Fisherman Drowns in New River at Harvey
Harvey Franklin Hamilton, a New River truck driver for New River Co., fell from a rock while fishing with his brother and friend and drowned at Harvey. Firemen recovered his body about two hours later. survivors include his parents Bernard and Ruby Hamilton. The body rests at Collins Funeral Home, Glen Jean.
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Harvey
Franklin Hamilton
Oak Hill Hospital
Aten
Robert
Dants
Ar Hamilton
Rock
Deep River Co
Beckley
Thurmond
Bernard
Ruby Ham
Ilton
Collins
Glen Jean
Mrs Jewel Dies Rites Incomplete In Whipple Obituary
Funeral plans are incomplete for Mrs Lucy B Jewell 73 who died Monday night at her daughter’s Roanoke home after an extended illness Born May 27 1879 in Montgomery Co Va she married Sylvester J Jewell Oct 18 1898 He preceded her in death Surviving daughters and sons include E R Jewell J Dennis Jewell Landon K Jewell Fort Dix N J Mrs Marvin F Burdette Big Stone Gap Va and brother Rev W J Moses of Roanoke with other relatives in Roanoke and surrounding area
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Princeton
Lucy B. Jewell
R. C. Evans
Hale Ave
Montgomery County
Archie
Nancy Ann Moses
Sylvester J. Jewell
Jewell
Kade Springs Baptist Church
Roanoke
E. R
J. Dennis Jewell
Landon K. Jewell
Fort Dix
N. J
Marvin F. Burdette
Big Stone Gap
W. J. Moses
Mrs Lilly Dies Rites Set Friday
Mrs Minnie Ellen Lilly 57 died at 3 45 am today at her Princewick home Born in Raleigh County daughter of George and Miman Bowling Surviving husband Levi six sons Lundy of Princewick Callie Willard Clyde and Sterling all of Rhodell Charles of Josephine and daughter Mrs Sadie Tyree of Rhodell Funeral services will be conducted Friday
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Mullens
Minnie Ellen Lilly
Princewick
Raleigh County
George
Miman “Bowling
Levi
Lundy
Callie
Daughter and son births announced in Bailaysville and Glover
Mr and Mrs William Stone of Bailaysville announce the birth of a 7 pound 4 ounce daughter on Thursday July Maynors have son. Mr and Mrs Wil Gner of Glover Wyoming announce the birth of an 8 pound 9 ounce son on Friday July 18.
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Bailelsville
William Stone
Bailaysville
Maynors
Glover
Wilgner
Glover Wyomingly
Whipple Mine Hosts Accident Prevention Course Graduation
About 29 miners and foremen at the Whipple mine of the New River Co completed a 40 hour accident prevention course led by Lloyd G. Fitzgerald of the U S Bureau of Mines Mt Hope Branch. Participants included many foremen trackmen and leaders with a few partially trained attendees noted.
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Whipple
New River Co
Lloyd G. Fitzgerald
Mt. Hope
U. S. Bureau of Mines
John W. Adkins
Nelyn Arrington
James V. Aurentz
Elick ‘N
Isaac McClung
John M. Midrowskiy
Ralph Q. Nichols
Richard P. Nicholls
Jacques R. Price
James F. Pringle
Stanley C. Renick
William J. Rice
Edgar R. Smith
James C. Staton
Austie L. Burgess
Raymond H. Elmore
Fredrick
H. McCormick
Weldon Pound
Alicie Infant Dies Final Rites Thursday
Oak Hill funeral services will be held at 3 30 p m Thursday for Forrest Earl Alicie five months who died Tuesday at Oak Hill Hospital The burial will be in Odd Fellows Cemetery Oak Hill The child born February 13 1952 in Minden is survived by one sister Donnar Gay one brother Marvin Q Alicie Jr maternal grandparents Forrest Wright Minden and Patsy Alicie Cedar Bluffs VA paternal grandparents Patsy Alicie Cedar Bluffs VA Body to be moved to the residence at 5 p m today from Tyree Funeral Home Oak Hill
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Donnar Gay
Bible Class Meets In Handley Residence
Fayetteville church activity notes a Win One Bible Class gathering at Mrs. L. Z. Murdhew home with 14 members present. Meeting opened with prayer, program led by Mrs. Kidd, refreshments served, and members’ cards prepared for mailing to those ill.
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Handley Residence
Fayetteville
Win One
Fayyetteville
W. M. Beck
W. C. Settle
C. A. Kidd
Hundley
Owen Henson
Novalle Rites Slated Thursday
Funeral services for 70 year old Annie Novalle of Oak Hill are set for 2 p.m. Thursday at Oak Hill Church of God with Rev. J B Thomas Jr and Rev Ernie Barley officiating. Burial will follow in Hill Top Cemetery. She died Tuesday night at Oak Hill Hospital after a cerebral hemorrhage. She was born in 1882 in Virginia and survived by two sons Lloyd G Burnette and Everett, two daughters Louise Farrish and James Hazelwood, two brothers and one sister, 11 grandchildren and four great grandchildren. Her body will be removed to her daughter Mrs James Farrish’s home Wednesday afternoon and to the church an hour before rites.
