Hope Navy Man To Bring Vessel Up River
Reserve Lieutenant Edgar E. Lambert awaits orders as LCI 1053 cruises from New Orleans to Charleston. The vessel, part of three trainers, will operate with maintenance crews in Mount Hope Ohio and West Virginia towns including Wheeling Huntington and Beckley. Lambert, a 20 year Navy veteran, commanded a sub chaser and will oversee a 26 man crew during the river voyage.
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Edgar E. Lambert
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Ieserve
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Wheeling
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Navy
al Lambert
Mississippi
Ohio
Lions Install Officers June 26 at Mount Hope Meeting
Mount Hope Lions Club prepares for officer installation on June 26 during a Ladies Night event. Awards will honor attendance and service, as members work on expanding the club house kitchen. Wood Poling received a jacket award for editing and preparing the West Virginia Lions paper.
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Mount ‘Hope
Lions Club
Wood Poling
Rlub
Poling
West Virginia Lions
Ralph W. Bailey
Thurmond names Collins mayor in June election results
Fayette County town voters tabulated June 3 results with C. B. Collins named mayor. BE. M. Garten beat William J. Whitlock for recorder. O. A. Starks and others won city council seats. mayoral rivals G. D. Peffer and S. W. Carte defeated. Birth notices follow: a son for James B. Cook II in Huntington and a daughter for Earl C. Davis and wife in Mullens.
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Thurmond
C. B. Collins
Fayette County
BE. M. Garten
William J. Whitlock
O. A. Starks
W. L. Hartenstine
W.B. Liptrap
P. G. Ervin
W. R. Gwinn
D. R. Bennett
G. D. Peffer
S. W. Carte
Four Youths Seek Regular Army Duty
Four recent applications for duty in the Regular Army are announced by Sgt. W. E. Phipps, local recruiting officer. Applicants are Charles H. Rakes, 17, from Sun, for 18 months unassigned, and Lionel Lee Guy, Ancil Aytes, and Donald Mitchell, all 17 from Harvey, for three years with the Ordnance Department in the Pacific Theater.
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Oak Hill
W. E. Phipps
Charles H. Rakes
Sun
Lionel Lee Guy
Ancil Aytes
Donald Mitchell
Harvey
Ordnance Department
Pacific Theater
Joan Burdette To Start Playground Duties On Monday
Joan Burdette arrives from Ithaca New York to join Oak Hill as assistant to city playground director Herbert Holstein. The World War II veteran will head the playground this summer while Holstein, former Oak Hill High School athlete, serves as junior high football coach this term. Burdette is the daughter of Mr and Mrs E W Burdette and will be a junior at Ithaca College majoring in physical education.
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Oak Hill
Joan Burdette
Ithaca
New York
Herbert Holstein
Oak Hill High School
Holstein
Burdette
E. W. Burdette
Ithaca College
Equipment Here For Guard Unit In Oak Hill
Office equipment for National Guard Company 150th Infantry has arrived in Oak Hill and will be stored in City Hall until the building to house the unit is completed.
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Oak Hill
National Guard Company
150Th Infantry
City Hall
Forty four girls form Mount Hope Rainbow assembly
Forty four girls aged 13 to 18 become charter members of the Mount Hope Assembly of the Order of the Rainbow for Girls. Sponsored by Winolia Chapter No 59 of the Order of the Eastern Star, the group plans its first regular meeting June 18 at 7 30 p m in the American Legion Hall.
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Order of the Eastern Star
American Legion Hall
Betty Coleman to Wed Milton Man in June Ceremony
Betty Lee Coleman of Mount Hope will marry Milton native Joe Francis Peck in an open Mount Hope Presbyterian Church ceremony on June 15. The couple’s wedding party includes sister Peggy Coleman and A. L. Peck Jr. plus plans for the reception and future education pursuits.
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Mount Hope
Milton Man
Sue Weer
Betty Lee Coleman
Joe Francis Peck
Milton
J. W. Coleman
Mount Hope Presbyterian Church
W. W. Pharr
C. J. Evans
Jimmy Stover
A -Peek
Army of Occupation
Germany
Marshall
Peggy Coleman
A. L. Peck, Jr
Hash Injured In Maben Mine Rock Fall
Wade C. Hash, best man at the Maben mine of West Gulf Coal Company, suffered hip and pelvis injuries yesterday in a rock slate fall. He was taken to Beckley Hospital for treatment and serves as president of the Gulf Mine local and chairman of the safety committee.
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Mullens
Wade C. Hash
Maben
West Gulf Coal Company
Beckley Pospital
Hash
Gulf Mine
Foster Pleads To Driving Violations
Elmer Foster pleaded guilty to driving while intoxicated and lacking an operator license. He was arraigned by Magister Virgil Lyons in Mount Hope after driving into bricks on Pax Road near Mount Hope. He remains hospitalized for head and back injuries from the evident crash.
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Mount Hope
Elmer Foster
Virgil Lyons
Fayetteville
Lyons
Pax J
Aiacino
Rotten One
Dale Hill
Flel Springer
Community canning centers support school lunch program
Community canning centers in localities help preserve healthful foods for use in lunches served under the National School Lunch Program.
