Oak Hill Council Weighs Election Results and Charter
Oak Hill council plans a special meeting to canvass last Tuesday’s vote. Voters approved a new charter by a 123 to 3 margin to draft a charter and submit it to a special election. A seven member charter board will draft the plan, with mixed views on adopting a city manager form of government.
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Stan Wylox
Oak Mile
Election Board
Tne Charter Commission
Comsee
Neyor
R. Hill
R. R. Thomas
A. EB
Kenty
C. Neal
S. D. Morton
S. C. Higgins, Jr
G. C. Burnside
Charles Mahari
Dltive of
Charleston
Brckley
Alto
Nations Municipaleague
New York
C. R. Hill
Mahan
Tolday
Miss Fernandez Weds George Burgess Today
Miss Dolores Fernandez daughter of Mr and Mrs Jose Fernandez of Oak Hill will wed George Dennis Burgess son of Mr and Mrs zy Burgess of Scarbro at 1 o clock today at Rev I S Tyler s home in Pea Ridge The ceremony will be performed with Mrs Manuel Perez sister of the bride as maid of honor and Freq Fernandez brother of the bride as best man Attendants will be Miss Isabel Perez and Miss Helen Nichols The bride will wear a white street length dress and white shoes The bridesmaids will wear pink and the attendants blue The couple plan to honeymoon and return Thursday then reside at 432 Park Street Mr Burgess works for the New River company at Carlisle and the bride is a Kroger Food Market cashier She is a Oak Hill High school graduate A reception and dinner will follow at the bride s parents home
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Heguter Star
Oak Hill
Dolores Fernandez
Jose Fernandez
Park Street
George Dennis Burgess
Zy Burgess
Scarbro, Awit
Eday
Tyler
Pea Ridge
Manuel Perez
Park Telreet
Freq Fernandez
Scarbro
Isabel Perez
Helen Nichols
Oak’ Hil
Perez
Burgess
New River Company
Carlisle
Kroger
Oak Hill High School
Mra. Dose Fernandez
Dan
Frank
M. Jordan
J.D. Wilson
VFW Opens Clubrooms at Richwood Township
Veterans of Foreign Wars announces new clubrooms Matwood on the Richiwood Matlinton road a mile north of town will open each day. Regular business meetings will be held this summer on Wednesday at 8 p.m. Dances will be held frequently. Commander Boza says applications for membership are being accepted.
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Richwod
Clair_ Bozo
Cherry River
Veterans of Foreign Wars
Matwood
Richiwood
Matlinton Road
Realar
Saye Commanier Bosa
Perkins Funeral Scheduled Today
Funeral services for Mrs Adaline Horine Perkins of Oak Hill were held at her home with Rev Siaith Rose officiating. She was born May 12 1885 widow of T J Perkins who died in 1937. Surviving: sons Bruce John George N and others and daughters Mrs Rupert Jarrell Mrs G C Brown Mrs N D Brooks and Mrs J R Robertson total 18 grandchildren and eight great grandchildren.
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Register
Oak Hill
Adaline Horine Perkins
Siaith Rose
Brethren Church
Burpeville
Highlawn
Perkins
T. J. Perkins
Firsh
Bruce
Ishue
John
Registration Under State Liquor Rationing Near Richwood
Richwood distributing store completed registration under the new state liquor rationing plan with over 2,000 persons registered. Store personnel V C Stockwell Willard Hosey and Welzel Sayer conducted all registrations, and officials believe many eligible individuals missed signups. No further registrations can occur until the 40 day reopening period expires.
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Richwood
Benister
Richwood Distributing
V_ C
Stockwell
Willard Hosey
Welzel Sayer
Marion Rites To Be In Scarbro Church
Funeral services for Paul Matton 64 will be held at Saints Peter and Paul Catholic Church in Scarbro Monday at 9 a.m. Father Dooley to officiate. Burial planned in Fellows Cemetery, Oak Hill following the service.
