Neighbors Halt Major Fire At Oak Hill Home
Oak Hill Fire Chief Arthur Akers credited quick neighbor intervention with limiting damage at the home of Mr and Mrs F E Riffe 649 Summerlee Street as fire crews arrived at 8 am The origin was electrical wiring behind a gas stove attached to a clock with $3000 in damages mainly to kitchen appliances Smoke damage reported Mr Riffe works for the Oak Hill Post Office.
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Oak Hill
RNL
Arthur Akers
E. Riffe
Summerlee St
Riffe
Riffes
Tioning
Washington
D. C
Akers
Tag Day Set in Fayette to Finance Band Trip
Fayetteville high school band plans a Washington DC trip on August 30. The Fayetteville Legion post and Band Boosters organize a tag day on June 26 to fund travel for 100 band members, four chaperones, a nurse, and seven Legion members. They will travel by three air conditioned Greyhound buses and appear in the American Legion Convention parade.
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Fayetteville
RNS
Fayette County
J. Zane Summerfield
American Legion
Legion Post
Legionnaires
Fayetteville Legion Post
Fayetteville High School
Band Boosters Club
Beckley Jaycees Present Charter To Rainelle Unit
The Rainelle Area Junior Chamber of Commerce received its charter at a Ladies Night dinner in the Pioneer Hotel dining room. About 80 attendees watched Beckley JC Ted Kessinger present the charter to Rainelle president Robert Wallace as Rev. Wade L. Austin opened with an invocation and Myles Crowder acted as toastmaster followed by a welcome by Lester W. Watts.
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Greenbrieraires
Dr. B. Salmons
Howard Fulks
Robert Barnette
Lewisburg
Russell Hogsett
Ronceverte
Myles Crowder
Lester W. Watts
House of Delegates
Crowder
Kessinger
Wallace
State Trooper Recovers From Boat With Mumps
Mullens Wyoming County State Police Detachment Trooper William Gosnell returns to duty after a three week layoff due to mumps caught from his children.
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Mullens
RNS
William Gosnell
Wyoming County State Police
Beckley Jaycees Honored for Local Chapter Aid
Fred Byser presented an official resolution of gratitude to the Beckley group for aid and cooperation in organizing the local Jaycee chapter. Attending were R L Webb outgoing state VP Carl Rexrode incoming state VP William Wilbur Warner Stanley E J Hodel Dr F L Edwards William Stanley and John Ashworth.
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Sponse
Beckley Jaycees
Jaycee
Fred Byser
Beckley Group
Beckley
Kessinger
R. L. Webb
Carl Rexrode
William Wilbur
Warner Stanley
E. J. Hodel
F. L. Edwards
William Stanley
John Ashworth
Boy Dies After Fall From Auto Near Elgood
Mercer County records a seventh highway fatality of the year as five year old Virgil David Hazlewood died at 2 30 am in Bluefield Sanatorium after being thrown from a car door that opened on a curve near Elgood. He was with his mother when the accident occurred. Survivors include his parents Garfield and ______ Hazlewood and one sister Brenda Gray. Funeral arrangements set for Elgood Church with burial in Elgood Cemetery.
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Garfield Hazlewood
General Delivery
Princeton
Brenda Gray
A. T. Lambert
Elgood
Johnston Funeral
Oakvale
L. A. Dorsey
Elgood Cemetery
Fayette Clubs Hold Joint Meet
About 100 members attended the Mount Hope and Oak Hill Lions Clubs joint meeting at the Mount Hope clubhouse. The groups dined at 6:30 p.m. and held a business session with entertainment by Mount Hope, led by new Oak Hill president N. M. Steen. G. E. Williams was appointed to fill an unexpired director term. A ladies night is planned for June 24 with special entertainment and dancing.
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Mount Hope
ANS
Oak Hill Lions Clubs
Mount Hope Club
S. C. Higgins
Ed Nelson
Henry Danner
Albert Ratcliffe
Oak Hill Group
Ghent Resident Dies in Beckley Sanitarium
Roosevelt Shrewsbury of Ghent died Monday night at Pinecrest Sanitarium Beckley. The body is at Robertson and Foglesong Funeral Home. Arrangements are incomplete.
Marfrance Man Dies at Oak Hill Hospital
Charles Wendell Thomas aged 43 of Marfrance died shortly after admission to Oak Hill Hospital at 4 a.m. today. He suffered a heart condition and was pronounced dead upon arrival.
