Camp Juhica closes as Junior High Camp ends
In Beckley and Colcord West Virginia camp programs wrap with Camp Julica near Colcord closing July 1. At Raleigh Street First Baptist Church in Beckley Rev A B Cook received a typewriter and funds after 19 years as pastor, with multiple attendees and tributes.
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Whitesville
A. B. Cook
O. E. Stump
First Baptist Church
Raleigh Street
Betty Jo Hendricks
J. B. Bell
O. E. Stump, Jr
Ze 1
Stump
Eunice Moses
Richard Moses
John Moses
Charlene Moses
Edward Jarrell
Elvin Miller
Billy Miller
Ray Hendricks
John Roysden
Sue Hendricks
Horace Morgan
Mary Lou Hendricks
Bell Masden
Brooks Bell
Charley McMasters
Florabel Grant
Gladys Baxter
Elanssa Cook
Anna Simms
Brenda Burroughs
Walton, Kelley
H. Clay Porterfield
Raymond Stanley
Alfred Hale
James Caffee
Visit in Fayetteville with Huntington and Fayetteville residents
Miss Carolyn Good of Huntington has been visiting for several days with Miss June Epperly of Fayetteville, sharing time in Fayetteville.
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Fayetteville
Carolyn Good
Huntington
June Epperly
Wharton Area Personal News Roundup
Wharton residents share visitors and health updates including Mr and Mrs Bus ter Daniels and son Rodney returning from Japan where he served in the US Army. Betty Whisenant of Oceana visits Braxter Francis sister. Local visits include Cather Jorden and children in Whitesville and hospital updates at Madison General Hospital for Mrs Dennis Browning and the improving Junior Gregory after an auto accident. Dinner guests hosted by Elzie Salyers include the Carroll and Hassock families and Rev Robert Simms from Beards Fork plus Clinton visitors.
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Wharton
Buster Daniels
Rodney
Japan
United States Army
Braxter Francis
Betty Whisenant
Oceana
Cather Jorden
Don
Kay
Barbara
Whitesville
Lizzie Murhier
Louise Cook
Shelby Browning
Dennis Browning
Madison General Hospital
Carmen Cook
Junior Gregory
Elzie Salyers
George Carroll
Delores and
Howard
Margie Hassock
Robert Simms
Beards Fork
Eugene Carroll
George Carroll, Jr
Clinton
Mrs Chaffin Feted At Surprise Stork Shower
Mrs Elimu Chaffin was honored with a stork shower Friday at the home of Mrs Wilmer Pauley with co host Mrs Ronald Gillispie. Refreshments were served to a long list of attendees including Mrs Harold Welch and Mrs Elbert Ferrell among others.
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Wharton
Elimu Chaffin
Wilmer Pauley
Ronald Gillispie
Harold Welch
Elbert Ferrell
Charles Hensley
Reldo Meadows
James Nelson
Ronald Meadows
Harry Powell
Breedale Lane
Bert Adams
Lawrence Richmond
Andy Jones
Lonnie Miller
Harold Shriver
A. Buck Ballace
Jesse Osborne
Elaie Salyers
Bill Cochran
Lewis Lucas
M. Pyle
Leslie Woodrum
Leo Meadows
Frank Short
George Miller
Forrest Justice
Jimmy Kolgore
Charley Hill
Ezra Gree
A. Moore
Parris Powell
Hubert Castle
Wallace Files for Post Of Mercer County Clerk
Wallace F. Lace of Bluefield filed his certificate of candidacy for Republican nomination for Mercer County Clerk in Princeton. Epp Asbury of Princeton filed his certificate for Republican nomination for constable in East River District.
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Wallace
Mercer County
Princeton
Paris F. Wallace
Bluefield
Epp Asbury
East River
Bastardy Count Lodged In Magistrate's Court
Pettus charged with bastardy posted a 500 dollar bond and waived to an action of a Raleigh County Grand Jury in a preliminary hearing yesterday before Magistrate E A Large. Violet Miller swore out the warrant for his arrest.
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Pettus
James Edward Wills
Raleigh County
E. A. Large
Violet Miller
Johnsons Plan Washington Virginia Trip
Mr and Mrs Thomas Johnson and daughter Mary Elizabeth of Scarbro plan to leave Monday for Washington D C and Virginia.
