Butler To Fight Council Disqualification Mount Hope Eyes Mines Building
Mount Hope officials anticipate a $150,000 U.S. Bureau of Mines building after a council meeting where Mayor P H Garrett cited a Bailey letter indicating federal budget inclusion. Plans call for the structure in front of the burned armory on Main Street, with an engineer to survey widening works at a blind curve near Lloyd's property.
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Register
Mount Hope
U.S. Bureau of Mines
P. H. Garrett
Cleveland Bailey
Armory
Main Street
Bureau of Mines
Mountainair
Lloyd's
Baptist Meeting Set For June 2 Oak Hill 1946 Sun
An all day program at Oak Hill Baptist church in Fayetteville on June 21 marks the 1946 Sunday School Christian Education convention theme Building With Christ. Morning and afternoon sessions run 9:30 to 12:15 and 1:30 to 4:15 with a youth night 6 to 8:35 led by church and state officers and local leaders.
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Oak Hill
Fayette
E. N. Goode
Gilmer H. Cross
Asa B. Harris
Irs
John W. Elliott
Esmah A. Orcutt
F. E. Foster
D. M. Murphy
E. E. Henderson
Children’s Worker's
J. W. Bragg
Clarence Figgatt
F. Frame
Asa B. Harris, Jr
Frances
Warren
Roy
Fayette West Virginians To Elect Officers On June 26
Register Staff Writer reports Fayette West Virginians Inc. will elect officers at a June 26 general meeting at the Hotel Wil. A ten member board adopted nominations for president, vice president, secretary, and treasurer. Directors include H B Jones Carlisle C C Neal J B Trump Dr C E Watkins Oak Hill O G Stewart Alley P M Snyder Jr Mount Hope Keil Holliday Montgomery Jr T Cashion Ansted J E Kite H E Dillon Fayetteville with Neal serving as temporary chairman. Books are being distributed as membership drives continue across the county to support West Virginia University athletics, with 15 chapters already organized statewide.
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Register
OAK Hill
West Virginias, Inc
Wil
Fayetteville
H. B. Jones
Carlisle
C. C. Neal
J. 8. Trump
C. E. Watkins
O. G. Stewart
Alley
P. M. Snyder, Jr
Mounty Hope
Keil Holliday
Montgomery
T. Cashion
Ansted
J. E
Kite
H. E. Dillon
C.C. Neal
West Virginians, Inc
West Virginia University
Oak Hill Bride-To-Be Dolores Fernandez Weds George Burgess
Oak Hill announces the wedding of Dolores Fernandez daughter of Mr and Mrs Jose Fernandez Park street to George Burgess son of Mr and Mrs Patsy Burgess Decota will occur June 38 Miss Fernandez a Oak Hill High School 1944 graduate is a Kroger cashier Burgess works for New River coal company Carlisle After marriage they plan to live in Oak Hill A shower in her honor is hosted tonight by her sister Mrs Manuel Perez on Park street
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Oak Hill
Dolores Fernandez
Jose Fernandez
Park Street
George Burgess
Patsy Burgess
Decota
Fernandez
Oak Hill High School
Kroger
Burgess
New River Coal Company
Carlisle
Manuel Perez
Perez
Thomas To Be Lion President
Thomas C Thomas was elected president of the Oak Hill Lions club and will assume office with other officers at the first July meeting. New officers include R P Pharris first vice president Glenn G Kincaid second vice president Frank Shipe third vice president H R Cale secretary treasurer E I Dawson Lion lam er John Scott tail twister and two year directors A B Morton and R T Scott. The club voted to co sponsor Fayette county bathing beauty contests with Fayette Tribune and Lions clubs of Mount Hope Oak Hill and Montgomery. A county winner will advance to the state contest. Guests included Navy Lieutenant J E White and F H Burns.
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OAK Hill
Frank C. Thomas
Oak Hill Lions Club
R. P. Pharris
Glenn G. Kincaid
Frank Shipe
H. R. Cale
Re-Leates Sretaryish-H- Gray
E.I. Dawson
John Scott
D. Morton
R. T. Scott
Lions
Fayette County
Fayette Tribune
Mount Hope
Montgomery
Navy
J. E. White
F. H. Burns
Minstrel Show To Be Recorded At Mount Hope
Mount Hope Lions club to provide facilities for a Beckley Male Chorus minstrel recording in Mount Hope high school auditorium on June 11. After the show a Lions Clubhouse party will entertain cast members and Lions from Beckley and Oak Hill. W. D. Lawton urged attendance at the state convention in Morgantown June 16 17 18 and asked volunteers to post banners and assist R. W. Bailey in his campaign for District Governor.
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Mount Hope
Beckley
Mount Hope High School
Lions Club
Lions Clubhouse
Oak Hill
W. D. Lawton
Morgantown
R. W. Bailey
Z. A. Emich
Austin Powder Company
Middleport
Lion J. Wylbur Davis
John Ross
Walter Ross
Chicago
Ill
Lion McKinley McCullough
Job Seeker Meeting Set at Hotel Hill
A job seeker meeting for physically handicapped candidates is planned by U S Employment Service interviewers. The session, starting Monday at Hotel Hill, will be attended by Mrs Franres Shaw and interviewers from Blue Welch Williamson Logan Lewisburg Beckley Hinton and Charleston.
