New Officers Elected By Oak Hill Gardeners
Oak Hill Garden Club met at Mrs. G. S. Callison’s home and elected officers led by Mrs. A. L. Sydnor as president. Other officers included Mrs. F. A. Guffey, vice president. Mrs. Ike Brown, corresponding secretary. Mrs. C. P. Anderson, treasurer. Mrs. S. Hamilton, historian. and Mrs. W. H. Level, parliamentarian.
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Oak Hill
RNS
Beckley
A. W. Burdette
W. P. Bittinger
C. S. Donnelly
Haseley Attending West Virginia Guidance Convention Near Ripley
Luther L. Haseley, director of guidance at West Virginia Institute of Technology, attends the West Virginia Guidance Association convention at Camp Cedar Lakes near Ripley. The conference runs today and Saturday with focus on the National Defense Act and its impact on West Virginia.
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Montgomery
West Virginia Guidance Association
Camp Cedar Lakes
Ripley
Luther L. Haseley
West Virginia Institute of Technology
Confab
Haseley
West Virginia
Hinton Elks Nominate New State Of Officers
At a Tuesday Hinton Elks Lodge meeting a slate of officers was nominated. Gene G. Dobbs was nominated exalted ruler to succeed Conrad Graham, with Walter Nyle leading knight James B. Meadows royal knight Tommy Halloran lecturing knight George Scott tiler L.M. Meador secretary and Henry Harrison secretary. Officers will be elected March 17. Members M. L. Shull Ira Runyon Ted Argyrakis Ben H. Light Robert L D Harkins Elmer Korman were initiated and a buffet dinner followed.
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Hinton
RNS
Hinton Elks Lodge
Gene G. Dobbs
Conrad Graham
Walter Nyle
James B. Meadows
Tommy Halloran
George Scott
L.m.meador
Henry Harrison
M. L. Shull
Ira Runyon
Ted Argyrakis
Ben H. Light
Robert LD. Harkins
Elmer Korman
Local Airman Returns From 18 Months Overseas on 30 Day Leave
Airman Jackie Markham arrives home for a 30 day leave with parents Mr and Mrs William Markham after 18 months overseas He will report to Travis Air Force Base California upon completion of leave Weekend guests at Cecil Humphrey home include Maurice Humphrey of Norfolk Virginia and his wife and sons Michael and Hilly of Mount Hope.
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Pax
Jackie Markham
William Markham
States
Travis Air Force Base
California
Cecil Humphrey
Maurice Humphrey
Norfolk
Michael
Hilly
Mount Hope
Humphrey
Bonds Revoked and Mathena Jailed in Princeton
Judge Walter V. Ross revoked two bonds for Ira Mathena on burglary warrants issued in Princeton. He remains jailed on a $1,000 bond on a fugitive warrant from Carroll County Virginia. Mathena faces multiple warrants across Virginia West Virginia and North Carolina connected to an interstate theft ring.
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Princeton
Walter V. Ross
Ira Mathena
Mathena
Mercer County
Roscoe Pendleton
Carroll County
McDowell County
Tazewell County
Bland County
Virginia
West Virginia
North Carolina
End of era marks Norfolk family gathering
End of an era noted as Glen Humphrey of Norfolk Va visited Saturday night at the home of Mr and Mrs Seibert Janney along with his brother in law and sister Mr and Mrs Jack Murdock and their sons Johnny and Ronnie of Sophia
Crosier to Compete in Oratorical Contest
Carol Sue Crosier, Union High School senior from Keenan Monroe County, will compete in the Sectional American Legion Oratorical Contest at Fayetteville Monday after winning District Seven, with second place Judy Dove of Peterstown High. State finals are in Charleston later in March.
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Charleston
Lee Gillispie
Lewisburg High School
Nandis Campbell
White Sulphur Springs High School
Rachel Bussard
Hinton High School
Carol Sue Crosier
Greenville High School
John Hurt
Fayetteville High School
Mrs Gladys Ash Rites Saturday at Bethel Church
Funeral services for Mrs Gladys Ash age 26 of Dry Creek will be at 2 p.m. Saturday at Bethel Church with Rev Tolly Bonds officiating. Interment follows in Dickens Cemetery Pine Knob. She died Thursday morning at her parents home with survivors including husband York two daughters Peggy Lou and Brenda Lee plus siblings and a grandmother. Body to be moved to the Dickens home from Valley Funeral Home Whitesville.
