Rites set for A. C. Weeks 68 in Oak Hill
A. C. Weeks 68 of Oak Hill dies at Oak Hill Hospital. Final rites will be Wednesday at 2 30 p.m. at Page Baptist Church with Rev. B C Jennings. Graveside rites by Masonic order. Weeks, a locomotive engineer for the Virginian Railway, had lived in Page 20 years and Oak Hill a month. He is survived by wife Mary E. Weeks and three sons. Burial at Highlawn Memorial Park follows removal from Thomas Funeral Home Tuesday.
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Oak Hill
A. C. Weeks
Page Baptist Church
B. C. Jennings
Beckley
Highlawn Memorial Park
Masonic Order
Weeks
Oak Hill Hospital
Page
Virginian Railway
Willis, Va
Williamson Baptist Church
Knights Templar
Beni Kedem
Clarence Wayne
Howard Tilden
Jimmy Allen
Andrew J
Willis
Joseph
Fairmont
Heneratta Staley
Florida
Nannie E. Hylton
Roanoke
Thomas Funeral Home
Former Mt. Hope Postmaster Dies in Charleston
Albert Higginbotham of Charleston, formerly of Mt. Hope, died in a Charleston hospital after months of illness. He served as Mt. Hope postmaster and worked at the Bank of Mt. Hope, later employed by the State Treasury Department. Survived by wife Hattie Higginbotham and daughter Patricia of Charleston. Funeral set for 2 p.m. Wednesday at Barlowe Funeral Home Chapel.
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Charleston
Bank of Mt. Hope
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Patricia
Barlowe
Mrs. Ella McGee Taken by Death
Mrs. Ella McGee 77 of Scarbro died at Oak Hill Hospital Saturday at 5 30 p.m. after a two week illness. Born in Louise Virginia she was a New Hope Baptist Church member. Survived by husband James Thomas McGee Scarbro a brother Junior Bibb Garton two sisters Aliase Spruce Baltimore MD Bertha Kenney Louise VA a son Henry Brooks and two daughters Irene Hennon Hannah Wilson all of Scarbro. Body at Tyree Funeral Home Oak Hill.
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OA Hill
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Scarbro
Oak Hill Hospital
Louise
New Hope Baptist Church
James Thomas McGee
Junior Bibb
Garten
Aliase Spruce
Baltimore
Bertha Kenney
Louise, Va
Henry Brooks
Irene Hennon
Hannah Wilson
Tyree
Oak Hill
Jaycees Meet Tonight In Beckley on Chicago Trip
Hulett Smith, state president of the Junior Chamber of Commerce, will report to Beckley’s Jaycees on the recent National Jaycee convention in Chicago. The local group meets at 6 30 at Fl Chico with Arthur F. White announcing the program and final plans for the inaugural dinner.
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Smith
Junior Chamber of Commerce
Beckley Group
Chicago
Jaycees
Fl Chico
Arthur F. White
Train Victim Believed To be From Wyoming
Luther Natier Jr. about 28, believed from Wyoming County, was killed by a Norfolk and Western freight train in Mingo County. Coroner Tabor Ball reported the accident occurred between Big Sprint and Millers Creek. Natier's body was found by Miss Marie Spradlin after he did not return from a Big Sprint grocery run. efforts to locate his parents in Oceana were unsuccessful.
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Williamson
Luther Natier, Jr
Wyoming County
Norfolk and Western
Mingo County
Tabor Ball
Big Sprint
Millers Creek
Bail
Natier
Marie Spradlin
Natir
Big Splint
Luther Natier
Oceana
Governor's Daughter Feted At Mt Hope Dance
Miss Anna Hughes Patteson, daughter of Governor Okey L Patteson, was guest of honor at a Mt Hope Lions Clubhouse dance. About 200 guests attended from Ansted Logan Fayetteville Oat Hill Prosperity and Mt Hope with dances, circle dances, and a grand march led by Miss Lawton and Henry Hinte.
