State Convention and Park Project Highlight Garden Club Meeting
Oak Hill Garden Club president Mrs John Frisk reported conservation of wild plants stressed at the state convention. Members urged planting dogwood statewide and including rhododendron azaleas at City Park entrance. A plaque will honor the most improved beautification service station. Indoor gardening showcased gloxinias. Attendees listed with hostesses and co-hostesses noted.
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Oak Hill
John Frisk
H. L. van Camp
National Council
Yolanda Hall
Camp Caesar
Evans
A. W. Burdette
R. C. Wooda
C. R. Hill
Bill Harding
Tracy Moses
Hobart Watson
R. R. Thomas, Sr
R. W. Woods
C. P. Anderson, Sr
Rev L E Thomas Accepts Post at Oak Hill Church
The Rev Lewis E Thomas Jr a former Glasgow Ky and Rich Creek Va pastor will lead Washington Avenue Church of God in Oak Hill succeeding Rev Charles H Rice. A Oak Hill High School 1940 graduate he has been an evangelist for 3 1 2 years touring Virginia Illinois Michigan Ohio Indiana and West Virginia. C E Bayes will be assistant pastor and work with church youth. Thomas is married to Alice Doby of Bluefield and is father of four.
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Oak Hill
Lewis E. Thomas, Jr
Glasgow
Rich Creek
Washington Avenue Church of God
Charles H. Rice
Lewis E. Thomas
Mr. Thomas
Oak
Whitesville Pastor Returns to Whitesville
After weeks in Pikesville Kentucky the Rev and Mrs A B Cook return to Whitesville where he serves as assistant pastor at the First Baptist Church.
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Whitesville
Pikesville
A. B. Cook
First Baptist Church
Gas Misery Relief Promises Comfort After Meals
A Beckley man recounts relief from gas pains after using Certavin, a pre meal remedy claimed to move inches of throat from the stomach and allow freer eating. It touts Ten Herbs with Vitamin B and Iron to ease gas, strengthen nerves, and enrich blood, urging readers to buy at their local drugstore.
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Beckley
Oak Hill Council Adjourns on Sewage Bond Reading
Oak Hill city council schedules adjourned meeting at 7 30 p m for second reading of the sewerage bond ordinance with a July public hearing. Bids may be accepted on up to five streets. objections from residents over paving Thompson Avenue and Taylor Street are noted. a vote on paving percentages set for Saturday. City officials discuss plans for soft water from West Virginia Water Company and review the May 31 financial balance of 6325 88 with monthly receipts and disbursements including utilities taxes fines licenses permits and salaries.
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Oak Hill
John Crawford
Taylor Street
W. G. Lively
Chester Morgan
Thompson Avenue
Second Street
Highlawn Park
Bond Avenue
Lilly Court
Mar
H. R. Cole
Mullens Recruiter Enlists 14 Men for Army and Air Force
U S Army and Air Force Recruiting Station in Mullens reports 14 local recruits. Ten join Army, sent to Fort Knox for 14 weeks basic training. four enlist in Air Force for 18 weeks at Lackland AFB. Names include Bailey, Woodwin, Nichols, Brooks, Cook, Eldridge, Halsey, Mullins, Pettry, Ramsey and more. Recruiter notes education paths and age requirements for enlistment.
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Mans
U. S. Army
Air Force
L c
Robert R. Elmore
Fort Knox
Charles L. Bailey
Charles E. Woodwin
William B. Nichols
Hatcher
William L. Brooks
Lela C. Cook
Windom
Robert H. Eldridge
Rhodell
Rodney FE. Halsey
Maben
John V. Mullins
Pineville
A J. Pettry
Oceana
Willard H. Ramsey
Garwood
Lackland Air Force Base
San Antonio
Texas
Posie A. Hill
Crab Orchard
Clarence Justice
Panther
Uis E. Lacey
George W. Neely, Jr
Mullens
Regular Army
Army
Supreme Court Refuses Fayette Man's Appeal
Charleston report says the state Supreme Court split two to three denying Robert Ray Robinson of Lochgelly Fayette County a renewed effort to collect $2,000 approved by the 1949 Legislature. Robinson claimed he was conscripted with others to help Conservation Commission workers fight a forest fire on Nov 9 1946 and that a burning leg and crushed leg injuries occurred while at work.
