Bledsoe Murder Trial Set Today
Princeton AP reports the murder trial of Donald Ray Bledsoe, 19, Princeton, opened in Mercer County Criminal Court for the killing of Virgil M. Hager, 38, Princeton, after a reported fight. Hager died days later. Also listed is the upcoming trial of 19-year-old Thomas Houston Crockett of Goodwill, charged with killing his common law wife Lamnah Turner, 56, and William J. Tadlock, 40.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Princeton
Donald Ray Bledsoe
Mercer County Criminal Court
Virgil M. Hager
Hager
Thomas Houston Crockett
Goodwill
Lamnah Turner
William J. Tadlock
Colcord Woman Martha Swannigan Rites Set Thursday
Funeral services for Martha Swannigan 83 will be held at her Colcord residence at 1 p.m. Thursday with Rev. Willie August and Rev. Leonard Pugh officiating. Burial follows at Odd Fellows Cemetery Lawton. Whitesville Rebekah Lodge will conduct graveside rites. She died Monday at 10:30 a.m. of a heart attack. Survived by two sons Herbert and Archie of Dorothy, daughter Anna Deal of Lakeworth Florida, sisters Dora Thompson Colcord and Frances Raines Stickney. Body moved from Valley Funeral Home Whitesville to residence today at 2 p.m.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Colcord
RNS
Martha Swannigan
Willie August
Leonard Pugh
Odd Fellows Cemetery
Lawton
Whitesville Rebekah Lodge
Herbert
Archie
Dorothy
Anna Deal
Lakeworth
Fla
Dora Thompson
Frances Raines
Stickney
Valley Funeral Home
Whitesville
Household Shower Fetes Miss Wright
Colcord Oklahoma reports a household shower honoring Miss Aldine Wright bride elect of Freddie Layman. Hostesses were Mrs. Jesse Wright and Mrs. Enola Layman. Prizes were awarded to Mrs. Bert Pauley Miss Blandene Dillon Mrs. Bill Nelson Mrs. George Eads and Mrs. Jack Thompson. Attendees listed include Mrs. Eddie Flint and many others. Wedding planned for August.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dora Thompson
Doris Fraley
B. C. Fraley Jr
Woodrow Toney
Albert Paden
L. L. Fitzwater
Betty Massey
Clifford Massey Jr
Robert Cromes
Elmer Thompson
Virginia Fitzwater
Oyle Dillon
Harvey Dillon
Lulu Bell Kile
Foster treated after oil drum injury at Pocahontas plant
Samuel F. Foster, 42, of Pineville and an employee of Pocahontas Fuel Co., was treated Thursday at Stevens Clinic Hospital Welch for back injuries sustained while lifting a 90 gallon drum of oil.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Foster
Pineville
Stevens Clinic
Welch
Samuel F. Foster
Pocahontas Fuel Co
Return to active life after arthritis relief
A reader shares a personal health note saying she recovered from rheumatoid arthritis, rheumatism, and bursitis and can resume active life. For free information she provides contact details in Jackson Mississippi.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lela S. Wier
Arbor Hills Drive
Jackson
Mississippi
Publicity Push Delays Hart Gaines Wedding Plans
Short Hills socialite Jacquelin Gay Hart 21 postpones her August wedding to Stanley Gaines 25 Fayetteville after publicity surrounding her case. Hart says the delay persists as Gay seeks relief from wedding pressures, with no date set for the ceremony. Police investigations in New Jersey and Chicago yielded no charges.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Short Hills
N. J
Jacquelin Gay Hart
Chicago
Gay
Ralph A. Hart
Hart
Colgate Palmolive Co
Stanley Gaines
Fayetteville
Gaines
Newark
Pittsburgh
New Jersey
Essex County
Brendan Byrne
Byrne
New York
Special Judge Selected Here in Girvin Absence
Fayetteville residence Robert Abbot president of Fayette County Bar Association will preside as special judge while Judge Charles L. Girvin Jr. is out of town on business for a few days. Abbott was elected by the association to fill this position.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fayetteville
RNS
Charles L. Girvin Jr
Robert Abbot
Fayette County Bar Association
Abbott
Carelli awarded $4000 in Fayette court ruling
In Fayetteville, Eugene Carelli of Charlton Heights won a $4000 verdict in Fayette Circuit Court Friday against C O Wedd. The award stemmed from a February car wreck near Harewood where Carelli said his car was demolished and he suffered injuries.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
C. O. Wedd
Fayette
Eugene Carelli
Charlton Heights
Harewood
Carelli
Workshop Discussed At Matheny MYF Meet
