Fayette Garden Council Names Officers for Year
OAK HILL RNS New officers for the 1954 55 term were elected at a Fay ette County Garden Club Council meeting at the home of Mrs Verne Harvey Hilltop Mrs Harvey was named president Mrs Martin Hopstetter Ansted was chosen vice president and Mrs Bessie Foster Glen Jean secretary treasurer The meeting also covered a garden club tour May 26 and flower arranging schools with regional director Mrs J C Hamilton Fayetteville, Os regional meeting in Fayetteville in October. Refreshments followed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oak Hill
RNS
Fayette County
Garden Club Council
Verne Harvey
Hilltop
Harvey
Martin Hopstetter
Ansted
Bessie Foster
Glen Jean
Mae Puckett
H. R. Beckelheimer
Fayetteville
Fred Dickinson
Leo Storey
Huntington
J. C. Hamilton
Appalachian
Gladys Boley
Mation Miller
Lookout Garden Club
H. R. Beckleheimer
Payetteville
Alex Gray
Garden Study Club
L. M. Corey
Mount Hope Garden Club
C. C. Thompson
Glen Jean Garden Con
W. A. Bragg
Ansted Garden Club
Ruth Stacey
W. R. Topham
Glen Falls Gard Club
John Holliday
Vandalia Garden Club
W. C. Bishop
AEP to Purchase Electrical Units In Fayette Towns
KINGSTON The Appalachian Electric Power Co. has been authorized by the Public Service Commission to purchase electrical distribution facilities in six Fayette County communities from Allied Chemical and Dye Corp. Appalachian said it would pay 11 700 for the systems at Longacre Carbondale Harewood Martz Five Mile and Kingston. A combined system will serve about 590 customers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kingston
Appalachian Electric Power Co
Public Service Commission
Fayette County
Allied Chemical and Dye Corp
Appalachian
Longacre
Carbondale
Harewood
Martz Five Mile
Oak Hill Pythians Sponsor Six To State Camp
Oak Hill Knights of Pythias will sponsor six youths from the Oak Hill area to attend the Pythian Boys Camp in Grantsville West Virginia August 5 to 14. The meeting also announced the admission of Dr C F Eastwood pastor of Oak Hill Methodist Church and his initiation dating back to 1919. A dinner for Pythian Club members will be held July 6 with officer installation for 1954 55 to follow and the rank page to be conferred July 13.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oak Hill
RNS
Knights of Pythias
Pythian
Grantsville
W. Va
Pythian Hall
C. F. Eastwood
Oak Hill Methodist Church
South Pittsburgh, Tenn
Del
Pythian Club
Lodge
W. P. Price
A C C Capsules Promise Relief for Muscular Aches
An advertisement touts A C C capsules from Alfalfa Concentrate Inc as fast relief for muscular aches and pains caused by neuralgia headaches colds arthritis and rheumatism. One month supply provides 100 capsules.
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Alfalfa Concentrate, Inc
Contests At Pack Meeting Highlight Cub Scout Events
At Fayetteville ANS Cub Scout Pack 149 held a Friday lawn meeting at the American Legion home with two contests. A bucket relay and a banana eating relay were conducted as Den One led the opening with a Star Spangled Banner singalong.
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Fayetteville
ANS
American Legion
den No. One
J. W. Jones
Tribe of Lion
Jerry Jones
Sammy Groves
Bill Bess
Bobby Learmonth
Tribe of Bear
Lee Bess
Tribe of Wolf
Bobby Lilly
Lee Dempsey
Joe Bill Bess
Dodo Brooks
Rick Hesse
A. E. Whanger
Red Cross
Ambulance Delivers Baby On Wisconsin Road
Mrs. Buster White and her infant daughter arrived home with the stork intercepting an ambulance near Whitesville Tuesday. Leonard Johnson of Johnson Mortuary, driving to Charleston hospital, stopped for a Valley Bell Dairy ice truck whose contents were used in the delivery. The ambulance headed to a Whitesville doctor for checkup. mother and baby are reported doing fine.
