Maben Coal Miners Honored for Safety Training Award
Three hundred and three Maben mine employees of Winding Gulf Coals Inc received recognition for 100 percent participation in a 10 week daily two hour safety training course. Certificates from the United Mine Workers and West Virginia Department of Mines were presented at a school gym ceremony.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
MABEN
Winding Gulf Coals Inc
United Mine Workers of America
West Virginia Department of Mines
George J. Titler
Umwa District 29
C. J. Wilson
State Department of Mines
Curtis Hale
U. S. Bureau of Mines
W. R. Park
Bureau of Mines District C
E. V. Bowman
Winding Gulf Mines
W. A. Haslam
Winding Gulls
L. A. Lewallen
Jamies Leeber
Carl Roseblock
Ernest Birchfield
Mrs Milton Lively Hostess Circle Seeks Funds for Church Seats
The Laurel Grove Baptist Church Mission Society met at the home of Mrs. Milton Lively with 12 members present led by president Mrs. Lorene Phillips. They planned to make aprons pot holders and pillow cases to sell to raise money to refinish church seats. A covered dish luncheon followed. The July meeting is set for Mrs. Goldie Hyden’s home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
PAX
RNS
Mission Society of the
Laurel Grove Baptist Church
Lively
Milton Lively
Lorene Phillips
Delia Lively
Irma Mordack
Bessie
McGraw Earns Law Degree in West Virginia University Commencement
Charles Sidney McGraw of Mullens earned a law degree at West Virginia University after a 1950 BS in Business Administration. He served in the Air Force 1950 to 1933 then attended Officers Candidate School and law studies. he held student body offices and fraternal memberships, and will practice law in Morgantown with Stanley R. Cox Jr. His wife Delores Lawson teaches voice at Morgantown High. Overnight guests were Mr. and Mrs. Charles Sheppard and Gary at Fairdale.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kappa Alpha
Alpha Kappa Psi Business
West Virginia University Philosophical Society
Phi Delta Phi Legal
Patrick Duffy Koontz
The
West Virginia Law Review
B. McGraw
Stanley R. Cox Jr
General Place
Tice of Law
Morgantown
Delores Lawson
Beckley
Morgantown High School
Poultry Market Report from Harrisonburg Va Area
Shenandoah Valley live poultry market shows adequate offerings and good demand. Farm prices end Friday at 11 AM: broilers 2 1/2 to 3 pounds at 19 1/4 to 20 cents, heavy hens 15 to 16 cents, breeder hens 18 cents, small turkey fryers 23 cents, young hens 23 to 24 cents, toms 20 cents, heavy types averaged 21 1/4 cents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Narrisonburg
Va. i
Shenandoah Valley
Familiar Faces in Mount Hope Water Works
Guy Rogers known for Mount Hope water and service. He’s lived in Mount Hope 57 years and worked 25 years at the Water Works as plant superintendent. Former coal miner and Sugar Creek Coal Co. supervisor, he helped install the town’s first street light system in the Sears Ave circuit and the later White Way upgrade. He has a son and daughter at home, a married daughter in Charleston, and a son in Ohio.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Guy Rogers
Mount Hope
Rogers
Sugar Creek Coal Company
Fayette County 4-H Camp Opens Its 39th Year
The Fayette County 4-H Camp began its two week session with older members in the first week and younger campers from July through July 5. State workers led by director M. B. Cavendish and staff conducted activities with tribal competition and daily classes on crafts safety and outdoor skills. The report also notes Bishop Lajos Ordas stating improved church state relations in Hungary during his first trip abroad since 1948.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fayetteville
RNG
Fayette County
Arel
M. B. Cavendish
Juanita
Ratcliffe
Marjorie Losh
Jean-ette Hedrick
Hanna Huff
Kathleen
Iva Rule
H. B. Carden
Mary Ellen Cavendish
Eva McClung
Nadine Buckholt
Blanche Upton
Council Circle
Darling
Ward Ashford
Kathleen Rule
Vienna
Austria
Hungary
Lajos Ordass
Pax Personal visits and charity calls noted in local column
Pax Personal column lists weekend guests at Stover and Shumate homes including Afr George Houchen and Stanley, Alfred Shumate family from Millville New Jersey, Larry Siumate and George Alten Miller, with Jokers from New England School of Theology visiting. A Sen at hearing urged Congress to create a Point 4 program for American Indians and expand welfare.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J Harless
