Williamson Man Seeks Nomination For Kee Congressional Seat
Williamson insurance agent James R. Davis announced his bid for the Republican nomination to the Fifth District seat held by John Kee. A former VFW department commander and ex Marine with campaigns in the Philippines and Boxer Rebellion, Davis also served as Mingo County school superintendent and retired teacher.
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Associated Press
Charleston
James R. Davis
Williamson
House Foreign Affairs
John Kee
Bluefield
Davis
Veterans of Foreign Wars
Philippines
VFW Department
Mingo County
Whitesville OES To Install Heads At Thursday Meet
Whitesville Chapter 142 Order of the Eastern Star will install a new slate of officers at 8 p.m. Thursday. Mrs. Robert C. Walton Jr. and W. R. Martin will be installed as worthy matron and patron. Other officers include Mrs. W. L. Clay associate matron, T. S. Cleveland associate patron, Mrs. Hall secretary, Mrs. W. R. Martin treasurer, Mrs. Leonard Noel conductress, Mrs. Wilson Hall associate conductress, and Wilson Hall trustee.
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Register
Whitesville
Order of the Eastern Star
Robert C. Walton, Jr
W. R. Martin
W. L. Clay
Pettus
T. S. Cleveland
Janie
Hallie Priestly
Sylvester
Leonard Noel
Wilson Hall
Maben Mine Cited For Improvements
A West Gulf Coal Company mine in Maben, Wyoming County, received a reinspect ion report praising safety upgrades and timbering, with 182 workers noted. The inspection urged continued precautions including proper coupling, air ventilation, gauge signals for fans, and eye protection for hazardous work.
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Register
Maben
West Gulf Coal Company
Bureau of Mines
Wyoming County
A. L. Ulshafer
Ulshafer
Alshafer
Bath Two Mercer Residents Enlist With Army AF
Ronald C. Huffman, 17, Lashmeet, enters regular Army for three years and goes to Third Armored Division Fort Knox Ky. Carnane Orender, 19, Princeton, enlists in the Air Force for four years and transfers to Lackland Air Force Base San Antonio Tex.
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Mercer
Army
Register
Princeton
Ronald C. Huffman
Lashmeet
Regular Army
Third Armored Division
Fort Knox
United States Army and
Air Force
Carnane Orender
Lackland Air Force Base
San Antonio
Tex
WVA Girls Take Swim Courses At YWCA Pool
Miss Jean Carter daughter of Clyde and Mrs Carter of Highcoal and Betty Cooper daughter of Ray Cooper of Whitesville attend swimming courses at the Young Women’s Christian Association pool in Charleston.
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Register
Highcoal
Young Women's Christian Association
Charleston
Jean Carter
Clyde Carter
Betty Cooper
Ray Cooper
Whitesville
Gas Factory Stomach Healed by CERTAVIN Claim
Beckley man says his stomach burned like gas after meals, with daily gas pains and bloating, but now he is free of stomach gas after taking CERTAVIN. The ad claims CERTAVIN, a new formula with ten herbs plus vitamin B and iron, relieves gas, enriches blood, and steadies nerves, taken before meals.
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Beckley
Adv
White Harrington Rite Solemnized At Chesapeake
New couple Miss Don Rita Harrington and Delmas White exchanged nuptial vows Saturday at Chesapeake in a ceremony conducted by Rev. A. M. Chapman. The Harringtons are from Bim and Van, with White employed at Sandford Green Grocery in Bim. they will reside with her parents.
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White
Harrington
Chesapeake
Register
Don Rita Harrington
Delmas White
Chesa
Jaeger Man Re-Enlists With U S Regular Navy
Elisha J. Lester a 19 year old Jaeger man from Kaeger has re enlisted in the regular Navy for six years and has been transferred to the Navy Receiving Station in Norfolk Virginia after serving one year previously.
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Register
Princeton
Elisha J. Lester
Kaeger
United States Navy
Norfolk
Navy
Four Deeds Filed In Mercer County
Mercer County records list Gertrude Nelson purchasing Lots 17 and 18 in Section 76 Round House Addition Princeton from Margie Dell Maxey and husband. Additional transfers include Park Village Inc to Ralph Akers Lot 11 Section 1131 Wildwood Drive Park Village Estates Bluefield. A Z Peters to Roy A Peters and James T Peters Lots 5 6 and 7 Section 1140 College Ave Bluefield. Grethel C Meadows and husband to John C Michael one tract on Camp Creek Jumping Branch District.
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Register
Princeton
Gertrude Nelson
Round House
Margie Dell Maxey
Mercer County Clerk’s
Park Village, Inc
Ralph Akers
Wildwood Drive
Park Village Estates
Bluefield
A. Z. Peters
Roy Andrew Peters
James T. Peters
College Avenue
Grethel C. Meadows
John C. Michael
Camp Creek
Jumping Branch
Chancery Suit Entered In Mercer Circuit Court
Princeton notices a chancery suit filed in Mercer County Circuit Court by Emma Violet Pokorney and an infant suing by Beatrice French against Charles Pokorney. Case returnable to July 1950, Rules.
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Mercer Circuit Court
Register
Princeton
Mercer County Circuit Court
Fmma
Violet Pokorney
Beatrice French
Charles Pokorney
Bible School Opens Today at Lookout Baptist Church
The Daily Vacation Bible School at Lookout Baptist Church was scheduled to open today and run through June 23, per Lookout. The program is being noted by the Register Star as a community religious education event for children and families in the Lookout area.