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Marion
Scarbro Church
Register
Whipple
Paul Matton
Min‘er
Saints Peter and ‘Paul Catholic Church
Starbro
Father Dooley
No Fellows Cemetery
Oak Hill
Registrars To Sit In Fayette County Parlor
Registrars recently appointed by the county will begin sitting throughout the county Monday to add qualified voters to register and to properly register voters who have moved from one precinct to another.
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Fayette County
Parlor State
Wester
N Ville
James Kidd Receives Thirty Day Navy Leave
James R. Kidd of the U S Navy is granted a 30 day leave in August after returning from Pearl Harbor to the Panama Canal Zone aboard a training ship. He recently reenlisted for two more years following 23 months in the Pacific.
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James Kidd
Gusta Rogers
Cox
James R. Kid
U.S. Navy
Kidd
Pearl Harbor
T. H
Panama Canal Zone
Pacfic
Navy
Dorothy Graham Heads to Peace Conference in Paris
Dorothy Graham, widow of Luther Boyd Graham of Oak Hill, leaves Washington to attend the International Peace Conference in Paris. She is among State Department personnel honored for service, as her husband served as a petty officer aboard a transport in the Pacific.
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Rogier Statt
Oak Hill
Graham
Luther Boyd Graham
State Department
Paris
Mus
Cooper Graham
Washington
Annapolis Naval Academy
Motors Training School
Cleveland
Ohio
A.B. Cooper
Plass
Charleston
Ork
Hill
Serence
W. White
Youth Await His Ninth Birthday Operation
Dayton Davis, a fifteenth birthday boy from Mant, continues to face medical trials as he awaits a ninth operation. The Oak Hill resident, severely burned in 1943, endures multiple procedures at Oak Hill and St. Francis hospitals, receiving blood transfusions and spine grafts. Despite injuries, he remains determined to attend Mount Hope High and has inspired classmates with resilience while his community prayerfully supports his recovery. Rev. Wilson appointed Fayetteville jury commissioner. Dayton’s family notes his ongoing courage between treatments.
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Mound
Hope
Dayton Davis
Wilson
Teville
Sony A
Oak Hill
Comenissigney
RB. J. Thritt, Jr
Dayton
Raleigh Register
St. Francis Hospital
Charleston
Young Davis
St. Francis
J. N. Reeves
Mount Hope High
St. iFremere
Davis
Mount Hope High School
Registration Set In Nicholas County For Voter Access
Voters in Nicholas County will register this week to be eligible for the July 22 bond election and August primary. Richwood registrars will hold sessions at South Side School June 17 9 to 9 June 18 7 to 10 June 16 5 and June 20 8 to 10. La Frank Coe's store June 11 9 to 6 June 18 3 to 1 City Nally June 17 9 to 3 June 12 6 to 9 and June 20 3 to 10. Other county locations include Barker's store Craigayilte Guy Perkins Calvin Hensel Store Ioga Fenwick Store Company Bryant and Nader Congas Leivasy Netlie Dundir Ray Mollohan Willie Morris Sparks Summersville courthouse and Vencil store Dixie.
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Weslay Richwoon
Nicholas County
Richwood
Jemocrat
South Side
la Frank
Coe’s
Barker's
Craigayilte
Guy Perkins
Calvin
Hensel
Ioga
Fenwick
Bryant and Nader
Congas
Leivasy
Netlie
W. D. Flatead
Rocky Point
Snow HE
Moon
Neba
Q'Dell
Dundir’s
Deraid
Ray Mollohan
Willie Morris
Sparks
Courthouse
Summersville
Lew Williams
Ramsey
Swiss Company
Vencil
Dixie
Louise Miller to Wed Joseph Jordan Today
Louise Miller and Joseph E Jordan plan a 7 p.m. wedding at the Presbyterian Church in Scarbra. The ceremony, officiated by Rev J D Wilson, will feature a white street length dress with blue accessories. Attendants Bloukie Craver and Bill Whitney. Miller, Mount Hope High School graduate, is active in local circles. Jordan, Oak Hill High School graduate, served in the Marines and fought on Tinian and Saipan, discharged April 3 1946. A reception will follow at the Miller home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Blatt Wrier
Oak Hill
Presbyterian Church
Scartra
Louise Miller
Charles Miller
Scarbra
Joseph E. Jor
Bloukie Craver
Bill Whitney
Miller
Mount Hope High School
Searleto
Jordan
Be Clarked Meeting On Union Clubrooms And July Plans
Fayetteville notices include a Legion meeting announced for Monday June 24 at 7 30 pm in the circuit court room with State Commander Ray Burg to attend. Also listed are divorce suits in county court and warnings about beef cattle production payment termination and August 31 filing deadlines for applications and evidence.
