Fayette Family Wins SCS District Contest
Fayetteville W Va Ward Ash ford of the Soil Conservation Service reports Mr and Mrs John Ashley and son Harvey have won the year’s county district contest in Fayette County They farm 110 acres four miles northeast of Hico Their well kept farm has 17 beef cattle one milk cow ample feed and a sound conservation plan Pasture and meadows are limed fertilized two ponds with troughs livestock rotated and a contour strip cropping system Supervisors will judge county winners to determine the district winner The Ashleys win an all expense paid trip to Jacksons Mill and a $50 Savings Bond The state winner earns a plaque and an expenses paid trip to the National Association meeting Engraved gold watch will be given by the Baltimore and Ohio Railway Co or Beckley Area Rural Development Council
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Fayetteville
Ward Ashford
Soil Conservation Service
John Ashley
Harvey
Soil Conservation District
Fayette County
Ashleys
Hico
Southern Soil Conservation District
Jackson's Mill
U. S
Mount Vernon
National Association of Soil Conservation Districts
West Virginia
Baltimore and Ohio Railway Co
Beckley Area Rural Development Council
Mine Accident Victim's Rites Still Incomplete
Funeral arrangements for Paul Z. Thompson 45 of Lansing killed when a slate fell at Ames Mining Co. mine near Fayetteville noon Thursday. Alva Hughes 51 was treated for a fractured pelvis, also caught in the fall. Thompson leaves wife Wealthy Mae and 5 children plus relatives. Body at Dodd-Payne Funeral Home Fayetteville.
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Fayetteville
RNS
Paul Z. Thompson
Lansing
Ames Mining Co
Alva Hughes
Oak Hill
Hughes
Thompson
Wealthy Mae Thompson
Tix
Paul Edward
James Leon
Dorothy Mae
Katherine Marie
Virginis Gale
Grace Ann
Alma Jean
Athens
Greece
Luther E
Tombstone
Ariz
John H
Wesley W
Detroit
Mich
Della May Dotson
Helen Allene Wood
Dodd-Payne Funeral Home
Oldest Methodist Church West of Alleghenies
Rehoboth Church, built in 1786, stands as the oldest Methodist church west of the Alleghenies in the area that would become Monroe County West Virginia.
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the Alleghenies
Rehoboth Church
Monroe County
West Virginia
Sunday School Picnic Set by First Church of God
The Anderson Farm in Scarbro will host the annual Sunday School Picnic with services at the church then a picnic at 11 a.m. Special singing will precede vesper services led by Rev. Herbert Suiter of Beckley.
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Mount Hope
RNS
Anderson Farm
Scarbro
First Church of God
Herbert Suiter
Beckley
Madison Man Appointed Odd Fellows Patriarch
Dell Caudill of Madison has been appointed deputy grand patriarch of District 15 of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows, covering Boone and Raleigh counties. Grand patriarch B R Philips of Philippi announced the appointment. Caudill has 17 years of activity in the Madison lodge and has held state appointed posts in the order.
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Madison
ANS
Dell Caudill
Order of Odd Fellows
Boone
Raleigh
B. R. Philips
Philippi
The
Odd Fellows
West Virginia
Caudill
Madison Order
Man Run Over by Truck in Hilton Village
Ira Knight, 54, of Hilton Village, is in critical condition at Beckley Memorial Hospital with internal injuries after a gasoline tractor-truck rolled over him in his front yard this morning. Knight, who drove the truck, had been attempting to start it to begin his day’s run when the brakes failed on an incline. The truck stopped in a ditch after running over him. Dr. A. T. Walker first treated Knight at Hilton Village before he was hospitalized.
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Hilton Village
RNS
Beckley Memorial Hospital
Ira Knight
Knight
A. T. Walker
McDowell Countian Arrested In 1958 Kentucky Murder
In Martinsburg a 35-year-old McDowell County man Ralph Bradley Lester of Gary was arrested on charges tied to the 1958 murder of 64-year-old Evalena Stamper of Grassy Creek Kentucky. He had been living near Jones Creek and worked as a machine salesman. Lester was arraigned in Martinsburg and held on a $2,000 bond for Kentucky authorities.