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Oak Hill
Charles Wendell Thomas
Marfrance
Oak Hill Hospital
Baltimore Livestock Market Prices Reported by USDA
Livestock prices in Baltimore show limited cattle trading with 590 to 1200 lb slaughter steers at 14.50 to 20.00 and cows at 12.00. Calves around 200 and mixed lots near top quality dealers. Hogs range from 20.00 to mid 25s per hundredweight across weights, with sows 17.75 to 19.00 for lighter sizes. Sheep at 19.00 to 22.00 for spring lambs 71 to 103 lb, with some ewes and pelts noted.
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Baltimore
USDA
Mount Hope Popularity Contest Winners Named
Brenda Trottino and Michael Craddock won Mount Hope popularity contest during the two night You Can't Beat Fun show sponsored by the American Legion Auxiliary to fund Mustang Band equipment. About 90 children competed in girls and boys divisions with one cent votes. runner ups were Kathryn Boyd, Mary Ellen Rankin, Lynn Brock, and Jackie Leslie Stone. The event also included an adult and child clothing style show and a dancing chorus.
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Mount Hope
Brenda Trottino
Michael Craddock
American Legion Auxiliary
Mustang
Brenda
Frank Trostimo
Michael
Howard Craddock
Kathryn Boyd
Ed Boyd
Mary Ellen Rankin
Sam Rankin
Lynn Brock
C. Brock
Jackie Leslie Stone
Teddy Stone
Barbara Bennett
Patsy Brown
Stella Tiss
Emma Lopez
Betty Johnson
Theresa Bryant
Wanda Toth
Margaret Metro
Jean Painter
Billy Stone
Linda Bolen
Doris Jo Brown
June Trail
Traps Deployed Across Fayetteville To Combat Beetle
Fayetteville reports Japanese beetle traps installed by the West Virginia Department of Agriculture and the U S Department of Agriculture. Traps aim to map occurrence and plan further control measures with inspectors visiting each site. Odor from trap oil attracts beetles feeding on flowers fruit and foliage and grubs that damage lawns.
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Fayetteville
BNS
West Virginia Department of Agriculture
United States Department of Agriculture
Oak Hill Men Come Home From 10 Day Vacation
Ronald Stevens son of Mr and Mrs John Stevens and Edward Costy son of Mr and Mrs Stanley Costy of Oak Hill returned Wednesday after a 10 day vacation in Ohio Michigan and Kentucky.
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Oak Hill
Ronald Stevens
John Stevens
Edward Costy
Stanley Costy
Ohio
Michigan
Kentucky
Mrs Clif ford C Phillips Jr Undergoes Thyroid Surgery
Mrs Clif ford C Phillips Jr of Hays Apartments underwent thyroid gland surgery at St. Kyle's Hospital in Bluefield after a weeklong hospital stay. She was scheduled to return home Monday.
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Mullens
Clifford C. Phillips Jr
Hays Apartments
St. Kyle’s Hospital
Bluefield
Alpoca Woman Hurt in Wreck
Alpoca resident Ettie Quesenbury, 50, was hospitalized at Wyoming General Hospital after a collision involving a Mullens Maytag truck driven by 19 year old Charles Sizemore and a car driven by Floyd Hauck Jr. The crash at an Elmore highway intersection caused about 500 dollars in vehicle damage and knocked a new washing machine from the truck.
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Mullens
ANS
Alpoca
Ettie Quesenbury
Wyoming General Hospital
Mullens Maytag Co
Charles Luther Sizemore
Bud
William Gosnell
Floyd Hauck Jr
Pierpoint
Elmore Highway
Mrs Grose Dies Rites Wednesday
Fayet teville Ohio area obituary for Fan nie Pryor Grose 85 former Fayetteville resident widow of Dr E G Grose. Survives include three half brothers Elmo McVey and Thomas plus G M McVey address unknown and one half sister Mary Plymate. Rites Wednesday 2 30 p m at Dodd Payne Chapel Rev C R Bright officiating. Burial Huse Memorial Park Fayetteville. Member of Fayetteville Methodist Church Winona Chapter Order of Eastern Star Mount Hope White Shrine.
