Nine Leading Coal Producers Doing Business in This Area
The article ranks the nation’s top coal producers, noting nine of the top 15 operate in the immediate area. It lists companies and their 1954 tonnage, led by Pittsburgh Consolidation Coal Co and U.S. Steel Corp, with others including Sinclair-Southern Coal Groups, Eastern Gas & Fuel Associates, Island Creek Coal Co, Pond Creek Pocahontas Co, Bethlehem Steel, Truax-Tract Coal Co, Peabody Coal Co, Pittson Co, Pocahontas Fuel Co, Jones & Laughlin Steel Corp, Glen Alden Coal Co, Berwind-White group, North American group, and Philadelphia & Reading group.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Keystone
McGraw-Hill
Pittsburgh Consolidation Coal Co
U.S. Steel Corp
McDowell County
Sinclair- Southern Coal Groups
Eastern Gas & Fuel Associates
Raleigh
Wyoming
McDowell
Marion
Island Creek Coal Co
Pond Creek Pocahontas Co
Logan
Mingo
Bethlehem Steel Corp
Truax-Tract Coal Co
Kanawha
Peabody Coal Co
Pittson Co
Pocahontas Fuel Co
Jones & Laughlin Steel Corp
Trash or Brush Fires Require Permit in Oak Hill
Oak Hill report states burning trash or brush between 5 AM and 5 PM requires a state fire warden permit. No permit is needed from 5 PM to 5 AM. Violators face a $20 fine plus costs. escapees incur firefighting and damage costs. Permits available by writing or contacting Benny Humphrey at Pax.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oak Hill
BNS
J. F. Harell
Harell
Benny Humprey
Pax
Basford Infant Dies in Oak Hill
Funeral services for David Doyle Basford four day old son of Douglas Dale and Vertie Mae Basford will be held at 1 p.m. Wednesday conducted by Rev. John S. Winters at Oak Hill.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oak Hill
RNS
David Doyle Basford
Douglas Dale
Vertie Mae Basford
John S. Winters
Oak
Child’s Burial Planned in Monte Vista Cemetery
A child who died in Oak Hill Hospital on Monday will be buried at Monte Vista Cemetery in Bluefield. The funeral details are handled by Hill at the Thomas Funeral Home in Oak Hill. The family includes parents and a sister named Darline.
Mullens Man dies after attack at 80
Baren H. Shawver of Rupert and Greenbrier County born 1874 died after an attack. Funeral conducted in Merryville Louisiana with survivors including sister Mrs Perry Cook and a stepdaughter in Alabama. Shawver was a retired millwright architect and civil engineer, Baptist church member. He lived in Louisiana and other southern states over 50 years.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mullens
RNS
Merryville
Rupert
Greenbrier
Baren H. Shawver
Perry Cook
Shawver
Louisiana
Richwood
Andrew
Armanda Shawver
The
Baptist Church
Alabama
Hospital Admits 38 New Patients In Wyoming General
Wyoming General Hospital records show 38 admissions last week. Names listed include Frances Kiser Raven cliff Mary Lewis Stephenson Tommy Billings Otsego Jo Ann Richmond East Gulf Tommy Rash Rhodell Louise Blankenship Stephenson Mavis Richardson Maben David Blankenship New Richmond Harry Blankenship It mann Rebecca Grant Mabscott Marie Coleman Otsego Cornwell Roberts Mullens Inez Blankenship Glen Rogers Brenda Kay Lafferty Ravencliff Timothy Evans Corinne Lenora Miller Mathen Arthur Hall Mullens James Holt Corinne Lessie Pugh Mullens Billie Jean Staton Tams John Hawkins Amigo John Slavery Stephenson Laura Milam Otsego Ida Clay Soulsville Catherine Cullop Helen Georgia Mc Kinney Stephenson Bertha Dillon Keyrock Dolley Waycaster Allen Junction Kathy Lilly Josephine Jim Haynes Bud June Semenske Tralee Viola Blaylock Reva Prince Stephenson Parthena Perdue Mullens Arthur Pennington Co vel Roscoe Stewart Pineville Lola Hairston Wyco Minnie Cook Itmann.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mullens
RNS
Wyoming General Hospital
Frances Kiser
Ravencliff
Mary Lewis
Stephenson
Tommy Billings
Otsego
Jo Ann Richmond
East Gulf
Tommy Rash
Rhodell
Louise Blankenship
Mavis Richardson
Maben