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Tinrlep
Stan Wes
Payetteville
Walter Caldwell
Lafeyelle
American Legion
Sime
Fayettev
TLE
B. J. Amick
Fayette County
AAA
Don Jordan Returns Home After Navy Discharge
Don Jordan is expected to arrive at his parents home Mr and Mrs Frank Jordan after receiving his discharge from the United States Navy in Bainbridge Maryland He attended Oak Hill High School and has served in the Pacific Area for 17 months.
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Don Jordan
Oak Hill
Frank Jordan
United States Navy
Bainbridge, Md
Oak Hill High School
Pacific Area
John Treadway Dies Last Night
John Treadway 77 died at 7:00 last night at his daughter’s home on Summertee road after a long illness. He was born April 13, 1369 in Rempsey. Survived by wife Minnie A. McCune and several siblings. children include Walker Carlyle Sherman Oak Hill Mrs Ellen VanWinkle Glen Jean Mrs Ruth Shermond New Brunswick N. 4 and Eldrich Treadway of Alaska.
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Weller
John Heney Treadway
Irene Noleh
Summertee Road
Corp
Rempsey
Minnie A. McCune
Richwood Chapter Installs Officers
Richwood Masonic hall hosts installation of officers led by retiring matron Miss Mary Crilenfield and worthy patron Wardeq Weaver. New officers include Dr. J. B. Bodrill and Mrs. J. B. Bodrill as Worthy patron and matron, Ellen Hewitt as associate matron, A. B. Campbell as associate patron, Miss Marian McFadden as secretary, Miss Tvor HI as treasurer, Mrs. Anna M. Wills as conductress, and other posts filled by Mrs. Myrtle Brooks, Mrs. Grace Green, Miss Louise Borgg, Miss Mary Lee Hollingsworth, Lucille Weaver, Ardein Spencer, Evelyn Simons, Josephine Breckstein, Nannie Thomas, and Mrs. Gereldine Anderson. The group will visit Summerville to attend Wakoma chapter No. 52 events.
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J. B. Bodrill
Webster Springs
Ellen Hewitt
A. B. Campbell
Marian McFadden
Tvor HI
Anna M.wills
Myrtle Brooks
Grace Green
Ruth
Irene Marshall
Esther
Louise Borgg
Martha
Mary Lee Hollingsworth
Lucille Weaver
Ardein Spencer
Marshall
Evelyn Simons
Josephine Breckstein
Sentinel
Nannie Thomas
Gereldine Anderson
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Miss Fernandez
George Burgess
VFW
Jaoge
Yric
Edna Ferber
Gary Cooper
Ingrid Bergman
Saratoga
Beckley
Dorothy Graham
Fayetteville
Fayetteville Presbyterian Church
Chas.s W. McNutt
Young Peoples
Boone County
SAE Russel
Joseph
Louise Miler
Legion Post
Sy Hegater
Stal Weiter
Anna Blendean Rudd
Harry
Foward Rudd
W. H. Waynes
James Beard
Gloria Beard
J. M. Eilis
Carrie Im. iPlint
Harry J. Pint
Foc Voce, Mahan
Maureen O'Hara Mei
Starling
Peducah
Ann Valenttine
Waller C. Valentine
Loren R. Wiseaian
Hayland
The
Outlaw
Howard Hughes
JMNUS
Ste Jane Russell
Coring Lane
Russell
Beckley Theatre
John Treadway
Richwood Chapter
Rita Rayworth
Lla Gla Fond
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