Bradley Lions Club completes member purchased house
The Bradley Lions Club completed a fund driven project started under J A Blackburn and finished in Al bert Ratliffe's administration. Clarence Beverly, a club member who gave much labor, bought the five room house with a bath, utility room, attached garage, and landscaped lot. The total value is estimated at about $10,000 with funds set aside for a future club house.
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Bradly Lions
Clarence Beverly
Charles
Lions Club
Honaker
Bradley Lions Club
J. E. Blackburn
Beverly
Bradley
J. A. Blackburn
Blackburn
Club
Bradley Merchants
Accused Slayer Pleads Guilty in Pocahontas County
Sidney Robert Bowling of Bluefield pleaded guilty to first degree murder at the Pocahontas Circuit Court in a fast five minute proceeding. He was sentenced to life in the West Virginia Penitentiary at Moundsville for the Sept. 13 death of Mrs. Louise T. Wilson, 56, of Denmar Sanitarium. The case drew a large crowd and ended with immediate sentencing.
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Marlinton
RNL
Sidney Robert Bowling
Bluefield
Pocahontas
Louise T. Wilson
Denmar Sanitarium
George S. Sharp
Adolph Cooper
Richard Currence
Bowling
Nickell Kramer
West Virginia
Moundsville
Pocahontas County
Denmar
Wilson
Baltimore Livestock Market Report Falls Short on Prices
USDA cattle receipts 300 head, calf 125 head near steady with Monday at 20.00. Hogs 500 head with sow trade unsettled. barrows and gilts 25.00 to 50.00 for 180-240 lb, 23.25 to 24.50 for 240-270 lb, 20.75 to 22.50 for 270-300 lb, heavier weights downward. 120-140 lb hogs 22.75-23.25, 140-160 lb 23.50-24.50, 160-180 lb 24.50-25.25. Sheep 50 head, price trend not established.
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Baltimore
USDA
Injured in Fall Injures Four Year Old in Wyoming
Elmer Blevins four year old son of Mr and Mrs Clarence Blevins was admitted to Wyoming General Hospital Sunday afternoon after falling from a parked truck. He was addled but not seriously hurt.
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Mullens
Rns
Helen
Elmer Blevins
Wyoming General Hospital
Clarence Blevins
Fayette Trio Faces Grand Jury Action
A Fayette County trio faces grand jury action on charges of breaking and entering and robbery. Billy Lopez 19 of Whipple Bobby Lemon 20 and Howard Taylor 20 of Scarbro waived during their arraignment before Magistrate T R C Godsey. They were released on $500 bond each. The men allegedly broke into the Happy Hour tavern at Scarbro after Leo Daciek death.
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Oak Hill
ANS
Fayette County
T. R. C. Godsey
Billy Lopez
Whipple
Bobby Lemon
Howard Taylor
Scarbro
Leo Daciek
Daciek
Charlottesville
Tpr
Ted Anderson
State Police
Anderson
Foster Funeral Rites Thursday
James Lewis Foster, 34, killed in a Sunday morning crash on Route 3 near Sylvester when his car collided with a tractor trailer. Funeral services are set for 2 p.m. Thursday at First Baptist Church Edwight with Rev. R. C. Darby officiating. Burial will follow at Ameagle Cemetery. Body to be moved to the residence at 6 p.m. today from Armstrong Funeral Home.
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Edwight
RNS
James Lewis Foster
Route 3
Sylvester
First Baptist Church
Fayette Farm Bureau Holds Quarterly Meet
The Fayette County Farm Bureau met Thursday at the courthouse with a morning business session and an afternoon joint meeting with Farm Women. Lunch was served by Farm Women. Reports covered membership telephones and 4 H camp activities with discussion topics on small industries county exhibit local marketing the electric fair and Blue Cross plan.
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Fayetteville
RNS
Fayette
H. B. Thomas
J. Haynes Miller
John Finley
A. E., Whanger
E. L. Clower
Lora G. Miller
Joe Richard
Ralph Kemper
Bob Kent
Steele Callison
George Arm Strong
East Gulf Man Hurt In Automobile Wreck
Charles Cooke, 34, of East Gulf, is a patient at Wyoming General Hospital after an automobile accident Tuesday morning. He was X-rayed for a possible skull fracture and treated for a cut above his left eyebrow. Cook was a passenger in a car driven by Jack Roles, a Ravencliff area youth on furlough from the Navy. He did not know where the wreck occurred.
