans, Jr
A. c Gwi
Oak Hill
Elizabeth Francesa
Asl
W. C. Price
Scarbro
Carol Meaniel
Dorothy Riggs
Frerch Creek
FL. Amiss
Morton Mir
Mixe Huzoski
W. J. Mads
James McDaniel
Bradies
James Ac
Rowe
James
Rainelle
Roy Larson
Hartford
Oak Hill National Guard Unit to Leave Saturday
Oak Hill forces from Company C 150th Infantry prepare for a 60 man motor convoy to Fort Knox Kentucky. Lt Charles P Miller commands the unit which joins other WV groups for a 13 day postwar encampment and field maneuvers under Army oversight at Morehead and Fort Knox with Lt Col Shirley Donnelly serving as chaplain on the headquarters staff.
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Or Register
Oak
Kentucky
West Virginia
Morehead
Fort Knox
West Virginia National Guard
Shirley Donnelly
Francis F. Fainter
George M. Wertz
Wendell S. Moore
Car Owner Fined In Wyoming Court
Chesterbush Mullens Herndon was fined 25 and costs after appearing in Magstrate court for permitting an unlicensed driver. State police had arrested his 2 year old son at the wheel of the Lusk car. Franklin Chathin admitted operating a motor vehicle without a plate in the same session. A local club noted members attending a birthday party and vehicle plate absence. Alpoca miner Orville Graham was injured by falling slate and admitted to Raleigh General Hospital Beckley with probable back and knee injuries.
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Register
Mullens
West Mullens
Harold Broyles
R. M. Stovall
Broyles
R. L. Tabscott
Mullens Detachment
State Police
Tabscott
West Met
Jens
Wyoming
Reeltter Start
Mullens—Chesterbush
Herndon
Magstrate
W. R. Blaga
Elmore
Franklin Chathin
Wome
Sunmiersville
Berthe Exele
Haga
Allene Gee
Pau Lee Johnson
Bessie Symes
Opal Weatherford
Orville Graham
Hilltop Man Held On Delinquency Charge
OAK HILL Cleo Christian of Hilltop faces a Fayette County grand jury on a charge of contributing to the delinquency of a minor. Magistrate ROC Godsey ordered the case to the grand jury after Christian waived to the action. The article notes a Glen Jean girl is involved.
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Hilltop
Country Register
OAK Hill
Cleo Christian
Fayette Brand
Roc. Godsey
Christian
Grand Jury
Glen Jean
Reduced Fees Set At Scarbro Cannery Opening
Scarbro community cannery to open Wednesday with reduced fees. I. S. Leece notes patrons must bring aprons knives and tiles for canning. Only sound vegetables accepted and quality mirrors final product. Staff includes Mrs. McReynolds of Mauden, John Redman of Fayetteville, Mrs. Harris of Oak Hill.
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Reedster
Oak Hill
Scarbro
Leece
George McReynolds
Mauden
John Redman
Fayetteville
D.C. Harris
Léece
Hope
Rites Set for Walter Shrewsbury at Bud Church
Funeral services for Walter Harrison Shrewsbury 64 of Basin will be held Thursday at 11 a.m. from Bud Methodist Church. Burial follows Billie Wood Cemetery on Osborne Ridge near Covel. Shrewsbury, died Tuesday at his daughter Faye Wood’s home after a bone tumor illness. He was a timberman and farmer survived by his wife Eltie Mills Shrewsbury six sons and one daughter, four brothers, four sisters, and twenty two grandchildren. The body will be taken to his daughter’s home this afternoon.
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Weiler Mullens
Bud Methodist
Walter Harrison Shrewsbury
Basin
Bud
Faye Wood
Lonnie Blankenship
Billie Wood
Osborne Ridge
Covel
Doll
Mercer Coun Iry Hees
Riley
Ollie’ Shrewsbury
Eltie Mills Shrewsbury
Wiley
Wilford
Allpoca
Hobart
Hiwatha
Carney
Claude
Springton
Jack Shrewsbury
Baltimore
John Shrewsbury
Henderson
Dott
Sam
Spanishbury
Opie Shrewsbury
Bluefield
Nancy Huffman
Linda Shrewsbury
Laura Lusk
Garwood
Clowin Wimmer
Robertson and Foglesong
Oceana
Pineville OES Meeting Set For Thursday Evening
The Pineville Chapter 110 Order of the Eastern Star holds its regular meeting Thursday at 7 30 p m in the Masonic Hall. Members are urged to attend.
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OES
Pineville
Pineville Charter 110
Order of the Fastern Star
Masonic Hall
August Meet Planned Wiener Roast for Mullens Garden Club
Mullens Garden Club schedules a wiener roast on August 29 with hosts Mr. and Mrs. R. G. Bennett Jr. The meeting at Mrs. J. B. Baker’s home features guest speaker Mrs. M. Ralsten district chairman of the Appalachian Center of Garden Clubs. Members discuss by-laws, club finances, and grounds beautification at Mullens High School including rose trimming and transplanting.
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Register
Mullens
Mullens Area Personal Notices And Hospital Updates
Mullens area residents receive hospital updates as Clyde Blankenship of Wyoming suffers a fractured left hand at Aen Junction and is treated at Mullens General Hospital. Mrs. John Brail bury of South Mullens remains hospitalized in Beckley for a heart condition. Mrs. Claborne McKinney improves after emergency appendectomy at Mullens Central Hospital. Weekend visitors to Mullens Hill include the Schell family from Washington D C Patsy and Don Farley from Slab Fork and Mrs. W He Craft of Welch. Mrs. Ellis Cruise travels with Dina Cruise visiting Prenter and stays with W W Jennings family. Mrs. A H Cook, formerly Madison General Hospital nurse, joins Mullens General Hospital staff. The Cruises and Circle Drive resident Dina Cruise spend the week in Prenter with family other relatives travel plans noted.
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Muss
Thelma Cook
Multens Hill
Clifford Ratliff
Corinne, Re
Norfolk
Multens General Hospital
Epicopal School of Nursing
Washington, D. C
Mutlens
Madison
New Richmond
Claborne McKinney
Miliens Gentral Hospital
Ralph Mays
Mal Jens Hill
Alr
P. W. William Schell
Jimmy
Washington
D. C
J. D. Farley
Patsy
Don
Slab Fork
W. He Craft
Welch
Ellis Cruise
Dina
Circle Drive
Prenter
W. W. Jennings
Cruise
Mrs Harford Feted At Shower In Pineville
A stork shower honoring Mrs Sam A Harford was hosted by the Women’s Society of Christian Service at the First Methodist Church Pineville in a candlelit reception. Guests and members listed include Mrs J W Martin Mrs Vaughan Stewart Mrs James E Stone and others with refreshments served buffet style.
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Register
Pineville
Sam A A. Harford
Woman's Society of Christian Service
First Methodist Church
J. W. Martin
Vaughan Stewart
James E Stone
C. W Shufflebarger
Robert M. Worrell
Jane Gwinn
Fred £. Snyder
J. L. Peon
Mary K. Bowman
J. 3. Thomas
R. F. Rader
H. St. Griffith
C. R. Bourland
Harold Pryor
Jane Cooke
H. E. Crews
Jack Shipman
Pete Morgan
R. Beavers
Dell Cooke
Chols
Ida Woodard
C. Bailey, Jr
K. G. Khoroztan
A. B. Robertson
Grace Schaeppi
W. J. Billig
C. A. George
D. la Wells
John S. Lambert
T. G. Morgan
FE. W. Worrell
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