David Blankenship
New Richmond
Harry Blankenship
Itmann
Rebecca Grant
Mabscott
Marie Coleman
Cornwell Roberts
Inez Blankenship
Glen Rogers
Brenda Kay Lafferty
Timothy Evans
Corinne
Lenora Miller
Mathen
Arthur Hall
James Holt
Lessie Pugh
Billie Jean Staton
Tams
John Hawkins
Amigo
John Slavery
Laura Milam
Ida Clay
Soulsville
Catherine Cullop
Helen
Georgia McKinney
Bertha Dillon
Keyrock
Dolley Waycaster
Allen Junction
Kathy Lilly
Josephine
Jim Haynes
Bud
June Semenske
Tralee
Viola Blaylock
Reva Prince
Parthena Perdue
Arthur Pennington
Covel
Roscoe Stewart
Pineville
Lola Hairston
Wyco
Minnie Cook
Fayette Road Bids Opened For State Route 61 Project
The state Road Commission will open bids for resurfacing 5.45 miles of State Route 61 from Montgomery to Deepwater and for 12.4 miles of road from Jaeger to Bradshaw through McDowell County.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charleston
Montgomery
Deepwater
State Road Commission
Jaeger
Bradshaw
McDowell
Billings Funeral Set for Wednesday
Services for Mrs Rosie M Billings 64 of Lochgelly who died at Oak Hill Hospital Sunday from a cerebral hemorrhage will be at Bethel Baptist Church at 2 PM Wednesday. Rev Teal Cochran Daniels will officiate and burial will follow in Bays Cemetery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oak Hill
RNS
Rosie M. Billings
Lochgelly
Oak Hill Hospital
Bethel Baptist Church
Teal Cochran
Daniels
Bays Cemetery
Meeting of Christian Woman's Fellowship at First Christian Church
The Christian Woman's Fellowship of First Christian Church will meet at 8 PM tonight at 603 Highland Ave the home of Mrs Clyde Kirk Mrs Jack Goode leads the devotional service and Mrs W P Ross conducts the book study on the program for the evening
Driver Dodges, Goes Into River, But Kills Child
In Whitesville a 3 year old girl, Jewell Fay Barker, daughter of Russell and Anna Barker, died after a car driven by Leroy Hutchinson veered off Route 3 into Coal River while trying to avoid the child who ran into the road. Hutchinson and a passenger were hospitalized. another passenger was uninjured. A serviceman on leave was the driver. Investigation continues. the child’s body rests at Valley Funeral Home in Whitesville.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Whitesville
RNS
Jewell Fay Barker
Russell
Anna Barker
Sylvester
J. A. Roberts
Leroy Hutchinson
Garrison
Hutchinson
Coal River
Harold Lee Critchfield
Kanawha Valley Hospital
Charleston
Leon Shirley Critchfield
Harold Lee
Roberts
Cpl
H. D. Gibbs
The
Valley Funeral Home
Former Mine Superintendent Returns Home After Hospital Stay
MULLENS West Virginia Kyle Peck Sabine former superintendent of the Sabine mine returned home from Wyoming General Hospital where he was treated for a heart attack. He is confined to bed for five weeks and he has since worked with Ravencliff Development Co. in the area.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mullens
Rns
Kyle Peck
Sabine
Wyoming General Hospital
Peck
Ravencliff Development Co
Cookies to Finance Fayette County Girl Scout Camp
Cookies will be on sale through Friday to fund the Fayetteville area Girl Scout Council camping program. Each girl selling 12 boxes earns a Cookie Badge and a Cookie Certificate if the troop hits the 12 boxes per girl goal. Two top sellers win Day Camp prizes. one Campership goes to Fayetteville to Mount Hope, the other to Jodie to Montgomery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fayetteville
RNS
Girl Scout Council
Fayette County
Mount Hope
Jodie
Montgomery
R. B. Herndon
Gauley Bridge
John Harsany
Oak Hill
Jack Calloway
R. N. German Jr
Charles L. Garvin Jr
Morris Proffitt
Kingston
Ruth Nutter
Harry Lyon
Charlton Heights
Boomer
de Witt Peck
Girl Scouts
Brownie
Lewis Funeral Set Wednesday
