Weeks Funeral To Be At Oak Hill Church
Funeral services for Mrs. Louella Elizabeth Weeks will be held at 2 p.m. Saturday at Nazarene Church in Oak Hill with Dr. Edwin Hale officiating. Burial is in High Lawn Memorial Park. She died at 1:25 a.m. Thursday in a Beckley hospital after a brief illness.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oak Hill
Louella Elizabeth ‘Weeks
Nazarene Church
Edwin Hale
High Lawn Memorial Park
Weeks
Beckley Hospital
General C
John
Thomas
William
Chicago
Ill
Russell
Beckley
Samuel
Baltimore
Beulah Goins
Christianburg
Anna Winston
Virginia Smith
Mildred Cantrell
Jake Allen
Lynchburg
Louis
Alta Vista
William Allen
Charleston
Tyree
Farley Family Holds Reunion at Rock Creek
The Farley descendants gathered after Memorial services at Miller Cemetery for a family reunion hosted by Mr and Mrs Titla Parolari. Six of seven children attended along with numerous relatives from Rock Creek Lewisburg St Albans Marlington Beckley and Cleveland.
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Rock Creek
RNS
Titla Parolari
Floyd Farley
Miller Cemetery
Farley
Ethel Bosher
Chesapeake
Ada Williams
Greenville
Aze Farley
Mary Clay
Lewisburg
Martha Cantley
Parolari
Connie Stanley
Sheila Lynn
Stevie
Bob Cook
Kathy
St. Albans
Clonnie Cantley
Dale Cantley
Roscoe C. Clay
Dean Stover
Jeffrey Dean
Goff Cantley
C. J. and
Marlinton
Orville Carr
Mary
Beckley
Fred Bosher
Juddy Hurst
Jerry
Randy
Saxon
Azel Farley
Azel Farley Jr
Floyd
Cleveland
Ohio
Teddy Farley
Arlie Burnside
Lonnie
Eddie
Lioyd
Price Hawley
Ivory Cantley White
Charlotte
N. C
Hillie Jarrell
Quince
Noama
Joe Thompson
Naoma
John L. Clay
Nona Rader
Lacy’Clay
Jo Campbell
Pettus
Gail and
Brenda Kay Parolari
Youth Rally Set At Crab Orchard
Glen Rogers reports a seven day youth rally from June 8 to June 14 at Hill Top Baptist Church Crab Orchard led by Pastor Karl C Lilly Jr. with speaker Paul Dixon of Tennessee Temple Schools and song leader Weldon Butts of Temple Schools Chattanooga. Lilly invites all young people to attend.
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Glen Rogers
RNS
Hill Top Baptist Church
Crab Orchard
Karl C. Lilly Jr
Christ
Paul Dixon
Tennessee Temple Schools
Weldon Butts
Temple Schools
Chattanooga
Lilly
City And County Do Not Oppose Railway Merger
Princeton mayor E W Anderson said Princeton and Mercer County will not oppose the Norfolk and Western Virginian merger. They filed to intervene to be represented at a June 15 Interstate Commerce Commission hearing to guard their interests, which could mean support or opposition. A Wednesday report had claimed they opposed the merger.
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Princeton
Mercer County
Norfolk & Western
Virginian Railways
E. W. Anderson
Interstate Commerce Commission
Anderson
Van Hoose Named Rotary Delegate
E. H. Van Hoose of the Oak Hill Rotary Club will attend the Rotary International Convention June 7 to 11 in New York City. The Oak Hill delegate was announced at the Tuesday Rotary meeting with guest speaker Aubrey R. Greshman, Lowe Inc. manager, noting the company founded 14 years ago and now operating 14 stores in the South. The closest store is in Richmond, Virginia. Other guests included E. B. Woods on a Europe tour, and W. O. Sydner, John Mann, W. T. Wilson, C. C. Whitney, and M. C. Cumbee from various cities. 43 members attended.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
E. H. van Hoose
Oak Hill
Mankin Lumber Co
E. B. Woods
Europe
W. O. Sydner
John Mann
Beckley
W. T. Wilson
C. C. Whitney
Fayetteville
M. C. Cumbee
Pittsburgh
Funeral Services For J. L. Robertson Arranged
Kilsyth funeral services for John Lee Robertson 70 will be at 2 p.m. Sunday in the Freewill Baptist Church with Rev. W. C. Combs and Rev. Robert Dean officiating. Burial in Blue Ridge Memorial Gardens Prosperity. Robertson a retired miner and UMWA member died at home Thursday of a heart attack. He was born Sept. 27, 1888 in Alabama and survived by wife Charlotte, three sisters, two sons, a daughter, three step sons and two stepdaughters. The body lies in Tyree Funeral Home Mount Hope and will be at the church one hour before service. Friends may call after 5 p.m. today.
