Methodist Youth Caravan Tours Ansted After Mount Hope Program
The Methodist Youth Caravan travels from Mount Hope to Ansted after a week in Mount Hope where youths planned next year’s work. The group, with adult counselor Miss Roberta Hicks of South Charleston, trained ten days at Lycoming College and then toured churches for three weeks. Members include Alien Lum Cin cinnatus and Misses Rolph Feemster Brookline Mass Henrietta Bailey Berkley Calif Marjorie Steltz Rural Hall N C. Activities covered organization worship service world friendship recreation and planning with visits to the county infirmary and hosting Mullens youths after stops in Mullens Pensboro and Mount Hope.
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South Charleston
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Brookline
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Pensboro
Marjorie Stoltz
Rural Hall
Rlal Feemister
Allen Lum
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R. T. Mallory
Mount Hope Methodist Church
Hickman
Rites Held for Accident Victim near Victor
Final rites were held yesterday at Hopewell Baptist Church for James Ray Kincaid 40 of Victor who died in an automobile accident Friday morning. Burial followed at Terry Cemetery in Victor. Surviving are his wife Edith, four sons Clarence Lee John Shirley Bobby J and Virgil Leslie, two daughters Jeannette Gaye and Linda Ruth, his mother Elizabeth Bryant of Victor, three half brothers Cecil Neff Fayetteville Emerson Neff Victor and Leonard Neff, and three half sisters Mrs Bertha Buckland Miss Irene Neff and Mrs Loretta Neff, all of Victor.
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Victor
James Ray Kincaid
Hopewell Baptist Church
Guy Vaughan
Terry Cemetery
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Clarence Lee
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Linda Ruth Kincaid
Elizabeth Bryant
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Fayetteville
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Leonard Neff
Bertha Buckland
Irene Neff
Loretta Neff
Ash Davis Dies Rites Wednesday in Dover Cemetery
Ash A. Davis 75 of Clear Creek died at home. Born August 1873 in Bennett he was a former worthy advisor of Clear Creek Assembly 14 Rainbow Girls. Survived by one brother Aleys Davis. Funeral Wednesday 2 pm at Workman's Creek Church with Rev Hubert Perry. Burial in Dover Cemetery. Rainbow Girls plan bake sale at meeting at 7 o'clock with cookies candies and pastries.
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Pastor Augustus Legg Rites Set for Tuesday in Victor
Funeral services for the Rev. Augustus Calvin Legg age 71 of Victor will be at 2 p.m. Tuesday at the Ansted Baptist Church with Rev. Joe E. Brown officiating. Burial will follow at Highland Memorial Park Oak Hill. Legg served as pastor of Rich Creek Sugar Creek and Independent Baptist Churches in Victor and is survived by his widow four daughters six sons three brothers and one sister. The body will remain at Thomas Funeral Home Ansted until 1 p.m. Tuesday.
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Pinecrest Sanitarium
Sted Baptist Church
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East Fainelle
Highland Memorial Park
Oak Hill
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Webster Springs
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Atlanta
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Zella
Thomas Funeral Home
Ansted Baptist Church
Kilsyth Girl Burns In Coffee Accident
Katherine Bennett four year old daughter of Mr and Mrs L H Bennett of Kilsyth remains in Oak Hill hospital after serious second and third degree burns from hot coffee splashed when the coffee pot lid fell off and the cup was struck by the spill. Her older sister was pouring the beverage at the time and is not injured.
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Mount Hope
Katherine Bennett
L.H. Bennett
Oak Hill Hospital
Mullens Without Police Force Today As Illness Bites
Mullens town goes unprotected as all three police officers are ill or away. Patrolman Bob d Harnett is home with pneumonia. Clyde Newsoman, also fire chief, is in Morgantown with volunteers at a state fire school. Acting Chief Hubert Hickets is in Pineville as a witness in cases. George Bernard Shaw turns 92 today in England, crediting health to vegetarianism and teetotalism.
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George Lernard Shaw
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England
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Yugoslav leaders press businesslike stance with America
Tito states Yugoslavia seeks trade relations with the United States on a purely business basis with no political conditions. Olson presses for wider ties but Tito repeats refusal of political interference while remaining open to commerce. Congress of Yugoslav Communist Party praised for stance amid press and Pravda clashes in Moscow and Belgrade.
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Original Site for Lodge Home on Sale in Oak Hill Area
The Mullens lodge reports 920.12 in receipts for 1947 48 and a sale of the original Odd Fellow lodge site on Main Street Mullens for 178 12. The post office says funds rise by 1 178 72 over last year while construction on a new two story lodge home on East Main Street is planned due to privacy and space needs.
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OES Meet Scheduled by Mount Hope Chapter Meeting
The Winolia Chapter 59 Order of the Eastern Star will hold a meeting tomorrow at 8 p.m. at Mount Hope with plans to serve a banquet for White Shrine members.
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Truman Eyes Price Controls in Living Cost Battle
President Truman nears finalizing a message urging Congress to grant power to impose price controls and rationing on selected cost of living items. House and Senate leaders foresee action by Labor Day or sooner as lawmakers eye elections and campaign trips.
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Matcher Personalities and Visits Across Towns
Miss Garnet Sue Baker of Bradshaw visits aunt Stella Ripgeth. Cecil Hutchinson and children Emma June and Scotty return from Stam ford. Nelle Cook of Watcher returns from Huntington and Charleston visiting son Pauly Lewis and sister Mrs C B Faulk er. John Reed of Walters visits. Multiple residents host relatives and vacationers in Hatcher Cradshaw Morgan town Amherstdale and Virginia remarks.
