Couples United in Double Wedding Rites in Mullens
Two couples were united in marriage in Mullens at 10 p.m. Saturday when Miss Maggie Hollins and Robert Sizemore and Miss Charlotte Hall and Gilbert Brooks exchanged vows at the Moran Apartments on Howard Avenue. Rev. T. S. Ellis officiated. The Hollins couple plan a July honeymoon in Oklahoma and will live with her parents temporarily. the Hall couple will reside with Mrs. C. C. Williams in Corinne.
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Register
Mullens
Paul Hollins
Moran Apartments
Howard Avenue
Maggie Madeline Hollins
Robert Matthew Sizemore
Charlotte Belle Hall
Gilbert Ray Brooks
Miss Hollins
Paris Hollins
Pierpoint
Alva Sizemore
T. S. Ellis
Allen Junction
Bessie Newsome
Dewey Rutherford
Ruth Blankenship
Betty Frank
Bill Treadway
Charles Hollins
Edward Sizemore
Donald Williams
B. Jennings
Mullens High School
G. C. Murphy Company
Otsego
Brule Smokeless Coal Company
Oklahoma
Miss Hall
Bluefield
Corinne
Pineville Social News Families Visit and Travel
Pineville residents and visitors frequent the area, with many journeys cited. Notable stops include Alderson Broaddus College in Philippi, Morgantown WVU, Glen Rogers, Welch Stevens Clinic, Beckley, Mullens, and Pineville. Guests include relatives, friends, and extended family, with operations and recoveries mentioned.
Anderson Blankenship Rites Performed in Pineville Home
Wedding vows were exchanged in Pineville at the Blankenship home as Barbara Ann Blankenship and James Edward Anderson wed at 9 30 am. The ceremony was conducted by Rev. Harry L. Stevens with an improvised rhododendron altar. Attendants included Carolyn Blankenship and Miss Mary Lou Shipman. Afterward a breakfast was held at the Cow Shed. The bride, a Marshall College freshman, wore a sharkskin suit with pink accessories. the groom is from Kopperston. Out of town guests joined family members for the ceremony and reception.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Blankenship
Crowley-Worrell Addition
Barbara Ann Blankenship
C. A. Blankenship
James Edward Anderson
Opie Anderson
Kopperston
Harry L. Stevens
Cook Memorial Baptist Church
Richard Jarvis
Carolyn
Mary Lou Shipman
St. Albans
Gerald Acord
Hobart Thomas
Pineville
Worth Harper
Betty Ann
Beckley
Loyal Fidler
Paul and
Billy
Elkins
Ann Hesch
Falling Bock
Charles Stickler
Huntington
Lloyd Fender
Patleyeville
The
Pinevillian
Williamson
Mrs. Sallie Starkey Celebrates 95th Birthday
Mrs. Sallie Starkey of Pineville marks her 95th birthday today. Born June 16, 1865 in Doane County, she mothered five children including Mrs. John Goss of Athens and Earl Starkey, who is deceased. Family members gathered at the Baileys’ home, and despite two years of blindness she enjoys good health and radio entertainment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Register
Pineville
Sallie Starkey
R. D. Baileys
Doane County
John Goss
Athens
Harold
Jake Starkey
Houston
Tex
R. D. Bailey
Earl Starkey
Goss
New York
Bailey
Mullens Council Canvasses Election Result
Mullens officials completed an official canvass of the city election. William Holroyd was re elected mayor with a two to one majority 916 to 458 over Hash. Commissioners Woodrow W Cook and A O Perry top vote getters with 995 and 884 respectively, while Ray Bowling and J B Baker Ill polled 466 and 363.