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Mullens
ANS
Charles Cooke
East Gulf
Wyoming General Hospital
Cook
Jack Roles
Ravencliff
Navy
Vacation Bible School at Mt. Grove grows to fifty
Wyco Bible School at Mt. Grove Baptist Church enters its second week with 50 pupils enrolled. The program ends Sunday at 2 30 p m with an original play rooted in lessons from the course. Superintendent is Mrs Hattie F Long, assisted by staff across cradle to senior departments and music director Mrs Tiny Craft with aide Miss Alma Jean Long.
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WYCO
RNS
Mt. Grove Baptist Church
Hattie F. Long
Dorothy Richardson
Mary Pugh
Willie Mae Crowder
Lula M. Claytor
Grizella Holdsclaw
Tiny Craft
Alma Jean Long
Glen Rogers Personalions Noteable Guests and Departures
Glen Rogers area social notes list guests visiting local families and relatives. Earl Saxon hosts his nephew and wife from Pittsburgh, Mrs. Freida Plann visits Kopperston, and Larry Lujack travels to Newcastle for his aunt's death. Others include Paul Coleman hosting relatives from Norfolk and Sgt Aubrey Nichols Jr returning to Andrews Air Force Base after a 20 day leave. Margaret Taraczkozy visits from Montgomery, Joan and Christine Davidson stay with Carol Durham, Curtis Tackett visits grandparents in St Albans, James Stone hosts George Stone from Lewisburg.
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Glen Rogers
RNS
Earl Saxon
Jess Saxon
Pittsburgh
Freda Plann
Joe Lundy
Kopperston
Larry Lujack
Newcastle
Paul Coleman
Dub Coleman
Norfolk
Aubrey Nichols, Jr
Andrews Air Force Base
Washington, D. C
Margaret Taraczkozy
Montgomery
Joan
Christine Davidson
Oak Hill
Carol Durham
Curtis Tackett
Waldo Tackett
St. Albans
James Stone
George Stone
Lewisburg
Fayetteville Personal Notes Show Local Visits and Travels
Fayetteville residents and relatives are noted in a round of visits and journeys. Richmond Virginia resident John Duncan visits grandparents A J Duncan and Mrs. Thelma Bluie sees family connections. Marine Pfc Ray mond Epperly returns from Korea on leave. C E Camden leaves University Hospital Richmond. Barbara Seay and Earl Seay Jr. attend Bolles School and University of Miami events. Jack Tulley travels to Washington DC for GWU study. Rev B Blake Breitenhirt and Martha Ann head to Texas. Breitenhirt Jr. serves as Roanoke pastor for the summer. Pat Bullion visits from Huntington. D D Elwell and family visit Charleston.
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Robert L. Epperly
Korea
Raymond D. Epperly
Cherry Point
N. C
Arnold Epperly
C. E. Camden
University Hospital
Richmond
Richard Phillips
Mary Elaine
Morgantown
Thelma Bluie
Romeo Bennett
Veterans Hospital
Beckley
Earl M. Seay
Florida
Bolles School
Jacksonville
Earl Jr
Barbara
University of Miami
Coral Gables
Jack Tulley
West Virginia University
Washington, D. C
George Washington University
B. Blake Breitenhirt
Martha Ann
Texas
B. Blake Breitenhirt Jr
Roanoke
Pat Bullion
Huntington
L. E. Bullion
D. D. Elwell
Charleston
John Elwell
Mission Circle Meets at Cook Memorial Baptist Church
Shan non Cooper Mission Circle president Mrs Vivian Rose led the Thursday night meeting at Mrs E M Curry’s home with a devotional by Mrs Fred Beavers on Where the Spirit of the Lord is there is Freedom. Hostesses served refreshments to members including Mrs Rose and Mrs Dickson. Next meeting July 8 at Mrs Clair L Cook’s home.
