Stewart Retains Pineville Mayor Seat in Suburban Race
In Pineville Vaughan Stewart was re-elected to his seventh term as mayor as Everett Collins lost to him on the People's ticket. The recorder Cvo Shannon ran unopposed on Citizens' ticket and secured 253 votes. Four of five council members were re-elected as Avery Oxton joined with 208 votes along with other incumbents and new names. The special recreation levy of 2874 dollars annually for two years passed by a wide margin to fund street and sidewalk projects within the town.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vaughan Stewart
Pineville
Oceana
James Roberts
W. French Manning
Recorder
Eldon Don Cook
Vaughn Cozort
Ronald Lee Cook
Cozort
Drewey Mitchell
Herman Hopkins
Oley Clay
Hobart Drake
Jack Ritchie
Robert L. Kidd
Argel Cozorl
Homer Cook
Oscar Morgan
Ralph Cook
Garnett Birley
Lloyd Blackburn
Myles Crowder
Stewart
Everett
Ram) Collins
Town Recorder
C. Vo Shannon
People’s
Citizens
John Omas
Claude Farley
Fred Huffman
Edgar Rose
H. E. Crews
Avery Oxion
Eugene Neal
Depayne Belcher
John Legg
Braxton Ball
Fayetteville
Road Repair Bids Opened By SRC
State Road Commission opened bids Tuesday for 10 of 31 projects covering 60.4 miles in 10 counties. Four resurfacing jobs will use emergency aid funds with federal two thirds and state one third. Other seven projects funded entirely by the state include resurfacing W Va 16 Mullens to Raleigh and W Va 10 Elmore. J S Gillespie and K D Sarrett listed as contractors for multiple segments.
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Charleston
Wyoming
State Road Commission
Road Commission
Congress
W. Va
Mullens
Raleigh County
J. S. Gillespie
K. D. Sarrett
Huntington
Elmore Bud Road
Elmore
Fayetteville Grand and Petit Jurors Named for July Term
Fayetteville circuit clerk Mrs L S Tully announced July 1 reporting for grand jurors and July 2 for 60 petit jurors for the Fayette Circuit Court. The lists include residents from Fayetteville, Mount Hope, Oak Hill, Ansted, Glen Ferris, Danese, and other area communities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fayetteville
RNS
Fayette Circuit Court
L. S. Tully
Robert L. Ashe
Robert Aldridge
J. S. Kern
Cannelton
Homer Buster
Powellton
Louis Corey
Harvie Stark
Mount Hope
J. E. Christian
Scarbro
Clifford Carroll
Layland
W. A. Deitz
R. R. Wood
Hico
Emma Dandridge
Oak Hill
C. W. Franklin Jr
Opal Payne
Kincaid
A. W. Holmes
Carlisle
Harve Levin
Glen Ferris
Veregelia Rogers
Danese
Charles L. Amick
Barnette
H. L
Anderson
Edmond
P. L. Barnette
Li Blake
J. W. Bragg
Edward Harless
Cecil Craft
Robert H. Kent
Ben Lewis
George S. Vargo
Frank Bragg
Charles W. Davis
Martin Manion
Ivan H. Scarbro
Ansted
Basil Bennett
Forest Drenne
W. L. Crandall
Gauley Bridge
George Crouch
Myra Richards
Minden
Raymond Campbell
Winona
W. R. Caincross
J. H. Gaddy
Alley
Mal
Bryant Kidd
Pax
W. B. Liptrap
Thurmond
Herbert C. McGraw
Clifty
J. R. Pushey
Chariton Heights
H. S. Rash
Judge Hovle Sink Debuts New Green Eyeshade
Superior Court Judge H Hovle Sink of Greensboro tried a new green eyeshade in court and joked that it needs breaking in after wearing the old one for 19 years.
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Ureensbroro
N.C. Ia
H. Hovle Sink
Greensboro
Alton Bates Fined for Disorderly Conduct in New Brunswick
Alton Bates, 38, fined 230 dollars in New Brunswick for disorderly conduct. He asked for time to get money and returned with 880 quarters and 60 half dollars.
