Former Oceana magistrate murder case proceeds at arraignment
A 29 year old Wyoming County divorcee appeared before Magistrate John Lambert at 10 am and was held for grand jury action on a murder charge. She admitted shooting former Oceana justice of the peace Doran Cook 55 at her Lynch Hollow home Saturday night. Cook died from a .32 caliber pistol shot to the chest. Sheriff Paul Goode said Cook had dated the defendant after her divorce four years ago. Two others in the home were questioned and released. Funeral services were set for Oceana.
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Wyoming County
Paul Goode
Geneva Walters
Doran Cook
Lynch Hollow
Goode
Cook
Ralph Wykel
Jim Steppney Bailey
James B. Gibson
Miss Walters
Wikes
Perry
Monie Cook
Dennie Cook
Oceana
Doran Cook Jr
Hamlet
N. C
Randal Cook
Detroit
Ray Cook
Evans Funeral Home
Okey Cooper
Red Jacket May Sell System to Appalachian Power
The Public Service Commission in Charleston heard Appalachian Power Co. seek approval to buy for 3376 dollars Red Jacket Coal Corp s electrical distribution system and related facilities at Coal Mountain.
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Coal Mountain
Public Service Commission
Charleston
Appalachian Electric Power Co
Red Jacket Coal Corporation
Harmco Church Plans Multinight Meetings
Harmco Free and Independent Holiness Church schedules a series of services from tonight through Sunday with a lineup of preachers and soloists. Mary Harriston opens tonight with Mary Lambert Alberta Harriston and Ester Scraggs as soloists. Tuesday features Bernice Wilson. Wednesday brings Rev Narciss Jones with a Walter Mazell duo and Harmce Children's Chorus. Lillian Norton preaches Thursday. Mary Jones sings Friday. Elder Ernest Stewart hosts Saturday. Rev A J Martin closes Sunday with Beckley Mullens Itmann Alpaca and Lillybrook musicians.
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Harmco
Harmco Free and Independent Holiness Church
Mary Harriston
Mary Lambert
Alberta Harriston
Ester Scraggs
Bernice Wilson
Narciss Jones
Walter Mazell
Harmce Children’s Chorus
Lillian Norton
Mary Jones
Marie Coleman
Ernest Stewart
A. J Martin
Beckley
Mullens
Itmann
Alpaca
Lillybrook
Three Mullens Scouters Earn Star Scout Badges
Three adult Mullens scouters followed the boys scouting path to become full scout members. They earned Star Scout badges shown receiving them from W. C. McGhee, Appalachian Council neighborhood commissioner. Seated left to right are Charlie Kidd, W. S. Carr, and R. W. Kirby. Carr had never
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Mullens
W. C. McGhee
Eft
Appalachian Council
Charlie Kidd
W. S. Carr
R. W. Kirby
Carr
Kidd
Kirby
Oak Hill Club Hosts Style Show and Benefit Event
Oak Hill Junior Woman's Club announces a benefit bridge and canasta party at White Oak Country Club on June 23 at 1 p.m. Public style show follows at 2 30 p.m featuring garments by members. Local merchants cooperate. tickets cover both events. refreshments served.
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Oak Hill
RNS
George's
Oak Hill Dress Shop
Mary Kate's
Peggy's
Lilly Ann
Wanda's
Admissions Hit 45 at Wyoming General Hospital Last Week
Mullens Wyoming General Hospital reported 45 admissions last week with daily tallies listing patients from Mullens East Gulf Killarney Otsego Herndon Slab Fork Mullens and surrounding areas. Names include Marie Hansford Virginia McKinney Betty Sue Mills Geraldine Hayworth Lucille Workman and many others.