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Whitesville
Johnson
Pettit Funeral Rites Thursday
Mount Hope mourns as 83 year old W Bruce Pettit dies after a three year illness. Funeral services will be at Mount Hope Methodist Church at 2 30 p m Thursday with Rev Arnold Belcher officiating. Burial in High Lawn Memorial Park. Pettit survived by wife Isabella, two sisters in Virginia, three sons T L and J L Pettit and George, a daughter Genevieve Lyons, four grandchildren and a great grandchild. Pettit, born in Fluvanna County, moved to Mount Hope 57 years ago and was a retired carpenter and Moose Lodge member. Body to be moved to home this evening from Lindamood Funeral Home and to church an hour before service.
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Mount Hope
RNS
W. Bruce Pettit
Mount Hope Methodist Church
Arnold Belcher
High Lawn Memorial Park
Isabella Twaddle Pettit
Thomas Johnson
Columbia
Moose Lodge
Lindamood Funeral Home
Air Scout Unit undertakes 70 mile hike into Virginia
Nine members of Air Scout Squadron No. 3 left Fayetteville for a 70 mile hike into Virginia. Led by scoutmaster Frank Thomas the group plans 20 mile daily marches along the New River historic trail with 35 pounds of gear each. Layton K. Pegram accompanies them from Oak Hill, with early camping at the air port and telephonic check ins along the route. The four day trek aims to reach and return from the hike with safety measures including possible air rescue if needed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fayetteville
ANS
Air Scout Squadron No. 3
Virginia
Layton K. Pegram
Oak Hill
Thurmond
New River
Frank Thomas
Thomas
4-H Camp at Clifftop Scheduled July 11 17
The Fayette County 4-H encampment will be held at the Washington Carver Camp in Clifftop from July 11 to 17 for boys and girls. Registration details and travel information are available from local leaders or Mrs. Ethel H. Banks. Classes include Courtesy and grooming conservation nature study 4-H information and music with special activities planned.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clifftop
Fayette County
Washington Carver
Ethel H. Banks
C. T. Hairston
Wesley Lynch
Institute
Construction Begins On Church Addition At First Methodist
Fayetteville ANS reports the First Methodist Church adds a two story rear expansion. Estimated cost about 000. It includes nursery and kindergarten rooms on the first floor, a new pastor study on the second floor, youth and intermediate rooms, a new chancel, corridors linking to the old building, and a choir loft seating 75.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fayetteville
ANS
Fayette Registration Office Extends Saturday Hours
The Fayette County Court House registration office will stay open until 4 p.m. Saturday July 3. It normally closes at noon and July 3 is the last day to register alter correct cancel transfer or change names to vote in the August 3 primary. Changes must be made in person at the County Court House. No sitting or canvass will be conducted this year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fayetteville
RNS
Fayette County Court House
County Court House
Founders Day Observance Planned by Rainbow Girls
Mount Hope Rainbow for Girls Assembly 14 plans a Founders Day hay ride picnic on July 8 leaving Mount Hope in the afternoon for Little Beaver Park. They will swim dance and cook supper then return by dark. Members discussed Grand Assembly drill teams and a new lineup at the high school tennis court July 1.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mount Hope
Assembly
Order of Rainbow
Little Beaver Park
American Legion
Rainbow Assembly
Jeanette McClung
Kathie Gulbin
Nancy Pennington
Rhododendron Girls State
Marie Schutt
Camp Horseshoe
Miss Gulbin
Sue Quenon
Charity
Nancy Stover
Suzanna Caperton
Virginia Scott
Nature
Sylvia Smith
Fidelity
Carol Bragg
Phyllis Trail
Elizabeth Smith
Nancy Burruss
Hope
Deanna Evans
Loretta Smith
Eva Park
Mary Cheek
Zona
Hoke
Betty Brown
Confidential Observer
Dreama Mee- Clung
Outer Observer
Gloria Slayton
Flora Twaddle
New Wogttly
Winona
Ranbow
Jenny Cope Carter
Ruth Clark
Railway employee hurt at work in Virginia incident
James Clinton Mills, 42, of Ironto Va a Virginian Railway telephone line man, was treated at Wyoming General Hospital for facial injuries after a metal bar used to dig a hole struck him in the face cutting his left eye and cheek before referral to a Princeton eye specialist.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mullens