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New Brunswick
N. J
Alton Bates
Pineville Personal Notes Highlight Local Visits
Pineville residents travel and visit relatives at Grantsville Bluefield and Athens. Donald Mayhurst tours relatives in Grantsville while W G Mullins family enjoys Claytor Lake weekend. Mrs Stevens visits Joceana and Pineville relatives. Cameron family from Canvas attends WV Methodist Conference Buckhannon. Worrells meet kin in Pineville then Bluefield. Robert Runger family and Jeanne Bud visiting Pineville.
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Pineville
Rns
Donald Mayhurst
Iis
Grantsville
W.G. Mullins
David
Daniel
Claytor Lake
Harry L. Stevens
Joceana
Charles A. Cameron
Charles Albert
Lydia
Canvas
A. B. Robertson
Buckhannon
Karen Worrell
Bluefield
Athens
Concord College
Robert Runger
Vand
Jeanne
Bud
Oceana Resident Receives Degree in Richmond
Gene Hatfield of Oceana earned a doctor of medicine degree from Richmond Medical College in Virginia. He is a Oceana High School graduate who studied at West Virginia University and attended the University of Michigan as a freshman. He is married to Dobie Santiago of Bluefield and has two daughters, Cynthia and Shawn Elizabeth. His internship will be at Charleston Memorial Hospital after graduation in Richmond.
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Oceana
RNS
Richmond Medical College
Richmond
Gene ‘Hatfield
R. C. Hatfield
Oceana High School
West Virginia University
University of Michigan At
Ann Arbor
Dobie Santiago
Bluefield
Cynthia
Shawn Elizabeth
Hatfield
Charleston Memorial Hospital
Happy Marriage Formula From Mallens Pair
MALLENS COUNTY RNS The key to a happy marriage is hard work patience and faith in God says Mr and Mrs Harry M Wyatt as they celebrate their 50th wedding anniversary The Wyatts who live in Wyoming County were married May 28 1903 in Baileyville by Rev W H H Cook The couple notes Mrs Wyatt formerly Jeanette Walker is the daughter of the late David and Emma Walker Wyatt began work as a young man alongside experienced woodsmen harvesting Wyoming County's virgin timber.
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Mallens
Harry M. Wyatt
Pineville
Wyatt
Jeanette
Jenny) Walker
David
Emma Walker
Wyoming County
Infant's Rites Today in Lansing for Shieler Infant
Graveside rites were scheduled for 2 p.m. today at Richmond Cemetery Leander for Richard Wayne Shieler infant son of Clyde and Shieler of Lansing. He died Tuesday in Oak Hill hospital. Surviving is sister Brenda Kay at home and grandparents Elizabeth Wilson of Fayetteville C C Crist of Ramsey.
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Lansing
RNS
Richard Wayne Shieler
Clyden
Shieler
Richmond
Leander
John Bragg
Oak Hill
Brenda Kay
Elizabeth Wilson
Faryetteville
C.C. Crist
Ramsey
WVU President To Retain Office Into September
WVU president Irvin Stewart will stay in office for possibly up to September 1 while the search for a successor continues. He plans to return to the faculty in 1959 after a year’s leave for a Ford Foundation study. The board named E. G. Otey as its new president and approved plans for a $10 million expansion including a new women’s dormitory to be named Arnold Hall.
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Morgantown
Irvin Stewart
West Virginia University
Stewart
WVU Board of Governors
WVU
Ford Foundation
Board of Governors
E. G. Otey
Bluefield
A. C. Spurr
Wheeling
Arnold
Edna Arnold
F. McIntosh Jr
Spencer
Weekend visitors noted at multiple area homes
Pax PAX lists weekend guests and travel between Detroit Greenfield Washington DC and Indiana. Families including Janneys Brock Teaster Paschal McCoy Lafferty Burnette and Hawkins hosted and visited relatives in Ohio Indiana and West Virginia with travel to Detroit and Indianapolis.