The Pineville Methodist Church hosted a daytime workshop discussed at a Matheny Methodist Youth Fellowship meeting on Monday. Speakers Almeda Hasley Mary Lea Pendry Linda Gunter and Timothy Travis of Matheny led the discussion. The group’s devotional was held Sunday evening and Almeda Halsey resigned as secretary. Lillian Stewart was elected to replace her.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Matheny
Pineville Methodist Church
Matheny Methodist Youth Fellowship
Almeda Hasley
Mary Lea Pendry
Linda Gunter
Timothy Travis
Almeda Halsey
Lillian Stewart
Alderson-Broaddus Night at Mullens First Baptist Church
Alderson-Broaddus College officials plan an informal observance at Mullens First Baptist Church on Wednesday with a 6:30 p.m. dinner. Dr. Richard E. Shearer will lead the program along with a student trio from Weirton, Grafton and Weston. The event is part of the college’s recent accreditation tour of Baptist associations in the region.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mullens
Alderson-Broaddus
First Baptist Church
Richard E. Shearer
North Central Association of Schools and Colleges
Patricia Allen
Weirton
Sandra Waggoner
Grafton
Elladene Bailey
Rockcastle Association
Goshen Baptist Church
Irene Charles Named Candidate for Miss Student Nurse
Irene Charles of Montcoal has been chosen by Charleston General Hospital School of Nursing students as a candidate for Miss Student Nurse of West Virginia. She is a Whitesville Rotary Club scholarship student nurse, junior, Marsh Fork High School graduate, and will compete at the State Student Nurses Convention in Charleston this fall.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Montcoal
Irene Charles
Jim Charles, Montcoal
Charleston General Hospital School of Nursing
West Virginia
Whitesville Rotary Club
Charles
Marsh Fork High School
Charleston
Jewel K. Dickens Will Wed Robert Hornsley
Announcement of the betrothal and approaching marriage of Jewel Kay Dickens to Robert E. Hornsley USN. Both families named from Orgas and Pineville with local church and school ties. He serves on USS Independence after an eight week Caribbean cruise. Wedding planned for late fall at Orgas Presbyterian Church.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dan Dickens
Orgas
Lewis Hornsley
Sherman High School
Cocoa
Fila
Southern Bell Telephone and Telegraph Co
Carribean Sea
Orgas Presbyterian Church
Hill Reunion Slated Aug 9 at Fayette County Camp
The tenth Hill Reunion will be held at 1 p.m. on August 9 at the Fayette County 4-H Camp north of Fayetteville Route 21. A picnic basket lunch will be served and a prize awarded to the largest family present.
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Fayetteville
Fayette County
Route
Nian Personal Notices From Man Area List of Visits and Graduations
Nian Personal Notices recounts multiple social updates from Man and surrounding areas. Lynn Perry visited grandparents in Estler, while Davia Hilton and Scott returned home to Youngstown after a visit. Various guests and students are noted including Peggy Bailey, Barbara and Laura Donhue, and C. W. Brown. A Navy boot camp graduation at Great Lakes is mentioned, plus other family visits and a Fort Belvoir refrigeration course for Pvt. Billie Mullins.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lynn Perry
South Man
Frank Perkins
Estler
Davia Hilton
Scott
Youngstown
Ohio
W. T. Whetsell
Man
Billy Lundsford
Walter Perry
Claude Wilbur
Davin
Morris Harvey College
Charleston
Syble Donhue
C. W. Brown
Hardy, Ky
Brown
W. B. Phipps
Fort Lauderdale
Fla
Logan
James R. Baisden
Julian Baisden
Naval Training Center
Great Lakes
Ray Lawrence
Huntington
Dan Jackson
Amherstdale
Steve Kovich
Army
Billie P. Mullins
Willie W Mullins
Lorado
Engineer School
Fort Belvoir
Mullins
Lilly Haven Personal News Highlights
Local social notes from Lilly Haven detail visits among families in Beckley Welch and surrounding towns. Mentions of Army Private stationed in Augsburg Germany and a January Fort Jackson boot camp graduate completing basic combat training. Families moving residences noted in Emmett Orlando and Baileysville areas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lilly Haven
RNS
Charlie Francis
Robert Farren
Robert Jr
Delaine Clark
Debbie
Watson Clark
Quinwood
F. B. Shumaker Jr
East Rainelle
Basil Graham
Beckley
Tom Lambert
Robert Forren
Robert Crouch
Robbie
Mike
Sonny
Welch
Augsburg
Germany
James Murray
Shawn Jones
Ross Jones
Luther Elkins
Oscar Cline
Roy Elkins
Larry
Sundy
David
Freddie
Stevie Cox
Bill Lambert
Army
