Two Youths Face Murder Trials in Fayette County
Two youths and a 19 year old mother, Martha Frances Lee, are slated for murder trials in Fayette Circuit Court. Roy Albert Fitzwater, held in Fayette County Jail after a Michigan arrest, faces trial for the Meadow Bridge killing of Anderson Lewis. Lee bonded at 1300 dollars and released after waiving grand jury action. docket includes multiple other cases and civil suits set for April in Fayette County.
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Fayettevele
RNS
Martha Frances Lee
McDunn
Fitzwater
Fayette
Fayette County
Roy Albert Fitz-turn
Flint
Mich
Meadow Bridge
Anderson Lewis
Lee
Landy Ben Lee
Railway Shop Worker Robert Moorefield Rites Planned
Funeral services for Robert Ivan Moorefield 44 a Mullens Virginia Railway machinist helper will be held at 2 p m today at Fincastle Baptist Church Burial will follow in Trinity Cemetery Fincastle He died unexpectedly Saturday of a heart attack while tractor farming with his wife’s parents near Fincastle He had worked Friday at the Mullens Shops and then returned to his farm Survivors include his wife Louise and two sons Jimmy 14 and Bobby II born June 4 1911 in Doe Valley Tennessee
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J. W. Joyce
Wyco
Mullens
Doe Valley
Tenn
Lottie, Moorefield
James Elbert Moorefield
Louise
Jimmy
Bobby
Bluestone Baptist Mission Society Meeting Recap
Mrs. H R Stafford hosted the Bluestone Baptist Mission Society at her home. Mrs. John C Ridenour led a devotional and book review on The Whole Family Reads Baptist Periodicals. A duet was sung with piano by Virginia Deeds, and the group voted a five dollar Red Cross donation.
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H. R. Stafford
Bluestone Baptist Mission Society
Red Cross
Nimitz Baptist Church
Geneva Mitchem
Ansted Principal William Vandall funeral set
Funeral services for William Kenneth Vandall 51 principal of Ansted High School are scheduled for 2 p m today at the Church of the Redeemer Ansted Reverend James H Davis and Reverend Roger P Melton will conduct the service Burial will follow at Highawn Memorial Park Oak Hill Vandall died Saturday in a Montgomery hospital after a heart attack at home He was a 30 year Fayette County public school veteran and former principal at Montgomery High School and Lookout Vandall born July 9 1904 in Pratt was a son of Newton J Vandall and Ota Tucker Vandall He belonged to several local groups and churches survived by his wife Elizabeth Amick Vandall daughter Jean Vandall and brother N J Vandall Jr of Charleston.
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Ansted
RNS
William Kenneth Vandall
Ansted High School
Church of the Redeemer
James H. Davis
Roger P. Melton
Highawn Memorial Park
Oak Hill
Vandall
Montgomery
Fayette County
Montgomery High School
Lookout Vandall
New River State College
Wes Virginia Institute of Technology
Duke University
Pratt
Newton J. Vandall
Ota Tucker Vandall
Winona Masonic Lodge
Elizabeth Amick Vandall
Jean Vandall
N. J. Vandall Jr
Charleston
Fire damages Deerfield mine preparation plant in Mullens
A Sunday fire at the American Coal Company's Deerfield mine prep plant caused about 500 in damage. Firefighters arrived 12 minutes after a passerby report and prevented interruptions to production. A hot rivet or hot metal from the cleaning crew ignited an oil hose feeding the oil treatment system.
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Mullens
RNS
American Coal Company
Deerfield
Mullens Vol Yenbeer
Fire Destroys Moro's Tavern in Route 2 Area
A early morning blaze gutted Moro's Tavern between Fayetteville and Oak Hill. Firefighters saved some furnishings but water shortages and defective wiring are blamed for the fire. Owner Jesse Boles of Oak Hill operates the business and the tavern had a pavilion and outdoor dance floor.
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Fayetteville
RNS
Moro’s
Oak Hill
Firanen
Ney
Lax Summer
East Main St
Oak Hi
Mullens Hospital Births Report Six Babies Born In March
Mullens Wyoming General Hospital lists newborns including an eight pound one ounce boy David Lee born March 8 to James William Paitsel Mullens. a seven pound three ounce boy James Stewart born March 3 to Virgil Lee Grubb Windling Gulf. a seven pound ten ounce boy Fred Dewayne born March 2 to Fredrick Lambert Wyco. a nine pound girl Sharon Kay born March 2 to Wyatt Belcher Jr Rockview. an eight pound girl Debra Carol born March 2 to Robert Clair Byars Mullens. twins Brenda Kay five pounds seven ounces and Linda Rae six pounds seven ounces born March 1 to Heery Bud and wife. a seven pound one ounce girl Betty Jane born Feb 3 to Andrew J O Neal Jr Bud.
