Massey Heads Marsh Fork High 1948 Alumni
J L Massey will serve as president of the 1948 Marsh Fork High School alumni class at a Saturday meeting. Vice president is Dewey Bone Jr and secretary treasurer Charmaine Gallimore. Sixteen members attended the fete with plans for a Wiener roast August 12 at Little Beaver Park Crow and a banquet December 30 at the Quarrier Diner Charleston.
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Register
Pettus
J. L. Massey
Marsh Fork High School
Dewey Bone, Jr
Charmaine Gallimore
Little Beaver Park
Crow
Quarrier
Charleston
Edwight
Beckley
Massey
Loretta Brown
Margaret Walker
Anna Lee Dickens
Carl Halstead
Melba Stover
Joyce Lewis
John Rutledge
Phoebe Ann Kirk
Iva Lee Davis
O’dessie Burnside
Evelyn Hall
Patty Elkins
Edna Deitz
Fosterville Personal Notes From Local Visitors
Premier Sunday saw Mr and Mrs Robert Hart of Mann visiting in Fosterville. Friday guests at Mr and Mrs Steve Zabai’s home included Mr and Mrs Dave Dickinson of South Charleston. Sunday dinner at Mr and Mrs Freeman Foster’s in Fosterville featured L J Zontini Ramey Cooper Nookie Richards Smokey Barker Blue Goodwin Joe Jarrell Myron Keeney and Mrs Ernie Richards. Sybil Prouse of South Charleston visited her mother Mrs Lelia Thomas in Fosterville.
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Register
Fosterville
Robert Hart
Mann
Steve Zabai
Dave Dickinson
South Charleston
L. J. Zontini
Ramey Cooper
Nookie Richards
Smokey Barker
Blue Goodwin
Joe Jarrell
Myron Keeney
Ernie Richards
Freeman Foster
Roger Lee
Sybil Prouse
Lelia Thomas
Mrs J Combs to Fete Packsville Auxiliary
Mrs Jarvis Combs will host the Packsville Ladies Auxiliary at the July 17 meeting. The June meeting at Mrs Ralph Stover featured the theme Advancing With Christ Through Soul Winning. Attendees and participants included Mrs Hubert Bias, Mrs Herbert Bias, Mrs Russell Hall, Mrs George Lucas, Mrs Jarvis Combs, Mrs Rosie Hendricks, and host Mrs Ralph Stover. A business discussion followed the program along with a Bible quiz and a flower hunt. Refreshments were served by the hostess.
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J. Combs
Fete
Packsville
Jarvis Combs
Christ
Ralph Stover
Hubert Bias
Herbert Bias
Russell Hall
George Lucas
Rosie Hendricks
Baptist camp attendees listed from West Virginia camp
Attendances at the West Virginia Baptist Camp in Cowen include Patsy Ann Miller Sue Lorrison Phyllis Kinzer Betty Lorrison and Kathleen Standard as part of Observation School activities.
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Gordon
West Virginia
Cowen
Patsy Ann Miller
Sue _ Lorrison
Phyllis Kinzer
Betty Lorrison
Kathleen Standard
Janie Henderson Keeps Global Shoe Collection
Whitesville resident Mrs Jees Henderson owns a collection of more than 300 shoes made from china glass and wood materials gathered from Germany Okinawa and many US states The collection includes a crepe paper shoe given after a Huntington meeting and a Dutch shoe from Mooseheart August 1948 The family includes two children Eugene 13 and Peggy 15 and Mrs Henderson is active in the Whitesville Moose chapter.
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Philip Lilly Register
Whitesville
Jees Henderson
Moosehart
Germany
Okinawa
Europe
Home Destroyed In Colcord Fire
Explosion of a bottled gas cook stove started a blaze that destroyed the six room Colcord home of Mr. and Mrs. L. F. Cline. H. Clay Porterfield, chief, said the house owned by Zack Karantonis was partially insured. The Clines had only lived there two weeks. Heat cracked plate glass at Karantonis’ Store No. 2 across the street. Firemen prevented spread to nearby dwellings.
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Colcord
L. F. Cline
H. Clay Porterfield
Zack Karantonis
Clines
Porterfield
Karantonis
Five Suits Filed In Mercer Court
Five Mercer County Circuit Court chancery filings announced Friday include Earl Huffman vs Isabel Huffman seeking an annulment due to incapacity, Nettie Daniely vs Lake Daniely for divorce on cruelty, Virginia Truitt vs Ray Truitt for adultery and cruelty divorce, Enna Gordon vs John Gordon over divorce custody alimony and support, and Margaret Neal vs Robert Neal, returnable to June 1950 Rules.
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Princeton
Mercer County
Chancery
Earl Scott Huffman
Isabel Burkett Huffman
Nettie McPherson Daniely
Lake Byrle Daniely
Virginia Lee Truitt
Ray William Truitt
Enna Comer Gordon
John Buford Gordon
Margaret Neal
Robert Junior Neal
Eva Taylor Dies In Clarksburg
Princeton mourns Eva Wornal Taylor widow of James G. Taylor dying in Clarksburg hospital from active leukemia. She worked on the secretarial staff of Duke Osseline de Topez of Mexico and was on a business trip in Syracuse when struck down. Survived by sisters Annie Sutphin Bluefield S B Kirby Bluefield and W W McNeal Bluefield and brothers J E Wornal Burns Wornal Princeton and Dr Lacy Wornal Shinnston.
