Lochgelly Miner Killed by Train Rites Thursday
OAK HILL RNS Funeral services for Giacomo Gennarine 73 Lochgelly will be held Thursday at 2 p.m. The Rev Father F Klug Scarbro will conduct rites in the Thomas Funeral Home chapel. Burial at High Lawn Memorial Park. He was killed Monday at 11:30 a.m. when struck by Virginian freight train No 464 backing up to pick up coal cars at Lochgelly. Neighbors said he had talked of death by his own action and was in poor health. Survivors include two sisters Kathryn a nun and Anna Peccinetti both of Italy and cousin Tony Adamini Crab Orchard.
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Oak Hill
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Giacomo Gennarine
Lochgelly
F. Klug
Scarbro
Thomas
High Lawn Memorial Park
Gennarine
Lochgelly Crossing
Italy
C. E. Crouch
John Kania
Summerlee
Crouch
Kathryn
Anna Peccinetti
Tony Adamini
Crab Orchard
Thomas Funeral Home
Methodists File Annual Report
The First Methodist Church in Fayetteville publishes its annual report listing officers across Trustees Stewards and Communion Stewards plus Commission Chairmen for Christian education membership evangelism mission and finance. The Women's Society head and church leaders are named. Total budget totals 9375 with allocations for ministerial 5140 connectional 1318 and local expense 2887.
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Fayetteville
ANS
First Methodist Church
J. H. Allen
E. R. Burgess
E. B. Eskew
Charles L. Garvin Jr
F. G. Janutolo
Frank Love J. Duval Shultz
Carl B. Vickers
Myron Renick
Claude F. Bess
Alfred Bibb
J. C. Blume
Howard W. Carson
Beth Coleman
Sam Crawford
G. H. Jeffries
Dan H. Perdue
E. M. Norford
Adam Ritz
Haven Shuck
Kenneth Tygrett
J. Wilson
Elsie Wright
C. H. Maxwell
Ben Sharpe
Kathleen Crawford
Norman Poff
Christian Education
James W Ayers
Women's Society of Christian Service
Thelma Light
James W. Ayers
W. S. White
John L. Holli
Father Krzysiek Birthday Party Held at St John’s
The Rev. Father E. B. Krzysiek was honored on his birthday with a Sunday afternoon lawn party at the rectory of St. John’s Catholic Church altar society. Refreshments included sandwiches cake and punch and attendees listed include Mrs. Cassinelli Mrs. Noce Mrs. Clagett and many others from Mullens and nearby towns.
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Ann
Mary Humphrey
George Price
Mary Catherine Robinson
L. J. Kaman
Ivan Wilcox
James Arrington
Roy Lee
Andrew D'Antoni
June Dunlap
Carl Clifford
Merlin Campbell
Kaymoor Miner Hurt In Kaymoor Mine Accident
Sylvester Mathews aged 24 was injured at work Monday afternoon at the Kaymoor mine. He was caught between a mine car and timber, sustaining cuts to the head. No other workers were reported hurt at the New River Pocahontas Consolidated Coal mine location.
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Oak Hill
RNS
Sylvester Mathews
Garten
Kaymoor
New River
Pocahontas Consolidated Coal
Acorn Junior Gardeners To Meet Next Monday
Acton Junior Garden Club meeting sponsored by Oak Hill Garden Club will be at Mrs. J. B. Thompson home Monday at 2 p.m. Oak Hill committee in charge includes Mrs. Thompson Mrs. Tracy Moses and Mrs. Hobart Watson.
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Acorn
Oak Hill
ANS
Acton Junior Garden Club
Oak Hill Garden Club
J. B. Thompson
Oak Hill Garden Club Committee
Thompson
Tracy Moses
Hobart Watson
J M Sims 79 dies after long life of farming
Joseph Marian Sims 79 of Springdale died Sunday night. Funeral at 2 p.m. Wednesday at Springdale Baptist Church with Reverends Quesenberry and Kincaid officiating. Burial in Lowry Cemetery. Survivors include wife Daisy Lowry Sims two sons Berley L and Joseph Ray two daughters Georgia Hilda Sanford and others.