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Kilsyth
RNS
John Lee Robertson
Freewill Baptist Church
W. C. Combs
Robert Dean
Blue Ridge Memorial Gardens
Prosperity
Lee
Kilsyth Freewill Baptist Church
United Mine Workers
Virginia DeLeon
Chicago, I
G. C. Granger
Lula Oley
Birmingham
Ala
Ernest
Chicago
Harry
Farmington
Margaret Jones
Carlos
Herbert
Mount Hope
Gasprrd Collier
Opal Cash
Alice Cash
Lynchburg
Tyree
Fayette Mental Health Group Adding Members
The Fay etite County Health Bell Ringer Campaign advances to recruit new members and raise public interest in county, state, and national mental health programs. Mrs. C. R. Hill, president, notes recovery is possible with proper treatment and announces four town chairs to expand outreach and funding for research, education, and hospital improvements.
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OAK Hill
ANS
Fayetite County Health Bell Ringer
C. R. Hill
Hill
Fayette County
Glen Rogers Personal Notes Show Travels and Visits
Glen Rogers area residents share summer plans and family visits. Arlie Megraw and Ravenswood relatives visit Mrs. James H. McGraw at Raven Cliff. Dal Tolliver and family visit Grundy, Virginia. Lila Sweeney spends summer with California kin. Bob Sturgill goes to Dayton to work after attending W V Tech. Other students return from Marshall College, W V Tech, and Glenville State. Local trips include Fayetteville, Mullens, and Charleston visitors.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Glen Rogers
James H. McGraw
Ravencliff
Arlie Megraw
Ravenswood
Dal Tolliver
Grundy
Lila Sweeney
Arthur Sweeney
C. A. Dotson
W. H. Davis
Norton
Bob Sturgill
Dayton
Ohio
W. Va. Tech
Montgomery
Carolyn Robertson
Nicky Taraczkozy
Marshall College
Huntington
Melvin Becklehimer
Wayville Johnson
Mullens
Johnson
Wyoming General Hospital
Itmann
C. C. Cottrill
Kathryn
Mary Frances Davis
Charleston
Eric Rhen
Vaughn Michael
Washington, D. C
Death Claims Carry Martin
Mrs Carry Martin age 83 of Mount Hope died early today at her daughter’s home after a long illness. Survivors include a daughter Mrs Beverly a second daughter Mrs Gertrude Pate of Wheeling and a brother Willy Harper of Buffalo New York. The body is at Ritchie and Johnson Funeral Home with funeral arrangements incomplete.
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Mount Hope
RNS
Carry Martin
Mary Beverly
Beverly
Gertrude Pate
Wheeling
Willy Harper
Buffalo
N. Y
Ritchie and Johnson
Sims Is Victim Of Heart Attack
Eugene T. Sims 38 died at 4:45 pm Thursday after falling ill at the YMCA and being rushed to Hinton hospital. A C&O Railway brakeman for 13 years, he was born April 19, 1921 in Talcott and lived in Summers and Monroe counties. Survivors include his wife Lula, a son Delbert, three daughters Betty Drema and Joann, his mother Mrs Tida Wilson Sims, a brother and three sisters. Funeral arrangements are incomplete at Ronald Meadows Funeral Parlors.
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Monroe County
Maine
War Ridge, Baptist Church
The
Brotherhood of Railroad Trainmen
Farmers Club of
Ballengee
Lula Sims
Delbert
Betty
Drema
Joann
Barshel
Brooks
Elaine Rudisill
Coal City
Jack Allen
Hinton
Lois Martin
Memphis, Tenn
Ronald Meadows
Colcord Family Reunion At Harris Home
A family reunion Sunday at the home of Mr and Mrs Charlie Harris in Colcord brought together many relatives including Mr and Mrs Julian Walk and daughter Carol Mr and Mrs Harvey Hunter and children Ann and Robert of Columbus Ohio Mr and Mrs J M Sauls and children Brenda and Buddy of Edwight Mr and Mrs Nathan Walker of Ameagie Mr and Mrs Ralph Scherers and son Johnny Carson Green of Oak Hill and others A picnic dinner was served.
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Colcord
Rns
Charlie Harris
Julian Walk
Carol
Harvey Hunter
Ann
Robert
Columbus
Ohio
J. M. Sauls
Brenda
Buddy
Edwight
Nathan Walker
Ameagie
Ralph Scherers
Johnny Carson Green
Oak Hill
Harris
Donnie
Charles
Richards Myers Jr. Treated After Thumb Injury
Richard Myers Jr. 15 of Koppers ton received treatment at Stevens Clinic in Welch for lacerations to the right thumb after cutting it on a piece of glass.
