Awards Announced For Farm Crop Class At Fayette County Fair
Fayetteville extension agent announces ribbons for Farm Crop Division at the Fayette County Fair August 11 to 13. Awards cover a wide range of vegetables fruits and hay with specific counts and conditions including single farm production only and disqualification for purchased articles. Cash prizes apply for single farm exhibits with at least ten articles. Horticulture items include grapes pears apples and quinces.
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Fayetteville
ANS
Fayette County Fair
Itmann Loses Meet By One Point In First Aid Showdown
ITMANN A team of Pocahontas Fuel Co safety experts from Itmann lost by a single point to United States Steel Corp in the Gary held first aid meet on Saturday. Led by captain Carl Parks the Itmann team amassed 1 484 points from 1 500 possible, placing second behind winner United States Steel Gary led by John Dickenson. Other teams included Bishop mine Pocahontas Fuel Co Olga Coal Co Pond Creek Pocahontas Co and Olga Coal Co Jenkin Jones with scores ranging from 1 473 to 1 408 points, led by their respective captains.
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Itmann
Pocahontas Fuel Co
United States Steel Corp
Gary
Robert Long
Long
Carl Parks
Bishop Mine
Clemon Grindstaff
United States
John Dickenson
Pond Creek Pocahontas Co
Bartley
Cecil Ball
Wesley Callahan
Robert Rosenbalm
Paige Gentry
Charles Jones
Charles Leonard
Earl Hairston
Charles Cox
Howard Cox
Ralph Green
John Salter
Harold Carter
Bill McCoy
Pocahontas Fuel
Robert Synan
Jack Vance
Reese Riley
Sam Gillespie
John Lambert
Ralph Altizer
U. S. Steel Corp
John Popovich
Dan Riffe
Albert Wagers
Bill Hightower
Howard Myers
Steve Solonka
Shannon Harlow
James Cardwell
Harold McFarland
William Combs
Charles Kyle
Woodrow Smith
Olga Coal Co
Caretta
John Butcher
Harold
Frank Phelps
Charles Williams
Hubert Lewellyn
Jenkin Jones
William Lewis
Ulysses Martin
Roy Spriggs
James Brooks
Goldie Patterson
Kyle Saunders
French Banks
Eight Swimmers Pass Senior Life Saving Tests
Eight swimmers earned senior life saving certificates at the Fayette County 4-H Pool on Friday. Instructors Beck with Billy Joe Redman and Miss Sally Shaw supervised, with Barbara Lancaster serving as lifeguard. top scorers included Eddy Akers 92.75, Andy Markivich 91.50, Mike Markivich 89.25, Billy Lee Burgess 88.25, Bill Morris 87.50, Tommy Carpenter 86.88, Frank C. Smith 86.83, and Ronny Mc Mann 84.25.
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Fayetteville
RNS
Fayette County
Beckwith
Billy Joe Redman
Sally Shaw
Barbara Lancaster
Eddy Akers
Oak Hill
Andy Markivich
Mike Markivich
Billy Lee Burgess
Bill Morris
Ansted
Tommy Carpenter
Frank C. Smith
Ronny McMann
Girls State Reports Heard by Civitan Club at Oak Hill
Oak Hill Civitan Club meets Friday night reporting on Girls State at Jackson's Mill. Betty Baker and Donachy spoke about the camp daily schedule. eleven members attended.
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Oak Hill
RNS
Jackson’s Mill
Oak Hill Civitan Club
Betty Baker
Civitan Club
Pone Donachy
Congress Faces Key House Vote On Massive Road Bill
The House prepares for a pivotal vote on a historic road program authorizing 48% billion dollars in federal and state funding over 13 years. Debate hinges on tax provisions while Eisenhower backs bonds and Humphrey signals possible support. The fast track would pit party lines over cost and funding.