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Dry Creek
Gladys Ash
Bethel Church
Tolly Bonds
Dickens
Pine Knob
Ash
James Beleton Dickens
York
Peggy Lou
Brenda Lee
David Dickens
Bolt
Delmer
Fairdale
Violet Stone
Cleveland
Ohio
Emma Grant
Reva Keith
Gracie Cook
Lou Webb
Edwight
Valley Funeral Home
Whitesville
Johnny Green's path from Wall Street to Tin Pan Alley
Johnny Green, famed composer of Body and Soul and other hits, began as an economics expert on Wall Street before discovering greater opportunity in Tin Pan Alley. His shift underscores a career pivot from finance to music during the early 20th century.
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Johnny Green
Wall Street
Tin Pan Alley
Hinkle Services Set On Saturday
Funeral services for Samuel A. Hinkle will be held Saturday at 2 p m in Williamsburg Methodist Church where he was a member. Burial follows in the church cemetery. Hinkle, 89, died Wednesday at the residence of his granddaughter Mrs Rudolph Henkel in Baltimore where he was visiting. Survived by Mrs Henkel. He managed the General Merchandise Store in Williamsburg for 35 years. Body to be taken from Wallace and Wallace Funeral Home at Lewisburg to the church an hour before the service.
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Williamsburg
Samuel A. Hinkle
Elbert Dillon Rites Incomplete
Elbert Dillon 83 of Indian Mills died Thursday evening after a four month illness. Born November 28, 1876 in Monroe County, he worked as a mail carrier since age 16 and briefly for Chesapeake and Ohio as a blacksmith. Surviving are his wife Willie, son Wallace of Maine, two stepsons George and Jess Raines, brothers Henry and Hal, a sister, 12 grandchildren and five great grandchildren. Body at Ronald Meadows Funeral Parlors.
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Indian Mills
RIIS
Elbert
Ebb) Dillon
Dillon
Monroe County
Thomas and
Mandy Robinson Dillon
Monroe
Summers
Chesapeake and Ohio Railway Co
Willie
Wallace
Maine
George
Jess Raines
Henry
St. Albans
Hal
Oak Hill
Ronald Meadows Funeral
Plaintiff Wins Suit in Fayette Circuit Court
In Fayetteville, Robert D. Fields of Gauley Bridge won 257.37 dollars in a jury trial against Quality Buick Inc of Montgomery over a faulty repair. Fields testified the car needed another garage after the Montgomery repair. Additional items note reporting changes of address to the U S Department of Justice and a separate statement about Methodist church leadership and Gypsy beliefs.
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Fayetteville
RNS
Fayette
Robert D. Fields
Gauley Bridge
Fields
Quality Buick Inc
Montgomery
Bostic Funeral Set On Sunday
Rock Camp Rock Camp Baptist Church will host the funeral for James Homer Bostic at 2 p.m. Sunday led by Revs. Page Neal and R. H. Crawford. Burial follows in Ellison Cemetery. he died at 66 after a brief illness. He was born May 20, 1892, a farmer and church member, survived by his wife Myrtle Ann Copeland, a son in Union, a brother, two sisters, and three grandchildren. Nephews will pallbear and nieces carry flowers.