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Thomas Johnson
Mary Elizabeth of
Scarbro
Washington, D. C
Virginia
Calcutta Minister to Address Sunday Service in Whitesville
The Rev. Christy Arangaden of Calcutta India will preach at Jarrolds Valley Presbyterian Church Sunday morning announced by Pastor Rev. Paul Gabrielson. A Princeton Theological Seminary graduate, he has served since 1947 as associate general secretary of the National Missionary Society of India and earlier at Theological Seminary Trivandrum. Also Sunday morning Miss Mary Lynn Lucas of the University of Kansas divinity program will sing at the church. she has been an adult counselor at Camp Julica.
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Colcord
Julica
Pattie C. Stockdale
Paul Gabrielson
Christy Arangaden
Calcutta
India
Black Foot Tribe
Lowell White
Anna Lee Pullins
Shirley Nelson
Sue Stephenson
Kenneth Vanderlinde
Donald Hopkins
Darrell Canterberry
Anna Diem
Nancy Lane
Robert London
George Kilgus
Velyn Canterberry
Loretta McGraw
Claudette Adkins
Glenn Jean Thompson
Anita Kincaid
Sandy Galloway
Kenneth Ferrell
Jean Carter
Ginger Jelsomine
Sue Kinder
Frances Smith
Tom
Eleanor Brogan
Benny Epling
Jimmy Harless
Whitesville
Jarrolds Valley Presbyterian Church
Princeton Theological Seminary
Princeton
N. J
Arangaden
National Missionary Society of India
Theological Seminary
Trivandrum
Church of South India
McGraws Sell Part of Lot in Bluefield
McGraw S and wife sell two parts of Lot 5 Section 918 at Lewis and Gilmer streets Bluefield to W J Rinehart. Other deeds include Postlethwaite to de Yampert Lots 10 11 12 Sec 18 Bluefield Randolph and Russell. Hubbard to Thompson on Oxley Hollow Plymouth. French to Bolen lots 14 L in Athens. Evans to Blackburns lot 40 Bluefield Ave. Thompson to G C Thompson 35 acres on New River. Wiles to Thompson one acre East River. Lennon to Copenhaver lot 9 958 Grand View Bluefield. duPont to Hambrick lot 3 Nemours for 2325. Pais to Jones lots 44 45 Bluefield. Coeburn to Annie Mitchell two tracts Red Oak Ridge Beaver Pond. Taylor to Coburn five acres Beaver Pond. Gibson to Dalton Cumberland Heights Lot 153 Bluefield. Hubbard to Hatcher one acre Rock District. Gott to Ruby Gott one lot Valley View Princeton. Barber Pearis Hall to Lash Realty one lot Mercer Street Princeton. Hale to Lash two lots Raleigh Street Bluefield one half interest in two strips. Mosrie to Mosrie one half of Lot 4 Section.
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Princeton
Okey S. McGraw
Bluefield
W. J. Rinehart
Mercer County
Lewis and Gilmer Streets
M. B. Postlethwaite
Ruth P. de Yampert
Randolph
Russell Streets
J. M. Hubbard
Theodore C. I.thompson
Oxley Hollow Road
Plymouth District
S. H. French
Horace H. Bolen
Margaret K. Bolen
Athens
Clarence L. Evans
Amy Blackburn
Georgia E. Blackburn
Bluefield Avenue
J. C. Thompson
G. C. Thompson
New River
East River District
William H. Wiles
Howard G. Lennon
William E. Copenhaver
Grand View Street
E. I. duPont de Nemours and Company
Raleigh W. Hambrick
Nemours
Antonio Pais
B. E. Jones
Carl Coeburn
Annie Mitchell
Red Oak Ridge
Beaver Pond
Lula L. Taylor
Carl
Bessie Coburn
W. S. Gibson
Thomas Dalton
Cumberland Heights
Joseph B. Hubbard
S. N. Hatcher
Rock District
Fred D. Gott
Ruby K. Gott
Valley View Land Company
J. G. Barber
Herbert B. Pearis
E. J. Hall
Lash Realty Company
Mercer Street
Luther F. Hale
Raleigh Street
A. O. Mosrie Ee Mosrie
Divorce Orders Entered In Mercer Circuit Court
Judge D M Easley entered three divorces in Mercer Circuit Court Monday. Carlene Ailiff, infant by Effie Hammond, v Vernon Ailiff, ordered $30 monthly temporary alimony and costs including $100 attorney fee. Helen Ruby Tate v Archie Monroe Tate awarded $50 monthly alimony during pendency, $36.50 suit money, $100 attorney fee, and custody of child during pendency. Viola McKenzie v Joe McKenzie ordered $11.50 costs plus future costs and a $100 counsel fee. defendant barred from cursing verbally abusing threatening and assaulting plaintiff.
