Oak Hill Girl Hazel Higgenbotham Weds Washington Doctor
Miss Hazel M Higgenbotham of Oak Hill married Dr Joseph F Chambers of Washington D C at 10 am May 28 The ceremony was conducted by Monseigneur Russell A Phelan at the Church of the Annunciation in Washington The couple will reside at 4201 Massachusetts Ave Washington after a Southern honeymoon The bride an American University nursing graduate wore antique satin with Chantilly lace and a cathedral train The groom is a Georgetown Medical School alumnus and interned at Providence Hospital The wedding included a reception at Bolling Field Officers Club
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Oak Hill
Hazel M. Higgenbotham
Jesse A. Higgenbotham
Joseph F. Chambers
Ralph L. Chambers
Washington, D. C
Russell A. Phelan
Church of the Annunciation
Washington
Charles L. Higgenbotham
Beckley
Don Houchins
Jaenes Cotton
Suzann Higginbotham
Gary Don Houchins
Mary Chambers
James F. Chambers
Ralph J. Chambers
John Chambers
Officers’ Club
Bolling Field
Air Force Base
American University
Liberty Mutual Insurance Co
Sigma Sigma Sigma National Sorority
Georgetown College
Providence Hospital
Berkshire Apartments
Massachusetts Ave
Damage Actions Are Instituted In Fayetteville Court
Damage suits totaling 79145 have been filed in Fayette County Circuit Court. Plaintiffs Edwin Michael, Ben Gay Brugh, Bryson Neal, Roy B. Kessler, James H. Harvey, Bell Lines Inc., John Gmitherko, Nell Woods, Dorothy E. Proskin, Oak Hill Finance Co. and others seek sums ranging from 1,000 to 35,000 against named defendants including Joseph M. Montgomery, Ben Viere, Gertrude Tischida, Ambrose Schibilla, Hubert N. Young, Myrtle Johnson, J. K. Whitlock, F P McClelland, Emmet Insurance Co., Laird Foundation, Earl Willis, Jess Rhodes, Lawrence Frank Love, J H White trustees, and Fayetteville Savings and Loan Association.
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J. H. White
Trustees
Fayetteville Federal Savings and Loan Association
Fayette Farmers to Seek Small Industries
Fayette County Farm Bureau will convene in the courthouse on June 9 to discuss developing small local industries in Fayette County. Led by Robert J. Riley, the focus includes motels eateries recreation small fruit poultry products and other topics. Plans for the County Fair in Oak Hill in August will be set.
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Oak Hill
Finley
Wellman
Bureau
Fayette County wool pool to sell wool in June
Fayetteville RNS reports Fayette County farmers will pool and sell wool with grading at the Springdale Depot June 15 under manager R N Fox Crickerman and grader E L Shaw Morgantown Clasifications include half blood quarter blood three eights blood and rejects. Members listed include O C Allen Paul Cole Danese Nettie Falor Robert Lane Edna Martin Beelick Knob Everett Osborne H H McClung J S S Tincher Rainelle A P Bays Lee Cross Nallen C R Eddy A A Propst J F Bays D E Caldwell Lookout Evelyn Haynes Russellville John Altiern Fayetteville D C Newell R A Wallace Oak Hill Harry Wallace Hilltop T L Bennett Stanley Hypes E L Martin H L Nutten L B Yaven Ramsey Herbert Caven dish J T Eddy Cal Kenny Clarence Mason G F Malcolm C C White Flora Smith Layland Carroll Clifton C W Miller Scar bro Alvin Ennis Noel Ennis Homer Ennis Alpha O Fox Elmore Gwinn Lake Gwinn Layland Goddard Meadow Bridge K D Hall Green Sulphur Springs Lacy St Clair J H Welch Lockridge Co T Daniels J T Daniels H F Owensby H E Rookstool R G Surbaugh Lawn R J Goheen John M Henson J A Hurley Burley Sims F L Twohig M V Twohig P L Twohig Springdale.
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Fayetteville
RNS
Fayette County
Springdale
R. N. Fox
Crickmer
E. L. Shaw
Morgantown
O. C. Allen
Paul Cole
H. J. Crookshanks
Danese
Net
John M. Henson
J. A. Hurley
Burley Sims
F. L. Twohig
M. V. Twohig
P. L. Twohig
Oak Hill Pythians Name Officers In Installations Planned
Oak Hill Knights of Pythias Lodge No. 17 elected Wallace Evans as chancellor commander and 11 others including William Jackson Evans as vice chancellor and Ray Bickford as prelate. Installation is set for June and knight rank was conferred on James Dodson with esquire to follow June 7. Guests G S Talbert and R S Taylor attended. about 20 members were present.