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Kopperston
Richard Myers Jr
Stevens Clinic
Welch
Plunge from Cliff Kills Oak Hill Mother of Two
Mrs. Joann Marie England Stover died after a sixty foot fall from Needle's Eve cliff on Minden Road in Oak Hill. A coroner's jury ruled death by self-inflicted action though family provided no motive. The 1-year-old mother, born Mullens, lived in Florida before returning to Oak Hill recently. she is survived by parents Lewis Franklin and Edna Viola Hawkins, two daughters Helen Louise and Martha Jane Stover, six brothers and a sister. Funeral services set for Tyree Funeral Home chapel with burial at Turley Cemetery Pea Ridge.
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Oak Hill
RNS
Needle’s Eve
Minden Road
Joann Marie England Stover
Oak Hill Hospital
Howard Janney
Janney
Howard Richards
Jacksonville
Fla
Tyree Funeral Home
Ernest Barley
Bradley
Turley
Pea Ridge
Day Camp For Girl Scouts In Wyoming District Planned
A staff meeting for the Southern Appalachian Girl Scout Council Wyoming district was held June 3 at Pineville First Methodist Church. The Wyoming County camp runs July 13–17 at Camp Collins near Pineville with Maude Milam as site director and Emil Hill overseeing equipment.
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Wyoming
Southern Appalachian Girl Scout Council
First Methodist
Pineville
G. A. Browder
Wyoming County
Camp Collins
Maude Milam
Emil Hill
Claude Pancake
Church of God
Oceana
Hill
Browder
French Lilly
Henry Otter
Ed Crews
Gladys Looney
Dorothy Bolt
Edith Sands
William Street
Darnall
Virginia Nixon
Charles Blankenshin
Eugene Singleton
Bowden
Woodrow Dillon
Jack Davis
Doris
Lois Schoolcraft
D. W. Hollinger
Camp Collings
Family visits and summer plans across Virginia and West Virginia
Oceana and nearby towns report extended family visits and summer plans. Mer ediths travel to Benna Vista and Tazewell to stay with relatives while Debbie visits in Fincastle with her family. Salyers family heads to Norfolk where Carl serves in the Navy. Arthur McClain returns from West Virginia University for summer. Audrey Cook returns from Huntington after Marshall College tenure. Britton family visits Doddridge County and Bluefield hosts business visitors Otis Cook and Donnie, and Bob Crouch.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. C. Salyers
Clinton
Dana
Norfolk
Salyer
Carl
Navy
Cyril Kirk
Bloomingrose
Wirt Cook
Roby Lamb
Gustaval
Gordon
Arthur McClain
West Virginia University
Vacation Church School closes with program at church
Closing exercises for the two week Vacation Church School replace the regular 7:30 p.m. worship at First Methodist Church on Sunday. A short program by school departments will be presented and projects shown. Attendance certificates and pins will be awarded to children of the school.
Registration At Tech Is Small
West Virginia Tech’s ninth week summer session will have limited offerings with 35 courses in fields from biology to printing management. Registration in Old Main runs 9:30 to 4 on Monday, classes begin Tuesday at 7:50, late enrollment closes Wednesday at 5. Several hundred students are expected. normal full term enrollment runs about a thousand. Freshmen and transfer students with under 25 credits take tests Friday. Scholarships for September will also be tested. The term ends in August.
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Montgomery
West Virginia Tech
Frederick E. Thornton
Old Main
Hatfield Lad Injured By Coal Truck Near Home
Eight year old Emmett Hatfield was struck by a 10 wheel tandem coal truck near his home in Emmett. He underwent surgery at Memorial Hospital and was in critical condition. Witnesses said the child climbed onto the truck as the driver paused to talk to another motorist. the truck pulled away and the boy fell under the rear wheel. Pelvis fracture and other injuries reported. Sgt. C Fullmer investigated. driver’s identity not established.
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Emmett
Rodney Darrell Hatfield
Irland Hatfield
Man Memorial Hospital
Elk Creek
C. Fullmer
Logan One
Miriam Circle Meeting at Mount Hope Baptist Temple
The Miriam Circle of Mount Hope Baptist Temple met at Mrs. Burns Butler’s home Tuesday evening with Mrs. Albert Cope giving a Bible study on James. Mrs. M. C. Hess presented the program, sharing the 23rd Psalm story, and plans were made for a June 12 Bible School picnic at the church and a August 4 family picnic at Mrs. L. H. Bennett’s home. Present were Mrs. Pennington, Dixon, Bennett, Davis, Brock, Cope, Hess, Angove, Pettit, Bowman, and host Mrs. Butler.
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Mount Hope
BNS
Burns Butler
Miriam
Mount Hope Baptist Temple
Albert Cope
James
M. C. Hess
L. H. Bennett
William Pennington
G. E. Dixon
Marvin Davis
E. C. Brock
Robert Angove
Guy Pettit
Elmer Bowman
Butler
Huntington visitors stay two weeks with Stewart cousins
Sue Ferguson and Linda Webb of Huntington are visiting their Rock View cousins Gary and Patti Stewart for two weeks, staying at their home.