Stover
Cittsville
George Houchen
Stanley
Big Spring
Alfred Shumate
Millville
N. J
J Shumate
Int Shumate
Larry Siumate
George Alten Miller
Frank Miler Jr
Sherman Stover
Jubilaires
New England School of Theology
Brookline
Mass
Richard Polk
Advent Christian Church
Dunbar
Washington, D. C. Neal
Fies
Congress
Senate
Frank
Ketcham
Home Missions Board
Congregational Christian Churches
Durrett Funeral Set Wednesday
Roy B. Durrett 54 died in Boonesville Va from a heart condition. Funeral services at 3 p.m. Wednesday at Oak Hill Presbyterian Church in Oak Hill with Rev. Robertson and Rev. Ray. Burial at High Lawn Memorial Park. Survivors include wife Mrs. Roy Durrett, father J D Durrett of Oak Hill, brother Dr J R Durrett of Staunton, Va, daughter Mrs William G Wagoner Jr of Oak Hill, and two grandchildren. The body remains at Thomas Funeral Home, Oak Hill, until the service hour.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
OAK III
RNS
Roy B. Durrett
Oak Hill Presbyterian Church
P. Robertson
Robert Ray
Point Pleasant
High Lawn Memorial Park
Durrett
Oak Hill
Boonesville
Oak Hill Presbyterian
Lions Club
Charlottesville
Sarah Durreth
Roy Durrett
J. D. Durrett
J. R. Durrett
Staunton
William G. Wagoner Jr
Thomas Funeral Home
Mental Health Chapter Set For Fayette County
A preorganizational meeting in Montgomery with the Montgomery Woman's Club launches a Fayette County Mental Health Chapter under the Virginia Division of National Mental Health. The steering committee includes local leaders from Oak Hill Summers, Laird, and Worden, with charter members to be signed at a July gathering featuring a well known psychiatrist.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oak Hill
RNS
Eugene Vial
Vanter
Ansted
Fayette Study Club
Laird
Memorial Hospital
Montgomery
Fayette County
Mentlalllee
West
Arthur Back
Sociation For Mental Health, Inc
W. G. Thompson
Jack Myles
Alley
Price
Charles Harnsbarger
Mount Hope
Grant Thomas
Hill
Vawter
Two Waive Hearing On Moonshine Charges
Fayette County officials report two men waived preliminary hearings on moonshine possession and transport charges. Arrests occurred at Hawk’s Nest Park Friday night with 31 gallons of moonshine and a 149 coupe seized. One driver, William Kincaid of Victor, was fined for driving while drunk.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fayetteville
RNS
W. B. Mullins
Ans
Hawk
Nesk Park
Fayette County
Charleston
West
John Turner
Virginia
Assn
Mullins
William Kincaid
Victor
I F. W. Line
Ships Asked To Report Aqaba Interference
The United States asks U.S. registered ships and shipping firms to report any interference with innocent passage through the Gulf of Aqaba. The note reiterates international passage rights as part of ongoing regional tensions. A separate item reports Donia Deruelle suffering a broken arm after a fall on Laurel Creek Road. She received treatment at Oak Hill Hospital and was released.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
United States
Aqaba
Egypt
Eilat
Gulf
Israel
U.S
Donia Deruelle
Laurel Creek Road
Oak Hill Hospital
Mormon Welfare Plan Aids Needy In Salt Lake City
Salt Lake City reports how the Latter-Day Saints church welfare system helps the needy. Bishop storehouses across the region supply food and clothing at no cost in exchange for work, with the Pioneer storehouse handling 70,000 Mormons and structures like a grain elevator, cannery, and dairy processing in Utah.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brigham Young
Church
Joseph Smith
Salt Lake City
Latter-Day Saints Church
Hyrum
Carthage
Xortions
Midwest
Salt Lake Valley
Pioneer Region
Salt Lake Vitl
Glen L. Radd
Pioneer
Rudd
California
Arizona
New York
Chicago
Texas
Actors Fund of America reports welfare costs and cases
The Actors Fund of America, a 75 year old welfare group, says it spent 363000 dollars to aid sick, old and needy theater workers during the year ended April 30. In 1936 57 it handled 14196 cases.
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Mrs. Milton Lively
G. M. Powers
Main Street
McGraw
Charles Sheppard
Gary
Claude Walker
Fairdale
RED
Scissors
Inpetant
Essex St
News Jack 3
New Jersey
Anchor-Hocking
Luzianne
Fayette
Pax Personals
Statehouse
House of Delegates
Capitol
America
Scotsman
Studebaker
South Bend
Studebaker ‘Packard
Beckley Motor Company
First Avenue
Beckley, W. VA
H&m Shoe Store
Neville St
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