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Reuter
Oak Heill
Hotel Hill
U.S. Employment Service
Franres Shaw
Vidower
Oak Hall
Blue- Welch, Williamson
Logan
Lewisburg
Beckley
Hinton
Charleston
Mount Hope Council Rejects Butler Seat Over Residency
Mount Hope council disqualified councilman elect Bulls Butler for not meeting six month residency. Butler consulted attorney Myron Rennitk and said he will fight the decision. Mayor Garrett and City Recorder Walter Boone said no vacancy action was taken and Butler was unaware of last night’s meeting.
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Register
Mount Hope
Bulls Butler
Butler
Mount Nope
Walter Boone
P. H. Garrett
Boone
Myron Rennitk
Fayretteville
Gladys Hodge Sells 63 Acres Near Fayetteville
Transfer recorded in Fayette county clerk files shows Gladys Fleshman Hodge and others selling 63 acres known as the Fleshman place near Fayetteville to Madonna Winston and others. The list also notes numerous other real estate transfers involving Homeseekers Land & Building Co and many local property owners across Oak Hill Meadow Bridge and nearby districts.
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Fayetteville
Gladys Fleshman Hodge
Fleshman
Madonna Winston
Fayette County
Homeseekers Land & Building
Company
O Earl S. Halstead
Weis Mountain
Marie Smart Wilkinson
G. ¢. Murphy Company
E. W. Treadway
Beck~s
Town of
Meadow Bridge
C. E. Kessler
D. B. Kessler
Henry A. Mathews
Columbian Carbon Company
Carnifes Ferry
Patterson
Hla
Seid Bez
Main Street
Mt. Hope
Loup
Creek Company
L. P. Burnside
Kincaid
Johnson's Fork
J.D. Kincaid
Alma’ ‘Hackney
Lick Branch
Loup Creek
D. Kincaid and Wife To Paul Byrn ‘Side of Kincaid, 2 Acres On Lower, Loup Creek
Highlawn Peenorhay Park Co
H. C. Mason
Highlawn
Oak Hill
R. W. Kelly
Tracy Moses
Central Avenue
Tracy C. Moses
R. E. Kelly
Herndon Couple Wed in Simple City Ceremony
Mr. and Mrs. Aur da Clefton Cunningham of Herndon announce the June 1 nuptials of their daughter Beulah Gaye Cunningham to Stewart Ray Lusk, son of Mr. and Mrs. Pretey Lusk. The single ring ceremony was performed by Rev. Lonnie Blankenship at his home in Carinte. Beulah graduated from Herndon High School and Perry Business College Mullens and worked for the Wyoming County Board of Education. Stewart is a recent Army veteran with Silver Star and Bronze Star, discharged as technical sergeant after four years of service in the Aleutians and European Theater. He is employed by Gulf Smokeless Coal in Wyco. They plan to reside in Herndon.
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Aurda Clefton Cunningham
Beulah Gaye Cunningham
Stewart Ray Lusk
Pretey Lusk
Lonnie’ Blankenship
Carinte
Hern‘don High School
Perry Business College
Mullens
Wyoming County Board of Education
Herndon High
United States Army
Aleutian Islands
Gulf Smokeless Coal Company
Wyco
Branhams Buy Mullens Lot in Mullens Addition
Deed records show Mr and Mrs E Wyatt transferred Lot 35 in the A J Mullens First addition Mullens to Mr and Mrs William Branham. Other transfers include Bealer Gray to Oscar England four tenths of an acre in Mullens and multiple coal run and Oak Hill properties involving Hedrick Rinehart Burnside and others.
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Pineville
E. Wyatt
A. J. Mullens
Mullens
William Branham
County Clerk’s
Bealer Gray
Oscar England
G. C. Hedrick
Ruble
Hedrick
Oceana
W. A. Rinehart
Polly S. McKinney
Baileysville
Oak Hill
Clara Williams
Eastern Gas & Fuel Associates
Long Branch
Richard Barton
Joseph H. Barton
Graydon
Mountain Cove
Henry E. Shuck
George Elmer Taylor
Maplewood
Lois
Danese
L. P. Burnside
Lucille Cooper
Kincaid
Johnson's
Lower
Loup Creek
Ted Burnside
Lick Branch
Kanawha
Ella Duncan Hayes
Blackburn Petteson Realty Company
Highlawn
Oak
Mullens Approves 15000 for Holroyd Avenue Surfacing
Mullens city officials announced that 15000 has been paid to Anderson and Anderson Construction of Princeton for cement surface work on Holroyd Avenue in downtown Mullens. The project extended from the Guyandotte river to Third street and included drainage, with costs financed by a mix of city funds and assessments on bordering property owners.
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J. Mullens
Anderson and Anderson Construction Company
Princeton
Holroyd Avenue
Mullens
J. E. Orr
Guyandotte River
Third Street
Princeton Concern
Orr
Holroyd Avemue
Holroyd Avenue J
City Hall
Uptown Muldens
South Mullens
Deegans Avenue
Tither Lands Plan To Cut Electric Rates To Miners
George Titler, president of District 29 UMWA, supports a Public Service Commission proposal to curb coal town electric rates charged to miners and their families. The plan targets if electric energy may not be priced above utility retail rates, addressing flat fees for company houses and street lighting costs. Titler cites ongoing disputes with coal operators over high charges and aims to ensure fairer pricing in coal towns.
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State Public Service Commission
George Titter
District 29
United Mine Workers of America
Public Service Commission
Prudence
Tenn
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