Sailor Pays Fine and Bonds After Fatal Wreck
Dale Acord, 19, Glen Fork, paid a $5 fine and costs after pleading guilty to reckless driving. He also posted a $2,530 bond on a negligent homicide charge connected to the death of five year old Shirley Ann Spears in a collision at Jesse. Companion Luther Bailey, Glen Fork, paid $10 and costs for drunkenness and was jailed after the wreck.
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Pineville
RNS
Dale Acord
Glen Fork
Preston Wilson
Acord
Wyombe County
Grand Jury
Oceana
Shirley Ann Spears
Howard Spears
Jesse
Rhode Island
Luther Bailey
Asphalt Plant Moves to Hinton
HINTON ANS reports an asphalt plant will be moved to the old fair grounds in Hinton this week, creating about 28 jobs for two years. Formerly at Lookout, the plant will produce road paving materials and begin operation within two weeks, with moving and erection to take about 10 days. The owner, West Virginia Black Rock and Anderson's Inc. of Charleston, expects five plant workers, eight road laborers, and 15 truck drivers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hinton
ANS
Fair Grounds
Lookout
Robert R. Knight
West Virginia
Black Rock and Anderson’s Inc
Charleston
Bee sting incident prompts hospital treatment in Mullens
Kenneth Mills, 3, of Bud, was stung on the face and head by a hive of bees early Monday and treated at Wyoming General Hospital. James D. Clements, 90, of Brington, received further care at Mullens hospital for a thumb injury from slate falling at the Tralee mine on Friday.
Two Wyoming Students Maintain High Grades at WVU
Mullens residents Sarah Sidney Brooks Glen Rogers and Virginia Faye Cassinelle were among West Virginia University College of Commerce students who posted averages above 3.3 last semester.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mullens
Wyoming
West Virginia University
College of Commerce
Sarah Sidney Brooks
Glen Rogers
Virginia Faye Cassinelle
Mrs Dora Ruth Morgan Dies After Cerebral Hemorrhage
Alderson mourns Mrs Dora Ruth Morgan 73 who died at home Monday afternoon from a cerebral hemorrhage. She was born to the late Mr and Mrs D G Ballengee and is survived by husband Ernest C Morgan eight daughters including Ercie G Allen of Cherry Creek and Lola L Epperly of Cool Ridge a son three brothers five sisters nineteen grandchildren and two great grandchildren.
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Alderson
ANS
Dora Ruth Morgan
D. G. Ballengee
Ernest C. Morgan
Ercie G. Allen
Cherry Creek
Lola L. Epperly
Cool Ridge
Death by own action victims rites Wednesday
HINTON RNS Private funeral services at 2 p.m. Wednesday for Mrs. Dorothy Messer 45 wife of William Messer proprietor of the Hinton Western Auto Store who committed death by own action in her husband's store Sunday night. Burial will follow in Restwood Memorial Estate. She was found by her daughter after failing to return home. she had been in ill health and despondent for weeks. Survived by husband and daughter, mother, brother and two sisters.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
E. L. Hellems
T. L. Read
Wallins, Ky
Charles Miller
Pineville
Forrest Stuzzi
Louisville
Fred Howard
Detroit
Mother and Son Sought in Woods Near Quinwood
A Webster Springs search continues for Winnie Harmon and her 9 year old son Jackie who disappeared Saturday during a fishing trip near Quinwood. Husband Marshal Harmon and relatives report they last saw them when they boat across Elk River and vanished in the woods while exploring camp area. Local authorities and family members conducted extensive checks with no definitive clues.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Quinwood
RNS
Webster Springs
Winnie Harmon
Jackie
Marshal Harmon
Harmon
Walter Dix
Franklin
Junior
Franklin Dix
Elk River
Dix
Charleston
Shirley Day
Accident Victims Treated in Oak Hill
Oak Hill Hospital treated several local youths Saturday and Monday. Barbara Scruggs, 10, daughter of Mr and Mrs John Scruggs Harvey, injured her right ankle in a fall. John Myles, 20, Danese, sustained rib injuries in a car crash. Colin Williams, 12, Oak Hill, admitted with a right arm injury from a fall while skating. Myles Allen Johnson, 12, Scarbro, treated Monday for an injured finger.
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Oak Hill
ANS
Oak Hill Hospital
Barbara Scruggs
John Scruggs
Harvey
John Myles
Danese
Colin Williams
Carl Williams
Myles Allen Johnson
Myles W. Johnson
Scarbro
Paynter Daughter Born Cyclone
Mr and Mrs Quinton Paynter announce the birth of a daughter Sunday morning at Grace Hospital Welch in a Welch area birth notice.