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Oak Hill Pythians
Wallace Evans
Oak Hill
RNS
Knights of Pythias Lodge
William Jackson Evans
Ray Bickford
Andy Vegh Jr
R. W. Williams
Ben
A. Gooch
H. L. van Camp
John W. Perry Jr
Raymond Thomas
Karl Krouse
C. F. Zink
Layton K. Pegram
Grand Lodge
G. Steele Callison
James Dodson
West Virginia Tech Alumni Name Officers
West Virginia Tech Alumni Association elected officers for 1955 56 at the annual banquet. Hubert Dawson of Glen Ferris was named president with six others chosen as new officers. Honored guests included Nell Walker alumna of the year and Yvonne Large scholarship winner.
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Montgomery
Hubert Dawson
Glen Ferris
West Virginia Institute of Technology Alumni Association
Dawson
Nell Walker
Winona
Yvonne Large
Pineville Man Is Sent to Ohio
Pineville resident Jimmy Cooper, who has worked for a life insurance firm here for five years, has been transferred to Columbus Ohio as assistant manager. He was to begin his new duties today. his family, residing in the Bailey Murphy Addition, plans to join later.
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Pineville
RNS
Jimmy Cooper
Columbus
Ohio
Bailey-Murphy
Area Students Will Be Graduated From West Virginia Tech Friday
Fayette Raleigh and nearby counties send 52 graduates from West Virginia Institute of Technology to Friday commencement in the college gymnasium. Dean Louis M. Hacker of Columbia University delivers the address on The Living American Tradition. Laird, Dean Thornton and President Axtell lead the ceremony with an organ-piano recital and a Tech Men’s Glee Club performance preceding the formal proceedings.
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Fayette
Raleigh
West Virginia Institute of Technology
College Gymnasium
William R. Laird TI
Fayetteville
Elizabeth Hallanan
Charleston
State Board of Education
W. B. Axtell
F. F. Thornton
Robert P. Melton
First Presbyterian Church
Carol Wills Fabry
Ansted
Thomas Darlington
Powellton
Terry Duffield
Rayford
David Hall
Beckley
Gene Neley
Rupert
Waymon Wayne
Long Branch
Charles Rogers
Deepwater
Frank L. Tyree Jr
Pax
Myra Wickline
Clarence Woody
Oak Hill
Peter Olden
Tech Campus Club
Torians
Louis M. Hacker
Columbia University
Laird
Thornton
Axtell
Melton
Mount Hope Masons To Honor Past Masters
Mount Hope Lodge No. 103 of the Ancient Free and Accepted Masons will honor past masters at a 6 30 p m dinner in the Masonic Hall Mount Hope Eighth District Blue Lodge officers invited no ritual work at the dinner
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Mount Hope
ANS
Lodge No. 103
Masonic Hall
Blue Lodge
Four Wyoming County Residents Charged With Whisky Sales
In Mullens four Wyoming County residents face arraignment on warrants for selling tax paid whisky found during weekend raids. Mollie Heath faced illegal possession after four pints were found at her taxi stand and will be arraigned Saturday. James Russell, Gene and Mary Glenn, and Ward Sheppard were charged at Vaughan's Cafe, Katherine's Cafe, and Midway Tavern with selling whisky. the Glenns posted $1,000 bonds each. Additional beer violations led to warrants for Lottie Canaday and Harvey Canaday, with hearings set in Pineville. Joe Montrose pled nolo contendere to selling beer before 1 p.m. on April 17 and paid fines.
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Mullens
RNS
Wyoming County
Mollie Heath
Bill Houck
James Russell
Vaughan
Gene Glenn
Mary
Katherine's
Ward Sheppard
Midway Tavern
Pineville
Sheppard
Glenns
Houck
East Pineville
Lottie Canaday
East Pineville Drive-In
Harvey Canaday
Lottie
Battle Over Clavichord in Utica Duty Dispute
In Utica New York customs clash a family battles over current tariff. Foster R Diehl and wife argue a $1500 German clavichord belongs to the piano family and should face 20 percent duty. Customs insists the double keyboard instrument with 32 pedals is distinct and would incur 40 percent duty if upheld.
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Utica
N.Y
Customs Office
Uncle Sam
Diehls
Davy Crockett Fan Fails to Copy Hero
A boy about 12 wearing a Davy Crockett shirt tries to copy the hero by seeking a hunting knife. He helps Mrs. Gromovsky carry bags then vanishes, leaving missing receipts totaling 96 dollars and 7 cents.
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Davy Crockett
Richmond
Davy
Frances Gromovsky
Mrs. Gromovsky
Richard Rowe of Scarbro Killed in Slate Fall
A slate fall in the Oakwood mine of the New River Co near Carlisle killed Richard Henry Dack Rowe 46 of Scarbro at 11 am Tuesday He was born April 19 1909 in Sun Survivors include his wife Helen his mother Mrs Jo Ann Rowe and brother William all of Scarbro Body at Tyree Funeral Home Oak Hill pending funeral arrangements
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Oak Hill
RNS
Oakwood
New River Co
Carlisle
Richard Henry ‘Dack’ Rowe
Scarbro
Sun
Helen, Scarbro
Jo Ann Rowe
William
Tyree
Fayette County 4-H Pool Opens in Beckwith Camp
Rain and cool winds fail to deter 484 swimmers as Fayette County 4-H pools at Beckwith begin season. Improvements include a 1.5 acre pond holding 4,000,000 gallons, 1,500 trees and shrubs planted, new picnic shelter perches, 15 picnic tables, a covered garbage fill, and a flag pole under construction.
