Oak Hill Horse Show entries rise for third annual meet
Oak Hill crowd swells as Thompson’s Stables hosts the third annual Oak Hill Horse Show with about 40 horses stabled. Entries recently received include Hydromatle in classes 15 and 30, Walear Bell in 13 and 28, Rex Ringleader in 33 and 28, Rex Spur in 12 15 and 31, Captain Chico in 7 and 29, and The Suwinmit in 15 and 31, Villa Vida Farms Huntington owns The Suwinmit.
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Rex Ringleader
Moose Legion Degree Meet Draws Delegates to Oak Hill
Southern West Virginia delegates arrive for the Kanawha Valley Legion convention in Oak Hill with events including a Saturday Moose Hall dance led by Ned Guthrie Orchestra, a Sunday 1 39 p.m. business meeting, initiation of candidates and officer elections, plus a Sunday dinner by the Women of the Moose. Delegates will be housed in hotels tourist homes and private residences.
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Electric Service Interruption Hits Mullens Area
Electric service in Mullens homes and businesses was reduced to single phase for several minutes around 10:15 AM. Union Power Co said workers likely felled a tree or limbs into lines. crews are trimming trees to restore peak service.
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Oak Hill Student Leads Honor Roll at WV Tech
Fred W. Lo Kant of Oak Hill and William Lingo of St Albans headline the spring semester honor roll at West Virginia Tech with straight A averages. Lokant in pre law and Lingo in printing and publishing are a freshman and sophomore respectively. Nine former Beckley area graduates also made the list with varying GPAs including Marjorie McVey Alderson and Donald Horton Beckley among others.
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Fred W. Lokant
Oak Hil
William Lingo
St. Albans
W. Va. Tech
Lokant
Lingo
Beckley Area High School
Marjorie McVey
Alderson
Donald Horton
Beckley
Robert Phipps
Martan
Kesinger
Marcy Andrea
Ruth Alde Mathews
Mt Hope
Edward Kenney
Mt. Hope
Stanley Alberchinsky
Oak Hill
Meador Infant Taken by Death at Jumping Branch
The infant son of Mr and Mrs Odie Meador born June 19 at Jumping Branch died the next day. Survived by the parents and the maternal grandparents Mr and Mrs C C Smth of Bud. Miner Injured on Last Shift before Vacation in Mullens A W Gunter crushed pelvis in fall at Maben mine while working as machine man for West Gulf Coal Company. Taken to Beckley Hospital.
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Beckley Hospital
Dance Set in Fayetteville Draws School Fundraiser
Fayetteville Dramatic Club stages an informal dance tomorrow at 8 210 in the high school gym to raise funds for costumes scripts and items for a minstrel show planned for next fall. Phonograph provides music. Advance tickets sold by Tommy Myles Arnold Dempsey and Norn’s Barksdale.
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Barksdale
Saturday Rites Set for M. Bibb in Oak Hall
Funeral services for Charles M Bibb 52 formerly of Oak Hill will be held at 2 p m Saturday from Thomas Funeral Home with burial in Highlawn Memorial Park Oak Hill He died in Chicago Wednesday after a week long illness He worked for the Chicago Tribune seven years Born in West Virginia December 30 1896 he was the son of the late William W Bibb Surviving are his wife three brothers a sister two daughters and two grandchildren
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Mount Hope
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Charleston
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Jacksonville
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Caroline Griffe
GOP Candidates Gain in Recount in Hinton
In Hinton municipal race recounts increased margins for W A Brown and Grimmett. Brown won mayor over J C Alderson by five votes in recount bringing final tally 870 to 855. Grimmett defeated C C Buckland by nine votes after recount, final 628 to 817. Mayor P J Carr oversaw proceedings with full council present. Brown’s side backed by P H Brown. Alderson and Buckland by Forrest and McNeer. Also notes birth of a son to Mr. and Mrs Fred Snell of Scarbro at Oak Hill Hospital.