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Register
Mullens
Mullens City
William Holroyd
B. T. Hash
Woodrow W. Cook
A. O. Perry
Ray Bowling
J. B. Baker
Ill
Holroyd
Cook
Perry
Bowling
Baker
Nancy Boyd feted at Kilsyth stork shower
Mrs Nancy Boyd was honored at a stork shower Tuesday night hosted by her sister Mrs Catherine Vargo in Kilsyth. Games and prizes entertained guests including Eleanor Rogers Evelyn Morgan and the honoree. Refreshments served to a long list of attendees headed by Doris Bailey Annette Vargo Erma Bailey Marie Deal Elsie Bandy Ollie Kiddy Nellie Vargo Anna Metro French James Helen Lepto Lena Cresce Grace Hubbard Hattie Bennett Christine Hoke Margaret Miklos Eve lyn Morgan Ola Meal Muriel Deal Isabelle Spade.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Register
Kilsyth
Nancy Boyd
Catherine Vargo
Eleanor Rogers
Evelyn Morgan
Doris Bailey
Annette Vargo
Erma Bailey
Marie Deal
Elsie Bandy
Ollie Kiddy
Nellie Vargo
Anna Metro
French James
Helen ‘Lepto
Lena Cresce
Grace Hubbard
Hattie Bennett
Christine Hoke
Margaret Miklos
Ola Meal
Muriel Deal
Isabelle Spade
Pineville Grad Plans Marshall College Study This Fall
Pipeline Construction and Drilling Company notes a Pineville High School alumnus graduates in 1949, active in athletics, Minute Man Club, National Honor Society, and Pinevillian staff, serving as class secretary treasurer. After Virginia Beach, Mr. and Mrs. Anderson will reside in Williamson for the summer.
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Marshall College
Pineville High School
Minuteman Club
National Honor Society
Pinevillian
Virginia Beach
Anderson
Williamson
Kellis Miller Performs for Oak Hill Lions Club
Kellis Miller, tenor, sang at Oak Hill Lions Club dinner meeting at Hotel Hill assisted by Miss Norma Jean Brooks. R. W. Williams reported on the Wheel ing state convention. Officers to be installed Thursday June 29. Boy Scout cabin in City Park nearing completion with floors, windows, and doors installed.
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Register
Oak Hill
Kellis Miller
Oak Hill Lions Club
Hotel Hill
Norma Jean Brooks
R. W. Williams
Wheeling
City Park
Lions Club
Aliff Services Set Tomorrow
Scarbro widow Mrs Mary Jane Aliff 85 of Scarbro Route 1 will receive final rites at 2 p m Saturday at Church of God of Massy with Rev G F Clendenin and Rev Earl King officiating. Burial in Payne Cemetery. She died Wednesday night after 12 weeks illness at her daughter Hobart Stover’s home in Scarbro. Born Indiana March 15 1865 she was a Church of God member, daughter of late John and Agnes Huffman Bradford and widow of Henry Aliff. Surviving: brother Louis Bradford and sister Mrs Jennie Lafferty of Rock Creek. four sons Brad Clayton Bud all of Scarbro and Andrew of Ingram Branch. three daughters Mrs Ruthie Winston Mrs Alana Scarbro and Mrs Martha Stover, all of Scarbro. Pallbearers will be grandsons. granddaughters as flower girls. Body to be moved to Hobart Stover’s Scarbro home today at 2 p m and to church one hour before service Saturday.
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Register
Scarbro
Mary Jane Aliff
Church of God of Massy
G. F. Clendenin
Oak Hill
Earl King
Payne
Aliff
Hobart Stover
Indiana
Church of God
John and
Agnes Huffman Bradford
Henry Aliff
Louis Bradford
Jennie Lafferty
Rock Creek
Brad
Clayton
Bud
Andrew
Ingram Branch
Ruthie Winston
Alana Scarbro
Martha Stover
Mullens Personal News Admits Three To Mullens General Hospital
Leonard L. Gaines 33 of Mullens was admitted after a hand injury at the Otsegon Mine of Brule Smokeless Coal. Meda Sharp 9 daughter of Mrs. Mary Jane Lutz of Mullens received a cut on her left foot. Christie Houch daughter of Mr and Mrs Don Houch of near Itmann was treated for a cut on her left hand.