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Register
Charleston
State Supreme Court
Robert Ray Robinson
Lochgelly
Fayette County
Robinson
Edgar B. Sims
Conservation Commission
Legion Post Plans Park Development in Fayetteville
Fayetteville's LaFayette Post 149 American Legion reports progress on a 28.5 acre town park with playground and softball area. Funds from the club and support from the Business Men's Association expected to speed work while equipment moves to the site this week. The post also prepared for a state convention parade and family activities, purchasing emblems and uniforms for the legion team and high school band. A youth recreation director position is under review with a July 3 election slated for post offices.
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Fayetteville
LaFayette
American Legion
Joe Hodgson
Post
Hodgson
The
Club Corporation
Fayetteville Business Men’s Association
Hesse
the Legion
Oak Hill
Legion
Charleston
Robert M. Brooks
Holly Kessler
W. H. Shriver
M. R. Renick
Legion Post
Eleven Couples Issued June Wedding Licenses
Fayetteville clerks office records show eleven June marriage licenses issued starting June 1 to couples including Earl Boynton 24 of Kilsyth with Margaret Stewart 19 of Clarksburg and James R Blake 26 with Freddie Zane Coleman 20 of Garten. Other pairs include John D Blake 32 with Lorena Thomas 28 of Pax and Robert Hambrick 20 with Margaret Cline 17 of Fayetteville.
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Fayetteville
Fayette County
Earl Boynton
Kilsyth
Margaret Stewart
Clarksburg
James R. Blake
Freddie Zane Coleman
Garten
John D. Blake
Lorena Thomas
Pax
Robert Hambrick
Margaret Cline
Fred C. Kinser
Kincaid
Norma Lee Duncan
Oak Hill
John Langhorne
Justine Wallace
Harewood
Max Solomon McCloud
Mt. Hope
Phyllis Mae Jones
Orton Ray Riggleman
Madeline Ellison
Dixie
Robert Lewis Shalesky
Elmhurst
Ohio
Julia Jachimowicz
Scarbro
Charles Stover
Beckley
Patricia Murphy
Glen Withrow
Gatewood
Ora Ruth Johnson
Postal Exam Set Lookout for Substitute Clerk
An open competitive examination for the position of substitute clerk in Lookout post office is scheduled by the U S Civil Service Commission. Competitors must report for a written test at Rainelle on June 15 at 8 30 a m. Information and applications available from the Lookout postmaster.
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Lookout
United States Civil Service Commission
Rainelle
Fayette Legion Commander to Receive Award
Fayetteville report notes LaFayette Post 149 American Legion achieves its highest season membership. Charlies D. Hesse leader earns recognition along with top recruiters R. W. Rule, H. W. Miller, W. H. Shriver, Charles W. Scott, and others. 1950-51 quota based on four-year average. drive to begin soon.
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Fayetteville
Charlies D. Hesse
LaFayette
American Legion
R. W. Rule
H. W. Miller
W. H. Shriver
Charles W. Scott
Walter Caldwell
Charles D. Hesse
J. J. Murphy
Erme Hess
D. H. Caldwell
Harry Richards
J. R. Gallagher
Robert W. Brooks
C. B
Ansted Man Joins Navy ROTC Training Cruises
Ansted resident John T. Cashion Jr. will join about 100 midshipmen from Duke University Naval ROTC on Navy sponsored summer training cruises. From June 5 to July 14 the group will visit East Coast, Canadian, and Caribbean ports aboard the battleship Missouri and eight destroyers. Cashion, son of Mr. and Mrs. J. T. Cashion, will train in gunnery, engineering, and ship administration while standing shipboard watches.
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Register
John T. Cashion, Jr
Cuge University
Naval R.O.T.C
Cashion
Duke Naval
Missouri
Duke
J. T. Cashion
Sneed Guests At Cabin Creek Home Visit
Mr and Mrs W H Sneed were Sunday guests in the home of Mr and Mrs Ira Munsey of Cabin Creek. The gathering highlighted a warm social visit with local residents in Cabin Creek community.
