Gazette Loses Libel Suit as Bower Wins 8000 Judgment
Pineville and Mullens residents Del J Paul Bower and Del England each won libel verdicts against the Charleston Gazette in Wyoming County Circuit Court. Bower received 8000 for an Aug editorial alleging defamation while England was awarded 5000 in a separate case, with motions to set aside the verdicts pending.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Herb Little
Pineville
Charleston Gazette
Wyoming County
del. J. Paul Bower
Mullens
del. J. Paul England
Gazette
Robert M. Worrell
Bower
England
House of Delegates
Thomas F
Stafford
the Gazette
Marland
Wyoming
Frederick P. Kingdon
Richmond Rites Set of Mullens
Funeral services for Mrs. Cora Elizabeth Richmond 64 Mullens will be held at 2 p m Saturday at Mullens First Presbyterian Church. Burial in Sange Memorial Park Beckley. She was found dead in her Wyoming Apartments home and had cooked at Mullens restaurants. Body to be moved from Robertson and Foglesong Funeral Home to the R W McNamara residence at 5 p m today. Moose Lodge pallbearers.
Draft Exams set For 16 Youths
Fayetteville residents were named among 16 youths notified for pre induction physical examinations on July 5 by the local Selective Service board clerk J R Gentry. The list includes Darrell Shumate Lee Gibson John McClung Darrell Shaffer Earl Mitchell Bragg Kincaid Reed Ansted Phillips Thorpe Mink Swiss Traynham Jr Brown Treadway Leonard Smith and Norman Alford, all from Fayetteville and nearby communities.
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Fayetteville
RNS
J. R. Gentry
Selective Service Board
Darrell Alton Shumate
Long Branch
Lee Gibson
John Darrell McClung
Jodie
Earl Darrell Shaffer
Oak Hill
Harry Bufford Mitchell
Bob Lane Bragg
Handley
Elmer Ray Kincaid
Kincaid
Rufus Reed
Ansted
Robert Kelvin Phillips
Belva
Leon Ray Thorpe
Marvin Clay Mink
Willie Waten Traynham Jr
Whipple
Raymond Gordon Brown
Tommy Alfred Treadway
Leonard Smith
Laurel Creek
Norman Alford
Mt. Hope
PSC Hearing Slated On Sale of System
Charleston writing notes that an offer by Clearwater Co of Logan to buy Island Creek Coal Co water system was set for a PSC hearing today. The proposed purchase price is 26931.62 dollars and would serve Red Jacket Mingo County plus Mullinsville Wyoming and Coal Mountain in Wyoming County. Clearwater asks approval of a rate schedule with a 3.50 dollar monthly minimum and a tiered charge from 1.75 per 1000 gallons for the first 2000 gallons to 0.60 per 1000 for usage over 25000 gallons.
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Charleston
Island Creek Coal Co
Public Service Commission
Clearwater Co
Logan
PSC Authority
Red Jacket
Mingo County
Mullinsville
Wyoming
Coal Mountain
Wyoming County
Clearwater
Fayette Mines Report Record Low May Accident Rate
Fayetteville RNS reports May saw ten mines of the Fayette Council Holmes Safety Association with two lost time accidents and one fatality over 445 456 man hours, a rate of 62.85 per million. Kaymoor Mine won Group I with three lost-time accidents in 73 143 hours at 41.0. Whipple Mine had no mishaps in 11 450 hours and won Group III.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fayettevelle
RNS
Fayette
Kaymoor Mine
New River & Pocahontas Consolidated Coal Co
Summerlee Mine
New River Co
Oakwood
New
Garden Ground
Whipple Mine
Ames Mine
Ames Mining Co
Brooklyn Mine
Southern Coal Corp
Corinne Man Drowns as Car Wrecks In Creek
Corinne man Edward Daniels 63 drowns after his car overturns in a creek near the Logan Wyoming county line. Driver Clarence O Neal and owner Fred Smith uninjured. Daniels, a retired miner, left a son Douglas Grindstaff and two sisters. Police cite slippery roads and possible excessive speed.
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Mulleens
RNS
Corinne
Edward Daniels
Rt. 10
Logan
Wyoming County
Clarence O'Neal
Rhodell
Fred Smith
Amigo
Daniels
Molly Viola Hall
Mullensville
Montroal
R. C. Stover
O'Neal
Smith
Stover
Little Rock
Ark
Douglas Grindstaff
West Frankfort
Ill
Mullens Man Fined On Two Charges
Richard Kidd, 40, of South Mullens, was fined 40 plus 2 costs in City Police Court on reckless driving and driving without a license. He was jailed on a drunk driving charge after his car crashed into a parked vehicle near Guyandotte Ave and Poplar St at about 5 30 p m Wednesday. charges were reduced after the owner asked to drop them once the car would be repainted.