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Miss Clute Pupils Stage Vocal Recitals in Fayetteville
Vocal pupils of Miss Mary Clute in Fayetteville presented recitals at Mrs. F. J. Mc Caleb’s residence. Advanced pupils Eleanor Ankeny and Cordelia Blume led an operatic and light operatic program, while a Saturday afternoon chorus featured the Girl Scout Chorus with numerous local girls and Miss Betty Myles as leader.
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Fayetteville
Mary Clute
Fayeteville
F. J. McCaleb
Miss Clute
Fox
Eleanor Ankeny
Mount Hope
Cordelia Blume
Betty Jo Frazier
Catherine Hart
Evelyn Lee
Eileen Stewart
D. D. Elwell
John Bob Blwell
Kenny Eicken
Girl” Scout
Mary Ann Blake
Carolyn Batton
Patricia Bullion
Nancy Cavendish
Ann Crews
Faye Crews
Elizabeth Darnall
Janice Frazier
Joan McClung
Barbara Seay
Carol Walters
Sally Whanger
Patsy Wallace
Mary
Mullens and Barnet Families Visit Charleston
Mr and Mrs Neal Mullens and children Billy John Vesta and Ovetta, along with Mr and Mrs Garnett Barnet and children Danell and Brandy Sue, spent Sunday visiting in Charleston.
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Neal Mullens
Billy
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Vesta
Ovetta
Garnett Barnet
Danell
Brandy Sue
Fire destroys garbage truck near Mullens on route to Caloric
Mullens resident C. é Cunningham reports about 150 dollars in damages after a fire broke out in a garbage truck en route from Mullens to the dam near Caloric. The driver halted at Hariico store, used rock dust from a mine office to control the blaze until the Mullens Volunteer Fire Department arrived. Cunningham runs Mullens Coal and Ice Company under a local garbage contract.
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Mullens
Caloric
C. É. Cunningham
Hariico
Mrs Atkins Elected Regent in Local Moose Chapter
Mrs Juanita Atkins was chosen as senior regent succeeding Mrs Mildred Martin who becomes graduate regent. Officiants include Mrs Kathleen Lubbe to install, with two candidates Mrs Lillian Green and Mrs Mayme L Jenks to be initiated later. The chapter net about 75 from a recent dance and Sunday banquet.
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Juanita Atkins
The
Women of the Moose
Mildred Martin
Julia Howery
Geordia Frank
June Coffee
Dorothy Gilbreath
Kathleen Lubbe
Huntington
Moose Lodge
Martin
Lillian Green
Greenbrier County
Mayme L. Jenks
Corinne
Special Work Slated by Mullens Lodge 151
Mullens Lodge 151 A F and A M will perform Master Mason's degree work in a special communication starting tonight at 7 30 o'clock led by J Lee Selvey worshipful master. The piece notes the mockingbird was Mississippi's state bird in 1929 per the Mississippi Federation of Women's Clubs.
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Mullens
Mullens Lodge 151
A. F
A. M
J. Lee Selvey
Mississippi
The
Mississippi Federation of Warmen's Clubs
Ball Re-Elected Head of Merchants' Association
The Wyoming County Merchants' Association retained all officers at the annual meeting in the Wyoming County Court House Pineville. Officers include A. T. Ball president L W. Beane first vice president H. Crews second vice president B. T. Hash secretary treasurer and Mayor J. E. Orr board chairman. George W. King urged compliance with the West Virginia Fair Trade Act and Ball was named to lead a five member enforcement committee with Beane Crews J. E. Pryor Sr. and Eddie Pryor Jr.
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Wyoming County Merchants’ Association
Wyoming County Court House
Pineville
A. T. Ball
Brule Smokeless Coal Company
Otsego
L W. Beane
Oceana Merchant
H. &. Crews
B. T. Hash
J. E. Orr
George W. King
West Virginia Merchants’ Association
Wyoming County
Beane
Crews
J. E
Eddie Pryor, Jr
Visiting in O10 wife and daughter en route to Akron
Mrs Selig Marko and her daughter Shirley Mullens are traveling to Akron Ohio to visit Mrs Marko’s sister. A son was born at their home May 31 to Mr and Mrs George Stafford Jesse.
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Mullens
Selig Marko
Shirley
Mul
Lens
Akron
Ohio
Oceana
George Stafford
Jesse
Homecoming Set For Sunday At Rockview Church
Rockview the first homecoming in five years at Rock Castle Baptist Church set for Sunday June 15 starting 10 a m. Rev E I Hill pastor announces. Service includes sermon Sunday School quartet singing and a noon picnic dinner with each family bringing a basket. Visitors and returning members give short talks and visiting quartets perform in the afternoon.
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Rockview
Old Rock Castle Baptist Church
E. I. Hill
Mullens Credit Bureau Moves to Wyoming Hotel Office
Mullens residents note the Mullens Credit Bureau moved from Holroyd Avenue to the Wyoming Hotel space formerly used by the 4 Wyoming Rent Control office. Glen Johnson Pineville, a motorman at East Gulf mine, suffered eye injuries from an arc flash and was rushed to Beckley Hospital for treatment.
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Mullens
Glen Johnson
Pineville
East Gulf
C. H. Meade Coal Company
Beckley Hospital
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