Rotary Club to Sponsor Summer Camp for Fayette County Crippled
Oak Hill program notes transportation to a summer camp for crippled children in Fayette County. Bruce Caifield explains state Crippled Children's Society efforts in West Virginia. A fundraising drive starts March 31 with a film demonstration by Lyn A. Frasier. A committee led by Dr Phillip Oden and others will work with local high school students on supervised recreation projects. Ross Newman of Beckley attended as a guest.
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Oak Hill
Rotary Club
Fayette County
Hotel Hill
Bruce Caifield
Children’s Society
West Virginia
W. B. Rocke
Mount Hope
Lyn A. Frasier
Phillip Oden
John ¥. Donachy
L. J. Epstein
Joe Oliver
W. B. Bundy, Jr
Lub
Ross
Newman
Beckley
Bert Hall Resigns Cub Scout Duties in Mount Hope
Mount Hope Lions Club seeks a new Cubmaster after Bert Hall, current leader, asked to be relieved. Pack has five active Den Mothers and Den Chiefs from Troop 91 plan weekly activities with support from Lions Club as a new scout building is planned. March theme is Kites with handmade displays expected at month end.
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Funeral services for Mrs Ida L Puckett in Lansing
Funeral rites for Ida Large Puckett 77 die noted at her Lansing home. Services planned at Lansing Baptist Church with Rev Roland Kennedy and Rev John Bragg. burial in Lansing Cemetery. Body to be moved from Dodds Funeral Home to daughter Mrs A B Coyer’s home before the service. Survived by three daughters and several relatives in Kentucky New Jersey and Tennessee.
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Whitby
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Middleboro
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Gordon
Mannie Ray
New Jersey
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Gap
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Adam
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Town
Bradley Outpost to Begin Year Debt Free
Mount Hope Presby Church Circle 3 outputs Bradley Outpost as debt free with a chapel start under Price Hill Outpost Sunday School. The $7,000 project is funded by $1,000 from Price Hill and aims to buy chairs and a work table for beginners class.
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Pythian Convention Date Moved to April Second
The Pythian convention planned for March 19 at Signal Knob Lodge in Ansted has been rescheduled for April 2. The change avoids a clash with a banquet planned by the Knights of Khurassan to honor Layten K Pegram at the Hotel Hill at 7 p.m. Grand secretary T. Price announced after visiting Ansted Lodge and helping install new candidate K C Sisk. An invitation invites Oak Hill Knights of Pythias to the Ansted lodge meeting on March 15.
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Maben Father Held in Jail In Domestic Incident
Leonard Mayse of Maben sits in the Wyoming County Jail after defaulting on a 560 peace bond and 15 dollars in fines from magistrate R. M. Stovall. Beulah Mayse testified that Mayse struck their 14 year old son with a vase and threatened his throat with a knife while reportedly drinking.
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Leonard Mayse
Maben
Wyoming
R. M. Stovall
Mayse
Beulah Mayse
History of Prayer Book Told at Meet
In Oak Hill the St. Anne's Altar Guild discussed the Book of Common Prayer's aim to unite Anglican worship. Rev John A Wilson Jr noted the book's global reach second only to the Bible. The group planned altar linen purchases and a barbecue supper, with Easter services prep set for April 17.
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Anglia
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St. Anne’s
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Episcopal Church
Holt Funeral Rites Thursday
Holt funeral services set for 1 p.m. Thursday for Henry Luther Holt 50 of New Richmond who died unexpectedly from a heart attack at a Wyco store while employed by E C Minter Coal Co. He leaves a wife Laura Rutherford Holt a daughter Mary Lou Holt and siblings Frank George and Bessie Hall. Burial at Mt Tabor Cemetery near Beckley. Thorn in Leg notes NC Tarheels were top non conference disruptors to SEC in 1948. SEC lost six to outsiders, UNC won three, Clemson two, Texas one.