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MT. Hope
Anna Hughes Patteson
Okey L. Patteson
Nan Snyder
Ann Lawton
Mt Hope Lions Clubhouse
Jean Vandall
Ansted
Bill White
Montgomery
Bernard Caperton
Slab Fork
Betsy Jo Feffaro
Beth Pierring
Logan
Betty Rock
Nancy Cavendish
Libby Francesa
Fayetteville
Johnny Roberts
Nancy Roberts
Gene Dickinson
Gary Johnson
Johnny Hill
Patty Pinson
Johnny Frazier
Oat Hill
Jean
Dick Benson
Sam
Jack Corey
Miss Lawton
Henry Hinte
T. H. Snyder
Patteson
Snyder
Miss Martha Amick Weds Charles L Ray at Oak Hill
Miss Martha Ann Amick and Charles Lowman Ray united in a 3 pm Saturday ceremony at First Presbyterian Church Oak Hill. The bride daughter of Mr and Mrs W H Amick Berwind and the groom son of Rev and Mrs Robert Ray Oak Hill. The double ring rite was by the groom's father with pink rose and baby’s breath decor. A reception followed at Hotel Hill and the couple departed for a wedding trip.
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Oak Hill
Martha Ann Amick
Charles Lowman Ray
First Presbyterian Church
W. H. Amick
Berwind
Robert Ray
J. W. Callison
Robert Keesey
Charleston
James Vilcik
Gary
W. H. Amick, Jr
David Jones
Hotel Hill
Ray
Oak Hill High School
Virginia Interment College
Fairfield
United States Navy
Virginia Polytechnic Institute
VPI
Grose Funeral Rites Tuesday
Funeral services for C. Wesley Grose 83 are set for 2 p.m. Tuesday at Richmond Chapel Church with Rev. Charles Stephenson of Ansted officiating. Burial will be in the church cemetery. Survived by son Harley N. Grose Pittsburgh and four daughters. Body moved to residence from Thomas Funeral Home at 4 p.m. today.
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Oak Hill
C. Wesley Grose
Charleston General Hospital
Richmond Chapel
Charles Stephenson
Ansted
Leander
Harley N. Grose
Pittsburgh
William B. Skaggs
Elsworth Backus
Christopher Ward
Huntington
Iva N. Hess
Thomas Funeral Home
Mullens Grants Two Building Permits for Station and Home
Mullens city officials approved two building permits. A. Perry may erect a 32 by 60 foot filling station on Beckley road near Williams Branch, built of cinderblocks at an estimated cost of 10000 dollars. Ray E. Davis may construct a five room frame house 32 by 42 feet on Frantz Avenue with a block basement at about 5000 dollars.
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Mullens
Frantz Avenue
Davis
Boone youth dies of wreck injuries
Robert Ray Dolan, 16, of Foster in Boone County, died in Madison hospital from injuries after a Friday head on collision between a car driven by Dolan and a heavy coal truck. Two others in the car were seriously injured, state police said.
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Madison
Robert Ray Dolan
Foster
Boone County
Madison Hospital
G. M. Scott
Dolan
Mullens Miner Injured In Slate Fall At Mine
Gordon Harless employed at the Josephine mine of the H. and H. Coal Company was admitted to Mullens General Hospital Friday after injuring his right foot in a slate fall at the mine.
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Mullens
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Josephine
H. and H. Coal Company
Mullens General Hospital
Prenter Man Found Dead in Garden Autopsy to Be Held
Madison reports Charley J. Levich aged 66 of Prenter Boone County was found in a garden by Little Jarrells Fork of Coal River. A small onion harvest clutched in his hand. State Police indicated no violence and an autopsy will determine cause of death.
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Madison
Charley J. Levich
Boone County
Little Jarrell's
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G. M. Scott
Levich
Grimmett Funeral Services Today
Funeral services were planned for 2 p.m. today for Ronnie Jackson Grimmett 70 of Hinton who died Saturday afternoon in Hinton Hospital. The service at Central Baptist Church was to be conducted by pastors H. P. Hackney Fred Wyand and E. W Billings with burial at Restwood Memorial Park
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E. W Billings
Restwood Memorial Park
White Sulphur Man Held for Grand Jury Action
Lynn Perkins of White Sulphur Springs is held to the grand jury with bond set at 2000 dollars for allegedly attempting to rape a 5 year old girl near Memorial Park playground on Wednesday around 8 pm. A witness saw a man with the child and Perkins was arrested an hour later. The child was reportedly unharmed aside from a few bruises on her legs. Perkins lived nearby.