Fort Jackson
S. C
Man High School
Lorado Coal Mining Co
Bob Bodnar
Stephen Bodnar
Stephen Bodnar Jr
South Man
Paul Lawrence
James Harris
Reggie Clay
Emmett
Orlando
Fla
Bill Brown
Stevie
Judith Annette
Harlan
Baileysville
Everett Hollins Rites Thursday
Funeral services for Everett P. Hollins will be held at 2 p.m. Thursday in Bud-Alpoca Methodist Church with burial at Still Run Cemetery. Hollins, 4, of Bud, died after his car veered from Route 5 near Byron town Maryland. His brother Thomas Raymond Hollins of Alexandria escaped unharmed. Police say they were returning from a fishing trip in St. Marys County. Hollins was a World War II Army veteran. The body will be moved from Robertson and Foglesong Funeral Home to the home of his sister Mrs. Gene Sanderson in Alpoca Wednesday afternoon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bud
RNS
Everett P. Hollins
Milburn Bailey
Bud-Alpoca Methodist Church
Still Run
Hollins
Byrontown
Thomas Raymond Hollins
Alexandria
St. Mary’s County
Robertson and Foglesong
Gene Sanderson
Alpoca
Mrs G Lilly Rises Wednesday Funeral Notice
Funeral services for Mrs Gertrude Lilly have been rescheduled for 1 p m Wednesday at the Pentecostal Holiness Church South Mullens Rev C E Wood to officiate Burial in Crews Cemetery Nimitz She was 51 wife of William P Lilly of Collier Ave and died at 9 15 p m Sunday after admission to Wyoming General Hospital Death attributed to cerebral hemorrhage Funeral arrangements handled by Robertson and Foglesong Funeral Home Mullens
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Zed Elmer
Ollie Akers Pennington
Princeton
Robertson and Foglesong
Mullens
Mullens Chorus Holds Evening Practice Session
The Mullens Community Chorus meets at 7 p.m. today in the First Methodist church. Director is Rev. Robert McCoy from Pineville.
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Mullens
RNS
Mullens Community Chorus
First Methodist Church
Robert McCoy
Pineville
Carol Elaine Sumner’s Fifth Birthday Party Honor
Honored at a party by her parents Mr and Mrs Billy Sumner at 137 Trump Ave Carol Elaine Sumner celebrated her fifth birthday anniversary. Attendees included Peggy McGuffin Sandra Sumner and many relatives and friends such as Kitty Thomas Susan Sizemore David Lewis Ricky Miller Wayne Miller Gene Williams Kathy Grabrosky David Price Mikie Joe John Paul Campbell Dane Earl Campbell Michael Waters Johnny Waters Connie Sizemore Barbara Sizemore Connie Vannatter Bobby Vannatter Jeanie Vannatter Stephen Sumner Brian Sumner Raymond Sumner Larry Sumner and several Mrs C W McGuffin Mrs Alfred Campbell Mrs Harry Price Mrs Patrck Waters Mrs Junior Sizemore and Mrs John McGuffin.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oak Hill
BNS
Billy Sumner
Trump Ave
Carol Elaine Sumner
Sumner
Peggy McGuffin
Sandra Sumner
Kitty
Stevie Thomas
Susan Sizemore
David Lewis
Ricky
Wayne Miller
Gene Williams
Kathy
Stevie Grabrosky
David Price
Mikie Joe
John Paul
Dane Earl Campbell
Michael
Johnny Waters
Connie
Barbara Sizemore
Bobby
Jeanie Vannatter
Stephen
Brian
Raymond Sumner
Johnny
Larry Sumner
C. W. McGuffin
Alfred Campbell
Harry Price
Patrck Waters
Junior Sizemore
John McGuffin
Three Are Recaptured Eight Prisoners Escape From Summersville Jail
Eight prisoners escaped from Nicholas County Jail in Summersville Monday night. A woman and several men broke from a second floor cell to the third floor women’s lockup using bed sheets to descend. Four female prisoners remained at large, including Dorothy Jarvis of Richwood who fled with them. Jarvis, Workman of Swiss, and Moss of Richwood were recaptured. seven others named are still missing: Eugene Daling, Lee Morris of Gilboa, Dana Vickers of Swiss, Bill Cobb of Cowen, and James Willston of Tioga. A passerby’s sighting of dangling sheets alerted officials. how the escape through the barred window occurred was not explained.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dorothy
Jarvis
Richwood
Charles Workman
James Moss
Eugene Daling
Lee Morris
Gilboa
Dana Vickers
Bill Cobb
Cowen
James Willston
Tioga
Fayetteville Couples Seek Permits To Wed In Fayette County
Fifteen couples filed for marriage licenses in the Fayette County Clerk’s office led by Emory Wesley Anderson and Delma Domingues, with partners from Prince Columbus Ga Quick Smithers and other towns. local and out of state residents include Chicago Mount Hope Kincaid Belva and Oak Hill residents, ages 16 to 38, listing parents and townships.