James Clinton Mills
Ironto
Wyoming General Hospital
Princeton
Mills
Fire Destroys Edwight Building
Damages were estimated at 8000 dollars when a fire destroyed the Raleigh Wyoming Coal Co poolroom in Edwight at 1 30 a m Tuesday Whitesville firefighters arrived too late to save the structure but saved a nearby store and post office The cause of the blaze was not determined and the building was completely destroyed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Raleigh-Wyoming Coal Co
Whitesville
Curry Residence Scene of Party
The Pineville bridge luncheon at the home of Mrs. E. M. Curry featured seven hostesses led by Mrs. R. E. Kuhn and included prize winners Mrs. French Lucas Beckley high and Mrs. Carl Hammon second. A large guest list from Pineville and nearby towns attended the event.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pineville
E. M. Curry
R. E. Kuhn
Goodwin Jarvis
Jack Shipman
D. W. Hollinger
C. A. Pancake
W. V. McNemar Jr
Curry
French Lucas
Beckley
Carl Ham
Curtis Crotty
John D. Farmer
Mullens
R. D. Bailey
W. C. Bailey Jr
Theodore Bailey
C. S. Worrell
Paul Goode
Pete Morgan
J. W. Houck
Joseph P. Taylor
Ned C. Rogers
Sam Bowers
Roy Brown
Fred T. Box
T. G. Morgan
Ed Droppleman
Violet Lusk
Maggie Goode
Russell Beavers
A. E. Baldwin
George A. Brooks
Earl Ledford
Ed Hawley
Woodrow Rutherford
John B. Thomas
Everette H. Collins
O. D. Litton
C. S. Smith
W. W. Bolt
John S. Lambert
F. E. Shannon
Albert R. Young
Spangler Receives NYU MBA Degree
Fayetteville resident Harry V. Spangler has earned a master of business administration from New York University Stern School of Business. He serves as a supply officer with the U.S. Public Health Service in Norfolk, Virginia.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fayetteville
Harry V. Spangler
New York University
School of Business Administration
United States Public Health Service
Norfolk
Sunday Visitors From Fayetteville Family List
Sunday visitors of Mr and Mrs P Farley on Laurel Creek Road included Mr and Mrs H H Wells Van Griffith Shirley Griffith Barbara Perdue Ghent Mr and Mrs George Kettlewell and their Fayetteville family.
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Fayetteville
Rns
P. Farley
Laurel Creek Road
H. H. Wells
van Griffith
Shirley Griffith
Barbara
Donald Perdue
Ghent
George Kettlewell
Mullens Installs New Three-Man City Board At Midnight
Mullens begins two year rule with Woodrow Cook as mayor as oath taken after last night’s council meeting. Eugene Atkins and William Staats join Cook in a split ticket administration. Replacements planned for street commissioner Oscar England and possibly city attorney, to be chosen from local firms once court matters resolve.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mullens
ANS
Board of Commissioners
Woodrow W. Cook
N. W. Trent Co
Joe Orr
Cook
Citizens Party
Eugene Atkins
William F. Staats
Kindgon and Kingdon
Orr
Fayette Road Bids Considered by State Road Commission
Contracts for Fayette County road work were opened with relocations of U.S. Route 60 at Montgomery for a new bridge across the Kanawha River. L. S. Coleman Co. of St. Albans bid $431,345 for the Route 60 relocation in Kanawha and Fayette counties. A second Fayette project seeks Federal Bureau of Public Roads approval for an overhead Dunloup Creek bridge on U.S. Route 21 as part of the Mount Hope Bypass. Smith Construction Co. of Huntington bid $131,953.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fayette County
State Road Commission
Montgomery
Kanawha
Fayette Counties
Kanawha River
L. S. Coleman Co
St. Albans
Federal Bureau of Public Roads
Dunloup Creek
U. S. Route 21
Mount Hope By- Pass
Smith Construction Co
Huntington
Naoma Family in Wreck Injured in Kanawha City Crash
A four member Naoma family, including Blondell Jarrell and children Dottie Lou 5 Shirley 10 and Roger 8, are listed in satisfactory condition at Kanawha Valley Hospital after a Tuesday collision between a late model convertible driven by Eugene Jarrell Naoma and a dump truck turning from MacCorkle Ave onto 50th St. The car was demolished and the driver’s wife and kids sustained injuries varying from severe chest trauma to minor cuts.