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Birmingham
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Christian Circle Seeks Sewing and Medical Supplies
Members of the First Christian Church Beckley appeal for sewing and medical supplies to aid China. The group gathered for a pot luck supper led devotional Growth and a mission study A Day At South Gate. Fourteen members and a guest attended. next meeting after Easter.
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Mack Meador
Mayo Mitchell
South Gate
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Pinecrest Sanitarium
C. M. Doss
Circle Fete Concludes Year With Members and Gifts
Twenty four members of Circle 1 of the First Baptist Church met at leader Mrs. Oscar C. Helm's Pine Street home for the final year meeting. A covered dish dinner was served and the leader received a gift for her service. Dr. Alvin J. Cook led a missionary prayer, Mrs. D. O. Totten led devotions, and Mrs. Ted Warfonicki, Mrs. Mary Buckland, and Miss Lega Hawley entertained with piano accompaniment by Miss Wrene Porter. The session closed with group singing of Blessed Be the Tie That Binds.
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First Baptist Church
Oscar C. Helm
Pine Street
Alvin J. Cook
D. O. Totten
Ted Warfonicki
Mary Buckland
Lega Hawley
Wrene Porter
Miss Helm
Circle No. 12 Members and Guests Meet
Thirteen members and four guests attended Circle No. 12 of the Methodist Temple Tuesday night. Mrs. Fred Roschi hosted at her Park Street home. Devotional by Mrs. John C. Walters focused on Faith from Newness of Life. The group plans to buy a dress for Marguerite Bugby missionary to India and supply school materials. Prizes went to Mrs. W. H. Foglesong and Mrs. E. S. Pugh. Refreshments followed.
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R. B. Armentront
Anise Bailey
Earl Snead
Circle No. 12
Methodist Temple
Fred Roschi
Park Street
John C. Walters
Marguerite Bugby
India
W. H. Foglesong
E. S. Pugh
Lightning Ignites About Eleven Hundred Forest Fires
Weather note reports roughly 1100 forest fires sparked by lightning annually in the northern Rocky Mountain region, highlighting wildfire risk and seasonal impact.
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Mullens Firemen Fight Hillside Blaze Near High School
Mullens volunteer firefighters tackled two alarms yesterday. the second at 12 10 am near Mullens High School as a trash pile behind a new house ignited and spread to about two acres on the slate mountain side before being quenched. High school students helped, winds fanned the flames, no building damage. Fire Chief Clyde Newsome cited a city ordinance forcing trash fires to be in metal containers with watchers during daylight and away from buildings. The first alarm at 10 am reported a clothes closet fire in W M Pentruffs home.
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Mrs Robert Hoge Feted By Two At Mullens Party
Mrs. Robert Hoge the former Miss Marjorie Ruth is honored in Mullens at a party hosted by two friends. The event marks her marriage to Robert Hoge with local guests and well wishers in attendance.
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Mullens
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Jones Child Drowns in Creek Near Glen Jean
Three year old Gary Joe Jones of Glen Jean drowned yesterday afternoon in Loop Creek near his home. He was playing outside when part of the bank collapsed and his body was found about 50 feet from the water. He is survived by his parents and siblings Wanda Jean Janet Fern Judy Kay and Lloyd Edward. The body remained at Collins Funeral Home pending funeral arrangements.
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Stevens Home Razed by Fire in Mount Hope
Fire of undetermined origin destroyed a six room frame house on MacDonald Hill occupied by Shirley Stevens and family. Mount Hope volunteers were summoned to the blaze which leveled the home and its furnishings. the family was away and nothing was saved.
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Trooper Simon Changes Detachment for Shinnston Assignment
Mullens Detachment of State Police will be manned by line officers as Trooper W M Simon transfers from Company D to Company A in the Clarksburg area. Corporal R L Tabscott reports no other assignments to his detachment. A New York harbor Police launch spotted three migrating brown rats from New Jersey crossing the Hudson River toward Manhattan.
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