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Hall
Kidd
Services Today For Mrs Small
Elizabeth Grey Small 84 of Winona died Wednesday at her daughter's home in Huntington from a heart attack. Funeral conducted at 2 p.m. at Winona Methodist Church by Rev. B L Moss and Rev. Harold Jones with burial at End of the Trail Cemetery near Clintonville. Surviving: daughter Amelia Williams and three other daughters, three sons, two sisters, two brothers, 19 grandchildren and 24 great grandchildren.
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Winona
Elizabeth Grey Small
Winona Methodist Church
B. L. Moss
Harold Jones
Scarbro to Lead Morning Services in Packsville Assembly
Whitesville RNS reports Reverend Wilson Scarbro of Rock Creek Church of God will conduct morning services at Packsville Church of God on July 1 and July 8 while Reverend Ada Williams is absent.
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Whitesville
RNS
Wilson Scarbro
Rock Creek
New Officers Take Over Duties At Oak Hill Rotary Club
Oak Hill Rotary Club installed new officers for 1956 57 with E B Wood as president Wallace Bennett named secretary Rev C S Donnelly as vice president Jack Jones treasurer and O C Hall and Lawrence Thompson as board members The club reported a 28 percent membership gain to 50 and total contributions of 368 90 including 190 to Rotary Foundation 146 90 to Babe Ruth team and 50 to support a European trip for Allen Walker president of Collins High School Student Council About 40 members attended the dinner at Hotel Hill.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
C. S. Donnelly
Jack Jones
O. C. Hall
Lawrence Thompson
Bavely
Rotary Foundation
Rotary
Allen Walker
Collins High School
Hotel Hill
Miss Edna Gregory Weds Jimmy McVey
Miss Edna Gregory and Jimmy D. McVey wed Sunday at Regular Baptist Church Beckley with Rev. Everett R. Shafer officiating. Bride, daughter of Morgan and wife of Edna Gregory of Clear Fork, wore light blue and carried a white Bible with pale blue carnations. groom, son of D L McVey and wife of Amigo, wore wedding party attire and car carnations. Bridegroom employed by Atlantic and Pacific Tea Co in Mullens. bride formerly at Pineville Fashion Shop. both graduates of local high schools.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pineville
Edna Gregory
Jimmy D. McVey
Everett R. Shafer
Regular Baptist Church
Beckley
Morgan Gregory
Clear Fork
D. L. McVey
Amigo
Ten Couples Receive Marriage Licenses in Pineville List
The Wyoming County Clerk’s office issued licenses to ten couples. Names include Robert Dale Davis and Lessie Jacqueline Franklin of Baileyville, Marion I Cox and James E Bailey of Baileysville, and Norman Riffe with Addie Rebecca Morgan of Hanover, among others. Other pairs feature ages from 17 to 33 and towns such as Herndon Otsego Beckley and Pineville.
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Pineville
Rnl
Wyoming County
Dorothy Irvin
Itmann
Jimmy Dean McVey
Amigo
Edna Pearl Gregory
Thomas Bagley
Hamilton
Ohio
Shirley Campbell
Otsego
D. Jenkins
Betty Ann Mitchell
Mullens
James E. Bailey
Marion I. Cox
Baileysville
Norman Riffe
Steeles
Addie Rebecca Morgan
Hanover
Miner is Treated For Gunshot Wound
A 37-year-old vacationing miner was admitted to the Wyoming General Hospital at 7:35 p.m. Thursday with a gunshot wound to the left ankle. Ballard Tolliver of Poplar Street South Mullens said the 38 caliber pistol fell from his holster and fired, the bullet entering the left ankle and lodging at the top of the foot. Tolliver was reportedly found on the highway near Amigo.
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Mullbns
Rns
Wyoming General Hospital
Ballard Tobliver
Poplar Street
South Mullens
Tolliver
Amigo
Pineville Circle Elects Officers at Methodists Meeting
Circle No. 2 of the Woman's Society of Christian Service elected officers at a Tuesday evening session in the First Methodist Church lounge. Officers named were Mary K Bowman vice chairman Mary McKinney secretary treasurer and W C Bailey Jr sunshine chairman. Clarence E Long chaired the meeting and presided over business. The program by Mrs Charles Waddell on The Life of Paul, with Mrs Long serving refreshments to members and two visitors.
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Pineville
RNS
Circle No. 2
Woman's Society of Christian Service
First Methodist Church
Mary K. Bowman
Mary McKinney
W. C. Bailey Jr
Sunshine
Clarence E. Long
Charles Waddell
Paul
Long
A. J. Shannon
H. E. Crews
Fred L. Huffman
Mildred McKinney
James G. McDermitt
Albert R. Young
Glen Rogers Infant Thomas Trump Dies at Beckley Hospital
Infant son of Mr. and Mrs. William T. Trump of Glen Rogers died at 5 p.m. Thursday in a Beckley hospital. Born June 25, 1955, he is at Evans Funeral Home in Oceana pending arrangements.