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Cabin Creek
Register
Orgas
W. H. Sneed
Ira Munsey
Dinner guests in Colcord share Hamilton visit
In Colcord a dinner party hosted by Mr. and Mrs. Doug Hamilton Friday welcomed Miss Rose Hamilton and Mrs. Sadie Hamilton of Alexandria Virginia and Jackie Bowling.
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Colcord
Olister
Ord
Douglas Hamilton
Rose Hamilton
Sadie Hamilton
Alexandria, Va
Jackie Bowling
BBB To Meet Regular Raleigh County Court Room Meeting
The Beckley Business Bureau will hold its regular meeting at 7 30 p m Thursday in the Raleigh County Court Room per president W M Kessel.
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BBB
Beckley Business Bureau
Raleigh County Court Room
W. M. Kessel
Pepper leadership shifts to Southern India after war
Southern India has overtaken Indonesia as the leading pepper producer since the war as many Indonesian plantations were abandoned.
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Indonesia
Legion Auxiliary To Install Heads At July 10 Meet
Mullens resident Mrs Clyde Hedrick was elected and will be installed as president of the American Legion Auxiliary at ceremonies planned July 10. Officers for the 1950 51 term include Mrs Gene Atkins first vice president, Mrs Cecil Harrold second vice president, Mrs A G Gilreath recording secretary, Mrs William Humphrey corresponding secretary, Miss Mabel Culliney treasurer re elect, Mrs Charles Coffey historian, Mrs L O Gates chaplain, Mrs Ann Hayworth sergeant at arms and Mrs Mack Damewood assistant sergeant at arms. The group voted a $25 donation to Community Recreation Inc and pledged two chaperones for the youth center the week of June 12. The meeting featured a soapbox wedding by the Junior Auxiliary under Mrs Bernard Shannon.
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Mullens
Clyde Hedrick
American Legion Auxiliary
Gene Atkins
Cecil Harrold
A. G. Gilreath
William Humphrey
Mabel Culliney
Bernard Shannon
Sewing Workshop Set for Mullens
A weekly summer sewing workshop will be held at Mullens High School under the Wyoming County Board of Education. Directed by Mrs. Woodrow W. Cook, sessions run Thursdays 9 am to 2 pm in June and July, with equipment available at the school and personal materials requested from attendees.
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Mullens
Mullens High School
Wyoming County Board of Education
Woodrow W. Cook
Cook
Perry Funeral Set for Friday
Frances C. Perry 79 of Crab Orchard died at home at 12 45 am after a long illness. Born Ash County NC she lived Raleigh County 15 years and was a Baptist. Survived by two sons William Woods Tacoma WA Coy Perry Cincinnati OH. five daughters Lula Calhoun Bristol TN Ada Basham Etta Feazelle Crab Orchard Mabel Mann Sprague Leona Woods Cincinnati OH. 22 grandchildren five great grandchildren. Body at Calfee Funeral Home. services at Calfee Chapel Friday afternoon.
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Crab Orchard
Ash County
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Raleigh County
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William Woods
Tacoma
Wash
Coy Perry
Cincinnati
Lula Calhoun
Bristol, Tenn
Ada Basham
Etta Feazelle
Mabel Mann
Sprague
Leona Woods
Calfee Funeral Home
Calfee Chapel
Fisher Re-Elected Oceana Mayor by Narrow Margin
Oceana voters re elected mayor C. C. Fisher by 162 votes. Fisher received 208 votes, while James Baxter 10 Estel Conley 45 and W. G. Crozier 46 trailed. Vaughn Cozort won recorder treasurer with 138 of 309 ballots. Virginia Bowling 38 Ernest Shumate 67 Russell Lewis 61 also ran. Incumbents Robert Kidd 81 and Worley Walker 238 secured council seats with Argel Cozort 220 Leland Tilley 175 Drewey Mitchell 173. defeated council candidates included J. S. Nunn 146 French Manning 106 L. W. Lively 91 L. W. Beane 68 Robert Osborne 59.