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Joseph Marian Sims
Springdale Baptist Church
Hobart Quesenberry
Harold Kincaid
Lowry Cemetery
Charles A
Nancy Osborne Sims
Daisy Lowry Sims
John A
Rainelle
Hettie Tincher Rainelle
Leona Sanford
Meadow Bridge
Berley L
Joseph Ray
Georgia Hilda Sanford
Lady Luck Deserts Hickok Family in Florida Trip
Ralph M. Hickok and wife and children Patricia Lucy Jane and Matt of Mullens now in Wharton returned from a Florida vacation hoping luck would change. Lucy Jane 7 fractured arms from a slide and later injured forehead while Patricia 10 broke an arm at Camp Lightfoot. A Jeep collision near Whitesville damaged the car on July 4. Lucy Jane spent five days in a Deland hospital. The family visited Mrs. Hickok's parents M H Lusk in Mullens before resuming home.
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Mullens
Ralph M. Hickok
Patricia
Lucy Jane
Matt
Wharton
Deland
Fla
Wharton Playground
Camp Lightfoot
Hinton
Hickoks
Whitesville
Safety Council Meeting Move in Oak Hill
Fayette Council Holmes Safety Association announces a Wednesday night meeting relocation to City Hall Oak Hill at 7 30 p m from Oak Hill Elementary School Frank J Callagher an electrical engineer with the United States Bureau of Mines Mount Hope will address members
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Oak Hill
Fayette Council
Holmes Safety Association
City Hall
Frank J. Callagher
United States Bureau of Mines
Mount Hope
Jane Ann Britton Taken by Death
Jane Ann Britton 20 died Sunday morning in Columbus Ohio. Funeral at 2 p.m. Wednesday at the Britton home Fayetteville area. She was a Concord College junior who had heart surgery in June and had been bedbound since. Survived by parents Mr and Mrs W L Britton two brothers William L Jr and Matthew.
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Fayetteville
RNS
Jane Ann Britton
Columbus
Ohio
W. L. Britton
Brittons
Concord College
Britton
Her
Brothers
William L. Jr
Matthew
Coal Operator's Rites Wednesday
SUMMERSVILLE RNS Funeral services will be held Wednesday at 2 p.m. for Roy Wellington Burdette, 67, Lyonsville coal operator, who died at 7:10 a.m. Monday in a Montgomery hospital from gunshot wounds sustained Sunday evening. The Rev. Sam Moore and the Rev. Carl Burroughs will conduct rites at Otter Creek Church, Lyonsville. Graveside services will follow at Montgomery Memorial Park London by Gauley Bridge Masonic Lodge. John Rousey, Burdette's employee and neighbor, is jailed in Summersville on a murder charge with no bond. Survived by wife Betty, son Fred, two daughters Elva Dunbar and Dora Starcher, one brother Clarence, and four grandchildren.
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Summersville
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Roy Wellington Burdette
Lyonsville
Montgomery
Sam Moore
Carl Burroughs
Otter Creek
Montgomery Memorial Park
London
Gauley Bridge
John Rousey
Burdette
Nicholas County
Charles and
Jane Gandee Burdette
Gandeeville
Otter Creek Coal Co
Francis Eagle Coal Co
Leevale
Masonic Lodge
Betty Burdette
Fred
Swiss
Elva Dunbar
Blakely
Dora Starcher
Clarence
Forestry Expert Addresses Club in Mullen Laurel Garden Talk
Darrell Dunn, WVU forestry graduate and Princeton resident, spoke to the Laurel Garden Club at First Methodist Church on Americans on Guard. He presented an illustrated conservation study and discussed forest fire prevention after noting 730 acres burned in 1952 and 700,000 acres burned in the prior decade in West Virginia.
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West Virginia
B. W. Steele
George Fordham
C. R. Thrasher
Harley Christian
Wyco
Thrasher
A. T. Robertson
J. W. Arthur
L. T. Lail
Pineville Personal Notices Show Local Visitors and Travel
Pineville residents report visits and travels with relatives in Ohio and Virginia. Local residents including the Privett and Cooke families, plus the Stump and Pais households, note surgeries, recoveries, and upcoming events in Huntington and Arlington.
