Witt Heads Fayetteville Legion Post
John L. Witt Jr. was unanimously elected commander of LaFayette Post No. 149 American Legion in Fayetteville at a regular meeting. New officers include Wood, Richie, Caldwell, Hodgson, Miller and others. installation set for Aug 6. The post discussed Scouts, Boys' State, district convention plans, a steak dinner, hospital visit, and sponsoring junior baseball with membership cards issued for 43 teens admitted to Pirate Cove.
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Fayetteville
RNL
John L. Witt Jr
Cunard
LaFayette
American Legion
Kenneth Wood
Robert Richie
Walter Caldwell
Joseph E. Hodgson
Harry W. Miller
Riley Propps
Claude Bose
Chaplan
Ernest E. Darnall
Roy Cruikshanks
Legion Home
Legion
Witt
Buan Theatre
Connie Akers
Gregory
Stephanie
Legion Radio Club
Fayetteville Business Men's Association
Civil Air Patrol Unit
Odd Fellows
Fayetteville Methodist Church
Toby Shelton
Boys’ State
Charles Knotts
The
Post
Air Scouts
Frank Thomas
Washington, D. C
Sutton
Myron Renick
James Murphy
Peterstown
Fayettevile Post
Veterans Hospital
Beckley
John Witt Jr
F. J. Morris
Department
Huntington
Myron R. Renick
John
Frank Clinebell
Claude Bess
LaFayette Post 149
Fayette County
Pirate Cove
Fayette Teen Agers Farm Dancing Club opens in Fayetteville
Fayetteville RNS reports the Chestnut Room of the Legion Home hosts teen dances Wednesdays and Saturdays run by The Pirate Cove group. Gene Houchins heads the club with Norman Bess as vice president and Wanda Edds as treasurer. Membership costs 25 cents and rules ban alcohol profanity rowdiness and shorts.
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Fayetteville
RNS
Chestnut Room
the Legion Home
the Pirate Cove
Gene Houchins
Norman Bess
Phyllis Bragg
Wanda Edds
Jimmy Fitzwater
Legion Post
Legion
Claude Bess
Legion, Auxiliary
Pirate Cove
Post
Couples Get Licenses to Wed in Pineville Area
Wyoming County Clerk's office issued marriage licenses to Harold Browning 20 of Hatch er and Mattie Farley 16 of Pineville. Joseph Grosswiler 34 of Marion Indiana and Polly Stanley 21 of Bud. Vernes Toler 19 of Coal Mountain and Fannie Cornette 25. Max Bohannon 25 of Tenn and Ruth Perkey 17 of Mullens. Glenn Breeding 27 of Jaeger and Helen Bentley 16 of Steeles. Ernest Cozort 29 of Glen Rogers and Alice Morgan 20. Albert Bostic 22 of Deepwater and Phoebe Tennant 19 of Mullens.
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Pineville
Rnl
Wyoming
Jaeger
Helen Bentley
Steeles
Ernest Cozort
Alice Morgan
Glen Rogers
Albert Bostic
Deepwater
Phoebe Tennant
Mullens
Fayetteville Personal Notes Move and Milestones
Senator William R. Laird and Mrs. Laird spent the weekend in Fayetteville as guests of Mr. and Mrs. H. J. Casto. Miss Ann Haynes visits her parents before Marshall College summer term to work on a master’s degree. Haynes teaches in Manasquan New Jersey. Mr. and Mrs. Okey Thompson and daughter Sandy return to Corpus Christi Texas after visiting her parents. A. E. Whanger and children Sally Tom and Dick return from a week at Nags Head North Carolina.