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Oceana
C. C. Fisher
Fisher
James Baxter
Estel Conley
W. G. Crozier
Vaughn Cozort
Recorder-Treasurer
Recorder
Virginia Browning
Ernest Shumate
Russell Lewis
Robert Kidd
Worley Walker
Council
Argel Cozort
Leland Tilley
Drewey Mitchell
J. S. Nunn
French Manning
L .W. Lively
L. W. Beane
Robert Osborne
Pineville elects veteran slate in low turnout mayoral race
Vaughn Stewart was elected to a third term as Pineville mayor as 65 ballots were cast. Fred Snyder won a third term as recorder-treasurer. H. E. Crews, Fred Huffman, J. W. Martin, Theodore Bailey also won third terms. George Bragg secured a first term. Voter turnout was low with only 20 votes by 4 p.m.
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Pineville
Vaughn Stewart
Citizen’s
People’s
Fred Snyder
H. E. Crews
Fred Huffman
J. W. Martin
Theodore Bailey
George Bragg
Oakdale Addition Lot Purchased in Fayette
Fayetteville records note J E Bowling bought Lot 25 in Oakdale Addition to Oak Hill from John Widay and wife for about $5 000. Other transfers include G B Rogers to John J Smith 4 56 acres in Nuttall District about $500 O T James to Lendon Souder two lots on Lower Loup Creek Kanawha District no consideration etc. Includes multiple lot and acreage transfers with varied prices and no consideration in some cases.
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Fayetteville
J. E. Bowling
Oakdale
Oak Hill
John Widay
Fayette County
G. B. Rogers
John J. Smith
Nuttall
O. T. James
Lendon Souder
Loup Creek
Kanawha
Robson
Howard W. Gwinn
Charles T. Beard
Sewell Mountain
George Vanbibber
Pitt Dotson
Church Street
Ansted
Ollie Kiddy
Howard Dick
Packs Branch
Bessie V. Woolwine
Co. L. Bishop
White Oak Creek
Steve Steplowski
Homeseekers Land and Building Company
Tom Cartwright
Washington Heights
Jeanette Lewis
Wesley Tincher
Leonard T. Twiggs
Harvey E. Ingles
E. K. Killen
Ledano Ramsey
H. E. Jones
Erskine Company
Appalachian Electric Power Company
Ervin P. Knapp
Andrew Jones
Glen Jean
Clyde Dancy
Eugene Martin
Sanford
Legion Post 59 To Elect Officers At June 20 Meet
Louis Godbey received nomination for commander of American Legion Red Devil Post 59 at a meeting in Oak Hill. The slate remains open for floor nominations June 20 when votes determine officers for the year. Other nominations include Balding as first vice commander Lopinsky as second vice commander Payne as adjutant Berry as finance officer Amole as chaplain and Baumgartner as sergeant at arms. Delegates named for Seventh District meeting at Marlinton June 18 are Kincaid Godbey Claypool Lopinsky Price Steen Lewis and Iddings with alternates Amole Martin Perkins Claypool Cobb Payne and ShuMate.
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Charles Henry Balding
John Lopinsky
Clara Payne
H. A. Berry
R. P. Hannah
Howard Amole
Allen Baumgartner
Marlinton
Glen Kincaid
Louis Godbey
John Claypool
Sam Price
N. M. Steen
Stuart Lewis
Henry Iddings
Thomas N. Martin
Thomas Perkins
Forrest Claypool
James H. Cobb
John P. Wilkins
James H. Shumate
Clergy Officiates as Body Remains Move to Campbellsville
The Rev. Shirley Donnelly and Robert Byrd officiated the service. Afterward the body was to be transported to Campbellsville, Kentucky, for further services and burial.
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Shirley Donnelly
Robert Byrd
Campbellsville, Ky
Oak Hill Resident Receives Degree
Oak Hill resident Kenneth C. Legg son of Mr and Mrs O B Legg of Mankin Avenue received his Master’s Degree from George Peabody College in Nashville Tennessee Thursday evening Legg majored in secondary education and minored in business education A graduate of West Virginia Institute of Technology he was listed among Who’s Who in American colleges and Universities during his senior year His future plans include coaching teaching and becoming a principal in the high school system
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Oak Hill
Kenneth C. Legg
O. B. Legg
Mankin Avenue
George Peabody College
Nashville
Tenn
Peabody
Legg
West Virginia Institute of Technology
Mrs. E C Hodge Confined by Illness at Home
Mrs. E C Hodge is confined to her home due to illness, remaining under care and observation with no listed hospitalization. The notice notes her agreed residence and medical status as the primary detail.
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