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Mullens
RNS
Wyoming General Hospital
David Lee
James William. Paitsel
James Stewart
Virgil Lee Grubb
Windling Gulf
Fred Dewayne
Fredrick Lambert
Wyco
Sharon Kay
Wyatt Belcher Jr
Rockview
Debra Carol
Robert Clair Byars
Brenda Kay
Linda Rae
Heery Vv
Bud
Betty Jane
Andrew J. O'Neal Jr
Hospital Admits 19 During Week
Wyoming General Hospital admitted nineteen patients in the week ending Saturday. The list includes Frank Blankenship Cyclone Robert Hayworth Stephenson Billy Jo Gearthatt Covel James Perry Glen Rogers Auldie Allen New Richmond Emma Armantrout Otsego Bertha Burton Otsego Virginia Bazzie Pineville Verna Mil Alpeca Lorette Dugger Matlens Della Marrical Glen Rogers Loretta Milam Ravencliff Felia Allen Jesse Louise Thornton Covel Orazio Lucente Bud Warner Tatstalle Mullens Este Lily Alpeca Maude Canterbury Mullens Lilly Al Mrs Maude Canterbury Mullens Loma Adkins Bud Thelma Agee Maben Wanda Burdette Tralee Cecil Cowan Keyrock Eugene Dorsey Otsego Perry Spence McGraws Ellen Donative Herndon Margaret Sampson Covel Catherine Hall lpaca William Henson Tralee Enoch Greer Dr. Lewis Workman Jesse Loretta Jackson James Henry Junc tion Toney Gilliam Allen Junc tion Francis Cooper Odd Marcelleen Paitsel Mullens Shirley Akers Amigo Ruby Norman Amigo James Graham Steph Jenson Frank Bowers Mullens William Mullins Mullens Lewis Lafferty Koppers City Garth Lester Stephenson Walker Cullop Resoca Roger Cox Killarney Thomas Miller Tams Cecil Massey Glen Rogers Rochelle Reed Herndon Nancy York Glen Rogers Anna Rash Rhodell.
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Maude Canterbury
Mullens
Loma Adkins
Bud
Thelma Agee
District 10 VFW auxiliaries plan Oak Hill meeting
A District 10 VFW auxiliary meeting is set for May 6 in Oak Hill per Marian Lane president of the local unit. Attendees listed include Mrs. George Harris Mrs. Ed Duncan Mrs. Juahua Warden and others at the VFW center. The next gathering will be a social on March 71 at Mrs. Fred Fredericks home with co host Mrs. Mary Burt.
Glen Rogers Pupils Attend Government Day in Charleston
Glen Rogers High School representatives Clarence Brown and Sandy Dixon join Know Your State Government Day in Charleston. Brown interviews Attorney General John G. Fox while other officials including Secretary of State D. Pitt O'Brien and Treasurer William H. Ansel Jr. attend. Afternoon address by Governor William C. Marland and a state capitol tour cap the day.
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Glen Rogers
Charleston
Glen Rogers High School
Clarence Brown
Sandy Dixon
Brown
John G. Fox
D. Pitt O'Brien
William H. Ansel Jr
John T. Johnson
Edgar B. Sims
Charleston Woman’s Club
William C. Marland
American Legion
Paul Boiarsky
Charleston High School
State Capitol
Funeral services set for Hiram B. Boyd in Garten
Hiram Benjamin Boyd 67 of Garten will be buried at High Lawn Memorial Park after services at Kaymoor Community Church. A longtime coal company employee and chief electrician, he died Saturday in an Oak Hill hospital after a prior heart attack. Survivors include two brothers and two sisters.
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Garten
RNS
Hiram Benjamin Boyd
Kaymoor
B. B. Breitenhirt
High Lawn Memorial Peck
Oak Hill
Boyd
Summers County
New River
Pocahontas Consolidated Coal Co
Towleys Creek
Funeral Today For Mrs. Cecelia Walker
Funeral services for Mrs. Cecelia Walker 44 of Waverly Ohio formerly of Copperston were to be held at the Walker Cemetery in Oceana. She died Saturday in Waverly born in Man the daughter of John and the late Mary Hughes Survived by her husband Roy and son Roy Walker Jr.
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Oceana
RNS
Cecelia Walker
Waverly
Ohio
Kopperston
Follow
Walker
Fayette County Court Studies Juvenile Detention Needs
Fayette County Court probes juvenile detention needs to end placing children in jail. Reported 25 youths jailed 141 days in 1955. a recent 111 year old youth jailed three days. No local detention home forces court to seek foster or institutional options, amid funding gaps.