James Hensley Lewis who was shot to death Saturday night in Carlisle will be buried at Greenwood Park Cemetery Beckley after funeral services at Pleasant Valley Baptist Church Carlisle. The services are at 2 p.m. Wednesday with Rev. Will Schoffield officiating. He leaves a wife Edna Mae two daughters Gloria Jean and Linda Carol two sons James Jr and William Henry his mother Mrs Mary Hughes step father Woodie Hughes three brothers Robert Wilbert George in Germany and two sisters Nancy Kindley Memohrea Jenkins Lizzi Lewis.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Woodie Hughes
Anawalt
Robert
Wilbert
Carlisle
George
U.S. Army
Germany
Nancy Kindley
Memohrea Jenkins
Cooper
Lizzi Lewis
Liquor Store Robber Is Sentenced to Pen
Robert Taylor, 26, Wytheville, Va., was sentenced by Cir cuit Judge Robert N. Worrell to one to nineteen years in state prison for robbing the Pineville liquor store. The Feb 17 theft saw liquor valued at $1,000 to $2,000 taken. Taylor was arrested last week after pleading guilty in one day. Don Hodson and Guy Clark of the Liquor Control Commission noted the loss.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pineville
RNS
Robert Taylor
Wytheville
Robert N. Worrell
Taylor
Don Hodson
Beckley
Guy Clark
Fayetteville
Liquor Control Commission
Three Virginian Employes Promoted
MULLENS RNS Promotion of three Virginian Railway employes takes effect today. Walter A Grigg general foreman at Mullens shops advances to master mechanic of the Norfolk Division with headquarters at Victoria Virginia. He replaces Woodrow Osborne who becomes assistant superintendent of motive power with offices at Princeton. Grigg’s old Mullens post goes to I R McDaniels assistant general foreman until today.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mullens
RNS
Walter A. Grigg
Norfolk
Victoria
Woodrow Osborne
Princeton
Grigg
I. R. McDaniels
Mount Hope Safety Patrol Talk Draws 250
Mount Hope Elementary School hosted a Monday night assembly for about 250 parents and teachers where Beckley Patrolman Lonnie Price highlighted the benefits and work of school safety patrols. He noted no highway accidents involving local children in 1954 and this year so far.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mount Hope
Beckley
Lonnie Price
Price
Beckley Organization of
Boosters
Ray Barcel
Beckley Safety Patrol Boosters Club
Safety Patrol
Washington, D. C
Concord Elementary School Kitchen Robbery Probe Underway
Concord police and state investigators probe a robbery at the Concord Elementary School kitchen on Wednesday. Cpl. H D Gibbs of the State Police leads the inquiry. Loot includes dry milk canned beef cheese butter shortening green beans peanut butter sugar crackers and two large pots. An exterior kitchen door was found open and appeared forced with a skeleton key.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Concord
RNS
H. D. Gibbs
State Police
Gibbs
Jones Is Serving 30 Day Moonshine Sentence
Wil lie T. Jones of DuBois Hill Mount Hope is serving a 30 day jail term in Fayette County Jail for possession of moonshine liquor. Mayor Bernard Rocke of Mount Hope fined Jones $450 in a Thursday hearing. About 76 gallons of moonshine were seized Wednesday night at Jones home by Mount Hope City Police State Police and deputy sheriffs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oak Hill
RNS
Fayette County
Willie T. Jones
DuBois Hill
Mount Hope
Bernard Rocke
Jones
Drunk Driving Arrest in Oak Hill Virginia
Guy S S Light of Virginia was arrested around 2 30 a m and jailed on a charge of driving while drunk. City Patrolman Oris Stamey made the arrest at Oak Hill Jail early today.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oak Hill
ANS
Guy S&s. Light
Virginia
Oris Stamey
Oswald man hurt after fall at Oak Hill stairs
William Newson, 33, of Oswald, slipped and fell on a flight of stairs and was treated at Oak Hill Hospital for scalp injuries over the weekend.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oak Hill
RNS
Oswald
William Newson
Oak Hill Hospital
Retired Comfort Miner Dies in Charleston Hospital