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Lynn Perkins
Memorial Park
White Sulphur Springs
Cora Dudley
J. W. Hutcheson
Perkins
Mary Frances Davis Returns Home After Concord College Graduation
Mary Frances Davis, a Concord College graduate in Athens, returns home with her mother Mrs. S. W. Davis and brother-in-law and sister Dr. and Mrs. C. C. Cottrill attending the ceremony. Hubert Durham family visited Ridley Davidson's in Sophia. Carol stayed with grandparents. Johnny Bailey, hurt in a local mine, was treated at Beckley Hospital and sent home. Mrs. Earl Fanning remains ill at home. Clyde Walters is hospitalized at Beckley Hospital.
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Mary Frances Davis
Concord College
Athens
S. W. Davis
C. C. Cottrill
Hubert Durham
Ridley Davidson
Sophia
Carol
Johnny Bailey
Beckley Hospital
Earl Fanning
Clyde Walters
Mrs J W Kelly Confined at Home By Illness
Mrs Jack W. Kelly is confined to her home due to illness. The notice lists her as the wife of Register Stall Writer Thurmond.
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Thurmond
Jack W. Kelly
Crossword Puzzle Clues and Answers Recap
Readers tackled a mixed crossword from a late edition featuring clues like Writers Underdone and Exclamation. The list includes various wordplay items such as headdress fish and sleeve terms, plus phrases and abbreviations often seen in vintage puzzles.
Officers Installed At Laurel Wreath Dinner In Mullens
New officers were installed at the Laurel Wreath Dinner Dance of the Mullens club with Mrs Charles Bailey as president and Miss Ernes tine Farmer as vice president. The event featured moonlight roses decor and a 44 guest attendance with a late dance to Rossie McCoy's band. Rev E T Haslam gave the invocation and Miss Mary Sayner spoke as state treasurer. A past president’s pin was presented and the club’s delegate to the national convention in San Francisco was announced. Moonlight and Roses was the theme with solos and piano for the entertainment.
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Mullens
Madge Richardson
Beckley Business and Professional Women's Club
Charles Bailey
Ernestine Farmer
Carlos Gunter
Frank Holland
Nancy Hughes
Rossie McCoy
West Mullens
E. T Haslam
Mary Sayner
Beckley
Hiram Hogg
Bailey
San Francisco
Cal
Woodrow W. Cook
Pegay
Benjie
Gaines Named to SCPA Committee
Fayetteville resident Gaines is named to the Southern Coal Producers Association executive committee. At a Tuesday meeting Joseph E. Moody was re elected to another term as president. The new committee includes Gaines M L Garvey Raymond Salvati and Frank Med als with Moody Thurmond and Tierney also re elected to officers and a finance panel reappointed.
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MT. Hope—L
Ebersole Gaines
Fayetteville
Southern Coal Producers Asociation
New River Company
Joseph E. Moody
Moody
Gaines
M. L. Garvey
Pocahontas Fuel Company
Raymond Salvati
Island Creek Coal Company
Frank Medals
Harveyton Coal Company
Kentucky
Ype
Walter A. Thurmond
Charleston
Lawrence E. Tierney, Jr
Blofeld
Tierney
Frank Hornickel
Anchor Coal Company
Kanawha
Medaris
Haymaker announces birth of daughter Bessie Odessa
Mr. and Mrs. Leon Vance Haymaker of near Davy announce the birth of a daughter, Bessie Odessa, on June 6 at Mullens General Hospital. The child weighed 6 pounds 12 ounces at birth.
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Mullens
Leon Vance Haymaker
Near
Davy
Bessie Odessa
Mullens General Hospital
Kopperston Lions Club Installs Newly Elected Officers
Kopperston Glen Crozer is installed as president for the coming year at a local ceremony. E. W. Estep and T. H. Bailey are named first and second vice presidents, with Orville Wallace as third vice president. Other officers include Harry L. Poe secretary, William Laird treasurer, Jamer Jenkins tail twister, and directors E. B. Jones and John Paynter. Attendance pins were awarded to seven members for the previous year.
