Lilly Haven Resident Honored With Shower
Lilly Haven news notes Mrs. Frank Worley received a stork shower at Mrs. Francis Simmons home with hostesses Mrs. Roy Elkins Mrs. Ross Jones and Mrs. Betty Nutter. Attendees include numerous local residents and families as volunteers cleared the road at 9:30 a.m. for traffic protection for the Stover family.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lilly Haven
Frank Worley
Francis Simmons
Roy Elkins
Ross Jones
Betty Nutter
Velma Stines
Charles Hutchison
Dewey LaMerty
Harold McPeak
Betty Stone
Betty Frazier
Drema League
James Maynor
Frank Worley Sr
Earl Chasins
Bill Woman
Francis Smmsons
Ralph Belcher
James Acord
Stover
Davis To Finish Second Floor Of New Structure
Wyoming County chooses Jack W. Davis of Huntington for the interior finish of the second floor of the courthouse annex with a low bid of 37 029 dollars. The second floor heating and cooling bids range around 7 800 dollars with Amerigo Bazzie the other low on the wall. The county plans some library space on the second floor and will discuss space needs with the state library commission in Charleston. A Jan 1, 1960 completion deadline is set and funding comes from existing county funds, not credit.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Davis
Pineville
RNS
Wyoming County
Jack W. Davis
Huntington
Amerigo Bazzie
Oceana Plumbing and Heating
Columbus Heathing and Ventilating Co
Jack Davis
Bazzie
Bruno Pais
Wyoming Public Library
Frampton and Bowers
State Library Commission
Charleston
Meanwile
Seven Injured In Wyoming Area Mine And Road Accidents
Hazards of summer sent seven people to Mullens area hospitals after a truck mishap and mine incidents. Victims included four year old Mark Caffee with a leg cut, eight year old Randall Hall stung by a bee, Billy McCoy with a punctured foot from a nail, Daniel Prince with two fractured ribs and a bruised leg, Freeman Buchanan with a bruised finger, Edward L. Terry with finger bruises, and James Tiller struck by coal from a blast at the Mullens Amigo Mine.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Randall Hall
Corinne
Billy McCoy
Lego
Allen Junction
Daniel Prince
Price
Boy
Freeman Buchanan
Itmann
Edward L. Terry
Lanark
Amigo
James Tiller
Pineville
Mullens
Ter
Mrs. Elise Martin Rites Thursday at Calvary Baptist
Funeral services for Mrs. Elise Bertie Martin will be held at 2 p.m. Thursday at Calvary Baptist Church Oak Hill with Rev Hobart Quesenberry and Rev Gerald Huffman officiating Burial follows at Highlawn Memorial Park Oak Hill The 79 year old died Tuesday evening at her home after a brief illness She was born in Kiff er Ms on May 13 1890 and was a daughter of William and Katherine Burns Deitz Survivors include four sons Everette Gatewood Lacy Fayetteville Lawson St Albane Eugene Oak Hill three daughters Elsie Hodge Layland Delbert Shuck Layland and Woodrow Bragg Mount Hope two brothers H T Deitz Kiff er and I N Deitz Crawley 29 grandchildren
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oak Hill
Rns
Elise Bertie Martin
Calvary Baptist Church
Hobart Quesenberry
Gerald Huffman
Highlawn Memorial Park
Tyree
Martin
Martin Ave
Road Blocked After Heavy Rain Near Colcord
Heavy rainfall blocked Alternate Route 3 for over three hours just below Clear Fork High School. About four feet of dirt and debris washed onto the highway from a strip mining operation by Raleigh Eagle Coal Co at Ameagle. Nearby residents said backwater from the mine endangered the Howard Stover home all day as the company arranged to drain it late Tuesday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Colcord