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Washington
Rep
Fallon
D-Md
House Rules Committee
House Public Works Committee
Eisenhower
Secretary of the Treasury
Humphrey
Congress
House
Senate
Slayers of Children Die in Electric Chair
BELLEFONTE PA Two men convicted of killing children died within minutes on the electric chair at Rockview State Penitentiary Patrick Lance 30 a steelworker from Big Bend Two faced charges for the killings including a wife and two children Elijah Thompson Jr 22 an unemployed laborer was executed for beating and stabbing his neighbor Helen Jean Bryant 16 last October Her body found in a shallow grave near Aliquippa five days after she disappeared It marked the second double execution at Rockview in three months.
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Bellefonte
Rockview State Penitentiary
Patrick Lance
Big Bend Two
Elijah Thompson, Jr
Helen Jean Bryant
Aliquippa
Rackview
Seven Men Ordered To Report for Duty
Fayette Selective Service Board 4 ordered seven men to report August 4 for induction. Named are Roy William Newton Chesapeake James Walter Liptrap Thurmond David Lawrence Daniels Montgomery Leslie Ivan Hanshaw Rainelle Kenneth Grover Jacks Jochen Jerry Lee Campbell Montgomery and William Augustus Birchard II Boomer.
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Fayetteville
RNS
Armed Forces
Fayette Selective Service Board
Roy William Newton
Chesapeake
James Walter Liptrap
Thurmond
David Lawrence Daniels
Montgomery
Leslie Ivan Hanshaw
Rainelle
Kenneth Grover Jacks
Jochin
Jerry Lee Campbell
William Augustus Birchard II
Boomer
Three Suffer Injuries Oak Hill
Three patients were treated at Oak Hill Hospital for injuries from separate accidents. Lawrence Postman, 46, of Pea Ridge, had a head cut on Saturday. Caraleigh Rinehart, six, daughter of Orbrna and Mrs. Rinehart of Scarbro Route 1, was admitted Sunday for a right leg burn from a heated iron. Thomas Hughes Jr., five, of Greentown, was treated Sunday in the outpatient department for a right arm injury from a chair fall.
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Oak Hill
RIIS
Oak Hill Hospital
Lawrence Postman
Pea Ridge
Caraleigh Rinehart
Orbrna Rinehart
Scarbro
Thomas Hughes Jr
Greentown
Diverse foreign capital backs Dominican Republic railroad project
A 42 mile railroad in the Dominican Republic is financed by Dutch interests, built by Belgian firms, features British bridges, and uses U S rolling stock. The line is owned by Dominicans while operated by Americans, illustrating international participation in Dominican transport development.
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Dominican Republic
U. S
Collins Campus To be Improved
Oak Hill plans landscaping for Collins High School campus proceed with WVU architect T D Gray surveying site with Oak Hill Chamber and garden club reps. Project to be executed in sections, with completion targeted in four to five weeks and fall landscaping to begin if plans stay favorable.
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OAK Hill
RIIS
Collins High School
Pat R. Hamilton
Oak Hill Chamber of Commerce
T. D. Gray
West Virginia University
Jim Wood
Chamber
R. E. Kelly
Oak Hill Garden Clubs
Hamilton
Gray
District Meet Slated in Fayette
The Federated Woman's Club district convention will be at Memorial Building Fayetteville on October 8 with a luncheon. Fayette Study Club plans for a White Oak Country Club tea on October 19 open to members and guests to display members artistic treasures. At Mount Hope home of Mrs. J. M. McCauley the club met with 22 members. guest Miss Virginia Tissue of San Diego spoke on TVA history led by Mrs. W. P. Bittinger.
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Oak Hill
RNS
Federated Woman’s Club
Memorial Building
Fayetteville
Fayette Study Club
Federated Woman's Club
White Oak Country Club
Dempsey Family Leaves Oceana for Jackson Michigan
Mr and Mrs Jack Dempsey and daughter depart Oceana for their new home in Jackson Michigan after residing here for several years. Wayne Hatfield and son Carlos return from a Canada fishing trip with her father Arlie Chambers. Mrs James Maynard and grandson Jerry visit Williamson area after a week with local friends and relatives. Philip Roach Jr of Charleston visits his parents for the weekend.