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Rock Camp
James Homer Bostic
Rock Camp Baptist Church
Page Neal
R. H. Crawford
Ellison Cemetery
Bostic
Henderson and
Pauley Broyles Bostic
Broyles Funeral Home
Union
VanReenan rites set for Saturday in Marlinton
Funeral services for Bernard Marion VanReenan will be held at 2 p.m. Saturday in the West Union Church near Marlinton with Rev. C Clyde Buzzard and Rev. Ezra Bennett officiating. Burial will be in Cochran Cemetery. VanReenan, 65, died in a Marlinton hospital Wednesday night after a two month illness from lymphosarcoma. He was a foreman for the State Road Commission in Pocahontas County, born October 16 1893 at Onoto, son of William M. and Naomia M. VanReenan. He leaves a widow Mrs Mattie E. VanReenan, seven brothers including Albert of Bluefield Lonnie and Gilbert of Marlinton Porter of Baltimore Forrest of Warren Ohio Hubert of Beard and Carl of Williamson and four sisters Mrs Ella Tyler and Mrs Margaret Barlow of Warren Ohio Mrs Myrtle Hamrick of Huntington. Two sons Vale of Mill Creek Earl of Marlinton and Lake R VanReenan stationed with the Air Force at Madison Wis and two daughters Mrs Juanita Groseclose of Fredericktown Ohio and Mrs Nina Sargent of Paris France. One son preceded him in death in 1931. The body is at Smith Funeral Home in Marlinton.
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Marlinton
Rns
Bernard Marion VanReenan
West Union Church
State Road Commission
Pocahontas County
Onoto
William M
Naomia M. VanReenan
Mattie E. VanReenan
Albert
Bluefield
Lonnie
Gilbert
Porter
Baltimore
Forrest
Warren
Ohio
Hubert
Beard
Carl
Williamson
Ella Tyler
Margaret Barlow
Myrtle Hamrick
Huntington
Vale of
Mill Creek
Earl
Lake R. VanReenan
Air Force
Madison
Wis
Juanita Groseclose
Fredericktown
Nina Sargent
Paris
France
Smith Funeral Home
Daywood Art Gallery to Open March 15 in Lewisburg
Lewisburg opens the Daywood Art Gallery Inc on March 15 from 2 to 5 p.m. with usual hours resuming March 16, admission 50 cents good for the year. The show features state artists and works by Robert E. Martens, Gladys Tuke, Jo E. Wills, Elizabeth Estill, Agnes Huston, and Jess F. Reed, including new prints and sculptures.
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Robert E. Martens
Charleston
Bobby
Gladys Tuke
White Sulphur Springs
Art Colony
Greenbrier
Elizabeth Estill
Agnes Huston
Jo E. Wills
Lewisburg
Jess F. Reed
Belington
Davis and Elkins College
Reed
Library of Congress
Rochester Museum
Los Angeles
Albany Print Club
Albany Institute of Art and History
Chicago
Fayette Auxiliary Holds Guest Day at Falls View
The Woman's Auxiliary to the Fayette County Medical Society hosted a dessert bridge at Falls View, Stallard residence, on Wednesday to raise funds for the American Medical Education Foundation. Six bridge tables contested, with prizes awarded to guests and members.
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Oak Hill
ANS
Woman's Auxiliary
Fayette County Medical Society
Falls View
C. W. Stallard
American Medical Educational Foundation
William R. Laird
R. M. German Jr
Zane
Monroe County March of Dimes Campaign Totals $2200
Campaign director G. O. Dransfield reports Monroe County has collected $2,200 to date for the March of Dimes, compared with $1,969 at the same time last year. District chairman Mrs. James Karnes lists contributions from Sweet Springs districts and several churches and groups totaling $294, with thanks to district chairmen, county workers, participants, and contributing churches and organizations for the successful drive.
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Carmel Church School
Carmel Women of the Church
Pine Grove Women’s Society of Christian Service
Cokesbury Women’s Society of Christian Service
Cokesbury
Sweet Springs Baptist Church
Shiloh Church
Waiteville Union
Waiteville
Dransfield
Algeria Faces Water Shortage Despite Dams Built
The article notes a major water supply problem in Algeria, where more than 22 dams were constructed by the French government for irrigation. It also mentions Washington DC has 34 miles of railroad tracks.
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Hotpoint
Algeria
North Africa
District of Columbia
Washington, D. C
Shakerstown Kentucky Founded by Shakers United Society Believers
A note on Shakerstown in Kentucky mentions its origins with the Shakers, also known as the United Society of Believers, highlighting its founding group and early name.
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Shakerstown, Ky
Shakers
The
United Society of Believers
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