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Naoma
Kanawha Valley Hospital
Kanawha City
Eugene Jarrell
MacCorkle Ave
50Th St
Jarrell
Blondell
Dottie Lou
Shirley
Roger
Postmaster Exam Scheduled for Naoma Post Office
The Civil Service Commission announced an examination to fill the Naoma postmaster position at the Naoma fourth class post office. Applications must be filed by July 20. The annual salary is $2,611.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Naoma
Civil Service Commission
Miss Carolyn Blankenship Returns to Philadelphia
Miss Carolyn Blankenship returns to Philadelphia Pa after visiting family in Crowley-Worrell Addition. She was maid of honor for her sister Patti Perry Blankenship at the June 14 wedding of Charles Jack Wells at Cook Memorial Baptist Church Pineville and for Elizabeth Joan Roe at the Methodist Temple Beckley with Karl Patteson Warden.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pineville
Rns
Carolyn Blankenship
Philadelphia
C. A. Blankenship
Crowley-Worrell
Miss Blankenship
Patti Perry Blankenship
Charles Jack Wells
Cook Memorial Baptist Church
Elizabeth Joan Roe
Karl Patteson Warden
Methodist Temple
Beckley
Doan's Pills Promote Kidney Comfort In Ads
Nagging backache and loss of energy may signal slow kidney function. Doctors warn kidney health is vital and stress can impair it. Doan's Pills offer mild diuretic relief, claimed to aid kidney tubes and filters in flushing waste. Ady.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dean
Doan
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Fayette Garden Council
AEP
Fayette Towns
Oak Hill Pythians
A.C.C
Cohen's Drug Store
Neville St. Beckley
Open Air Theatre
Stamford Rd
Jack Slade
Mark Stevens
Dorothy Malone
Killer Ape
Johnny Weismuller
Carol Thurston
Consolidated
Vera Ralstos
Joan Leslie Forrest Tucker
John Russell
Ray Middleton
Pat O ° Briew
Pacific
Eee
Wendell Corey
Evelyn Keyes
Marie Windsor
Stork
Renaldo
Carrillo
Pancho
Air Scout
Wyoming
Pineville Drive
Ray Mill
Jane Wyman
Roy Rogers
Smiley Burnette
Fayette
Rainbow Girls
Glen Jean, W. V
Seven Seas
John Payne
Donna Reed
Wsaz-Tv
Gene McKnight
The
Happy Valley Boys
Edwight Building
Mullens and
Herndon
Cinemascope
Leonard Sillman
Edward L. Alperson
Oscar England
T. F.brammer
Lewis Bolen
George Jenkins
City Hall
W. F. Staats
Fayette Road
YRIG
M-G-M
Co Cnemagere
Ann Blyth
Edmund Mean
Om Sarom
John Ericson
Louis Calhern
Edmund Cena
Cupours
Sama Betta ST. Ohm
Sony Wlaams
CVE Yar
Ady
KMT Hope
John Ireland
Lon McCallister
Kiev
Thea Ey
Donald O'C Nicaea
With Patricia Medina
Simarron
Audie Murphy
PS Eee
Demetrius
Century-Fox Cinemascope
Mm Victor
Susan Mature
Hayward Michael Rennie
Debra Paget
Anne Bancroft
Jay Robinson
Monet
Delmer Daves
Weevr
Frank Ross
Pip Dunne
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