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E. W. Estep
T. H. Bailey
Orville Wallace
Harry L. Poe
William Laird
Lion Jamer
T. A. Jenkins
A. G. Lugar, Sr
E. B
Halsey Funeral Rites Planned for Isaac Halsey
Funeral services set for 2 p.m. Tuesday at Pierpoint Community Church for Isaac Jackson Halsey 66 of Otsego who died after a heart attack. Born January 24 1884 he was a McDowell County native and retired miner and carpenter who lived in Otsego Pierpoint area for over 40 years. Survived by wife Minnie Lambert Halsey four sons and three daughters plus a sister, 26 grandchildren and three great grandchildren. Burial at Pierpoint Cemetery after service.
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Mullens
Isaac Jackson Halsey
Otsego
Beckley
Pierpoint
O. A. Sparks
McDowell County
Otsego-Pierpoint
Robert
Katherine Halsey
Robertson and Foglesong
Halsey
Daughter Wanda Sue Born to Mr and Mrs Burdette
Mr and Mrs William Burdette of Tralee announce the birth of a daughter Wanda Sue on June 9 at Mullens General Hospital. The baby weighed 4 pounds 11 ounces at birth.
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Mullens
William Burdette
Tralee
Wanda Sue
Mullens General Hospital
Bailey Funeral Services Slated For Wednesday
Bailey Funeral Services are scheduled for 11 a.m. Wednesday for Mrs. Minda Bailey, 78, of Pigeon Creek, who died shortly after her daughter Treely Burchett was submerged during a baptism in the Guyandotte River yesterday. Dr Mervin Meek arrived to declare the time of death at 3 30 and noted a long heart condition. Born Sept 11 1871 in Wyoming County she is survived by husband Lloyd Bailey two sons Dewey and Elbert of Baileysville two daughters Treely Burchett and Mrs Noah Birchfield of Harrisonville Ohio two brothers A V Trent and Oscar Trent of Baileysville 21 grandchildren and six great grandchildren. Burial at Rod Shannon Cemetery near Baileysville with Rev Wirt Hatfield officiating.
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Mullens
Minda Bailey
Pigeon Creek
Guyandotte River
Treely Burchett
Bailey
Pineville
Mervin Meek
Wyoming County
Frederick
Alistair Lambert Trent
Lloyd Bailey
Dewey
Elbert
Baileysville
Burchett
Noah Birchfield
Harrisonville
A. V. Trent
Oscar Trent
Baileysville Baptist Church
Wirt Hatfield
Rod Shannon
Former Raleigh Resident Dies in Peterstown
Letty L. Wills, died at 9 30 p m Sunday at his home in Peterstown He was a native of Monroe County son of George and Nancy Wills now deceased He lived in Raleigh County for 30 years and was employed as a butcher He leaves Mabel Lovell Wills of Peterstown a son Jerry Wayne a foster daughter Patty Ann a sister Mrs Johnnie McKenzie two brothers Ray of Princeton and Claude of Peterstown Funeral arrangements are complete
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Eterstown
Letty L. Wills
Peterstown
Monroe County
George
Nancy Wills
Raleigh County
Mabel Lovell Wills
Jerry Wayne
Patty Ann
Johnnie McKenzie
Ray
Princeton
Claude
Petersetown
Wyoming Land Transfers Filed
William Philpot and wife bought Lot 23 in Koppers City Oceana District from G C Hedrick and wife. Gaye Lambert purchased a four acre tract in Center District from W T Cook and wife.
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Pineville
William Philpot
Koppers City
Oceana District
G. C. Hedrick
Wyoming County
Gaye Lambert
Center District
W. T. Cook
Car crash victims treated at Oak Hill Hospital
Mr and Mrs Joe Reel of Minden were treated yesterday at 430 PM for injuries from an auto wreck at Oak Hill Hospital. Reel had minor injuries while Mrs Reel suffered serious car damage. Both were released after treatment. Whitesville liquor store to close Thursday afternoons, per employees.
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Oak Hill
Joe Reel
Minden
Oak Hill Hospital
Reel
Whitesville
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