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Fayetteville
RNS
Fayette County
Emory Wesley Anderson
Prince
Emory
Margaret Anderson
Delma Domingues
Joe
Mavis Domingues
Charles Proctor Noblin
Columbus
Alma Lee
Martha Noblin
Betty Ann Likens
Cunard
Ezra and
Ellen Likers
Willard Eugene Bennett
Chicago, Ill
Jacob E
Marie Bennett
Mary Ann Nichols
Victor
David A
Leva Nichols
Jack Wayne Budnick
Mount Hope
Marion S
Hilda Budnick
Patricia Ellen Parker
Francis
Frances Parker
James §. Estep
Quick
Dave
Vina Estep
Betty Murphy
Kincaid
Gus Hill
Daisy Murphy
Eugene Jackson
Gauley Bridge
John and
Lillie Jackson
Emma Jean Coleman
Bentree
Wiliam
Alice Coleman
Jackie R. Lewis
Thomas J
Della L. Lewis
Evelyn Marie Bowyer
Minden
Walter and
Elizabeth Marie Bowyer
Opal Nutter Jr
Smithers
Opie
Cecil Nutter
Caroline Barker
Ray
Rosie Barker
Robert K. Phillips
Belva
Raymond
Madeline Phillips
Peggy Marie ‘Stout
George W. and
Dora Stout
Carl Jackson Spangler
Cleveland
Ohio
Clyde and
Ruby Spangler
Zelma Katherine Fritz
Fayette‘ville
Oscar Edward
Julia Fritz
Ronald Lee Sanger
Scarbro
Herber S
Ethel Sanger
Judy Ann Johnston
William H
Martha A. Johnston
Mason C. Whitt Jr
Washington, D. C
Mason SC
Ethel Whitt
Emma Lou Lopez
John
Kate Lopez
Beverly James Walker
C. J
Dorothy Stevenson Walker
Shirley Dawn Kincaid
Kin‘caid
Carlos
Minnie B. Kincaid
Robert W. West
Oak Hill
Paul
Winnie , West
Cora Mae Massey
Delbert
Ruby Massey
Walter W. Willis
Glen Jean
Shirley Jelsomine To Wed Gary Burgess
Whitesville reports the engagement of Shirley Ann Jelsomine to A-2C Gary Burgess. Her parents Mr and Mrs Melvo Jelsomine announce the match. Both graduates of Sherman High School, she now attends Capitol City Commercial College in Charleston. he is stationed at Langley AFB Virginia. The couple plans to wed September 5 at First Baptist Church Whitesville.