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Oceana
RNS
Jack Dempsey
Former Herndon Man Promoted in Vocational Rehab
Stephen B. Preston, longtime Herndon resident and former Wyoming County teacher, was promoted from senior counselor in Logan to State supervisor of guidance training and placement at the Division of Vocational Rehabilitation in Charleston. A Concord College graduate with a UNC masters, he joined the division in 1946 after serving with the Army Air Force in the Asiatic Pacific theater during World War II.
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F. Ray Power
Stephen B. Preston
Logan
Charleston
Preston
Herndon
Concord College
University of North Carolina
Wyoming County
Army Air Force
New Officers Preside At Oak Hill Odd Fellows Meet
Oak Hill lodge No 206 installed two officers for a six month term. John Witt Jr Cunard became noble grand while Roscoe Sizemore Dothan was named vice noble grand. Witt works in Fayetteville TV and Sizemore is employed at Beckley VA Hospital.
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Oak Hill
RNL
Odd Fellows Lodge
John Witt Jr
Cunard
Noble Grand
Roscoe Sizemore
Dothan
Witt
Fayetteville
Sizemore
Veterans Administration Hospital
Beckley
Jesse Personal Notes From Family Visits In Jesse
Mr and Mrs Earl Hildehand and children Vicki and George Louis visit Mr and Mrs George R Stewart in New Castle Pa. Qonnawanda N Y visitors include Lala Moren Kitty Cook and others. Wilson Thompson returns from Bluefield hospital after major surgery. Johnny Bailey in Bluefield Sanitarium after major surgery. The Wyckoss of Leesburg Fla visit relatives in Jesse. Mrs Roy Workman visits L S Workman family. Harry Jewell and family in Bluefield where Vermin is injured in an auto crash and receiving treatment.
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Jesse
Earl Hildehand
Vicki
George Louis
New Castle
George R. Stewart
Robert Marquette
Lala Moren
Kitty Cook
Qonnawanda
N. Y
Wilson Thompson
Bluefield
Thompson
Johnny Bailey
Goldie Bailey
Bluefield Sanitarium
R. L. Wyckoss
Leesburg
Fla
Charlie Sanders
Roy Workman
Maben
L. S. Workman
Harry Jewell
Vermin
Rachel Rebekahs Install New Officers at Meeting
Rachel Rebekah Lodge 111 in Ravencliff held a candlelight installation in Odd Fellows Hall naming Mrs Gary Mc Clung as noble grand. New officers and trustees chosen included Mrs Louise Miller and Mrs Mae Dixon with Bible bearers and honorary officers announced by district leaders. A covered dish dinner followed the ceremony with guests from nearby lodges.
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Rachel Rebekahs
Ravencliff
Gary McClung
Rachel Rebekah Lodge
Odd Fellows Hall
Louise Miller
Mae Dixon
William Mullens
Virginia Price
Audrey McGraw
Arnold Broyles
Lionel North
Pete Ara
Lon Stewart
Fred Dowdy
Inside Guardian
James
West Virginia
Miss Williams
Sewell Valley
Deborah
Golden Gate
A. Ray Fink
Pete Pizzino
Pettry
Pineville Personal News and Visits Sparse in Local Notes
Pineville residents report injuries and family visits as area residents travel to Charleston, Princeton, Davy, Beckley, and nearby towns. General Sherman Taylor, 66, treated for a fractured leg at Stevens Clinic after a fall. Multiple families host relatives from New Orleans, Roanoke, Columbus, and other places, with extended weekend visits and short trips to Mullens, Grantsville, and Stonewall regions.