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Oak Hill
Annie Novalle
Oak Hill Hospital
Oak Hill Church of
Ellis Giles
Chicago
Ervin
Pearlsburg
Atlas
Bud
Bell Springs
Ada Harper
Charleston
Lloyd G. Burnette
St. Paul
Everett
Louise Farrish
James Hazelwood
Hope
James Farrish
Kessler Rites Slated Thursday
Funeral services are set for 2 p.m. Thursday for Mrs. Annie Kessler 83 who died Tuesday at her Dothan home. Rites will be at the residence with burial in Rinehart Cemetery Scarbro Route 1. Born January 1 1864 in Dothan she was a Missionary Baptist Church member survived by four daughters nine grandchildren 30 great grandchildren and 13 great great grandchildren. Body to be moved from Tyree Funeral Home Oak Hill to the home Wednesday evening.
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Dothan
Annie Kessler
Dam
Rinehart
Scarbro
Missionary Baptist Church
Fannie Cook
Blanche- Smith
Katie
Cardie Kessler
Tyree
Oak Hill
Two Damage Suits Filed in Fayette Count
PAYETTEVILLE Two damage suits totaling fifteen thousand dollars were filed in the Fayette Circuit Clerk office. The largest suit names Ann Sanborn against Chesapeake and Ohio Railway Co for ten thousand dollars and Howard Pryor seeks five thousand from Fred Caugill Fruit Co. Five divorce actions follow, including Irene N Williams versus Charles E Williams and Earl C Sharpe Jr versus Helen Virginia Sharpe.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Payetteville
Fayette
Chesapeake and Ohio Railway Co
Ann Sanborn
Fred Caugill Fruit Co
Howard Pryor
Irene N. Williams
Charles E. Williams
Earl C. Sharpe Jr
Helen’ Virginia Sharpe
Phyllis A. Rhodes
Ray Duglas Rhodes
Viola K. Titlaw
B. J. Titlow
John Edward Kincaid
Barnier Kincaid
Summerlee Property Sold by Richardsons
Oak Hill, Charlotte NC, Jack C. Persinger and Carole Burgess exchange vows at 8 30 p m in the home of Dr C G McClure. Persinger works for Southern Railroad in Charlotte. plus local club notices and property transfers in Oak Hill and Fayetteville areas detailing parcels sold, owners, and approximate prices.
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Oak Hill
Charlotte
N.C
Jack C. Persinger
Carole Burgess
R. W. Burgess
Mable Persinger
Beckley
C. G. McClure
4. G. Lynch
Pineville Personal News and Craft Ad Fragments
A mix of craft pattern promotion for a rose-embroidered halter and local Pineville social notes. Pattern 7236 offers sizes 0 through 20 with fabric guidance and a nickel price request. Pineville social updates list multiple local visitors and returning residents across households and family connections.
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Raleigh Register
Household Arts Dept
P. O
Old Chelsea Station
New York
N. Y
Admitted to Hospital After Foot Injury at Alpeca
Charlie Jones nine years old of Alpeca was treated at Stevens Clinic Hospital Welch for cuts on the left foot after stepping on broken glass.
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Alpoca
Charlie Jones
Alpeca
Stevens Clinic
Welch
Buckland Rites Slated Friday
Mrs. Mary Etta Buckland 78 died at her Oak Hill home Tuesday night Survivors include two sons Hughie and Sell of Oak Hill three brothers Wiam Winston Kingston James and Hughie both of Scarbro Route 1 one sister Mrs Ada Lafferty Scarbro Route 1 four grandchildren and 11 great grandchildren Funeral services set for 2 pm Friday at Advent Christian Church with Rev Babern Sanders officiating Burial in Rinehart Cemetery Massy Body at Tyree Funeral Home until an hour before service
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Oak Hill
Mary Etta Buckland
Hughie
Sell
Wiam Winston
Kingston
James
Scarbro
Ada Lafferty
Advent Christian Church
Babern Sanders
Rinehart
Massy
Tyree
Laurel Garden Club Holds Annual Picnic on Terrace
Members and guests of the Laurel Garden Club attended a Monday evening supper on the terrace of the S. P. Paris residence on Highland Ave. Fried chicken and sides fed about 36 attendees including J. W. Dunn, W. Pollock, E. E. Lampton, Paul Markowitz, Harry Mounts, Allen Robertson, C. R. Thrasher, R. F. Wildey, Harley Christian, John D. Farmer, Ray Bowling, W. M. Barnard, M. M. Shumate, B. W. Steele, and relatives.
