Man Trapped By Slate Fall Dies In Mine Rescue
In Dubois Pennsylvania Lee Selmer a 32 year old miner died trapped under a slate fall after fellow workers labored since Wednesday to reach him. Entombed with legs under rock he called for help at intervals until his voice faded around 8 30 yesterday morning as a second collapse threatened rescuers. A doctor and ambulance stood by at the mine mouth during the long dig for the body.
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Associated Preas
John Hayes
Lutherbury
Local Social News From Affinity West Virginia
Miss Maudie Garretson of Odd is visiting sister Mrs. Mike and Mr. Cosby. Mr. and Mrs. Young and child visit Mr. and Mrs. George Harrah in Pemberton. Mrs. Lola Gentry of Mountain is noted in the society column.
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Maudie Garretson
Odd
Mike
Mr. Cosby
Mrs. Young
Pemberton
George Harrah
Lola Gentry
Mountain
Sunday Visitors Span Town and Nearby Ville
City, Tenn., visited by her brother N. E. Bumgardner. Numerous locals and guests from Beckley, Sophia, Odd, Crarb Orchard, Shady Spring and other nearby towns leisure Sunday visits and weekend calls, with many travelling to Beckley for shows and hospital departures.
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H. Lawson
Beckley
Mr. Pack
Raleigh
Orville Pack
Jack Pritchard
Watson Pritchard
Logan
Carl Massie
Gladys and
Vernard
Shady Spring
Mason Fink
Maudie Garretson
Odd
Ruth Wills
John Harrison
Baxter Mills
Arliss Mills
Crab Orchard
Leonard Miller
Millard Cameron
Sophia
Joe Smith
Tony Walker
Princewick
Gilbert Miller
Shirley Ann
Betty Jo
Stotesbury
Leonard Harris
Pete Prince
Jack
Betty Jean
John Sweeney
Londa Sweeney
Ghent
Delbert Newman
Hoy Lambert
Beckley Hospital
Lora Dwnorick
Charles
Jumping Branch and Hinton News Reunion and Illness Update
Jumping Branch and Hinton area residents are noted with health updates. Zed Behealer is improving in Hinton hospital after an accident. Mrs. Rhoda Puck is seriously ill at home. Matt S. Crook visited his ill sister in Hinton, now improved. Local families host relatives over Sunday, with guests from Beckley and Durban.
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Zed Behealer
Hinton
Rhoda Puck
Matt S. Crook
Walter Brown
H. N. Lilly
Walter McMillion
Mr. McMillion
Beckley
Cletis
Willard Lilly
Durban
Otis
Bill Lilly
Visitors to Hinton and a Washington returnee
Sonny, Ona Jean and Mildred Bower visited Hinton on Wednesday. Lloyd Crook has returned to Washington D C where he is employed after a few days with his mother Mrs. Alice Crook. In tribute to his amateur photography, actor Leslie Howard was offered a full rotogravure page for
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Sonny
Ona Jean
Mildred Bower
Hinton
Lloyd Crook
Washington, D. C
Alice Crook
Leslie Howard
Portraits Published by World’s Largest Newspaper
A historic feature notes that his pictures appear in one of the world’s leading newspapers, highlighting the breadth of exposure and prestige accorded to his work by a prominent media outlet.
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Affinity
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Kentucky
Brown-Forman Distillery CO
Louisville
Bond
U. S
America
City
Tenn
N. E. Bumgardner
Sanders Mash
Nettie Grove
Gertrude Miller
Freeman
Steve Harrison Jr
George Reid
Louis Canie
Roanoke
Charles Traybor
Margaret Tolnay
W. E. Duncan
Ruby McCormick
Beaver
Okey Lilly
Ceasor Reid
Walter Yancey
Hot Coal
Mike Cosby
Emil Meadows
Madaline Bowers
Roberts
Clarence Ogle
Stella
Augusta Hodge
Henry Chaffin
Ina Lusk
Pember
Perlamegracca
Virginia-Carolina Chemical Corp
Richmond, VA
Keyser Funeral Home Funeral Directors
Oakwood Ave
Raleigh Radio & Refrigerator CO
Suen I
Rose Dale
Castle Haven
Maxwell Houses
G. S. Coffee
Mackeral
Chuck Roast
Beckley Hardware
Heber St
Malr
Deac
U. S. No
Peck
Johnson
Oak Hill
Rhodell
P & G Soap
Oxydol
East Beckley
Marscott
Eccles
Fayetteville
H. D. Irwin
Wa. Va
Thelma Martin
Nellie Martin
Mabel Hall
Kelvinator
Cooking
Lyric Theater
Canterbury Cash Gro
P. & G. Small
Ivory
Mount Hope Road
Mr. and
Mrs. O. L. Click
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