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Martinsburg
McDowell County
Kentucky
Here
D. C. Brown
FBI
Pittsburgh
Ralph Bradley Lester
Gary
Kelly
Bonnie Parker
Brown
Lester
Evalena Stamper
Grassy Creek
Stamper
Jones Creek
la Grange Reformatory
Morgan County
Reformatory
Reed Halsey
R. C. Culp
John Hess
U. S
King Larkin
Miller Dies Funeral Sunday Oak Hill man Charles Miller obituary
Oak Hill a 75 year old Charles Everett Miller retired carpenter for the New River Coal Co Scarbro died Thursday at Beckley hospital after an extended illness He was a member of local union No 6047 Carlisle born Green Sulphur Springs July 22 1886 Surviving include wife four brothers three sons five daughters 18 grandchildren and 10 great grandchildren Funeral Sunday 2 pm at Scarbro Baptist Church with burial in High Lawn Memorial Park The body to be taken to his residence Saturday afternoon from Tyree Funeral Home and to the church an hour before services
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Secarbro ‘Baptist Church
William H. Johnson
Scarbro
Randolph F. Johnson
Oak Hill
Odis M. McNeill
High Lawn Memorial Park
Tyree
Silver Tea Set By BYF At Mount Hope Church
Baptist Youth Fellowship of the Mount Hope Baptist Temple will hold a Silver Tea at the church Sunday from 2 to 4 p.m. Plans for the tea have been completed by Martha Pennington, Martha Garvin, and Sarah Bergendahl. Decorating will be done by youth members. The publicity committee, led by Eddie Garrett, includes Malinda Davis, Carl Lamber t, Mary Kathryn Mann, and Margaret Rose Darnall. Funds raised will support the Retreat at Beck with 4-H Camp on August 21 and 22.
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Mount Hope
RNS
Baptist Youth Fellowship
Mount Hope Baptist Temple
Martha Pennington
Martha Garvin
Sarah Bergendahl
Eddie Garrett
Malinda Davis
Carl Lambert
Mary Kathryn Mann
Margaret Rose Darnall
Beckwith
PSC Hearing Set On Water System Transfer
Charleston AP report says a Public Service Commission hearing is scheduled next Friday on Buffalo Creek Water Co. petition to transfer ownership of a water system serving small Logan County communities including Accoville Braeholm Riley Fanco Amherstdale Robinette Latrobe Lundale and Triadelphia District areas to Consumers Service Inc Rates now in effect would be continued.
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Charleston
Public Service Commission
Logan County
Accoville
Braeholm
Riley
Fanco
Ambherstdale
Robinette
Latrobe
Lundale
Triadelphia
Buffalo Creek Water Co
Consumers Service, Inc
Mayme Kirk rites set for Saturday at Pineville Church
Funeral services for Mrs Mayme Hamb rick Kirk 57 will be held at 1 p m Saturday at Pineville Methodist Church with burial in Athens Cemetery She died Wednesday at Suburban Hospital Bethesda Md after a yearlong illness A native of Littlesburg Mercer County she taught in Southern West Virginia schools before moving to Pineville about 20 years ago She was active in education associations Eastern Star Pineville Woman's Club and taught reading and art in fourth to sixth grades Survivors include husband Guy E a daughter Jacquelyn Kirk Bronaugh Bethesda Md a son Richard Lee Kirk Brooklyn N Y a brother Dr G W Hambrick Princeton and two sisters G W Alvis Athens and D H Perdue Fayetteville Body at Robertson and Foglesong Funeral Home Mullens to be moved to church at 10 a m today.
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Pineville
RNS
Mayme Hambrick Kirk
W. H. Street
Pineville Methodist Church
Athens
Kirk
Bethesda
Littlesburg
Mercer County
James L
Martha Hambrick
West Virginia
Concord College
State Education Association
Order of Eastern Sta
164 Youngsters Attending Camp
KOPPERSTON ANS 164 children of Eastern Gas and Fuel Associates employees left Kopperston Wednesday in three buses for Camp Thomas E. Lightfoot near Hinton for two weeks. The camp serves children aged 8 to 14 from each operation, with arts and crafts, tribal groups, and junior and senior counselors. Parents are invited to visit Sunday and see the water carnival at the swimming area.
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Kopperston
ANS
Eastern Gas and Fuel Associates
Thomas E. Lightfoot
Hinton
Family Picnic At WCTU Meeting In Mount Hope
A WCTU monthly gathering at Mount Hope hosted a family picnic on Tuesday evening at the Lewallen residence. New officers were elected: Helen Darnall president, Robert Lilly vice president, Florence Duncan secretary, Ronald Perry treasurer, for a year beginning Sept 1. An August installation and reception were planned with date to be announced.
