DuBois High Plan Wrecked by Fire and Explosion
Fire and explosion destroyed the DuBois High School building and frame annex near Mt Hope. Superintendent Gunnoe estimated losses around 100000. investigation into cause and land titles continues as the district plans immediate replacement and expansion. Local witnesses described a loud blast and rapid flames engulfing the main structure.
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DuBois
Register
MT. Hope
DuBois High School
Otway Gunnoe
Fayette County Board of Education
Bernard Kecke
Rocke
Gunnoe
Gunnoer
Tom Twaddle
Tom
Twaddle
Guy Pettit
Jane
Main Street
Pettit
Tag Day Slated Saturday for Cancer Campaign
Oak Hill Beta Theta Chapter of Beta Theta Phi Sorority will run a tag day on Saturday to raise funds for the American Cancer Society. Mrs. John Donachy, president and general chairman, says Tri-Hi-Y Club members from Oak Hill High School and Girl Scouts will sell tags at street locations 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. Beta Theta members distributed containers and posters in local businesses under Ruth Easton’s supervision. John Fox of Fayetteville chairs the Fayette County campaign. The article notes about 365 miles of railroad exist in the West African Gold Coast colony.
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Register
Oak Hill
American Cancer Society
Beta Theta Chapter
Beta Theta Phi Sorority
John Donachy
Beta Theta
Ruth Easton
John Fox
Fayetteville
Fayette County
Fire Chief Faces Possible Investigation After Blaze
Police Chief Tom Twaddle asked Fire Marshal A. Raper to launch a full inquiry into a suspected arson at the structure. Raper cited a January 23 fire causing slight damage and said no assist ant was available to begin immediate work, though he hoped to start by early next week. Twaddle said parked onlookers blocked fire crews from fighting the blaze, leaving the entire building engulfed when the alarm rang.
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Tom Twaddle
A. Raper
Raper
Twaddle
Pettry Funeral Rites Set Today
Funeral services for Sylvester H. Pettry 55 of Dry Creek were set for 2 p m today at the Rebecca Chapel Rock Creek with Rev Emory McGraw officiating. Burial followed in Pettry Cemetery Dry Creek. he died Tuesday at Mt Alto Hospital Washington. Survived by wife Haze Pettry of Dry Creek daughter Lucille step son Webster Lang of Bradenton Fla two sisters Mrs L C Skaggs of Anstead and Mrs Olive V Bradley of Charleston and brother Golden M Pettry of Arnett.
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Register
Dry Creek
Sylvester H. Pettry
Mt. Alto Hospital
Washington
Emory McGraw
Rebecca Chapel
Rock Creek
Pettry Cemetery
Haze Pettry
Lucille
Webster Lang
Bradentown
Fla
L. C. Skaggs
Anstead
Olive V. Bradley
Charleston
Golden M, Pettry
Arnett
Whitaker Rites Slated Saturday
Funeral services are set for 10 30 a m Saturday for Mrs Mary A Whitaker 87 who died at the Crag home of a daughter Mrs C W Edwards. Rites at Little Sewell Baptist Church Crag with Rev J N Holliday officiating Burial in Tindher Cemetery Surviving are two daughters Mrs Nancy Ann Littrel Mrs C W Edwards a son Collis Whitaker another son George Lilly six grandchildren
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Crag
Mary A. Whitaker
C. W. Edwards
Little Sewell Baptist Church
J. N. Holliday
Danese
Tindher
Joe Whitaker
Escaped Convict Arrested In Mercer Jail
Princeton police, aided by state and city officers and a liquor control officer, arrested Woodrow Bowman 27 of McDowell County at a Bluefield hotel after a break in at a Mercer County establishment. He is an escaped convict from Moundsville State Prison, charged with stealing about $60 from a juke box and two cases of beer. Bowman was armed with a revolver. $30.40 was recovered. Magistrate Frank Gibson ordered him held for grand jury action.
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Princeton
Bluewell
Mercer County
Moundsville
Woodrow Bowman
McDowell County
Bluefield
Bowman
Frank Gibson
Matoaka
Rain Swollen River Halts Drowning Search
Rain swollen Guyandotte River halted efforts to locate the body of Clayton Smith 28 of Grundy Virginia in Mullensville area. Searchers faced darkness and heavy rain with 500 volunteers on the riverbank awaiting clearer conditions.