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Oxfa
Cecil Hutchinson
Pear Vin
Hatcher
Minnie Snider
W. T. Lambert
Tom Combs
Lorado
Whel Adkins
Amherstdale
Ben McCulley
Tennessee
Kentucky
Stella Rippeth
Cradshaw
W. J. Hall
Virginia
J. L. Hall
James E. Taylor
Frances Faby
Betsy Lane
Morgantown
Illness Fatal To Mrs Burgess From Lanark
Mrs Susie Burgess 60 of Lanark died after a two day illness. She is survived by three sisters Victoria Rice Piney View America Redden Grand View and Pearl Paul Layland. three brothers Bernard Redden Lanark Charles Redden Elkins and Ervin Redden Grandview. three sons Tracy Dallas and Texas Burgess all of Lanark. three stepsons Herbert Burgess Sprague Gary Burgess MacArthur and James unknown. The body will be taken to Bernard Redden Lanark at 4 p m today. funeral 2:30 p m tomorrow with Rev George Moore. burial in Stanaford Cemetery.
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Lanark
Victoria Rice
Piney View
America Redden
Grandview
Pearl Paul
Layland
Bernard Redden
Charles Redden
Elkins
Ervin Redden
Tracy
Dallas
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Herbert Burgess
Sprague
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MacArthur
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Stanaford Cemetery
Jones Rites Incomplete Today
Funeral services are incomplete for Martha Jones about 47, who died at a local hospital Sunday at 7 15 pm after a week's illness. Her late husband Arthur Jones drowned November 17 1947 near Marianna when an automobile overturned in the Guyandotte River. The body was sent to Robertson and Foglesong Funeral home for arrangements.
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D. Mullens
Arthur Jones
Marianna
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Robertson and Foglesong
Pineville Personal News Highlights Local Visits and Travels
Pineville brief notes recount B L Morgan and son Bernard of Oceana and Dr G Morgan and W F Blanken ship vacationing in Canada. Zane Brooks visits Windom kin before hospital retreat in Nashville. Corbell Miller family and Mrs Barrett visit. Burton from Princeton at court. Miss Marty Jo Cooke returns from Pittsburgh. Samples family back from Pittsburgh. Raymond R McClure returns from Blowing Rock trip. Wenzel sisters and Nellie Pais weekends in Washington. Curry and Crawford return from High Point trip. Barbara Lee Cook and others vacationed at Virginia Beach. Sam Bowers family visit Matoaka. Kay Curry returns from relatives.
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Pitsburgh
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Loren
Pittsburgh
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Blowing Rock
North Carolina
Vera
Elizabeth Wenzel
Nellie Pais
Washington, D. C
Doris Wenzel
E. M. Curry
Carl Crawford
Gatley Bridge
High Point
Woodrow W. Cook
Barbara Lee
Mullens
Betty Ann Shufflebarger
Itmann
C. W. Shufflebarger
Perys
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Virginia Beach
Sam Bowers
Son
Matoaka
Kay Curry
Logan
Holden
Methodist Minister Joins Fort Knox Guard Camp
Mount Hope 10th Infantry National Guard members left for a two week camp at Fort Knox with their chaplain Rev. R. T. Afaltory, who will be replaced by Rev. John Siner of Fayetteville, an African missionary who recently finished studies at Hartford Theological Seminary in preparation for Africa mission work this fall.
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Mount Hope
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National Guard
Fort Knox
R. T. Afal- Tory
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Fayetteville
French diplomat Bidault A long-time representative abroad
Veteran French diplomat Bidault has served France in every major postwar conference, representing the country in international affairs since the war.
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Civil Case Resumed Today in Wyoming Court
In Wyoming County Circuit Court the civil case of Joe Hyder versus M Thomas resumed at 9 am as jurors returned to duty. Hyder seeks money owed by Thomas and the trial began last Friday but paused with adjournment. Verdicts already returned in two actions included Ruth Frampton v Consolidated Bus Co for 4000 dollars and Paul Nine Robertson administratrix v White and White for 3000 dollars.
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M. Thomas
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Two Scheduled to Appear Before Magistrates after Week-End Wrecks
Two Mullens area motorists face preliminary hearings before Wyoming County magistrates after weekend crashes. Ed Feazelle, Crab Orchard cab driver, held on DWI charge from a Pineville collision. Johnny Watts of Glen Rogers to appear for a sideswipe on the Ravencliff Glen Rogers road. Other details note a passenger, a dislocated shoulder, and minor injuries to a family.
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Mullens
Wyoming County
Ed Feazelle
Crab Orchard
Pineville
Feazelle
W. B. Wilson
Johnny Watts
Glen Rogers
R. M. Stovall
Watts
Millard T. Stover
Ravencliff
Stover
Saulsville Man Reports Theft
Mullens Frank Shumate of Saulsville reports his 1935 black Ford sedan missing from a parking lot near Kroger in Mullens. License plate 211 882, parked about 6 p.m. Saturday, he said, and found missing Sunday morning. Another theft had occurred a week earlier on Fourth Street, a 1936 two door sedan later returned between midnight and 2 a.m. Monday.
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Frank Shumate
Saulsville
Kroger’s
Hubert Hie~ Ikok
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Two Men Fined for Carrying Uncased Gun in Woods
Asa and French P Treadway of Oak Hill were fined $20 and costs each after arraignment before Magistrate W H Level. Charged by forest protector Leo Samson, they carried an uncased gun into the woods without a written permit.
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