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Pineville
RNS
Vivian Rose
Shannon - Cooper
Cook Memorial Baptist Church
E. M. Curry
Fred Beavers
Curry
R. E. Kuhn
Eugene Noble
Clair L. Cook
Birth Announcement for First Child in Pineville
Mr and Mrs Thomas C Cooper of Cleveland Ohio announce the birth of their first child a son named Thomas C Cooper III born Sunday June 6 at 430 pm at the Wilkinson Clinic Pineville He weighed six pounds eight ounces Mrs Cooper is the former Miss Mary Jane Williams daughter of Mr and Mrs E E Williams of Wyoming and the paternal grandmother Mrs India Cooper Pineville
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Pineville
RNS
Thomas C. Cooper
Cleveland
Ohio
ITI
Wilkinson Clinic
Venicemen drawn for Fayette County July term juries
Fayette County Circuit Court draws two juries for the July term. Judge Charles L. Garvin Jr. orders a split schedule with dates July 12 and July 26 to limit service to two weeks per group. Grand jurors report July 6. petit jurors report July 12 and July 26 from names including Amick, Knob, Kincaid, Campbell, Oak Hill, Gauley Bridge, Mesnchion, and many others across Fayette, Oak Hill, Scarbro, Montgomer y, and surrounding towns.
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Fayetteville
RNS
Fayette County
Charles L. Garvin Jr
Garvin
E. C. Amick
Mr. Hope
John Alley
Beelick Knob
M. M. Coleman
L. Patterson
Springdale
Woodson Rule
Belva
W. P. Shaffer
Victor
Homer E. Simpson
Nallen
Harold Taylor
Cannelton
Rexall Williams
Kingston
Gerald Walker
Montgomery
L. C. Auldridge
Prince
Are Ashby
Gauley Bridge
Chuck Balding
Oak Hill
Delbert Butcher
Lookout
Ben Bragg
Lochgelly
Nelson Burnside
Scarbro
Esmond Billups
Ramsey
Wade Boyd
Jennings L. McClung
Clyde McGuire
Bryson Neal
Hico
George Neff
Alley
Walter Ozment
Robert Oxendale
Summers Patterson
Azel Price
John Perry Jr
J. W. Riccardo
R. T. Scott
E. A. Shawkey
Kathryn
Frank Conn
E. M. Conner
Fayettevile
C. M. Dooley
Elmer Dorsey
Sam Diodorado
Gauey Bridge
Homer Nicely
Thurmond
Fred Osborne
Andy Perry
Smithers
Fred Patton
L. L. Parrish
Glen Riser
Emmett Ramsey
Winona
William Rose
Whipple
W. H. Rogers
Hopert Rice
Lawton
Wren Rule
Oak
Pineville Personal Visitors Notice in West Virginia
Pineville society notes list visits from Mrs. W. L. Kelly of Baileysville and others. Guests include Mr. and Mrs. Fred Woodrum and Mrs. Lot tie Sizemore of Ravencliff with Miss Violet Lusk in Pineville. Others traveled or hosted in Charleston and New Bern sharing hospitality with local families.
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Pineville
Rns
W. L. Kelly
Baileysville
Fred Woodrum
Lottie Sizemore
Ravencliff
Violet Lusk
H. E. Crews
Eddie Crews
Charleston
John S. Lambert
Christine
Connie Sue Martin
New Bern
N. C
George L. Smith
Mary Lynn Harford
S. A. Harford
Buckhannon
Sharyn Worrell
C. S. Worrell
Fayette Farm Clubs Named in 1953 WV Report
Lookout Dempsey and Arrowhead Farm Women's Clubs of Fayette County earned special mention in the 1953 annual WV Farm Women's Clubs report. The clubs submitted 10 or more complete monthly reports to state Home Demonstration Leader Miss Gertrude Humphreys after each meeting. Secretaries listed include Mrs. W H Haynes for Arrowhead, Mrs. G V Behan for Lookout, and Mrs. C E Painter for Dempsey.
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Fayetteville
RNS
Lookout
Dempsey
Arrowhead
Fayette County
West Virginia
Gertrude Humphreys
W. H. Haynes
Arrowhead Club
G. V. Behan
Lookout Club
C. E. Painter
Dempsey Club
Piano Tango and Waltz: Names On Social Security Files
Three people named Piano Tango and Waltz visited a Beckley Social Security office. The official explained that despite odd surnames, the 112 million accounts in Baltimore are kept accurate by unique Social Security numbers. He urged workers to guard their cards and show numbers to employers, especially for self employed on tax reports.