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Register
Pineville
Guyandotte
Clayton Smith
Grundy
Oswell Cook
Smith
Berle Payne
Mullensville
Princeton
Cook
Payne
Civilian Conservation Corps
Marianna
Oak Hill Moose Lodge Hosts Sixth District Meeting Tonight
Oak Hill Moose Lodge 1664 will host tonight's Sixth District meeting at Moose Hall. About 250 to 300 delegates from Montgomery Hinton Whitesville Layland and Beckley are expected. Speakers include Jay John Stoehr from the Pittsburg regional office and Ray Dusie state Moose secretary. A Women of the Moose banquet at 7 30 p.m. precedes a 8 p.m. business session with special entertainment and a concluding dance.
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Register
Oak Hill
Moose Lodge
1664
Moose Hall
James Mathew
Montgomery
Hinton
Whitesville
Layland
Beckley
Jay John Stoehr
Pittsburgh
Ray Dusie
State Moose Association
Women of the Moose
Installation Set June 29 For Oak Hill Lions
Oak Hill Lions Club will hold a dinner meeting Thursday at 6:30 p m at Hotel Hill to install officers for the coming year. Glen Kincaid will take the oath as president, succeeding Gene Dawson. Other officers include D H Jones first vice president R P Hannah second vice president G S Callison third vice president J P Painter secretary R W Flack treasurer J A Light lion tamer Charles Miller Jr tail twister C P White and Dr James Shelton directors for two year terms. The club’s annual fish fry was held Wednesday at the Skeet Club on the Salem road with R C Godsey in charge. About 160 members and guests attended and witnessed a skeet shooting exhibition by C B Vickers Leslie Morton and C G Garten.
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Register
Oak Hill
Oak Hill Lions Club
Hotel Hill
Glen Kincaid
Gene Dawson
D. H Jones
R. P Hannah
G. S. Callison
J. P. Painter
R. W Flack
J. A. Light
West Africa’s Gold Coast Measures Vast Road Network
The Gold Coast of West Africa spans about 2,800 miles of motor roads, outlining a substantial transportation framework.
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Gold Coast
West Africa
Pepper vine height in wild and cultivated states
The pepper vine may reach 20 feet in the wild, but is generally cut to half that height under cultivation.
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Cancer Campaign
West African Gold Coast Colony
V.F.W
Clujub
Roger Howell
G. C. Murphy CO
W. VA
Ken Griffin
Roses
Stars and Stripes Forever
Frankie Laine
The
Royalaires
Ames Bros
American Beauty Rose
Frank Sinatra
Giannina
Mia Ralph Flanagan
Little Ester
Larry Darnell
Lillie Greenwood
Rollin
the Blues
Joe Thomas
Dinah Washington
Rye Boogie Paul Williams
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Red Foley
Eddy Arnold
Zeb Turner
George Morgan
Redd
Stewart Barrel House
al Dexter
Jordan
Lonesome Road
Johnston Family
Jesus
Roy Acuff
Joe May Surely
God
Irving Fields
Tommy Dorsey
Larry Greene
Phil Regan
Spade Cooley
Jim Boya
Hank Snow
Columbia Picture
Crab Orchard Drive-In
Crab Orchard Road
Walt Disney
Bambi
Bugs Bunny
Jerry Terrytone
Woody Woodpecker
Dan Patch
New Valley Theatre
Rhodell
Jimmy Skinner
Cincinnati
Ohio
Blue Lagoon
Jeane Simmons
Don Huston
MT. Hope, W. VA
Barbara Stanwyck
Gardner Vax Heflin Suuts Mason Oe
Mercer
Oak Hill Lions
Mountainair
Glen Jean
Lloyd Nolan
Jane Wyatt
James Gleason
Soto Tly
Paulette Goddard
John Lund
Albert Dekker
Dorothy McGuire
William Lundigan
Rialto Ee
Shep
Robert Lowery
William Eliott
Ree Ryde
Bobby Bike
Little Beaver
PINE
Rt Reen
Danny Kaye
Barbara Bates
Spanish Hall
Prince ST. — Beckley
the Abraham Bros
United Science Fund
Joseph X. Fazio
Raleigh Co. Bank
DIAL
Warner
Eleanor Pextra
Oly
Sean
Wake Island
Brian Donlevy
Beckley’s Sports
Lucfc
CincinNati Red
Joseph Aspirin
Beaver
Burt Lancaster
Corinne Calvet
Richard Long
Meg Randall
Prince and Heber Sts
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