RNS
Clear Fork High School
Raleigh Eagle Coal Co
Ameagle
Howard Stover
Coal Company
Colcord Home School hosts senior conference with thirty-one attendees
Colcord Senior High Conference at Colcord Home School drew 31 seniors on Monday, ten more than last year. Bible study classes led by Rev. Galen Work and Mrs. Jack Weller covered The Word Made Flesh and The Christian Family, while Anna Diem and Lois Kenney taught Christianity in Action and Living Christianity. Afternoon groups covered crafts, work, and audio-visual sessions, with Rev. Richard Kesel of Pittsburgh, NY as vesper speaker and staffer Doris Conkle among assistants.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Galen Work
Jack Weller
Anna Diem
Lois Kenney
Vesper
Richard Kesel
Pittsburgh
N. Y
Doris Conkle
David Hay
Dexter Halstead
Edwight
Davis Elkins College
Gene Daniel
George Toney
Clear Creek
Vacation Bible School Opens at Milam Methodist Church
GLEN ROGERS RNS Vacation Bible School began Monday at Milam Methodist Church in McGraws with sessions for beginners to intermediates. Mrs Hattie Meridith leads, assisted by teachers Phylis Brown Opal McGraw Kathleen Sizemore Bertha Brooks. The program and work display conclude the one week school led by Pastor Rev Glenn Robinson and Superintendent Holyrod Brooks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Glen Rogers
RNS
Milam Methodist Church
McGraws
Hattie Meridith
Phylis Brown
Opal McGraw
Kethel Sizemore
Bertha Brooks
Glenn Robinson
Holyrod Brooks
Mount Hope Lass Chosen Dream Girl at District Meet
Mount Hope junior Miss Alicia Lee Elkins daughter of Mrs Beulah Darnall represented the Delta Iota Chapter as Dream Girl at the District Convention at Ohio State University. She was selected from seven candidates for personality appearance and extracurricular activities and will also represent District No 5 of Pi Kappa Alpha at the national convention in Miami Florida in summer 1960.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mount Hope
Alicia Lee Elkins
Beulah Darnall
Marshall College
Delta Iota
Ohio State University
Elkins
Miss Elkins
Pi Kappa Alpha
Miami
Fla
Sigma Sigma Sigma Sorority
Fagus
Omicron Delta Kappa
Six Incumbents Triumph Again In Oak Hill
In Oak Hill six incumbents were reelected and only one incumbent lost in a heavy turnout that set a city record. Notable results included Frank Mauritz defeating O R Rich, with J Walter Brown leading the field before defeat. Other winners were John Gwinn G A Baumgartner J S Keatley J S McClain and Earl Mullins. Total votes reached 1312 as lines formed at City Hall.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oak Hill
ANS
O. R. Rich
Frank Mauritz
J. Walter Brown
John Gwinn
G. A. Baumgartner
J. S. Keatley
Brown
J. S. McClain
Mauritz
Earl Mullins
Citizens Party
Wallace Evans
J. B. Thompson
Rich
L. A. Frazier
J. B. Hess
Billy J.mcknight
C. P. Miller Jr
Better Government Party
Miller
City Hall
Students Receive Eleven DAR Awards at Scarbro School
Borderland Chapter of the DAR and the National Society awarded eleven Scarbro school students in the annual awards assembly. Judy Fitzpatrick earned the Theodore Roosevelt essay medal and a signed book, with others receiving American history medals, a History Medal, Good Citizen medal, and Golden Horseshoe honors.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
DAR Hill
ANS
Borderland
Daughters of the American Revolution
National Society of the Dar
Scarbro School
C. R. Hill
State Society of the Dar
Judy Fitzpatrick
Theodore Roosevelt
Fayette County
Roosevelt
Sagamore Hill
Herman Hagedorn
Gail Settle