James Ira Krepps 73 a retired miner died Sunday evening in a Charleston hospital Funeral services set for 2 p m Wednesday at Healing Stream Baptist Church Seth Rev Bud Sharp and Rev Ray Harris to officiate Burial in Drandy Cemetery Surviving include wife Oma eight daughters Ruby Mc Quiddy Omaha Neb Mrs Freda Elshide Elkhart Ind Mrs Iva Butcher Indore Mrs Alice Cool Ridgeview Mrs Lucille Jarvis Mrs Theresa Jarrett Detroit Mich Misses Betty Ann Naomi Jean Krepps at home sx sons Ross Richard Bremen Ind Crace Detroit Mich Howard Garrison Carlton and Charles at home 20 grandchildren and three great grandchildren Body to be taken to home at 5 p m today from Armstrong Funeral Home Whitesville
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Armstrong Funeral Home
Whitesville
Body of Veteran Ronda W Jarrell Arrives for Final Rites
PACKSVILLE BNS Final rites for Sgt. Ronda W. Jarrell 28 will be at 1 p.m. Saturday at Packsville Baptist Church with Rev Kenny French officiating. Burial in United Cemetery at Rhonda. Died in Prune Germany January 25, 1945 serving with the 773rd Tank Destroyers Third Army. Survived by mother Sadie Jarrell Packsville two sisters Lois Johnson Whitesville Laura Thomson Whitesville two half-brothers Don H Jarrell Packsville James P Jarrell Beckley and maternal grandparents Sam Spaulding Rhonda Body arrives Valley Funeral Home Whitesville Wednesday then home Thursday at 2 p.m.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Packsville
BNS
Ronda W. Jarrell
Packsville Baptist Church
Kenny French
United Cemetery
Rhonda
Jarrell
Prune
Germany
773Rd Tank Destroyers
Third Army
Sadie Jarrell
Lois Johnson
Whitesville
Laura Thomson
Don H. Jarrell
James P. Jarrell
Beckley
Sam _ Spaulding
Valley Funeral Home
Pythian Sisters Hold Monday Business Meeting
In Oak Hill the Pythian Sisters convened at the Knights of Pythias Hall for a business and social gathering. Reports of illness included three members Mrs Maude James Mrs Frances Compton and Mrs Thelma Boland all at home. Attendees listed include Mrs Thelma Burgess Mrs Juanita Legg and others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oak Hill
BNS
Pythian Sisters
Knights of Pythias Hall
Maude James
Frances Compton
Thelma Boland
Thelma Burgess
Juanita Legg
Bessie Kincaid
Ann Barton
Virginia Chapman
Elizabeth Baldry
Mabel Kincaid
Margaret Cummings
Pineville Personal Visits Highlight Weekend Guests
Pineville sees a flurry of weekend visits as residents host relatives and friends from Charleston Mullens Herndon Oceana and Oceana. W F Rose Jr. and his brother Coy L Rose meet kin in Pineville while C M Wikes host Oscar Butcher and Glen McKinney. Gail Cook Pizzino and Robert Knight travel to see family. Michael Rose visits from Mullens with Stanley Rose family. Dora Hurst of Oceana spends Monday in Pineville with Worrells.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pineville
Rns
W. F. Rose Jr
Coy L. Rose
Charleston
C. M. Wikes
Oscar Butcher
Glen McKinney
Herndon
Basil Elliott
F. P. Cook
James Pizzino
Gail
Robert P. Knight
Oceana
Stanley Rose
Michael
Mullens
Edgar B. Rose
Dora Hurst
W. C. Worrell
Billy
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Black Eagle
Wyoming County
Glen Alden Coal Co
Berwind-White Group
New River & Pocahontas Consolidated Coal Co
Fayette
McDowell Counties
Boone Counties
Philadelphia & Reading Group
Guyandotte River
White Ave
West Mullens
Hilo
Son of
Expert
Dodson Bros
Kanawha St
Sprague
Basford
Clarksburg, W.va
Sutton, W.va
Huntington, W.va
Morgantown, W.va
Parkersburg, W.va
Wheeling, W.va
Hollywood
Calif
Dallas, Texas
Miami, Fla
Virginia Beach, Va
Chesapeake & Potomac Telephone Company of
West Virginia
Martha Kay Mason
Thomas H. Mason
Alpha Delta Pi
University of Kentucky
Miss Mason
Phi Upsilon Omicron
Fayette Road
Billings
DR. Drake
Lewis
Charley
Raleigh Junk CO
Mabscott, W. Va
E. B. Krzysick
St. John’s Catholic Church
Mt. Hope
Oswald Man
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