Woman Injured Canning Beans
MULLENS RNS A jar of green beans exploded while Mrs Homer Eller a Covel housewife canned beans injuring her forehead. X ray for Mrs Evna Whitt after a washing machine rolled on her foot. Hershel Shrewsbury 17 of Bend treated for poison ivy. Clarence Tanks 9 Harmco hospitalized after both bones broken in left forearm in a fall. Mrs Sam Rhodes 76 Allen Junction brain concussion from stool fall admitted Saturday.
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Clarence Tanks
Harmco
Sam _ Rhodes
Allen Junction
Sharyn Virginia Worrell Birthday Honored in Pineville
Sharyn Virginia Worrell was honored on her 11th birthday with a Saturday afternoon gathering at her mother Mrs. C. S. Worrell home in Pineville. Guests included Pamela Goode Garnett Jo Morgan Myra Sue Shufflebarger Mar gie Dixon Dilmeda Daniels Bobby Bailey and Kathy Lou Worrell and Welch visitors joined the Swimm family for swimming and refreshments.
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Pineville
BNS
C. S. Worrell
Sharyn Virginia
Pamela Goode
Garnett Jo Morgan
Myra Sue Shufflebarger
Margie Dixon
Dilmeda Daniels
Bobby Bailey
Kathy Lou Worrell
Mullens Man Faces Manslaughter Count
Mullens mechanic Fred Shutt Jr. 26 is charged with manslaughter in the July 1 collision that killed Arthur Leon Woods 26 of Coalwood. Woods died July 3 after the crash on State Route 16 near the Wyoming McDowell County line. Woods, a father of a 5 year old, worked at a Welch garage. two female passengers remain hospitalized. Magistrate ordered held for grand jury action. bond set by Judge Robert Worrell. Shutt pled not guilty.
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Mullens
RNS
Fred Shutt Jr
McDowell County
Bill Houck
Shutt
Wyoming County
Robert Worrell
Arthur Leon Woods
Coalwood
Welch Hospital
Wyoming-Mc-Dowell
Woods
Welch
Mrs. Jenny Lester Dies at 86 in Mullens
Mrs. Jenny Lester 86 of Mill Branch near Bud died at 10 a.m. at Wyoming General Hospital where she had been a patient since July 14. Cause was cerebral hemorrhage and heart disease with old age. Survived by husband William Floyd Lester. Body at Robertson and Foglesong Funeral Home. Arrangements incomplete.
Mrs Mat tie Moran Returns Home After Cerebral Hemorrhage
Mrs Mat tie Moran of Hern don Heights with sister Mrs Ethel Lusk returned Sunday from Giles Memorial Hospital Pearlsburg Virginia where she had been a patient three weeks after suffering a cerebral hemorrhage Her condition is reported much improved
Oak Hill Democrat Women Plan Picnic at Woods Ave Home
The Oak Hill Democrat Women's Club will hold a picnic at 5 30 p m Thursday at the Woods Avenue residence of Mrs J S Keatley.
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Oak Hill
RNS
Cover Miner Harman Killed in Truck Crash Rites Today
Funeral services are set for 4 p.m. today for Haskue Harman 32 of Beeson Chapel who died Sunday night when his truck went through a fence and overturned near Beeson Chapel. Harman a miner with American Coal Co Deerfield Wyoming County WWI veteran and husband father of four sons and two daughters. He was Mercer County's eighth highway fatality in 1954.
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Princeton
RNS
Haskue Harman
Beeson
Beeson Chapel
Leslie Duncan
Harman
Mercer County
Memorial Hospital
Jim Baisden
American Coal Co
Deerfield
Covel
Wyoming County
Hattie Akers Harman
Beckley
Willie M. Harman
William
Dewey
David
Jerry
Shirley
Brenda
Eskue Harman
Doan’s Pills Advertised For Kidney Comfort
When kidney function slows, backache headaches and fatigue occur. Stress, overexertion, exposure to cold worsen it. Doan’s Pills, a mild diuretic, claim relief by flushing wastes from kidney tubes and filters. Used by millions for over 60 years.
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Dean
Doan
Doan’s
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