West Virginia
la von Price
Carol Coffman
Randolph Johnson
Oak Hill Baptist Church
O. M. McNiell
Scarbro Presbyterian Church
Gadd Re appointed to Charleston Police Civil Service
AP Cyrus H. Gadd of Princeton was re appointed by Gov. Underwood to Charleston Police Civil Service Commission for a four year term starting June 1. Underwood also named Nelson Clarke to Martinsburg Police Civil Service Commission for a similar term succeeding Luther H. Caskey whose term expires May 31.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gadd
Ccharleston
Cyrus H. Gadd
Princeton
Underwood
Police Civil Service Commission
Nelson Clarke
Martinsburg Police Civil Service Commission
Clarke
Luther H. Caskey
Public Service Held Sunday at G D Price Home
The 14th annual public service will be conducted Sunday at the home of G. D. Price who has been confined to his home since 1945. The services are under the sponsorship of Mrs. W. B. Mc Cain.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Glen Jean
G. D. Price
W. B. McCain
Hresan Wins Re election Lead In Fayetteville Vote
Mayor M G Hresan heads the Citizens ticket and is re elected by a large margin as about 750 of 1,100 registered Fayetteville voters cast ballots. Recorder Charles F Rosenecker loses by about 200 votes while four Citizens ticket council members win and one Better Government candidate also elected.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hresan
Fayetteville
Better Government
Citizens
Joel Conner
George Vickers
Haven Shuck
Louis Rahall
A. E. Whanger
Citizens Party
Hiesan
Recorder
Rosnecker
Shuck
Harold Turner
Rahal
Vicker
Conner
Glen Rogers Personal Notes From Beckley Area
Glen Rogers Personal Notes lists many weekend visitors and travelers. Aubrey Nuckols Jr returns to MacDill Florida after six days with the U. S. Air Force in Spain, while Nancy Taraczkozy marries Bob Sanger in Beckley with several relatives attending. The column also notes illness and hospital visits, family travel to Detroit, Cleveland, Alabama, and elsewhere, plus several local residents teaching or visiting relatives in Mullens, Bolt, Rainelle, and Meadow Bridge.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Glen Rogers
Aubrey Nuckols Jr
U. S. Air Force
Spain
MacDill Air Force Base
Florida
Frankie Farley
Dayton
Ohio
Adam Richardson
Farley
Frank Farley
Ravencliff
Pope Air Force Base
N. C
Clyde Walters
Beckley
Nancy Taraczkozy
Bob Sanger
W. S. Brooks
Reuben Williams
Elizabeth Williams
Margie Durham
Ray Gewinn
Stevie
Rainelle
Meadow Bridge
Bill Clemens
Beckley Hospital
Waldo Tackett
Betty
Curt
Dungannon
Clare Brooks
Sam Rhodes
Frank Rhodes
Helen
Ott Shumate
Hher
Imogene Shumate
Glen Fork
Herman Shumate
Carleston
Urdine Short
Oceana
Bernard Brooks
Sabine
Bea Trout
Daisy Foster
John Ovenik
Marshall Free
Brownsville
Ovenik
Wannie Tolliver
Detroit
Mich
Grant
Harry
James Duncan
Norma Hurst
Alabama
Donnie Nuckols
Jackie Canterbury
Danny Simpson
Julia Simpson
Simpson
Wilma McClure
Gary
Betty Simpson
Hayden Wolf
Susie McGraw
Mullens
Ott Brown
Lee Hash
Bristol
Tony Patrick
Harvey York
Harold Snuffer
Cleveland
York
Rudy Lubich
Bolt
Dorothy Vidovich
Shirley Browning
Fred Dowdy
Coal Mountain
Frederick Dowdy
Athens
Concord College
George Welshansy
Fred Johnson
Fairdale
Donald Hall
Fort Jackson
S. C
Tom Hall
Alex Taraczkozy
G. L. Herron
Mrs Dougherty Addresses Club at Oak Hill meeting
Mrs J W Dougherty spoke at the Spade and Trowel Garden Club meeting on roses and care. The event, held at Mrs Hugo Bornheim’s home with co host Mrs C P White, highlighted planting timing, buying sources, and beautification plans.