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PAX
J. D. Janney
Nora Murdock
Ronnie
Sophia
John’ Williams
Clarence Payne
Odd
Bunyan Janney
Edward Janney
Randy
Danny
Tommy Lindquist
Detroit
Mich
Janney
Fonda Paschal
Starlen Teaster
Starlena
Tams,r
Allie Paschal
Washington, D.C
Greenfield
Ind
Billy Brock
Anita
Price Brock
Indiana
Jerry
Larry
Brock
Jimmy Brock
Indianapolis
Charley McCoy
Rupert
Donald McCoy
C. D. Hawkins
J W. Lafferty
Rainelle
Laffertys
Connie Burnette
Clark
Tommy
Coty
Mount Hope
Pride Sparks Class Recall To Prevent School Closure
In Georgetown Kentucky Mrs Willard Offutt notes her son’s classmates visiting to check if he still had the fit. A boy reveals 91 students were absent and a rule would close the school if attendance hit 100, prompting concern over potential shutdown.
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Georgetown
Willard Offutt
Sol
Seil
Colcord Personalities Host Weekend Guests and Relatives
Local notices list numerous weekend visitors and extended family from Colcord and nearby towns. Entries mention Miss Zela Stover of Charleston, Leslie Martin of Lansing, and many relatives visiting from Bluefield Itmann and Bluefield, plus travel to Columbus and Beckley for work and medical updates.
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Colcord
RNS
Delphia Bowman
Zela Stover
Charleston
Leslie Martin
Lansing
Indan
Pranzal Hall
Snowden Thompson
Herry Kern
Trudy and
Connie
Bluefield
Margaret Thompson
Johnson City
Tenns
John Casteele
Gary
Richard
Debbie
Itmann
Luther Dillon
Gordon Dillon
Dayton
Ohio
Debra Dillon
Sharples
Mollie Evans
Myrtle Steed
Lonnie Evans
St. Albans
Zella Jarrell
Lessie Kuhn
Sylvester
Charleston Memorial Hospital
William Butler
Doris Fraley
Linda Fraley
Beckley
Zena Jarrell
Bill Kuhn
Linda Fratey
Doris Fratey
Earl Eugene Stover
Columbus
Rita Stover
Dixie Stover
Colcord and
Forest Chambers
Bess Harrison
Elmer Stover
Benny
Virgil Thompson
Modest Thompson
Jeff Thompson
Stevie
Chesapeake
Can't Eat It Too: Teen Fined Over Stolen Cake
In Hamilton Ohio 18 year old Clayton Isaacs was fined $100 and costs after police caught him with a three layer cake stolen from a display on the Butler County courthouse lawn. He had not yet eaten the cake according to authorities.
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Hamilton
Ohio
Clayton Isaacs
Butler County
Isaacs
Two Funeral Notices for Watson and Norma Christina Martin
Watson Foy Willis Watson of Prosperity dies in a Deerfield Beach Florida auto accident at 1 am May 31. Funeral services set for June 6 at Rose and Quesenberry Peace Chapel with two ministers officiating. burial at Blue Ridge Memorial Gardens. Norma Christina Martin dies in Munich, Germany and is returned to Rose and Quesenberry Funeral Home for arrangements. W. W. Windsor thanks friends and neighbors for support and flowers.
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Watson Watson
Foy Willis
Deerfield Beach
Florida
South Kanawha Street
Ant
Rose & Quesenberry Funeral
Martin Martin
Norma Christina
Personal and service ads fill Beckley classifieds
Classified blurbs offer in home child care for five year olds or more with a phone contact, hospital beds for home use, musical instruction by a certified high school band director, and reinstated licenses with payment terms. Local agencies and Avon cosmetics listings include addresses and phone numbers with job and work from home opportunities.