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Register Star
Lookout
Lookout Baptist Church
Damages Reported Slight in Peak Fire
Princeton fire crews battled a small blaze at the High Street home of R. H. Peak early yesterday. Officials said a wiring short circuit caused the outbreak, with only a few books and papers damaged.
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Register
Princeton
High Street
R. H. Peak
Princeton Fire Department
Waters Divorce Granted in Mercer County Suits
In Mercer County Circuit Court yesterday two chancery suits were settled. Margaret June Waters was granted a divorce from Green Wilbur Waters and ordered to pay temporary alimony of 50 dollars per month plus attorney fees and court costs. In the infant suit Eric Jean Jones by her next friend Vicle Louise Vandyke versus George S. Jones Jr a suit money of 63.50 and 100 dollars in attorney fees were awarded.
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Register
Princeton
Mercer County
Margaret June Waters
Green Wilbur Waters
Waters
Eric Jean Jones
Vicle Louise Vandyke
George S. Jones, Jr
Orleans area notes on local visits and family events
Oceana and Ravencliff social notes document Billie Beane's weekend visit with Virgie Lilly and homecoming accompanying, visits by Carolyn Mitchell, Nora Lester family visits, and Quinton Cooper's Camp training. Also listed are Charlotte Fleenor's summer plans, a June 8 birth of a boy to P B Lundy, Concord College attendance by Earl Smith and I B Blankenship, a wiener roast for Peggy Carol Jones's fifth birthday, with attendees listed.
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Register
Ceana
Billie Beane
Ravencliff
Virgie Alice Lilly
Sandra and
Tommie
Norton
Roy Lester
Quinton Cooper
State Baptist Camp
Cowen
W. Va
Charlotte Fleenor
Lorado
Freeman Spears
P. B. Lundy
Clearfork
Earl Smith
Concord College
Athens
Okla Jones
Chambers Bottom
Peggy Carol
Alektha
Linda Jones
Cranstra
Francis
Anne Lynn Cobb
Mrs. Jones
Ingleside Man Fined For Petit Larceny
R. W. Haywood of Ingleside was fined 10 dollars and costs after a hearing before Magistrate Charles C. McGuire on a charge of petit larceny. He allegedly stole a lantern from Albert Jones of Ingleside.
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Ingleside
Pregister
Princeton
Charles C. McGuire
R. W. Haywood
Albert Jones
Griffey Donovan party returns to Durham home
After two weeks in Princeton visiting with her parents Mr and Mrs A L Griffey and her husbands parents Mr and Mrs John Donovan Mrs Bill Donovan and son Mike have returned to their Durham North Carolina home They were accompanied by Mr and Mrs Edgar Moyer and son Don
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Register
Princeton
A. L. Griffey
John Donovan
Bill Donovan
Mike
Durham
N.C
Edgar Moyer
Don
Supreme Court Grants Mercer Man Appeal in Property Case
The Supreme Court granted Moray Hilton's appeal over a Matoaka lot sale set aside for lack of direct notice to former owners Mr and Mrs Roy J Davis. The court also refused Charles W Woodyard's appeal of a $7500 Mercer County verdict to Andrew Franklin Johnson for injuries on icy Hale's Gap highway.
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Associated Press
Charleston
Supreme Court
Mercer County
Moray Hilton
Matoaka
Roy J. Davis
Davis
Charles W. Woodyard
Dublin
Andrew Franklin Johnson
Johnson
Bible Conference Set June 20 22 at Stockdale Home
Whitesville announces an adult Bible conference from June 20 to 22 at the Pat C. Stockdale Home directed by Rev Linus E Brown. Missionary leader Albert BE Brown of Jamaica will attend. Rev Benton P Deaton of Woonton Ky will be devotional speaker and Rev Claude Davis of Sistersville will lead Bible study. Leadership training classes will be held under the direction of the event organizers.
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Register
Whitesville
Pattie C. Stockdale
Linus E. Brown
Albert BE. Brown
Jamaica
British West Indies
Benton P. Deaton
Wooton, Ky
Claude Davis
Sistersville
West Virginia University graduates enter Medical College of Virginia
Princeton resident John A. Murray and Lester native Joseph B. Oram are among 19 graduates from WVU's two year medical school set to finish at the Medical College of Virginia in Richmond. Belle Point student Jack D. Woodrum is accepted at Washington University in St Louis to finish his studies.
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Medical Colleges
Y Register
Princeton
John A. Murray
Joseph B. Oram
Lester
West Virginia University
Medical College of Virginia
Richmond
E. J. van Liere
Jack D. Woodrum
Bellepoint
Washington University
St. Louis
Lillys of Elton Take Plane Trip to Chicago
Mr and Mrs W J Lilly of Elton and their daughter Mrs Robert Arthur flew from Charleston to Chicago Illinois for a week with Mrs Lillys relatives.
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Chicago
Register
Elton
W. J. Lilly
Robert Arthur
Charleston
Ill
Mountain project sponsors conference in West Virginia
Staff at Pattie C Stockdale WV Mountain project of the US Presbyterian church announce a conference sponsored jointly by the Mountain project and the Board of National Missions. The event aims to discuss mission work and church outreach in the region.
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Pattie C. Stockdale
West Virginia
Mountain Project
US Presbyterian Church
The
Board of National Missions
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Hale’s Gap
Woodyard
Stockdale Home
Mission Guild
Missionary Guild of the First Baptist Church
J. B. Bell
Wharton
Connell Miller
Roger Keith
Connie
John Scaff
Prestonburg, Ky
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