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Fayetteville
RNS
Fannie Pryor Grose
H. M. Tully
Woods Ave
Oak Hill
E. G. Grose
G. M. McVey
Elmo
Chesapeake
Ohio
Thomas
Washington, D. C
Mary M. Plymate
May Pine
Fla
Dodd-Payne
Flower Show Entries Due Wednesday Morning
Oak Hill horticultural and arrangement entries for the June 23 flower show at Collins High School Cafeteria must arrive by 10 a.m. The show, judged by the Spade and Trowel, Oak Hill, and Redbud clubs, runs 2 to 8 p.m. with the theme Love In June. Names Freda Sweeney Phyllis Trail and Patricia Szuch cited.
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Oak Hill
RNS
Collins High School
W. S. Harding Jr
Spade and Trowel
Redbud
Wyco Sailors Charged With Armed Robbery
Princeton scene details the armed robbery near Matoaka on June 11 involving three Navy men. Two suspects, Lewis Hall and James McKendree, waived hearings or were arrested. a third is sought. Victim Stanley Whitten, hitchhiking from Winter Park to Charleston, lost $3 and a suitcase. extradition efforts target William McKendree.
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Princeton
ANS
Navy
Cpl
E. D. Bazzie
Stanley Bert Whitten
Matoaka
Whitten
Winter Park
Fla
Charleston
Honaker
North Walker St
Matoka City
Lewis Marion Hall
Wyco
Raleigh County
James Harold McKendree
R. E. Tabscott
William Arnold McKendree
Norfolk
Mercer County
Hall
James McKendree
Two Men Held On Felony Count In Theft Case
PINEVILLE RNS Two Glen Rogers vicinity men are in custody and a third is being sought for questioning in the theft of a shotgun and two watches from a Glen Rogers man's home. Terry Bailey and Paris Bailey, both 22, jailed on a grand larceny warrant from Tome Petrich. They are not related. Clyde Blankenship named in the warrant. Petrich says the trio burglarized his bachelor quarters Sunday night. Loss valued at 70 dollars. Deput y Sheriff Jim Stepp arrested the Baileys.
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Pineville
RNS
Glen Rogers Vicinity
Glen Rogers
Tome Petrh
Terry Bailey
Paris Bailey
Clyde Blankenship
Petric
Baileys
Jim Stepp
Landisburg Mine Foreman Dies
Herbert Larkin Barker 49 of Graydon died at home from a heart attack. Foreman for Loy alty Smokeless Coal Co at Landisburg and United Brethren Church member. Survived by wife Akers. four daughters and four sons. step-son. father. sisters. brother. six grandchildren. Funeral at Lansing Baptist Church Wednesday 2 p.m. Rev. T. E. Painter. Burial in Lansing Cemetery. Body to be moved from Wallace and Wallace Funeral Home to residence Tuesday.
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Graydon
RNS
Herbert Larkin Barker
Loyalty Smokeless Coal Co
Landisburg
United Brethren Church
Volga
Akers Barker
Pearl Day
Rayford
Doris Gilkerson
Hico
Janice Wilson
Norma Barker
Beckley
Frank
Hubert
Thomas
Dale
Norman Huffman
Pasadena
Hugh Barker
Cowen
Elizabeth Swick
Chloa Poling
Cincinnati
Ohio
Virginia Nuzum
Clarksburg
Harstell Barker
Lansing Baptist Church
T. E. Painter
Lansing
Wallace and Wallace
East Rainelle
Shannon family returns from Missouri and Arizona vacation
Oceana personals report Dr. and Mrs. E. G. Shannon and daughter Nancy Jeanne have returned from a vacation spent in Missouri and Arizona. Mrs. A. F. Clendenin and Mrs. James Richardson were Thursday visitors in Welch. Miss Marian Manning, student nurse at Laird Memorial Hospital in Montgomery, is spending a two week vacation with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. French Manning.
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Oceana Personals
Oceana
RNS
E. G. Shannon
Nancy Jeanne
Missouri
Arizona
A. F. Clendenin
James Richardson
Welch
Marian Manning
Laird Memorial Hospital
Montgomery
French Manning
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Tag Day
Fayette
Rainelle
Raleigh
Richmond
Ghent
Mount Hope American Legion Auxiliary
Brenda Trotino
Micael Craddock
Dean
Doan
Adv
Blonde Story and
Clark
S. Kanawha ST
Freda Sweeney, Phyllis Trail, and
Patricia Szuch
Spo
Carstairs
Carstairs Bros. Distilling Co.,Inc
Jane Parker
America
Aep
Er Whit Ao
Ma Loaf
EA Ky
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