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Pineville
Sue Ferguson
Linda Webb
Huntington
Gary and
Patti Stewart
Rock View
Mullens weighs monthly parking fee plan
Mullens city leaders consider a pay by the month parking option similar to Pineville sticker permits. Mayor Woodrow W. Cook cited complaints from out of town workers about metered parking and discussed a possible $5 monthly fee to boost the new lot's weekday use. The proposal was tabled with Commissioner Gene Atkins absent and the matter set for the next meeting.
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Mullens
RNS
City Board of Commissioners
Woodrow W. Cook
Pineville
Cook
Pat Russell
Gene Atkins
Bailey Infant's Funeral Today
Graveside rites for Katherine Lynne Bailey oneweekold daughter of Robert and Genevieve Bailey Glen Rogers were to be held at 1 p.m. at Pine Grove Cemetery. Born May 26 in Glen Rogers she is survived by two sisters Sherry Lee and Darlene and a brother Gary Lee at home and grandmothers Mrs Maurice Bailey and Mrs Ida Bailey both of Glen Rogers. Arrangements by Evans Funeral Home Oceana.
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Glen Rogers
Katherine Lynne Bailey
Robert
Genevieve Bailey
Pine Grove Cemetery
Sherry Lee
Darlene
Gary Lee
Maurice Bailey
Ida Bailey
Evans Funeral Home
Oceana
Corey Will Go To Boys State
Louis Michael Corey, a Mount Hope High School junior, has been selected to attend the Boys State session. Sponsored by the Mount Hope Lions Club, he is an Explorer Scout in Troop 91 and holder of Alpha Omega Award. He serves as treasurer of the Mount Hope Student Council and belongs to several clubs and the church.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mount Hope
BNS
Louis Michael Corey
Young Corey
Louis M. Corey
Car Wreck Victim In Critical Condition At Hospital
Mary Ann Lewis 21 of Whitesville remains in critical condition at Charleston Memorial Hospital after a rear collision on U S 119 near Lews Creek Mountain. She suffered a mangled right leg head chest injuries and a concussion. Brother Gary 16 fared better with leg and facial injuries. Parents Mr and Mrs Marion Lewis reside in Whitesville.
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Whitesville
RNL
Mary Ann Lewis
Charleston Memorial Hospital
U. S. 119
Lew’s Creek Mountain
Miss Lewis
Amherst Coal Company
Charleston
Short Creek Bridge
Vacation Bible School at Rockcastle Baptist Church
A vacation Bible school is in progress at Rockcastle Baptist Church in Rockview and will continue through June 15.
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School IN Progress
Rockview
RNS
Rockcastle Baptist Church
Norton’s Body Found in River in Whitesville
Nick Norton 77, retired coal miner, was found floating in Big Coal river near Keith by his grandson. Coroner’s jury ruled death accidental, possibly a heart attack while fishing. Norton lived with his daughter Irene Thomas. he had visited Whitesville with a son Denver before going fishing. His body was moved to Pryor Funeral Home East Bank.
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Whitesville
Rns
Coal River
Nick Norton
Norton
Keith
Charles E. Casto
Twin Forks
Wyoming County
Irene Thomas
William Thomas
Denver
Rayford
Pryor Funera
East Bank
New President Of Club Installed At Garden Club Meeting
Mrs Herbert Morgan was installed as president of the Lorena Spillers Garden Club for two years at the Glass House in Beckley. West Virginia Federation president Mrs E J McQuail of Bluefield installed her. Twenty two members and guests attended the banquet, with Elinor McQuail among the attendees. The next meeting is set for June 18.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
West Virginia Federation of Garden Clubs
E. J. McQuai
Bluefield
Morgan
Camper
Newsome
J. J. Compton
C. V. Stewart
Carrie Thrasher
Troy Stone
Moran
Herman Akers
Fairdale Personal Notices and Visits
Fairdale notes list church outreach by Charles Martin at Coal Marsh Church Sunday morning. Ohio visitor James Wiley spends weekend with Mr. and Mrs. Carl Wiley in Arnett. Addie Webb hosts dinner with Abe and Ted Webb and Warren Webb. Daisy Skeens returns home from Castlewood Virginia after visiting Maynor Addison. Cpl Vernon Bailey and family visit from Fort Knox Kentucky. Patsy Jesse from Cartersville Virginia visits aunt and uncle Maynor Addison. Grover Herron and son Bob return to Cleveland after visiting Omer Bailey family.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ted Webb
Warren Webb
Daisy Skeens
Castlewood
Maynor Addison
Vernon Bailey
Fort Knox
W. Bailey
Omer Bailey
Patsy Jesse
Carterton
Grover Herron
Bob
Cleveland
Ohio
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I. J. Statom
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