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Princeton
D. M. Easley
Mercer
Carlene Ailiff
Effie Hammond
Vernon Ailiff
Helen Ruby Tate
Archie Monroe Tate
Viola McKenzie
Joe McKenzie
Easley
Property transfers on Princeton and Bluefield streets
Deeds show J Otis Stauffer and spouse transferring parcel 513 on Thorn Street Princeton to Eugene C Lucado. Essie E Bailey as executor sells part of lot 8 section 129 Highland Avenue Princeton. L M Sykes and wife convey part of lot 3 section 394 Farmer Avenue Bluefield to J M Meade and wife.
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Princeton
J. Otis Stauffer
Eugene C. Lucado
Mercer
North Second Streets
Essie E. Bailey
William G. Amick
Bernie A. Daling
Margaret E. Rogers
Highland Avenue
L. M. Sykes
J. M. Meade
Farmer Avenue
Bluefield
Missing Mercer County Man Found in Jail
Rolly Twigg a 63 year old from Bluestone was reported missing on June 3 by his daughter Alma Hayton. He was later found in Mercer County jail on June 13 where he is detained for drunkenness. Twigg left his Bluestone home heading to Pocahontas Virginia and Bluefield. He was described as about six feet tall with gray hair and brown eyes and uses a cane due to a blind left eye. The report noted he had not felt well with head pain.
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Princeton
Mercer County
Rolly Twigg
Bluestone
Alma Hayton
Twigg
Whitesville Personal: mine accident victim and moving notices
Charles Henry of Marfork is treated at Whitesville Clinic after a mine accident at Truax Tract mine in Marfork, suffering a concussion and scalp cut from a steel beam. Mr. and Mrs. Benjamin D. Shrewsbury and children Robert and Lynn relocate to Logan. Shrewsbury transfers to Chesapake and Potomac TelePhone Company. Georgia Arvon and Lou Wendricks return from Chicago after attending Cynthia Laddis’s wedding at the Laddis home.
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Whitesville
Charles Henry
Marfork
Henry
Truax-Tract
Mar- Fork
Logan
Benjamin D. Shrewsbury
Robert
Lynn
Shrewsbury
Whitesville Exchange
Chesapeake and Potomac Telephone Company
Danville Driver Hurt in Accident
Willard Ramsey, 34, of Danville, treated at Madison General Hospital Saturday for a fractured collarbone after his car struck a utility pole near Rock Creek, hospital attendants said.
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Danville
Madison General Hospital
Willard Ramsey
Rock Creek
Gore Named to Head Whitesville Phone Office
Chris F. Gore named manager at Whitesville for the Chesapeake and Potomac Telephone Company of West Virginia. native of Hinton, Concord College graduate, began in 1946 at Beckley and held roles in many areas of telephone work. Gore replaces B. D. Shrewsbury, who moves to Logan as safety coordinator.
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Whitesville
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Chris F. Gore
Chesapeake and Potomac Telephone Company
West Virginia
R. T. Collison
Logan
Hinton
Gore
Beckley
Fie
Charleston
B. D. Shrewsbury
Four Mercer Couples File Marriage License Bids
Four Mercer county couples filed applications for marriage licenses in the county clerk office. The pairings include Paul Thompson and Valda R. Pettry of Princeton Athens, Jesse L. Phillips and Josephine M. Smith of Bluefield, Howard Burgess and Myrtle Barnett of Bluefield, and Hoyt Raper and Ruth Shrader of Bramwell.
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Princeton
Mercer
Paul Thompson
Valda R. Pettry
Athens
Jesse L. Phillips
Josephine M. Smith
Bluefield
Howard Junior Burgess
Myrtle Barnett
Hoyt Raper
Freeman
Ruth Shrader
Bramwell
Whitesville Street Repairs Started
Whitesville street repairs began under Street Commissioner Harry Cooke who supervised a crew of Charles Underwood Ray Thompson and John Lambert. Seven and a half tons of patching material arrived though warm asphalt was not expected to stay in holes. Mayor J E Murray campaigns for state road commission aid for better highway maintenance and drainage.
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Whitesville
Harry Cooke
Charles Underwood
Ray Thompson
John Lambert
Cooke
J. E. Murray
State Road Commission
Divorce Suit Filed in Mercer Court
Freda Wimmer filed for divorce against Paul A. Wimmer in Mercer Court.
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Princeton
Freda Wimmer
Paul A. Wimmer
Mercer Court
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