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Fayetteville
BNS
Fayette County
Beckwith
Paul Hicks
Canterbury Rites Set for Thursday
OCEANA WV RNS Lola Canterbury age 65 dies Tuesday at Veterans Hospital Beckley burial Friday at Cook Cemetery Oceana services Thursday 10 am at Oceana Methodist Church officiated by Rev Wayne Rollins born April 18 1890 Craney WV survived by wife Jennie Womack Canterbury one daughter Gloria Canterbury and several stepchildren and stepsons body taken to Evans Funeral Home Oceana today at 5 pm
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Lola Canterbury
Oceana Methodist Church
Wayne Rollins
Cook Cemetery
Veterans Hospital
Beckley
Craney
Charles
Mary Wesley Canterbury
Jennie Womack Canterbury
Gloria Canterbury
Ruth Ratliff
Earling
Mary Stafford
Rema Smith
Chillicothe
Ohio
William
Woodrow Womack
Evans Funeral Home
Doze Brings Death on Pennsylvania Turnpike
Bedford Pa. Dozing drivers and weary servicemen hinder turnpike safety as sleep related crashes drop tolls from 1953 to 1954. Capt Sheaffer notes overestimation of driving ability after 72 hour passes leads to rear end collisions with slow vehicles. Some servicemen fail to reach base due to fatigue.
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Bedford
Srevicemen
Pennsylvania
Singleton Sheaffer
Specias
Sheaffer
Funeral for Frederick T. Bush in Oak Hill today
Funeral services for Frederick Thomas Bush 51 of Oak Hill will be at 3 p.m. today at Oak Hill Baptist Church with Rev. Peter Vroom officiating. Burial will follow in High Lawn Memorial Park. Born January 20 1904 in Fire Creek he died after a long illness. Survivors include wife Winnie King Bush parents James Ballard and Ora Simmons Bush Oak Hill one brother Alvah C Hinton and three sisters Ray mond Hodge Oak Hill Walter Pawlus Cleveland Ohio and Dallas Wolfe Yuba City California.
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Oak Hill
BNS
Frederick Thomas Bush
Oak Hill Baptist Church
Peter Vroom
High Lawn Memorial Park
Fire Creek
Mount Hope Folk To Run Motor Court
Mr and Mrs Henry Lewis of Mount Hope will depart June 6 with their son Sonny to operate the Davy Motor Court on Route 25 south of Asheville North Carolina They are selling their Mount Hope home to Sam Foster of the local Chevrolet agency
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Mount Hope
RNS
Henry Lewis
Sonny
Davy Motor Court
Asheville
N. C
Sam Foster
Chevrolet Agency
Tax Form Attacked by Circuit Judge Dale Souter
A circuit judge denounces a tax form in a published blast describing his year's income as fictitious and mocking the form. He notes congratulatory mail from across the nation and calls for those behind the statement to seek other employment.
Mullens Boys to Attend Camp Mullens Boys State
Five Mullens boys Robert Tabscott W D Akers Jr Curtis Crotty Jr Robert Lipscomb and Johnny Russell prepare to attend Boys State at Jackson's Mill. The camp runs from June 5 to June 11 with activities and sessions for delegates.
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Mullens
Robert Tabscott
W. D. Akers Jr
Curtis Crotty Jr
Robert Lipscomb
Johnny Russell
Jackson’s Mill
Wedding bells for 90 year old groom and 75 bride
In Pineville June marks the traditional month for brides with Marietta Alice Braden aged 75 of Fanrock set to wed Burl Franklin Lester, 90, of Fanrock. Both were among couples filing for marriage licenses in Wyoming County Clerk's office.
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Pineville
Marietta Alice Braden
Burl Franklin Lester
Wyoming County Clerk’s
Fender to graduate from Kirksville College
James Lloyd Fender son of Mr and Mrs Love C Fender Pineville is to graduate from the Kirksville College of Osteopathy and Surgery in Kirksville Missouri on Friday He is a Marshall College Huntington graduate and a member of Phi Sigma Gamma social fraternity
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Pineville
James Lloyd Fender
Love C. Fender
Kirksville College of Osteopathy and Surgery
Kirksville
Fender
Marshall College
Huntington
Phi Sigma Gamma
Doan's Pills Offer Relief From Backache and Irritation
Nagging backache and sleepless nights linked to stress and improper eating. Doan's Pills relieve pain soothe bladder irritation and mildly diuretic effect through the kidneys, helping bedtime discomfort. Millions have trusted Doan's for over 60 years.
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Dean
Doan
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