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Raleigh Insurance Agency
Lilly
Main Street
Beckley
Avon Cosmetics
Jennings St
Dial CL
Walter's Insurance Agency
McCorkle Avenue
South Charles Can
Dial
Avon
Jennings Street
Roy A. Jones
Dean & Price
R. L
J. H. Stinson
East Beckley
Williams
Aden
Bibb Snyder
R. E. Bare
W.B. Jones
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Manning
SRC
Fayette
Wyatts
Parsons Drive
Mullens Hill
Duane Wyatt
Sweet Home Baptist Church
Maben
Abe
Mnullens
Lacy
Pierce
Mbuquerque
N. M
Lon Kirk
Corinne
Kermit Cook
John Canada
Mulens
Fred Cook
Lynco
Harry Wyatt Jr
Bockley
Agee Stewart
Lynch
Ike McGlothlin
Cathy
Charles Webb
Roon
Smith
Swe Crouch
Linea
Pax Personals
Colcord Personals
Amos E. Quesenberry
Craven Funeral Home
Paul E. Craven
Fred X Williams
Lumber CO
Shysen
Keyser-Bryant Funeral Home
Douglas
Bryant
South Oakwood Ave
Beckley Sea SL Sen Srl
Webb & Neal Funeral Home Ambulance Service
Kyle Davis
North Oakwood
Heckley
Paul Thompson
Exeter
Sam Black -Church
Bluefield Monument
Virginia
Hanmieuild
Erene Simplicii
R. C. Egnor
Orchard
Mike Grubich
Maxwell Hitt
Rena MceManz
Carnig
Jay
Sheriff's Office
Robert L. Amick
Beckiey Newspapers
Robert Hamrick
Souder
Sam _G. Foley
James R. Webb
Don W. Ford
Allen & Brown
Todd's Grocery and Hardware
Beaver
Hatinath Dhe
Gray Lumber CO
Crab Orchard
NEW American
Foster Hardware Ca
Main St
Beckley Ice & Feed Co
Prince St
Montgomery
Earl R. Huddle
Earl’s
Buckley
Industria
Church St
Jodi Lamb
B. EL Silverman
Kidd
N. Oakwood Ave
PIONE
To & P.M
Eee
Lovitz Television
Seee
Dainling
Ph. Coleman
W. C. Rogers Plumbing
D& Heathig
Temple
Wright
James Rottiwel HO
Cal
Bugess Street
Ashworth & Sparks, Inc
Frince St
RCA Victor
Zenith
Neville St
Morris
Et Thurbon
Sophia Road
Crab Orchard Hill
Ashworth’s
Marty
Beckley Dal
Foster Hardwa
Bain St. Dial
Venetian Blind
W.va
Dla
Highlander
World Wide Service
Rep
Cam Thompson
Raupion Motor Sales
Lewis Transfer & Storag
Piney Ave
Eeac
di Peerless Packing CO
Ustomers
Pettus
Packville
Marfork
Eunice
Stickney
Edwight
Slab Fork
McAlpin
Statesbury
Killarney
Rhodell
Amigo
Winding Gulf
Hazy
Raleigh
Avon Manager
Yobart Street
Welch
Wey
Harris
Lewisburg
New York
Arec
Alebayv
Philadelphia
West Virginia
Enerketic
Nice
Philadelphia United
Clear Creek Lite Insurance Company
Pennsylvania
Joe Dial
Mann
Piney Viewful
Rawleigh
S. E. Raleigh Co
Miss Pack
Piney View
Omar O. Stover
Federal Mutual Ins. Co
Erices
Lereeling
Basil & Ross Spangler Contractors
Beckley Maytag
Neville Bi
Bio CL
Pei Animale
AKG
Sew W. CO
Mabscott
Bali
College
Bob Mann
Decorator
Harvey Cabinet CO
ByPass
Cavalier
Beckley Insulation Co
N&r
FHA
Feore
Free Quality Lumber & Supply Co
City Ave
Bradford
Greenbrier County
Charles C. Worley
Raitelle
Gravely Tractor Sales
Gravely
M. G Champ
Princeton
C. A. Lilly
Raleigh Register
Michael Tobd
Beckley Theatre
Beckley Newspapers Corp
Ene
Harold Casali
Lewis St
Blain Casals
Prince Street
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