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Whitesville
Rns
Shirley Ann Jelsomine
Gary Burgess
Melvo Jelsomine
Dave Burgess
Jelsomine
Sherman High School
Future Business Leaders of America
Capitol City Commercial College
Charleston
Burgess
Sherman High
Langley Air Force Base
First Baptist Church
L. E. Morrison
Moonshine Sold Charge Fined 100 in Pineville
Free man Lambert, 34, living above Graybear's Tavern near Pineville, was fined 100 by Magistrate W. P. Wilson after being charged with selling moonshine. Lambert denied the sale, and authorities said he was identified by Omer Toler and Walter Brooks in connection with the whisky consumed by them the night Danny Brewster, 14, was slain by Toler. Lambert appealed the ruling and posted a 500 bond before leaving Pineville.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pineville
RNS
Freeman Lambert
W. P. Wilson
Lambert
Omer Toler
Walter Brooks
Danny Brewster
Toler
Wyoming
Bert Short
Short
Shirley MacLaine and Steve Parker keep marriage pact apart
Shirley MacLaine explains a strained marriage to Steve Parker as career demands keep them separated for years. He works as a Tokyo producer and plans a Las Vegas extravaganza while she films in Hollywood. both hope to align their futures by 1961.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hollywood
Shirley MacLaine
Steve Parker
Shirley
Steve
Japan
Dinah Shore
Las Vegas
Hal Wallis
Three Injured In Oak Hill Car Crash
An Oak Hill woman on the way home from Cleveland and two of her granddaughters were injured in a 1 PM Monday crash at Mossy. Mary Elizabeth Dodson, 67, suffered a fractured hip and bruises. Judith Ann Dodson, 18, lacerations. and Mary Carolyn Dodson, 18, a forehead injury. Frank B. Dodson, 1956 model car driver from Cleveland, struck a pickup driven by Delmar Cheek of Scarbro Route 1. State Police cited Dodson for failure to control. Damages valued at about 1200 dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oak Hill
ANS
Cleveland
Ohio
Mossy
Oak Hill Hospital
Frank B. Dodson
Delmar Cheek
Scarbro
Mary Elizabeth Dodson
Dodson
Judith Ann
Mary Carolyn
There Were Methodists In Their Madness
Lake Junaluska North Carolina AP reports on early Methodist church rules from 1784 focusing on dress and propriety. Leaders noted tickets banned for those with ornate clothing and married women. A rule for young preachers advised sparing conversation with young women.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lake Junaluska
N. C
Methodist Church In
America
J. Manning Potts
Nashville
Tenn
Southeastern Jurisdiction Methodist Historical Society
Loneliness Drives Work Habit Says Woman
A woman explains she feels lonely but works to cope. She says her heavy workload would prevent a marriage anyway, indicating job to fill void and maintain independence. Her comments reflect personal conflict between desire for companionship and commitment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Steve
Real Private Eye His Real Life Unlike TV Detectives
Baltimore AP profile of private investigator Jack Rutten who dismisses TV stereotypes, noting he has never solved a murder. Born in New York, he moved to Baltimore, began in credit investigations in 1938, opened his own office in 1945, and has rarely faced danger, with one gun incident in West Virginia.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Baltimore
Jack Rutten
Rytten
Peter Gunn
Stuart Bailey
Mike Hammer
Rutten
Police Academy
James Chandler
New York
West Virginia
Nimitz Personal News Bridges Week End Visits
Nimitz society brief reports Louise Lake Handley spent the weekend with brother and sister-in-law Willis Hannigan Jumping Branch. Beatrice Ridenour and children Sharon Alan Virginia Leigh Jumping Branch vacationing two weeks with husband John C. Ridenour Ravenswood. plan visits to Columbus Ohio. Edna Meador Cleveland Ohio visited sister Vista Abshire Jumping Branch Wednesday. Vista Abshire and Earnest Lawson family Bellepoint motored to Charleston to visit Lina Bowling patient Memorial Hospital. Jean Wykle North Carolina and Jane Wiseman Avis visited Rinda Lively at Mrs. King’s Nursing Home Sunday.
Attending Reunion in Bradley and Nearby Travels
Mrs Lorna Blanchard and daughter Charlotte of Lake Wales Florida visit their mother in Bradley. The Blanchards end their vacation with a Europe tour. Mrs Nora Bennett joined a Myrtle Beach reunion with daughter Mrs C S Merriam also present. Col and Mrs Merriam and daughter recently returned from Ankara Turkey. Also present was Mrs Bariett's granddaughter Mrs Heribert Lowe and family from Little Rock Arkansas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bradley
Lornalanchard
Charlotte
Lake Wales
Fla
Blanchards
Europe
Blanchard
Nora Bennett
Myrtle Beach
S. C
C. S. Merriam
Col
Merriam
Ankara
Turkey
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Miss Wright
Jacquelin Hart
S. Gaines
Matheny Myf Meet
Mullens Church
Jewel K. Dickens
Robert Hornsley
Earl Miller
Earl Miller Jr
Ravenswood
Miller
Richmond
Hill
Nian
Lilly Haven Personals
Everett Hollins
Summersville
Nicholas County
Shirley Jelsomine
Gary D. Burgess
F. Lambert
Wilson
Jake Growe
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