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Princeton
Eva
Wornal Taylor
John
Cassie Wornal
James G. Taylor
Taylor
St. Mary’s Hospital
Clarksburg
Duke Osseline de Topez
Mexico
Syracuse
N. Y
Lacy Wornal
Shinnston
Annie Sutphin
Beckley
S. B. Kirby
Bluefield
W. W. McNeal
J. E
Danieley Services Scheduled Today
Funeral services for Robert P. Danieley 84 of Bethel will be at 2 p m Tuesday at Bethel Church with Rev Z F Mayberry officiating Burial will follow in Bethel Cemetery with neighbors as pallbearers He died at his home Sunday at 9 p m from a heart condition A lifelong Bethel resident he was a retired farmer and Methodist He was born June 18 1865 in Bethel He married Willie M Shumate in 1890 at Bristol Va His wife preceded him In death He is survived by a son C R Danieley a sister Mrs Irene Hughes Beckley three grandchildren and seven great grandchildren The body will lie at Frede king Seaver mortuary in Princeton until one hour before the service then it will be taken to the church
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Pornceton
Robert P. Danieley
Bethel
Bethel Church
Z. F. Mayberry
Danieley
Methodist Church
Jerusah Mustard Danieley
Willie M. Shumate
Bristol
C. R. Danieley
Irene Hughes
Beckley
Fredeking-Seaver Mortuary
Princeton
Simmons Files for Senate in Tenth District
Hinton resident William J. B. Simmons filed for Democratic nomination to the State Senate from Summers County. He will oppose J. Lyn Swiger, a local businessman who already announced his candidacy. Simmons resigned last Monday from the Summers County Board of Education after almost five years service. A World War I veteran, he previously represented Summers County in the House of Delegates in 1931.
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Hinton
Sandstone
William J. B. Simmons
State Senate
J. Lyn Swiger
Simmons
Summers County Board of Education
Summers County
Mercer County Land Transfers Highlight 1932 Records
Mercer County Clerk records show 20 land transfers including Ira M. Smith and wife purchasing Lot 15 in Park Avenue Addition Princeton from B. Lanton. Other transfers involve C. N. Kirby to Sylvester Grose, W. P. Via to Beulah Bailey, James Tabb to William and Mary Martin, and multiple Bluefield parcels on Montclair, Frederick, Augusta, and Roosevelt streets along Beaver Pond and Brush Creek districts.
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Yor Nceton
Eira M. Smith
Park Avenue Land Association
Princeton
B. Lanton
Mercer County Clerk's Office
C. N. Kirby
Sylvester Grose
Brushfork Creek
Beaver Pond
W. P. Via
Beulah Ann Bailey
J. H
Maryland Avenue
Bluefield
Joseph Glen Morriss
R. M. Shumate
Augusta Street
Dora Banner Main
Oole B. Keyes
Roosevelt Street
E. L. Phillips
Z. Lane Murphy
Mercer Street
Matoaka
Thomas A. Beckett
G. A. Smith
College
Athens
Marie Dudley McNutt
I. E. Croy
Oakwood Cemetery
George C. Johnston
Claude Comer
Kellysville
John Severt
Kenneth Severt
Tuggle Branch
Camp Creek
Rock District
Annie Walker
Mary Alice Bailey
Brush Creek
Resthaven Memorial Park, Inc
Martha A. Cleghan
J. H. Lilly Land Co
Glen A. Hall
Lilly Crest Truck Farms
Five Held to Grand Jury On Bodily Harm Charge
In arraignments before Magistrate Woodrow Harris on Saturday five men were held for action by the Raleigh County grand jury. Charged with conspiring to inflict bodily harm on Eddie Saddler of Naoma, the defendants were Charles Clay Basil Clay Lacy Clay Denver Pettry and Harry Williams.
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Pettus
Woodrow Harris
Raleigh County Grand Jury
Eddie Saddler
Naoma
Harris
Charles Clay
Basil Clay
Lacy Clay
Denver Pettry
Harry Williams
Princeton Legion Post 54 Auxiliary Install Heads
Newly elected officers of American Legion Post 54 and its Auxiliary will be installed in a Memorial Building ball room ceremony. A business session in Veterans room will elect new officials. Program includes invocation, supper, music acts, solos, and installation by Cmdr Tommy Jones.
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Princeton
American Legion Post 54
The
Legion Auxiliary
Memorial Building
Legion
Veterans Room
George C. Cutlip
James C Childers
James Childers
Paul Souders
Betty Malcolm
Grace West
J. T. Carstarphen
Tommy Jones
Cmdr
Wyoming Man Dies in Bluefield Hospital
George Rose of Ike's Fork Wyoming County died in a Bluefield hospital last night from injuries after the car he rode in collided with a baseball team's chartered bus. The crash occurred early Sunday on U S Route 52 between Welch and Bluefield as the automobile skidded on a wet highway. The bus carried players from the Elizabethton Tennessee team of the Appalachian League.
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Bluefield
George Rose
Ike’s Fork
Wyoming County
Welch
G. H. Osborne
M. S&s. Hofstetter
Elizabethton
Guyan Pastor Brings New Lead at Mill Creek Church
The Rev. Rice Browning of Guyan is named pastor of the Freewill Baptist Church of Mill Creek. Prayer meetings are held each Thursday at 7 p.m. and plans are underway for a revival.
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Register
Brenton
Rice Browning
Freewill Baptist Church
Mill Creek
Post Auxiliary Officers Installed by Mrs Mary Greene Bowling Roberts
Mrs Mary Greene Bowling Roberts, a past district commander, officiated the installation of post auxiliary officers.
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Mary Greene Bowling Roberts
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Marsh Fork High
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East Main ST. Beckley, W. VA
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Huntington
Mercer Court
Eva Taylor
William Simmons
Senate
Ly Price
Raleigh County Bank Bldg
W. VA
Mercer County Clerk
the Quality Shop
Pure Oil
Penney's
Princeton Legion
Wyoming
Bluefield Hospital
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