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Oceana
RNS
Thomas Ray Trump
William T. Trump
Glen Rogers
Beckley Hospital
Evans Funeral Home
Men Do Cooking at Garden Club Dinner
Vandalia Garden Club members hosted an outdoor dinner at the Shackelford home on Maple Avenue Saturday evening with husbands cooking barbecue over an outside grill led by Charles Shackelford Holly Kessler Ward Ashford and Robert Woollard. Attendees included Rex and Mrs Allen Ralph and Mrs Fazio George and Mrs Hatfield Ermel and Mrs Hess and many others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ralph Fazio
George Hatfield
Ermel Hess
John Holliday
Harold Jones
Myron Renick
Kenneth Sproles
Forrest Thomas
Loften Tudor
Robert Woollard
J. C. Hamilton
Mary Lou Kessler
Vandalia Garden Club
Fayetteville
Charles Shackelford
Holly Kessler
Ward Ashford
Robert
Two Workers Hurt In Work Mishap At Wyoming Mine
Mullens RNS report Injuries at work sent two men to Wyoming General Hospital Harvey Justice 65 Grundy Va employee Church Bros Lumber Co Rockview injured when a leg fell on his right index finger Vescar Rinehart 48 Pierpont struck on the left hand by a rock at the Otsego mine
Salted Dead Sea soil cannot be filled until washed
The text notes soil around the Dead Sea is so salt saturated that fill cannot occur before washing. It adds that natural gas powers 22 million American homes and 2 million industrial plants.
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Dead Sea
Band Boosters Club appoints committees in Fayetteville
J W Ayers, newly elected president, chaired a Band Boosters meeting. Committees named include ways and means chaired by Chester Bates with six members, membership led by Bland Hesse Jr, telephone led by Tommie Platt, banquet chaired by Platt, and program led by Hesse Jr. A bake sale was planned for Saturday. Karen Akers and Nile Riley will attend a two week Wheeling camp with partially club funded expenses. Monthly meetings set for the fourth Tuesday at 7:30 in the high school band room.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fayetteville
BNS
J. W. Ayers
Band Boosters Club
Ways and Means
Chester Bates
Carl B. Vickers
C. H. Dodd
E. E. M Houchins
Porter
Blake
Joe Pilato
Tommie Platt
Ralph Johnson
Karen Akers
Nile Riley
Wheeling
Wyoming County Woman Dies at 30
Mrs. Tressie Blankenship dies at her home in Clear Fork at age 30. Funeral services set for 1 p.m. Sunday at the Holiness Church in Simon, with burial in Blankenship Cemetery. She was born January 24, 1926, at Simon. Survived by husband Eli Blankenship Jr., son Roger, daughter Sue, two sisters Bessie Blankenship and Mary Christian, and her mother who resides in Guyan. Body at Evans Funeral Home in Oceana.
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Oceana
RNS
Tressie Blankenship
Clear Fork
Holiness Church
Simon
Carey Cline
Blankenship
Alex
Ida Kennedy Trent
Eli Blankenship Jr
Roger
Sue
Bessie Blankenship
Mary Christian
Guyan
Evans
Fayette Auditorium Schedules Shows
Fayetteville ANS reports a three day July 1 to 3 holiday entertainment package at Fayette County Memorial Auditorium. Sunday at 2 30 p m gospel singers led by Wally Fowler with Oak Ridge Quartet and Band Sisters. Monday 9 p m to 1 a m rock and roll show featuring the Clovers Chuck Willis Little Esther Joe Morris and Rock and Roll orchestra. Balcony admission for white spectators. Tuesday family night pro intends a wrestling card.
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Fayetteville
ANS
Fayette County Memorial Auditorium
Wally Fowler
Oak Ridge
Band Sisters
Clovers
Chuck Willis
Little Esther
Joe Morris
Hospital Lists Recent Births In West Virginia Towns
Wyoming General Hospital reports births: June dates and newborns to families in Glen White Lashmeet Mullens Herndon Mullens Cyclone Corinne Corinne area. Notable entries include eight pounders and several seven pound births to parents listed with their towns.
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Doris Gail
Henry Lee Ford
Herndon
Tommie Jo
Thomas J. Nichols
Mullens
Linda Marie
James R. Weremack
Helen
Russell Ward
George Wesley Toler
Cyclone
Winston Fordham, Jr
Winston F. Tilley
Corinne
Judge Lee, Jr
Lee Washington
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Cora Richmond
Richmond
PSC
Corinne Man
Molly Hall
Jack
Polly Keene
Vernal Jr
Jimmy
Mack
Goldie Street
Maude Keene
Virgil
Maryland
Robertson and Foglesong
B. C. Burnside
Mrs. Small
Rotary Club
Oak Hill Rotary Club
E. B. Wood
Paul A. Childress
Charles Garvin Jr
Fayetteville Club
Burnside
Paul Bavely
Servce
Wallace Bennett
Jimmy McVey
Jimmy D. Meevey
Miner
Pineville Circle
Garden Club
NAVY
Patents
WHITE
Sandler Casuals
SEA& Ski
Cohen
Neville St
Ist
Baptist
Fayette Auditorium
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