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Register
Lens
Mullens General Hospital
Leonard L. Gaines
Mullens
Otsegon
Brule Smokeless Coal Company
Meda Sharp
Mary Jane Lutz
Christie Houch
Don Houch
Near Itmann
Eleven Couples Issued Marriage Licenses in Fayette County
Fayetteville officials recorded marriage licenses for eleven couples. Names include Robert Lee Arthur and Melvina Moore. John Ellis Jones and Vivian Avery. Eveart Kelly and Frankie Marie Uhl. Carl M Mack and Catherine Ann Kossuth. Hubert Moore and Vesta Oaten. Ike Nance and Thelma Shockey. Jess Willard Olds and Lottie Ann Evans. Clarence Parnell Jr. and Minnie Lucille Baker. Johnny James Sarver and Betty Loukv. Ray Walton and Annette Stabagi.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fayetteville
Fayette County
Robert Lee Arthur
Cannelton
Melvina Moore
Smithers
John Ellis Jones
Vivian Avery
Carbondale
Eveart Kelly
Oak Hill
Frankie Marie Uhl
Minden
Carl M. Mack
Maybeury
Catherine Ann Kossuth
Miss Jane Kelly Spends Summer at Home
Miss Jane Kelly is spending the summer vacation with her parents Mr. and Mrs. R. E. Kelly, of Kelly Avenue.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Howard R. Crews
Buck
Huntington
Fineville
H. E. Crews
E. A. Hatcher
E. A. Hatcher, Jr
Logan
Pineville
Crews
Johnny Hatcher
Eddie
Rainelle
Irene McClain
Joyce Shaffer
Mullens
Register
Oak Hill
Jane Kelly
R. E. Kelly
Kelly Avenue
Negro Park Site Purchased in Mullens Development Move
Mullens plans a new recreation site for Black residents after purchasing a 400 by 200 foot lot at the old Perry mine off Broadway Street. Mayor William Holroyd disclosed the purchase as the city weighs timing for park and playground development. The brief note also mentions a national housing census and the ancient Wye Oak tree in Maryland.
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Mullens
William Holroyd
Perry
Broadway Street
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C. C. Williams
Alderman Hall
Charley Brooks
Lee Anderson
Alderson Broaddus College
Philippi
W. C. Belcher
West Virginia University
Morgantown
G. L. Campbell
Glen Rogers
Dell Cooke
James Dell Cooke
Lane Cooke
Stevens Clinic Hospital
Welch
Carl Ellison
Robert Falkenstein
James Parks
Sun Hill
Elmer Hash
Joe Bonds
Roy Ingleden
Bill Allen
Joe Smith
Wyoming
Coeburn
Mayes Chafin
Hatcher
Elizabeth Morgan
Wol Pen
Grace Hospital
J. W. Morgan
Bobby Beavers
Albuquerque
New Mexico
Roy S. Rector
Mr. Rector
C. T. Simmons
Oceana
James Simmons
Wyoming County
Dorsey Freeman
Wytheville
Mariog
Harley Cook
Algie Adams
Marianna
Bluestone Dam
Hinton
Richard
Susie Simmons
Bluefield Sanitarium
Joe H. Hansbarger
Peggy Jo
Cynthia
Harnsbarger
John W. Brown
Princeton
Washington, D. C
A. H. Barber
J. W. Martin
John Harry Martin
Billy Pryor
Camp Creek
Martin
Kentucky
Cummins
Ci Boge Wesker
Louisville Distributors, Inc
Mrs. Sallie Starkey
Mullens Council
Stork
Pey, Ef
Mons
Good Housekeeping
Beckley, W. Va
CLARK
Neville ST
Negro Park
Florida
Kenneth Stover
University of Miami At
Miami
University of Florida At
Gainsville
National Coal Association
Wye Mills
Hill-Rohrer Lumber Co
Central Avenue
Dial
Phe Caen
Eeee
Cuam
Schenley Dist. Inc
Frankfort
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