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Paynter
Cyclone
Mrs
Quinton Paynter
Grace Hospital
Welch
Call For the Living Drive Opens Wednesday in Mt. Hope
Mount Hope Federated League launches a two day Call for the Living crusade to curb July weekend traffic deaths. Led by national safety chairwoman Mrs. J Howard Hodge the effort uses a chain of four person calls across Mount Hope and surrounding areas. Clergy will spread the message from pulpits as telephone and media partners aid nationwide outreach.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mt. Hope
League
General Federation of Women’s Clubs
Mount Hope
Federated League
J. Howard Hodge
Midland
Tex
Federation
National Safety
Women’s Federation
Driver Unhurt In Truck Wreck On Route 21
A tractor-trailer loaded with furniture overturned on Route 21 near Cotton Hill making a steep turn. The driver Claude E. Carpenter of Kingsford Michigan was uninjured. The North American Van Lines vehicle crossed the roadway and toppled into a ravine after losing control on a down grade.
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Fayetteville
RNS
Pearlie Elmore
Claude E. Carpenter
Kingsford
Mich
van Lines
Beckwith
Cotton Hill
Elmore
Kincaid Funeral Rites Next Wednesday in Oak Hill
Funeral services for Mrs. J. E. Kincaid 83 of Oak Hill will be held at 2 30 p m Wednesday at Oak Hill Methodist Church. Burial in High Lawn Memorial Park. She died Monday at 8 45 a m from a stroke. Survivors include husband John Eddie Kincaid six sons five daughters 25 grandchildren and 33 great grandchildren. Body to be moved from Thomas Funeral Home to the home today and to church an hour before services.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oak Hill
RNS
J. E. Kincaid
Oak Hill Methodist Church
C. G. Eastwood
John S. Winters
Norman Foster
High Lawn Memorial Park
Bobson
John Eddie Kincaid
Virgil E
Dewey
Glen G
Emmit
Roscommon
Mich
Willis H
Montgomery
Hollis
Maysel
Bessie Evans
Garnet Young
Plymouth
Odessa Nowlin
Page
Viola Dooley
Glasgow
Thomas
Fayette Men to Attend KP Contest in Ohio
Three Fayette Countians will attend the Section II Public Speaking Contest in Middletown Ohio on July 1. All three are Knights of Pythias Lodge members from Oak Hill Gauley Bridge and Ansted. Waldo serves as contest chairman, the event is sponsored by the Supreme Lodge.
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OAK Hill
RNL
Middletown
Ohio
Knights of Pythias Lodge
W. T. Price
Truslow Waldo
Gauley Bridge
C. F. John Gauley
C. F. Johnson
Ansted
Waldo
Supreme Lodge of the
Knights of Pythias
Hinkle to Assume Oceana Police Post
Oceana will swear in Walker Hin kle as police chief at Friday council meeting to replace Jack Toler who resigned to join Eastern Gas and Fuel Associates. The move marks a leadership change in the town police department.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hinkle
Oceana Police Post
Oceana
ANS
Walker Hinkle
Jack Toler
Eastern Gas and Fuel Associates
Two Mullens area men arrested by State Police
Clayton Ivory Coffey, 39, proprietor of the Herndon Grill, was arraigned on a beer violation and fined 25 dollars plus costs. John Pete Hubbard, 56, of Mullens, jailed on possession and resale of tax paid whisky and drunkenness, arraigned in City Police Court and fined 210 dollars.
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Mullens
ANS
Mullens Area
Clayton Ivory Coffey
Herndon Grill
Bill Houck
John Pete Hubbard
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Georgianna Ruth Brooks
Charles C. Gregory Jr
Charles 8. Brooks
Pierpoint
Miss Brooks
Kanawha Valley Hospital
Pensacola
Fla
Mount Hope Federated ‘League
Kincaid
Fayette
An Hne
Automobile Insurance Co
WOME
Columbus
W. W. Bragg
Main St. Beckley
Mack Halsey
Beckley
Sandy Soto, Jr
Thompson
PSEC
IYI
Farm Bureau
Farm Bureau Insurance Companies
Capitol Street
South Court Street
Lewisburg
Rospert W. Selfe
Home Office
Beckley Glass Co., Inc
Oakwood
Frigidaire
Beckley, W. VA
Beckley Hardware & Supply Co
Universal Home Equipment Co
Hinton, W. VA
Mount Hope, W. VA
The
New River Co
Naoma, W. VA
K&s Maytag Furniture Co
Oak Hill, W. VA
Home Outfitting Co
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