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Mount Hope
RNS
Women's Christian Temperance Union
L. A. Lewallen
Helen Darnall
Robert Lilly
Florence Duncan
Ronald Perry
Mintora Johnson
Luray Kessler Jr
Myrtle Kessler
Elizabeth Propps
Hallie Keatley
Ruth Lilly
Helen Darnell
Margaret Rose Darnall
Kathleen Arthur
Mary Ann
Kathy Arthur
J. R. Hubbs
Kyle Spade
Joyce Spade
Janis
Diana
Larry
J. E. Perkins
Lewallen
Gershwin Musicale Slated At Concord College
Avon Long Levern Hutcherson and Lucia Hawkins headline a Gershwin Musicale at Concord College on Wednesday at 9 am. The trio, noted for Sport in Life in Porgy and Bess and leads in Carmen Jones, will perform a program drawn from Broadway and concert theater.
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Athens
Concord College
Avon Long
Sportin
Mercer principals censured in West Virginia report
West Virginia Education Association's five page tenure ethics report finds mild censure for three Mercer County school principals over their campaign activity in county board elections. It notes transfers were punitive and excessive but within legal rights, and singles out Melvin McClain, Kelly Shutt, and Madoc McKenzie for overstepping political boundaries while urging discretion in future elections.
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Charleston
Mercer County
West Virginia Education Assn
WVEA
Board of Education
Reefrain
Melvin McClain
Princeton Senior High
Kelly Shutt
Princeton Junior High
Madoc McKenzie
Glenwood
Harry Hutchinson
Jack McClaugherty
Moe Claugherty
Mee Claugherty
West Virginia
Joe Vargo 65 Kilsyth Rites Saturday
Joe Vargo 65 Kilsyth died in Oak Hill hospital at 8 pm Thursday from a cerebral hemorrhage. He belonged to St. Anthony's Catholic Church. Born in Czechoslovakia, he is survived by his wife Anna and two children John and Mrs Bertha Kiralvargo, both of Czechoslovakia. Requiem Mass will be 9 am Saturday at St. Anthony's. Burial in High Lawn Memorial Park. Rosary 7:30 pm at Tyree Funeral Home Chapel in Mount Hope.
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Kilsyth
Joe Vargo
Oak Hill
St. Anthony’s Catholic Church
Czechoslovakia
Anna
John
Bertha Kiralvargo
St. Anthony's Catholic Church
Eugene Klug
High Lawn Memorial Park
Tyree
Ravencliff Personal News Highlights Departures and Visits
Judith Jenkins vacationing at Myrtle Beach South Carolina. Gifford Sizemore and daughters Linda and Ann visiting his mother in Ravencliff. Don Meizlak returns to Butte Montana after visiting Gale Dickson family. Roy Gentry leaves Fort Bragg with wife and sons after two week leave with Gentry relatives. Tommy Brooks visits from Baltimore. Georgianna Farley visits Arlington Virginia after extended stay with Kellam family. James Gentry hosts relatives Hubert Gentry from Illinois and John Brooks from Grundy Virginia. Vergee Lilly visits Morgantown. Mary Stewart attends Concord College weekend with parents. Ruby Farley from Washington DC visits Ravencliff. James Price and daughter Reva relocate to Winston-Salem, Reva to return in fall to Ravencliff for work.
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Ravencliff
RNS
Judith Jenkins
Louis Jenkins
Myrtle Beach
S. C
Gifford Sizemore
Linda
Ann
Charleston
Lottie Sizemore
Don Meizlak
Butte, Mont
Gale Dickson
Capt
Roy Gentry
Fort Bragg
N. C
James Gentry
Evelyn Schuman
Tommy Brooks
Baltimore
Pate Brooks
George Farley
Georgianna
Arlington
Tom Kellam
Farley
Frank Farley
Hubert Gentry
Illinois
John Brooks
Grundy
Vergee Alyce Lilly
Joe Lilly
Morgantown
Mary Stewart
Concord College
Athens
Ward Stewart
Ruby Farley
Washington, D. C
James Price
Reva
Winston Salem
Wiener Roast at Camp Collins Baileysville
Baileysville Baptist Church members gathered for a wiener roast at Camp Collins near Pineville on Saturday. Chaperone Mrs Bill Asbury led attendees including Glenna Cooper Lillian Meadows Sue Trent Charles Crutchs field Diane Lamastus Elizabeth Trent Charles Venters Ronnie Venters Shelby Meadows Parker Stewart Glenna Bellew Lendel Shields Jenny Meadows Joe Cooper and Deanna Rose.
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Baileysville
RNS
Camp Collins
Pineville
Baptist Youth Fellowship
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