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Dorothy Ferguson
Warren Steele
Steeles
Bud Toler
Joyce Lester
Gordie Hager
Tamscliff
Kay Armstead
Elkview
Lundy Armstead
Brenton
Peggy Sizemore
Ruth Hatfield
Tom McClure
Jake Gardner
Helen
Glen Morgan
W. T. Moore
Welch
William W. Bailey
Alpeca
Wayne Bailey
Jackie Steele
Suzie Toler
Lillian Meadows
Emily Ann Bailey
Phyllis Lester
S. W. Bailey
T. L. Bailey Jr
T. L. Bailey
Woodrow Rutherford
Pineville
Will P. Cook
Elmer Morgan
Columbus
Ohio
Jay Steele
Thedore Riffe
Wendl Travis
Teenily
Matheny
W. L. Fortner
Fayetteville
RNS
William R. Laird
H. J. Casto
Ann Haynes
W. H. Haynes
Marshall College
Miss Haynes
Manasquan
N. J
Okey Thompson
Sandy
Corpus Christi
Tex
R. C. Godsey
A. E. Whanger
Sally Tom and
Nagshead
N. C
Whitesville Firemen Plan Fund Campaign for Truck
Whitesville Fire Department approved a fund campaign at a Monday meeting to raise money for a new fire truck. Eighteen members attended and next week’s meeting will elect a board of directors with representation from town county Raleigh and Boone, plus Whitesville businessmen. A finance committee and property committee will be appointed and the plan will be submitted to Town Council after Mayor Horace Morgan’s July 1 return.
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Whitesville
ANS
Boone County
Raleigh County
Horace Morgan
Princeton Pedestrian Protection Award Presented at Council
The City of Princeton received a Triple A Pedestrian Protection award at a council meeting from W D Hostetter of the Bluefield Automobile Club. Don Kessinger accepted on behalf of the city. The speaker cited 1 600 cities submitting reports and 8 200 pedestrian deaths nationwide in 1955, noting Princeton had no pedestrian deaths last year. The meeting also covered parking lot decisions, drainage surveys, police eligibility lists, and updates on the Ingleside Road reservoir plans.
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Princeton
ANS
W. D. Hostetter
The
Bluefield Automobile Club
Don Kessinger
Hostetter
Ernest D. Lilly
Automobile Club
Straley Avenue
Harrison
Ninth
Straley Ave
South Walker St
G. W. Evans
S. Walker
Police Civil Service Commission
Johnson St
Main
Mahood Ave
J. A. Haws
Honaker
A. R. England
Nick Leshkow
West Virginia Water Service Co
Ingleside Road
Wyoming Clerk Lists New Deeds in Pineville Area
Wyoming County Clerk records show multiple property transfers across Pineville and surrounding districts. Deeds list buyers and sellers including McKinney to Stewart, Smith to Houck, Swortzel to Mink, Feragon to Ferrell, and Webb to Homer Green, covering lots, tracts, and partial interests in Elk Trace, Luck Center, Herndon Heights, Koppers Drive, Comage Addition, Sherwood Park, Williams burg, and Huff Creek Districts.
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Pineville
RNS
Wyoming County
Berlin
Lillian McKinney
Paris Stewart
Pineville Land Company
Matheny
Oceana
Phil J. Smith
Wade H. Houck
Bill Houck
Geay
Mullens
Slab Fork
Thelma G. Swortzel
James R. Mink
Luck Center
Lloyd Feragons
George Ferrell
Elk Trace
Big Cub Creek
Guyandotte River
Clear Fork
Sadie Green Webb
Homer G. Green
Herndon Heights
Barkers Ridge
Calvin Goodwin
Delbert Kazee
Koppers City
Ward Wylie
Joe Hayden
Comage
Douglas Grindstaff
Joseph R. Parker
Hedrick
Corinne
Paul E. Chambers
Neal Ray Shannon
Sherwood Park
Chambers
Oteana
Ruth Wingo
Russell Wingo
Williamsburg
Frances Aileen Nicholas
Fred H. Stewart
James Jackson Sluss
Jesse
Samuel Preston Smith
Hayward Holley
Barkers Creek
Jos. W. Thornsbury
Ruth Thornsbury
Rush Morgan
Mary Morgan
Huff Creek
Westie Matney
Sampy Lester
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Fayette
Baileysville
Carl Lilly
Kopperston
Milton Archibald
Harry Gandee
Venson Venters
Charleston
Calvin Tilley
Elbert Toler
Bessie Toler
Fama’s
Neville
Kroger
Firemen Plan Fund Campaign
Ee Long Bound
Berman's Jewelers
Neville St. Beckley
W. Va
Cao
Muna
West Virginia
Kredit Jewelers
Neville St
Beckley Theatre
Hotel Hill Bldg
Oak Hill
Revion
Wrisley
Betc TI PT
Absorbine Jr
Dean’s
Carter
Tone
Lady Esther
Cohens
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