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Marie Hansford
East Gulf
Lene Colbird
Bud
May Bell Carter
Killarney
Donna Sue Radford
Infant
Otsego
Willa Mae Witt
Mullens
Betty Sue Mills
Arista
Peggy Reeves
Sophia
Betsy Morgan
Pineville
Virginia MccKinney
Herndon
Ruth Mills
Slab Fork
John Lusk
Wesley Coyer
Hatcher
Geraldine Hayworth
Maben
Peggy Adkins
Itmann
Hattie Goode
Bradley Jackson
Ruby Milam
Stephenson
Dema Lou Blevins
Lynce
Rubye Brown
Wyoming
Samuel Perkey
Zane Scott, Jr
Rodney Blankenship
James Haynes
Ben Brown
Covel
Rose Mary Elliott
Beckley
Mae Lester
Anna Rash
Rhodell
Parthena Perdue
Sunday
Juanita Barton
Herbert Cook
Trallee
George Duncan
King Hodge
Garnet Dearing
Occeon
Lucille Hamilton
Trace
Wyoming School Bus Men Hired for Next Term
Wyoming County Board of Education hired 35 school bus drivers for the upcoming term starting August 29. The list includes Wayne Bailey Edgar Brooks Cameron Lilly Dan Tolliver Carl Roberts Donald Elllis Claude Ashley Basil L. Bailey M. L. Bond Enoch Cook Fred Dyke Charley Morgan Johnnie Short Jack Cecil William F. Rose Jr Vivian E. Rose Ralph Dalton John Franklin Roy Blankenship Thurlie D. Cook Joseph B. Shumate Vern Morgan Virgil Whitt Clifford Hatfield Orion Halsey Wade Houck Harry W. Young Ralph Cook William Charles Lusk Bernie Short Chester Hawkins Raymond Morgan and Herbert E. Morgan.
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Pineville
BNS
Wyoming County Board of Education
Wayne Bailey
Edgar Brooks
Cameron Lilly
Dan Tolliver
Carl Roberts
Donald H. Ellis
Claude Ashley
Basil L. Bailey
M. L. Bond
Enoch Cook
Fred Dyke
Charley Morgan
Johnnie Short
Jack Cecil
William F. Rose Jr
Vivian E. Rose
Ralph Dalton
John Franklin
Roy Blankenship
Thurlie D. Cook
Joseph B. Shumate
Vern Morgan
Virgil Whitt
Clifford Hatfield
Orion Halsey
Wade Houck
Harry W. Young
Ralph Cook
William Charles Lusk
Bernie Short
Chester Hawkins
Raymond Morgan
Herbert E. Morgan
Baileysville Vacation Church School Opens
Baileysville First Baptist Church urges a 9 a.m. start for its Vacation Church School. Staff includes Myrtle Toler Milton Archibald Harold Bailey Harry Shields Raymond Collins Charlie Bellew Dennis Straley and director James N. Cook with helpers Sue Trent Emily Ann Bailey Ann Toler Clara Mae Carbough Jesse Lee Lester and Chares Venters.
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Baileysville
BNS
Sally Whanger Receives Swimming Instructor Certificate
Fayetteville district notes Sally Whanger earned an instructor's certificate after a Week long course at Jackson's Mill. The program was taught by Charles Peter Yost of West Virginia University.
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Fayetteville
Rns
Sallyhanger
Jackson's Mill
Charles Peter Yost
West Virginia University
White Sulphur Springs Is Convention Scene
The National Plant Food Institute opened its three day meeting in White Sulphur Springs W Va with a board selection and a fertilizer pesticide forum. About 900 fertilizer manufacturers attended sessions led by Edwin Pate of Laurinburg NC, who chairs the executive committee of the American Plant Food Council. The council and the National Fertilizer Assn will merge into the National Plant Institute on July 1.
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White Sulphur Springs
W. Va
National Plant Food Institute
Edwin Pate
Laurinburg
N. C
Pate
American Plant Food Council
National Fertilizer Assn
National Plant Institute
Oak Hill Garden Club Meeting Set at White Oak
The Oak Hill Garden Club hosts its annual fellowship with the Spade and Trowel, Oak Hill, and Red Bud clubs at White Oak Country Club. A luncheon at 1 p m will precede a guest speaker, Mrs. Herbert Duncan of Newport News Virginia, who has studied flower arrangement at the Ichi go School in Japan. Reservations are due by Tuesday.