Otsego Mines Idle as 375 Workmen Walk Out
About 375 miners at two Otsego mines were idle from near midnight Monday until Tuesday morning as a walkout halted production of roughly 2,000 tons daily. Superintendent J N Kerr met with a labor committee seeking talks but said he was too busy restoring water to the town and work in a flooded section to meet. Committee members Higginbotham and Blankenship said they knew nothing of a Monday appointment and left with Kerr’s offer to think over the situation.
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Otsego
J. N
Kerr
Cal
Iva Higginbotham
Higginbotham
E. V. Blankenship
Blankenship
Adams Dies After Heart Attack on Porch in Mullens
Robert Mose Adams 17, former farmer, teacher, and part time minister, died at 8 55 am Tuesday from a heart attack on a Still Run porch while helping care for ailing brother Matthew Adams. Native of Wyoming County, born March 1875, survived by ten daughters and two sons, plus siblings. Funeral arrangements incomplete. body at Robertson and Foglesong Funeral Home.
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Miley Adams
Matheny
M. I. Thomason
Jacksonville
Fla
D. B. Richardson
Maynard Payne
Portsmouth
Calloway Hawks
Pond
Thomas Powers
Brim
Donald Wood
Miami
Melancon Payne
Louisiana
C. E. Anthony
San Franscisco
Cal
Monene Adams
Huntington
Acie
Vaden
Wyandotte
Mich
Aaron
Wyoming
Harrison
Kopperston
Rosa Adams
Mullens Hill
Robertson and Foglesong Funeral Home
Cafe Owner and Drivers Fined by Magistrate
Linnette Tolliver operator of the Tolliver Cafe was fined 5 dollars for health regulation violations. Oak Hill sanitarian Wilson D Lane charged repeated violations of the state sanitary code for restaurants. Tolliver did not appear in court. fines were imposed along with two youthful drivers, Hamby and Anderson, each fined 10 dollars and costs. Anderson was jailed for default on the fine. Burial and funeral rites were announced for Henry W Payne of Oak Hill.
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Houck
Charles ‘Hamby
Tralee
Ernest “Lee Anderson
Princeton
Two Raleigh Men Hurt in Auto Accident Near Hinton
Two Raleigh County men were hospitalized after an auto crash near Hinton at about 8:30 am on Sunday. Sidney Pettry of Naoma sustained a back injury, while Nathan West of Gray Porterfield Beckley received arm and head injuries. the car driver was treated for a head injury at Welch’s Stevens Clinic Hospital. Route 3 on Beech Run was cited as the scene after the vehicle struck a train during a return from Bluestone Lake. Corinne resident E. L. Redden, 49, was treated at Stevens Clinic Hospital for a left hand injury from a factory header incident involving a Pocahontas Fuel Co. Buick. The car, owned by Pettry, was badly damaged after hitting a guard rail and overturning into a ditch. Annual picnic attendance near 106 at the New Richmond Sunday School gathering on Indian Creek.
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Hinton
Raleigh
Sidney Pettry
Naoma
Berard Hanover
Nathan West
Gray Porterfield
Beckley
Hanover
Stevof
Ews Clinic
Welch
Corrine
Corinne
E. L. Redden
Stevens Clinic
Pocahontas Fuel Co
Cpl
Turner
Pettry
Charleston Accident Kills John L. Perdue
John L. Perdue former deputy sheriff of Raleigh County was killed instantly Saturday evening when struck by a car at 41st Street and McCorkle Avenue in Charleston. His body was knocked 20 feet. He was the father of Mrs. S. F. Harley of Hinton. Funeral services were held Tuesday afternoon with burial in Grayson Memorial Park.
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Hinton
Raleigh
Charleston
John L. Perdue
41St St
McCorkle Ave
S. F. Harley
Grayson Memorial Park
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Oak Park
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Grace Stove
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Mt.Hope
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Glade Creek
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U. S. Route 69
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Pure Oil Company
U. S. Route 60
Mt. Hope Investment Co
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Bert Baker
Don
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Harry RB. Neeley
Gatewood
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Prince
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Charlton
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Guardian
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Pineville
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River Drive
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Concord College
Athens
Hale
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Bob Stewart
Fredericksburg
C. H. Stewart
Virginia Bickman
Cowlington
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Blacksburg, Va
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Beck Iley
Wece Basel
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Under the Stars
Pasa Acron
Valley Bell Dairy
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IR. M. Adams
Henry W. Payne
Beech Run
Bluestone Lake
New Richmond
Indian Creek
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City Avenue
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Virginia ‘Mayo
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Tyrone Power Ini
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Silvana Mangano
Skyline Drive
Susan Hayward
William Lundigan
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Esso Standard Oil Company
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