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Pineville
Rns
Sherman Taylor
Stevens Clinic
Welch
Ruby Layman
Bruno Pais
Charleston
Raymond Woody
Linda
Frances
Raymond Edward
New Orleans
Woody
Mary Helen Kidd
E. E. Hash
Stanley
Princeton
D. T. Wilson
W. P. Shields
Davy
E. Pierce Rose
Crowley — Worrell Addition
Edgar B. Rose
A. D. Belcher
Peterstown
John Hunter
Azel Brown
H. M. Roberts
Mullens
John Phillips
Mary Morgan
Coy L. Rose
Thelma McCormick
Sutton
W. F. Rose
N. A. Wallen
Danny Wallen
Limestone
Maine
Carl A. Clingempeel
Andy
B. C. Nichols
F. P. Cook
Clear Fork
Rue Schoolcraft
Lois
Doris
Virginia
Grantsville
Retired C and O Conductor Succumbs in Hospital
HINTON WV, (RNS) Funeral arrangements are incomplete for W Jasper McDowell 73 retired Chesapeake and Ohio Railway conductor who died at 7 am Monday in Hinton Hospital after 18 months of declining health and a week of treatment He was born December 10 1881 in Summers County near Low Gap and lived in Summers County all his life and in Hinton for 52 years He retired from C and O in 1946 He was a member of Central Baptist Church Brotherhood of Railway Trainmen and the Hinton Moose Lodge He is survived by his wife Mrs W J McDowell of Hinton a brother Estel McDowell Canton Ohio and two sisters Mrs T B Jackson Canton Ohio and Mrs William Johnson Cincinnati Ohio
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Hinton
RNS
W. Jasper McDowell
Chesapeake and Ohio Railway
Hinton Hospital
Summers County
Low Gap
John
Virginia Townsley McDowell
Chesapeake and Ohio Railway Company
Central Baptist Church
The
Brotherhood of Railway Trainmen
Pineville Girls to Attend State FHA Conference
Pineville High School will send Sadie Mullens and Betty Waters as representatives to the 1955 State Conference for Future Homemakers of America in Jackson's Mill, Wednesday to Saturday. Mullens is president of the local chapter and Waters its vice president, with Mrs. Marl Collins as sponsor. The event features a pageant on FHA history and a Friday banquet with installation of next year’s state officers.
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Pineville
RNS
Pineville High School
Homemakers of America
Jackson’s Mill
Sadie Mullens
Betty Waters
Miss Mullins
Estil Mullens
Route 1
Welch
Miss Waters
W. C. Waters
Mar! Collins
State Mines Chief Stricken at Glen Rogers Visit
Julius C. Olzer, chief of the State Department of Mines, was stricken while visiting Glen Rogers Sunday evening. The Charleston official is a patient at Beckley Hospital with a fair condition and reported to be improving.
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Glen Rogers
Julius C. Olzer
Charleston
State Department of Mines
Beckley Hospital
Three Die in Boone Traffic Mishaps
Two Boone County crashes claimed three lives and injured four others in Madison and nearby. Victims include William W. Sidney Jr. and Phyllis Nicholas and her 3 year old daughter Dianne. Others hospitalized include Kenneth Nicholas and two Boone County men. Separate deaths occurred as Charles E. Renn and Carl Young perished in separate incidents. A daughter was born to Mr and Mrs Harry Toler of Hanover at Grace Hospital, Welch.
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Madison
W.va
Boone County
William W. Sidney Jr
Racine
U.S. 119
Phyllis Nicholas
Blair
Dianne
Kenneth Nicholas
Charleston
Douglas Carver
Ashford
William McCallister
Ridgeview
Boone
Nicholas
Carver
J. M. Dennis
W. Va. 3
West
Hanover
Harry Toler
Grace Hospital
Welch
Hendricks Hearing Delayed to August Eighth
A Boone County prosecutor P Hendricks faces an ethics case as Circuit Judge K K Hall grants a continuance to August 8 Hendricks sought the delay The West Virginia State Bar accuses him of violating ethics provisions with 11 allegations and contends there was other unethical conduct The period cited spans 1947 to 1954 An earlier AG inquiry found no disqualifying evidence for his office bid
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Madison
Boone County
P. Hendricks
K. K. Hall
Hendricks
West Virginia State Bar
Code of Ethics
Bar
Whitesville
Committee On Legal Ethics
Attorney General
Atty
John G. Fox
Summers Youth Drowns in Lake Summers
A 16-year-old boy, Carl Young, drowned at Sun Valley Lake along State Route 20 between Hinton and Athens after unable to swim. He was with two other youths when an unidentified couple recovered the body from 12 feet of water. Dr. J W Stokes attempted artificial respiration without success. he is survived by Mr. and Mrs Ned Young True.
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Hinton
Carl Young
Sun Valley Lake
Athens
J. W. Stokes
Summers County
Ned Young
True
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