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Social Security
Piano
Tango
Waltz
Harry Piano
John Tango
Sarah Waltz
Social Security Administration
S. Roger Brown
Beckley Social Security Office
Bureau of Old-Age and Survivors Insurance Central
Baltimore
Brown
Pineyville OES To Install New Staff Thursday
Pineville Chapter 110 of the Order of the Eastern Star will install Frieda Plann as worthy matron Thursday at the United Mine Workers Hall in Oceana. Officiating will be Mrs. Mabel Hall with a large slate of officers named, including Oscar Goode as worthy patron and Edith Mae Browning as assistant matron. A covered dish dinner follows at 6:30 p.m. at the Oceana Methodist Church with hospitality and decorations organized by local chapter members. guests from Logan, Kimball, Princeton, Welch, and Philippi expected.
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Glen Rogers
RNS
Frieda Plann
Pineville
United Mine Workers Hall
Oceana
Mabel Hall
Elizabeth Kuhn
Marshall
Don Williams
Oscar Goode
Edith Mae Browning
Enis Williams
Edith Williams
Dorothy Painter
Sentinel
Oceana Methodist Church
Virginia Price
Opal Goode
C. Tucker
N. Ellenburger
Miller
Nancy Evans
Norma Caldwell
Nine Couples Apply For Fayette County Marriage Licenses
Nine couples have filed for marriage licenses in Fayette County Clerk’s office over the last three days. Names include Billy W. Brown and Ruby Hess of Ansted. Jerry Wade Bowser and Maey Orda Smyers of Mont James. Edward Walter Gallaher and Jacqueline Lou Newell of Oak Hill. Archie R. Hamilton and Anna O Connor of Cedar Grove. Cranston Legg and Cora Belle Dix of Victor. Frank Skaggs and Nine Holcomb of Ansted. plus several others from Ansted and surrounding areas.
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Fayetteville
ANL
Fayette County
Billy W. Brown
Wallace
Mona Brown
Ansted
Ruby Hess
Clyde
Mamie Hess
Jerry Wade Bowser
Gale T
Janice Wade Bowser
Spencerville, Ind
Maey Orda Smyers
Myllan
Alice E. Smyers
Montgomery
James Bevins
Marvin
Dora Bevins
Carlisle
Edith Spadaro
James
Ellen Spadaro
Mt. Hope
Edward Walter Gallaher
Clarence
Bess Gallaher
Atlanta
Jacqueline Lou Newell
Donald
Lucille Newell
Oak Hill
Archie R. Hamilton
Samuel
Luella Hamilton
Cedar Grove
Anna O'Connor
Troy
Lavetta Johnson
Gallagher
Laneta Alene Anderson
Lonzo
Sybil Anderson
Cranston Howard Legg
Gideon
Icie Legg
Victor
Cora Belle Dix
Henry
Virginia Dix
Frank Skaggs
Harriet Skaggs
Holcomb
Amos and
Jane Skaggs
Fayette County Fair named with E R Vawter as chairman
E R Vawter assistant superintendent of Fayette County Schools was chosen to lead the newly organized Fayette County Fair to be held the week of August 19 with dates to be set. He appointed Jack Nestor as publicity manager and chaired the planning committees for awards 4 H exhibits garden clubs NFA clubs farm women home economics and farmers.
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Lookout
Fayette County
E. R. Vawter
Vawter
Nutall High School
Jack Nestor
Nutall Vo- Ag
Sam Crouse
Fayetteville
Hugh Cavendish
Lora Crose Miller
Dollie Greiner
Nestor
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Albert Ratliffe
Charles Honaker
Glen Jean
W. Va
Randolph Scott
Fayette Trio
Fayette Farm Bureau
Cohen Drug Co
Tafon
Wyco Bible School
John Duncan
Richmond, Va
A. J. Duncan
Mission Circle
Cinunciscort
Warnercolor
Robt Cummings
Mts
James Chanlon
Robert O'Brien
James Owarson - Segue
Henry Blanke
Umes
Owens Oy Rey
Jack Donone
Wyoming
Technicolor
Mvekal
PT Bel Ae Ec
Meron
Fayette Court
Mullens Drive-In
Mullens and
Herndon
Island of
Desire
Return TO
Paradise
Gary Cooper
Lew Ayers
Sonny Tuffs
Princess Theatre
Warner Bros. Pee
Mayo
Tomales
Wee ST Bar Sievete
Ohenry
Pcts & Corvon Dovelas
A Republic Picture
John Derek
Pineyville Oes
Stamford Rd
the Diamond Queen
Fernando Lamas
Arlene Dahl
Neville Brand
Christine White
Eokury
Rowald Reagan
Dewey Mario
M-G-M
Colt
Frances Dee Ow
Gypsy
Fayette Fair
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