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Oak Hill
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Spade and Trowel
Red Bud Garden Clubs
White Oak Country Club
Herbert Duncan
Newport News
Ichigo School
Japan
Fayette Men Get Draft Call
Fayetteville report lists 23 men from Fayette County selected for pre induction physical examinations. Names include Roy William Newton George Thomas Kimbro James Evans Robert Ashley Shuff Charles Morgan Hedrick Alonzo Lewis Berry Charles Edward Bennett Jackie Lee Worley Eugene Gray David Lawrence Daniels David Ray Warden Donald Ray Mazer Walter Lynn Crist Kyle William Woods Ralph Monroe Blevins Carl Levan Cavendish Sidney Legg Lindsey Junior Johnson Clarence Alfred Newhouse Cornelius Stanley Munger and Douglas Fairbanks Barron.
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Fayetteville
RNS
Fayette County
Refugee Hungarian priest joins Mullens parish staff
The Rev. Father Eugene Horvath, a Hungarian refugee and former Notre Dame Sisters College professor, is assigned to Saint John's Catholic Parish Mullens succeeding ill health retiree Rev. E. B. Krzysiek. Horvath fled Nazi persecution in 1938 and will serve from Clarksburg prior to his Mullens duties. He speaks six languages and is a close associate of Cardinal Mindszenty.
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Ben Murphree Mullens
RNS
Saint John’s Catholic
Mullens
Eugene Horvath
Joseph Cardinal Mindszenty
E. B. Krzysiek
Father Krzysiek
Church Street
Sharpsville
Saint John’s
Monongah
Horvath
Sopronszecseny
Hungary
Cardinal Peter Pazman University
Budapest
Notre Dame Sisters College
Vienna
Paris
Canada
Father Horvath
Cardinal Mindszenty
Clarksburg
Saint Mary’s Hospital
Saint Theresa's
Morgantown
Vincent Pallaotti
Trooper Ted Anderson Returns to Hospital for Treatment
Oak Hill state police trooper Ted Anderson, stationed at Oak Hill, is readmitted to Laird Memorial Hospital in Montgomery for follow up treatment after an earlier back strain. He first stayed ten days and was readmitted after a Friday checkup.
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Ted Anderson
Oak Hill
RNS
Laird Memorial Hospital
Montgomery
Adult Sewing Classes Delayed at Mullens High School
Mullens West Virginia adult sewing classes are postponed this week due to the absence of vocational home economics instructor Mrs. Woodrow W. Cook who will attend a workshop at Marshall College Huntington. Classes resume June 21 and run through June and July with 26 women enrolled in the Wednesday morning program featuring the Bishop method. Adults may also attend the Tuesday workshop from 9 am to 2 pm for individual garment help.
Funeral for Cowan Infant Held Today
Graveside services for Allen Wayne Gallihue born to Mr. and Mrs. Everett G. Cowan were set for 10 a.m. at Bragg Cemetery Dothan with Rev. Andy Naylor officiating. Tyree Funeral Home Oak Hill managed arrangements. The infant died shortly after birth at Charleston General Hospital at 9 15 p.m. Saturday. Survived by parents a brother Darrell Ray and four sisters Wanda Marion Adaline Brenda Sue and Jury Carol all at home.
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Wanda
Marion Adaline
Brenda Sue
Jury Carol
Typewriters and copper thefts in Mullens area
Four typewriters were stolen from Conley High School before a check Friday revealed the theft and police continue the investigation. In Harmco, about 300 pounds of copper trolley wire from the K. and K. Coal Company were stolen. two mine contract workers, Ralph Kershner and Edgar Shrewsbury, were jailed. Kershner admitted taking the wire and claimed a part interest in the mine. the copper has been recovered.
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Stephenson
Kershner
Vandalia Garden Club Elects Officers for Coming Year
In Fayetteville the Vandalia Garden Club elected officers for the coming year at a Wednesday night meeting. Mrs. Robert Akers was chosen president, Mrs. Charles Shackelford vice president, Mrs. Rex Allen secretary, and Mrs. Ermen Hess treasurer. New members added this year include Mrs. W. L. Whittaker, Mrs. John Witt Jr., Mrs. Forrest Thomas, and Mrs. Ward Ashford.
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Fayetteville
RNS
Vandalia Garden Club
Robert Akers
Charles Shackelford
Rex Allen
Ermen Hess
W. L. Whittaker
John Witt Jr
Forrest Thomas
Ward Ashford
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