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Grimmett
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Buckland
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Oak Hill
Fred ‘Snell
Scarbro
Army Man and Wife Honored at Oak Hill Receptions
Oak Hill events honored Army man and wife with weekend receptions hosted by Mrs. W. R. Hayes and Mrs. H. B. Tully. Guests included Mrs. A. J. Brown and Mrs. L. Wiley, among others. The setting featured a Panama Canal Zone theme, sweetpeas and roses, and Italian linens.
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Poe Retained as Rockcastle Organization Proxy
Rev. Harry L. Poe of Kopperston Community Church remains president of the Rockcastle Baptist Sunday School Convention after a Wie Welch Fist Baptist Church meeting. Officers elected include Rev. Wayne Rollins as vice president Rev. G. P. Goode secretary treasurer J T Cameron and Roscoe Keeney named state youth work director among others. Delegates chose Phillip Cline as youth fellowship president and Miss Nellie Teaford as secretary treasurer. The fourth annual convention will convene June 21, 1950, at Mountain Creek Baptist Church Dunns.
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Keystone
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Joe Holland
Joe Nole
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Mingo
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Hawver Funeral Services for William Estes Hawver
Funeral services for William Estes Hawver 70 of Hico will be held Sunday at 2 pm at Mt Zion Methodist Church near Ansted with Rev Gus Ramsey officiating. Burial will follow in Mt Zion Cemetery. Hawver a coal miner and Baptist Church member dies Wednesday at Pinecrest Sanitarium after a two year illness. Born July 12 1879 in Ramsey he leaves three sons Alton Ansted William T Ansted and Okey Hico and five grandchildren.
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Former Red Star Resident Dies
Funeral services were held in Manteo Virginia for Robert Kyle a former Red Star resident who died at his daughter's home in New York City. Kyle, a well known community figure, retired from the mines and lived on a Virginia farm before moving to New York to be with his children. Relatives from here attended the service.
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Beer Licenses Revoked by State For Four Wyoming Establishments
The Associated Press reports Wyoming state authorities revoke four county beer licenses for improper conduct. Additional revocation targets Chirico Inn owner June Curry for loud disorderly behavior and poor facilities. Actions take effect at midnight June 28 for MecClarity Cline Midway Lunch Pineville W P Lester Baileysville Tom Golding Inn Tavern New Richmond Merrill Hampton Hawkins Hut Hatcher.
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Death notices for Lawrence Blume and Bluine family longstanding
Funeral services for Lawrence F. Blume of Lookout are set for Sunday at Lookout Baptist Church with burial in Lookout Cemetery. Blume, 35, died en route to a Charleston hospital after a heavy illness. He was a WWI veteran, former Belle barber, and member of Longdale Masonic Lodge No. 14. The obituary lists Essie Blume of Belle as his mother, Co. W. Blume of Lookout as father, siblings, a stepson G E Thomas of Boomer, and other relatives. The body will go from Fiddler and Frame Mortuary in Belle to his father’s home in Lookout. Separately, Bluine age 55 is noted in a brief death line. The Mojave Desert reference appears as unrelated pasted text.
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New Chapter Officers To Assume Duties July 6
Mullens Ruby Burroughs will assume the duties of senior regent at the first meeting of the Women of the Moose in July following her installation Wednesday night. Mildred Martin received the first life membership of the Mullens Chapter. Mrs Nora Beckner of Mooseheart spoke on opportunities for her family since moving to Mooseheart three years ago after their husband and father died. Juanita Atkins received a graduate regent pin and retiring officers were given gifts. Capsule sisters were revealed after a pot luck supper. New and appointed officers and chairmen were installed for July 6 including Mildred Martin junior graduate regent Grace Hedrick junior regent Grace Dean chaplain Georgia Anderson recorder Julia Howery treasurer Ruela Walker guide Ree Hawler assistant guide Cora Richmond Argus Cory Day sentinel Dorothy Gilreath pianist Rosa Lee Arnold child care Lita Wade homemaking Ethel Brown hospital guild Willa Mae Witt library Mona Beavers membership Millie Kemp Moosehaven Hattie Staton Mooseheart Mebel Witt art alumni June White Hougherty Mary Vaught ritual Elizabeth Smiley social service.
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