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Fayetteville
Fayette
Carl B. Vickers
Fayette County
Raleizk
Greenbrier
West Virginia
Indus
Glen Jean Child's Funeral Set Today
Funeral services for David Allen Coffman of Glen Jean will be held at 2 p.m. Tuesday at Tyree Funeral Home Chapel Mount Hope officiated by Rev. Ernest Barre. Burial follows in Blue Ridge Memorial Gardens Bradley. The child died Saturday at an Oak Hill hospital after a two week illness. Surviving are three brothers Frank Coffman Mack Coffman Jr and Roger Coffman and two sisters.
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Glen Jean
David Allen Coffman
Mack F. Coffman
Tyree
Mount Hope
Ernest Barre
Blue Ridge Memorial Gardens
Bradley
Oak Hill
Frank Coffman
Mack Coffman Jr
Roger Coffman
Steele Quits House Race in Fayetteville County
Ronald A. Steele of Charlton Heights withdrew as a Democratic candidate for the House of Delegates. He informed circuit clerk Mrs. L. S. Tully last week. Steele serves as assistant superintendent of Fayette County schools, leaving 12 candidates for four seats.
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RNS
Ronald A. Steele
Charlton Heights
House of Delegates
L. S. Tully
Steele
Fayette County
Hugh Bosely
Montgomery
Hobart Booth Jr
Oak Hill
Ernest F
Folden
P. H. Kelly
J. Walter Legg
An‘sted
Joe K. Lilly
T. E. Myles
Fayetteville
John W. Perry Jr
George G. Ratcliff
Boomer
Leon F. Stewart
Glen Jean
J. Alex Tinsley
Ansted
Walter S. Wilson
Oak Hill Odd Fellows confer second degree
Oak Hill Lodge No. 206 members Chester Toney and Harry H. Treadway received the second degree at a lodge meeting Saturday night. Attendees included M. M. Pashion, Charles Moore, D. P. Murphy, Fred Thompson, Sam Richards, John Witt, Henry Pusey, B. P. Owens, A. A. Argabright, C. M. Jarrell, and H. L. Ratliff, each giving brief talks on lodge activities.
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Oak Hill
RNS
Odd Fellows Lodge No. 206
Chester Toney
Harry H. Treadway
M. M. Pashion
Charles Moore
D. P. Murphy
Fred Thompson
Sam Richards
John Witt
Henry Pursey
B. P. Owens
A. A. Ar
Mullens High School Drama Club stages Sorry Wrong Number
Mullens High School presents the murder mystery at 1 p.m in the school auditorium directed by Mrs. W. C. Neal. Cast includes Doris Gore Jane Pryor Lewis Rutherford Joe Lyttle Jr Sharon Phillips Marion Cullop Warda Brown Jean Roach Eric Pack Frank Tolliver Pug Crotty Loretta McNamara. The play leads to regional drama festival March 17 at Concord College Athens with Wyoming Mercer and McDowell counties. state festival follows March 22-24 at West Virginia University.
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da Brown
Jean Roach
Eric Pack
Frank Tolliver
Pug Crotty
Loretta McNamara
Concord College
Athens
Wyoming
Mercer
McDowell
West Virginia University
Former Fayette Resident Named Among Top U S Bachelors
Life Megazine lists Ebersole Gaines Jr. as a leading bachelor, with a photo at New York City's Rockefeller Center in its March 12 issue. The Fayetteville native is noted as part of the country’s Leap Year bachelor group and discusses plans around induction in late March.
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Fayetteville
BNS
Ebersole Gaines Jr
New York
Rockefeller Center
Mad
Plax Corporation
J. A Gentry
Selective Service Board
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Yates White
Vernon Lee Campbell
William Campbell
Melvin Fannin
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Charles W. Treadway
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George C. Mitchell
Clifford Conner
Ray Roberts
Roy Hodge
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Dorothy Kandel
Joe Tabit
Jack Arbogast
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Joe Aiello
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Robert Murdock
Dewey, Blount Jr
Dewey Blount
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Oris H. Stamey
Charles Mayes
Union Carbide and Carbon Corp
State Road Commission
Emmons Parrish
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Tag Boon Proacts. Co. WG. A
Oak #40 Motors
Oak Hill Furnitture Co
L. B. Boley
Wenee
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W. W. Pettry and Son
Francis Jancey
King Chevro
Anna A. Settle
Roman Lee Set
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Carl Edward Hyden
Jo Ann Calvert
John F. Calvert
Paul H. McMillign
Carrie E. McMillion
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Oceana High School
Pet Lack
Jim
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Mike Goode
Mar
Henne Toder
Charlene Plamiey
Gleana Blankenship
Charlotte Fleeser
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Speaser
Mission Society
Moro
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Mullens Hospital
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Owl
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Sabine
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Kincaid
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U. S. Route 21
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Ronald Steele
Mullens High School Drama Club
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