Hill Helps To Nab Burglar
Henry Page Hill Jr. credited with trapping burglar Wilson Maddy of Willow Wood after a 1 a.m. burglary at Willow Wood Country Club. Hill and caretaker Henry Harris switched on lights, detained Maddy until police arrived. Maddy had burglary tools $20 stolen, arraigned and jailed on $1,000 bond.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Henry Harris
Harris
Maddy
Milam
Officials Elected Danville on Citizens Ticket
Unopposed candidates on the Citizens Ticket were elected Tuesday in Danville with votes cast for mayor W. W. White 46 recorder 46 councilmen J. Rex Price 46 Fred E. Black 45 L. L. McClure 44 James Rea 46 Liburn Hopkins 45.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Danville
RNS
Citizens
W. W. White
Recorder
J. Rex Price
Fred E. Black
L. L. McClure
James Rea
Liburn Hopkins
Name Changes Bring Marine to Stanley Hoover
AP report notes Marine M Sgt Stanislaw Szatkowski sought simplicity by shortening his first name to Stanley and dropping the z from Szatkowski. Known as Ski, he then adopted his wife’s maiden name and became Stanley Hoover, legally.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Honolulu
Marine Msgt
Stanislaw Szatkowski
Stanley
Ski
Stanley Hoover
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Julis Johnson
Mildred Moss
Robert Farran
Barbara Nicholas
Charlie Francis
Phyllis Clark
Sandra Nutter
Hester Strunk
Bobby Crouch
Norma Frazier
Joe Rine
Bessie Lambert
Julls Johnson
Sharon Johnson
Bill Lambert
Fern Miniaci
Mullens Hospital
Wyoming General Hospital
Branch Coal Co
Mark Cafee
Mrs. E. Martin
SNH
E DeLone
Alderson, W. Va
Johnson & Gwinn
Arnette
W. Va
Warren Jarrell
Baileysville, W. Va
Builder's Howe. & Lumber CO
Beaver, W. Va
Lilly Hardware CO
Beckley, W. Va
Beckley Ice & Feed
East Gulf, W. Va
Nacco Stores
Fairdale, W. Va
Fairdale Grocery & Appliance
Fayetteville, W. Va
Janutolo & CO
Hinton
Itmann Colliery
Marlinton, W. Va
Peoples Store & Supply CO
Oceana Lumber & Supply CO
Odd, W. Va
ODD Grocery
Rainelle, W. Va
Rainelle Dept. Store
Sandstone, W. Va
Simmons
Slab Fork, W. Va
Slab Fork Coal CO
White Sulphur Springs
C. A. Gum Dept
Marilyn Monroe
Tony Curtis
Jack Lemmon
Billy Wilder
Vacation Bible School
Susan Hayward
THE
Magnatones
Jayne Mansfield
Dan Duryea
Randolph Scott
Donna Martell
Pempe
James Stewart
Arthur Kennedy
Rock Hudson
Julie Adams
Nelson Henry Morgan
Universal International
Gregory Peck
Ann Blyth
Row Beachi
Em Anthony Quinn
John McIntire
Andrea King
Mullens Drive-In
Mullens and
Herndon
Alfred Hitchcock
Vertigo
Kim Novak
Open Air Theatre
Stamford Rd
Ae van Ag
YUL
Pineville Drive-In
Pais
Cwrenn Seoee
OK Hudson
Jenifer Jones
J.W. Dougherty
Spade and Trowel Garden Club
Hugo Bornheim
C. P. White
H. B. Dews
Spade and Trowel Club
Oak Hill Hospital
Everette Bragg
J. P. Brooks
George Copley
F. W. Dickinson
Andrew Easton
J. W
Hill
Cottage Inn
Bobby Kiser
Manuel Lopez
James Mason
Dorothy Dandridge
Johnny Trouble
Ethel Barrymore
Cecil Kellaway
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